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■77;? First Book o/^Moses, called Getxxsis. 



chap. I. 

1 77;<° Creation of heaven and earth, 26 
gv? of God. 23 Tfo 

I God created the hea- ' 

earth. 
2 And the earth wasi without form and 
ivaB upon the face of 
Spirit of God moved 
ters 

re be light: and 

- . . - 

lit Day, and the 
the eve- 
e the first day. 
_ a firma- 
ment in the midst of the waters, andlet it 
i " 

t,anddi- 
'-: under llie fir- 

thefir: id it was so. 

8 And Gcd called the firmament heaven. 
And . i nd the morning were the 

waters under the 
hea\ ' . - r unto ( i ie place, 

arid 

10 A:. Earth: 
and the gathering t getherofthewatei*s call- 
ed he Seas : and God; . - • good. 

11 An . Let the earth bring 
forth 

fruit kind, whose 

seec wasso. 

. id the earth broui 
and herb yielding seed after his kind) and 
the tree yielding fruit, whose seed va* in 



itself, after his kind : and God saw that it 
\vas good. 

13 And the evening andilie morning were 

3 day. 

14 And God said, Let there 1 be lights in the 
firmament of the heaven to divide the day 
from the night ; and let them be for signs, 
and for seasons, and for days, &id years : 

15 And let them be for lights in the fir- 
mament of the heaven to give light upon 
the earth : and it was so. 

15 And God made two great lights ; the 
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser 
light to rule the night: he made the st its also. 

17 And God set them in the firmament 
of the heaven to give light upon the earth-: 

IS And to rule over the day and over 

the night, and to divide the light from the 

uess: and God saw that it was good. 

19 And the evening and the morning were 
the four i. 

20 And God said, Let the waters bring 
forth abundantly the moving creature that 
hath life, and fowl that may fly above the 
earth in the open firmament of heaven. 

21 And God created great whales and 
every living creature that moveth, which 

rs brought forth abundant 

winged fowl after his 
! nd God saw that it was good* 

22 And God blessed them, saying) Be 
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the w 

nd letf v.; multiply in the earth. 

23 And the eveiiingandtl-emoniing were 
the fifth 

24 And 'God said. Let the earth bring 
forth the living creatu 

tie, and creeping thing, and beast of the 
earth after his kind : and 

25 And God made the beast of the earth 
after his kind, and cattle after their kind, 



6 Man is formed. GENESIS* 

and every thing that creepeth upon the 
earth after his kind: and God saw that 
it was good, 

26 aTAnd God said, Let us make man in 
our image, after our likeness : and let them 
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and 
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, 
and over all the earth, and over every creep- 
ing thing that creepeth upon the earth. 

27 So God created man in his own im- 
age, in the image of God created he Mm ; 
male and female created he them. 

28 And God blessed them, and God said 
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and 
replenish the earth, and subdue it: and 
have dominion over the fish of the sea, 
and over the fowl of the air, and over eve- 
ry living thing that moveth upon the eai ftv 

' 29 % And Gad said, Beh< Id, I h 
en you ev ery herb hea rin g seed v h ; 
on the face of all the earth, and every tree, 
in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding 
seed ; to you it shall be for meat. 

30 And to every beast of the earth, and 
every fowl of the air, and to every thing 
tin 1 rree peth upon the earth, wherein there 
13 Uie 1 have given every green herb for 
meat : and it was so. 

31 And God saw every thing that he had 
made, and, behold, it was very good. And 
the evening and the morning were the sixth 
day. 

CHAP. IT. 
1 The first sabbath. 8 The garden of E- 

de?h IQ The tree of knowledge. 19 The 

Creatures named. 21 Woman made, 

and marriage instituted. 
npHUS the heavens and the earth were 

-1 nnished, and ail the host of them. 

2 • And on the seventh day God ended 
his work which he had made : and he rest- 
ed on the seventh day from all his work 
which he had made. 

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and 
sanctified it : because that in it lie had rest- 
ed from all his work which God created 
and made. 

4 These are the generations of the heav- 
ens and of the earth when they were crea- 
ted, in the day that the Lord God made 
the' earth and the heavens. 

5 And every plant of the field before it 
was jn tlie earth, and every herb of the 
field before it grew: for the Lord Gr el 
had not caused it to rain upon the earth, 
and there was not a man to tiU the giound. 

6 But there 'went up a mist from the 
earth, and watered the whole face of the 

, ground. 

7 And the Lord Qod formed man of 
the dust of the ground, and breathed intc. 
his nostrils the, breath of lite \ and man be- 
came a living soul. 



The tree of knowledge* 
8 «[ And the Lord God planted a gar- 
den eastward in Eden ; a] id there he put 
the man whom he had former!. 
^ 9 And cut cithe grcund made the Lord 
God to grow every tree that is pleasant 
to the sight and good for food ; the tree of 
life also m the midst of the garden^ and the 
tree of knowledge of good and evil. 

10 And a river went out of Eden to wa- 
ter the garden ; and from thence it was par- 
ted, and became into four heads. 

1 1 The name of the first is Pison : th at is 
it which compasseth the whole land oiHa- 
vilah, where there is gold ; 

12 And the gold of that land is good : 
there is bdellium an J the onyx stone. 

13 And the name of the second river is 
Giacn : the same is it that compasseth the 
whole land of Ethiopia. 

14 And the name of the third river is 
Hiddekel : thativ it which goeth toward the 
east of Assyria. And the fourth fiver is 
Euphrates. ' 

15 Aid the Lord God took the man, and 
put him into die garden of Eden to dress 
it, and to keep it. 

16 *j| And the Lord God commanded the 
man, saying, Of every tree of the garden 
thou niayest freely eat : 

17 But of the tree of the knowledge cf 
good and evil, thou shait not eat of it ; far 
iu the day that thou eatest thereof thou 
shait surely die. 

ISAndtheLoRD God said, It is not good 
that the man should be alone ; I will make 
him an help meet for him. 

19 ii And out of the ground the Lord 
God formed every beast' of the field, and 
every fdwl of the air ; and brought them un- 
to Adam to see what he would call them : 
and whatsoever Adam called every living 
creature, that was the name thereof. 

20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, 
and to the fowl of the air, and to every 
beast of the field ; but for Adam there was 
not found an help meet for him. 

21 % And the Lord God caused a deep 
sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept : and 
he took one of his ribsj and closed up the 
flesh instead thereof ; 

22 Aid the rib, which the LoRoGod had 
taken from man, made he a woman, and 
brcuffht her unto the mam 

SSTAnd Adam said, This is now bone of 
my hemes, and flesh of my flesh : she shall 
oe called Woman, because she was taken 
out of Mam 

24 Therefore shall a man leave his fa- 
ther raid his mother, and shall cleave unto 
his whe : find they shall he one flesh. 

25 Andgthey were both n iked, the maa 
and his wife, and were not ashauipd, 



The serpeiU deceiveth Eve. Chap. 

CHAP. III. 

1 The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's 
fall* 15 The promised seed. 16 The 

punishment of mankind, 22 Their loss 
of paradise. 

NOW the serpent was imre subtile 
than any beast of the field which the 
Lord God Had made, find he said unto 
the woman, Yea, Hath God said, Ye shall 
not eat of every tree of the garden : 

2 And the woman said unto the serpent 
We may eat of the fruit of the trees oi the 
garden : 

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in 
the midst of the garden, God hath said, 
Ye shall not eat oi it, neither shall ye touch 
it, lest ye die. 

4 And the serpent said unto the woman 
Ye shall not surely die : 

5 ForGod doth kno w that in the day ye eat 
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened and 
ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 

6 % x\nd when the woman saw that the 
tree was good for food, and that it was 
ple-isent to the eyes, and a tree to be de- 
sired to make one wise, she took of the 
fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also 
unto her husband with her ; and he did eat. 

7 And the eyes of them both were open- 
ed, and they knew that they were naked ; 
and they sewed fig leaves together and 
made themselves aprons. 

8 And they heard the voice of the Lord 
God walking in the garden in the cool of 
tnc day: and Adam and his wire hid them - 

. cm the presence of the Lord God 
t the trees of the garden. 
1 the Lord God called unto Adam 
and said unto him, where art thou I 

10 And he said I heard thy voice in the 
garden, and 1 was afraid, because I was 
naked ; and I hid myself. 

1 1 Andhe said, VV'n > told thee that thou 
vast naked ? Hast thcu eaten of the tree 

1 commanded thee that thou 
shouldest not eat:? 

12 And the man said, The woman 

• frewith me, she gave 
me of the tree and 1 did e it. 

13 -And the Lor d G xi sa id unto the vvo- 

I hat is\\\\Aihat thou hast d i 

ruiledmc, 
and 1 did eat. 

14 And the Lord God said unto the 
serpent. done this, tliou 
art CUi 

.' eat ail the daws 

16 ^i And I wiil put enmity between thee 
and the wdanan, and bet\\ ; 
her seed ; it 
shaft braise Ins heel. 



iii, iv. The birth of Coin and Abel. 7 

16 *T Unto the woman he said, I will 
greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy con- 
ception ; in sorrow thou shaft bring forth 
children ; and thy desire shall be to thy hus- 
band, and he shall rule over thee. 

17 And unto Adam he said, Because 
thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy 
wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of wliich . 
I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not 
eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; 
in sorrow shalt thou eat of it ail the days 
of thy life; 

18" Thorns also and thistles shall it bring 
forth to thee ; and thou, shalt eat the herb 
ofthefield. 

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou 
eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; 
cor out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou 
art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 

20 And Adam called his wife's name 
Eve, because she was the mother of all liv- 
ing. 

21 Unto Adam also and to bis wire did 
the Lord God make coats of skins, and 
clothed them. 

• 22 f And the Lord God said, Behold 
the man is become as one of us, to know 
good and evil : and now, lest he put forth 
his hand, and take also of the tree of ike, 
, and live for ever : 

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him 
forth from the garden of Eden, to till the 

id from whence he was taken. 

24 So he drove out the man; and he 
placed at the east of the garden of Eden 
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which 
turned every way, to keep the way of the 
tree of life. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 The birth of Cain and Abel. 8 The mur- 
der of Jthtk 11 The cu-se of Cain. V) 
L,amecfo and his two rjfr&es. 

AND Adam knew Eve his wife ; and 
she conceived, and bare Cain and 
said, i have gotten a man from the Lord. 

2 And she again bare his brother Abel. 
And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain 
was a tiller of the ground. 

3 And in process- of time it came to 

'. Cain brought of the. fruit of the 
m offering unto the I 
I Abel, he also brouj h 

.) of tne fat * 
And the Lord had respect unto Abel and 

linto Can and to !ii:> ol 

\nd Gun wasver^ wroth, 
and his counto 

iftthou \yrpth2 land, whj 



8 Thsfcumstiment of Cain. GENESIS. 

at the door. And unto thee shall be his 
deiire, and thou sha.lt rule over him. 

8 f And Cain talked with Abel his bro- 
ther : and it came to pass when they were 
in the field, that Cum rose up against Abel 
his brother, and slew him. 

9 And the Lord said unto Cain, where is 
Abel thy brother I And he said I know not : 
Am I my brother's keeper ? 

10 And he said, What hast thou done ? 
the voice of thy brother's biood crieth unto 
me from the ground. 

11 % And now art thou cursed from the 
earth which hath opened her mouth to re- 
ceive thy brother's biood from thy hand ; 

12 When thou tillest the ground, i f shall 
not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. ; 
a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in 
the earth. 

13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My 
punishment is greater than I can bear. 

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this 
day from the face of the earth, and from 
thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fu- 
gitive and a vagabond in the earth and it 

.shall come to pass, that every one that find- 
eth me shall slay me. 

15 And the Lord said unto him, there- 
fore whosoever slayeth Cam, vengeance 
shall be taken on him seven fold. And the 
Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any find- 
ing him should kill him. 

16 And Cain went out from the pre- 
sence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land 
of Nod, on the east of Eden. 

17 And Cain knew his wife ; and she con- 
ceived and bare Enoch : and he builded a 
city, and called the name of the city after 
the name of his son Enoch. 

18 And unto Enoch was bom Irad : and 
Irad begat Mehujael, and Mehujael begat 
Methusael : and Methusael begat Lamech. 

19 % And Lamech took unto him two 
wives : the name of the one was Adah, 
and the name of the other Zillah. 

20 And Adah bare Jabel : he was the 
father of such as dwell in tents, and of 
such as have cattle. 

21 And ids brother's name was Jubal : 
he was the father of all such as handle 
the harp and organ. 

22 AndZillah, she also bareTubalcain, an 
instructor of every artificer in brass and l- 
ron : and the sister of Tubalcain was Naa- 
mah. 

23 And Lamech said unto his wives, 
Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice ; ye wives 
of Lamech, hearken unto my speech : for 
I have slain a man to my wounding, and 
a young man to my hurt : 

24 if Cain shall be avenged sevenfold 
truly Lamech seventy and seven fq|{U 

25 And Adam knew his wife again and 



Adam's genealogy unto JVW/. 
she bare a son, and called his name Seth : 
for God, said she, hath appointed me ano- 
ther seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew: 
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born 
a son : and he called his name Enos : then be- 
gan men to call upon the name of the Lord. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The genealogy ', age. and death ofthefia^ 
triarchs from Adam unto jYoah. 24 The 
godliness and translation of Rr..och. 

THIS is the book of the generations of 
Adam. In the day that God created 
man, in the likeness of God made he him ; 

2 Male and female created he them ; and 
blessed them, and called their name Adam, 
in the day when they were created. 

3 And Adam lived an hundred and thir- 
ty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, 
after his image ; and called Ins name fceth: 

4 And the days of Adam alter he had 
begotten Seth were eight hundred years : 
and he begat sons and daughters; 

5 And all the days that Adam lived were 
nine hundred and thirty years :-and he died. 

6 And Seth lived an hundred and five 
years and begat Enos : 

7 And Seth lived after lie begat Enos 
eight hundred and seven years, and begat 
sons and daughters : 

8 Arid all the days of Sedi were nine hun- 
dred and twelve years : and he died, 

9 And Enos lived ninety years, and be- 
gat Cainan : 

10 And Enos lived after he begat Cai- 
nan eight hundred and fifteen years, and 
begat sons and daughters : 

11 And all the days of Enos were nine 
hundred and five years : and ke died. 

12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and 
begat Mahalaleel : 

13 And Cainan lived after he begat Ma- 
halaleel eight uundred and forty years, and 
begat sons and daughters : 

14 And all the days of Cainan were nine 
hundred and ten years : and he. died. 

15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five 
years, and begat Jared ; 

16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat 
Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and 
begat sons and daughters : 

17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were 
eight hundred ninety and five years : and 
he died. 

18 Ana Ja red lived an hundred sixty and , 
two years, and he begat Enoch : 

19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch 
eight hundred years, and begat sons and 

20 And all the days of Jared were nine 
hundred sixty and two years : and he died. 

21 And Lac ch lived sixty andfive years, 
and begat Methuselah : 

22 And Enoch walked with God after he 



JMarSs wickedness* Chap. 

begat Methuselah three hundred years aiad 
begat s - 

23 And ail the days of Enoch were three 
hundred sixty and hve years : 

_ md Enoch walked with God : and 
he was not; for Gxl took him. 

25 And Methuselah lived an hundred 
e'gh: • . : i d :. i\ ejiy ; gat Lamech : 

i lived after he be- 
gat Lamech seven hundred eighty z n : 
years, . ghters: 

5 . [ethusoUb were 

nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he 
died. 

23 And Lamech lived an hundred eigh- 
ty and two years, and begat a son : 

29 And he c. : Noah, saying, 

This saint ~ ting our 

work and b >ii of. our hands, because 
ground which the Lord hath cursed. 

aid Lamech lived oiier he begat 
_ five years, 
and bq jghters: 

31 A i h were sev- 

en hundred seventy and seven years and he 

adredvearsold: 
andNoahbegat bhem Ham, and japheth. 
CHAP. VI. 

1 The wi kt i causeth the 

food. 6 Mahjmd th g . ace. 14 The or- 
derjjirmj arid end of the ark. 

A1ND a _ v. began 

. on the fe.ce of the earth, 
and dau . ante them, 

saw the daugh- 

- .• : anc 

1 vhichthey chose.' 

irit shall 

not always sti ' fbr that he 

11 be an hun- 

he earth in those 

- . SODS Of 

• came in ui i men, 

tri, the Lame 
were of old, 

o wickedness of 
ihan wcsgieatirj it every 



the Lord that he had 
. . ieved 

wh 

nd the creep- 
ing til . for" it 
■■ them. 

of t" . 

oi Kcah; 



% vii. The form of the ark. 9 

Noah was a just man and perfect in feis" 
generations, and Noah walked with God. 

10 And Noah begat three sens, Shem, 
Ham, and Japheth. 

11 The earth also was corrupt beforeGcd, 
and the earth was filled with violence. 

12 And God looked upon the earth, and 
behold, it was corrupt ; for all fiesh had 
corrupted his way upon the earth* 

13 And God said v. _ The end 
of all Cesh is come before me ; tor the earth 
is hiked with violence through them ; and, 
behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 

14 *I Make thee an ark of gopher wood : 
rooms shall thou make in the ark, and 
shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 

15 "And thisz's the fashion which thou 
shalt make it of: The length of the : rk s hall 
be three hundred cubits, the bvoe.a' a of it il> 
ty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, 

15 A window shah thou make to die ark, 



and in a cubic ska 



aish it above ; 



and the door of the ark shalt thou set in tlrs 
side thereof ; with lower, second, and third 
stories shalt thou make it, 

17 And behold, I, even J, do bring a 
flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy 
ail flesh, wherein is the breath of Ike, from 
under heaven ; and every tiling that is in 
the earth shall die. 

18 But with thee will I establish my cove- 
nant ; and thou shalt come into the ark, 
thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy 
sons' wives with thee. 

19 And of every living thing of all 5csh, 
two of every sort shalt thou bring into the 
ark, to keep them alive with thee ; they 
shall be male and female. 

20 Of fowls alter their kind, and of cat- 
tle after their kind, of every creeping thing 
of t&e earth after his kind, two of e\ ( 

: me unto thee, to keep them alive. 

21 And take thou unto thee of ail food 
that is §aten, and thou shalt gather it to 

■ it shall be for food for thee, -ad 
for them. 

22 Thus did Noah, according to all that 
God commanded him, so did lie. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Noah with his family entereth into thg 
ark. 17 Th . ise, arid 

AND the Lord said unto Noah, 
thou and all, thy house into the ark : 
efore me 

. 
2 Or V ; ': u shalt take 

and of E>e clean by two, 

the mal .tale. 

vens, the 
seed alive 
jjth*. 



10 The -world drowned. GENE 

' 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause 
it to rain upon the earth forty days and 
forty nights; and every living substance 
that I have made will I destroy from oft 
the face of the earth. 

5 And Noah did according unto all that 
the Lord commanded him. 

6 And Noah was six hundred years old 
When the flood of waters was upon the earth. 

7 And Noah went in, ana his sons, ana 
ha; wife, and his sons' wives with him into 
the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 

8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are 
not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing 
th::t creepeth upon the earth. 

9 There went in two and two unto Nc- 
ah, into the ark, the male and the female, 
as God had commanded Noah. 

10 And it came to pass after seven days, 
that the waters of the Hoed were upon the 
earth. 

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's 
life, in the second month, the seventeenth 
day of the month, the same day were all 
the fountains of the great deep broken up, 
and the windows of heaven were opened. 

12 And the rain was upon the earth for- 
ty day? and forty nights. 

. 13 'In the sell same day entered Noah, 
and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons 
of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three 
wives of his sons with them into the ark ; 

14 They, and every beast after his kind, 
and ail the cattle after their kind, and eve- 
ry creeping thing that creepeth upon- the 
earth after his kind, and every fowl after 
his kind, every bird of every sort. 

15 And they went in unto Noah into the 
ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the 
breath of life. 

16 And they that went in, went in male 
and female of all flesh, as God had com- 
manded him: and the Lord shut him in. 

IT *{[ And tiie flood was forty days upon 
the earth ; and the waters increased, and 
bare up the ark, and it was lift up above 
the earth. 

18 And the waters prevailed, and were 
Increased greatly upon the earth ; and the 
ark went upon the face of the waters. 

19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly 
upon the earth ; and all the high hills that 
idere under the whole heaven, were cover- 
ed. 

20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters 
prevail ; raid the mountains were covered. 

21 And all flesh d red upon 
the eaftb ? both of I w\ nd oi cattle, and of 
beafi£,jmj$ of every c~_ -. :hatcree- 
peth noon the earth, and every man : 

22 All in whose nostrils was the breath 
of life, of all that was in the dry kind, died. 

23 And every living .substance was de- 



S I S The waters assuage. 

stroyed which was upon the face oi tie 
ground, both man, and cattle, and the cree- 
ping things, and the fowl of the heaven: 
md they were destroyed from the earth : 
aid Noah only remained alive, and they 
that were with him in the ark : 

24 And the waters prevailed upon the 
earth an hundred and fifty days. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 The waters assuage. 18 NoaJigoeth forth 
of .he ark. 20 Buildeth an attar and of- 
fereth sacrifice. 21 God's promise Vo 
cwse the earth no more. 

AND God remembered Noah, and eve- 
ry living tiling, and all the cattle that 
was with him in the ark : and God made 
a wind to pass over the earth, and the wa- 
ters assuaged ; 

2 The fountains also of tiie deep and the 
windows of heaven were stopped, and the 
rain from heaven was restrained; 

3 A - 1 tie wateYs returned from off the 
earth continually : and after tiie end of tae 
Hundred and fifty days tae waters were a- 
bated. 

4 And the ark rested in the seventh 
month, on the seventeenth day of the 

-month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 

5 And the waters decreased continually 
until the tenth month : in the tenth month, 
on the first day of the month, were the tops 
of the mountains seen. 

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty 
days, that Noah opened the window of 
the ark which he had made : 

7 And he sent forth a raven, which 
went forth to and fro, until the waters 
were dried up from off the earth. 

8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, 
to see if the waters were abated from off 
the face of the ground ; 

9 But the dove found no rest for the 
sole of her foot, and she returned unto him 
into the ark, for the waters were on the 
face of the whole earth: then he put forth 
his hand, and took her, and pulled her la 
unto him into the ark. 

10 And lie staved yet other seven days : 
and again he sent forth the dove out of the 
ark; 

11 And the dove came in to him in the 
evening ; and, lo, in her mouth was an ol- 
ive leaf piuckt off: so Noah knew that the 
waters were abated from off the earth. 

12 And he stayed yet other seven days, 
and sent forth tiie dove : which retun ;ed 
not again unto him any more. 

13 And it came to pass in the fix hun- 
dredth and first year, in the hast monf/i, 
the first day of the month, the waters were 
dried-upfrom off the earth: and itfbahre- 
movedths covering of the ark, and looked, 
ami, behold the face of the ground was dry. 



jYoah goeth out of the ark. Chap, 

14 And in the second month, on the sev- 

h c. . of the month, was 
the es i m sjried. 

15 And G~d spake unto Noah, saying, 
It Go forth of the ark, thcu, and th 

::d thy sons, and thy sens' wives 

:ee. 

17 Bring forth with thee every living 

iiee, cf all flesh, both 

ay creep - 

; creepedi upc n the earth : 

y breed abundantly in the 

lu1 9 and multiply upon 

irth. 

( :ah went forth, and b : s sons, 

and his wite, and his sons 5 wives w-h him. 

19 Eve every creeping thing, 

rad every frwl, and whatsoever creepeth 

he earth, after their kinds, went 

. forth cut cf the ark. 

ill buiided an altar unto 
the Lor d ; and took cf every clean beast, 
■try clean fowl, arid offered burnt 
offerings on the altar. 

And the Lord smelled a sweet 
nvcur; and the Lord said in his heart, 
1 will not again curse the ground any*» 
mere for man's sake ; for the imagination 
of man's heart is evil from his 
neither will I again smite any more ever): 
thing living, as I have done. * 

I earth remaineth, seedtime 
and harvest, and cold and heat, and sum- 
I winter, and day and night, shall 
not cease. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Gog ah. 4 Blood and murder 

rbidden. 8 God's corn tiant, 13 sig- 
rnjii dby the rainbow, 21 jVcah is drwdc- 
cru 25 curst th Canaan, 29 and dit th. 

AND G d blessed Noah and his sons 
and- an, Be fruitful, and 

multiply, and replenish die e -nth. 
2 And the fear of you and the dread of 
shall Lc upon every beast of the earth, 
and upon every fowl of the air, upon all 
; moveth upon the earth, and upon all 
i the sea ; into your hand are 
I. 

ving tiling that liveth shall 
r you ; even as tiie green herb 
' I given you all tilings. 
4 U but fiesh with the life thereof, which 
. . e not e; t. 

iir lives 
lire ; attlie hand of eve; 

t die hand of man ; 
j of every man's brothe? 
- re the life of man. 

man's blood, by mar. 

ot C 
/And you, be ye inaitful and ^nultiply ; 



ix. God's covenant with him. It 

bring forth abundantly in the earth, and 
multiply therein. 

8 1 And God spake unto Noah, and to 
liis sons with him, saying. 

9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant 
with you, and with your seed arter you. 

10 And with every living creature that 
is with you, cf the fowl, of die cattle, 
and of every beast of die earth with ycu : 
from all that go out of the ark, to every 
oe^st of the earth. 

11 And I will establish mv covenant 
with you: neither shall all flesh be cut 

ft' any more by die waters of a flood ; 
neither shall there any more be a flood to 
destroy die earth. 

12 And God said, This wthe token of 
the covenant which I make between me 
and ycu, and every living creature that is 
with you, for perpetual generationss - 

13 % 1 do set my bow in the cloud, and 
it shall be for a token of a covenant be- 
tween me and the earth. 

14 And it sh 11 come to pass, when I 
bring a cloud over the earth, that the 
bow shall be seen in the cloud : 

15 And I will remember my covenant, 
which is between me and you and every 
aving creature of ail fiesh ; and the wa- 
ters shall no more become a flccd to de- 
stroy all flesh. 

16 And the bow shall be in the cloud ; 
and 1 will look upon it, that I may re- 
member the everlasting covenant between 
God and every living creature of all flesh 
that is upon the earth. 

17 And God said unto Noah, This is 
the token of toe covenant, which I have 
established between me and ail fiesh that 
is upon the earth. 

the sens of Noah, that went 
forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, 
and .Japheth : and Ham is the father of 

1 9 These are the three sons of Noah : and 
of diem was the whole earth ovei 

20 And Noah began to be an husband- 
tulhe planted a vine 

• 21 ^f And he drunk of the wine, and 
"was _ drunken ; and he was uncovered 
within his tent. 

22 And Ham, die father of C 
saw the naked] I ither, and told 
his two brethren without. 

23 And Sihem and Japheth took a gar- 
.a their shoul- 
ders, and went backward, and 

lir; and their 

!-:c from his wine, 
ii.d kne . gooa -*d done 

unto him. 



12 The Generation o/Mah. GENESIS, The building of Babel. 

25% And he said, Curst "£e Canaan; | 19 And the border of the Canaanites 
a servant of servants shall he be unto his | was from Sidon, as thou cornest to Gerar, 
brethren. [ unto Gaza ; as thou goest unto Sodom, 

26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God j and Q omorrah, and Admah, and Zeboi- 
; and Canaan shall be his servant, i im, even unto Lasha. 



cf Shorn; 
2TGod shall enlarge J 

shall dwell in the tents 
Canaan! shall be his servai 

28 And Noah lived ailei 
hundred and 

29 f And all the •:. s : 
hundred and fifty years : 



20 These are the sons of Ham, 



their ii\ mnks< 



or the : 



•tongues, m their 






1 Noah's generation. 2 The sons of Ja- 
ftheth) 6 and Ham. 8 JSTirnrod the first 
monarch. 21 The sons of Shan. 

"KTOW these are the generations of the 

-L N sons of Noah, them, Ham, and Ja- 

pheth: and unto them were sons born 

after the flood. 

2 f The sons of Japheth : Gomer, and 

Magovo, and Madai, and Javan, and Tu- 

baV and Meshech, and Tiras. 

3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, 

and Riphath, and Togara ; 

4 And the sons of 3 Lvan ; Elishah, and 
Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 

5 By these "were tire isles of the Gentiles 
divided in their lands : every one after his 
tongue, after their families, in their nations. 

6'ii And the sons of Ham; Gush, and 
Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 

7 And the sons of Cash; Seba, and 
Kavilah, and Sabtah, and Raamali, and 
Babtechah : and the sons of Raamali ; 
Sheba, and Dedan. 

8% And Cush begat Nimrod : he began 
to be a mighty one in the earth. 

9 He was a mighty hunter befor< 
Lord, wherefore "it i: 
rod the mighty hunte 

10 And the begin* 
Was Babel, and Ere< 
Calneh j in the land of Shinar. 

21 Out of that land went forth Asshur, 
and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehc- 
both, and Calah, 

12 And Resen between Nineveh and 
Calah ; the same is a great city. 

13 And Mizrajm begat Ludim, and 
Anammi, and Lehabim, a 

l^naPadrrusim, and 

15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first- 
born, and Heth, 

16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, 
and the Girgasite, 

17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and 
the Sinite. 

18- And the ArvadSte, and the Zemarite, 
and the Hamathite : and afterward were 
the families of the Canaanites spread 
abroad. 



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30 And their dwellin 
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their fami] 
lands, aftei 

32 These are the families of the sons 
of Noah, after thv.'r aorroradoas, .. 
nations: and by these were the 1 
divided in th; ■:'. I.e.- the flood. 



1 Onelam 
SLangu 

Hon? ofc 

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JT\. guage, 
2 And it ' 

neyed from 
plain r. 
dwelt tl 

31 And .: 
to, let us mi 
thoroughly 



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the city and 
dren oi men bi 
6 And the ] 
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and this they L: 
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tliey have imai 



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7 Go to, let us go down, and there con- 
found tfeeir language, that they may not 
and one another's speech. 

3RD scattered them abroad 
e i f all the earth: 
left off to build the city. 
9 Therefore is the name of it called 
- - 
found the langi irth: and 

from thence ciid the Lord scatter them 
upon the face of ail the earth. 
10 1J i afShem; 

va& an hundred years old, and be- 
1 two years alter the flood : 
11 A d after he begat Ar- 

. i j and begat sons 
ers. 

laxad lived five and thirty 
alah : 
. I Arphaxad lived after he begat 
•ar hundred and three years, and 

n 1 daughters. 
nd Salah lived, thirty years, and 
. 

15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber 

and begat 
;hters. 

16 A: :y years, 

17 Ami Eber lived after he begat Peleg 

. rty years, and begat 
i od daughters. 

I Peleg lived thirty years, and 

19 And Peleg lived after lie begat Reu 
nine years, and begat 
jhters. 

lived two and thirty years, 
rug : 
21 Ai id Reu lived after lie begat Serug 
and seven years, and begat 

. 
. ; lived thirty years, and 

•lived after he begat Na- 
i hundred years, and begat sons 
and dan 

•d nine and twenty 
rit Terali : 
r lived after he begat Te- 
2ars, and 
1 

ih lived seventy years, and 
1 . , and Haran. 

generations of 
i Abrain, Nahor, and 
Haran begat Lot. 

re his father 
land of his nativity, in Uv 

•am and Nahor to< ' 

. ife was 

N tor's wife, 

B 



G.dcallsth Abram. 13 



iVHcahj the daughter of Haran, thefatlier 
of Milcah, and die lather of Iscah. 

30 But Sarai was barren ; she had no 
child. 

31 And Terah took Abram his son, 
and Lot the son of Haran his, son's son, 
and Sarai liis daughter in lav/, his son 
Abram's wife ; and they went forth with 
them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into 
the land ot Canaan; and they came unto 
Haran, and dwelt there. 

32 And the days of Terah were two 
hundred and five' years : and Terah died 
in Haran. 

CHAP. XII. 

1 God calleth Abram. Hts departure 

from Haran. 7 Canaan is jircirdsed. 

NOW the Lord had said unto Abram, 
Get thee cut of thy country, and from 
thy kindred, and from thy father's house, 
unto a land that I will shew tiiee. 

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, 
and I will bless thee, and make thy name 
great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : 
. 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, 
and curse him that curseth thee : and in 
thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 

4 *jj" So Abram departed, as the Lord had 
spoken unto him ; and Lot went with him : 
and Abram was seventy and five years 
old when he departed out of Haran. 

5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and 
Let his brother's son, and all their substance 
that they had gathered, anxl the souls that 
they had gotten in Haran ; and they went 
forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and 
into the land of Canaan they came. 

6 And Abram passed through the land 
unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of 
Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in 
the land. 

7 % And the Lord appeared unto Abram, 
and said-. Unto thy seed will I give this 
land : and there builded he an altar unto 
the Lord, who appeared unto him. 

8 And he removed from thence unto a 
mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitch- 
ed his tent, having Bethel on the west, and 
llai on the east: and there he builded an 
altar unto the Lord, and called upon the 
name of the Lord. 

9 And Abram journeyed, going on still 
toward the south. 

10 And there was a famine in the land : 
And Abram went down into Egypt to so- 
journ there ; for the famine was grievous 
in the land. 

11 And it came to pass when I 

I 
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that thou k upon : 

12 There fore it shall come ' 
the Egyptians sha leeth 



14 Abram and lot disagree, GENESIS. 

say, This is his wife r and they will kill 
pe, but they will save thee alive, 

13 Say, Ipray thee, thou art my sister : 
that it may be well with me for thy sake ; 
and my soul shall live because of thee. 

14 And it came to pass, that when A- 
bram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians 
beheld the woman that she was very fair. 

15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw 
her, and commended her before Pharaoh : 
and the woman was taken into Pharach's 
house. 

15 And he entreated Abram well for 
her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and 
he asses, and menservants, and maidser- 
vants, and she asses, and camels. 

' 17 And the Lor c plagued Pharaoh and 
his house with great plagues because of Sa- 
ra i Abram's wife. 

18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, 
What fa this that thou hast done unto me ? 
Why didst thcu not tell me that she was 
thy wife I 

"19 Why saidst thou, She is my sifter ? 
So I might have taken her to me to wife : 
now therefore, behold thy wife, take her, 
fmd'go thy way* 



20 And Pharaoh comrm 



nded his men 
concerning him ; and they sent bum away, 
and his wife, and all that he had. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 Abr.am and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 
jby disagreement they part asunder* 14 
God*& promise renewed to Abram, 
A >JD Abram went up out of Egypt, h^, 
XTl and his wife, and all that he had, and 
Lot with him, into the south. 

2 And Abram was very rich in cattle 
in silver, and in gold. 

3 And he went on his journeys from the 
south even to Bethel,- unto the place where 
his tent had been at the beginning, between 
Bethel and Hai ; 

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he 
had made there at first : and there Abram 
called on the name of the Lord. 

5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, 
had flocks, and herds, and tents. 

6 And the land was not able to bear 
them, that they might dwell together : for 
their substance was great, so that they 
could not dwell together. 

7 % And there was a strife between the 
herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herd- 
men of Lot's cattle : and the Car.aanite 
and the Periz'zite dwelled then in the land. 

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there 
Be no strife I pray thee, between me end 
thee, and between my herdmen and thy 

en ; for we be brethren., 

;;md before thee: Se- 

n me: if 

Vim wilt lake the left hand, then 1 will go 



The battle of the kings, 
to the right ; or if thou depart to the right 
hand, then I will go to the left, 

10 And Lot lilted, up his eyes, and be- 
held ail the plain of Jordan, 'that it was 
well watereq every where, before the 
Loup destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, 
even as the garden of the Lorp, like the 
land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 

11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of 
Jordan ; and Lot journeyed east : and they 
separated themselves, the one from the o- 
ther. 

12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, 
and Lot dwelled in the cities of the. plain, 
and pitched his tent towards Sodom. 

13 Bat the men of Sodom were wicked 
and sinners before the Lord exceedingly,, 

^ 14 % And the Lord said unto Abram, 
after that Lot was separated from him, 
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the 
place where thou art, northward and south* 
ward, and eastward, and westward : 

15 For ail the land which thou seest, to 
thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever., 

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust 
of the earth : so that if a'man can number 
the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed 

e:cd. 

1 ' A ise, walk through the land in the 

it, and the breadth of it : for I 
wall give it unto thee, 

18 Then Abram removed Ms tent, and 
. X dwelt in the plain of Manure, 
which is in Hebron, and built there an al- 
tar unto the Lord- 

CPiAP. XIV. 

1 Battle of the kings, 12 Lot taken, 14 is 

rescued by Abram- 18 Melchizede'k bles- 

seth Abram, 20 whogiveth him tithes* 

AND it came to pass in the days of 
aphel, king of Shinar, Aricch 
king of EUasar, Chedorlaomer king of 
Eiam, and Tidal king of nations ; 

2 That these made war with Bera king 
ofSodom, and with Birsha king of Go- 
morrah, Shinad kingofAdmah, and She- 
meber king of Zebciim, and the king of 
Bela, which is Zoar. 

3 All these were joined together in the 
vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 

4 Twelve years they served Chedorlac- 
mer,and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 

5 And in the fourteenth year came Che* 
dorlaomer, and the kings that were with 
him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashte- 
roth Carnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, 
and the Emims in Shaven Kiriathaim, 

6 And theHorites m their mount Seir, 
unto Eiparan, which is by die wilderness. 

they returned* and came to En- 
mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the 
country of the Amalekit.es, and also the 

3, that <uwe:t in iiazezontajaar. 



\azedek blesaeth Abram. 

SAnd there ; of Sc- 

dem, arid me king 

and tie kiiij5 ot Bel 

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11 And they took 

121 And t ..-..• .m'sbrc- 

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that his 

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have eaten, and the the men 

which v. 

portion. 
CHAP. XV. 

1 Ac .-amis en: . 
ed. 6 He is j\ 

i* promised a 

A I of the' 

. 

1 . What 
wiltthcu give n 
and the steward of m . 
er of I 

Abram said 

Bif. 

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16 Hagarflesthfrcm Sam. GENESIS, 

18 Pa that same day the Lord made a 
covenant with Abram, saying. Unto thy 
seed have I given this land, from the river 
of Egypt unto the great river, the river Eu- 
phrates. 

19 The Kenites,andtheK€nizzites,-and 
the Kadmcnites, 

20 And the Kitties, and the Peiizzi.teSj 
and the Rephaims, 

21 And the Araorites, and the Canaan- 
its, and the Gin-ashites, and the Jebusites. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Sarai giveth Jffagar to Abrom. 6 who 
flying from her mistress^ 9 is sent back 
by an angel. 15 Lshmael is born. 

NOW Sarai, Abram's wiie, bare him no 
children ; and she had an handmaid, 
an Egyptian, whose name ivas Hagar. 

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold 
now, the Lord hath restrained me from 
bearing : I pray thee, go in unto my maid ; 

»e that f may obtain children by her. 
And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 

3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar 
her raaid the Eg] ptian, after Abram had 
dwelt ten years m the land of Canaan, and 
gave her to her husband Abram to be his 
wife. 

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she 
conceived i and when she saw that she had 
conceived, her mistress was despised in her 
eyes, 

5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong 
be upon thee : I have given my maid into 
thy bosom : and when she saw that she 
had conceived, I was despised in 1 
the Lord judge between me and thee.'. 

6 % But A cram said unto Sarai, Behold, 
thy maid is in thy hand : do to her as it 
pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt 
hardly with her, she fled from her face, 

7 And the angel of the Loe n found her 
by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by 
the fountain in the way to Shur. 

8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, 
Whence earnest thou ] and, Whither wilt 
thou go ? And she said, I flee from the face 
of my mistress Sarai. 

9 If And the angel of the Lord said un- 
to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit 
thyself under her hands. 

10 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
her, I wih multiply thy seed exceedingly, 
that it shail not be numbered for multitude. 

11 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
her, Behold, thou art with child ; and shalt 

i his same Jsh- 
came iheLoRD hath heard thy af- 
fliction. 

a Wild mar. ; his hand 
witl be against every man, and ev< 
hand ag.La:-: hirn ; and ha shall dwell in 



leyttecb 

13 And she called the name of the Lcrd 
that spake unto her, Thou Cod seest me : 
for she said, Have I also here looked after 
him that seest me I 

14 Wherefore the well was called Beer- 
lahairoi ; behold, it is between Kadeshand 
Bered. 

lo *\\ And Hagar bare Abram a son : 
and Abram called his son's name, which 
Hagar bare, Ishmael. 

16 And Abram was fourscore and six 
years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to 
Abram. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 The covenant is renewed. 5 Abranr's 
name changed. 10 Circumcision is in- 
stituted. 1 6 Isaac is promised* 

AND when Abram was ninety years 
old and nine, the Lord appeared to 
Abram, and said untohim, I am the Al- 
hod ; walk before me, and be thou 
perfect. 

2 And I will make my covenant be- 
tween me and thee, and will multiply thee 
exceedi] 

3 And Abram fell on his face : and God 
talked with him, saying, 

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is 
with thee, and thou shalt be a fail = i 
many nations. 

5 f Neither shall thy name any more 
be called Abram, but thy name shall he 
Abraham ; for a father of many nations 
have I made thee. 

6 And 1 will makethee exceeding fruit- 
ful, and I will make nations of thee, and 
kings shall come out o'i thee. 

7 And I will establish my covenant be- 
tween me and thee and thy seed after the e in 
their generations for an everlasting cove- 
nant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed 
after thee. 

8 And J will rive unto thee, and to thy 
seed after thee, the land wherein thou art 
a stanger, ali the land of Canaan, i 
verlasting possession ; and 1 will be their 
God. 

9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou 
shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, 
and thy seed after thee in their generations. 

10 if This is my covenant, which ye 
r .D, between me and you and thy 

hate , Tver} man "child among 
you shall be circum< 

11 And ye shall circumcise 
your foreskin ; and it shall be a token cf 
the covenant betwixt me and you. 

12 A '■■ ays old shall De 

in your generations, he that is born in the 
house, or f> ngjnt with money of airy stran- 
ich is not thy seed. 

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20 AbcI the Lord said, Because the cry 
of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and be- 
cause their, sjd is very grievous ; 

21 I will go down now, and see whether 
tliey have done altogether according to 
ti*e cry of it, which is come unto rne ; 
athd if not, 1 will know. 

22 Aiidtue men turned their faces from 
thence, and went toward Sodom : but 
Abraham stood yet before the Lord. 

23 % And Abraham drew near, and 
said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous 
with the wicked ■ 

24 I eraaventure there be fifty righteous 
•within die city : Will thc-u algo destroy 
arc not spare the place for the fifty right- 
eous thut est ti.erein I . 

25 That* be far from thee to do after 
this manner, to slay the righteous wjth tlie 
wicked : and diat the righteous sliould be 
as the wicked, -th^t be iarirom thee : Shall 
not the Judge oi ail the earth do i k ht ? 

26 And me L o r d said, If I find in bedom 
fifty righteous within the city, thenl will 
spare ail the place for their sakes. 

2f And Abraham answered and said, Be- 
hold r.c w, I have taken upon me to speak un- 
to the Lord, which am butdmX^a.^, ashes. 

28 Feradventure there shall lack iive of 
thefhtv righteous: Wilt thou destroy all 
tlie city for lack of five ? And he said If I 
find t ii ere forty and fiv.e, 1 will not destroy it. 

29 And he spake unto him yet 
and said, Feradventure there si :■: 

ty found there. And he said, I will not do 
it tor forty ? s sake. 

SO And he said untokim, Oh let not the 
Lord be angry, and I will speak: 
venture there shall thirty be found there. 
And he said, I will not do it, if I nnd thir- 
ty there. 

31 And he said, Behold now, I have tak- 
en upon me to speakunto the Lord : Fer- 
adventure there shall be twenty found 
there. And he said, I will not destroy it 
for twenty's sake. 

32 And he said, Oh let not. the Lord be 
angry, and I will speak yet but this once : 
Feradventure ten shall be four; d there. And 
he said, i will not destory it for ten's sake. 

33 Andthe Lord went his way, as soon 
ashe had left communing with Abraham : 
and Abraham returned unto his place. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 Lot entertameth two angels. 24 Sodom 
arid Gomorrah destroyed. 26 Lot's wife 
ptmished. 31 His incest. 

AKP there came two angels to Sodom 
at even ; and Lot sat in the gate of 
rx-com : ug them^ rose up to 

id be bowed himself with his 
-' aid ; 
2Andhe saidj Be^ioldnov. my lores. 



E 5 1 3. Lot directed tof.ee. 

turn in, I pray you, into your servant's * 
house, and tarry ail night, and wash your 
feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on 
your ways.' And the}' said, ISTay ; but we • 
will abide in the street ail night. 

3 And he pressed upon them greatly ; ' 
and they turned in unto him, and entered ' 
into his house ; and he made them a feast, . 
and did bake unleavened bread, and they 
did eat. 

4 But before they lay down, the men of - 
the city, even the men of Sodom, compass- 
ed tlie house round, both old and young, all : 
the people from every quarter : ''"',•'•' 

5 And they called unto Lot, and said un- 7 
to him, Where a? r the men which came in 
to thee this night ? Bring them out unto us, 
that we may know them. 

6 And Lot went out at the door unto 
them, and shut the door aile r him, 

7 A_nd said, I pray you, brethren, do not 
so wickedly. 

8 Behold now, I have . two daughters 
which have not known man ; let me, 1 pray 
you. bring them out unto you, and do ye to 
them as is good, hi your "eyes: only unto 
these men do nothing ; for therefore came ' 
they under tlie sbadow r of my roof. 

9 Ana; and back. And they 
said again. This one fellow came in to so- ; 
journ, an( *e: now ' 
will we deal worse with thee, than with, 
them . And tb ey pre ss c d so I c upon the ma h, 
ewwLct, and came near to break the door : 

the men put forth their hand, 
and pulled Lot into the house to them, , 
e door. 

11 Ai d nen that were 

with blindness, 
both small c,nd great: io that they weari- 
ed themselves to had the door. 

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast 
thou here any besides ? son in law, and 
thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatso- 
ever thou hast in the city, bring them out . 
of .this place; 

. 13 For we will destroy this place, be- 
cause the cry of them is waxen gi e 
fore the face of the Lord ; : _and the Lou d 
hath sent us to destroy it, 

14 And Lot went cut, and spake unto 
his sons in law, which married his < 

ters, and said, Up, get ye out of this 
for the Lord will destroy this city. But 
he seemed as one that mocked unto Lis 
sons in law. 

15 And when the morning arose, then * 
the angels hastened Lot, saying. Arise, 
take thy wife, and thy two daughters, 
which are here ; lest thou be consumed in 
the iniquity of the city. 

16 A lingered, the men laid" . 

hand ; and upon the hand of 



'Oofs incest, Chap, xx, 

;e, and upon the hand of his two 
bemg| merciful unto 
'him: and they brought him forth, and 
e city. 

17 And it came to puss, when they had 
brought them forth abroad, that he said, 
Escape-i " behind thee, 

the plain; escape 
I - tied. 

18 A -■-m, OhjDOtso 
- . :rd : 

. servant hath found 
jra-: ;:iified 

..ot shewed unto me 
• to the 
..e, and I die: 
j near to flee 
• Oh, let me es- 
cape thiil ier, (Is itu 
til sh -ill live. 
21 And he said unto him, See, I have 
thing also, 
ty, for the 

ape thither; for I can- 
i neither. 

- name of the city was called 
45uar. 

risen upon the earth 

tpon Sod- 
brimstone and 
from the Lor: 

ties, and 

and all the inhabitants of the 

le ground. 

back from be- 

Ij in the 
>tood be- 

1 rid of the 

ke of the 
furnace. 
■ 

hat God 

' 
I 

1 
I 

J 

diat we 



Abraham demtth his taifi, 19 



hat night: and the firstborn went in, 
and lay with her father ; and be perceived 
net wheu she lay down, nor • . 

34 And it came to pass on the a 
that the firstborn said ant 
Behold, I lay yesterni 
let us make him drink wine 
so ; and go thou in and lie with him, that 
we may preserve seed of our father. 

35 And they made their father drink 
wine that night also: and the younger a- 
rose, and lay with him : and he perceived 
not wheu she lay down, nor when she arose. 

36 Thus we're both the daughters of 
Lot with child bv their father. 

37 And the firstborn bare a srn, and 
called his name Moab: the same is the 
father of the Moabites unt 

38 And the younger, she also bare a son, 
. 1 his "name Benammi : the same 

is the father of the children oiAmnion un- 
to this day. 

' CHAP. XX 
1 AhraJiam derdeth his wife, and lostih. 
her, 14 Abimelech resioreth herx 
A ND Abraham journeyed from thence 
/V toward the south country, and dwell- 
ed between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourn- 
ed in G . 

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, 
Shew my sister: and Abimelech k 
Gerar sent and took Sarah. 

3 But God came to Abhneteeh in a dream 
him, Behold thou 

art but a dead man, for the woman which 
thou hast taken ; for she is a man's wife. 

4 But Abimelech had not come near 
her: and he said, Lord, Wilt thou slay 

ii n ? 

and she, \ 

: 

also with- 
;re- 
I 

• 

.::.e. 

era j 

. .. g 



20 Isaac is born, GEN 

10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, 
What sawest then, that thou hast done 
this thing ? 

11 And Abraham said, Because 1 thought 
Surely the fear of God is not in this plain ; 
and they will slay mef rm 

12 And yet indeed she is my sister ; she is 
the daughter of my Eat i© 

ter of my mother ; and she became my wife. 

13 And it came to pass, when God 
paused me to wander frcm my father's 
house, that I said unto her, This is thy 
kindness which thou shalt shew unto me ; 
at every place whither we shall come, say 
of me, He is my brother. 

14 % And Abimelech took sheep and 
oxen, and menseryants, and womenser- 
vants, and gave t/iem unto Abraham, and 



re:.. 



red 



16" And Abimelech said,BehoM, my lands 

dwell where it pleaseth thee, 

16 And unto Sarah he said. Behold, I 

ad. pieces 

of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering 
of the eyes, unto all 'that are wi 
and with ail other : thus she was reproved. 
I?'ho_. ito Ghd: .and 

God healed Abimelech, and his ^ 
aril; and they bare 

the wombs of the house of Abimelech, 
because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. 

CHAP. XXI. 
2 Icaac is born. 9 B'agar and Ishmael 

are cast forth, 22 Abimdectis covenant 

with Abraham. 

AND the Loe d visited Sarah as he had 
said, and the Loan did unto Sarah 
as he had spoken. 

2 % For Sarah conceived, and bare A- 
braham a son in his old age, at the set 
time of which God had spoken to him. 

3 And Abraham called the name of his 
son that wss born unto him, whom Sarah 
bare to him, Isaac. 

4 And Abraham circumcised his son 
Isaac, being eight days old, as God had 
commanded him. 

5 And Abraham was an hundred years 
old, v. henhisson Isaac was born unto him. 

(3 AndSarah said, God hath made me to 
laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with 
jrie. 

7 And she said. Who would have said 
unto [Abraham, that Sarah should have 
given children suck i for I have borne him 
a son in his old age. 

8 Ar.d the child grew, and was weaned: 
and Abraham made a great least the same 

tjiat Isaac was weaned. 
9% And San son of Hagar 

the Egyptian* which she had 'borne unto 
Abraham mocking, 



E S I S* Abimelech *s t&ifencmU 

10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, 
Cast out this bond woman and her son : 
for the son of this bondwoman shall not 
be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 

11 And the thing was very grievous in 
Abraham's 

12 And God said unto Abraham, Let 
it not be g Sevens in thy sight because of 
■(he iacl, and because of thy bondwoman ; 
in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, 
hearken unto her voice ; to* S Isa 

thy seed be called. 

13 And also of the sen of the bondwoman 
will I make a nauon, because he L- thy seed. 

14 And Abraham rote up early in the 
morning, and took bread, and a be 
water, an utting it 
on her - .■. the child, ai 

her away: a-;: . zander- 

ed in the wilderness of Beers 

1 5 And the v 

and she case the child, under one of the 
shrubs. 

16 And she went, and sat her down over 
against/:; ■ off, as it w : ere a how- 
shot: for. ;.;ee the death 

■ sat over against hattf 
and lift up her voice, and wept. * 

17 And God heard the vpi 

and the angel of I ' r out of 

heaven, and sale unto her,Whataileth thee, 
Hagar? Fear not, for God hath heard the 
voice of the lad where he is. 

18 Arise, lift, up the lad, and hold him in 
thine hand ; lor i will make him a g r e 
tion. 

19 And God opened her eyes, ana 1 1 
a well of •;; . be went and h 1 1 
bottle with water, and gave 7 '; . 

20 And God was viththe lad; : 
grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and 
became, an arch p. 

21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of 
Pa ran : and ins toother toe. 

cut of the land of 1 

22 % And it came to pass 
that Abir 

tain of his 

ing, God is v. iih thee in 

23 Now therefore swear • 
by God, mat thee wilt noi 
with me, nor r/ith n y son , 
son's sen: bid according % 
that! have done unl 

unto -me, and to the land wherein thou 
rmed. 

24 And Abraham said, I 1 
2a And 

because of a well of water, which.:. 

leCh'S Se: . 

hath done 

tell me ; neither yet hea t to day. 



xamoffereth Isaac* 

and gar 

. . en ewe lamb. 
of the 
29 Aid 

- 

sheba; 

■ 
■ 






jT\. 

- 

n, thine 












I 

12 

_ - 

i 

i gHt 
: ills 

■ 

I 

I 

Ill iio . 

■ 



a 



. 









' 












UServptn 


' returneth ziith Rebekah. GEN 


her pitch( 


-. her shoulder, ana s. i:. 


Drink, «, 


d I will give thy camels drinl 


aiso : so i 


drank, and she made tiie camels 


drink ala 






I asked her, and said, Whost 




_ u ? and she said, The 


d - : 


i Bethuel, Nahor's son, whir;. 


Mik h bi 


tre unto hkn : and I put the 




mmi her face, and thebsice&ts 




1 l>o wed down my head, and 
d he Lord, and b.essed the 




LORD do 


: mt ster Abraham, which 


h :. . 


le in the right way to take my 


in . . ' 


s daughter unto his sen. 




ii ye will deal kindly and 


twa • witi 


: tell me : and ii not 


It!, me : 




hand, cr 




50 Thei 


- Lab q id Bethuel answered 


?nd said, 


The thing prxeedeth from the 


Lord : v\ 


re cannot speak unto thee bad 


or good. 




51 Behc 


Id, Rebekah is before thee, take 


her, and 


go, andlet her be thy master's 




t le lord hath spoken. 




ss, that, when Abra- 


iiarn iser 


,eir words, he worsh- 


tppedthd 


-iORB,bc..:. ghimselfto the earth, 




the sen ?.ijc brought forth jew- 


els of sift 


ii :. id j iwels pfgold, and rai~ 


gjent, an 


e them to Rebekah : he 






the 



i m the morning : 
unto my master. 

her mother said* 



d, We 



call the 



g. 






.- called Rebekah, and 
V ilt thou go with this 


J;' 






:■ said, I wiu go. 

- ::-!:■; -way Rebekah their 
aurse; and Abraham'- ser- 


V 

u 


60 

it'; 


ier, Inoi 


blessed Rebekah, and said 
i art our sister, be thou the 

s rids of millions, andletthy 
_; gate of those which hate 






ekah arose, and her dam- 
rode upon the camels, aad 


fc 






i : nd the servant took 



Rebeka: 



m the way oi 



I S I S. Abrahams age and death, 

die well Lahairoi ; for he dwelt in the 
south c:untry. 

Co And Isaac went out to meditate in 
t ie field at the eventide s and he lifted up 
..is eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels 
were coming. 

64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and 
when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the 
camel. 

65 For she had said unto the servant, 
What man is this that walketh in the field 
to meet us ? And the servant had said, It 
is my master : therefore she took a veil, 
arid covered herself. 

66 And the servant told Isaac all tilings 
that he had done. 

67 And Isaac brought her into his moth- 
er Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and 
she became his wife ; and he loved her i 
and Isaac was comforted after his moth- 
er's death. 

CHAP. XXV. 

1 The sons of Abraham by Keturah, 7 

His age and dezih. 24 The birth of Esau 

' ■ iJacoh. 29-Esau sellethMd birthright'* 

THEN again Abraham took a wife, 
ler name was Keturah. 

2 And she hare him Zimran, andJok- 
shan, and Medan,-and Midb.ii, and Ish- 
bak," and Shuah. 

3 And Jokshan begat Shcba, and De- 
-a aao: . - in were ^ Asshu- 

rim. an( Letu Leummim. 

4 And th< jons( I hah, and 
L'pasiv. and Yh^S.i, and A xdah, and El- 
daah. All these were the children of 



Keta 



L*;?a 



aham ; 



all that he had 



5 And Aba 

unto Isaac; 

6 But unto the sons of the concubines, 
which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, 
and sent them away from Isaac his son 
while ho yet lived, eastward, unto the 

7 % And these are the days of the years 

ham's life which he lived an hun- 
dred threescore and fifteen years. 

8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, 
and died in a good old age, an old man, 
and fuil of years ; and was gathered to 
his people. 

9 And his cons Isaac and Ishinael buried 
him in the cave ofMachpelah, in the field 
of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, 
which is before Mamre ; 

10 The held which Abraham purchased 
of the sons of Heth : there was Abraham 
buried, and Sarah his wife. 

1! And it came *o pass after the death 
of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; 
and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. 

12 Now .these are the generations of 
Isktnael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar 



Bnlh of Esau end Jacob, 









the EgyptLn, Sarah's haijdmaid, bare 
LDrabam : 

13 And these are the names cf the sens 

r . 

their ga 
i 

16 Tt Ishmael, and 

• 

I 

; 

•Je. 
18 An ilah unto 

t, -as thou goest 
. . the pre- 
sence iren. 

Id when 
uighterof 

1 

reated the Lord for 
Lord • . Rebekah 

so, Why 

t to inquire of 

Id u itoher,Twona- 

I two manner of 
■cm thy bowels : 

:. 
...Jl serve 

ielivered 

all over 
■ died his 

therout, 

I 

e them. 

1 m<\I 






for I A3 name cat* 

31 id, Sell me this day thjr 

' ait. 

dd, Behold I am at the 
profit shall this 

33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this d iv; 

swear unto him ; raid he said his 
Jacob. 

34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and 
pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and 

. and rose up, way : thus 

! 

* CHAP. tX 

> ar.2 Godbksethfumm 

. 34 

A i mine in the land, 

th .. was in 
m. And Isaac wentun- 
- ztk king of the Philistines unto 
Gerar. 

- 2 If And the Lord appeared unto him, 
and said, Go not down into E ; pt: dwell 
in the land which I shall tell thee of: 

3 Sojourn in this land, and I win be with 
thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, 
unto thy seed, I wfllgive all these countries, 
and 1 will perform the oath which I swear 
unto Abraham thy father ; 

4 A id I will make thy seed to multiply 
asth< . en, and will give unto 
thy ". untries : and in thy seed 
shall all the nations of the e irth be blessed ; 

5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, 
.pt my charge, my commandments, 
my statutes, a; I -.. laws. 

6 And Isaac dwell in Gerar : 

7 And the men of the place asked L:m y 
of his wire ; and he said, She is my sister ; for 
he fe 

he the men.; nould kill me for 

Rebe : . - . ie was £ dr to 1< iok upon. 

186 when hehad beep 

oelech king of 

window, and 

sporting witii 

••: and 
pf And 
id lest I 

- - 

• peppli 

guiltiness ap- 

'/''..• j"K?o- 

man n 
I that land, and 



28 Jacob's vision,; . 

44 And tarty with him a few day's, un- 
til thy brother's fury turn away ; 

45 Until thy brothei 's anger torn awaj 
from thee, and he forget Chat V/iidi thou 
hast done to him: then~I wili send, and 
fetch thee from thence : Why should 1 be 
deprived also of you both in-one day '( 

46 An d Rebekan sa id to Isaac, 1 an \ weary 
of my life bee: lu . 

if Jacob take a wife ai the daughters 
Hethfsuchas these whi .... . a a ■ 

tersof the land, : - shall my life 

do me ? 

CHAP. XXVIH. 
• 1 Jacob is blessed, and sen; to ioAanaram. 
WMs-visi6n* ISThesk Bethel 

20 Jacob's vtu. 

0:-:- l M 



GENESIS. 



His VQW> 



thee, and 



of Bethuei thy mothei 's 
thee a wife frem then? e 
■ of Laban thy mother's bi 

3 And God Almighty 
make thee irui'ldel } j aa ;a\:1.> :;■/ d/a: ■.a.aa 
thcu mayestbe amulffeiide i people; 

4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, 
' to thee,and to thy seed wi tfc 

mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a 
stranger, which G-od gave unto Abi ^;:z, 

5 And Isaac cent away Jacda ; ar.d nc 

• went to Padanaram unto Labah, son of 
Bethuei the Syrian, the brother a. 
kah, ' cob's - Ea - sn 3ther. 



ham thy fathely and the God of Isaac „° 
the land whereon thou Iiest, to thee will 
I give it, and to thy seed;, 

14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of 
the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad 
to the west, and to the east, and to the 

ad to the so nth : and in thee and 
in thy seed shall all the families of the 

15 An ' am with thee, and will 
keep thee in all places whither choa goest, 

ing thee again into this land 5 
. r 3 wil not . .a /a thee, until I have dene 
that which i have spoken to thee of. 

15 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, 
• said, Surely the Lord is in this 
it not. 

fr id, and said, How 

; This is none other 

but the house of God, and this is the gate 



1 rose up early in the 
: the ste»e that he had 
, and set it up fir b. pil- 

\rrca die top of it. 

:1 the name of that place 

name- of that city was 



Bethel; b 
called hx\ 

20«i|Ar 
If God wi 

in tins w> 



8 And Esi J 
bfGanaanple 

9 Then we .'■ 

lath t] le 

.sen, the 

10 f if j 

-Sheba,and wei . iwarc I r 
: 11 And helightedi 

andtafri . 1 all 1 igl :, 

sun was set ; and he took ( 

icej and put t/iemfor his pillows, 

12 And he da-earned, and 
-der set upon the earth, and the top of it 
reached to he 
of Gc d ascen ■ : en it. 

id Andbeliold, the Lord stood above it, 
and said, X am the Lord God - 



ob vowed a vow, saying, 
vithme, and will keep me 
b I go, and wid give me 
bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 

21 So that 1 come again to my father's 
house in peace ; then shall the Lord be 
my God. 

22 And this stone, which I have set 
for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of 
all that thcu shalt. give me I will surely 

a a die tenth unto thee. 

CHAP. XXIX. 

1 Jacob cometh 10 t'l.-vdlofHaran; 13 h 

wd by Laban. *18 Jacob cove' 

for xel ; and is deceived 

eah ; 28 but marrieth Rachel also. 

'THHE1S .a a ,a nt an his journey, and 

X came in to the land of the people of 

the east. 

2 And he looked, and behold a well in 

the field, and lo there were three flocks 

• it ; for oat of that well 

tefed the flocks : and a great stone 

vms upon the well's mouth. 

a were all the flocks gath- 
ered; and they rolled the stone from 
a mouth, and watered the sheep, 
. the stone ag; a well's 

month in his 3 
4 And Jacob in, My breth- 

hence be ye ? And they said, Of 
re we. 

to them, Know ye, 

hey said, 

• 



Jacob is entertained by Laban, Chap, 

6 And he said unto them, is he well ? 
And the>' said, //fw well : and, behold, Ra- 
chel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 

7 And he said, Lo, it is yet liigh day, 
neither is it time that the cattle should be 
gathered together : water ye the sheep, 
and go and teed them, 

8 And they said, We cannot, until all 
the flocks be gathered together, and till 

roll die stone from the well's mouth; 
then we water me sheep. 

V And while he \ et spake with them, 
Rachel came with her father's sheep : for 
she kept them. 

10 And it came to pass, when Jacob 
saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his 
mother's brother, andthesha 
his mother's brother, thai 
near, and rolled the stone from the well's 
mouth, hikI watered the Hock of Laban 
his mother's brother. 

b kissed Rachel, and lifted 

vow : , and 

12 And Jacob told Rachel that he ivas 

I i i.i i ho was Rebe- 

• lid she ran and told her father. 

tad it came to pass, when Laban 

heard the tidings of Jac b his sister's son, 

that he ran to meet him, and embraced 

him, and kissed him, andbroughthim to his 

. And he t . these things. 

1 Laban said to him, Suivly 

: -'a. And he 

abode With him the space <\ a month. 

in said unto Jacob, I 
thou art my brother, Sh< uldest thoutherc- 
noughti Tell me What 
shall th; 

: two daughters: the 
a, and the name 

l " . 

iter. 

J 'j An . ;• tli..t 1 

: 

vehchadl 

i 

I 

Leaht 



>:*:•.% Jul, ' ". 29 

morning, behold, it . 
said to Laban, What is thi 
unto me? Did not I se- 
el ? Wherefore then h . u led me ? 

26 And Laban said, k must not be so 
done in our country, to i\ . i 

before the fir 

27 Fultil her .;n gi vc 
thee this also, for the service which thou 
shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 

28 If And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her 
week : and he gave him Rachel lus daugh- 
ter to wife also. 

29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daugh- 
ter Iaurah his handmaid, to be her maid. 

30 And he went in also unto Rachel 
and he loved also Rachel more thai 

and served with him yet se , e.i other j ears. 

31 And when the Lord saw that Leah 
was hated, he opened her womb: but Ra- 
chel was barred. 

32 And Leah coneived. and bare a son, 
and she called his name Reuben ; for she 
s:nd, Surely the Lord hath looked upon 
my affliction ; now therefore my husband 
will love me. 

33 And she conceived again, and bare 
a son ; and said, Because the Lo;: i 
heard tiiat 1 <was hated, he h 

given me this son also: and she called lus 
name Simeon* 

34 And she conceived again, and bare ;i 
son : and said, Now this time will my hus- 
band be joined unto me, because I 
borne him three sons: therefore i 
nana- called Levi. 

id she conceived again, and bare 3 
bod: and die said, Now will 1 pr 
Lou j) : therefore she called his a 
dah ; and left bearing. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 RachePa bor re r me ae, '.: She 

':. 77 Jacob* a 

AND when Rachel 
b no chEdrV ivied 

I die. 

gainst Rachi 1 i . 

. 

' Milhah, 

•1 And 

■ 

I 

1 

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GENESIS. 

'•• And Bilhah, Rachel's maid> conceived 

fecund sen. 

helsaid, With great wrest- 

■a with my bister, ana 

t ih,..,-. , - • ■• shersiled his name 



2 have prevailed : and she called his name 
litali. ■ 
9 When Leah saw that she had lett 
,-. she took Zilpah her maid, and 
gave her Jacob to wife. 
1 10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Ja- 
cob a son, 

11 And Leah said, A troop cometh : 

.; hisriaise Gad- 

12 And Zilpah., Leak's maid, bare Ja- 
cob a second son. 

13 Al - L said. Happy am I for the 
daughters will c all me blessed: ana she 

went in the days of 
., andfeunfi mandrake^ in 

the field, and brought them unto his mo- 
ichel said to Leah, Give 
feeyipfay dice, of thy son's mandrakes. 
- 15 And she , Is it a small 

c taken my hi 

my son's 
mandrakes also? And d,.Thece- 

fore he shall lie with thee to-night tor thy 
son's mrrndrahes. 

16 And Jacob came cut cf the field in the 

evening, and Leah went out to meet him, 

jvRrj .. 'A llicu must come in unto me ; ibr 

frave fiii edtlic e with my sen's man- 

. And he lay with her that night. 

•: Cc f .-hearkened unto Lean, and 

); ire Jacob thcrlith son. 

18 And Leah said, God hath gi 

; because I have given my maiden 
... : and she called his name 

reived again, asd-fifoc 
... son. 
20 And Leah said, God hath endowed 
• new wihmyhus- 
- 

ailed ids name 
Zebulnn. 

are a daughter, 

h. 

red Rachel, and 
ened her 

• 
taken a i; 

i ■ ."; she called his name Joseph ; and 

25 And 

lace, anil to nr 

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Jacob's covenant with Labaiu 
go : for thou knowest my service which I 
have done thee. 

27 1[ And Laban said unto him, I pray 
thee, if 1 have iound favour in thine eyes* 
carry : for I have learned by Experience 
that die Lord hath blessed me ibr thy sake. 

28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, 
and I will give it. 

3 he said unto him, Thou knowest 
how I have served thee, and how th;> cat- 
tle was with me. 

30 For it was little which thou hadsfe 
before I came, and it is now increased un- 
to a multitude ; and the Lord hath blessed 
thee since my coming : and now, When 
shall I provide for mine own house also ? 

31 And he said, What shall I give thee ? 
And Jacob said, Thou slialt not give me a- 
ny tiling : if thou wilt do this tiling lor me, 
I will again feed and keep thy flock : . 

32 Twill pass through all thy flock to 
da}-, removing from thence all die speck- 
led and spotted cattle, and all the brown 
cattle among the sheep, and the spotted 
and speckled among the goats : and cf 
such shall be my hire. 

S3 So shall my righteousness answer for 
me in time to come, when it shall come 
for my hire before thy face: everyone 
that is not speckled and spotted among 
the goats, and brown among the sheep, 
that shall be accounted stolen with me. 

34 And Laban said, Behold- 1 would it 
might be according to thy word. 

35 And he removed that day the he 
goats that were ringstraked and spotted, 
and ah the she goats that were speckled and 
spotted, and everyone mat had sotzfe white 
in it, and ah the brown among the sheep. 
and gave them into the hands cf his sons. 

3o And he set three days journey be- 
twixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed 
the rest of Laban's fl i 
37 % And Jacob took him rods of green 
■■•. and of the haze! and chesnut tree ; 
and pilled white strakes in them, and 
•_ white appear which was in the 

id he set the r< he hid 

pilled before the nocks in the gutters in 
the watering troughs, when the flocks 
came to drink, that they sh< 
• y <\ mc t . h 

i toe flecks conceived befc 
brought forth cattle ringstraked, 
speckled and sp 

ob did separate the 1 
and set the faces of Ok flocks to? 
bed, and all the '• 

; and he put his own flocks 
aad nui.them not unto 

..'. it came top s- whensoever the 



in t 

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c edingly, 
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18 And 

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and Rac 

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21 So he fled with all that he had; 

I 

. 

23 And he to 
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and they overtook hin i 

i;i a dream by night, 

bad! 

. in the m u 

ofGilead. 

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52 Laban and Jacob ccn^v.d, 



GENESIS. 



Jacob's vision* 



33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and 
into Leah's tent, and into the two maidser- 
vant's tents ; but he found them not. Then 
went he out of Leah's tent, and entered in- 
to Rachel's tenfc 

34 Now Rachel had taken the images, 
and put them in the camel's furniture, and 
sat upon them. And Laban searched all 
the tent, but found them not. 

35And she said to her father,Let it not dis- 
please my lord that I cannot rise up before 
thee ; for the custom of women is upon me. 
,<ind he searched, but found not the images. 

36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with 
Laban : and Jacob answered and said to La- 
ban, what is my trespass f what is my sin, 
that thou hast so hotly pursued after me ? 

37 Whereas thou hast searched all my 
stuff what hast thou found of all thy house- 
hold stuff? set it here before my brethern 
and thy brethern, that they may judge be- 
twixt us both. 

38 These twenty years have I been with 
thee : thy ewe's and thy she goats have not 
cast their young, and the rams of the flock 
have 1 not "eaten. 

39 That which was torn of beasts, I 
brought not unto thee ; I bear the loss of it: 
of my hand didst thou require it whether 
stolen by day, or stolen by night. 

40 Thus 1 was in the day the drought con- 
sumed me ? and the frost by night ; and my 
sleep departed from mine eyes. 

41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy 
house ; I served thee fourteen years for 
thy two daughters, and six years for 
thy cattle : and thou hast changed my wa- 
gers ten times. 

42 Except the God of my father, the 
God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, 
had been with me, surely thou hadst sent 
n ic aw ;; y now empty. God hath seen mine 
affliction and the labour of my hands, and 
rebuked thee yesternight. 

43 And Laban answered and said unto 
Jacob these daughters are my daughters, 
and these children are my children, and 
these cattle are my cattle and all that thou 
seest is mine : and what can I do this day 
unto these my daughters, or unto their chil- 
dren which, they have borne ? 

44 % Now therefore, come thou, let us 
make a covenant, I and thou ; and let it 
be for a witness between me and thee. 

45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up 
for a pillar. 

46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Ga- 
ther stones ; and they took stones, and 
made an heap; and they did eat there up- 
on the heap. 

47 And Laban called it Jcgarsakadutha : 
but Jacob called it Galeed. 

48 And Laban said. This heap is a wit- 



ness between me and thee this day. There- 
fore was the name of it called Galeed ; 

49 And Mizpah ; for he said,The Lord 
watch between me and thee, when we are 
absent one from another. 

50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, cr 
if thou shalt take other wives besides my 
daughters, no man is with us ; see, Gc$ zs 
witness betwixt me and thee. 

51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this 
heap, and behold this pillar, which I have 
cast betwixt me and thee ; 

52 This heap be witness, and this pillar 
be witness, that I will not pass over this 
heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass 
over this heap and tins pillar unto me for 
harm. 

53 The God of Abraham, and the God 
ofNahor,theGod of their father, Judge 
betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of 
his father Isaac. 

54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the 
mount, and called his brethren to eat bread .* 
and they did eat bread, and tarried all night 
in the mount. 

55 And early in the morning Laban rose 
up and kissed his sons and Ins daughters, 
and. blessed them ; and Laban departed, 
and returned unto his place. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
1 Jacob's vision, 3His message, 13 and fire- 
sent to Esau, 24 Wrestling ivith an an- 
gel he is called Israel, 

AND Jacob went on his way, and the 
angels of God met him. 

2 vVnd when Jacob saw them, he said 
Tins is God's host : and he called the name 
of that place Mahanaim. 

3 T[ And Jacob sent messengers before 
him to Esau his brother unto the land of 
Seir, the country of Edom. 

4 And he commanded them saying,Thus 
shall , ye speak unto my lord, Esau ; thy 
servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojoumecl 
with Laban, and stayed there until now ; 

5 And I have oxen, and asses, fiocks 
and menservants, and women servants : 
and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may 
find grace in thy sight. 

6 And the messengers returned to Ja- 
cob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, 
and also he cometh to meet thee, and four 
hundred men with him. 

7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and 
distressed : and he divided the people that 
vjas with him, and the flocks, and herds, 
and the camels, into two bands : 

8 And said, If Esau come to the one com- 
pany, and smite it, then the other company 
which is left shall escape. 

9 And Jacob said, O God of my father 
Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the 
Loud which saidst unto 'me, Return unto 



i, 



Jacob's fir esc ni to Esau. Chap, 

thy country, and to thy kindred, ai 
dwell with thee: 

10 1 am not worthy of the least of all 
the mercies, and of all the truth, which 
thou hist shewed unto thy servant; for 
with my StaffI passed over this Jordan; 
and now I am become two! 

11 Deliver me 1 pray thee, from the 
hands of my brother, from the (lands of E- 
r him, lest he will come and 
smite mcyandthe mother with her children. 
.a thou saidst, I will surely do thee 
good, and make thy seed as the said of the 
hich cannot 'be numbered for multi- 
tude. 

I there that same night : 
and took of mat which came to h 
is brother' ; 
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty 
, two hundred ewes, and twenty 

I 
Dirty milch camels with their colts, 
I ten bulls, twenty she asses, 
and ten I 

16 And he delivered them into the hand 

of his servants, everj droveby themselves ; 

and said unto his servants, pass over be- 

■ , and put a space betwixt drove 

and dr 

. I he commanded the foremost, 
i my brother meeteth 
saj ing, Whose art 
Whither goest thou ? and 
these before thee? 
m thou shaft say, They be thy ser- 
: it is a present sent unto my 
la, also lie w behind us. 
I nunanded he the 
third, and all that followed the 
' nner shall ye 

,vhen ye find him. 

. .! he said! willap- 
ii with the pr 

c he will a< < i 

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xxxii. Jacob wrestling with en angel. 33 
breaketh ; and he said, I will not 
«pt thou bless 
I tie aid unto him, Wh . 
name : And hi 

28 And he siid, Thy name shall be call- 
ed no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a 
prince hast thou power with God and with 
men, and hast prevailed. 

29 And Jacob asked h'm, and said, Tell 
me* I pro thee, thy name: And he said 
Wherefore is it thai thou dost ask after 
my name ? And he blessed him there. 

30 And Jacob called the name of the 
place, Peniel: fori have seen God face 

aid my life is presi 

1 the sun 
rose upon him, and he halted u 

lerefore the children of Israel eat 
not of the sinew whi< which ut 

upon the hollow of the thkdi, u 

he touched the hollow of Jacob's 
thigh in the sinew that shrank. 

chap, xxxju. 

1 The kindness of Jacob and Emu; 
meeting. 18 Jacob buyeth a field at 
Shalem and buildeth an altar* 

AND Jacob lifted up his e\es, and look- 
ed, and. behold, Esau came, and 
with him four hundred men. And he di- 
vided the children unto Leah, and unto 
Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 

2 And he put the handmaids and their 
children foremost, and Leah and hejchil- 
dn n after, and Rachel and Joseph hinder- 
most. 

3 And he passed over before them, and 
bowed himself to the ground Beven times, 
until he came near to fiis br then 

4 And Ks ai ran to men I him, an 
braced him, and fell on bis 
kissed him : and thej m ; t. 

5 And : 

chudr n ; aiujlsaid, 

id, The 
• 

i 

- : .aid 

■ •. hi h l in'-' . .md In • lid, i 

> said, Nay, I ] 

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34 Jacob buuefh af. Id GENESIS. bncchcinites circumdsed. 

I had seen the face of God, and thou wast , lie had wrought folly in Israel inlying with 



pleased with me. 

UTakej I pray thee, my blessing that is 
hi -ought to thee ; because ( xod hath dealt gra- 
ciously with roe, and because I have enough. 
And he urged him, and he took it, 

12 And he said, Let us take our journey, 
and let us go, and I will go before thee. 

13 And he said unto him, My lord 
knoweth that the children are tender, and 
the Hocks and herds with young are with 
me : and if men should overdrive them 
one da}-,' all the flock will die. 

14 Let my lord, Ipray thee, pass over 
before his servant : and I will lead on 
softly, according as the cattle that goeth 
before me, and the children, lje able to 
endure, until I come unto mv lord unto Seir, 



I Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to 
be done. 

8 And Hamor communed with their?, 
saying, The soul of my son Shechem long- 
eth for your daughter : I pray you give 
her him to wife. 

9 And make ye marriages with us, and 
give your daughters unto us, and take our 
daughters unto you. 

10 And ye Shall dwell with us : and the 
land shall be before you ; dwell and trade 
ye therein, and gefryou possessions therein. 

11 And Shechem said unto her 

and unto her brother, Let me find grace 
in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me 
1 will give. 



12 Ask me never so much dowry an$ 

15 And Esau said, Let "me now leave gift, and I will give according as ye-shall 
with thee some of the folk that are with say unto me : but give me the damsel to wife. 
me: And, he said. What needeth it? Let j 
me hud grace in the sight.of my lord. j 

16 So Esau returned that day on his 
way unto Seir. 

17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, j 
and built him an house, and made booths ' 
for his cattle : therefore the name of the 
place is called Succoth. 

18 *f And Jacob came to Shalem, a city 
of Shechem, which is in the land of Ca- 
naan, when he came fromPadanaram ; and 
pitched his tent before the city. 

19 And he bought a parcel of a field. 



ay i 

13 And the sons ot Jacob answered She- 
chem and Hamor his father deceitfully, 
and said, because he had denied Dinah 
their sister, 

14 And they said unto them, We cannot 
do this tiling, to give our sister tOtOjoe that 
is uncircumcised ; for that were a reproach 
unto us : 

15 But in this will we consent unto you : 
If ye wufhe as we be, that every male of 
you te circumci 

16 Then will we give cur daughters un- 
to you, ana we will take your daughters 



where he had spread his tent, at the hand unto us, and we will dwell with 3 r ou, and wc 



of the children of Hamor, Shechcm's fa- 
ther, for an hundred pieces of money. 

20 And he erected there ah altar, and 
balled it Elelohe Israel. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 Dinah ravished, 20 Ttie Skechemites 
ere circumcised, 25 slain by the sans cf 
Jaco!\ 27 and their city ■■frJlcd.. 

AND Dinah the daughter o'i Leah, 
which she bare unto Jacob, went 
: the land* 
2 And when Shechem the sen of Ha- 
mor die EGvite, prince of the country, 
r he took her, and lay with her, 
and denied her. 



will become one people. 

17 But if ye will not hearken unto u c , 
to be circumcised ; tSaen will we take our 

18 And their wordspleasedHana( 
Shechem, Hamor's son. 

el [the young man deferred not to 

do the thing, because he had delight in Ja- 
more honour- 
able tl bis father. 

ad Hamor and Shechem his son 
came unto the gate of their citv, and com- 
muned with the men of their city, 

21 These men are peaceable with us, 
therefore let them dwell in the land, and 



3 Ai - clave unto Dinah the trade therein ; for the land, behoJ 

daughter of Jacob, and he loved the dam- large enough for diem ; let 

sel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. _ daughters to us for wives, and let us give 

! t >his father Ha- them our daughters, 
to wife. 22 Only here m 

(heard that he had defiled to us, for to dwell with ne peo- 

his sons were pic, if eve. >gusbetircd 

witlk h nd Jacob as 

hekrnis] i ::ne. 2.3 S/icdl not tl 

6 And Hamor the lather of Shechem stance and eve; • 

unto J rath hi - . - 

i came outoft 

i cl unto Shechem, 
■.....". that weiit eat of the 



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11 And God 
mighty : be fruitful a 
and a ccm 
and kings snail come out of Ay li 

1 2 And flie la 
will rive lr, and to 

: after thee ▼.ill 1 ji;i\ c the land. 

13 And God went up n 
lere Ik- talked with 

• 
where he talked v, ith him, erven a . 

: 

i I Jacob called the name oft i 

s but a little 

. 
our. 

•it came to ] 
hard labour, tha 

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d \< chel di< 

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35 LvuCs-Jcuih. GEN 

And the days of Isaac were anhun- 
re years. 
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, 
and was gathered unto his people, being 
Eull of days: and his sons Esau and 
him. 
CHAP. XXXVI. 

r, moving to mount 
o, ir. '2 Hie sons. 
OW theseare the generations of Esau, 
A\o is Edom. 
J « Esau took his wives of the daugh- 
tersot' Canaan ; Adalithe daughter of Elon 
die Hitute, and Aholibamah tiie daughter 
of Anali the daughter Zibcon the Hivite; 

3 And Bashemath, lshmeal's daughter, 
aster of Nebajoth. • 

4 And Adah bear to Esau EJiphaz ; and 
Bashemath bare Reuel ; 

5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaa- 
lam and Korah : these arc the sons of Esau, 
which were bom unto him in the land of 
Canaan. 

G ° And Esau took his wives and his 
so s, and his daughters, and all the persons 
of hishouse, and his cattle, and all his beasts, 
and all his substance, which lie had got in 
the land of Canaan : and went into the 
c antrj from the face of his brother Jacob. 

7 For their riches were more than diat 
they might dwell together ; and the land 
wherein they were strangers could not bear 
(hem, because of their cattle. 

8 Thus dwelt Esau in mountSeir ; Esau 
is Edom. 

9 * And these arc the generations of E- 
, the father of the Edoniites, in mount 

10 These an < f Esau's sons, 
Etiphaz li the wife of Esau, 
Reuel the son of Bashemath the wile of E- 
sau, 

1 1 And the sons of Eli] )haz were Teman, 
Omar, V. i tnd Kenaz. 

linetoEUphaz 
JiphazAma- 
Kk : these were the ssns of Adah Esau's 
v. lie. 

careihe sons of Reuel ; Na- 
hath, and 'Arab, Shammah,and Mizzah ; 
se were the sons <i Bashemath Esau's 
wile. 

were the sons of Aholiba- 
ughter 
hi bare to E- 
sau J< 

UL'l'i sons of 

I 

; )raar, duke 
| Zepl 

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E S 1 5. Kings and Dukes ofEdonu 

17 And these are the sons of Ruel E- 
sau's son ; dukeNahath, duke Zerah, duke 
Shamah,dukeMizzah ; these arethe dukes 
that came of Reuel in the land of Edom : 
these are the sons of Bashemath Fsau's 
wife. 

18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah 
Esau's wife ; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, 
duke Korah : these were the dukes that 
came of Aholibamah, the daughter of A- 
nah, Esau's wife. 

19 These are the sons of Esau, who is 
Edom, and these are their dukes. 

20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, 
who inhabited the land ; Lotan, and Shobal, 
and Zibecn, and Anah, 

21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan : 
these are the dukes of the Horites, the 
children of Seir in the land of Edom. 

22 And the children of Lotan were Hori 
and Heman ; and Lotan's sister was Timna* 

23 And the children of Shobal were these ; 
Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal Shepho, 
and Onam. 

24 And these are the children of Zibeon ; 
both Ajah, and Anah : this was that Anah 
that found the mules in thewilderness, as he 
fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 

25 And the children of Anah were these ; 
Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of 
Anah. 

26 And these are the children of Dishon ; 
Hemdan, and Eshban, and Itliran, and 
Cheran. 

27 The children of Ezer are these ; Bil- 
han, and Zaavan, and Akan. 

28 The children of Diihan are these ; 
Uz and Aran. 

29 These are the dukes that came of the 
Horites ; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke 
Zibeon, duke Anah. 

30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Di- 
shan : these are the dukes tJiat came of Ho- 
ri, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 

31 And these are the kings that reigned 
in the land of Edom, before there reigned 
any king over the children of Israel. 

32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in E- 
dom : and the name of his city w « sDinhabah. 

33 Ana Bela died, and Jobab the son of 
Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 

34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the 
land of Temani reigned in his stead. 

35 And Husham died, andlladad, the son 
of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of 
Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name 
of his city was Avith. 

3*5 And Hadad died, and Saralah of Mas- 
rcigned in his stead. 

37 And Shamlah died, ;-nd Saul of Re- 

7 the river reigned in his stead. 

38 And Saul died, and Baalhanari the 

J.- stead* 



Jbtefik U hated by his brethren. Chap. 
39 And Baalhananthe » n of Achbordi- 
r reigned in Us stead; and 
• 

- 

the dukes 

letheth, 

I 

dake Teman, duke 

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ar } in£- 

A herein 

— . be land 

- 
. and the 
and with 

ireviire- 



x&cviL His brethren con ; ' . 37 

j that thcu hast dreamed ? Shall I and thy 

ler and thy brethren indeed come to 

bow down ourselves to thee, to the earth ? 
en envied him; but 
served the saying. 

12 And has brethren went to feed their 
father's chem, 

13 And . seph, Do not 

hren feed tkejlock in Shechetn ? 
Come, and 1 will send thee unto them. 
And he said unto him, Here am 1. 

14 And he said to him, Go, I pra 
see whether it be 

andweD with the flocks; and bri 

lin. So he seat Mm out of t\ : 

of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 

15 And a certain man found him, and* be- 
hold, he i 

man asked him, saying, Whatseekest thou? 

16 An.. £kmy brethren : tell 
me, I pray thee, vvhere they fee 

IT And the man said, The) 
hence; for I heard them say. Let 
Dothan. And Joseph , .-> breth- 

I found them in Dothan, 
jid when they saw him afar I •?, 
even before he came near unto the 
y him. 

19 And they said one to another, Eehold 

meih. 

20 Come now therefore, and let : 
him, and cast him into some pit, and v/e 
will say some evil beast hath devoured 
him: and we shall 6ee what will b 

of hisdn 

. R euben heard it, and he d 
him out of their hands j and said, Let us 

that he might rid 

i 

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03 Jose fih sold to Pot:phar. GEN 

28 Then there passed by Midianites, 
iBerehantmen ; and the.} di ew and lifted 
up Joseph cut of the pit," and bold Joseph to 
the Ishnieelites for twenty faeces of silver : 
and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 

29 And Reuben returned unto the pit ; 
and. beheld, Joseph was not in the pit ; and 

- he rent his clothes. 

returned unto his brethren, 
and said, The cliild is not ; and i, Whith- 
er shall I go ? 

31 And they took Joseph's coat, and kil- 
led a kit! ot the goats, and dipped the coat 
in the bleed ; 

52 And they rent the coat of many cc- 
leii brought 22 to their fi 

rius ha^ e we fcund : knew now 
tv it be thy son's coat or no. 

said. It is py 
son's coat; an evil - uhhn; 

- 
[Abes, end put 
ns,and mourned ior 
days, 
nd ail his sons and all his daw 
rose up to comfort him ; but he refused to 
be cor>r^:teci; and he said, For I will go 
down into the gr.rve unto my son, mour- 
s his father wept for him. 
36f Arid the midhti'itea sold him into 
Egyj n officer oi" Pha- 

raoh's, and captain of die guard. 
CHAP. XXXVIJI. 
1 Judah begettt th fir, Onan, end Chela/: 
hetresftassof 
. amar. 

A to pass at 'that time, that 

Judah went down iron: 

ce rt: in Aduiiamite, whose 

-'ere a daughter of a 
cert; shuah; 

andh' ndwentinunl 

d, and bare a son; 
and name Er. 

red again and bare a 
sen : 

5 And 
a sen j 

he ■ . i in him. 

6 And ' bisfirst- 

. wh< c name i 

s wicked 
in \ e Lord; and c::a Lord 

.\ Go :n 
uhtoti 
and • 

net be his 
wehl 

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E S I S. Judo/fa. incest with Tamar, 

10 And the thing which he did, displease , 
the Lord : wherefore he slew him also. 

11 Then said Judah to Tamar his 

ter in law, remain a widow at thy la- 
ther's house, tillSheiah my son be grown : 
for he Said, Lest peradventure he oie also 
as his brethren did. And Tamar went and 
dwelt in her father's house. 

ad in process of time the daughter 

Judah's wife died ; and Judith was 

comforted, and went up unto his sheep 

shearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hi- 

rah the Aduiiamite. 

13 And it wa&*told Tamar, sa)-ing, Be- 
hold thy lather in law goetli up to 1 

to shear his sheep. 

14 And she put her widow's garments 
off from her, and covered her with a veil, 
and wrapped herself, and sat in an open 

liich is by the way to Timnath ; for 
dial bhelah was grown, and she 
was not given unto him to wife. 

15 When Judah saw her, he thought her 
to be an harlot : because she had covered 
her face. 

16 And he turned unto her by the way, 
and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come 
in unto thee ; for he knew not that she was 
his daughter in law. And she said, What 
wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come 
in unto me ? 

17 And he said, I will send thee a kid 
from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou 
give me a pledge, till thou send it? 

18 And he said, What pledge shall I 
give thee? and she said, Thy signet, and 

nd thy staff that is in thine 
hand. And he gave it her, and came in un- 
to her, and she conceived by him. 

19 And she rose, and vent away, and 
laid by her veil from her, and put on the 
garments of her widowhood. 

" 20 And Judah sent the kid. by the hand 
of his friend the Aduiiamite, to* receive his 
pledge from the woman's hand: but he 
found her not. 

21 Then he asked the men of that place, 
sa) ing, Where is the harlot, that was c- 
.; side ? and they said, There 
I) riot in this place* 

t t Fudah, and satoj 
cannot find her ; and also the men of the 
id, that there was no harlot m this 
/.lace, 

23 And Judah said. Let her take it to 
her, lestw r e be shamed : behold, I sent this 
kid, and thou hast not f( und her. 

id it came to pass about three 
.A, say- 
tthplay- 

idah said, Bring 
irnt. 



yicemmt* 



Chap. JQOdx,xl. 



He h falsely accust 



to her i 

rre these, 

: 

I 

■ 

'hd : and 
i 

i 
ds hand: 

in, 13 IL' 

ther. 

an ! that the 

and all that he had he 
. 

time, that 

I 

ill tliat lie 

» 



ne to pass, as 

I ilOt 

ontoh< ',- v. 

U And it came I imc, 

that Job fih went into the house to do iiis 
. a of 
the hoi 
12 ! ht him by his garment, 

'. Lie with me: and he left his gar- 
ment in her I d, and got him out. 
iss, w'uen shes iw 
that iie had left Ms garment in her iv. 
. fled forth, 

' onto the men of her 
pake unto them, sa] 
he hath brought in -an Hebrew unto u-; to 
mock us: he came in unto me to lie with 
I cried with a loud \ 

1 5 \ ■ he heard 
that I lifted u id cried, that 

me, and fled, and 
i put. 

16 And she laid u 
until his 

-' cording to 

unto us, came in 
> mock me : 

8, as I lifted up 

my voice and cried, that he left his gar- 

■ 

i I \i:d it came to pass, when his mister 

pabe 

I thy 

20^i And ' ind 

Icing's prisoners tj. re bound : and lie was 
. 
21 But th< 

Lvour 

I 

■ 

prosi er. 
c;i \ p. XL. 

A* 



40 Joseph inferjweteth dreams. GEN 

prison, the place where Joseph wars bound. 

4 If Aj id the captain of the guard charged 

Joseph with them, and he served them : 

■ continued a season in ward. 

y dreamed a dream, both of 
them, each ma 

- 
.• earn, t1ae butler and the baker of 
the king of Egypt, which were bound in 
the prist n. 
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the 
[ locked upon them, and, be- 
ll 
r Aj •:' he asked Pharaoh's officers that 
,h hi m in the ward of his lord 's hpus e 
refore lock ye so sadly to day I 
8 And they said unto him, We have 
circuited a dream, and there is no inter- 
■ f it. And Joseph said unto them, 
ris&/G«j*to God? Tell 

3 the chief butler told his dream 
to Joseph, and said unto him, In my dream, 
3 me ; 

10 And in the vine were three branches : 
andit-^'c? as though it budded, and her 
blossoms shot forth : mid the clusters there- 
of brought forth ripe grapes : 

11 And PharaohjS cuppas in my hand : 
and I took the grapes* and pressed them 
into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup in- 
to Pharaoh's hand, 

.ad Joseph said unto him, Tins is 
the interpretation of it : The three bran- 
ches are three days : 

13 Vet within three days shall Pha- 
tft up thine head, and* restore thee 

place : and thou shalt deliver Pha- 
raoh's cup into his hand, after the former 
manner when thou wast his butler. 

14 But think on me when it shall be well 
with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, 
unto me, and make mention of me unto 

h, and bring me out of this house : 

15 For indeed 1 was stolen away out c? 
the land of V : and here also 
have 1 done nothing that they should put 
me into the dungeon. 

J.6 When the chief baker saw that the 
' unto Jo- 
seph,! also was in my dream, [and; beheld, 
1 had three v. hite baskets on mv 1 1 

17 And in the uppermost basket there 
was of all maimer pi for Pha- 

. I ardsdid eat them out of the 
etupon my h 

. ' said, this 
jwtheinl 

shall Pharaoh 
lift up thvhead from off thee, 

hang thee on a tree ; and the bir 



ESIS. 



Pharaoh's &S0Q dream*. 



20 And it came to pass the third (day, 
which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he 
made a least unto all his servants : and lie 
lifted up the head of the chief butler and 
of the chief baker among his servants. 

21 And he restored the chief butler u*h 
tohisbutlership again ; andhe gave.the cap 
into Pharaoh's hand : 

22 But he hanged the chief baker : as 
Josephhad interpreted to : . 

23 Vet did not the chief butler remem- 
ber Joseph, but forgat him. 

CHAP. XLI. 
1 Pharaoh's two dreams, 25 JosefiHinter* 
preteth them* 33 He giveth Pharaoh 
counsel, 33 Joseph is advanced. 50 He 
begetteth Manasseh and Ef Car aim. 

AND it came to pros at the end of two 
full years, that Pharaoh dreamed : 
and, behold, he stood by the river. 

2 And, behold, there came up out of the 
river seven well favoured kine and iat 
fleshed ; and they fed in a meadow. 

3 And, behold, seven other kine came 
up after them out of the river, ill favoured 
and lean fleshed ; and stood, by the other 
Line upon the brink of the river. 

4 And the ill favoured and lean flesh- 
ed kine did eat up tine seven well favoured 
and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 

5 And he slept and dreamed the second 
time : and, behold, seven ears of corn came 
up upon one stalk, rank and good. 

6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blast- 
ed with the east wind, sprung up after them. 

7 And the seven thin ears devoured die 
seven rank and fall ears. And Pharaoh 
awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 

8 And it came to pass in the morning 
that his spirit was troubled; and he sens 
and called for ail the magicians of Egypfy 
and all the wise men thereof: andPharach 
told them his dream ; but there was none 
that could interpret them unto Pharaoh] 

9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pha- 
raoh, saying, I do remember iny faults this 
day : 

10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, 
and put roe in ward in tine captain of the 
guard's house, both rra 

11 And we dreamed a dream in one 

andhe j we dreamed each m-:i ac- 
cording to the interpretation ot his dream. 
i was there with us a youM 
man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain 
and we toid him, and he 
: ? cl tons our drean is ; to each man 
according to his dream ho didinterj 

13 And it Came to pass, as he Liter 

r was ; me he restored unto mine 
indhim he hanged. 

14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph 
and theybrournt hhnhaiitily cut of the du^ 



•etch th?m. 

me in unto Ph 

i i 1 there u none 

. a dream 

•• ered Phar 
r God shall gi 

upon tiie bank 

there came u 
• 

I 
e came 
u 

• 

i 

; oke. 

m, and, behold, 
K stalk, fall and 

: 

ithered, 
: w3 ; . dieea . ..;.. 

the seven 

-uuld de- 

Pharaoh, 
1 i dc: G:xl h Lt'i 

to dn." 

: ' 
I 

I them ( 

i 



XH. ir.c adva-icanrjit. 41 

33 r Xov'.. therefore, let Phara 

i wise, and set liiiu 

' ?'■' 

34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him ap- 
point officers over the hnd, an ! take up 
the filth part of the land of Egypt in the 
seven plenteous years. 

25 And let them gather all the food of 
these good years that come, and lay up 
com under the hind of Pharaoh, and let 
them keep 

ad that food shall be for store to 
the land against the seven rears of famine, 
which shall be in the hnd of Eg>^)t : that 
the land perish not through the famine. 

ad the thing was good in the eyes 

! in the eyes of his servants. 

nd Phar loIis id unto his servants, 

dm we E .- as this w, a man 

I fe f 

> Tr.seph, For- 
asmuch i . i thee all this, 
.. .-•. s . di , : et ! -x\ wise as thou 
art : 

40 Thou shalt be over my h^use,and ac- 
cording unto thy w< rd shall all my people 

: onlj in the throne will I be great- 
er than thou. 

41 And ' id unto Joseph, See, 

■[ the land of Eg\*pt. 

42 And Pharaoh took off his ring rrom 
his hand, and put it c s hand, 
and arrayed I im in ventures of fine linen, 

I his neck ; 

43 And fie made iiim to ride in the second 

hich be hi ! v cried, 

I : 

i, I a -i 
r fool in all I ic I 

■ 

h and went ' 
the land - 

: 
eph west born u-.o 



42 Munaweh and Uphraim born, GEN 

sons before the years of famise came, 

which Asenath, the daughter of Potipher- 

ahpriest of On,"bare unto him, 

51 A lied the name of the 

asseh: for God, said he, 

et iili my toil, and all 

d the name of the second called 
: for God hath caused me to 
be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 

fplenteousness, 

Jhatwasin the land of Egypt, were ended. 

f dearth began 

] i I 

in all the lands ; but in 

brea'd. 

■ 

i unto Joseph ; what he saith 

! all the 

lie land of 

■ 

.- tries came into E- 
cofn ; because 
■" lands. 
P. XL1J. 

yearn in 
d by fo- 
rsc. 
Ntl 
into his 
■ 

I 

. that he 

i 

I 
i him. 

J : for the 

I 

: 

< n, but 



E S 1 S. Joseph's brethren imfiri tcmed, 

■Ajv-My j to see the nakedness 



of t 
1 

lord, b 



land ye are com? 



vy, my 

; "come. 
we are 



iy food are thy se 

11 We are all one man's s 

true raw, thv servants are -no spites. 

12 And he said unto them; Nay, but to 
see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 

13 And they said, Thy servants are 
twelve brethren, the sons of one mania the 

... "'■■;. ; and, behold, the youngest 
: tther, and one is not. 
hs Id unto them, T3 
■ ike unto you, s lying Ye are si v s: 



that your words may he prov v, 

there be any truth in you : oi tha 

ih, surely-ye 
17 And he put them all together into 

i lys. 
18 An [J is n - ~ 

n 
19 If ye . v..'. ■■;. 

ren be bound in the house of your prison: 
go ye, carry corn for die famine of your 

20Butbr her unto 

me ; so sh t d 5 and 

ve shall no1 

are verily Ity i once oin ir er^ 

V' -u.v the tin; . 

ouls 

■• 

;, 

] 

id; and ve'wo'i ■ ? 

quired. 
23 And i 

them ; for he spake 
an interpreter, 

i 
them, and wept : and ii 

imunedwithti 
from them Simeon, and bound hie i 
their e r es. 

a Joseph commanded to .oil their 
; i corn, and to restore ever 
money int and to j 

vision for the way: and thus did he unto 
them. 
26 And the" hded their asses with the 
id departed thence. 
h 

; lor, behold, it was in his 

unt< hi brethren, Mv 
-.; in inj 



llieir anxiety. Chap 

sack : and their heart failed them, and they 
Sere arr r, What 

ne unto us? 
. i they came their fa- 

in, and told him 

the land, 
to us, and took us for spies 

aid unto him, We are true 

ies : 

• ;ethren, sons of our 

I the youngest is this 

Canaan. 

I die man, Lie Irrd of die country, 

.nail I know that ye 

are true one of 3 our brethren 

idjbrihe£aimne 

gone: 

ther un- 
to me; t] . are no 
.: that ye. are true mm ; so wiii I 
shall traf- 
fick i ; . 

1 it came to pass, as they emptied 
.'-bundle' 
1 
■ 

•said unto them, 

hand, and 

"Todown 

I 
\ 






- 



It 



xfiH. Jacob is hardly persuaded. &$ 

me, ..to tell the man whether ye 
I her ? 

7 And they said, The man asked us 
straitly of cur state, and of our kindred, 
saying, Is your father yet alive? Have ye 
another brother 1 and we told him accor- 
ding to the tenor of these words : Could we 
certain'}- know diat he would say, Bring 
your brother down ? 

o And Judah said unto Israel his father, 
Send the lad with me, and we Will arise 
and go ; that we may five, andnot die, both 
we, and thou, $ i also cur little ones, 

9 I will be surety for him ; of my hand 
shalt thou require." him : if I brmghim n )t 
unto thee, and set him before thee, thenlet 
me bare the blame for ever : 

10 For except we had lingered, surely 
now we had returned I dme. 

. I their father Israel said unto 
them If it must be so now do this ; take or" 
the best fruits in the land in 
and carry down the man a present, alittle 

id a little hone}', spia 
nuts, and almonds : 

12 And take dcublemonej 

the mouth of your sacks, 
hand ; peyadventure 

13 Take also your a arise, 
go again unto them 

14 A;al God Almighty give you mercy 
before the man, that send away 
your brother,and Benjamin. 'Iflbe berea- 

, I am berea^ 

15 And c, and 

and, and 

I 

■ 

I 

- 

■ 

1 



44 Joseph attertatneth his brethren. GEN 
•we have brought it again in cur hand. 

! nd other money h.. 
down in oar h >od : we cannot 

telJ who put cur mone) in ( ur si 

not : \c or God, and theG tdofyc 
hath v : 

hud your money. And he brought Simeon 
cut unto them. 

24 And die man brought themer 
seph's house,; 

washed their 6 gave their asses 

provender. 

And they made ready the present 
againstJoseph came they heard 

that the)' should eat brqad there. 

■ o Joseph c ■:.:■ 
brought hie i the pi esent v» I 
hand into the house,and bowed themselves 
tu him to the e 

27 And he asked them of their welfare., 
end said, Is ycur father well, the o.d man 
ofwhi ive? 

28 An ! edj "'l hy tervant cm- 
father is in g - s j et alive. And 

. down their heads, and made 

29 And lie lifted up his eyes, and saw his 
brother Benjamin, his mother's son, ana 
s.iid, Js this your younger bi other, of whom 
ye spake unto me*? And he said Gcdbe 

thee, my son. 

30 And Joseph maoe haste ; for his bow- 
els did yearn upenhis brother: and he 
scught vmere to weep ; and he entered in- 
to Am cl . tere. 

31 H i d his face, and w-ent 

rut, and rel rained himself and said, Set en 

32 And they set on for him by himself, 

and for I . and for the E- 

i him, by them- 

eat bre 

- 

I 
i 
Andthi 

CJ 

A' 

and put - 

■ 



E 5 1 S. He stayeth them, j 

3 As soon as the morning was light, the 
men were sent away, they and their asses*. : 

4 And when they were gone cut or the! 
city and net yet far cf 3 unta hlS 

rd, Up, follow after the men: and 
when thou dest overtake them, say untdj 
them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evi 
for good? 

5 Is net this it in which my lord drink- 
eth,and whereby indeed he divideth? Ye 
nave done evil in so doing, 

he overtook them, and he spake; 
unto them these :a;T.e words. 

7 And they said unto him, Wherefore 
saith my lord these words ? God ibrbid 
that thy servant should do according to i 
ng : 

i >ld, the money, which we found in 
ours iks, mouth ,we brought igainunlo 
diee cut of the land of Canaan : How then j 
should we steal cut of e silver 

or geld ? 

9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be 
ft unci, both let him die, and we also will be 
my lord's bondmen. 

10 And he said, Now also let it be accor- 
ding unto ycur words : he with whom it is 
found shall be my servant ; and ye shall Us 
blameless. 

11 Then they speedily took down every 
man his sack to the ground, and opened e- 
very man his sack. 

12 And he searched, and began at the el- 
dest, and left at the youngest j and the cup | 
wasfcundin Benjamin's sack. 

13 Then they i ent their cloths, and laded 
every man his ass, and returned to the city. 

14 And Judah and his brethren came to 
Joseph's house ; for he was yet there : and 
they fell before him en the ground. 

15 And Joseph said unto them, What 
deed is this th. it ye have dene ? Wot 

h a man as 1 can certainly diving^ 

16 And Judah said we say 
unto my lord i ' ak I or, 

lear < d hath 

servants: be- 
lts, both we, 
ru the cup is icund. 

man d le cup 

$$. as ior 
: father. 
untaiiim, and j 
nt, 1 pray thee, 
eai >, and "let not i 
■ servant: tor , 

; iiis servants, saying 

e have a j 
iid of his eld I 

...;..id,ar,<i 



':ity. Chap, 

ther, and his Cither 

st unto thy servants, 
••n ante me, that I 

- 

Id die. 

i 

e ccur.e 

I 

I 

e cannot go d 

i. twoso7w; 

I. 
i 

v 

: 

i 

. let thy 
I 

- 

■ 



x'v. , . 

And hii brethren could not answt . 
for they 

4 Ai'- 

Cosne near to n.e. I pi 

ther, whom yc sold into I 

5 No¥ 

er ; fcr (iod didicnd . . co pre- 

Ife. 

6 Fur these two years hath the famine 

ither 6e 

I God sent me be fore yon to pre- 

.. 

.■at me 
hither, but God: 

: ioh, and lord' 

911!.. 

. I 

' iu And thou shalt d land of 

Goshen, 

11 And there will I nouri 
and thy household, aod 

l J Ai 

. 

: 

- 
- 



46 V '-' ffdtfamily. GENESIS. 

20 ur stuff; fortlie 

children oflsrael did 

Loh. and gave 
ie way. 

.ve each man 
raiment; but to Benj 



Jacob goeth into Mgyfltt* 






hundred fdt ces of silver, and 



ment 

aid to his father he cent after this 
laden with the good 

s laden 
I his faili- 
• 

i at his brethren away, and 
'■ unto them, 'Jee 

>Ut of E ■ "! - 
and came in: 

ther, 
. turn, saying, Joseph w yet a- 
■ 
sd, for he 
ed them not. 

\ucl they told him all the words of 

into them : and 

which Joseph 

irrj him, the spirit of Jacob, 

. revived : 

• 

I 

A his journey with all 

i - 

■, Jacob. 
: id ofthy 



t 



I 

aiiluk.. 






% And these are the names of the chil- 
dren oflsrael which came into Egypt, Ja- 
cob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's Unborn. 

9 And die sons of Reuben ;Hanoch and 
Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 

10 And the sons of Simeon ; Jemuel, and 
Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, 
and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 

11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kc- 
hith, M 

12 And the sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, 
and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zajah; but 
ErandO tie land of Canaan. 
And the sons of Pharez \,ere Kezron and 
Hamul. 

13 And the sons of Issachar ; Tola, and 
Phuvah, and Job, andShimron. 

14 And the sons ol Zebulun ; Sered, and 
Elon, andJahleel. 

15 These be the sens of Leah, which 
she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with 

: all the souls of his 
sons and Ins daughters were thirty and 
tin ee. 

16 And the sons of Gad ; Ziphion, and 
Haggai, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Aro- 
di, and Areli. 

17 And the sins of Asher; Jimnah, and 
Ishuah, and lsui, Beriah, and Serah, their 
sister : and tlie sons of Beriah ; Heber, and 

18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom 

I >eah his daughter, and these 
e unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 

19 The sonsof Rachel, Jacob's wife ; Jo- 

imin. 

20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt 
wei e bor and Ephraim, wilich 

r oi Potipherah, priest 
of On, bare unto him. 

I die sons of Benjamin were Belah, 

and Bechcr, and Ashbel, Gerah,and Naa- 

ii, and Rosh, Muppim,and Hup- 

the sons of Rachel, which 
o b : all the souls were four- 

Vnd the sons of Dan ; Hushim. 
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, 
i, and Jezer, and Shillem. 

ilhah, which La* 

R ch< 1, his daughter, and she 

J. .cob: all tlie souls <u 

U the souls that came with Jacob 
k>ins,be- 

a which were 
ills: ail 
tichcame 
re and tea. 

-j* .■ di before him unt« 



Joatfih meeteth his father* Chap. 

Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen ; 

and they came into the land <<i ' G 

ly his chariot 

and went up to us father, to Go- 

hiraselfunto hi 
and wept on 

a good « 

! have seen Ur 

31 An hren,and 

unto his : up, and 

shew PhartM Si- 
ren, an' 1 . 

■ 

locks, and their 
they have. 

hen ?ha- 
. What is 

■ 

XLvn. 

' thren* 7 

Tl 

thren, <•- 
Phai 

to sojourn in 

> : <v their 

fl 

i 

I' 

• 

: 
th 



xh ii. Jacob dedareth his age* 47 

3 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How 
old ari thou ? 

9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The dayi 

nay pilgrimage are an hun 
dred and thirty \e its: few and evil haw 
the da} s of the years of my life be. 
have not attained unto the days oftht 
of die life ofmy fkthc ps in the d q -> of their 
pilgrim 

10 And Jacob blessed i id went 

iraoh. 

Ill And Joseph placed his father and 

SEKin in 

the land - f L-;\ pt, in the I e -i i f the land, 

Pharaoh had 

commanded. 

12 vnd Joseph nourished his father, and 
his brethren, and all hit father's 

hold, wit! 

13 And there was no bread in all the 
land ; for the famine w . so that 
the laud of Egypt and all the land of Ca- 
naan fainted by reason of til 

U And J ph gal e mon- 

I 

, which 

I 

b use. 

1j And when mone the land 

d,Give 

in thy 
■ 

i i. ( live j . ur 
and 1 will give J 
. 

untoJo- 

il ditsr 

- 
i, 

th onr 

; 

I 

- 
- ■ I 

t 

i 
- 



mtfJu GEN 

land of the price'- 
he not ; for the priests had a portion as- 
e it their 
. h. gave them: where- 
d not their lands, 
en Joseph said unto the people, Be- 
have bought] • and yoqr 
i, here /a seed for you, 
; shall 

to pass in the in c re . se 

\ e the fifth fiart unto Pha- 

x- your own', for 

d, and for your food, and for 

them of your households," and for food for 

did they said, Thai hast saved our 
e in the sight of my 
-■ ill be Pharaoh's servants. 

i ver the 

land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh 

v. xcept the land 

• >hich became not Pha- 

i 

.. d Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, 
i 

1 in the land c I 

i of Jacob 
•\ red forty andse en ye irs. 

t Israel 
: 

i, If now I have (bun 
put,] pray thee, thy hand un- 
: • and truly 
me not, Iprav thee, in E- 

ill lie with my fathers, and 

• aid bu- 

. And he said, 
I 

31 And he ■ • mto me. And 

I 

T A:r. 

1 JoSf/. 

■ 

- 

.a his' two 

. and Is- 
sat upon 

'• seph,G^dAl- 
j 



£» I S. Jacob refieafieth the fiexmvtsc* 

5 And now thy two sons, Epjhraim and 
. \ which were born unto thee in 
ofEgyptJbefore I came unt< 
into Eg} j t 3 are nine ; as Reuben awl Sim- 
eon, they shall be mine. 

thy issue, which thou |>egettest af- 
ter them, shall be thin e called 
after the name of •their brethren in their 
inheritance. 

7 And as for me, when I came, from Pa- 
dan, Rachel died by me in the land of Ca- 
naan in the way, when yet there was but a 
little way to come unto Ephrath : and I Lu- 
lled her there in the way of Ephrath ; the 
same is Bethlehem. 

8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sens, and 
said, Who are '. 

9 And Joseph said unto his father. They 
are my sons, whom God hath given me iii 
this/iface. And he. seid, Bring them I pray 
thee, unto me. and I w ill bless mem. 

v the e> es of Isj .el w e re dim for 
3 ge, so that he pould not see. A 

. r unto him : and he kissed them, 
and embraced them. 

11 And Israel said.unto Joseph, I had not 
thought to see thy face: and,lo, Gcd hath 
she* ed me also thy seed. 

12 And Joseph brotight them cut from be- 
tween his knees, and he bowed himself with 
his face to the earth. 

13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraira 

Lt hand toward Israel's left hand 
and Manasseh in his left hand toward Ism- 
el's right hand, and brought them near unto 
him. 

14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, 

' upon Ephraim's head, who was 
the younger, and his left hand upon Manas- 
seh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for 
h was the firstborn 1 . 

10 And he biessed Joseph, and said, God, 

torn my fathers, Abraham and I- 
s ;ac did w Ik, the Ged winch fed me ail my 
life long, unto this day, 

16 The Angel which redeemed me from 
all evil, bl< ; i rid let my name be 

< , • fathers 
. r, win- 
to a mi, earth. 

17 And v/h& i • I hat 3 ds father 

md upon the head of Eph* 

• : and he hell 
> remove it from Ephraim's 
head uiv 

father, Not so, 

born; put thy 

. 

refused, and sedd, 1 

know it, rny son, 1 knowzV; he also shall 

te also shall** : 

[juttrul; 

...... ...e-aiuul- 

of -nations. 



Hpag^i iers. 

.»ee one 

. iy sword 

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I a- her, that 

.1 you in 

•. 

ito Israel 

; 

. thou art my firstbcrn, my 

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fromJu- 

l the 

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I 

was good, and 

l bowed 

. 

* pic, as one of 
I rael. 

i 7 l ) ■ ■ . ; 

adder in th 

18 I h . 
Lord. 

19 Gad, a troop, shall overcome him : bit 
lie shal 

. shall be fet, 
and he • . . . 

I let loose: hegivcth, 

1 1 is a fruitful bough, even a fruit- 
branches run 
wall : 
• archers have Barely grieved him, 

strength, and 

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the hands of t] Jacob: 

( from the i d, die stone of 

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1 of thy fether, who 

Umighty, who 

1 1 heaven a- 

mat lieth under, 

womb: 

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and on i '. 

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50 The mourning for Jacob, 

CRAP. L. 
1 Tht mourning for Jacob. 7 the funeral. 
seph fircfiheskth to his brethren 
turn, 26 His death. 

A" ND Joseph fell upon his father's face 
>n him, and kissed him. 

2 And Joseph commanded his servant) , 

ans, to embalm his father : and tiie 
plivsicians embalmed Israel. 

3 And forty days were fulfilled for him : 
f r so are fulfilled the days ofthese which 
are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourn- 
ed for him threescore and ten days. 

i the days of his mourning 

' , Joseph spake unto the house of 

. tying, If now I have found grace 

in \ r < ur c\ es, speak, 1 pray you, in die ears 

raoh, saying, 

father made me swear, saying, Lo, 

\ e which I have digged for 

Canaan, there shalt thou 

therefore let me go up, 1 

try my father, and I will 

lid, Go up, and bury- thy 
made thee swear. 
nt up to bury his fath- 
i1 up all die ser 
ot I of his house, and all 

>,ypl3, 
ise of Joseph, and his 
• . .- md his father's honse : only their 
I their herds, 

t him both chari- 
ots; and it was a very great 

ig floor of 

and there they 

mow . sorelamen- 

mourning forhisfa- 

ie floor 
mourn- 

, which ii> bc- 

I unto him according 



EXODUS. The death ofJo-sefiM 

13 For his sons carried him into the land o 
Canaan, and buiied him in the cave of tht 
field ot Ma chpelah, which Abraham boughl 
with the field for a possession of a burying 
place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre 

14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he 
and his brethren, and all that went up witl. 
him to bury Ms father, after he had burieq 
his father. 

15 And when Joseph's brethren saw thW 
their father was dead, they said, Josepr 
will perad venture hate us, and will certainlj 
requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 

16 And they sent a messenger unto Jo- 
seph, saying, Thy father did command be- 
fore he died, saying, 

17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive 
I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren 
and their sin : for they did unto thee evil : 
and now we pray thee", forgive the trespass 
of the servants of the God of thy father. 
And Joseph wept when they spake unto him . 

18 And his brethren also went and fell 
down before his face ; and they said, Be 
hold, we be thy servants. 

19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: 
for, Am I in the place of God ? 

20Butasforyou, yethoughtevilagainstrne ! 
but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, 
as it is this day, to save much people alive,) 

21 Now therefore fear ye not: I v/ili nou- 
rish you, and your little ones. And he com- 
forted them, and spake kindly unto them. , 

22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and 
•\s house ; and Joseph lived an hun- 
dred and ten years. 

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children! 
of the third generation-, the children also 
of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought 

• • i Joseph's knees. 
2 i If And Joseph said unto his brethren, 
I die ; and God will surely visit you, and 
! ) rini • \ ou out of this land unto the land whicfy 
he sware to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. 
25 Ancl Joseph took an oath of the children 
of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, 
s 11 carry up my bones from hence. 
Joseph died, being an hundred and 
•s old; and they embalmed him,' 
and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. 



Second Book o/'Moses, ra/W Exodus. 



p. i. 

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ben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 
an, and Benjamin, 

4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, arid Asher. 

5 And all the souls that came out of thfc |j 
loins of Jacob were seventy souls ; for Jo- 
sip Egypt already. 

\ i died, and all his brethren, J 
and all that generation* 



The men -children saved. Chap. 

7 And the cliidren of Israel were fruit- 
ful and increased abundantly, and multi- 
plied, and waxed exceeding might}- ; and 
the land was filled with them. 

8 % Now there arose up a new king ever 
Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 

9 And he said unto his people, Behold, 
the people of the children oi Israel are more 
and mighter than we : 

10 Come on, letus deal wisely with them; 

multiply, and it come to ] 
when there fall they join 

ainst us, 
e land. 

. in task- 
masters 
And the; 

12 But the more they affiicted them, the 

moreth Vnd they 

of vhe children of 

idethe children 

tor with 

irick,and 

: all their 

made Uiem serve, 

king of Egypt spake to the 
I 

...e of the 

' a mid 

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19 An 

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i, ii. 

AND there went a nun of the house of 
Levi, and took to wife a daugh 
Levi. 

2 And the woman conceiw 
son: and when she saw him I 
goodly child, she hid him three m 

3 And when she cou'.d no longer h t< 

she took for him an ail: of bulrushes, and 
daubed it with slime and with pi toil, 
the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags 
by the river's brink. 

4 And his sister stood af.tr off, to wit 
what would be clone to him* 

5 «j[ And the daughter of Pharaoh came 
down to wash hc.rsAf at the n\\ \ \ 

her maidens walked along by the river's 
side ; and when she s 

ic sent her maid to letch it. 

6 And when she had opened/; she saw the 
child : and behold thebabe wept. And she- 
had compassion on him, a;.. 

one of the Hebrew's children. 

7 Then said his sister to Pharaol i i 
ter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of 
the Hebrew women, that she may aurse me 
child for thee I 

8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her 
Go. And the maid went and called the 
child's mother. 

9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, 
Take this child away, and nurse it iorme, 
and I will give thee thy \. 

woman took the onld. and urn's 

10 And the child grew, an 
him unto Phar 

came her son. Aj 

aes: and she sal aim out 

of the water. 

1 it came to ; se day* 

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peth Jethrd'gjlock EZO 
I the rtot^hs to water their fath^s 

i watered their 

wfy^arye&recottie 

so scon lc . 
19 A- 

d of the hand of ike shepherds, and 
.. l , nd water- 
ed the flock. 

jid he snid unto his daughters, And 

\ hv is it that ye have left 

the man ? Call him, that lie may eatbread. 

21 AndMoses was content to dweil vvitii 
the man : And lie ga> e Moses Zippofah 
his daughter. 

22 And she bare /:z;*>z a son, and he cal- 
led his name Gershcm : for he said, 1 have 

er in a strange land. 
, id it came to pass in process of 
time, th . tdied: and the 

aghed by reason of the 
e, and the}' cried, and their cry came 
Lson of the bondage. 
■ 
memlbered his cove i 
ham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 
25 And Godlooked upon the children cf 
and God had respect unto them, 
CHAP. 111. 
] /:.' : Godap- 

rbu&h, 9 
He >dc(ivcr 1st 

NOV. t the flock of 

his 

ot the desert, i ■:.. 

■~ him in a flame of fire out ot the 

I 

il ; 

t . for the 

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lie is sent to deliver Israel. 

their tasl iow their sorrows 

8 Arid I am come down to deliver then: 

,yptkns, and to bring 
them up o d unto a good land and 

a large, unto a land flowing~witn uihk and 
honey ; unto the place of the Canaanites, 
and theRiltites, and the Amorites, and the 
Perizzite i'.es,andtheJubusitej[- 

9 % Nov/ therefore, behold, the cry of the 
children of Isreal is come unto me": end i 

i seen the oppression therewith 
the Egyptians oppress them. 

10 Come now" therefore, and I will send 
thee unto Pharach, thatrthcu mayest bring 
forth my people tiie chiidienof Israel out 
oi Egypt, 

11 And Moses said unto God, Who am 1 
that I should go unto Pharach, and that 1 
should bring forth thecnildren of Israel out 
of Egypt ? 

12 And he said, Certainly I will be with 
thee ; and this shall be a token unto thee, 
that I have sent thee: When thou hjJt 
brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye 
shall serve God upon this mountain." 

13 And Moses said unto God, behold when 
I come unto the children cf Israel, and shall 
say unto them, The God of your fathers hath 
sent me unto you ; and they shall say tc.,rne, 
What is his name ? What shall I say unto 
them ? 

14 And God said unto Moses, I AM 
THAI' I AM : and he said, Thus shalt 
thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM 

ntmeuntoyou. 

1 5 And God said moreover unto Moses, 
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of 

rhe Lord God of your fathers, the 

raha m, the God of Isaac, and the 

ent me unto you ; this 

me lor ever, and thiszsmy memo- 

j eaeratiens. 

i Lther th e elders of Israel tc- 

; unto them, the Lord God 

lathers, the God cf Abraham, cf 1- 

an cd unto me,sa} Lqg, 

you and seat that whiaa 

■ \ v P t: 

Id I will bring you up 

Egypt Unto the ianil 

a'tt ites, and the 

fizzitesandtheHhTtfcSi 

andtlie Jebusiles, into a land flowing with 

milk andhon< , . 

18 And they shall hearken to thy voice 
and thou shalt come, tl .uu and the elders of 
Israel unto the 

say unto aim, The' Lord God of the fife- 
brews hath met with U'j : and now let us go, 
. ich thee, three days' journey in- 
to the wilderness, tliat we may sacrifice to 
: D out- God. 
i . . ind 1 am sure that the king of Egypt 



^Toses" rod turnedinto a scrfient. Chap, 
Tt'ili Hot let you eo, no, not by a mighty hand. 

20 And i wifi stretch cut my hand, and 
smite Egypt with al! my wonders, which 1 
wili do m the midst thereof: and after 
that, he will let you go. 

21 And I will give this people favour in 
the sight of the Egyptians : and it shall 
come to pass, that when ye go, ye shall not 
go empty : 

22 But even" woman shall borrow of her 
neighbour, and other that sojonrneth in her 
house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, 
and lament: and ye shall put them upon 
your sens, and upon your daughters ; and 
ye shall spoil the Egyptians. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Moses' red is turned into a serfient. 6 
HU hand is lejirous. 21 God's message 
to Pharaoh* 

AND Moses answered and said, Eut be- 
hold, they will n<t believe me, ncr 
hearken unto my voice : f r th - 
Tiie Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 

2 And the Lord said unto him, What is 
that in thine hand \ And he said, A red. 

2 And he said, Cast it on the groi 
he ca.st it on the ground,and it beca 

ad Moses fied from befi re iu 
: the Lokd said unto Moses, put 
x, hand, and take it by die tail. And 
he put i . : d, and caught it, and 

itber nd: 

( lie ve that the Lord 
God of ti leii fathers, the CJod of Abraham, 
the God of L aac, and the Gad of Jacob, 
hath appeared unto thee. 

6* { \ And the Lord said furthermore un- 
to him, Pat now thine hand into thy bo- 
som. And he put his hand into his 
and when he took it out, behold, his hand 
. 

7 And he said, put ihinehand into thy bo- 
som again. And he put his hand ii 

told it was tun . his other 

8 And it shall • willn"t 
i 

the first • 

: come to pass, i 1 ti 
I 

thy voice, tin 
i r or the riv< i 
dryland . itei which th 

eut of the river shall become blood upon the 
dry lend. 

10 And Moses said unto the Los d, () my 
Lord, 1 am not eloquent, ik : 
nor since thou hast spoken i nl 
but I am slow ol" speech,- aid of a si- % 

11 AndtheLo'RD said unto him, V- ho 
hath made man's mouth ? or, Who maketh 
the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the bfind ? 
Kavenotl, the Lord? ( 



iv. Gcd's message to Pharaoh. 53 

12 Now therefore go, and I will be with 
thy mcutli, and teach thee what thou shall 
say. 

13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray 
thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt 
send. 

14 And the anger of the Lord wps kind- 
led against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron 
the Levite thy. brother ? I know that he can 
speak well. And also, behold he ccmeth 
forth to meet thee : and when he seeth thee, 
he will be glad in his heart. 

15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and 
put words in his mouth : and 1 will be with 
thy mcuth and with his mouth, and will 
teach you what ye shall do. 

16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto 
the people : and he shall be,f ven he shall be 
to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be 
to him instead of God. 

17 And thou shalt take this rod in tliine 
hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 

18 And Motes went and returned to Je- 
thrOjhis father in law, and said unto him, 
Let me go, 1 pray thee, and return unto my 
brethren, which are in Egypt, and see whe- 
ther they be yet alive. And Jethro said to 
Moses, Go in peace. 

19 And the Lord said unto Moses in- 
Midian, Go, return into Egypt : for all the 
men are dead which sought thy life. 

J Moses took his wife, and his sons, 
and set them upon an a^s, and he returned 
to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the 
rod of God in his hand. 

21 ^i And the Lord said unto Moses, 
When thou goesi to return into Egypt, see 
that thou do .ill those wonders before Pha- 
raoh, which 1 have put in thine hand; but 
I will harden his heart, that he shall not 
let the people go. 

: thou shah say unto Pharaoh, 
Lord, Israel wm> son 9 evcn 
my first 

thee, Let my son go, 
u n fuse 
..iilslay thy son} even 
. 

v, in the 

hd met him, and sought to 

'.. 

25 Then vp stone 

ind ( ast 

- abkwdj hug* 

• than she 

e ol il.e 
circumcision. 

. Go into 
thewildi . tndhe went 

and met him in the mount of God, andkiss- 

. - i: f old Aaron all the words 
of the Lc RD wh -m, and all the 



54 Vie Israelites* bondage increased. EXODUS. Pharaoh's severity • 

14 And the officers of the children of Is- 
rael, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set 
over them, were beaten, and demanded 



signs which he had commanded him. 

29 And Moses and Aaron went and 
gathered together ail the elders of the chil- 
dren of Israel : 

30 And Aaron spake all the words which 
the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did 
the signs in the sight of the people. 

31 And the people believed : and when 
thev heard that the Lord had visited the 
children of Israel, and that he had looked 
upon their affliction, then they bowed their 
heads and worshipped. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron. 5 He 
increase th the Israelites* task. 22 Moses 
comfdainethto God. 

AND afterwards Moses and Aaron 
went in and told Pharaoh, Thus saith 
the Lord G< d of Israel, Let my people go, 
that they may hold a least unto mem the 
wilderness* 

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, 
that I should obey his voice to let Israel go I 
I know not the Lord, neither will 1 let Is- 
rael go. 

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews 
hath met with us, let us go, we pray thee, 
three daj ^ journey into the desert, and sac- 
rifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall 

s with pestilence, or with a sword. 

4 And the kmg of Egypt said unto them, 
Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let 
the j c< ] >le tn m their works I Get you unto 
J : ur bui 

5 1 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the peo- 
ple of the land now are many, and remake 
then 1 , rest ;i\ m their burdens. 

6 And Pharaoh commanded, the same 
day, the taskmasters of the people, and 

i ying, 

7 Ye shall no m< re give the people straw 
to make brick, as heretofore : let them go 
andgciti- r themselves. 

. • rfthe bricks, which they did 
Bake hereto f< re, ye shall \-\ open them ; 
ye shall not diminish aught thereof : for 
( cry, saying, Let 

inoi tooui God. 

ra re work be laid upon the 
men, that thej ma) labour therein ; and let 

StCTS of the people 
went out; and their < fficers,andth/ 
i paying', Thus saith Pharaoh, 

e you straw. 
1 1 ( . straw where ye can 

find it : \ et n >t might of your work shall be 
:,ed. 
the people were scattered abroad 
; :;\pt, to gather 

insti (1 of straw* 
13 Am si era hasted the?}?, say- 

ing, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as 

%Uui there wasstraw* 



wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in 
making brick both yesterday and to-day as 
heretofore i 

15 Then the officers of the children of Is- 
rael came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, 
Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy ser- 
vants i 

16 There is no straw given unto thy ser- 
vants, and they say to us, Make brick ; and 
Lehold thy servants are beaten, but the fault 
is in tliine own people. 

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle : 
therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice 
to the Lord. 

18 Go, therefore now, and work ; for 
there shall no straw be given you, yet shall 
ye deliver the tale of bricks. 

19 And the officers of the children of Is- 
rael did see that they were in evil case, af- 
ter it was said, Ye shall not nnr.ish aught 
from your bricks of your daily -task. 

20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who 
stood in the way, as they came forth from 
Pharaoh : 

21 And they said unto them, The Lord 
look upon you, and judge ; because ye have 
made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes 
of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, 
to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 

22 ^1 And Moses returned unto the Lord, 
and said, Lord, Wherefore hast thou .so 
evil entreated this people I Why is it that 
th» u hast sent me? 

23 For since 1 came to Pharaoh to speak 
in thy name , he hath done evil to tins people ; 
neither hast thou delivered thy people at all, 

CHAP. VI. 
1 God reneiveth his /iromise by his name 
JEHOVAH. 14 The genealogy of Reu- 
ben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Levi. 

THEN the Lord said unto Moses, 
Now shaltthou see what I will do to 
1 -h laraoh : for with a strong hand shall he let 
them go, and with a strong hand shall he 
drive them out of his land. 

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said 
unto him, 1 am the Lord : 

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto 
Isacc, and unto Jacob, by the name o/God 
Almighty, but by my nafne JEHOVAH 
was 1 not known to them. 

4 And 1 have also established my covenant 
with them, to give them the land of Ca- 
naan, the la nd of their pilgrimage, where- 
in they were strangers. 

5 And I have also heard the groaning of 
the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians 
keep in bondage ; and 1 have remembered 
my covenant. 

6 Wherefore, say unto the children of Is- 
rael, I am tUe Lord, and I will bring you out 



" Reuben, &>:. 



Chan.vS. 



Mbiet /* encouraged, 51 



from under the burdens of tin 
and I will rid you out of their 
and i 
• 

people, ! 

know 

bringeth you out fi 

8 And I wili bring you in unto tl - 
eernir.g the 

J ; 
will eive it you for an herit ige : I a 
Lord. 

9 Ar.<! : snunto the • 

e Lied not urn. • 
I 

ad the Lord s] 

11 Go in, speak in i, king of 

: Israel go 
nd. 

12 A: he Lord, 
I 

unto me; Hov 

.^am ofundrcumci- 
l 

d the Lord spake unto Mi 

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I Aaron took him EH >heba,daugh- 
ominadab, sister of Naashon, to 

1 1 Nadab, and Abihu, 
: [tham ir. 

Korah ; Assir ana El- 
k inah, -.nd Abiasaph : these art the fuini- 
the Korhites. 

. took him 

daughters of Puticl to wife ; and 

she bare him rhinehas : theseare die heads 

of die fathers of tlieLevites according to 

their i 

26 These a« that Aaron and Moses, to 
d. Bring out the chu- 
rn the land of Egypt accor- 

2," These art they which spake to Pha- 
brmg out the children 
^ are that Mo- 
ses and 

I it came to pass on the d 
the Lord spake unto Moses in die land of 

t the Lord 

. king of Egypt, all that 1 say un- 

the Lord, He- 
hol.i. I am ofuQcircumcised 

me i 

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turned into 

AND ;' 
1 have ra .«'. 

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56 Pharaohs heart is hardened. EXODUS* 



Thefdague offroga* 



cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become 
a sei , 

10 % And Moses Mid Aaron went in untr 
Pharaohj and thev did so as the Lord had 
commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod 
b Ph iraoh, and before his servants, 
and it became a serpent. 

11 Then Pharaoh alto called the wise 
men and tiie sorcerers, now the magicians 

>t, they also did in like manner with 
: chantmeiits : 

12 ¥■ «■ they cast down every man Ms rod, 
ana w.e; became serpents: bat Aaron's 
rod swallowed up dieir rods, 

13 *ii And ne hardened Pharaoh's heart, 
that he hearkened not unto them y as the 
Lord had said. 

14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pha- 
raoh's he>rt is hardened, he refuseth to let 
the people go. 

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morn- 
ing; lo, he goeth out unto the water ; and 
thou shaft stand by the river's brink a- 
gainst become; and the rod which was 
turned to a serpent shaft thou take in thine 
hand. 

16 And thou shaft say unto him, The 
Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me 
Into thee, saying, Let my people go, that 
they may serve me in the wilderness: and, 
behoid, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 

; bus saith the Lord, In this thou 

shaft know that 1 am the Lord: behold, 

I will smite with the rod that is in mine 

hand upon the waters winch are in the 

nd they shall be turned to blood. 

id the fish that is in the river shall 

r le ri\ er shall stink ; and the E- 

| ' loathe to drink of the water 

i 

15 % . -. .': spake unto Moses, 

n, Take dry rod, and stretch 

out tm k the waters of Egypt, 

upon their rivers, and 

1 i ail their pools 

ane blood; and 

'ut all the 

Is ofVfOody arid 

1 Aaron did so, as the 

Lord (• nun nded; and he lifted up the 

rem the 

ion and in the 

.•11 the waters 

amed to blood. 

ish that wa3 in the 

the river stank, and the Egyp- 

' drink oi the water of the ri- 

blood throughout ah 

the land : 

i ins of iLff'-pt did so 
nents: and Pharaoh's 
heart w..s hardened, neither did he hear- 
ken unto them : us tlie Lord had said. 



23 And Pharaoh turned and went into > 
his house, neither did he set his heart to 
this also. 

24 And all the Egyptians digged* round 
about the river for water to drink ; for they 
could not drink of the water of the river. 

25 And seven days were fulfilled, after 
that the Lord had smitten the river. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Frogs are sent. 16 The dust turned into 
lice. 20 The swarms of/ties. 32 Pharaoh 
is hardened. 

AMD the Lord spake unto Moses, Go 
unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, 
Thus saith tlie Lord, Let my people go, 
that they may serve me. 

2 And if thou refuse to let them ?o,behold, 
I will smite all thy borders with frogs : 

3 And the river shall bring forth frogs 
abundantly, which shall go up and come 
into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, 
and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy 
servants, and upon thy people, and into 
thine ovens, and into thy kneading troughs ; 

4 And the frogs shall come up both orf 
thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy 
servants. 

5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say 
unto Aaron, Stretch forth tiiinehand with 
thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, 
and over the ponds, and cause frogs to 
come up upon the land of Egypt. 

6 And Aaron stretched cut his hand over 
the waters of Egypt ; and the frogs came 
up, and covered the land of Egypt. 

7 And the magicians did so with their en- 
chantments, and brought up frogs upon 
the land of Egypt. 

8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aa- 
ron, and said, Entreat tiie Lord, that he 
may take away the frogs from me, and 
from my people ; and I will let the people 
go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord. 

9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory 
over me ; When shall I entreat for thee, 
and lor thy servants, and for thy people, to 
destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, 
that they may remain in the river only ? 

10 And he said, To-morrow. And he 
said, Be it according to thy word ; that 
thou mayest know that there is none like 
unto the Lord our God. 

11 And tlie frogs shall depart; from thee, 
and from thy houses, and from thy servants, 
and from thy people ; they shall remain 
in the river only. 

12 And Mose's and Aaron went out from 
Pharaoh; And Moses cried unto the Lord 
because of the frogs which he had brought 
against Pharaoh. 

13 And the Lord did according to the 
word of Moses; and the frogs died out of 
the houses, out of tlie villages, and out of the 
fields. 



- . 
15 Ei :: 

irt, and heark- 
l 
16^ And the Lorapi i 

smite tl e 

Come lice throughoi 

. 
cut his 1 3 rod, and s 

. 

". 

nents to bring forth 

were lice upon man, 
;on beast. 

19 Then the magicians said unto Ph> 

er of God : :a;d Pha- 
I 
t unto them ; as die Lord had said* 

20 If And the Lord said um 
Ri.-e upe iriy in die morning, and Stan 

: lo, he coineth forth to the 

water ; and sa; s Jth the 

that they may 

ion wilt not let my pc 
Bend swarms 

r 

.c Lord 
in the n 

een mv 

d the Lord did . 
I 

houses, and bob 

| 

not meet so to 

do ; lor •■ 

■ 

• 
the wildl 

our God, as he shall command us. 

28 And Phai I you go, 

that ye may saci ifice t > 
God in t ye shall not go 

*ery far awaj : entreat for aie. 



| 
from his 

D 

. 

and ent 

51 And :he Loi 
wore 

from Pharaoh, from ins 
. lc- 
. 

toh hardened his heart 
neither would he let the 

CHAP. IX. 
1 77 - murrain -j ? plague of 

dblains. 22 i 

Tl 
in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, 
the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let 
, mat they may serve me. 
2 For it'th/u reuse to let them go, and 
wilt hold them still, 

Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon 
ale which is in the held, upon the 
. upon the asses, upon die camels, 
the oxen, and upon the sheep : (here 

■ Lord shall sever between 
Egypt: 

. - die 

. . set i;me, 
tins 

• d^e 

yel ui- 

nd, behold, there 

kardV 

. 

i ruid 
ivea 

J.eit 
• .. • 
dust hi all 

' ; . . 
I and upon 

. 

'. be- 
i bhuns up- 

II i 'and 

• v the 

od upon all 

And the Lord hardened the heart o/ 



5S VhcfJague of hail and fire 

Pharaoh, and he hearkened net unto them ; 

as the I pokenuntofl 

13 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise 
up early in the morning, and stand before 
Pharaoh, and say unto mm, Thussaith the 
Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people 
go, that they may serve me. 

14 For I will at this time send all my 
plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy: ser- 
vants, and upon thy people; that thou may- 
est know that there is none like me in all 
the earth. 

15 For now I will stretch out myhsnd, 
that I may smite thee and thy people with 
pestilence ; and thou shalt be cut off from 
the earth. 

16 And in very deed for this cause have 
I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my 
power ; and that my name may be declared 
throughout all the earth. 

17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my 
people, mat thou wilt not let them go ? 

lo Behold, to-morrow, about this time, I 

"will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, 

•uch as hath not been in Egypt since the 

foundation there feven until now. 

19 Send therefore now, and gather thy 

and all that thou hast in the field'; 

for up. . and beast which shall 

; i d shall not be brought 

e down upon them, 

■■> 

>rdofthe Lord 
I made his 

* 

' i 
ats and his cattle 

B 

I. unto Moses, 
! 

I 

on everj herb of the field, I 

upon the 
: ed "had upon 
. 

rid fire mingled 

: all the land 

* 

I 
1 
'" 

J 

i 

Mftd I and my people are wicked. 



EXODuc. The havoc of "the filaguctJ 

28 Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) 
z be no more ^derings 

and hail ; and I will let yc •;.£/:, and ye shall 
stay no longer. 

29 And Moses said unto h;m, As soon a» 
I am gone out 6wke city, I v, ill spread a? 
broad my hands unto the Lord ; and the 
thunder 'shall cease, neither shall there be. 
any more hail ; that thou may est know how 
that the earth is the Lord's.' 

30 But as for thee and thy servants, I 
know that ye. will not yet fear the Lord God. 

31 A nd the flax and the barley was smit- 
ten : for the barley was in the ear, and the 
flax was boiled. 

32 But the wheat and the rye were not 
: for they were not grown up. 

■ 33 And Moses Went out of the city from 
and spread abroad his hands unto 
the Lord : and the thunders and hail ceas- 
ed, and the rain was net poured upen the 
earth. 

34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain 
and the hail and the *hunders were ceased, 
he sinned vet more, and hardened Ins heart, 
he and his servants. 

i the heart of s hard- 

ened, ndther would he let the children of 
Israel go, as the Lord I Moses 

CHAP. X. 
12 The plague of locusts, 21 of darkness. 
27 Pharaoh's heart is vet hard 



AND the Lord said • Go in 

unto Phara \ e hardened 

his heart, and th lit s, that 

signs before him : 

;11 in the ears of 

have wrought in Egy] as which 

; that ye may 

know how that lam the Lord. 

3 An/J Moses and Aaron come in unfed 

" %. n 1 said unto him, Thus saith 

low long 

wiltthour self before m,e| 

: they may serve me: 

ly pe ojfle go, 

behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts 

shall cover the face of the 
earth, that one c tnnot be able to see the 
earth : and they shall eat the residue of that 
which is escaped, which remaineth unto ' 
you from the hail, and shall eat every tree 
reweth forvou out of i.be field : 

houses, :nd the 
houses of all thy scrvar anuses of 

thers' fa thers have seen , since the 
day that they were upon the earth, unto 
this day. And he turned himself, and went 
out from Pharaoh. 

7 And Pharaoh's servants s: id unto him, 
How long shall this man be a snare u«t« us? 



Tfieftkgue of Locusts, l?c. Chap, 

Let the men go, that they may serve the 
Lord their God : Knowest thou not yet 
th. t Egypt is destroyed? 

8 Aj re brought a- 
i Pharaoh: andjfce said unto them, 
Go serve the Lord y cur God: but, Who 

go? 

9 x\nd Moses said, We will go with our 
4roung and with our old, widi cur sens and 

with our daughters, widi ourflocks and ns hh 
our herds will we go ; tor we must hold a 
to the Lord. 

10 And he said unto them, Let the Lord 

u, as 1 will let you go, and your 
little ones : look to it ; for evil** before you. 

11 Not so : go now ye that are men, and 
serve the Lord; tor' that ye did desire. 
And they were driven out from Phai 
prese 

And the Lord said unto Moses, 

Stretch out thine hand over the land oi E- 

gvni i , that they ma) come up 

. ig>T>t, and eat every herb 

of tli'- autnat the hail hath left.; 

tched forth his rod p\ er 

ud of Egypt, and the Lord brought 

t wind upon the land all that day, and 

it ; and when it was morning, the 

( indbs the locusts. 

11 And the locusts went up over all the 
land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts 
of Egypt: \ were t hi y ; ! 

them there were • custs as they, 

neither ; ftei* them sh 1. i e such. 
13 l-'< r • d the face of tl 

i kened ; and 
the) di I nd, and all 

the fruit oi the tn d left : 

herbs of the field, through 
I 

16Th< 
>. iimcd 

again 

17 .• 
Bl 

yourG d, that he ma) take awa) from me 
this d< 

IS And I e went OUl frt m Pharaoh, and 
entreated the Lord. 

19 And the ' . 
west wfa k I, v, hicl i took away tin I 
cast them in 
ed not one lex ust 

I 
heart, so that he would not lot the chi 
of Isr i 

• 21 1i And tl 
Stretch out thine h 
there ma) be dai mess 
kypt, even dai i 

22 And Moses stretched 
toward heaven ; and die re v. is i thi< I 
'pess in all the la^d of Egypt thre - 



i. xi. Death of the firstborn threatened, 59 

23 They saw not one another, neither 
rose any from his place for three days : but 
all the children oi Israel had light in their 
dw eilings. 

24 And Pharaoh called unto Mcses, and 
s.Jd, Go ye, serv e the Lord : only let jour 
flocks and your herds be stayed: let your 
little ones also go widi you. 

25 And Moses said, Thcu must give us, 
also, sacrifices and burnt cfterings, that we 
may sacrifice unto die Lord our God. 

26 Our cattle also shall go with us ; there 
shall not an hoof be left behind ; for thereof 
must we take to serve the Lord our God ; 
and we know not with what we must serve 
the Lord, until we come thither. 

27 % But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's 
heart, and he would not let them go. 

28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee 
from me, take heed to thyself, see my face 
no more ; for in that day thou seest my face 
thou shalt die. 

29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken 
well, 1 will see thy lace again no more. 

CrfAP. XI. 
1 God's ?nessage to the Israelites to borrow 
tf their neighbours. A: The death 
°J "thrjirsiborn thrt ataiecU 
A ND the Lord said unto Mcses, Yet 
-t\ win I bring one plague more upon Pha- 
raoh, send upon Eg} pt ; aftei wards he will 
let you go hence : when he shall let you go,he 
shall surely thrust you out hence altogether, 
know in the ears of the people, 
and let every man borrow of his neighbour, 
and every Woman of her neighbour, jewels 
of silver, and jewels of gold* 

3 And the Lord gave the people favour 

in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover* 

the man R v. great in the land 

i FPharaoh's servants, 

and in the sight oi thej eople. 

.ThuSsaith the Lord, 
Air ut mi I J gp out into th 

Pt: 

5 And i the land of E- 
om the firstborn of] 

firstborn i 

6 And there shall b< through* 
out all i'm there was 

7 But : 

iliat die 
utheE- 

. 

down un ! . -. 

( 

go out. \ i ut from Pharaoh i» 

g 



60 7"he fiasaonct in vm vied, E XO 

9 And the Lord s*. id unto Moses, Phi - 
?aoh shall not hearken untojou; thatmy 

may be multiplied in the land of 
Sgvpt. 

10 And Mcses and Aaron did all these 
wonders before Pharaoh: and- the Lord 

< Phars oh's hes rt, so that he woulc 
tie children of Israel go out oi 
CHAP. XII. 
3 The fmssover instituted, 29 The first- 
bornaxt s/c?>?. 31 The Israelites are drii- 
land, 

AISD the Lord spake Tinto Moses and 
. d in tlx land of Egypt, saying, 
- month shed be antoj cuthe begin- 
ning of months : it shall be tlie first month 
ci bi« year to \cu. 

peak \e unto all the congregation 
, saying) In the tenth duy of tins 
toonth they shall take to them every man 
a lamb, accordii gio the he use oi their fa- 
thers, a lamb for an he use: 

4 And if the household be too little for the 

1 1 hhn and his neighbour next unt 
lils house takei* according to the number 
e i erj mi n aoc< rding to his e ...- 
be y< ur count for the iamb. 

5 Your U mb shall be with< ut blemish, c. 

the first year : ye shall take ;V cut 
from the sh( en, or from the j pats : 

; e sh ill keep it up until the fcur- 
b he same month: and the whole 

'of the congreg ition of 1st 
kill it in the evening. 

\e of the blood, and 
le posts, and on the up- 
| r post oi the houses, wherein they 

tit. 

eat the flesh in that 
| andunleavenedbread ; 

■. the) shall e..t it. 

Ins head with his 
b. the] niton, nee the 
nothing of ii 

' : with fire, 

I 

}'■: iny< in hi I 

- 
j ' 

I 

I 

I 

. ions ; ye 



DUS. TIgiv the fiassover is to be kef it, 
[ shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever. 
15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened 
bread; even the first day "ye snail put away 
leaven cut of you* houses: tor whosoever 
eateth leavened Bread from the first cky 
until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut 
off from Israel. 

15 And in the first day there shell be an 
holy o «iv( cation, and in the seventh day ' 
there shall be an holy convocation to you ; 
no manner of work shall be dene in them, 
save that which every man must eat, that 
only may be done of you. 

17 And ye shall observe the feast o/* un- 
leavened bread ; for in this selfsame day 
have 1 brought your armies out of the land 
of Egypt : Tnereiore shall ye observe this 
day in yeur generations by an ordinance 
forever. 

18 In the first month, on the fourteenth | 
day of the month at even, ye shall eat un- 
leavened bread, until the one and twentieth 
day of the month at even. 

19 Seven days shall there be no leaven 
found in your houses : for whosoever eat- 
eth that which is leavened, e\ en that soul 
shall be cut off from the congregation of Is- 
rael, whether he be a stranger, or born in 
the Land* 

20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all 
your habitations shall ye eat unleavened 

21 Then Moses called for all the elders of 
Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and 
take your; lamb according to your families, 
and kill the passover. 

[ ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, 
and dip it in the blood that is in tlie bason, 
and strike the lintel and the tw o side posts 
with die blood that ism the bason ; and none 
)f v< u shall go out at the door of his house 
e morning. 
23 For the Lord will pass through to 
smite the E pi ben he seeth tlie 

blood up . and on the two side 

. s over the door, and 
will not suffer tlie destroj er to come in un- 
to your houses to smite you, 

...is thing for an 

ee and to thy sons lor ever. 

e to pass, when ye be 

come to the land which the Lord will 'give 

iath premised, that ye 

• ice* 

ie to pass, when your 
. you, What mean f§ 
by thissej 

27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice 

of the Lord's passover, who passed over 

•- children of Israel in Egypt, 

le Egyptians, and delivered 

our houses. And die people bowed tlie head 

ed. 

2ci And toe children of Israel went away, 



The fir* thorn tlain, 



Chap. xiii. Thi /:hef:assover. 01 



and did as the Lord had comma: 
ses and A 
29 1 And H 

te ail the firstborn in 
the lane rfl 

at sat en his throne unto the firstborn 
of the captive I 
all the firstborn of 

I d PI t iraoh rose up in the : . 
and all his servants, and all the F - 
and there was a great cry b E 
a boose where 

31 1 And he called far Moses and Aaron 
5 at, and said. Rise up, and get von forth 

ctli ye and t: 

e the Lord, 
. -.ad. 

; your flocks and your herds, 
as j e and be gone j and bless me 

also. 

33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon 
the people I ht send them ( at or 

i id, We be all 

men. 

34 And the people took their dough bc- 

1, their kneading troughs 
being bound up in - upon their 

1 the children of Israel did accord- 
•-. ; and they borrow- 
ed",: nsjewels of silver, and jew- 
ment : 

t thev 
lent unto them s: 
Andth 

... hiun- 
mdon foot: men, be- 

. 
da mixed n 

. them ; and flocks, an 

. 

the d 

not tarry, neither 

•iial. 

• - • 

ired and thirty y< 
41 An it the end of the 

four huii' lr- 

same day, it cam hosts 

•fthel 

4Q It : reel Onto 

the L ingoing them 

to v e < •)^:- 
their general 

Aaron, T. i 



over : There shall no stranger eat thereof': 
44 But eveiy i at that is 

..en tlicu hast circum- 
cised him. then shall he eat thereof. 

^er and an liired servant shall 
not eat thei aid 

46 In one hoase shell it be eaten ; tiicu 
any forth aught of the liesh a* 

1 broad honse ; neither shall \ e 

break a bone thereof. 

47 All the congregation of Israel sliall 
keep it. 

43 And when a stranger shall sojourn 
with thee, and will keep the pass *ver to 
the Lord, let all liis males be circum* i ed, 
and then rt him come near and keep it ; 
and .he shall be as one that is born in the 
land : for no uncircumcised person shall eat 
thereof. 

49 One law shall be tohlm that is home- 
born, and unto the stranger that sojourn- 
eth among you. 

50 Thus did all the children of Israel ; ?.s 
the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, 
so did they. 

51 And it came to pass the selfsame dav, 
that the Lord did bring the children of 
Israel out of the land of Egypt by tlieir 
armies. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 The firstborn sanctified to God. 3 The 
memoriul r j 'the fkuZover is commanded. 
21 God guide th them by a fiillar of a 
cloud and ofjire. 

AN 1 ) the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing. 
2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, 
whatsoever openeth the womb an i 
children of Israel, both of matt and ofbeast : 
it M mine. 

I •' ses said unto the people, 

• of bondage; 

I the Lord brought 
vou out from this /dare ; there sliall no 
iten« 

month 

! be when th C 
unto th. : 

hat thou hludt 

'••avened 
::// be a 

i 

•'icrc be 
. with thee in all thy quar* 
8 And thou D in th:>t 

saying, Thi* is done b«oauM of \k* t 
H 



oc. EXO 

me when I came 

r a sign unto thee up- 

r with a strong hand hath 

■ ■ . - - 

. 

ive it thee, 

unto the 
L ' that openeth the n 

ast which 
t 

It break 

- 

I time to come. 

■ 

the Lord brought i 

Pharaoh 

.ord slew 

: 

the firstborn of man, and the & 

1 itrix, being mi 

[ren I redeem. 

. >r a token uj i 

had let led them 

i 

for God 
l 
t irn to E- 

harnessed 

iworn the 

"■ 

m Suc- 
i 

. 

j 

night. 



: . ; sueth the Israelites, 

CHAP. XIV. 
ursueth. 10 The Is- 
v. 21 They/ t the Red 

■Jae Lord spake unto Moses, say- 



A^ 



k unto the children of Israel, that 
they tuj n and encamp before Pih 
I and the sea, over 

it shall ye encamp by 

3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of 
Israel, r .; .: i gled in the land, the 

ness hath shut them in. 

harden Pharaoh's heart, 

flow after them; and 1 will 

n Pharaoh, and upon all 

his host; that the Egyptians may knew 

that I am the Lord. And they did so. 

5 If And it was told the king c I 

; nd the heart ofPha- 
servants was turned 
the people, and they said, Why 1 

that we have let Israel go from 

he made ready his chariot, and 
him: 

... :.' Ch ■ 

iots, and ts of Egypt, andcap- 

Due of them. 

8 And the Lord hardened the heart of 

F Eg pt, and he pursued 
after the children of Israel: and the chil- 
dren of 1 t wi th an high h and. 

9 Put tl . pursued after them 

icl chariots of Pharaoh, and 

his horsemen, and his army), and overtook 

tag by the sea, beside Pi- 

I hon. 
henPliaraoh drew nigh, the 
I 
the Egyptians marched after them ; 
ire afraid: and the children 
o the Lord. 

! 

■ no" graven st thoa 

t iken us away to die in tiie wilderness ? 
i e hast thou dealtthus with us, to 
forth cut of Egypt? 
12 Is not this the word that we did tell 
thee in Egypt, saving, Let us alone, thai 
serve the'Egyptians ? For it had 
us to serve the Egyptians, 
t we should die in the wild 
15 And Moses said unto the people, Fear 
• see the saivadon of 
ill shew to you to- 
day : for the Eg; 

... junoracrefor- 

14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye • 
] eace. 

said unto Moses, 



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. XV. 

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•. 

: 

: 



: 















I 

■ 



: 
i shall be a- 



64 The people murmur for water > 
mazed; the mighty men of Moab trembling, 
shall take hold upon them ; all the inhabi- 
tants ctf Canaan shaJlmelt away. 

16 Fear and dread shall fail upon them : 
bv the greatness of mine arm they shall be 
as still us a stone, till thy people pass over, 
O Lord, till the people "pass over, which 
thou hast purchased. 

17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant 
them in the mountain of thine inheritance, 
in the place, O Lord, which thou hast 
made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, 
Q] rd, which thy hands have established. 

18 Tl leLord shall reign forever and ever. 

19 For the horses ot Pharaoh went in 
with his chariots and with his horsemen in- 
to the sea, and the Lord brought again the 
waters of the sea upon them ; but the chil- 
dren of Israel went on dry land in the midst 
of the sea. 

20 And Miriam, the prophetess, the sis- 
ter of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; 
and all the women went out after her with 
timbrels, and with dances. 

21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye 
to the Lord, for he hath triumphed glori- 
ously : the horse and his rider hath he 
thrown into the sea. 

22 % So Moses brought Israel from the 
Red sea, and they went out into the wilder- 
ness, of Shar ; and they went three days in 
the wilderness, and found no water. 

23 If And when they came to Marah, 
tlif-y could not chink of the waters of Ma- 
rah, for they were bitter ; therefore the 
name of it was called Marah. 

24 And the people murmured against 
Moses, sa; ing, what shall we drink 1 

25 % And be cried unto the Lord ; and 
the Lord shewed him a tree, which when 
he h;d cast into tiie waters, the waters 

i ade sweet ; there he made for them 
a statute :>.nd an ordinance, and there he 
pr ved them. 

v! s hi. If thou wilt diligently hear- 
ken to the voice of the ord thy God, and 
wilt do that which is right in his sight, 
and wilt give ear to his commandments, 
and keep all his statutes, I will put none of 
these diseases upon thee, which I have 
brought upt n the Egyptians: for I am the 
Lord that hcaleth thee. 

271; And they came to Elim, where 
were tweh e wells of water, and three score 
and ten palm trees; and they encamped 
there bj the waters. 

C II A P. XVI. 

2 7' '■■• Israelite, nv.irwnrfjr want qfbrcacL 

11 Quails are sent, 14 and manna, 

A they took their journey from 

• congregation of the 
children! Israeli ame unto the wilderness 
of Sin, which it between Eiim and Sinai, on 
the fifteenth day of the second month .after 



EXODUS. The people murmur for bread* 



their departing out of the land of Egypt. 

2 % And the" whole congregation" of the 
children of Israel murmured against Mo- 
ses and Aaron in the wilderness': 

3 And the children of Israel said unto 
them, Would to God we had died by the 
hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, 
when we sat by the flesh pots, and when 
we did eat bread to the full ; for ye have 
brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill 
this whole assembly with hunger. 

4 Then said the "Lord unto Moses, Be- 
hold, I will rain bread from heaven for you ; 
and the people shall go out and gather a 
certain rate every day, that I may prove 
them, whether they will walk in my law, 
or no. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that on the 
sixth day they shall prepare that which 
they bring in ; and it shall be twice as much 
as the} 7 gather daily. 

6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all 
the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall 
know that the Lord hath brought you out 
from the land of Egypt : 

7 And in the morning, then ye shaH see 
the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth 
your murrnurings against the Lord : and 
What are we, that ye murmur against us ? 

8 And Moses said, This shall be, when 
the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh 
to eat, and in the morning bread to the full : 
for that the Lord heareth your murrnur- 
ings which ye murmur against him : and, 
What are we ? your murrnurings are not 
against us, but against the Lord. 

9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say un- 
to all the congregation of the children of 
Israel, Come near before the Lord, for 
he hath heard your murrnurings. 

10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spjike 
unto the whole congregation of the children 
of Israel,that they looked toward the wilder- 

d behold, the glory of the Lord ap- 
peared in the cloud. 

1 1 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

'12 I have heard the murrnurings of the 
children of Israel : speak unto them, say- 
ing, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the 
morning ye shall be filled with bread; and 
ve shall know that I am the Lord your 
God. 

13 And it came to pass, that at even thf 
quails came up, and covered the camp : 
and in the morning the dew lay, round a 
bout the host. 

14 f And when the dew that lay was 
gone up, behold, upon the face of the wiU | 
derness there lay a small round thing, ae 
small as the hoar frost on the ground. 

15 And when the children of Israel saw 
it, they said one to another, It is manna ; for 
they wist not what it was. And Moses said j 



The sabbath appointed for rest. Chap, 

unto them, This is the bread which the 
to eat. 

16 T. bich the Lord 
hath commanded, Gamer of it e\ ■ 
according to his eating, an omer i i 
man, according to the number of) our per- 
sons ; take ye every man for tfu m which 
are in his tf 

17 And me children of Israel did so, and 
gathered, some more, some less. 

1 when they did mete it with an o- 

mcr, he mat garnered much, had nothing 

over, and he that gathered little, Irid no 

lack ; mej gathered ever) man according 

> -ting. 

ses said, Let no man leave of 
it till the morning. 

20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not 
unto Moses ; but some of them left of it un- 
til the morning, and it bred worms, and 
*t. ink : and Mi them. 

21 And they gathered it even - morning, 
every man according to Ins citing: and 
when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 

-1 it Came to] he sixth 

day they g ithered twice as much bread, 

rs for one man : and ail the rulers 
of the congregation came and told Moses. 

'1 he said unto mem, Thisis that 
which the Lord hath said, Tc-m 

LeLord : 

scet.be that ye wul seethe ; and th I 

renuii:.. 
until th i 

-. up till the morning, 

ra therein. 

b ><th ant • ti e Lord: to-day 
U gather it; but on the 
eh ill be fu ne. 

renth &ay 

the - 

31 . V 
I 

like « 

32 And M *!ie tiling 
which the Lord commande 

of it tn r 
they may see 



xvii, The }:ec file murmur for xbeticr, 65 

fed you in the wilderness, when I brought 
you forth from the land ofEgvpt. 

33 And Moses said onto Aaron, take a 
pot, and put an omer full of minna therein, 
tnd lay it up before the Lord, to be kept 
generations. 
.34 As the Lord commanded Moses, s© 
Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be 
kept. 

35 And the children of Israel did eat man- 
na forty years, until they came to a landht- 
1 1 ley did eat manna,until they came 
unto the borders of the land of C maan. 

35 Now an omer «the tenth jmrt of an 
ephah. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 The fie'jJJr , n yr mnr for water at Refihi- 
d.hn. 5 J\ foae 9 sent to the rock in Iforeb. 
13 Amolek isovi rcome* 

AND all die congregation of the children 
of Israel journeyed from the wilderness 
of Sin, after tbcirjourneys, according to the 
commandment of the Lord, and pitched in 
Rephidim: and there was no w a ter fa r the 
people to drink. 

2 Wherefore the people did chide with 
Moses, and s:dd,Give us water that we may 
drink. And Moses said unto them, Why 
chide ye with me? \Y e tempt 
the Lord ? 

3 And the people thirsted there for wa- 
ter ; and the people murmured aeaints Mo- 
ses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou 
hast brought us up oui "kill us 
and our *. ' h thirst ? 

4 And Mt es cried unto the I^ord, say- 
ing, What shall I do unto this people r They 

. . 

i [o8es,Go 

cv. before the people, and take with thee 

d, where- 

.. liver, take in thine 

nd go. 

,1 will nd before m 

noon the I thou shdt 

\t water 

. And 

.Moses did dcrs of 

7 And he C 

the) tempi 

r iv it.' 

jfat with 
Israi 
9 And 
I 

1 ft ue hill 

with the : 

said f 

p of the 



$6.Joskua dhcomjitetkAmalU k. EXO 

1 1 A 1 1 »ss, when Moses 1 teld 

i prevailed : and when 
he let v I, Amalek prt 

12 But Mosei 

' put/* under] 
thereon; and Aaron andHu 
up his hands, die one on tl 
the other on the other side ; and his hands 
fthesun. 

13 •[ And 3 nfited Amalek, 

■ :eo] >!e w ith the edge of the 

■ 

; from itn- 

Itar, and called 

16 For he said, Because the Lord hath 
sv. orn that the Lord wiil have \ 
Amalek iron 

CHAP. xvin. 
1 Jethrc 

t,WO 80718. 7 f I 

W, 
Mc 

idfor&^j 

rime of 
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DUS. h Moses. 

11 Now I know that the L,ord is greater 
than rill £rds: for in the thing wherein they 
dealt prcucllv he ivas above them. 

12 And Jethro, M 

rnt offering ai 
and Aaron came, ai • 
rucl, to eat bread with Moses' father in 
fore God. 
nd it came to pass on the morrow, 
I 
from the morn- 
ing unto the evenine. 

14 Are 1 .- 'n law saw all 
thathedidtothepeopleJio:;; id,Wh 

t thou doest to the ; 

>u thyself alon le people 

stand by thee from morning unto even : 

15 And Mose /in law, 

me to in- 

■n they have a matter, thby come 

unto me ; 

them know the stat- 
laws. 
:•:' father in law said unt® 
i ti ling that thou doest z'-s not good. 

18 Ti; 

thou, and 

: 
not able tope: 

:., I will 

' d, 

I: 

k qrdinan es 

and laws, and : 

they must v. 
it do. 

: r God, 
ss-; and 
ulers of thou- 
, ■ 
[ 

peo] 

I all bear 
the biird 
23 If thou shalt do this ' ' ;, arid God' 

also go 

' 

er 

^e,tyfcarof thou sands, rulers of 1 ; ■ \ 

. 
- ■ And the; juo! eo the peo] ieat: llsea- 



message to Chap. 

.' er in law de- 

j 

CHAP. 
17 

■ 
ice. 

. 

dim, and v. • Sinai, 

and . 

int. 

unto him cut 

- - 
. .t I did unto the E- 

- 

: 

ito die 
for the 

i 

- 

I 

in 1 1 

1 

1 ; T 

I 

nnt 
• andc 



15 And he 

.ome not at y : 

16 *~ And It came to piss on the third 

. ! • : ain- 

;.d lightnings, and a thick cicud off- 
onthei iceofthetrum 

-iiat 
%vas in 1. 1 

: forth the pe ; > 
outof " God: and 

part of the mount. 
18 A her on 

ended uj}- 
<n it in fire: and the smoke thereof as- 
ke ota furnace, and thfc 
J. gi-e itly. 
v. d when the the trumpet 

nd louder, 
. | and Gcxl answered him I 
voice. 

V id the Lord came down uponm 

of the mount: and t lie 
Lord called MoseS up. to die top oi 
mount; and . up. 

down, ch irge the people, lest the; 

- the priests also, which come 
i the Lord, sanctity then, i 
upon them, 
id unto the Lord, 
i mount Sj 
t bom 

him, A\^, 
ime up, 

I 

went down unto the 

■ 

! 



•6 The ten commandments, EXO 

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of 
them that love me, and keep my command- 
ments. 

7 Thcu shaft not take the name cf the 
Lord thy Gcd in vain ; for the Lord will 
not hold "him guflfless-that taketh h 

in vain. 

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it 
holy. 

9 Six days shaft thcD labour, and do ail 
thy work : 

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of 
the Lord thy Gcd: in it thou shaltnot do 
any work,thou.nor thy son, nor thy daugh- 
ter, thv manservant, nor thy maidservant, 
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is with- 
in thv gates : 

11 For in six days the Lord made heav- 
en and earth, the sea, and all that in them 
is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore 
the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hal- 
lowed it. 

12 Honour thy father and thy mother, 
that thy days may be long upon the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

13 Thou shaft not kill. 

14 Thcu shalt not commit adultery. 

15 Thou shalt not steal. 

16 Thou shalt not bear fa!se witness a- 
gainst thy neighbour. 

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's 
house, thou shalt not covet thy neghbours 
wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidser- 
vant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any tiling 
that is thy neighbours. 

18 And all the people saw the thunder- 
ings, and the lightning, and the noise of the 
trumpet, and the mountain smoking : and 
■when the people saw it, they removed, and 
stood afar off. 

19 And they srud unto Moses, Speak 
thou with us, and we will hear : but let not 
God speak with us, lest we die. 

20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear 
not: for God is come to prove you, and 
that his fear may be before your faces that 
ye sin not. 

21 And the people stood afar off, and 
Moses drew near unto the thick darkness, 
where God was. 

. ■ And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Urns t ' i into the children of Is- 

rael, Ye have seen that 1 have talked with 
yon \v< m heaven. 

23 Yc shall not make with me, gods of 
silver, neither shall ye make unto you, gods 
I 

24 ■" An altar of earth thou shalt make 
in. * ■ roe, and so It sacrifice thereon thy 
burnt offerings, and thy peace ofie; 
sheep, and thine oxen : in all plar e 

I will come unto thee, 

suif' 1 will bles 

. make mc an altar of 



DUS. Latvsfor servants. 

stone, thou shalt not bund it of hewn stone : 
for if thcu lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast 
polluted it. 

26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps un- 
to mine altar, that thy nakedness be not 
discovered thereon. 

CHAP. XXI 
1 Laws for servants, 12 for manslaughter^ 
16 for manstealers, 17 cursers of pa- 
rents, and several others. 
NOW these are the judgments which 
thcu shalt set before them. 

2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six 
years he shall serve : and in the seventh 
he shall go out free for nothing. 

3 If he came in by himself, he shall ga 
out by himself: if he were married, then 
his w : ife shall go out with him. 

4 If his master have given him a wife, 
and she have borne him sons,or daughters ; 
the wife and her children shall be her mas- 
ter's, and he shall go out by himself. 

5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I 
love my master, my wire, and my children ; 
I will not go out free : 

6 Then his master shall bring him linto 
the judges; he shall also bring him to the 
door, or unto the door post ; and his mas- 
ter shall bore his ear through with an awl ; 
and he shall serve him forever. 

7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a 
maidservant, she shall not go out as the 
menservantsdo. 

8 If she please not her master who hath 
betrothed her to himself, then shall he let 
her be redeemed : to sell her unto a strange 
nation he shah have no power, seeing he 
hath dealt deceitfoily with her. 

9 And if he have "betrothed her unto his 
son, he shall deal with her after the man- 
ner of daughters. 

10 If he take him onother wife ; her food, 
her raiment, and her duty of marriage, 
shall he not diminish. 

11 And if he do not these three unto her, 
then shall she go out free without money. 

12 % He that smiteth a man, so that be 
die, shall be surely put to death. 

13 And if a man lie not in wait, but Gcd 
deliver him into his hand ; then I will ap- 
point thee a place whither he shall flee. 

14 But if a man come presumptuously 
upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile"; 
thou shalt take him from mine altar, that 
he may die. 

15 And he that smiteth his father, or his 
mother, shall be surely put to death. 

16 % And he that stealeth a man, and 
selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, 
he shall surely be put to death. 

17 % And he that curseth his father, or 
his mother, shall surely be put to degth. 

18 And if men strive together, and one 
•mite another with a stone, or with his fist, 



Diver* laws, Chap, xxii 

and he die net, but keepeth his bed : 

19 If he rite again, and walk abroad up- 
on hiskUttf, then shall lie that smote him 
be quit : only be sh:Jl pay for the loss 01 
his time, and snail cause Ami to be tho- 
rough! 

^0 .(rid it a man smite his servant, or 
his maid, with he die under his 

band : | unished. 

g, if he continue a day 
or two, he kh«dl not be punished : for he 
I 

-/.rive, and hurt a woman 
widi Chi lit depaxt/hMM 

for, andyetno mischief follow : he shall 
be surely punished, according as die wo- 
man's husband wffl lay upon him : and he 
shall pa] wine, 

hiei follow, then thou 
iluilt gh e 

:a for tooUi, hand for 
haiid, not for K» t, 

i ruing for burning, wound for 
wound, ^ti i*,<_ forstri] e. 

d it a man smite the eye of his ser- 

:naid.th:it it perish; 

let him go free tor his eyrt sake 

• out ins mans 

want's tooth ; he shall 

free for hi* tooth's sake. 

r a woman, so 
. e surely 

quit. 

. ash with 
bis horn, in time past, 

wner, and he hath not kept 
him By but that he hath killed a m q,< r 
:. and his 
owi ■ 

. ,i of mo- 

his lift upon hi.n. 

31 Whether he b 

ing to this 
unto him. 

maidservant ; he slud) give uui 

man shaD < 

a man shall dig a pit, ... 

in ; 

good. 

mat he die; then they shall sell me live 

ox, and divide tin it ; and the 

dead 

36 Or if it be known mat die ox hath 
used to pus nd his owner 

ham not kept hi] 

■xl d -hail be his OWU. 

I 



and ordinances. 63 

C H AP XXII. 

1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of trespasses. 
14 Of byrrvomig. 16 Of fornication. 
13 Cfwitchcraft, and other offences. 

IF a manshallstealanox,or a sheep, and 
kill it. or sdl it; he shall restore five 
r an c X, and four sheep for a sheep. 
9 If a thief be found breaking up, and 
be smitten that he die, (h L re shall no blood 
be shed for him. 

3 If die sun be risen upon him, there shall 
be bloodshed f< v him \fr he should make 
tdilresiitutk n : if he have nothing] then he 
shall be sold for his theft. 

4 If the theft be certainly found in his 
hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or 
sheep ; he shall restoredoi^e. 

5 *" If a man shall cause a held, or vine- 
yard to be eaten, and sliall put in his beast, 
and shall teed in another man's held : ot 
die best of his own field, and of the best ot 
his own vineyard, sliall he make restitution. 

6 11 fire break out, mid catch 
so that the stacks of corn, or the sti nding 
corn, or the held, be consumed therewith ; 
he that kindled the fire shall sure!}- make 
restitution. 

7 ■ If a man shall deliver unto his neigh- 
bor money or stuff to keep, and it be sto- 
len out of the man's Ik use ; if die thief be 
Lund, let him pay d 

b If the thief be not found, then the D 
terofti • onto the 

judges, ■ rhebaveputhishaiy] 

■ 

. 
che- 
notfk r chauengeth to 1 c 
both parties snail c 
and whom the judges' shall condemn, he 

shall I 

1U if a man | 

to keep ; roe hurt, < r 

i it : 
11 77* i \\\ be 

them bAii, th a he hath i 
his hand 

thereof t and 
he shall D 

14? Aj '.: < f his 



70 Of dander and false witness. EXODUS. 



An angel promised. 



is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall 
surely endow her to be his wife. 

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her 
unto him, he shall pay money, according to 
the dowrv of virgins. 

18 f Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 

19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall 
sorely \tc put to death. 

20 He that sacrificed! unto any god, save 
unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly de- 
stroyed. 

2i Thou shalt neither wx a stranger, 
nor oppress him : for ye were strangers in 
the land of Egypt. 

22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fa- 
therless child. 

23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and 
they ciy at all unto me, 1 will surely hear 
their cry ; 

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I 
will kill you with the sword ; and your 
wives shall be widows and your chilclren 
fatherless. 

25 tfthoulehd money to any cfmy peo- 
ple that U poor by thee, thou shalt net be 
to him as an usurer, neither shait thou lay 
upon him usury. 

26 If thou at all take thy neighbor's 
raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it un- 
to him bj that the sun ^jeth down: 

27 Fi-r that is his covering only, it is his 

t for his skin : Wherein shall he 

sleep ? And it shall come to pass, when he 

crieth unto me, that I will hear ; for 1 am 

us. 

2S Then shalt not revile the gods, nor 

curse die ruler of thy people. 

29 Thoushaltnotdelayto qffpr&e first 
of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: die 
firstborn of thy sons shalt Ihou give unto 
me. 

30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine ox- 
en, and with thy sheep : sc\ en days it shall 

i his dam ; on the eighth day thou 
shah give it me. 

men unto me : 
neither shall ye itistornat 

beasts in then it ic to the dogs, 

ruler c.-idf.r . Of other 

l/iromis- 
. hhru 

THOU sh ilt not raise ; 
line hand with the wicked 

a multitude to 
a cause 
rmany to w i 

3 NY'. 

ox, or his 
ly bring it 

;iic ass of him that hateth 



dice, lying under his burden, and wouldest 
forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help 
with him. 

6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of 
thy poor in his cause. 

7 Keep thee far from a false matter ; and 
the innocent and righteous slaytiiou not : 
for I will not justify the wicked. 

8 And thou shait take no gift : for the 
gift blindeth the wise, and pervertedi the 
words of the righteous. 

9 Also,thou shalt not oppress a stranger : 
for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing 
ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, 
and shalt gather in the fruits thereof : 

11 But the seventh year thou shait let it 
rest and lie still ; that die poor of thy peo- 
ple may eat : and what they leave, the 
beasts oi" the field shall eat. In like man- 
ner thou shall deal with thy vineyard, and 
with thy oliveyard. 

12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and 
on die seventh day thou shait rest : that 
thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the 
son ot thine handmaid, and the stranger, 
may be refreshed. 

13 And in all things that I have said un- 
to you, be circumspect: and make no men- 
tion of the names of other gods, neither 
let it be heard out of thy mouth. 

14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast 
unto me in the year. 

15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleav- 
ened bread: thou shalt eat unleavened 
bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in 
the time appointed of the month Abib ; 
for in it thou earnest out from Egypt ; and 
none shall appear before me empty : 

16 And the feast of harvest, the first 
fruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown 

in thy field : and the least of ingathering, % 
which is in die end of the year, when thou 
hast gathered in thy labours oat of the field. 

17 Three times in the year all thy males 
shall appear berbre the Lord God. 

13 1 hou shalt not offer the blood of mr 
sacrifice with leavened bread; neither 
shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until 
the morning. 

l l JTIie first of the first fruits of thy 
land thr.u shait bring into the house of the 
Lord thy 'God, Thou shalt not seethe a 
kid in his mother's miik. 

-o "|j Behold, I send an Angel before 

thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring 

thee into the place which I have prepared. 

. I Beware of him, and obey his voice, 

provoke him not ; for he will not pardon 

'-ohions : for my name is m him. 

22 But if thou shalt indeed obevhis voice, 

do ail that 1 speak ; then Twill be an 

• j unto thine enemies, aud an adver- 

i SvU') unto thine adversaries. 



7» fieo/ile firomise obedience. Chap, xxiv. xxv. Motes gocthufi mount Sinai. 71 



23 For mine anecl shaft go before thec, 
Mid bring thee in unto the Amoritcs, and 



5 And he sent young men ofthe children 
of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, 



the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen un- 



; iteSj and the Hivites, and die Jeb 

: and 1 will cut them off. 
I j :cu shaft not bow down to their 
gods, nor serve then, nor do after their 
works: but thou shaft utterly overthrow 
them, and quite break down their i 

25 And ye shall serve die Lord your 
God, and he si I tread, and thy 
water ; and J wffl tak< ray from 
the midst of thee. 

26 There shall nothing cast their young, 
nor \k- barren in thy land : the number 
ofthj days I wfflmlfa. 

27 I will scad my fear before thec, and 
will destroy all the people to whom thou 
shaft come, and L will make all thine i ..< - 
micsturo their backs unto thee. 

28 And I will send hornets before thee, 
which shall drive cut die ffivite, the Ca- 
naanite, j'nd the Hittite, from before thee. 

29 I will hot drive them out from before 
thee in one yearj test the land become des- 
olate, and tne beast of the field multiply 
ag; inst thee. 

little and little T will drive them 
out from . until thou be increa- 

sed, :.m\ inherit the land. 

31 And I will set thy bounds from the 
R sea ofthe Philistines, 

r : f' r 1 
- 

nd ; and tlu.u shaft drive Uiem out 

aft ms keno covenant with 

• 
i i ithj land, lest 

me : C r if th< n 
serve their gods, it .vili sun 

CHAP. XXIV. 

1 ) // 

AND r up un- 

to the Lordjthi u, 
and Abihu, an 

• i tr. 

jh ; nei- 
him. 

I all the 



to the Lord. 

6 •' And Moses took half of the blood, 
and put vf in basons : and h alf of the blood 
he sprinkled en the altar. 

7 And he took the book ofthe covenant, 
and read in the audience ofthe people : and 
they said, All that the Lord hath said will 
we do, and l>e elxtlient. 

8 And Yio-estook the blood, and sprink- 
led i' on the people, and said, Behold the 
blood ofthe cc\ enant, which the Lord hath 
made with you concerning all these words. 

9 Then went up M ron,Na- 

. Vbihu, and seventy of the 
of Israel : 

10 And they saw die God of Israel : and 

t as it weix a 
work of a sapphire stone, and as it were 
the Ixxly of heaven in hit clearni 

11 And upon the nobles of the children 

he laid not his hand : a?sc, tlicy 
saw God, and did eat and drink. 

12 And the Lord said unto Meses,Come 
up to me into the mount, and be there : and 
1 will give thee tables of stone, and a i lw, 
and commandments which Ihave written; 
that thoumayest teach them. 

13 And Moses rose up. and his minister 

atop into th< 
of God. 

It- And he sai Tarrj 

ye here for us, until \ in UDtO 

j ou : and, Behold, A urn 

: ifan) man I 
do, let him come unto them. 

151 '•' '■ ■' Into the mount, 

and a cl< ud r < .\i red the ra 
16 And the 

• 

- 

• ud. 

i. And " e of the 

i \. uring file t n •! c top of 

the midst of 
it him up int. the mount ; 

XV. 



72 The form of the mercy scat-, EXODUS. of the tabernacle and candlestick, 
4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 



fine linen, and goats' hair,, 

5 And rams? skins died red, and bad- 
gers' skins, and shittim wood, 

6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing 
oil, and for sweet incense, 

7 Onyx stones, and stones to beset in the 
ephod, and in the breastplate. 

8 And let them make me a sanctuary ; 
that I may dwell among them. 

9 According to all that I shew thee,q/ter 
the pattern ofthe tabernacle, and the pat- 
tern of all the instruments thereof, even 
so shall ve make it. 

10 If And they shall make an ark o/shit- 
tim wood : two cubits and a half shall be the 
length thereof, and a cubit and a half the 
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the 
height thereof. 

11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure 
gold, within and without shalt thou over- 
la.)" it, and shalt make upon it a crown of 
gold round about. 

12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold 
for it, and put them in the four corners 
thereof: and two rin^s shall be in the one 
side of it and two rings m the other side of it. 

13 And thou shalt make staves s/'shittim 
wood, and overlay them with gold. 

14 And thou shalt put the staves into the 
rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark 
may be borne with them. 

15 The staves shall be in the rings ofthe 
ark : they shall not be taken from it. 

16 And thou shalt put into the ark, the 
testimony which 1 shall give thee. 

17 If And thou shalt make a mercy seat 
r/'ymre gold : two cubits and a halt" sfiall 
he the length thereof, and a cubit and a 
half the breadth thereof. 

18 And thou shalt make two cherubims 
ofgoldj of beaten work shalt thou make 
mem, in the two ends o{ the mercy seat. 

19 And make one cherub on the one end, 
and the other cherub on the other end : c- 
i', n ofthe mere} seat shall ye make the 
cherubims on the two ends thereof. 

20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth 
their wings on high, covering the mercy 
scat with their v.ings, and their faces shall 

another: toward the mercy 
■ fthe cherubims be. 

21 Vnd tbnu shalt put the mercy seat a- 
boveup nthe ark ; and in the ark thou 

imony that. lshallgiveth.ee. 
I will meet with'thee,and 
I will commune with thee from above the 
'i the twocheru- 
bims which are upon the ark ofthe testi- 
mony^ all thing* whichlwiDgii 
COT1 ie children of Israel. 

• make a table o/shit- 
t'nn wood ; two cubits shall be the length 
' the breadth thereof, 
and a cubit and a half the height therof. 



24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure 
gold, and make thereto a crown of gold 
round about. 

25 And thou shalt make unto it a border 
of an handbreaelth round about, and thou 
shalt make a golden crown to the border 
thereof round about. 

26 And thou shalt make for it four rings 
of gold, and put the rings in the four cor- 
ners that are on the four feet thereof. 

27 Over against the borciers shall the 
rings be, for places of the staves to bear 
the table. 

28 And thou shalt make the staves c/shit- 
tim wood, and overlay them with gold, that 
the table may be borne with them. 

29 And thou shalt make the dishes there- 
of, and spoons therof, and covers thereof, 
and bowls thereof,to cover withal : of 'pure 
gold shalt thou make them. 

30 And thou shalt set upon the table 
shewbread before me alway. 

31 f And thou slra.lt make a candlestick 
of pure gold : of beaten work shall the 
candlestick be made : his shaft, and his 
branches, his bowls, his knaps, and his flow- 
ers, shall be of the same. 

32 And six branches shall come out of 
the sides of it : three branches ofthe can- 
dlestick out otthe one side, and three bran- 
ches of the candlestick out of the other 
side : 

33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, 
ninth a knop and a flower in one branch ; 
and three bowls made like almonds in the 
other branch, nvith a knop and a flower : 
so in the six branches that come out of the 
candlestick. 

34 And in the candlestick shall be four 
bowls made like unto almonds, nvith their 
knops and their flowers. 

35 And there shall be a knop under two 
branches of the same, and a knop under 
two branches ofthe same, and a knop un- 
der two branches ofthe same, according to 
the six branches that proceed out of the 
candlestick. 

36 Their knops and their branches shall 
be ofthe same : all of it shall be owe beaten 
work of pure gold. 

37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps 
thereof: and they shall light the lamps 
thereof, that they may give light over a- 
gainstit. 

1 3S And the tongs thereof, and the snuff- 
dishes thereof, shall be o/*pure gold. 

39 Of a. talent of pure gold shall he make 
it, with all these vessels. 

40 And look that thou make them after 
their pattern, which was shewed thee is 
the mount. 

CHAP. XXVI. 

1 The ten curtains ofthe tabernacle* 31 

The veil ofthe «trk. 



The curtains of the tabernacle Chap. 

MR, thou shalt make the 
tabernacle with ten curtains oj fine 
twined linen, and blue, and pur 
scarlet: : , ; ms of cunning work j 

shalt thou raak 

2 Tl K in fthall be eight 
and tw< th of one 
curtain four cubits : and ev< ry one of the 
cuit ins shall have one measure. 

3 The five curtains shall Decoupled to- 

inother ; and other h\e cur- 
tains shall be counted one to another. 

. 'i iou shale make loops of blue ujx>n 
trtain,froroth< 
in the coupling ; and likewise shalt thou 
in the uttermost edge of another 
curtain, ki the coupling of the second. 

5 Fitty loops shalt thou make in the one 

curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in 

: of the curtain that/* in the coup- 

ie second ; that the loops may take 

hold one of another. 

i dtmakefiftytaches 
[pk the curtains together with the 
laches : and it shall be one tabern 
7 And thou shalt make curtains 
hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle : 

length ofow '/.Vthir- 

s, and t'ne breadth of one curtain 
a curtains «&z0 
be all 

■' 

in in the 

n ike fifty loops on the 
. - ts outmost in 

. 

11 And thou shall make fifty I 
brass,ai.d pal the taches into the I 
couple 1 i i r, that it ma) lie one. 

1 J A] intthat rem . 

me curt • linthat 

remain ckside oi 

the tal . 

nd a cu- 
bit onr'i, 
ethmth 
it shall hai 

cle,ont':, 

U And tli U 
the tent q/ran . I a cover- 

ing i 

15 And th i boards 6 r dii 
tabernacle o/shittim to d. itandin up. 

16 Ten cubits - 
board, and a cubit and a half .s/. . 

trd. 

17 Two ten i 
set in order one a g st another; thusshalt 
thou make for ail tne boards of the taber- 
nacle. 



x*xv i. The altar of burnt offerings. 7s 

18 And thou shalt make the boards for 
the tabernacle, twenty boards ob the south 
side southward. 

19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of 
1 silver under the twenty boards ; two sock- 
! ets under one board tor his two tenons, 

and two sockets under another board for 
his two tenons. 

20 And for the second side of the taber- 
nacle on the north side, there slidlbe twen- 
ty boards : 

' 21 And their forty sockets o/sflver; two 
sockets under one board, and two sockets 
under another board. 

22 And for the sides of the tabernacle 
westward, thou shalt make six boards. 

23 And two boards shalt thou make for 
the comers of the tabernacle in thctwosidc:;. 

24 And they shall be coupled together 
beneath, and they shall be coupled togeth- 
er above the head of it unto one ring : 
thus shall it be for them both ; they shall 
be for tl>e two comers. 

25 And they shall be eight boards, and 
their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; two 
sockets under one board, and two sockets 
under another board. 

26 And thou shalt make bars o/*shittin* 
wood ; five for the boards of the one side 
of the tabernacle, 

27 And five bars for the boards ofth# 
other side of the tabernacle, and five bart 
for the boards of the side of the tabernacsBj 
tor the two sides westward. 

28 And the middle bar in the midst of 

tin board shall reach from end to end. 

kodthou shalt overlay tneboar% 

with gold, and make their rings o/gok\/br 

: andtbou uuut overlay 

• t thou shalt rear up the tal>cma- 
rding to the fashion thereof which 
was sh< wed thee in the mount. 

. ; : • And thou shah make a veil o/blnej 
andpunfej and scarlet, an6\fine twined 
linen or cunning work; with cherubimt 
shall it be ma 

i shall hang it upon fourpfl- 
overlaid wi 
their hooka ■./. upon the four 

of stiver. 

up the \cil un- 
'!< r in- ' bring in 

thither,witliin the \< il.thi arc oi : 

.'•unto TOube- 
• 'ioly. 

ark of tin- te.um ..\,in the most 
U c. 

v\ the table without 
ward the south : and thou thai put t!;*u- 



74 The court of the tabernacle. EXODl/S. 

36 And thou shalt make an hanging for 
the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, 
and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought 
•with needlework. 

37 And thou shalt make for the hanging 
five pillars o/shittim wood, and overlay 
them with gold, and their hooks shall be 
©/'gold : and thou shalt cast five sockets of 
brass for them. 

CHAP. XXVU. 
1 The altar of burnt offering, with the ve&- 
tela. 9 The ccurt of the tabernacle. 20 
The oil for the lamp. 

AND thou shalt make an altar e/shit- 
tim wood, five cubits long, and five 
cubits broad ; the altar shall be foursquare : 
and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 

2 And thou shalt make the hops of it 
upon the four comers thereof : his horns 
shall be of the same : and thou shalt over- 
Jay it with brass. * 

3 And thou shalt make his pans to re- 
ceive his ashes* and his shovels, and his 
basons, and his fleshhooks, and his fire- 
pans : all the vessels thereof thou shalt 
make of brass, 

4 And thou shalt make for it a. grate of 
network ©/"brass ; and upon the net shalt 
thou make four brazen rings in the four 
•orners thereof, 

£ And thou shalt put it under the com- 
pass of the altar beneath, that the net may 
•e even to the midst of the altar. 

6 And thou shalt make staves for the 
altar, staves o/shittim wood, and overlay 
them wi tli brass. 

•'7 And the staves shall be put into the 
lings, and the staves shall be upon the two 
sides of the altar, to bear it. 

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou m?ike 
it : as it was shewed tWec in the mount, 
so shall theymaki it* 

9 w And thou shalt make the court of 
the tabernacle: for the south side south- 
ward, there -shall be hangings for the court, 
•/"fine twined linen, of an hundred cubits 
long for one side : 

10 And the twenty pillars thereof, and 
their twenty sockets shall be c/brass ; the 
hooks of tbc pillars and their fillets shall be 

er. 

11 And likewise, for the north side, in 
length, there shall be hangings of an hun- 

I ng, and his twenty pillars, 

sockets of brass: the 

pillars and their fillets of 

: ilvrr. 

d for the breadth of the court 
« ;• of fifty 

cubits: their pilfers ten, and their sock- 

« 

breadth of the court on the 

M2 be fifty cubits. 

14 The hangings of one side of the gate 



Aaron's garment. 

shall be fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, 
and their sockets three. 

15 And on the other side shall be hang- 
ings,fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and 
their sockets three. 

16 And for the gate of the court shall 
be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 
linen, wrought with needlework : and 
their pillars shall be four, and their sockets 
four. 

17 All the pillars round about the court 
shall be filleted with silver : their hooks 
shall be ©/"silver, and their sockets o/hrass. 

18 The length of the court shall be an 
hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty ev- 
ery where, and the height five cubits, of 
fine twined linen, and their sockets -©/"brass. 

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle, in 
all the service thereof, and all the pins 
thereof, and all the pins of the court, s/iall 
be ©/"brass. 

20 % And thou shalt command the 
children of Israel, that they bring thee 
pure. oil. om e, beaten for the light, to cause 
the lamp to burn always. 

21 In the tabernacle of the congregation, 
without the veil, which is before the testi- 
mony, Aaron and his sons shall order it 
from evening to morning before the Lord : 
it shall be a statute for ever unto their 
generations, on the behalf of the children 
of Israel. 

CHAP, xxvm 

1 Aaron, and his sons are separated for the 
ftricsfs office. 6 The ephod, breast Jilate^ 
and other hdy garments appointed. 

A Ml) take thou unto thee, Aaron, thy 
brother, and his sons with him, from 
among the children of Israel, that he may 
minister untQ me in the priest's office, even 
Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and 
Ithamar, Aaron's sons. 

2 And thou shalt make holy garments 
for Aaron, thy brother, for glory, and for 
beauty. 

3 And thou shalt speak unto all thai are 
wise hearted, whom I have filled with 
the spirit of wisdom, that they may make 
Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that 
he may minister unto me in the priest's 
office. 

4 And these are the garments which 
they shall make ; a breastplate, and an 
ephod, and a robe, and a broidcrcd coat, 
a mitre, and a girdle: and they snail 
make holy garments for Aaron, thy broth- 
er, and his sons,thathe may minister un- 
to me in the priest's office. 

5 And they shall take gold, and blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 

6Z And they shall make the ephod of 
gold, ©/"blue, and -©/purple, ©/scarlet, and 
fene twined lined, with cunning work. 



The breast f date, and other Chap. 

7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces 
thereof joined at the two edges thereof; 
and §o it shall be joined together. 

8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, 
which is u]K>n it, sh all be of the same, ac- 
cording to the work thereof; even qf gold, 
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen. 

9 And tliou shalt take two onyx stones, 
and grave on them the names of the cliil- 
drcn of 1 

10 hix of their names on one stone, and 
the other six names of the rest on the other 
stone, according to their birth. 

11 With the work of an engraver in 
stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt 
tii' ti engr.i\ e the two st< nes with the names 
of the ciiiidicnof Israel: thou shalt make 
them to be set in ouches of gold. 

12 And thou shalt put the two stones 
upon the shoulders of thecphod,/>r stones 
of memorial unto the children of Israel: 
and Aaron shall bear their names before 
the Lord, upon his two shoulders for a me- 
morial 

13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold : 

14 And two chains of part gold at the 
end,; (^wreathen work shalt thou make 
them, and fasten the chains to 

the 00 

15 And then shalt make the bre 

• 

: the ephod thu u sh It a 
oj -.Id, o/*blue,and o/pur] 
let, and oj 'line twined linen, shalt thou 

16 Foursquare H hall be, being doubled; 

a span ahull be the V - if, and a 

et in n settings of 
I ur rows of stones : the Jirit 

row ahull be asardhi nd a car- 

bmn-ie: this ahull V tl.e iir t row. 

•'. ill be an eme- 
. 
1.' And the third POVi a . . 

id the i urth i . and an 

• 

21 And the 

I the chOdn . • 
cording to their nam 

: 

- 

it the ends, o/ . 
•/"purs 

S3 And tl ion shalt mak< u n tJ 
pl: te, two ring) ol . . iv shall put the 
- 

1 1 And tin u shalt put the two wrc alien 
•hains ol gold in the two I inga which are on 
theeoda oitht bnastpkte. 



xx\ iii. hdy garments described. 75 

25 And the other two ends of the tw» 
wreathen chains tliou shalt fasten in the 
two ouches, and put them on the ihoulder- 
pieces of the ephod befi >re \i. 

26 And thou shalt make two rings of 
gold, and tiiou shalt put them upon the two 
ends of the breast plate,in the border there- 
of, which ism the side of the ephod, in ward* 

27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt 
make, and shalt put them on the two sides 
of the ephod, underneath, toward the fore 
part thereof, over against the other coup- 
ling thereof,above the curious girdle of the 
ephod. 

28 And they shall bind the breastplate 
by the rings thereof unto the rings of the 
ephod, witn a lace of blue, that it may be 
above the curious girdle of the ephod, and 
that the breastplate be not loosed from the 
ephod. 

29 And ^\aron shall bear the names of 
the children of Israel in die breastplate of 
judgment upon his heart, when he goetli 
in unto the holy fdace, for a memorial be- 
fore the Lord, continually. 

30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate 
of judgment, the Urim and the Thum- 
mim; and they shall be upon Aaron's 
heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: 
and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the 
children of Israel upon his heart, before 
die Lord, continually. 

31 And thou shalt "make the ro!>c of the 
ephod all of bine. 

32 And there shall be an hole in the top 
of it, in the midst thereof: itshall have a 

ofwo\tn work round alxnit the 
holcot it, as it were the hole of an haber- 
geon, that it l>enot rent. 

33 And beneath upon the hem of it, thou 
/'o:ee, and <tf 

purple, and of Starlet, round aljout tlie 
hem thereof; smd bells of ■ 

them round about: 

' el] and a pi nierranato, a 
golden beii and a pon 

■ -nt. 
.<■ upon Aaron to m 

I shall !.'• hi. id when 

onto the hoi) place I etore 'he 

:. !th out, tlut he 

i"irc 
tv< up< .n it, igrav- 

37 \' .' 

I ill b:. 

I 

■ 

shall 1m sin 



76 The sacrifices arid ceremonies EXOD U S, 

that they may be accepted before the Lord. 
59 And thou shaft embroider the coat 
of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mi- 
tre 0/ 'fine linen, and thou shalt make the 
girdle c/ needlework. 

40 And for Aaron's sons thou sbalt 
make coats, and thou shalt make for them 
girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for 
them, for glory and for beauty. 

41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron. 



of consecrating the priests. 

gregation : and Aaron and his sons shall put 
i their hands upon the head cf the bullock, 
i 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before 
j the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle cf 
! of iLe congregation. 
I 12 And thcu shalt take of the blood of 

the bullock, and put it upon the hems of 
i the altar with thy finger, and pour all the 
| blood beside the bottom of the altar. 

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that 



thy brother, and his sons with him; and j covereth the inwards, and the caul that is 



shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, 
and sanctify them, that they may minister 
anto me, in the priest's office. 

42 And thou shalt make them linen 
breeches, to cover their nakedness ; from 
the loins even unto the thighs they shall 
reach : 

43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and 
upon his sons, when they come in unto the 
tabernacle of the congregation, or when 
they come near unto the altar to minister 
in the holy place ; that they bear not ini- 
quity, and die : it shall be a statute for ever 
unto him and his seed alter him. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 The sacrifice and ceremonies oj consecra- 
ting the priests. 38 The continual burnt 
offering. 

AND this is the thing that thou shalt 
do unto them to hallow them, to min- 
ister unto me in the priest's office : Take 
one young bullock, and two rams without 
blemish, 

2 And unleavened bread, and cakes un- 
leavened, tempered with oil, and wafers 
unleavened, anointed with oil : o/*wheaten 
flour shalt thou make them. 

3 And thou shalt put them into one 
basket, and bring them in the basket, with 
the bullock andtiie two rams. 

4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt 
bring unto the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation, and shalt wash them with 
water. 

5 .Vnd thou shalt take the garments, 
and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe 
©f the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast- 
plate, and gird him with the curious gir- 
dle of the ephod : 

6 And thou shalt putthe mitre upon Ids 
head, and put the holy crown upon the 
nitre* 

7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil 
and pr ur it upon his head, and anoint him. 

8 ;Vnd thou shalt bring his sons, and put 
coats upon them. 

l J And thou shalt gird them with girdles, 
Aaron and Iris sons, and put the bonnets on 
them : and the priest's f nice shall be 
theirs for a perpetual statute: and thcu 
ihak couaccrete Aaron and his sons. 

10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be- 
brought belore the tabernacle of the con- 



above the liver, and the two kidneys, and 
the fat that is upon them, and burn them 
upon the altar. 

14 but the flesh of the bullock, and his 
skin, and his dung, shalt thcu burn with 
fire without the camp : it is a sin offering. 

15 Thou shalt, also take one ram ; and 
Aaron and his sons shall put their hands up- 
on the head of the ram. 

16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and 
thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it 
round about upon the altar. 

17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, 
and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, 
and put them unto hispieces, and unto his 
head. 

18 And thou shalt burn the whole rara 
upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto 
the Lord : it is a sweet savour, an offering 
made by fire unto the Lord. 

19 And thou shalt take the other ram : 
and Aaron and his sons shall put their 
hands upon the head of the ram. 

20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and 
take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of 
the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of 
the right ear of his sons,arid upon the thumb 
of their right hand, and upon the great 
toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the 
blood upon the altar round about. 

21 And thou shalt take of the blood that 
is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, 
and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his 
garments, and upon his sons, and upon the 
garments of his sons with him : and he 
shall be hallowed, and his garments, and 
his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 

22 Also, thou shalt take of the ram the 
fat and the rump, and the tat that covereth 
the inwards, and the caul above the liver, 
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is 
upon them, and the right shoulder ; for it is 
a ram of consecration : 

23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake 
of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the bas- 
ket of die unleavened bread, that is before 
the Lord. 

24 And thou shalt put all in die hands of 
Aaron, and in the hands of his sons : and 
shalt wave them/or a wave offering before 
the Lord. 

25 And thou shalt receive them of their 
hands, and burn them upon the altar for a 



The continual burnt offering. Chap. x_\x, 

burnt offering, for a sweet save; i 

I: it wan offering made by fire 
unto the Lord. 

26 And thcu shalt take the breast of the 
rain of Aaron's coasecri don, and waveit 

Jar a wave ■ flei ing befoi e the Lord ; and 
ft shall be thy p irt. 

27 And.thou shalt sanctifythe breast of 
the wave offering, and the sh ul< 
heave offering, v. inch is waved and which is 
heaved up, of the ram of die consecration, 
evenefthat which is for Aaron, and of 
that which u 

28 And it shaU be Aar< a's and his sons' 

the children of 

Israel : lor it is an heave offering : and it 

Shall be an heave offering trom the 

children of Israel, of the sacrifice rf their 

. Lheir heave 

Lord. 

■ i the holy garmentsof Aaron shall 
be his sons' id there- 

in, an ecratedin them. 

t1 son that is priest in his 
,1 put them on seven da; 

the c< n- 
•n to minister in the holy place* 

ishalttake the ram of the 
in the ho- 
ld Aaron and his sons shall cat the 
I 'lie bread that is in 
. >ernacle 

t those things 

n ide, to 

ifj tin-in : but a 

thereof, because they 

areh 

'he flesh of the consc- 
main unto the 
-halt burn the 
i 
it is I 

and to ,; 
which 1 have 

-.■ut : and 

anoint it to s nctir) it. 

menl foi 

• 

feoucheththe 

gflbrupon the artai b of the 

luallv. 
lalt < fiferin the 

BBornmg, r Jn\<\ the other lamb thou shalt 
•tier at even : 
40 Ami with the one lamb, a tenth deal 



uL:ar oj incense. 77 

offlour mingled with the fourth part of an 
bin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of an 
bin of wine /or a drink offering. 

41 And the other lamb thou sh lit offer 
at even, and shalt do thereto according to 

offering of the morning, 
cording to the drink offering thereof, tor a 
\ ur, an offering made by fire un- 
to the Lord. 

42 This shall be a continual burnt offer- 
ing throughout your generations at the 
door oi the tabernacle of the congregation, 
before the Lord: where I witl meet)cu, 

.v there unto thee. * 

43 And there 1 will meet with the chil- 
dren of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be 
sanctified by my gli ry. 

44 And 1 will sanctify the tabernacle of 
the ccngreg tion, and the altar : 1 will 

ir< n and his sons, to 
minister to mein the prk \ 

45 And 1 w ill dweu am< ng the children 
of Israel, and will be their God. 

46 And they shall know that I am the 
Lord their God that brought them forth 
cut of the landof Eg pt, that i nr.n d well 
among them : I can ^me Lord their God. 

chap. xxx. 

1 The a ■■' i .11 The ransom of 

soii k. 17 'The lover. 22 7 he holy anointing 

ion oj iiiefh rfume* 

ANDth u sha.t make an altar to burn 
incense upon : o/'shittim wood shalt 
Ice it. 

2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, 
and a cubit the breadth thereof; four- 
all it be : and two cubits sliatl be 

the htight thereof: theherns thereof shall 
be of the 

3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure 
nd the sides thereof 

r< und ar> ut..- i f : and 

thou shalt uic.kc unto it a crown ol 
round ab ut. 

4 And two gold.r thou make 
to it under I the two 

upon the two sides of it 
shall • shaU be for 

r it \\ ithah 

' sliit- 
• 
6 And thou shalt put it before the veil, 

• •.,'.' fore 
m( ny, 

rAi 1 1 m n thereon sweet 

- th 

e upon it. 

the i.m.ps 

it, i 

. tit • 
! - \ • ■ • here- 

■ k J 



78 Ransom of souls, EXODUS. 

neither shall ye pour drink offering there- 
on. 

10 And Aaron shall make an atonement 
upon the horns of it,once in a year, with the 
blood of the sin offering of ' atonements : 
once in the year shall he make atonement 
upon it throughout jour generations: it is 
most holy unto the Lord. 

11 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

12 When thou takest the sum of the 
children of Israel, alter their number, then 
shall they give every man a ransom for his 
soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest 
them ; that there be no plague among 
them, when thou numberest them. 

13 This they shall give, every one that 
passeth among them that are numbered, 
half a shekel alter the shekel of the sanctu- 
ary :(a shekel is twenty gerahs : ) an half 
shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. 

14 Every one that passeth among them 
that are numbered, from twenty years old 
and above, shall give an offering'unto the 
Lord. 

15 The rich shall not give more, and the 
poor shall not give less than half a shekel, 
v, hen tfuij give an offering unto the Lord, 
to make an atonement for your souls. 

16 And thou shait take* the atonement 
money of the children of Israel, and shalt 
appoint it lor the service of the tabernacle 
of the congregation ; that it maybe a me- 
morial unto the children of Israel before 
the Lord, to make an atonement for your 
souls. 

17 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
laying, 

18 Tii' u shalt also make a laver ©/brass, 
and his foot also o/'brass, to wash withal: 
and thi « shalt put it between the taberna- 
cle of the congregation and the altar, and 
thou shalt put water therein. 

19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash 
their hands and their feet thereat : 

20 \\ hen thej go into the I ibemacle of 

jregation,tfiej shall wash with water 
ih; Mhe\ me not ; or when the] come near 
to the altar to minister, to burn offering 
in id< bj fire unto the Lord : 

Bhall wash their hands and 

i1 they die not: and it shall be 

a Statute toi ever to th< -in, even to him and 

to his seed throughout their generations. 

22 1« Moreover, the Lord spake unto 

23 Take thou also unto thee principal 

■ i pure myrrh five hundred qheh Is, 
and of sweet cinnamon half so much,even 
two hundred and fiftj 'shekels, and 
calamus two hundred and fifty shekels ; 

24 And of cassia five hundred sht /eels, af- 
ter the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil 
tJive an bin: 



The holy anointing oil, 

25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy 
ointment, an ointment compound after the 
art of the apothecary : it shall bean holy 
anointing oil. 

26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle 
of the congregation therewith, and the ark 
of the testimony, 

27 And the table and all his vessels, and 
the candlestick, and Ms vessels, and the al- 
tar of incense, 

28 And the altar of burnt offering with 
all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that 
they may be most holy : whatsoever 
toucheth them shall be holy. 

30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his 
sons, and consecrate them, that they may 
minister unto me, in the priest's office. 

31 And thou shalt speak unto the children 
of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy a- 
nointing oil unto me throughout your 
generations. 

32 Upon man's flesh shall it net be 
poured, neither shall ye make any other 
like it, after the composition of it : it is 
holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 

33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, 
or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stran- 
ger, shall even be cut off from his people. 

34 % And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and 
onycha, and galbanum ; these sweet spices 
with pure frankincense : of each shall there 
be a like weight : 

35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, * 
confection after the art of the apothecary, 
tempered together, pure and holy : 

36 And thou shalt beat some of it very 
small, and put of it before the testimony in 
the tabernacle of the congregation, where 
I will meet with thee : it shall be unto you 
most holy. 

37 And as for the perfume which thou 
shait make, ye shall not make to yourselves 
according to the composition thereof: it 
shall l>e unto thee holy for the Lord. 

38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, 
to smell thereto, shall even be cut offfrom 
his people. 

CHAP. XXXI. 
1 Be zaleet and Aholiab are called for the 
work of the tabernacle, 12 Of the sab- 
bath. 18 Moses receiveth the two tables* 
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
ingj 

I have called bv name Bezaleel 
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe 
of Juda b : 

3 And I have filled him with the spirit 
of God, in wisdom and in understanding, j 
and iii knowledge, and in all manner of 
workmanship, 

4 To devise cunning works, to work i» 
gold, and in silver, and in brass, 



Of the table*. Chap. 

5 And in cutting of atones, to set them, 
and in earning or timber, to work in all 
manner of w< irvrr, 

6.-vn('il, behold, lh .\c- given with him 
Aholiab, the sen of Ahisamach, of the 
I 

e hearted 1 h >m, that 

ay make all that i omanded 

ernacleofthe congregation, 
and tl ie 

thereupon, and all the mi - 

a Ar.<: - furniture, and 

. with all his furniture, 
and I . 

I burnt -offering, with 
I 

i nd the 
bory g .• 

mentsof his • er hi the 

11 And the anointing oil, and sweet in- 
ace: accon 
that 1 ha 

l- • And v.^ Lord spake u 

■ 

unto the children oi 
is ;• e shall 
keep : : 

througa e t vr ma) 

.... i 
. 

lethitsh 
i 

r . hi! to 

I 

I 

I 

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Aaron r.iaketh a molten ca'f. TO 

together unto Aaron, and said unto him, 
Up, make us gods, which shall go before 
us; tor as far mis Moses, the man that 
bfpught us up out of the hind of Egypt, we 
wot not whatis become of him* 

2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off 
thegi Men earring:., which arc in the ears 
of your wives, of ycur sons, and of your 
daughters, ana bring Mewi unto me. 

3 And all the people brake offthc golden 
earring in their ears, and 
brought Mem unto Aaron. 

4 And he received them at their hand, 
and fashi med it with a graving tool, after 
he had made it a molten calf: and they said, 

. brought 
nd of Egypt. 

5 And . , he built an 

and Aan n made procla- 
mati< n, and said, To-morrow is a least to 
the Lord. 

6 And they rose up early on the mor- 

ed burnt offerings, and 
brought peace offerings ; and the people 
sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up 
. 

7 And the Lord said unto M 

get thee down; for thy people, which 
ghtest < at of the land of I 

8 The. h.'.\ e turned aside quickly out of 

: a landed them : they 
em a molten cal£ and have 

i 
. I ■ 
which b thee up cut of the 

. 

tntoM KS, I have 

. 

efore let me alone, that my 

n : and 
i.dl will make 

I . rd his 
God, an wrath 

■ 
■ 

i • 

I 



80 Moses breakct lithe two tables. EXO 

15 And Moses turned, and went down 
from the mount, and the two tables of the 
testimony were in his hand: the tables 
were written on both their moos; on the 

: and on the ether were the/ writ- 
ten. 

16 And the tables were the work of 
God, and the writing was the writing of 
C. graven upon the tables. 

17 And when Joshua heard the noise of 
the people as they shunted, he said unto 
Moses, There zsanoiseofwar'inthe camp. 

18 And he said, It is not the voice of 
them that shout for mastery, neither, is it 
the v( ice ( : 'hem that cry for being over- 
come : but the noise of them thai sing, do 
I hear. 

191 And it came to pass, as soon as he 
came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the 
calf, and the dancing: and Meres' anger 
waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of 
his hands, and brake tliem beneath the 

20 And he took the calf which they 
had made and burnt it in the fire, and 
ground it to powder, and strawed it upon 
the water, and made the children of Israel 
drink of it. 

21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What 
did this people unto thee, that thou hast 
brought so great a sin upon them . 3 

22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger 
of m_ 1( rd wax hot: thcu knowest the 
people, thatfhey are set on mischief. 

23 For they said unto me, Make us 
gods, which shall go before us: for as 

for this Moses, tiic man that brought us 
of the land of Egypt, we wot not 
is become ( fbim. 

24 And 1 said unto them, Whosoever 
hath any gold, let them break it off. So 

\ e it me : tl len I cast it into the fire, 
and there cameout thi calf. 

i saw that the 

pc pie owenaked ; (IcrAaronhad made 

tbem naked unto heir shame among their 

lies) : 

26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the 

Let him come unto me. And all the sons 
tiler un- 

; 1 unto them, Thus saith 
Lei, Put ever 
rdby his side,a7M?go in and cut 
I hout the camp, 

man his brother, ah 

man his 
►our. 

.evi did accor- 

ses: and there 

hat d.xy about three 

r Moses had said, Consecrate 



D U 5. Moses prayeth for the people. 

yourselves to-day to the Lord, even every 
man upon Iris son,- and upon his brother ; 
that he may bestow upon you a blessing 
this day. 

30 If And it came to pass on the mor- 
row, that Moses said unto the people, Ye 
have sinned a great sin ; and now I will 
go up unto the Lord : peradventure I shall 
make an atonement for your sin. 

31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, 
and said, Oh, this people have sinned a 
great sin, and have made them gods of golef. 

32 Yet now if thsu wilt, forgive their 
sin : and if not, blot me, 1 pray thee, out 
of thy book which thcu hast written. 

33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Who- 
soever hath sinned against me, him wall I 
blot out of my book. 

34 Therefore now go, lead the people 
unto the place of which I have spoken un- 
to thee : beheld, mine Angel shall go be- 
fore thee : nevertheless, in the day when I 
visit, 1 will visit their sin upon them. 

35 And the Lord plagued the people, 
because they made the calf, which Aaron 
made. 

CHAP. XXX1IT. 
1 The Lord refuseth to go with the people. 
9 The Lord talkeihwiJi Moses. 18 Mo- 
ses desireth to see the glory of God,. 
A NDthe Lord said unto Moses, De- 
-TjL part ? and go up hence, thou and the 
people which thou host brought up out ©f 
the land cf Egypt, unto the land which 1 
sware unto Abraham, to lsaae, and to Ja- 
cob, saying, Unto thy seed will 1 give it : 

2 And 1 will send an angel before thee : 
and I will drive out the Canaanite, the 
Amorite, and the Kittite, and the Peri z- 
zite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite : 

3 Unto a land flowing with milk and 
honey : for 1 will not go up in the midst of 
thee ; for then art a stiffnecked people : 
lest I consume thee in tue way. 

4 And when the people heard these evil 
tidings, they mourned: and no man did 
put on him his ornamenfs. 

5 For the Lord had said unto Moses, 
Say unto the children of lsraei, Ye are a 
stiffnecked people : I v* ill come up into 
the mids-i ci thee in a moment, and con- 
: ■' refore now put off thy or- 
naments from thee, tha 1 maj knowwhatj 
to do unto thee. 

C And i\^ children of Israel stripped 
the - es of their ornaments by the 
. loreb. 

!e, and 
pitched it off from 

the camp, t?bernacleof 

the congregat to pass, 

that every one whicl Lord, 

went out unto the tabernacle of the con- 
i gregation, which was without the camp. 



God talketh with Moses. 



■ ax:dv 



The two tablesrenewed, 81 



8 And it came to pass, when iVioses went 

out unto the tabernacle, that all the peo- 

iip, and stoi d every man at his 

5, until he 

. 

is Mose.s en- 
t 

uoor ct tlie ta- 

b . ted with Moses. 

loudypil- 

door: and all 

pie rose up and worshipped, every 

11 And I -es, iV.cc 
to face, as a ED 

And he turned again into the camp: but 
rant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young 
man, departed not cut oi the tabernacle. 

12 And M< s 

tliou sayest unta ine, Bring up tiiis \ e pl< : 
and thou hast not let me know whom thou 
wilt send with me. iettheu hast said, I 
know th< . and theu hast also 

found grace in m> sight. 

. J pray thee, If I have 

fia ind grace in thy sight, shew me now thy 

it I may know thee, that I may 

id consider that 

14 And la- said, M . presence shall go 
-, and 1 will give thee rest, 

Co him, If thy prcs- 
i hence. 

that 1 and thj 

' o',i and 
diat arc 

. 

will dothis thing 
I 

18 • And h< ■ 

e all im 

w iii j.- o> 

I 

will sh 
20Aik 

live. 

21 An I 
i 

a r I : 

glory p. 

my hand while lp ss by : 

and thou fe parts: but my 

face shah uot be y 



CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 The tables are renewed, 5 Thename of 
the LORD fir. claimed. 10 God makcth 
a cov iem. 

ANij die Lord said unto Moses, Hew 
thee two tables Bf stone like unto till 
first: and I will write upon these tablet 
the words that were in the first table*, 
which thou brake-t. 

2 And bo. ready in the morning, and 
come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, 
and present thyseli there to me in the top 
of the mount. 

- i . no man shall come up with thee* 
neither -ct any man be seen throughout al 
the mount ; neither let the flocks nor herds 
. lore that mcunt. 

4 And he hewed two tables of stone lika 
unto the first ; and Moses rose up earl} ia 
the morning, and went up unto mount Si- 
naiyas the Lord had commanded him,ani 
took in his hand the two tables of stone. 

5 *; And the Lord descended in the cioud, 
and stood with him there, and proclaimed 
die name of the Lord. 

6 And the Lord passed by before him, 
and proclaimed, The Lord, the L r 
mercilul and gracious, Iongsufferingj an4 
abundant in goodness and ti uth, 

7 Keeping mercy forth( usands, forgir* 
i ing iniquity and tr i, anjl 

that will by no means cl( i ;vis- 

( King the iniquity of the! Dt l il 

1 children, and upon the children's chft 
! untotliethird ; rid to the I 

8 And Mosesmadel 

toward the earth, and worshii ; i I. 
d he said, If now I have found grace 
in thy sight, C) Lord, let my Lord. I pray 
mong us; foi 

a .Ion our iniquity, and our 
i itance. 

10 J ■ Behold, I make acor- 

peoplel will do mar- 

: done in all the 

thepeo- 

L * e the 

.<■ L- rd : f«.i it /yat.erril 1c tiling 

11 Ob i I 

: 

and the lii\itc, 

. lest then make 
• 

Boarc m 
the mi 

I 

I 
scant with the 



S3 Of the sabbath, EXO 

inhabitants of the land, and they go a who- 
ring after their gods, and do sacrifice un- 
to their gods, and one call thee, and thou 
eat of his sacrifice : 

16 And thou take of their daughters un- 
to thy scbs, and their daughters go a who- 
ring after their gods, and make thy sons 
go a whoring after their gods. 

17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 

18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt 
thcu keep. Seven days thou shalt eat un- 
leavened bread, as I commanded thee, in 
the time of the month Abib ; for in the 
month Abib thou earnest out from Egypt. 

19 All that openeth the matrix is mine ; 
and every firstling among thy cattie,w/*efA- 
er ox or sheep, that is male. 

20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt 
redeem with a lamb : and if thou redeem 
him not, then shalt thou break his neck. 
All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt re- 
deem. And none shall appear before me 
empty. 

21 Six days thou shalt work ; but on the 
seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing 
time and in harvest thcu shalt rest. 

22 And thou shalt observe the feast of 
weeks, of the first fruits of wheat harvest, 
and the feast ol ingathering atthev ear'send. 

23 Thrice in the year shall ail your men 
children appear before the Lord* God, the 
God of Israel. 

24 Fori will cast out the nations before 
thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither 
shall any man desire thy land, when thou 
shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy 
God thrice in the year. 

25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my 
sacrifice with leaven ; neither shall the sac- 
rifice of the feast of the passover be left un- 
to the morning. 

26 The first of the first fruits of thy land 
the u shalt bring unto the house of the Lord 
thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in 
his mother's milk. 

27 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write 
thou these words : for after the tenor of 
these words 1 have made a covenant with 
thee and with Israel. 

28 And he wasthere with the Lord for- 
ty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat 
bread, nor drink water. And he wrote up- 
on the tables the words of the covenant, 
the ten commandments. 

29 And it came to pass when Moses 
came down from mount Sinai with the two 
tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when 
he came down from the mount, that Moses 
wist not that the skin of his face shone 
while he talked with him. 

30 And when Aaron and all the children 
of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin ofiiis 
face shone ; and they were afraid to come 
Hgh him. 



D U S. Free gifts for the tabernacle, 

31 And Moses called unto them ; and 
Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation 
returned unto him : and Moses talked with 
them. 

32 And afterward all the children of 
Israel came nigh : and he gave them in 
commandment all that the Lord had spok- 
en with him in mount Sinai-. 

33 And till Moses had done speakjng 
with them, he put a veil on his lace. 

34 But when Moses went in before the 
Lord to speak with him, he took the veil 
off until he came out. And he came out, 
and spake unto the children of Israel that 
which he was commanded. 

35 And the children of Israel saw the 
face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' 
face shone : and Moses put the veil upon 
his face again, until he went in to speak 
with him. 

CHAP. XXXV. 
2 The sabbath, 4 The free gift for the 
tabernacle. 20 The readiness of the 
fieofile to offer. 

AND Moses gathered all the congrega- 
tion of the children of Israel together,, 
and said unto them. These are the words 
which the Lord hath commanded that ye 
should do them. 

2 If Six days shall work be dene, but en 
the seventh day there shall be to you an holy 
day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord": whosoev- 
er doeth work therein shall be put to death. 

3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout 
your habitations upon the sabbath day. 

4 % And Moses spake unto all the con- 
gregation of the children of Israel, saying, 
This is the thing which the Lord command- 
ed, saying, 

5 Take ye from among you an offering 
unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing 
heart, let him bring it, an offering of the 
Lord ; gold, and silver, and brass, 

6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine linen, and goats' hair* 

7 And rams' skins died red, and badgers' 
skins, and shittim wood, 

8 And oil for the light, and spices for a- 
noiuting oil, and for the sweet incense, 

9 And oynx stones, and stones to be set 
for the ephed, and for the breastplate, 

10 And every wise hearted among )ou 
shall come, and make all that the Lord 
hath commanded ; 

11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his cov- 
ering, his taches, and hisboaixis, his bars, 
his pillars, and his sockets, 

12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with 
the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering, 

13 The table, and his staves, and all his 
vessels, and the shewbread, 

14 The candlestick also for the light, 
and his furniture, and his lamps, with the 
oii for the light, 



The readiness of th e people to offer. Chap. 

15 And the incense altar, and his staves, 
and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, 

the door at the enter- 
al' the tabernacle, 

16 The altar of burnt offering, with his 
Brazen grate, his staves and all his vessels, 

iver and his foot, 

17 The hangings ofthe court, his pillars, 
and their sockets, and the hanging for the 
doer of the court, 

13 The pins ofthe tabernacle, and the 
pins of the court, and their cc rds, 

19 The clothes of sen ice, to do service 
in the holy place, the holy garments for 
Aaron the priest, and the garments of his 
sons, to minister in the priest* s < flice. 

20 *~ And all the congregation of the 

. lepartedfrom the pres- 
ence of Moses, 

21 And they came, every one whose 

'.-red him up, and every one whom 
:madc willing, and they brought 
the Lord's offering to the work of the tab- 
ernacle ofthe congregation, and for all his 
service, and for the holy garments. 

. d they came, both men and women, 

willing hearted, and 

t bracelets, and earrings, and rings, 

! jewels of gold : and every 

Ban that offered, offered an offering of 

| 

ith whom was found 
fine linen, 
i ed skins of r 
1 Ight the m. 

• light the L< i 
. with whom was found 
shittim wood] . of the service, 

it it. 

he women that were wise 
I . did gain with their h .. 

id spun, both of 
irple, and ot scarlet, and ol 

■! all the women, v. 1 . 
i its' hair, 

., and for 
the bi 

il forthe light, and for 
':!, and for the sweet incense. 

- 

whose heart madt th< m 

i.ich tne 

i 

I onto the chS 

I 
I 
the tribe of Judah ; 

31 And he hath filled him with 
hof God, in wisdom, in understanding, 



xxxvi. Thdr liberality restrained. 83 

and in knowledge, and in all manner of 
workmanship ; 

32 And to devise curious works, to work 
in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 

33 And in the cutting ot stones, to set 
them, and in carving of wood, to make any 
manner of cunning work. 

34 And he hadi put in his heart that he 
may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son 
Ahisamach, ofthe tribe of Dan. 

35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of 
heart, to work all manner of work, ofthe 
engraver,and of die cunning workman,and 
ofthe embroiderer, inblue,and in purple, 
in scarlet, and in line linen, and of the 
weaver, even of them that do any work, 
andoftfiose that devise cunning work. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 

1 The offerings delivered to the iwrkmen, 

5 The liberality of the people restrained. 

THEN wi-ought Bezaleeland Aholiab, 
and even- wise hearted man, in whom 
theLord put wisdom and understanding to 
know ho >v to work all manner of work for 
the service of the sanctuary, according to 
all that the Lord had commanded. 

-! Arid Moses caDed Bezaleel and Aho- 
liab, and every wise hearted man, in whose 
heart the Lord had put wisdom, even 
every one whose heart stirred him up to 
come unto the work to do it : 

3 And they received of Moses all the 
offering, which the children of Israel had 
brought for the work of theservice ofthe 
sanctuary, to make it ivithal. And they 
brought yet unto him free offerings, every 
morning. 

4 And all the wise men, that wrought all 
the work of the sanctuary, came every 
man from his work which they ma j 

5* And the; spake ui. ; i; e, 

The people bring much more than enough 

for th' . ... which the 

make. 

ave commandment and 

the) caused it to oe proclaimed thr 

. ing, Let neither man 
rk for the 
the people 
ed fin in bringing. 

- sufficient 
nucha 

• lung 

the workd 

twined tin- 

, and purple, 

' I 
and i ighl I <>ne 

• all 

I he coupled the five curl 
unto i re curtains, 

he coupled one unto another* 



14 The curtains, beards, ark, 

11 And he made loops of blue on the edge 
•feme curtain from the selvage in the coup- 
fog: likewise he made in the uttermost 
tide of another curtain, in the coupling 
•fine second. 

1J Fifty loops made he in one curtain, 
tihd fifty Loops in. de he in the edge of the 
curtain which wa& in the coupling of the 
•ecc nd : the loops lie:d one curtain to ano- 
ther. 

13 And he made fifty taches of gold, 
and coupled the curtains one unto another 
with the taches : so it became one taberna- 
cle. 

14 And he made curtains of goats' hair 
for the tent over the tabernacle : ele\ en 
curtains he made them. 

15 The length ol one curtain was thirty 
cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of 
one curtain ; the eleven curtains were of 
•ne size. 

16 And he coupled five curtains by them- 
lelves, and six cui tains by themselves. 

17 And he made fifty loops upon the ut- 
ternu st edge of the curtain in the coupling, 

loops made he upon the. 
the curtain which coupleth the second. 

18 .\nd he made fifty taches of brass to 
couple the tent together, that it might be 
c . 

19 And he made a covei ing ft r the tent 
•/rams' skins died red, and a covering of 

>ards for the taberna- 
wood, standing up. 
2i "Hie length of a board wan ten cubits, 
hi e breadth of a board one cubit and 
•hall. 

i e be; rd had two tenons, equally 
B&'unt n other: thus aid he 

niakefo] Lrdsof the tabernacle, 

23 And i - , .< :ie boards for the taberna- 
o'e : twenty boards for tlie south side, south- 
ward : 

24 A: d f< rty sockets of silver he made 

the twenty boards; two sockets 
ard for his two tenons, and 
l« socketsunder another board for his 
:v> r tenons. 

25 And for the other sioe el the taberna- 

d the north corner, he 
dade twent bos rds : 

26 And their forty sockets of silver ; 

rd, and two soc- 
kets undt rant ther 

es of the tabernacle 
•rds, 

lie lor the cor- 
* ie in the twos 

29 And thej were coupled beneath, and 
•ru] \< l the head ti 

;:thus he did to both of them in 
•oth the comers. 

30 And there were ei^ht beards ; and 



E X O I) U S. mere y scat) tabic, candlestic, Lfc. 

their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, 
under ever) board two sockets. 

31 And lie made bars of shittim wood ; 
five for the boards of the one side of the tab- 
ernacle. 

32 And five bars for the boards of th« 
other side of the tabernacle, and five bars 
for the boaids of the tabernacle for the 
sides westward. 

33 And he made the middle bar to shoot 
through the boards from the one end to 
the other. 

34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, 
and made their rings of gold to be places for 
the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 

35 And he made a veil oj bhie and pur- 
ple, and scarlet, and line twined linen : 
with cherubims made he it of cunning 
work. 

36 And he made thereunto four pillars 
q/shittim wood, and overlaid them with 
gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he 
cast for them four sockets of silver. 

37 And he made an hanging for the tab- 
ernacle door o/blue, and purple, and scar- 
let, and fine twined linen, of needle work ; 

3 the five pillars of it with their 
hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters 
and their fillets with gold : but their five 
sockets ivirc of "brass. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 
1 The ark, 6 the mercyseat with chtrnbima, 
10 the tabic, 17 the candlestick, 25 and 
altar of incense. 

AND Bezaleel made the ark of shittim 
wood : tAvo cubits and a half was the 
"length of it, and a cubit and a half the 
breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the 
heigt of it : 

2 And he overlaid it with pure gold 
within and without, and made a crown of 
gold to it round about. 

3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, 
to be set by the four comers of it ; even 
two rings upon the one side of it, and two 
rings upon the other side of it. 

4 And he made staves of shittim Avood, 
and overlaid them with gold. 

5 And he put the staves into the rings by 
es of the ark, to bear the ark. 

6 % And he made the mercy seat of 
pure gold : two cubits and a half was the 
length thereof, and one cubit and a half the 
breadth thereof. 

7 And he made two cherubims of gold, 
beaten out cf one piece made he them, on 
the two ends of the mercy seat ; 

8 One cherub on the end on this side, and 
cherub on the other end on that 

f the mercy seat made he the 
is on the two ends thereof. 

9 And the cherubims spread out their 
wings on high, and covered with then* 

er tl -0 mercy scat, with their faces > 



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86 The sum cf the offerings. EXODT. 

15 And for Lie other side of the court 
gate, on this hand and that hand, were 
hangings of fifteen cubits : their pillars 
. and their sockets three. 

; )i the court round a- 
bout w re of fine twined linen. 

17 And .he sockets for the pillars were 
oA>rasfi ; the hooks of the pillars and their 
filets of silver ; and the en erlayingof their 
chapiters o/suVer: and aM the pillars of 
the curt were filleted with saver. 

18 And the hanging for the gate of the 
court was needlework, o/"blue, and purple, 
and scarlet, and fine twir.ed linen: and 
twenty cubits was the length and the 
height in the breadth was fi\ e cubits, an- 
swer ible to the hangings of the court. 

19 And their pillars were lour, and 
their sockets o/ brass four ; their hooks of 
silver, and the overlaying of their chapi- 
ters, and their fillets of silver. 

20 And all tae pins of the tabernacle, 
and ofthe court r» und about, were ©/"brass. 

21 K Fhis is the sum of the tabernacle, 
even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it 
was counted, according to the command- 
ment of Alo-es,ybr the service of the Le- 
vites, by the h nd of Ithamar, son to Aa- 
ron, the priest. 

22 And Bezaled the son of Uri, the son 
of Hur, ofthe tribe of Judah, made all that 
the Lord commanded Moses. 

23 And with him was Ahoiiab, son of 
Ahisamach, ofthe tribe of Dan, an engra- 
ver, and a cunning workman, and an em- 
broiderer in blue, and in purple, and in 
sc\r!ct,and fine linen. 

24 All the gold that was occupied for 
the work, in all the work of the holy/i/ace, 
even the gold of the offering, was twenty 
and n Lie talents, and seven hundred and 
thirty shekels, after the shekel ofthe sanc- 
tuary. 

25 And the silver of them that were 
numbered ofthe congregation, wea an hun- 
dred talents, and a ti LOUsand seven hundred 
and threescore and fifteen shekels, after 
the shekel of die sanctuary* 

a, that w, half 
a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, 
for even one th.it went to be numbered, 
from twenty yean old and upward, for 
six hundred thousand and three thousand 
and five hundred and fifty men. 
3F And of the hundred talents of silver 
i ickets ofthesanctui 
the veil ; anh . 
ofthe hundred talents, a talent £ t a socket. 
hundred 
nd f;\ e s/i, kels. lie made hooks for 
D 1 overlaid their ell 
andhlleted them. 

•29 And the brassof the offering 
venty talents, and two thousand and fcur 
hundred shekels. 



The holy garments, tfc. 

30 And therewith he made the sockets 
to die door of the tabernacle ofthe congre- 
gation, and the brazen altar, and the bra- 
zen grate for it, and all the vessels of the 
altar; 

31 And the sockets of the court round 
abcut, and the sockets of the court gate, 
and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all 
the pins of the court round about. 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
1 The clothes of service and holy garments. 
2 Thee/: hod. 8 The breast /date. 22 The 
robe ofthe ephod, and other garments. 

AND of the blue, and purple, and scar- 
let, they made dcthes of service, to do 
service in the holy place, and made the 
holy garments for Aaron: as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

2 "ii And he made the ephod of gold, 
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen. 

3 And they did beat the gold into thin 
plates, and aitit into wires to work zYin 
the blue, and in the purple, and in the scar- 
let, and in the finelinen, with cunningwork. 

4 They made shoulder pieces for it, to 
couple )it together : by the two edges was 
it ccupled together. 

5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, 
that was upon it, ires- ofthe same, accord- 
ing to the work thereof: o/'gold, blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen ; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

6 And they wrought onyx stones inclo- 
sed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets 
are graven, with the names of the children 
of Israel. 

7 And he put them on the shoulders of 
the ephod, that they should be stones for a 
memorial to the children of Israel; as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

_ 8 M And lie made the breastplate of cun- 
ning work, like the work ofthe ephod : of 
gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine twined linen. 

9 j c was foursquare ; they made the breast- 
plate double : a span was the length there- 
of, and a span the breadth thereof, being 
doubled. 

10 And they set in it four rows of stones : 
row was a sardius, a topaz, and a 

carbuncle : this tuas the first row. 

11 And the second row, an emerald, a 
:■, and a diamond. 

12 And the third row, a figure, an agate 
amethyst. 

13 And the fourth row, a beryl, as 
onyx, and a jasper : they were inclosed in 
ouches of gold in their inclosiugs. 

. the stones were according to the 
. the children of lsr. .el, twelve, ac- 
cording to their names, like theengravingS 
of a signet, every one with his name, ac- 
cording to the twelve trioes. 



The h,'y g arm e nt *) &e\ 



Chap. xl. 



The tabernacle set 10. 87 



15 A . upon the breastplate 

- ' 
gold. 

15 And they made two ouches 

■ togs, and put I 

plate. 
17 And the* put the 

in the two rings en the cadi of the 

16 And the two ends of the two 

i 

and put { shoulder pieces ol the 

two rings of j 
pat them on the two ends I 
plate, upon the 

. 

and put them on the t w - le eph-xl 

• it, over 

. 
i treastplate by 
■ 

ight be above the curi- 
ous gird a 

• beoftheephod 

/blue. 
n hole in the midst of 
hole of an :. 

it it should 

DOt u 

m ide upon the hen 
r 

■carlet, linen, 

25 \< • 

pntthebeU8 between the poi 
en die hem <>f the i 

■ 

i 

iinen of 

i 

HOL1N 
31 An 

Lord comm inae '. v I 
and the c 



33 And they brought the tabernack im- 
. the tent, and all his furniture, his 
t a ho, bis boards, hi^ burs, and his pillars, 
and hiss ckets, 

>vering of rums' skins died 
vrering of badgers' si 
thevei ing, 

35 The t.rk ot the testimony, and the 
sta\ es thereof, and die mer< 

36 The table, and all the \esseis there- 
of, and the shewbread, 

37 The jjuive,'ndlestick,7ivV//tiie lamps 

h the lamps to be set hi < V- 
der, and & thereof, and the oH 

Jtar, and the anoint- 
Rreetincense,and the bang- 

I do< r, 

grateofbrass, 

, and all his vessels, the L 

40 The hangings of the court, his pil- 
lars, and his sockets) and the hanging tor 
thee art g tte, his C rds, and his; 

all the vi sen ice of toe taber* 

v the tent of the congregation, 

41 The clothes of sen ice to d< -^v\ ire 
in the holy filacc, and the holy garments 

n, the priest, and his sons' gar- 
ments, to minister in the priest's i Hire. 

tQ all that the L( r,: c m- 
M es, so the children of Israel 

M< isefi did look upon all the work, 
and, behold, the) had done it as the L rd 
\l;u\ comn i n Bohadthe) done it: 

and Moses blessed them* 

CHAP. XL. 
1. The tabernacle ib c ommand ed to be rrar~ 
!. 13 Aaron and hi* 
sons // el. 

Ai unto M' m • 
• 
j On the first d ly <>i th 

r tion. 

pot therein ti 

. 

■u-t in order upon \< ; and d. 

i 

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88 Aaron and his sons sanctified. E X O 
8And thou shalt iet up the court round 
about, and hung up the hanging at ttte 
court g tte. 

jid thou shalt take the anointing 

oil, and anoint the tal ail that 

in, and shalt hallow it, and all the 

he holy. 

10 A; : a tint the altar of the 

burin offering, and all his vessels, and 

sanctity the altar : andk shall be an altar 

most ir lv. 

' I thou shalt anoint the lave* and 
:. and sanctify it. 

.id thou shalt bring Aaron and 
or of the tabernacle 
ngregation, and wash them with 
water. 

.'k 1 thou shalt put upon Aaron 

anoint liim, and 

sanctify hi i: that he may minister unto 

thepriesfs office. 

14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and 

c ' : 

anoint them, as thou 

ther, that they may 

i priest's office: 

- shall surely be an 

( | riesthood throughout their 

gen* 

16 Thus did Moses: according to all 

him, so did he. 
17 And it came to pass in the first 
month in the: first day 

of the month, that the tabernacle wasrear- 

] B And A I ses reared up the tabernacle, 
and fastened I nd set up the 

boards thereof, an 1 put in the bars thereof, 
and reared up his pillars. 

19 And he spread abroad the tent over 
] >ut the covering of the 
tent above up- n it ; as the Lord command- 
ed M 

. 1 he took and put the testimony 

• nd set the 
'■put the me ve upon 

the ark: 

t tlie ark into 

e cover- 
ing, a;, stimony; 
. 
. the tent of the 



DUS. 



The lamps are lighted. 



congregation, upon the side of the taber- 
nacle northward, without the veil. 

23 And he set the bread in order upon it 
before the Lord ; as the Lord had com- 
manded Moses. 

24 And he put the candlestick in the 
tent of the congregation, over against the 
table, on the side of the tabernacle south- 
ward. 

25 And he lighted the lamps before the 
Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 

26 And he put the golden altar in tlie 
tent of the congregation before the veil : 

27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon ; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

28 And he set up the hanging at the 
door of the tabernacle. 

29 And he put the altar of burnt offering 
by the door of the tabernacle of the tent 
of the congregation, and offered upon it 
the burnt offering and the meat offering; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

SO And lie set the Iaver between the tent 
of the congregation and the altar, and put 
water there, to wash withal. 

31 And Moses, and Aaron and his sons, 
washed their hands and their feet thereat : 

32 When they vent into the tent of the 
congregation, and when they came near 
unto the altar, they washed ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

33 And he reared up the court round 
about the tabernacle and the altar, and set 
up the hanging of the court gate. So Mo- 
ses finished the work. 

34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the 
congregation, and tlie glory of the Lord 

e tabernacle. 

d Moses was not able to enter in- 
to the tent of the congregation, because 
abode thereon, and the glory of 
the Lord filled the tabernacle. 

36 And v. lien the cloud was taken up 
from over the tabernacle, the children of 
Israel went onward in all their journeys : 

37 But if the cloud were not taken up, 
then they journeyed not till the day that it 
:en up. 

35 For the cloud of the Lord aws upon 

rnacle by day, and fire was on it 
by night, in the sight of all tlie house of Is- 
rael, throughout ;.dl their journeys. 



The Third Book o/Moses, called Leviticus* 



1 Thehur 

■ 



die children of Israel, and . 
them,If any man of you bring an 
auto the Lord, ye shall bring your 
of the cattle, even of the herd, 
e Hock. 
his offering fe a burnt sacrifice of 



The burnt tffi . £ 

hotlt 

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i pen the 

; 

the bull ck 
the Lon I 
■ha]] bring i • 

fythed lecongre- 

6 And] ; the burnt offering, 

ind 1 1 

■ 
put fire upon ' ... lay the wood 

i :: the fire. 
« And the | ns, shaT 

t, in or- 
. the wood that ia on the fii 
; s p. 

ind his legs shall he 

• 

offering made by fin 

10^ And H hi* offering 

nnmrh\ \ 

a burnt sacrifice; he shall 

11 And Ik shall kill it on the side of the 

with his bead and hi 

nthe altar : 

: ds and 

: and the pi 

a burnt - e in fire, 

14 ^ And ft e for his 

sh.ill bra 

hall bring it unto the 

- 

*i'h hi-. 

and the | 
uponthi 

i burnt sacrifi le by tire, 

wtBarouruni 



. ii. 1 j lour* 59 

CHAP. II. 
1 Them' I mdht" 

. 

ANDwhenaoywill I 
•-into the Lord, hi- of . / 

hue dour; and he shall pour oil upon it, 
tt frankincense there : 

he shall bring it to Aaron's sons, 
its : and he shall take thereout his 
handful of the B '. <\nn of the oil 

thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; 
and the priest shall burn the mem 
it upon t: an offering made 

by tire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 
' 3 And the remnant of the meat offering 
aholl he Aaron's and his sons': it /u 
thing most holy of the offerings of the 
Lord n . 

4 And ' tionofameat 
offering baken in the a\ en, it sfiall ' 
vencd ca 

oil, or unleavened wafers an< inted w ith oil. 

5 And if thy oblation be a n 

baken in a pan-, it shall be of fine flour 
cned, mingled with oil. 

6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour 
oil thereon : it is a meat offering* 

7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering 

ingpan,it sfa . 
one flour with oiL 

■ ' lou shalt bring the meat offering 
that is made of these things unto the Lord: 
and win ' Oted unto the , 

he shall bring h unto the altar. 
9 And • rem the 

thereof, and 
shall bum 

by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
rd. 

10 Andth.it which is !c r ! of th 
offering shall be Aar< i> 

of the 
Lord made by fire. 

1 1 No meal < I bring, which j - 

tothe Lord, shall in i. toe wWi 

■all burn no 

, of the Lard 

. 

I. " \ i t. .< • • : of tlir first 

Lord : 
r 

■ 

i 

i 

. 

e, rveti 
corn Ijeatcnout of full earl* 



SO The peace offering of the herd. LEVITICUS. The sin offering cf ignorance. 

of the congregation : and the sons of Aaron 



1 5 And thou shaft put oil upon it, and 
by frankincense theiecn : its* a meat of- 
fering. 

] 6"And die priest shall burn the memo- 
rial of it, pan of the beaten corn thereof, 
n of the oil thereof: with ail the 
ense thereof: it is an offering 
made by fire untf the Lord. 
CHAP. III. 
XThe peace offering of the herd. 6 of the 
f.ock ; 7 either a lamb\ 12 or a goat. 

AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of 
peace offering, if he ofier it of the 
herd ; whether it be a male or female, he 
shall offer it without blemish before die 
I>rd. 

2 And he shall lay his hand upon the 
head of his offering, and kill it at the door 
of die tabernacle of die congregation: 
andAaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle 
the blood upon the altar round about. 

3 And he shall ofier of the saaifice of 
the peace offering, an offering made by fire 
unto die Lord ; the fat that covereih the 
inwards, and all the fat that is upon die 
inwards, 

4 And the two kidneys, rod the fat that 
is cn them, which is by the flanks, and the 
caul above the liver, with die kidneys, it 
shall he take aw; y. 

5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the 
altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is 
upon the wood that is on the fire : it is 
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour 
unto the Lord. 

§ f And ifhis offering for a sacrifice of 
peace offering unto the Lord he of the 
floefcj male or female, he shall offer it 
without blemish. 

7* H he oflef a lamb for his offering, 
then sir .11 hec ffer it before the Lord. 

be shall lay hi hand upon the 

nd kill it before the 

tabernacle oft] - i: and Aa- 

iue the jiuod thereof 

- altar. 

lie shall offer of the sacrifice of 

m offering made by 

• 

b\ the backbone ; and the f I that cover- 

I j, and all the t it that is up- 
on the- inwards, 
10 And the t •., o kidneys, and the fat that 
the Banks, and 

. 

11 Ai pries shall burn it upon the 

altar litis the- food of the offering made 
i I / rd. 

then he 
«ii: D offer i 

l I \nd he ah h nd upon the 

aead of it, aud kul it before b* uUwnaek 



shall sprinkle die blood thereof upon the 
altar round about. 

14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, 
even an offering made by fire uu s 
Lord ; the fat that covereth the inwards, 
and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 

15 And the two kidneys, and the fat 
that is upon them, which is by the flanks, 
and die caul abo\ e the liver, with the kid- 
neys, it shall he take away. 

16 And the priest shall burn them upon 
the altar : it is the food of the i 
made by fire for a sweet savour : all the fat 
is the Lord's. 

17 It shall bra perpetual statute for your 
generations throughout all your dwellings, 
that ye eat neither fat nor blood. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 The sin offering of ignorance^ 3 for the 
priest^ 13 for the congregation^ 22for the 
rider. 27 for any of the people. 

AND the Lord' spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, if a soul shall si a through ignore nee 
against any of the commandments of the 
Lord concerning things which ought not 
to be done, and shall do against my of them: 

3 ^ If the priest that is anointed do sin 
according to the sin of the people : tiien let 
him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, 
a young bullock without blemish unto the 
Lord for a sin offering. 

4 And he shall bring die bullock unto die 
door of die tabernacle of the Congregation 
before the Lord ; and shall lay his hand up- 
on the bullock's head, and kill the bullock 
before die Lord. 

5 And the priest that is anointed shall take 
of the bullock's blocd, and bring it to die 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

6 And the priest shall dip his finger in 
the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven 
times before die Lord, before the veil of the 
sanctuary. 

7 And the priest shall put some of the 
blood upon the horns of the alter of sweet 
incense before the Lord, which is in the 
tabernacle of the congregation; and shall 
pour all the blood of the bullock at the 
bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, 

■: the door of die tabernacle of die 
congregation. 

. e shall take off from it all the 
fat of the bullock for the sin offering ; the 
fat that covereth the inwards, and all die 
t is upon the inwards ; 

9 And the two kidneys, and the fat Oiat 
is upon them, which is by the flanks, and 
the caul above the liver, with die kidneys, 
it shall he take away. 

10 As it was taken off from the bullock 
of tiie sacrifice of peace offerings : ai 



fcr the covgrcga- i 

o the altar of 

. : 
.uthe skin of the bullock, and all 

and hi Aung, 

I he car- 
lit the camp unto 

ired out, 

ill tire: 
uredout afaaQ he ;jc 
burnt. 

..id if the whole congregation of 
- 

ry, ana 
. ' any of 
fthe Lord concertung 
I 
guilty ; 

1 1- When *.'. hey have an- 

il > t ten the congrc- 

■ . 11 offei <i young bullock for the 
die taljernacie 
'in. 

of the congregation 
he head of the 
ra : and the bullock 
. 

taberna- 

:p his finger 
1 

■ 
lt which »be- 

tr of the 

burnt off 

. 
1.) A'i 

I 

.■ni. 



Chap. r. arid for a?w of the people. 91 

25 And the pri es t shafl take of the 
blood of . ring with his finger; 

and put it upon die h wns of the altitr of 
burnt off shall pour out his 

blood at die boUoni of die altar of burnt 

I he shall bura all his fat upon 
the altar, at the Lt of the Bacrifice of 
peace offeri ngs : and the priest shall make 
an atonement for him as concerning h* 
sin, and i: shall be for giv e n liini. 

.e ot the common 
people sin thr ...re, while he 

doetli soi st any of the com- 

mandmenta of the i^ord, concerning thing* 
which ought net I- I be d. ;:e, and be guilty : 

r if his sin, which he ham i 
come to his knowledge: then he shall 
bring his offering, a kid of the go its, a 
female without taemish, forms sin which 
sinned« 
29 And lie sh D '. r. his 1 nd upon the 
head of the sin offering, me sin 

: the place or the burnt ( .. 

'.cof die blood 

thereof with bis finger, and put/' upon 

die horns of the attar of burnt offering, 

and shall pour out all the blood thereof at 

die bottom of the altar. 

31 And he shall take away all the fit 

at 16 taken away from off 

;,i gs ; and the 

. ;! burn it upon the altar for a 

• into the Lord ; and the 

.van atonement for him, 

. 

->2 And i iamb for asin oflFcr- 

nale without 

. 

aid upon the 
l 
:. Dj U kill the 

of the Mood 

ml put 

irnt of- 

blood 



with ut 

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i 

e wittiout 



: 

- 

t 

V. 

• m nia- 



\ kill it in t) \ - 



|be 1/ rd : it i* a sin . 






*2 Touching unclean things LEVI 

he hath^seen or known of it ; if he do not 
utter z7, then he shall bear his iniquity, 

2 Or if a scut touch any unclean thing, 
Whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, 
era carcass of unclean cattle, or the car- 
cass of unclean creeping things, audi/* it 

,. him ; he also shall be un- 
ciean, and guilty. . 

3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, 
whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man 
shall be denied withal, and it be hid from 
him ; when he knoweth of it, then he 
shall be guilty. 

4% Or it' a soul swear, pronouncing 
with his lips to do evil, or to do good, what- 
soever it be that a man shall pronounce 
with an oath, and it be hid from him ; when 
he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty 
in one ofthese. 

5 And it shall be when he shall be guilty 
in one ofthese things, that he snail confess 
that he ham sinned in th&tthzng : 

6 And he shad bring his trespass offer- 
ing unto the Lord for his tin which he hath 
sinned a female from the flock, a iamb or 
a kid of the goats, for a sin offering ; and 
the priest shall make an atonement, for 
him concerning his sin. 

7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, 
then he shall bring for his trespass, which 
he hath committed, two turtle doves, or 
two young pigeons, unto the Lord ; one 
for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt 
offering. 

8 And he shall bring them unto the 
priest, who shall offer that Which is for 
the sin offering first, and wring off his head 
from his neck; but shall not divide it asun- 
der : 

dhe shall sprinkle of the blood of 
the sin offering upon the side of the altar; 
and the rest of the blood shall be wrung 
out at the bottom of the altar : it is a sin of- 
fering. 

"10 And he shall offer the second for a 
burat offering, according to the manner: 
and the priest shall make an atonement 
1 ich he hath sinned,and 

be forgiven him. 

if he be not able to bring two 

■ ves, ortwq young pigeons, then 
inned snail bring for ilis 

'- h part of an fine flour 

. 1 1 no - D up< n 
nkincense 
: for it is a \ 
12 Yi 
I 

■ ' 

: it j«a sin offering. 
- 

*»a«k »m it shall be 



r I C U 5. The trespass offerings. 

forgiven him : and the remnant shall be 
the priest's as a meat offering. 

14 «j[ And the Lord spake unto Moses 5 
saying, 

15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin 
through ignorance, in the holy things of 
tire Lord ; then lie shall bring ft r his tres- 
pass unto the Lord, a ram without blem- 
ish out of the Mocks, with thy estimation 
by shekels of silver, after the shekel of die 
sanctuary, for a trespass offering : 

16 And he shall make amends for the 
harm that he hath dene in the hoi}- tiling, 
and shall add the fifth part thereto, and 
give it unto the priest: and the priest 
shall make an atonement for him with the 
ram of the trespass offering- ana it shall be 
forgiven him. 

17 *i\ And if a soul sin, and commit any 
ofthese things which are forbidden to.bfi 
done by the commandments of the Lord; 

le wist it not, yet is he guilt) , and 
shall bear his iniquity. 

13 And he shall bring a ram without 
blemish out of the flock, with thy estima- 
tion, for a trespass offering, unto the priest : 
and the priest shall make an atonement for 
him concerning his ignorance wherein he 
erred, and wistw not, and it shall be for- 
given him. 

19 It is a trespass offering : hehathcer- 
taiiuy trespassed against the Lord. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The trespass ffcringfor sins done 'wit- 
tingly, 19 The offering at tue conse- 
cration of a priest m 
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 

2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass a- 
gainst the Lord, and lie unto his neigh- 
bour in that v. hich was delivered him to 
keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken 
away by violence, or hath deceived liis 

■ ur ; 

3 Or have found that which w r as lost, 
and lieth concerning it, and sweareth false- 
ly ; in any of all these that a man doeth, 

herein: 

4 Then it shall be, because he hath sin- 
ned, and is guilty, that heshall restore that 
which he took violently away, or the thing 

li he hath deceitfully gotten, or that 
h was delivered him to keep, or th# 
lost thing which he found, 

5 Or ail that about which he hath sworn 
falseh ; he shah even restore it in the 

,and shall add the fifth part more 

i ntfgive it unto him to whom it 

appei taineth, in the day of his trespass of- 

6 And he shall bring his trespass offer* 
the Lord, a ram without blemish 

le flock, with thy estimation, for a 
: offering unto the priest : 



. 



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place. 

' n the altar 

it ever) 
morning, 

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94, Of the peace offerings. LEVIT 

9 And all the meat offering that is ba- 

te oven, and all that is dressed in 

gpanandinthe pan, shall be the 

: ' ffereth it. 

VJ And every meat offering, mingled 

with oil, and dry, shall all die sons of Aaron 

ha\ e, one as much as another. 

11 ^ And this is the law of the sacrifice 
of | e Lee offerings, which he shall offer 
UHto the I^oixl. 

12 If he (tier it fur a thanksgiving, then 
he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanks- 
giving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, 
and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, 
and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, 
fried. 

13 Eesides the cakes, he shall offer for 

h ig leavened bread with the sacri- 

t. giving of his peace offerings. 

ad of it he shall offer one out of the 

whole oblation for an heave offering unto 

the Lord, and it shall be the priest's that 

sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. 

15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his 

\ (. ice offerings for thanksgiving, shallbe 

i the s<'.me dav that it is offered : he 

I not leave any of it until the morning. 

16 But it the sacrifice of his offering be 
avow, or a voluntary .offering, it shall be 
eaten the same day that he offereth his sa- 
crifice: and c n the morrow, also, the re- 
mainder of it shall be eaten : 

17 But the remainder of the flesh of the 
sacrifice on die third day, shall be burnt 

18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice 
of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the 
third day, it shall not he accepted, neither 
shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it : 
it shall U ; n abomination, and the soul that 
eau th of it shall bear his iniquity. 

YJ And the flesh that toucheth any un- 

,i not he eaten ; it shall he 

t with fire : and as for the flesh, all that 

ii shall eat thereof. 

at the soulthateateth o/the flesh of 

the i Lceof&Mig&,that/terftzm 

unto the Lord, having his undeannessj up- 

- . ii that soul shall be cut oil" from 

eople. 

' p, die soul that shall touch a- 
i ancles n^w^c^theuncleannessofman, 
or any abominable 
. shofthesaci 
s, which pertain un- 
to the 1/ pd, even tliatseul shall be cut oif 

e Lord spake unto Moses, 
sa; 

| .<k unto the children of Israel, say- 
i.ner of fat, oibx,or 
. 

ist that diethof 
it eh, and the fat oftliat which is torn with 



I C U S. The fat and blood forbidden. 

beasts, may be used in any other use : but 
ye shall in no wise eat of it. 

25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the 
beast!, of which men offer an offering made 
by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eat- 
eth zV shallbe cut. off from his people. 

26 Ii Moreover, ye shall eat no manner 
ofblood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in 
any of your dwellings. 

27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any 
manner ofblood, even that soul shall be cut 
off from his people. 

28 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

29 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, He that offereth the sacrifice of his 
peace offerings unto the Lord, shall bring 
his oblation unto the Lord, of the sacrifice 
of his peace offerings. 

30 His own hands shall bring the^ffer- 
ings of the Lord made by fire, the fat with 
the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast 
may be waved for a wave offering before 
the' Lord. 

31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon 
the altar : but the breast shall be Aaron's 
and his sens'. 

32 And the right shoulder shall ye give 
unto the priest/fcr an heave offering,oi the 
sacrifices of ycur peace offerings. 

33 He, among the sons of Aaron,that of- 
fereth the blood of the peace offerings, and 
the fat, shall have the right shoulder for 
his part. 

34 For the wave breast, and the heave 
shoulder have I taken of the children of Is- 
rael, from off the sacrifices of their peace 
offerings, and have given them unto Aaron, 
the priest, and unto Iris sons, by a statute 
forever, from among the children of Israel. 

35 This is the portion of the anointing of 
Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out 
of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, 
in the day when he presented them to min- 
ister unto the Lord in the priest's office ; 

36 Which the Lord commanded to be 
given them of the children of Israel, in the 
day that he anointed them, by a statute for- 
ever throughout their generations. 

37 This is the law of the burnt offering, 
of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, 
and of the trespass offering, and of the con- 
secrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace 
offerings ; 

38 Which the Lord commanded Moses, 
in mount Sinai, in the day that he comman- 
ded the children of Israel to offer their ob- 
lations unto the Lord in the wilderness of 
Sinai. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 j\ loses consecratclh Aaron and his sons. 

14 Their sin offering. 18 Thar burnt of- 

ft ring. 22 The ram of consecration^ 31 

The place and time of their consecration. 



macerated. ©hap 

Aes,say- 

ron, and his * 
foments, and I 

a bullock for the sin i 

and a bucket ofun id ; 

3 Aiv... • 
getheruot > the door oft 
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(led him ; and I 
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unto the con.-- 
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and v. . 

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1 lid their hinds upon the hea 

19 And he k 

led the blood upon the 

20 And he cut the ran, i . 

i s burnt the I . . - pieces, 

•. 
~1 And he washed the inwards and 
hi water ; 

upon the altar : it w acrifice 

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mand 

And he brought the ether ram, 
the ram 

his sons laid their hands upon the head of 
the ram. 

the blcK i 

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upon the tip 
. and upon the th ii 
right hai 

and all u. 
and the c 

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for a v 

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96 Aaron's tin offering, fcfa L E V I T I C U S, 

33 And ye shall not go out of the doer of 
. d in se- 
ven days, until die days of j our consecra- 
t en days shall he 

C 

- this day ,*o the Lord 
. ananded to do, to make an atone- 

the door 
of the t ibernacle of the congregation, day 

>, and keep the charge 
of the J . e die not : for so I am 

comm aided. 

n and his sons did all things 
rd commanded by the hand 

CHAP. IX. 

rnt offer- 
Fire from heaven, 
A' 
nand 
e elders of] 

o thee a 
rant for 
a burnt a, andof- 

Lord. 
: unto the children of Israel thou 
. rake ye a kid of the 
: andac 
th of cut first j ear, without blem- 
ish, for a bui 

a bullock and a ram for peace of- 
I 
a meatoffering mingled with oil: for to- 
day theL to ] ou. 

it that which Mcses 
cornm ■ Je of the 

i L all the congregation 

•a the Lord. 

the thing 
dthatye should 

< j L rd shall appear 

s said unto Aaron, Go unto 
Bering, and thy 
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< ke an atone- 

■ manded. 

lie altar, 

, offering which 

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The profile blessed. 

12 And he slew the burnt ofle ri 
Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood 
which he sprinkled round about upon the 
aitar. 

13 And they presented the burnt offering 
unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the 
head : and he burnt them upon the altar. 

14 And he did wash the inwards and the 
legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offer- 
ing on the aitar. 

15 And he brought the people's offering, 
and took the goat, which was the sin offer- 
ing for the people, and slew it, and offered 
itior sin, as the first. 

16 And he brought the burnt offering, 
and offered it according to the manner. 

17 And he brought the meat offering, 
and took an handful thereof, and burnt it 
upon the aitar, beside the burnt sacrifice 
of the morning. 

18 He slew pJso the bullock and the ram 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which 

iva3 for the people : and Aaron's sons pre- 
i to him the blood, which he sprink- 
ibout: 

19 And the fat of the bullock and of the 
ram, the rump, and that which covereth 

irds, and the kidneys, and the caul 
above the liver: 

20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, 
raid he burnt the fat upon the altar : 

21 And the breasts and the right shoul- 
der Aaron waved/or a wave offering be- 
fore the Lord ; as Moses commanded. 

2a * And Aaron lifted up his hand to- 
. people, and blessed them, and 
came down from offering of the sin offer- 
ing, and the burnt offering and peac 
ings. 

23 And Moses and Aaron went into the 
tabernacle of the con • rogation, and came 
out, and blessed the people : and the gloi y 
of the Lord appealed unto all the people. 

24 ^[ And there came a fire out from 
before the Lord, and consumed upon the 

■ burnt offering and the fat : tv/uch 
when all the people saw, they shouted, and 
fell on their faces. 

CHAP. X. 

• . 8 The priests 
forbidden nvine. 

AND Nadab and Abihu, the sms of Aa- 
ron, took cither of them his censer, 
and put fire therein, arid put incense there- 
on, and offered strai ■ re the 
' e con anai idea them not* 

it fire from the Lord^ 
: them, arid thev died before 
theL: . 

3 Th< i ' unto Aaron, Tins 

is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be 
in them that cane "nigh me, and 
le I will be glorified. 



Priests forbidden ivine* 

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ye die : . Lord i * 

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And tiie L r ,v ' 

not drink wine nor strong drink, 
ions with thee, when ye go 

die: ii shall be a statute I 
throughout . 

• nee be 
inholy, andbet 

1 1 And t'n it ye may te \ch the 

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offering. 



holy, and God hath given it you to 
the iniquity of th< 

atonement Cor the Lord ? 

18 Behold, : was not bro 

in within the hoh • 

have • be holy place, as 1 coni- 

\aron said unto Moses, Behold, 

.ring 
.' 'rd ; 

•.iVnme: and/"/" 

ithav< b the &ight of the 

\nd when Moses heard that, he was 
content. 

CHAP. XT. 
1,4 Of meats clean, 13 and Unclean. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and 

2 Speak unto the children oflsrael, say- 
ing, These are the be ists which ye sin : 

eartfar. 

3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is 
clovenf'ioted, aw/cheweththe cud among 

e eat. 

4 % Neverthefes%these shall ve not eat of 
b cud, or of them mat 

divide the hoof: as me camel, because 

!i the cud, but dh ideth not the hoof; 

he is unclean unto you. 

. 1 the coney, because he chewcth 

the cud, but dividedi not the hoof; he/* 

uncle in unto i 

': the 

cud but divideth not the hoof; hei n 

unto you. 

divide the 
, yet he chewcth 
;d ; he is unclean to you. 

8 Of their flesh shall , and 

their c WTt 

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the v.- - and in the ir. 

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viid all that have not fins nor sc I 

that 

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$8 Of meats unclean. LEV IT 

14 And the vulture, and the kite after his 
kind; 

15 Every raven after his kind ; 

16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and 
' the cuckoo, ana the hawk after his kind, 

17 And the little ow] , and the cormorant 
and the great owl, 

18 And the swan, and the pelican, and 
the gicr cade, 

19 And the stork, the heron after her 
kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 

20 All fowls that creep, going upon all 
four sliall be an abomination unto you. 

21 Vet these may ye eat of every flying 
creeping thing that goeth upon all four, 
which have legs above their feet, to leap 
withai upon the earth ; 

22 Even these of them ye may eat ; the 
locust after his land, and' the bald locust 
after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, 
and the grasshopper; after his kind. 

23 But all other flying creeping things, 
which have four feet, */M6<? an abomina- 
tion unto you. 

d for these ye shall be unclean : 
toucheth the carcass of them 
shall be unclean until the even. 

25 And whosoever beareth aught of the 
Care shall wash his clothes, and 

be unclean until the even. 

25 '1'hf carcasses of every beast which 
divided; the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, 
nor cheweth the cud, arc unclean unto 
you : every one that toucheth them shall 
'be unck in. 
* 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, 
among all manner of beasts that go on all 
four, those are unclean unto you : whoso 
toucheth their carcass shall be unclean un- 
til the even. 

28 And he that beareth the carcass of 
them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean 
until the even : they are unclean unto you. 

29 These also sliall be unclean unto 'you 
among the creeping things that creep upon 
the earth ; the • i isel, and the mouse, and 
the tortoise after his kind, 

30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, 
and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 

•an to you among all 

.Wh doth touch them, 

q they be dead, shall be unclean until 

d upon whatsoever any of them, 
wb EaUjit shall be 

■ 

"/ work is done, it 
- shall be un- 
the even ; so it shall be cleansed. 
len vessel, v. . 

i .er is in it 
hall break it. 
B may be eaten, that 



I C U S. decking things are unclean, 

on which such water cometh shall be un- 
clean : and ail drink that may be drunk in | 
every such vessel shall be unclean. 

35 And every thing whereupon any part 
of their carcass falleth shall be unclean ; 
whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they 
shall be broken down ; for they are un- 
clean, and shall be unclean unto you. 

35 Nevertheless, a fountain or "pit ivhcre- 
in there is plenty of water, sliall be clean : 
but that which toucheth their carcass shall 
be unclean. 

$7 And \£ any fidrt of their carcass fall 
upon any sowing seed which is to be sown 
it shall be clean. 

38 But if any Water be put upon the 
seed, and any part of their carcass fall 
thereon, it shall be unclean uKto you. 

39 And if an}- beast, of which ye may 
eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass 
thereof shall be unclean until the e 

40 And he thateateth of the carcass of it, 
shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until 
the even : he also t 1 'lie carcass 
cfit shall wash his clothes and be unclean 
until the even. 

41 And every creeping thing that creep- 
eth upon the earth shall be an abomination ; 
it shall not be eaten. 

42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, 
and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or, 
whatsoever hath more feet among al! cree- 
ping things th at creep upon the earth, them 
ye-shall not eat ; for they are an abomina- 
tion. 

43 Ye shall not make yourselves abom- 
inable with any creeping thing that creep- 
eth,neither shall ye make yourselves unclean 
with them, that ye should be defiled there- 
by. 

44 For I am the Lord your God : ye shall 
therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall 
be holy ; for I cm holy : neither shall ye 
defile yourselves with any manner of creep- 
ing thing that creepeth upon the earth. 

45 For I am the Lord that bringefli you 
up out of the land of Egypt, to oe - 
God : ye shall therefore be holy, for 1 am 
holy. 

46Thiszsthelaw of the beasts, and of 
the fowl, and of every living creature that 
rnoveth in the waters, and of every crea 
that creepeth upon the earth ; 

47 To make a difference between the 
unclean and the clean,and between the beast 
that maybe eaten, and die beast that may 
not be eaten. 

CHAP. XTI. 
1 Women*8 fmrifica 'ions, 6 find offerings. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, sav- 
ing, 

ik Unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, If a woman have conceived seed, and 
boraeaman child; then she shall beun- 



Women's purification Chap. 

clean se: ( wording to the days 

of the st ; .1 mity khall she 

be unclean* 

3And in the eighth day the flesh of liis 
. 

4 Anu ie in the 

blood of her | i id thirty 

days; die tallowed thing, 

nor come int until tlie 

i 

J But ifsne . -lien she 

shall bo u 

ration :ai ie in the blood 

of her purifying threesci re and six 

days other purify ing 
i 
shall br.. - the first y< 

i n, or a 
turtle d , unto the door 

of the tabernacle of the congregation, un- 
■ 

7 W r it before the Lord 
and ma, entforher; and she, 

d fn m the issueofher blood, 
i her that hadi borne a 

i 

8 And ■. .ble to bring a lamb, 

turtles, or two 
irntoffer- 

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t for her, 
and hi. • 

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and it bl 

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into ' i e oi hi \ 

3 And 

in the hair 

in the 

his i\ 

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4 If tli« 

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white . .ill shut up 

5 And the . him the 

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not in the skin ; 

him up 

be somewh 
not in thesl 

him clean : it is but a »< [he shall 

wash his cloth can. 



xiii. Tokens 1 3 discern the tejiresi;, f9 

7 But if the scab spread much abroad in 
the skin, after thai he hath been seen of 
the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen 
of the priest again.: 

8 And// the priest see that, behold, die 

spreadeth in the skin, dien the priest 
sluil pronounce him unclean : it/a alcpn bj . 

9 When die plague of leprosy is in "a 
man, then he sliali be brought unto tlie 
priest ; 

10 And the priest shall see turn : and,be- 

/ the rismg&e white in the skin, and 
it have turned the hair white, and there 
be quick raw flesh in the vising ; 

11 it/i an oldleprosy in the skin of his 
flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him 
unclean, and shall net shut him up : for he 
is unclean. 

12 And if a leprosy break out abroad 
in the skin, and the leprosj coverall the 
skin oihbn thai hath the plague from his 
head even to liis foot, wheresoevef the 

iketh ; 
13 Then the priest shall consider: and 
behold, //"the leprosy have covered all \xs% 
Besh, he shall pronounce him clean that 
hath tlie plague : it is all turned white : he 
U clean. 

14 Hut when raw flesh appcareth in 
shall be unclean. 

id the priest shall see the raw flesh, 
renounce him to be unclean :for the 
Ji is unclean : it is a leprosy. 

16 Or if the raw flesh turn agamy and 
\>c changed into white he shall come unto 

the Dl 

17 And the priest shall see him : andbe- 
hold,/'/'the plague be turned Into white; 
then I I hi m clean 

: he is clean. 

18 Tin i which, rvi n in the 
skint! m 

: in the p!. • 

spot, wliitc 

khan, ^nd it be s:. 
to the I 

if, when the priest seeth it,hc- 

p than the skin, 
; the 

• 

Il.rlX'i 1 . 

i n it,, i.d be- 

i therein, and 

. but be 

i irstmsll shut 

: abroad in die 

skin, tb< , . m v.i.i C him 

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tBC sk'm 
whercol .'/.-/ ,-. is a hot . ±n<\ tHr 



100 Laivs and ordinances. 



quick Jiesh that burnetii hare a white 
t reddish, cr white ; 

25 Then the priest shall look upon it : 
and behold, (/'the hair in the bright spot 
be turned white, and it be in sight deeper 
than the skin : it is a leprosy broken cut 
of the burning: wherefore the priest shall 
pronounce liim unclean : it is the plague 

' ' s . v * 

26 But if the priest look en it, and, be- 
hold, there be no white hair on the bright 
spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, 
but be - trk; then the priest 
* shut him up seven days : 

shall look upen him 
the sc\ enth day ; and if it be sprt-. 
■broad in the skin, then the priest shall 
pronounce him unclean : it is the plague 
of le-] i 

2d And if the bright spct stay in his 
t in the skin, but it be 
bat dark ; it is a rising of the bur- 
ring, and the priest shall proncunce him 
clean: for it 26 an mnammaticn of 
sing. 

29 If a man or "woman have a plague 
upon the be 

30 Then the priest shall seethe plague: 
and, beheld, if it 6c in sight deeper than 

■ ; and there be in it a yellow thin 
hair, then the priest shall pronounce him 
■ndean : his a dry scall, tven a kprcsy 
upon the head or beard. 

31 And if the priest lock en the plague 
of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight 
deeper than the skin, and that there is no 
black hair in it : then the priest shall shut 
up him that hath the plague of the scall 
seven i 

jid in the seventh day the priest 
shall look on the plague : and, behold, if 
the scall spread not, and there be in it no 
; be not in sight 

deep 7m ; 

en, but the scall shall 

he r.c t shave ; and the priest shall shut up 

hiw that far/A the scall seven days more : 

id in the seventh day the priest 

shall k .. : ;r,u, "behold, (/the 

n the skin, i 
j- z ^kin ; then the priest 

ronounce him clean : and he shall 

much in the 
• 

on him : 
I 
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38 if a mi 



LEVITICUS. Laves for lejirosi/. 

the skin of their flesh bright spots, even 



white bright spots; 

59 Then the priest shall look : and, be- 
hold, z/ the bright spots in the skin ei their 
iarkish white; itw a freckled spot 
in the skin ; he is clean. 

hose hair is lalien off 
Seas- 
id he that hath his hair falien off 
from the part ot hishej dtdwavd his face, 
he zs forehead bald : yet is he clean. 

42 And h there be in the bald bead cr 
bald forehead, a white reddish ^cre ; it is 
a kprcsy sprung up in his bald header 

A3 Then the priest shall lock upon it : 
: the sere be 
white reddish in his bald 1: t 
bald forehead. 
the skin of the flesh ; 

44 He is a leprous man, he is uclean ; 
unce him utterly un- 
clean ; his plague U in his head. 

sj cr in whom the pk gue z's, 
his clothes shall be rent, and hisses 
and he shall put a covering upon his upper 
"lip, and shall cry. Unclean, unclean. 

4G All die days wherein the plague shall 
be in him, he shall be defiled : he is unclean : 
Iwell alone ; without the camp 
shall his habitation be. 

47 The garment also that the plague of 
leprosy is in. whether it be a. woollen gar- 
ment, cr a linen garment ; 

48 Whether it be'm. the warp, or wefef : 
of linen, cr of woollen ; whether in a skin, 
or in any thing made of skin ; 

49 And if the plague be greenish cr red- 
dish in the garment, or in the skin, either 
in the warp, cr in the woof, or in any 
thing of skin ; it is a plague of leprosy, and 
shall be shewed unto the priest : 

50 And the priest shall leek upon the 
plague, and shut up it that hath the plague 
seven days : 

51 And" he shall lock on the plague on 
the seventh day : if the plague be spread 
in the garment, either in the warp, or in 
the wrx f, or in a skin, or in any work 
that is made oi skin ; the plague is a fret- 
ting kprcsy ; it is unclean. 

52 Re shall therefore burn that garment. 

I warp cr woof, in woollen or in 
linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the 
plague is : for it is a fretting leprosy ; it 
E burnt in the fire. 

53 And if the priest shall leck, and, be- 

pli gue be not spread in the gar- 
herinthe warp, or in the woof, 
or in any tiling of skin ; 

54 Then the priest shall command that 

sh the thing wherein the plague ?>, 

lall shut it up seven da' smore : 

ad the priest shall look on the 



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102 Signs cf le/irosy in a house. LEV IT: 

2:. And he shall bring them on the eighth 
day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto 
the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, before the "Lord. 

kJ the priest shall take the lamb 01 
the trespass ottering, and the log of oil, and 
the priest shall wave them for a wave of- 
fering before the Lord : 

25 And he shall kiil the lamb of the tres- 
p ss ( iffering, and the priest shall take some 

ie trespass offering, and put 

the tip of the right ear of him that 

is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb 01 

his right hand, and upon the great toe of 

hi -foot: 

26 And the priest shall pour of the oil 
into the palm of his own left hand : 

27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his 

.;jr, some of the oil that is in his 
id, seven times before the Lord : 

28 And the priest shall put of the oil that 
is in his hand, upon the tip of the right ear 
tfhimthatisto be cleansed, and upon the 
thumb ot his right hand, and upon the 

e c f his right foot, upon the place ot 
the blood of the trespass oiiering: 

jod the rest of the oil that is in the 
land, he shall put upon the head of 
im that is to be cleansed, to make an atone- 
ment for him before the Lord. 

s lall offer the one of the tur- 
tle doves, or of the young pigeons, such as 
get ; 
31 Even such as he is able to get, the one 
i i offering, and the other/or a burnt 
taring, with the meat offering: and the 
priest shall make an atonement ibr him 
before the Lord. 
3 1 This w the law ofhiik in whom is the 
sy, whose hand is not able 
1 \:' which/iertainethto lriscleausin;;. 

And the Lord spake unto Moses 
land unto Ai r 

be come into the land of Ca- 
ll lichl give to you for a possession, 
and I put thr plague of leprosy in a house 
of the 1 n ; 

35 And he that owneth the house shall 
Com« and tell me priest, saying, It seem- 
etli to me :/.. re it as it were a plague in the 

: .en the priest shall command that 
1 e the pi iest go 
into it \ .;i:e, that all tl 

; andafter- 
.. 

the plague, and, 
I 

lower than t 

at of the 
; td bhut 
l 
^j And the priest jliallc ime s _ 



The cleansing oflefirosy. 

seventh day, and shall look : and, behold, 
if the plague be spread in the wails of the 
house ; 

40 Then the priest shall command that 
they take away the stones in which the 
plague is, and they shall cast them into an 
unc.ean piace without the city : 

41 And he shall cause the house to be 
scraped within round about, and they shall 
pour out the dust that they scrape off with- 
out the city into an unclean place: 

42 And they shall take other stones, and 
put them in the place of those stones ; and 
iie shall take other mortar, and shall plas- 
ter the house. 

43 And 11 the plague come again, and 
break out in the house, after that he hath 
taken away the stones, and after he hath 
scraped the house, and after it is plastered ; 

44 Then the priest shall come and look, 
and, behold, if the plague be spread in the 
house, it is a fretting leprosy in the hcuse : 
it is unclean. 

45 And he shall break down the house, 
the stones of it, and the timber thereof, 
and ail the mortar of the house; and he 
shall carry them forth out of the city into 
an unclean place. 

46 Moreover he that gceth into the house 
all the while that it is shut up, shall be un-> 
clean until the even. 

^7 And he that lieth in the house shall 
wash his clothes ; and he that eateth in the 
house shah wash his clothes. 

48 % And if the priest shall come in, and 
look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath 
not spread in the house, after the house 
was plastered : then the priest shall pro- 
nounce the house clean, because the plague 
is healed. 

49 And he shall take to cleanse the house , 
two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and 
h} ssop : 

50 And he shall kill the one of the birds 
in an earthen vessel over running water : 

51 And he shall take the cedar wood, 
and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the 

" bird, and dip them in the blood 



Oi the slain bird, and in the running water, 
i : ikle the house seven times : 
■ i he shall cleanse the house with 
the blood of the bird, and with the running 
water, and with the living bird, and with 
the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and 
with the scarlet: 

53 But he shall let go the living bird out of 
. Lto tl ie open fields, and make an a- 

tonement for the hcuse: audit shall be clean. 

54 This is the law for ah manner of 
plague of leprosy, . nd s< all, 

.1 for me leprosy of a garment, 
house,. 

- 1 for a rising, and for a scab, and 
for a blight s] 



(Jnctecamess by issues. 



Snap. 



57 To teach when it is uncle~n.and when 
it is clean: this /.,-the law of lei 
CHAP. XV. 

1,9 Unclean;:- . 13,28 Their 

■ ring* 

AND sea and 

2 Speak unt 
say unto 

re cf his 
. 

nness in 
■ 
i- we, or : .i ft m his is- 

nness. 

liethtliathath 
I; : and ever 
whereon besitteth, shall be urn 

5 todwiu soever toucheth his bed shall 
W shhi I bathe A/m#f(/ in wa- 

1 1 until the even. 
I he that sittelh on any thing 
whereon he sat that hath the issue, shall 
I bathe himself in wa- 
il until t 1 . e even. 

7 ' \:ul be that toucheth the flesh of 
him that hath the issue; shall wash his 
clothes, and bathe himself 'm water , and be 

Q the even. 

8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon 
him that is clean; then he shall 

b water, and be 
. 

1 

n until the even. 
1 1 An 

1 

and bathe /tmmelf'm d be un- 

1 : " 

: 

the 1/ rd n - 
his issue. 



xr. The ctcanablg for issues, 103 

rj if any man'-s -ecu of o j 
rom him, then he si 
lus fieshin water, and be unclean until the 
even. 

17 And every garment, and every skin, 
wherein is the seed of , J hall i)c 

. and be unclean until 
the even. 

. woman also with whom man 

ber, and be un- 
til the even. 

an issue, and 
d, she shall be 
s: and wh 
toucheth her shall be unclean until th< 

20 And every thing that she iieili upon 
in her si . be unck n: ev< ry 

i that she sitteth upon shall be un- 
. 

1 whosoever toucheth her bed 
shall wash his clothes, and b i\hc himself in 
water, and be i j the even. 

23 And whose ever I 
that she sat upon, shall wash hi • 
and bathe ftitnselfm water, and I t 
until the even. 

23 And if it be on her bed, or on any 

. 
eth it, hesh Jibe unclean until the even. 

24 And if any man lie with her at all, 
and her flowers be upon him, he shall be 

andallthebedwhere- 
. 

25 And if a wi man h vean is aeofher 

her sep- 
arate n,< r ifit run beyond the time of her 
separat] i 

. 

h all the 

I 

sitteth u] 

i 

■ 



104 High priest's sin offering. L E V I T 

file my tabern ic.icthat is among them. 

32 This is the law of him that hath an 
issue, and of him whose seed g eth from 
him, and is defiled therewith ; 

is sick of her flowers, 
and of him that hath anissue^of the man 
man, and of him that lieth 
wiuii her mat isun< ] . 

CHAP. XVI. 

11 The high finest'* sin offering. 20 The 

Hvegoat. 2'0 Thefeast of expiation. 

AND the Lord sp ike unto Moses after 
the death of the two sons of Aaron, 
When they offered be£ re tfie L.:rd-and aied; 

2 And the Lord said unto Moses* Speak 
unt i Aaron,thy brother, that he come not 
at all times into the now place within the 
veil before the mere.}' seat, which is upon 
the ark ; that he die not : for I will appear 
in the cloud up n die mercy seat. 

3 Thus shall Aar< m come into the holy 
place with a young bullock for a sin offer- 
ing, and a ram for, a burnt offering. 

^4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, 
and he shall have the linen breeches upon 
his flesh, and si led with a linen 

tall he be 
attired: these are holy garments; there - 
Lsii Ms flesh in water, and 
so put them on. 

5 And he shall take of the congregation 
of toe children of Israel two kids of the 

for a sin offering, and one ram for a 
burnt offering. 

6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of 
the - n offering, which is for himself and 

•n atonement for himself, and for 
his house. 

7 And he shall take the two goats, and 
present : le 1 .ord, at the door 
of lei ■ tacie of the congregation. 

8 y;v! Aaron shall cast lots upon the 
I one lot for the Lord, and the 

Lpegoat. 
i shall bring the goat upon 
whicl i •■- fell, and offer Mm for 

a sin offering. 

10 But the goat on which the lot fell to 
be the shall be presented alive 

he Lord, to make an atonement 
' to let him go for a scapegoat 
into th 

1 1 An< kail bring the bullock of 
the sin offering, which is tor hi i 

■ ike an atonement for himself, and 
: shall kill die bullock of 

inserfullofburn- 

• et in- 
• I luring it within the 

put the mcei 
tile fire before the Lord, that the cloud 



ICUS. 



The live goat. 



of the incense may cover the mercy seat 
that is upon the testimony, that he die not : 

14 And he shall take of the blood of the 
bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger up- 
on the mercy seat eastward ; and before 
the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the 
blood with his finger seven times. 

15 Then shall he kill the goat nf the sin 
offering, that is for the people, and bring 
his blood within the veil, and do with that 
blood as he did with the blood of the bul- 
lock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, 
and before the mercy seat : 

16 And he shall make an atonement for 
the holy /dace, because of the uncleanness 
of the children of Israel; and because of 
their transgressions in all their sins : and 
so shall he do for the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, that rem aneth among them in 
the midst of their uncleanness. 

17 And there shall be no mi n in the tab- 
ernacle of'the congregation when he geeth 
in to make an atonement in the holy ptace% . 
until he come out, and have made ana- 
tenement for himself, and for his house- 
hold, and for all cine congregation of Israel. 

18 And he shall go out unto the altar that 
is before the Lord, and make an atone- 
ment for it : and shall take of the blood 
of the buliock, and of the blood of the goat, 
and put it upon the horns of the altar 
round about. 

19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood 
upon it with his linger seven times, and 
cleanse it, and hallow it from the unclean- 
ness of the children of Israel. 

20 % And when he hath made an end 
of reconciling the holy place, and the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation, and the altar, 
he shall bring the live goat : 

21 And Aaron shah lay both his hands 
upon the head of the live goat, and confess 
over him all the iniquities of the children 
of Israel, and all their transgressions in all 
their sins, putting them upon the head of 
the goat, and shall send him away by the 
hand of a fit man into the wilderness : 

22 And the goat shall bear upon him all 
their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : 
and he shall let go the goat in the wilder- 
ness. 

23 And Aaron shall come into the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation, and shall put 
off the linen garments, which he put on 
when he went into the holy place, and shall 

■ an there : 

24 And he shall wash his flesh with wa- 
ter in tiie holy place, and put on his gar- 

i ments, and come forth, and offer his burnt 
J offering, and the burnt offering of the peo- 
i pie, and make an atonement for himself, 
j and for the people. 

25 And the fat of the sin effering shall 
i he bum upon the altar. 



Blorjdofbep.Msfo be offered. Chap, 

26 And he that let 

- 

to the 

27 A 

and the goat /■> tl 

ljl(MxJ * 

in the h< I 

fire their skins, and their . 

I 
29 \ And th - . . tea statute forever 

I : //win the 3 a, on the 

tenth' da 
I 
one of 

■ 
an atone . ou, that 

>e m:t\ be dean Dram -11 vour sins before 
the Lord. 

31 J: %hall ; > ■ a sabbath of rest u 
and ye shall afflict 3 a statute 

n I the priest whom he shall anoint, 
and wto minister 

in the \. 

shall m liall put 

1 the holy gar- 

I] make 

uti- unto 
the chilai 

ANL 

l 
I 

I 

of ihf 

pared unto that mi n j 
and thai man shall b 
hi* people ; 



, xvii. Bhodfirinddeiu 105 

5 To tli? end mat the children o r Israel 
may bring ices, which, ti 
ferin the open held, even tint they may 
bring them unto the Lard, untothc 

• 
unto the Lord. 

6 And the priest sir ill sprinkle the blood 

Lord, at the 1 
met ibernacleofthe congregation, and burn 
the fat a- into the Lord. 

7 And they sh ill no more 
rihecs unl . er whom th 

'!• . This shall he a statute 
s «■ ever unto them throu^! tout their genc- 

S And than sh alt say unto themAYhat- 
soever man there bed the h >useof Israeli 
strangers that sojourn am sig jrou, 
Bfering or sacrifice, 
9 And bringeth it not unto the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation, to of- 
fer it unto the Lord ; <_•. <. n th a m m shall 
be cut off from among his pe 

i ( > ■' And whatsoever man there be of 

the house of Israel, or of the strangers 

eth any 

manner of blood ; 1 will even set my face 

h ; soul mat e iteth blood, and 

will cait him ( flFfrotn amonj 

■me life ofthe flesh is in the 

• it lib • a upon me altar, 

to m ;kc uls: for 

t blood that maketh an atonement 

. 

12 Th unto the children of 

rael, N h ill eat bl tod, nci- 

trneth a- 

□ ■ iood. 

ever man th <-r b<- ofthe 
children 1 
sojourn ■ 1 

:• fowl that mi iv l)C 

eaten: I ir ^h ili even pour out the blood 

. 

! 

! 
■ 
I 

I 

toff. 

' which 
\ 

i.and 1)C 
.1 he !)C 

• 
1 bis iniquity* 
(11 \ lb Will. 

r. 

AND the Lord spake unt 



106 Unlawful marriages. 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, I am the Lord your God. 

3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, 
■wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do : and af- 
ter the doings of the land of Canaan, whidi- 
er I bring you, shall ye not do : neither 
shall ye walk in their ordinances. 

4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep 
mine ordinances, to walk therein : I am 
the Lord your God. 

5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, 
and my judgments : which if a man do, 
he shall live in them : I am the Lord. 

6 None of you shall approach to any that 
is near of kin to him, to uncover their 
nakedness : I am the Lord. 

7 The nakedness of thy father, or the 
nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not 
uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt 
not uncover her nakedness. 

8 The nakedness of thy father's wife 
shalt thou not uncover : it is thy father's 
nakedness. 

9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daugh- 
ter of thy father, or daughter of thy mo- 
ther, whether she be born at home, or 
born abroad, even their nakedness thou 
shalt not uncover. 

10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, 
or of thy daughter's daughter, even their 
nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for 
their's is thine own nakedness. 

11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's 
daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy 
sister, thou shalt not uncover hfcr nakedness. 

12 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- 
ness of thy father's sister : she is thy fa- 
ther's near kinswoman. 

13 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- 
ness of thy mother's sister : for shei« thy 
mother's near kinswoman. 

14 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- 
ness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not 
approach to his wife : she is thine aunt. 

15 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- 
ness of thy daughter in law : she is thy 
son's wife j thou shalt not uncover her na- 
kedness. 

16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 
of thy brother's wife : it is thy brother's 
nakedness. 

17 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- 
ness of a woman and her daughter, neither 
shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her 
daughter's daughter, to uncover her na- 
kedness: for they ere her near kinswo- 
men : it is wickedness. 

IS Neither shalt thou take a wife to her 
sister, to vex her, to uncover her naked- 
nesB, beside the other in her life time. 

19TI A!so,thou shalt not approach unto a 
wemj to uncover her nakedness, as long 
a>s she is put apart for her uncleanness. 

20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally 



LEVITICUS. A repetition of 

with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself 
with her. 

21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed 
pass through the fire to Molech, neither 
shalt thou profane the name of thy God : 
I am the Lord. 

22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as 
with womankind : it is abomination. 

23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast 
to defile thyself therewith : neither shall a- 
ny woman stand before a beast to lie down 
thereto : it i* confusion. 

24 Defile not ye 3-ourselves in any of 
these things : tor in all these the nations are 
defiled which I cast out before you : 

25 And the land is defiled; therefore I 
do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and 
the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. 

26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes 
and my judgments, and shall not commit 
any of these abominations^ neither any of 
your own nation, nor any stranger that 
sojourneth among you : 

27 For all these 'abominations have the 
men of the land done, which were before 
you, and the land is defiled ; 

28 That the land spue not you out also, 
when ye defile it, as it spued out the na- 
tions that were before you. 

29 For whosoever shall commit any of 
these abominations, even the souls that 
commit them shall be cut off from among 
their people. 

30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordi- 
nance, that ye commit not any one of these 
abominable customs, which were commit- 
ted before you, and that ye defile not your- 
selves therein : I cm the Lord your God. 

CHAP. XIX. 
A repetition of sundry laws. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

2 Speak unto all the congregation of the 
children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye 
shall be holy ; for I the Lord your God 
am holy. 

3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, 
and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I 
am the Lord your God. 

4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to 
yourselves "molten gods : I am the Lord 
your God. 

5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace of- 
ferings unto the Lord, ) e shall offer it at 
your own will, 

6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer 
it, and on the morrow : and if aught re- 
main until the third day, it shall be burnt 
in the fire. 

7 And if it be eaten at all on the third 
day, it is abominable ; it shall not be ac- 
cepted. 

8 Therefore every one that eateth it 
shall bear his iniquity, because he hath 



diverse laws. Chap, 

profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord : 
and that soul shall be cut off from among 
hispe 

[ \ Id when yc reap the harvest ci ; 
land, thou shalt no: wholly reap the cor- 
ners ofthyfi -shalt tliou gather 
the g harvest, 

not glean thy vine- 
i very grape 
ofth te we them 

f r me poor and stranger : 1 am the Lord 
your ( 
11 Y« shall not steal, neither deal falsely, 
I 

12 An t swear by my name 

f fane the name 

of ili the Lord. 

l I To u shalt not d fraud thy neigh- 
bour, neither rob him : the wages of him 
I not abide v> ith thee all 
night until the morning. 

14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor 

the blind, but 

i .' ad. 

ighteousness in 

.' per- 

the; alt thou 

• 

I wn as a 
» v shalt 

it the blood of thy neigh- 
. 

r ther in 
thin 

thy neighbour, n him. 

■ 

. K>ur as Uiy- 

l - v.- ifa ,ii b p my Bt ''' , ' s. Thou 

• .v thy field 
wim mingled se 

- 

Hy with a 

an husband, and 
fn i 

fcrin 
lal « i 

ment for hi 
•flh 
lie h 
ri< i" 

■ 
and shall have p] 
for tbod, then ye shall count tiic iruh 



,xx. Of giving seed to Mdech: 107 

of as uncircumcised : three years shall it 
be as uncircumcised unto you? it shall net 
be eaten of. 

24 But in the fourth year all the fruit 
there f shall be holy to praise the Lord 
vtUhaL 

25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of 
the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto 
you the increase thereof : lam the Lord 
your God. 

26 \ e shall not eat any thing with the 
blood : neither shall ye use enchantment, 

: ve times* 

27 Ye shall net round the corners of 
your heads, neither shait thou mar the 
corners of tin beanfc 

28 Ye shdl not make any cuttings m 
your flesh for the dtwd, nor print any 
marks in> n yea : 1 am the Lord. 

29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to 
cause her to be a whore ; lest the land fall 
to whoredom, and the land become full of 
wickedness. 

30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and rev- 
en nee my sanctuary : 1 am the Lord. 

31 Regard not them that have familiar 
spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be 
defiled by them : 1 am the Lord your 

32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary 
head, and lienor the face of die old man, 
and fear thy God : 1 am the Lord. 

33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee 
in your land, ye shall not \ ex him. 

34 But the stranger that dwelleth with 

you shall be unto you as one horn among 
you, and thou Bhalllovehhn as thyself; 
v r ye i rs in the land of E- 

' am the Lord your God. 

do no unrighteousness in 
t, in mete) ard, in weight, or in 
ure. 

: balances, just weights, a just e- 

l bin. shall vehave ; 1 am 

\' ..:• ( ;• (l, which brought you 

OUt of | 

37 Ti. .11 my 

QetttS, and do 

them; I am the Lord. 

( H 

1 Qfgi>' Moltch. C 

eeaunto 

■ 
I '.iu \> ith 



108 Of cursing parents, IsV. LEVI T 
to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to 
proline my hoiv name. 

4 And it the people of the land do any 
ways hide their e . es irom the man, w hen 
he givethol Ins seed unto iviolech, and 
kill liim net : 

5 Tnen 1 will set my face against that 
man, and against ins fami y, ana will cut 
him ofr, ..no an that go a whoring after him, 
to commit whoredom with ftloiech, from 
among their peopie. 

\ And the soul that turneth after such 
as have tamiliarspirits,andafter wizards, 
to go a whoring aiter them, 1 will e\en 
set my ic.ee ag jnst that soul, and win cut 
him offrr* m among ojs j eo] le : 

7 hancthy \ cm selves therefore, and be 
yeholy: tor lam the liord your GocU 

o And ye shall keep my statutes, and do 
them: lam tae Lord which sanctity you, 

9*|[ For every one that curseth pis la- 
ther or Ins mother, shall be surely put to 
death : he hath cursed Ins iatner oi his 
mother ; his on od t>hail be upen him. 

10 An<J the man that commit eth adulte- 
ry with another man's wile roc n he that 
committeth adultery with his neighbour's 
wuc, the adulterer and the aduitress shall 
sun..;, be \ ut to death. 

11 And uie man that lieth with hi . fa- 
ther's \s i.e hath uncovered his fathers's na- 
kedness; botjtioi them shall sure.) be put 
todfeath; their blood s/mUjbe upon them. 

12 And n a man lie with his daughter 
in law, both oi them shall suiely be put to 
death: diej have wrought confusion; their 
hkao&8haUbe upon them. 

13 If a man also lie with mankind, as 
he iicth with a woman, both of them have 
committed an abomination: they shall 
surely be put to death; their blood shall 
be upon them. 

14 And if a man take a wife and her 
mother, it is wickedness : they shall be 
burnt with fire, both he and they; that 
thcic be no wickedness among you. 

15 And if a man he with a beast, he shall 
sure!} be put to death : and } e shallsla) die 
beast. 

16 And if a woman approach unto any 
beast, and lie down thereto, tin u shalt kill 
the woman, and the beast: the) sin li sure- 
ty be put to death ; their blood shall be up- 
on them. 

17 And if a man shall take his si 
fcther/s daughter, hter^ 
and see her nakedness, md she 
kedness; it is a wick< d 

shall becutoff in tl teir peoj e: 

he hath uncoi < i ed his .sister's nakedni ss ; 
he shall U r 

18 And 

having her si< kn< i her 

nakedness ; he hadi discovered her icun- 



wais in me manners 

cast cut before you ; 

11 these things, and j 

rem. 

nto ycu, Ye shall in- f 



I C U 8. Ordinances touching priests. 

tain, and she hath uncovered the fountain 
of her blood : and both of them shall be cut 
off from among their people. 

IP And thou shalt not uncover the na- 
kedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy 
father's sister; for he uncovereth his near 
kin ; they shall bear their iniquity. 

20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's 
wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's naked- 
ness ; they shall bear dieir sin ; they shall 
die childless. 

21 And if a man shall take his brother's 
wife, it is an unclean thing : he hath uncov- 
ed his brother's nakedness ; they shall be 
childless. 

22 Ye shall therefore keep all my stat- 
ute,, and all my judgments, and do them: 
that the land whither 1 bring ycu to dwell 
therein, spue you not out. 

23 Ann } e ;h; 1. not walk in the manners 
of the nations, which I cast cut before you ; 
for the}' committed all the 
therefore 1 abhorred them. 

24 But 1 have said ut :t 
herit their land, and I wilf give it unto you 
to possess it, a land that floweth with milk 
ana lu rey : I cm the Lord your God, which 
have separated you from other people. 

2o Ye SiaU therefore put difference be- 
tw eeri clean beasts and unelean,andbetween. 
one ean iowis and clean: and ye shall not 
make your souls abominable by beast, or 
by fowl, or by any manner of living thing 
that creepeth on the ground, which 1 have 
separated irom you as unclean. 

26 And ye shali be holy unto me ; for I 
the Lord am holy, and have severed you 
from ether people, that ye should be mine. 

27 A man also or a woman that hath a 
familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall 
surely be put to death : thev shall stone 
them" with stones: their blood shall be up- 
on them. 

CHAP. XXI. 

1 Cf the priest's mourning, 7 marriages, 

16 and blemishes. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, Speak 
unto the priests,the sens of Aaron, and 
say unto them, There shall none be defiled 
tor the dead among his people : 

3 But for his kin, that is near unto him, 
that is, for his mother, and for his father, 
and for his son, and for his daughter, and for 
his brother, 

3 And f( r his sister a virgin, that is nigh 
unto him, which hath had no husband: for 
y be be defik 

himself being a 

cheil man among hi* people, to profane 

I 

5 T i icy shall notfnake h aldi ess upon their 

ve < ff the cor- 

ir beard, nor make any cuttings 

in their fieih. 



i jges. Chap. 

6 '1 b 

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. ■ ; his God. 

God: he 
shall he bdty unto tliee: for i the Lord, 
which holy. 

■ ot any priest, if she 
| 

be burnt 
witl. ; 

10 And he thai i»the high priest 

. 
iugoil v. . ad (hat is cons 

to put on .11 not uncover 

his head,noi rend his clot] 

1 1 Neithei shall he go into any dead bo- 
dy, nor 

•her; 

go out of the sanctu- 
hisGod; 
for the crown of the ai 
;. It ; tii : 1 am the L 

her vir- 

man, or 

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16^ . unto Moses, 

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xxii. Th- ft ? tests taken to abaain, 10S 

34 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and 
. onto all the children of h- 
. 

CHAP. : 

m hJy 
lg8. 

A? I) die Lord spake unto Moses, say- 

) Aaron and to his sons that 

..rate themselves from the holy 

and that 

t my holy name in those 

tfhWigs which they nauwwuntome: 1 am 

the Lord. 

.'. cm, Whosoever he be of 
ah your seed rations, 

i b unto the holy things, wh 
children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, 
having his unt 

shall be cut off from mj pn 
rd. 

4 What man soever of the sec! 

reft it a leper, or hath a running isMie ; 
he shall nut eat of the holy things, until 
he be clean. And whoso tonchet 
thing that is unclean tij the dead, or a 
i from him ; 

5 Or ocheth any creeping 
thing, Whereby he may be made unclean, 

may take unclean- 
ness, whats ev< r un< hath; 

6 The soul which hath touched any such, 
Shall l>e unclean Until even, and shall not 
eat of the , unless he wash his 

. 

7 And when die sunlsdown, he shall 

i die ho- 
ii i d. 

.he udl i ■ < • defi 
self therewith : 1 crmthe L 
rhey shall then 

sin fi r it, 

: 1 the Lord do 

: 

12 If' 

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1 



1 10 from holy things. L E V I T I C U 5. 

thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the 
priest with the holy thing. 

15 And they- shall not profane the holy 
things i if the children of Israel, which they 

. offer unto the Lord. 

16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity 

ss, when they eat their holy things : 
for I the Lord do sanctify them. 

17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
say tog, 

eak unto Aaron and to his sons, and 
the children of Israel, and. say un- 
to them, Whatsoever he be of the house 
ot Krael, or of the strangers in Israel, that 
will offer his oblation' for all his vows, and 
for all his freewill offerings, which they 
will offer unto the Lord for a burnt offer- 
ing. 

19 Ye shall offer at your own will .a 
male without blemish, of the beeves, of die 
sheep, or of the goats. 

20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, thai 
shall ye net offer ; for it shall not be ac- 
ceptable for you. 

21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice 
of peace offerings unto the Lord to. accom- 
plish his vow, or a freewill offering in 
beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be 
accepted; there shall be no blemish there- 
in. 

22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or ha- 
ving a v. en, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall 
not effer these unto the Lord, nor make 
an offering by tire of them, upon the altar 
unto the Lord. 

23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath 
any thing superfluous or lacking in his 



parts, that mayestthou offer for a freewill 
offering ; but tor a vow it shall not be ac- 

24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that 
which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or 
cut, neither shall ye make any offering 
thereof m your land. 

25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall 
ye offer the bread of your God of any of 
these because their corruption is in them, 
of id blemishes be in them : they shall not 
be accepted for you. 

26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying", 

27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a 
goat, is brought forth, then it shall be se- 
ven days under the dam ; and from the 
eighth day and thenceforth it shall be ac- 
cepted for an offering made by lire unto 
the Lord. 

nd whether it be cow or ewe, ye 
shall not kill it and her young both in one 

,nd when ye will offer a sacrifice 
.sgh ing unto the Lord, offer it at 
ycurown will. 
3u On the »am« day it shall be eaten up; 



Of sundry feasts , 

ye shall leave none of it until the morrow : 
i am the Lord. 

31 Therefore shall ye keep my com- 
mandments, and do them : I am the Lord. 

32 Neither shall ye profane my holy 
name ; but I will be hallowed among the 
children oflsrael : I am the Lord which 
hallow you, 

33 That brought you out of the land of 
Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord. 

CHAP. XXIII. 

1 Of sundry feasts. 26 The day of a- 

tonement. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses,say- 

2 Speak unto the children oflsrael, and 
say unto them Concerning the feasts of 
the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be ho- 
ly convocations, even these are my feasts. 

3 Six days shall work be done :" but the 
seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an ho- 
ly convocation ; ye shall do no work there- 
in : it is the sabbath of the L@rd in all 
your dwellings. 

4 These are the feasts of the Lord, eww 
holy convocations, which j e shall proclaim 
in their seasons. 

5 In the fourteenth day of the first 
month, at even, is the Lord's passover. 

6 And on the fifteenth day of the same 
month is the feast of unleavened bread un- 
to the Lord : seven days ye must eat un- 
leavened bread. 

7 In the first day ye shall have an holy 
convocation : ye shall do no servile work 
therein. 

8 Bat ye shall offer an offering made by 
fire unto the Lord seven days : in the se- 
venth day is an holy convocation : ye shall 
do no servile worktherein. 

9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ings 

10 Speak unto the children oflsrael, and 
say unto them, when ye be come into the 
land which 1 give unto you, and shall reap 
the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a 
sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest un- 
to the priest : 

11 And lie shall wave the sheaf before 
the Lord to be accepted for you : on th« 
morrow after the sabbath the priest siiall 
wave it. 

12 And ye shall offer that day when ye 
wa\ e the sheaf, an he lamb without blem- 
ish of the first year, for a burnt offering 
unto the Lord. 

13 And the meat offering thereof shall 
be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled 
with oil, an offering made by fire unto the 
Lord for a sweet savour : and the drink 
offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth 

an hin. 
H And ye shall eat neither bread, nor 
parched corn, nor green ears, until tke si* 



i 

e 

1 



tr.d offering*. 

same day that ye have brought an offering 

crti 

mr 
that • 

fer : I 

two I ) tenth deals 

. y are die first . 

their 

d of the 

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20 And the avethem with 

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xxiii. The f cast of tabernacle*, Ifc. Ill 

• -ment for you before the Lord 
•xi. 

29 For whatsoever soul it he that shall 
not be afflicted , he shall 

'"from anion. 

30 A e r soul it be i 

rk in that same day, the same 
■ 

shall be a statute forever through 

32 It shall be onto you a sabbath of rest 

.in the 

en, from even 

unto eve i sabbath. 

33 And the Lord bpake unto 

Idren of Israel 

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: 

day shall be an 

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12 The law of blasphemy, Wc. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
10 Sheiomzth's son blasphemeth, 13 The 
law of blasfih rmy, 17 cf murder, 18 of 
damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

2 Command the children of Israel, that 
theybringuntotb.ee pure oil oiive beaten 
for the light, to cause the lamps to burn 
continually. 

3 Without the veil of the testimony, in 
the tabernacle of the congregation, shall 
Aaron order it from the evening unto the 
morning before the Lord continually : it 
sliall be a statute forever in ycurgenerations. 

4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure 
candlestick before the Lord continually. 

5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and 
bake twelvecakes thereof: two tenth deals 
shall be in one cake. 

6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, 
six on a row, upon the pure table before the 
Lord. 

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense 
upon each row, that it may be on the bread, 
for a memorial, even an offering made by 

t i the Lord. 

bath he shall set it in order 
before the Lord continually, being taken 
from the children of Israel by an everlasting 

I it shall be Aaron's and his son's ; 
and they shall eat it in the holy ply.ee : for 
it U mbst holy unto him of the offerings of 
the Lord made by lire by a perpetual stat- 
ute. 

10 % And the son of an Israelitish woman, 
whose father was an Egyptian, went out 
am »ng the children ol Israel : and this son 
of the Israelitish woman, and a man cf Is- 
rael, strove together in the camp \ 

11 A?,: nan's son blas- 
phemed the name eft he LORD, and cur- 
sod. And they broug it him unto Moses : 
and his mother's name was Shelomith, the 
daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan : 

12 And they put him in ward, that the 
mind of the Lord might be shewed them. 

\ ud the Lord spake unto Moses, 
• 

it hath cursed 
at the camp ; and let all that heard 
fiirr lay th ead, and let 

all the i him. 

speak unto the chil- 
of Israel, saj evercurseth 

phemeth the name of 
the Lord he shall surely be put to death, 
and oil the congregation shall certainly 
stone him : as well the stranger, as he that 
is bom if) the land- when he blasphemeth 
the name of the LORD, shall be put to 
death. 



LEVITICUS. The year of jubilee. 

1711 And he that kiileth any man, shall 
surety be put to death. 

18*11 And he that kiileth a beast shall 
make it good ; beast for beast. 

19 And if a man cause a blemish in his 
neighbour ; as he hath done, so shall it be 
done to him ; 

20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth 
for tooth : as he hath caused a blemish in 
a man, so shall it be done to him again. 

21 And he that kiileth a beast," he shall 
restore it : and he that kiileth a man, he 
shall be put to death. 

22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as 
well for the stranger, as for one of your 
own country : for I am the Lord your God* 

23 f And Moses spake to the children 
ct Israel, that they should bring forth him 
that had cursed out of the camp, and stone 
him with stones. And the children of Is- 
rael did as the Lord commanded Moses. 

CHAP. XXV. 
8 The jubilee.. 14 Of o/ifvessicnu 35 Of com' 
passion. 47 'Of "redeeming servants. 

AND the Lord spake unto IV loses in 
mount Sinai, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say 
unto them, When ye come into the land 
which I give you, then shall the land keep 
a sabbath unto the Lord. 

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and 
six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, 
and gather in the fruit thereof ; 

4 But in the seventh year shall be a sab- 
bath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the 
Lord : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor 
prune thy vineyard. 

5 That which groweth of its own accord 
of thy harvest, thou shalt not reap, neither 
gather the grapes of thy vine undressed : 
for it is a year of rest unto the land. 

6 And the sabbath of the land shall be 
meat for you ; for thee, and for thy ser- 
vant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired 
servant, and for thy stranger that sojourn- 
eth with thee, 

7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast 
that are in thy' land, shall all the increase 
thereof be meat. 

8 % And thou shalt number seven sab- 
baths of years unto thee, seven times seven 
years ; and the space of the seven sabbaths 
of years shall be unto thee forty and nine 
years. 

9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of 
the jubilee to sound, on the tenth day of the 
seventh month, in the day of atonemea* 
shall ye make the trumpet sound through- 
out all your land. 

10 And ve shall hallow the fiftieth year 
and proclaim liberty throughout all the 
land unto all the inhabitants thereof ; it 
shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall 
return every man unto his possession, and 



Qf Of I/: 

etum every maovmto his family. | 
11 A j ctieth ) ear be 

11 : \r shall not 9c .-. , oei 

the gr< ' 

all be holy 

out of the field. 

1 3 In d 
turn 

. 
neighbour, or 
. 

1 5 According tot] ears af- 

bour y 4W 

root, and 

accord- 
araof the fruits 

kdoth he sell unto ' 

: . ot therefore opprc> 

thy God : for 1 
. i ur God. 

. 
them ; 

lit, and 

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25 if t : 

h :venaneto 



xxv. O/c. . 113 

29 An J if a nan id] I dwell* 

in a walk-. 
within a 

kliiQ the 

. then the house- tbatfe 

\td for 

ever to him that bought h throughout his 

. as : it shall not go out in the ju- 

fthe villages 
w .iis round about them, shall be. 
counted fthe countrj 

- they shall g 

tliejnbilee. 

Mnding the ci;ics of the 

• 

at anytime. 

tan purchase of the! 

ii, shall g^out in-'/." 
jubike : for the bouses of die cities of the 
Levites are their poasesskv an* 
children of Israel. 

34- But the Held of the suburbs of their 
cities may not be sold ; ior it is their per- 
petual possession. 

\: .lit thy brother be waxen poor, 

and fallen in decay with t! -re ; then thou 

:/.'<" V a strnn- 

eer, or asojt uruCC ; that lie may live \\\\h 

thee. 

36 Take thou no usury of him or in- 
tbat dry bro- 
ty li\e wimthee. 

i e him thy imr.rr 
• 

L rd poor God, * ' 

J P*i 

to be 

; . by 
ce; 

kdl 

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1 

pt : 

a it* 

. of 
tba 



114 A blctsijig firomiaeil 

Strangers that do sojourn among you, of 
them shall ye buy, and of their families 
that are with you, which they begat in your 
kind : and they shall be your possession. 

46 And ye shall take them as an inher- 
itance of your children after you, to inher- 
it them fjr a possession ; they shall be 
your bondmen for ever : but over your 
brethren the children of Israel, ye shall 
not rule one over another with rigour. 

47 "ji And if a sojourner or stranger wax 
rich by thee, and thy brother that dwell- 
eth by him wax poor, and sell himself un- 
to the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to 
the stock of the stranger's family : 

48 After that he is sold he may be re- 
deemed again ; one of his brethren may 
redeem him : 

49 Either his uncle or his uncle's son, 
may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin 
unto him of his family, may redee 
or if he be able, he may redeem himself. 

50 And he shall reckon with him that 
bought him from the year that he was sold 
to him, unto the year* of jubilee : and the 
price of his sale shall be according unto the 
number of years, according to the time of 
an hired servant shall it be with him. 

51 If there be yet many years behind, ac- 
cording unto them he shall give again the 
price of his redemption cut of the money 
that lie was bought for. 

52 And if there remain but few years un- 
to the year of jubilee, then he shall count 
with bim, and. according unto his years 
shall he give him again the price of his re- 

:ion. 
id as a yearly hired servant shall 
he be with him : and the other shall not 
rule wil r him in thy sight. 

54 And if he be not redeemed in these 
lien he shall go out in the year of 
he, and his children with him. 
■ runto me the children of Israel 
ttre ser t ire my sen anta whom 

: i : 

Cft A P. XXVI. 
latry. %A bktsing /iromised. 14 
cned. 

Yi 

ihall ■ i 
md, to bow down unto it: 

:e :pnr laths, and rev- 
Lord. 
• tutes, and keep 

I do them ; 

in in due sea- 

■ increase, 

ano tlw 5 hail viekl their 

ing shall reach unt« 



LEVITICUS. Plagues threatened, 

the vintage, and the vintage shall reach un- 
to the sowing time : and ye shall eat your 
bread to the full, and dwell in your "land 
safely. 

6 And I will give peace in the land, and 
ye shall lie down, and none shall make 
you afraid : and I will rid evil beasts out 
of the land, neither shall the sword go 
through your land. 

7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and 
they shall fall before you by the sword. 

8 And five of you shall chase an hun- 
dred, and an hundred of yow shall put ten 

1 to flight: and" your enemies 
shall fall before you fr r the sword. 

9 For I will have respect unto you, and , 
■-■u fruitful, and 'multiply you, and 

establish my covenant with you. 

10 A:v : -re, and bring 
forth the >ld because of the new. 

11 And 1 will set my tabernacle among 
yen : and my soul shall not abhor ybn. 

12 And I w£ I ; you, and will 
be your God, and ye people. { 

13 I am the Lord your God", which 
brought you forth cut of the land of Egypt, 
that ye should not be their bondmen ; and 
I have broken the bands of your yoke, and 
made you go upright. 

14*11' But if ye will aot hearken unto me, 
and will not do all these commandments ; 

15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, 
or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that 
ye will not do ail my commandments, but 
that ye break my covenant : 

16"I also will do this unto you; I will 
even appoint over you terror, consump- 
tion, and the burning ague, that shall con- 
sume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart : 
and ye shall sow your seed in vain, lor your 
enemies shall eat it. 

17 And I will set my face against you, 
and ye shall be slain i >e ei icmies ; 
they that hate you shall reign o\ 
and ye shall ne'e when nonepursueth you. 

18 And if ye will not yet for all this 
• unto me, then I will punish you 

seven times more for your sins. 

19 And 1 will break the pride of pour 
power ; and 1 will h ?aven as 
iron, and your earth as brass: 

20 And your strength shall be spent in 
vain : for your land shall not yield her in- 

neither shall the trees of the land 
leir fruits. 

21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, 
and will not hearken unto me :" I will bring 
seven times more plagues upon you ac- 
cording to your sins. 

22 I wiii ai'. beasts among 
you, which sh; I our children, 
and destroy your cattle,and make you few. 
in number; and your high ways shall be 
desolate. 



H 



:e. 

• d 

.'an un- 

. id I will bring a sword upon you 

• 

intlit : ;•: 

within your < 
lenceanu 

e staff of 
vour bread, ten women shall b. i 
bread in I deliver 

• 

I iry unto me ; 

unto you 
I, will chastise 
sins. 

Pof your 
daughters shall 

I 1 I will destroy your high places 
and cut I 

ur idols, 

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and tin ; 

as it w i 

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fathers ikaUthej pineawa] 



Concerning vovm* 115 

If they shall confess their iniquity, 

and the iniquity of their fathers, with their 

gainst me, 

and that also they have walled contrary 

unto me ; 

41 And that I also have walked contra- 
• them, and have brought them into 
id ofthetr enemies ; if then their un- 
circumcised hearts be humbled, and they 
a< cept ot die punishment of their ini- 
quity : 

1 hen will I remember my covenant 

and also my covenant with 1- 

md also my cc\ enant whh Ab; aham 

mber; and I will remember 

the land. 

•13 The land also shall be left of them, 
and shall enjoy ber sabbaths, while she 
heth desolate \.'ith( ut them : and they shall 
accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 
because, even because, tl . my 

judgments, and because their soul abbi r- 
red r.iy statutes. 

44 And yet for all that, -vrhen they be in 
the land of their enemies, 1 Will not cast 
them away, neither w ill 1 abhor them, to 
destroy them utterly, and to break nn co- 
venant with them: fori am the Lord 
. 
45 Bull will for their sakes remember 
1 of their ancestors, whom I 
brought forth out i F.c\ pt, in 

i might be 

I .1:1 am the Lord. 
461 ites and judgments 

: .. >, \>\iW\\ the L id made between 
ildren oi Israel in mount 
. 
( HAP. WMI. 

tJting 
ie may not 

As, say- 

2 Speak unto the children ol Israel, and 

te a 
* thail be for the 
. 
. , Q be, of the 

D l>r 
ted of 

ithy estima- 

is < .Id even 

• "ion 

. wit be 

... 



1 1 6 Sanctifying houses andjields. NUMBERS. 

7 And if it be from sixty years old and a- 
beve; if i be a mate, then thy estimation 
shall be fifteen shekels, and tor the female 

it he he power thai 
fitm,then be shall present himself before the 
priest, and the priest shall value hi 
cording to his ability that vowed, shall toe 
priest value him. . 

9 \nd if it be & beast, whereof men bnng 
an offering unto the Lord, all that any man 
tiveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy. 

10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a 
food for a bad, or a bad tor a gocd : and il 
he shall at all change beast lor beast, then 
it,and the exchange thereoi shah pe holy. 

11 And if it be an y unclean beast, of 
which they do not ofier a sacrifice unto the 
Lord, then he shall present the beast eelore 



Concerning Tijthes. 



the priest : 

12 And the priest shall value it wheth- 
er it be good or bad : as thou vainest it, who 
art the priest, so shah it be. 

13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he 
shall add a fifth /mr/ thereoi unto thy esti- 
mation. „ t . 

14 And when a man shall sanctny his 
house to be holv unto the Lord, then the 
priest shall estimate it, whether it be good 
or bad : as the priest shall estimate it, so 
Shall it stand. 

15 And if he that sanctified :t will re- 
deem his house, then he shall add the fifth 
part of the money cl thy estimation unto it, 
and it shall be his. 

16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the 
Lord some part of a field of his possession, 
then thy estimation shall be according to 
the seed thereof : an homer of barley toed 
a/tall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 

17 If he sanctify his field from the year 
of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall 
stand. 

18 Eut if he sanctify his field after me ju- 
bilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him 
the money, according to the years mat re- 
main, even unto the 5 ear of the jubilee, and 
it shall be abated from thy estimation. 

19 And ii he that sanctified the field will 
in any wise 1 edeem it, tl add the 
filih 'pan of the money otthy est:. 
unto it, and it shall Le assured to him. 

20 And it he will not redeem I 
er i : another man, 
it shall not be redeemed any more. 



21 But the field, when it gceth out in the 
jubilee, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a 
field devoted ; the possession thereof shall 
be the priest's. 

22 And if a man sanctify unto the Lord 
a field which he hath bought, which in not 
ox the fields of his possession ; 

23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him 
the worth of thy estimation, even unto the 
year of the jubilee : and he shall give thine 
estimation in that day, as a holy thing un- 
to the Lord. 

24 In the year of the jubilee, the field 
shall returnunto him of whom it was bought, 
even to him to whom the possession of the 
land did belong. 

25 And all thy estimation shall be ac- 
cording to the shekel oithe sanctuary : twen- 
ty gerahs shall be the shekel. 

25 Only the firstling of the beasts, which 
should be' the Lord's firstling, no man shall 
sanctify k : whether it be ox, or sheep : it 
bird's. 

27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then 
he shah redeem it according to thine esti- 
mation, and shall add a fifth/wrl of it there- 
to : or if it be not redeemed, then it shall 
be sold according to thy estimation. 

28 ^! Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, 
that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all 
that he hath, both of man and beast, and of 
the field of Iris possession, shall be sold or 
redeemed: every devoted thing is most 
holy unto the Lord. 

29 None devoted, which shall be devo- 
ted of men, shall be redeemed ; but shall 
surely be put to death. 

30 And all the tithe of the land, whether 
of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the 
tree, is the Lord's : it is holy unto the Lord. 

31 And if a man will at all redeem aught 
of his tithes, he shall add thereto the tilth 
part thereof. 

32 % And concerning the tithe of the 
herd, or of the fleck, even of whatsoever 
passe th under the rod, the tenth shall be ho- 
ly unto the Lord. 

33 He shall not search whether it be 
good or bad, neither shall he change it : 
and if he change it at all, then both it and the 
change thereof shall be holy ; it shall not 
be redeemed. 

34 These are the commandments, which 
the Lord commanded Moses for the chil- 
dren of Israel in mount Sinai. 



The Fourth Book o/'Moses, called Numbers. 



1,1! 



CHAP. I. 
The meit oj war numbered. 47 The 
Levitt* art 



AND the Lord spake unto Moses m die 
• z tabernacle 
01 the congi eg^tifji, on the iirst day oi UK 



ThemMar Chap.i 

ifecond month, in tie rec; • 1 1 Ley 

* ere come out 

2 Tak< 
tion of the children 

■. 

ii by their 

lies of the men 
Reuben ; E 

n of Zu- 
t 9( nofHelon. 

raim : 

il y). . 

12 Oi 

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nun whic 

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1 of diem, 
and 
. 

genr 

tdand op- 
ed of them, 
and 

I nd fifty. 

Ii, by their 

i lie 

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a old 

1 of them* 

. hundred. 

38 Ofthe children of Issachtir, by their 

the 

x>rdingtothenum- 

vk\ 

rthto 

umbered of them, 
•< fifty and 
<!red. 
30 Of the childn n, by tlieir 

ii •-, by the 
■ • num- 
ber of re old 
and-.; e to go forth 

,1 of them, 

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118 The Levites are exempted, N U M B E R S. The order of the tribes 

37 Those that were numbered of them, | 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about 
even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty ' the tabernacle of testimony, that there 
and five thousand and four hundred, j be no wrath upon the congregation of the 

38 Of the children of Dan, by their gen- ' children of Israel: and the Levites shall 
erations, after their families, by the house ] keep the charge of the tabernacle of testi- 
of their fathers, according to the number of mony. 

the names, from twenty years old and up- | 54 And the children of Israel did accord- 
ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; ' ingto all that the Lord commanded Mo- 

39 Those that were numbered of them, ses, so did they. 



ex' en of the tribe of Dan, were threescore 
and two thousand and seven hundred. 

40 Of the children of Asher, by their gen- 
erations, after their families, by the house 
of their fathers, according to the number of 
the names, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, all that were able to go forth to war : 

41 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and 
one thousand and five hundred. 

42 Of the children of Naphtali, through- 
out their generations, after their families, 
by the house of their fathers, according to 
the number of the names, from twenty 
years old and upward, all that were able 
to go forth to war ; 

43 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty and 
three thousand and four hundred. 

41 These are those that were number- 
ed, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and 



CHAP. II. 

The order of the tribes in their tents* 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and 
unto Aaron, saying, 

2 Every man of the children of Israel 
shall pitch by his own standard, w;th the 
ensign of their father's house : iar offabout 
the tabernacle of the congregation shall 
they pitch. 

3 And on the east side toward the ris- 
ing of the sun, shall they of the standard of 
the camp of Juriah pitch, throughout their 
armies : andNashon the son of Ammina- 
dab shall be captain of the children of Ju- 
dah. 

4 And his host, and those that were 
numbered of them, were threescore and 
fourteen thousand and six hundred. 

5 And those that do pitch next unto him 
shall be the tribe of Issachar : and Netha- 
neel the son of Zuar shall be captain of 



the princes of Israel, being twelve men: ! the children oflssachar. 
each one was for the house of his fathers. | 6 And his host, and those that were num- 
45 So were all those that were numbered j bered thereof, were fifty and four thousand 
of the children of Israel, by the house of jgndibur hundred. 



7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : and Eliab 
the son of Helon shall be captain of the chil- 
dren of Zebulun, 

8 And his host, ancl those that were ; 
numbered thereof, were fifty and seven . 
thousand and four hundred. 

9 All that were numbered in the camp .; 
of Judah, were an hundred thousand and 
fourscore thousand and six thousand andh 
four hundred throughout their armies.- 
These shall first set forth. 

10 On the south side shall be the stand- 



their fathers, from twenty years old and up- 
waroV^ll that were able to go forth to war 
in Israel*; 

46 Even all they that were numbered, 
were six hundred thousand and three thou- 
s ind and five hundred and fifty. 

47 If But the Levites, after the tribe of 
their fathers, were not numbered among 
them. 

48 For the Lord had spoken unto Mo- 
ses, saying, 

49 Only thou shaft not number the tribe 
of Levi, neither take the sum of them among arc! of the camp of Reuben, according to 
the children of Israel ; their armies : and the captain of the chil- 

50 But thou shait appoint the Levites o- clren of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of 
ver the tab sthnony, and over Shedeur. 

all the vessels thereof, and over all things 11 And his host, and those that were 
that belong to it: they shall bear the taber- numbered thereof, were forty and six 
k I all the vessels thereof; and they thousand and five hundred. 

it, and shall encamp 12 And those which pitch by him . shall 
be the tribe of Simeon : and the captain of 

51 A' tethfor- the children of Simeon shall be Sheiumiel 
, the Levites shall take it down: and the son of Zurishaddai. 

itched, the Le- 13 And his host, and those that were 
ill set it up: hat numbered of them, were fifty and nine 

th. thousand and three hundred. 

h 14 Then the tribe of Gad : and the cap- 
, camp, tain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph 
and every rain c:rd, the son oi Reuel. 

throughout their hosts. . 15 And his host, and those that were 



in their tents. 

Bombered of them. -:■ .1 five 

I .'.jd and six bondn 
16 All that were numbered in me camp 
ofReubcn, uwxean htm id and 

fifty and one thousand and four hundred 
and fifty, throughout their \ 
they si 

- 

the Levites in the midst ofth 

- 
ard of the camp of Ephraim accoi 
th eii Amies : and me cant .:) of the 

. the son of 
Ami 1 

ind those thai 
nun rty thouband 

and fi 

the tribe of Ma- 
_h:and me captain of tlie children of 
ofPe- 
zur. 

t were 
re thirty and two 
thou IrecL 

: and the 
hall be 
>:<!eoni. 

hundred, 

' f 1) •■] 

. 

i n hhall 

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Chap. hi. The Levitetf terviee* 119 

bered of die cliildren of Israel by the house 
of their fathers : all those that were num- 
bered of tb,e camps throughout their hi sts, 
i hundred thousand and three 
and and five hundred and I 
33 But the Levites were n- t numbered 
ami ngthe children of Israel ; as die Lord 

d die children of Israel did accor- 
ding to all that the Lord commanded Mi - 
ses : so the\- pitched by thei 
and so mey set forward, every one after 
according to tlie house of 

CHAP. TIT. 
' service, 40 TheJtrs:born 



number 

' in the 

tired, i 



Ti f Aa- 
in the day //. 
. 

. these are the names of t: 

od Abi- 
bu, Eleazer, andlthamar. 

3 The: e err the names of the sons of 

me priests which wet& anointed, 
\\h')in he or.n^ecrated to miui.-ter in me 
■ flfice. 

4 And Nadab and Abihu died lx?fore 

they offered strai 
he Lord, in ti . 
and they had no children : and 1 
■ i d in thepri 

meir lather. 

Moses, 

■? the tribe of Le\ i i 

.i:n. 

!e congn g 
fore the I 

• i 
8 \u<! • truments 

of the tabern tele ofth< 

el, to do 

!e. 

1 

■ 



ll And the I 

matrix 

firstborn 

dU the fu 



120 Their number and charge. N U M 

beast : mine shall they be : I am the Lord. 

li uid the Lord spake unto IV! 
the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 

15 Number the children of Levi after 

icir fathers, by tiheir families; 
every male from a month old and upward 
shaltthou number them. 

16 And Moses numbered them accord- 
ing to the word of the Lord, as he was 
comm i 

17 And these were the sons of Levi by 
their names ; Gershon, and Kohath, and 
Merari. 

18 And these are the names of the sons 
c,[ Gershon by their families j Libni, and 

19 And the sons of Kohath by their fam- 
ilies ; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and 
I 

20 And the sons of Merari by their 
families: 1 Mushi. Tl 

the far; Levites ace i 

the house of their fathers. 

21 Of Gershon was the family of the 
Libnites, and the family of the ohimites, 
I . I 

22 Those that were numbered 1 1 
according to the number of all the 

I month old and upward, even those 

that were numbered of them, were seven 
thousand and rn e hundred. 

< 23 The families of the Gershonites shall 
pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 

24 And the chief of the house of the fa- 
ther of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph 
the sen oi'Lael. 

25 And the charge of die sons cf Ger- 
shon, in the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, */«*// be the tabernacle, and the tent, 

rering thereof, and the hanging 
door ofthe tabernacle of the con- 

urtj and 
the curt ' 

' e tabernacle, and 
round: . cords ot it i . 

sen-ice the 

Kohath «w the family ofthe 

family cfthelzehar- 

i 1 the family ofthe Hebronites, and 

the family of the Uzzielites : these are 

28 In the number i . 
a month old andupi 

id six hundred, keeping tl 

. 

the tabernacle 
south v 

use of the fa- 
ther of t] Lohathites, -shall 
n of Uzziel. 
31 Vndtheir charge shall be the ark, 
and the table, and the candlestick, and the 



BERS. 



7 lie firstborn redeemed. 



altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary 
wherewith they minister, and the hang- 
ing, and all the service thereof. 

32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the 
priest shall be chief over the chief of the 
Levites, and have the oversight of them 
that keep the charge ofthe sanctuary. 

53 Of Merari was the family of the 
Mahlites, and the family ofthe Mushites ; 
tliese are the families of Merari. 

34 And thr.se that were numbered of 
them, according to the number of all the 
males, from a month old and upward, 
were six thousand and two hundred. 

i:he chief of the house of the fa- 
ther ofthe families of Merari. was Zu- 
riel the son of Abihail ; these shall pitch 
on the side of the tabernacle northward. 

36 And under the custody and charge 
ofthe sons of Merari shall be the boards 
ofthe tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and 
die pillars thereof, and the sockets there- 
of, and all the vessels thereof, and all that 
serveth thereto, 

37 And the pillars ofthe court round a- 
bout, and their sockets, and their pins, and 
their cords. 

38 But those that encamp liefore the ta- 
bernacle toward the east, even before the 
tabernacle of the congregation eastward, 
shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, 
keeping the charge of the sanctuary for 
the charge of the children of Israel : ' and 
the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put 
to death. 

39 All thatwere numbered of the Levites, 
which Moses and Aaron numbered at the 
commandment ofthe lx>rd, throughout 
their families, all the males from a month 
old and upwards, were twenty and two 
thousand. 

40 «f[ And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Number all the firstborn of the males of 

ren of Israel, from a month old 
and upward, and take the number of their 
names. 

41 And thou shalt take the Levites for 
me, I am the Lord, instead of all the first- 
born among the children of Israel ; and 
the cattle ofthe Levites instead of all the 

among the cattle of the children 
of Israel. 

42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord 
commanded him, all the firstborn among 
the children of Israel. 

.1 ah the firstborn males, by the 
number of names, from a month old and 
upward, of those that were numbered of 
them, were twenty and two thousand two 
hundred and threescore and thirteen, 

44^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

ke the Levites instead of all the 
firstborn among the children of Israel, 



The Jjl :ea. Chap 

and the • 

■ 
i 

46 Arid for those that art 

ed of tin. 

: 

47 T:. 

: .lie she- 
ive the money, 

- 

•■y : 

of them 

rd of the 
. 

. IV, 

17 and office 

AND sea, and 

ns of Kohath 
ter their 

I 

rk in the tabernacle 

he sons of 
- -ngregu- 

: 

- 
t in the 

■ 
tinual bi 

; 

• f blue, 
and oovei 

cs, and ; 
with the 

10 And the^ shall put it m ' 

there >t'v 
and shall 



i v. ef 9tvcnd offices. 121 

11 And upon a they shall 

i'.h a 

covering of! utto 

lithe instruments 
: >T;.. wrhc ei in the 

md put them in a cloth of blue, 
and cover them with a cow 

tall put them on a har: 
1 j A ill take away the ashes 

from the altar, and spread a purple clcth 

" put upon it all thevc<- 

1 the 

Is of 

id upon it a 

>, and put to the- 

15 And when Aaron and his sons have 

made an end of co veriit gthe sanctuary, and 

nary, as the camp 

ra sons or 

K' )hath shall come to bear it : Ik; 
not touch ami holy thins?;, lest they die. 
Tin se • ''.' ■■< .•■-•-the burden of the boob of 
K.ohathinthe tabernacle of the con 

tXHK 

. the son 
, the priest, ' ie oil for 

. and the sweet incense, and the 
dafli me 

d 
of all tli it 
i 

171 And the Lord spake unto Moses 
ing, 

of the families 

: 

them, that i 1 . 

ch un- 

and his 
them every 
>*n: 

e when 

• 
- 

the sum ofth 

shon,thl 

lies ; 

rthem; 

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122 Their number. 

26 And the hangings of the court, and 
the hanging for the door of the gate of the 
court, which is by the tabernacle and by 
the altar round about, and their cords, and 
all the instruments of their service, and all 
that is made for them : so shall they serve. 

27 At the appointment of Aaron and his 
sons, shall be all the service of the sons of 
the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and 
in all their service ; and ye shall appoint un- 
to them in charge all their burdens. 

28 Tliis is the service of the families of 
the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of 
the congregation : and their charge shall 
be under the hand of Ithamar the son of 
Aaron the priest. 

29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt 
number them after their families, by the 
house of their fathers; 

30 From thirty years old and upward, e- 
ven unto fifty years old, shalt thou number 
them, every one that entereth into the ser- 
vice, to do the work of the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

31 And this is the charge of their bur- 
den, according to ail their sevice in the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation ; the boards of 
the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and 
the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 

32 And the pillars of the court round a- 
bout, and their sockets, and their pins, and 
their cords, with all their instruments, and 
with all thei r service : and by name ye shall 
reckon the instruments of the charge of 
their burden. 

33 This is the service of the families of 
the sons of Merari, according to all their 
service, in the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, under the hand of Ithamar the son of 
Aaron the priest. 

34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief 
of the congregation numbered the sons ol 
the Kohathites after their famines, and af- 
ter the house of their fathers, 

35 From thirty- years old and upward, e- 
ven unto fifty years old, every one thaten- 

tq the service, for the work in the 
tabernacle of the congregation : 

36 And those that were numbered of them 
by their families, were two thousand seven 
hunch' 

37 These were they that were numbered 
of the families of the Kohathites, all that 
might do service in the tabernacle of the 

Varondid 
nmandment of 
the Lord by the hand of Moses. 

38 And thi se thi \ w« re numbered of the 
sons of ( i .* their families, 
xnd b 

and upward, e- 
vcn'.n U ery one that en- 

tereth ii . c, for the, work in the 

tabernacie oi .ion, 



NUMBERS. Unclean put out of camp. 

40 Even those that were numbered of 
them, throughout their families, by the 
house of their fathers, were two thousand 
and six hundred and thirty. 

41 These are they that were numbered 
of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all 
that might do service in the tabernacle of 
the congregation, whom Moses and Aa- 
ron did number according to the command- 
ment of the Lord. 

42 And those that were numbered of the 
families of the sons of Merari, throughout 
their families, by the house of their fathers, 

43 From thirty years old and upward, e- 
ven unto fifty years old, every one that en- 
tereth into the sendee, for the work in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 

44 Even those that were numbered of 
them after their families, were three thou- 
sand and two hundred. 

45 These be those that were numbered 
of the families of the sons of Merari, whom 
Moses and Aaron numbered according to 
the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 

46 Ail those that were numbered of the 
Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the 
chief of Israel numbered, after their fami- 
lies and after the house of their fathers, 

47 From thirty ye? rs old and upward, e- 
ven unto fifty years old, every one that came 
to do the service of the ministry, and the 
service of the burden in the tabernacle of 
the congregation ; 

48 Even those that were numbered of 
them were eight thousand and five hundred 
and fourscore. 

49 According to the commandment ot 
the Lord, they were numbered by the 
hand of Moses, every one according to his 
service, and according to his burden : thus 
were they numtered of him, as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The unclean put out of the camp, S Res- 
titution enjoined. 11 The trial oneakmsy. 



AND the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing) 

2 Command the children of Israel, that 
they put out of the camp every leper, and 
every one that hath an issue, and whoso- 
ever is defiled by the dead : 

3 Both male and female shall ye put out, 
without the camp shall ye put them ; that 
they defile not their camps, in the midst 
whereof I dwell. 

4 And the children of Israel did so, and 
put them out without the camp; as the 
Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children 
of Israel. 

51 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

6 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
When a man or a woman shall commit a- 
ny sin that men commit, to do a trespass a- 



J of jealousy* 

i, and that person be guilty ; 

I 

and add 

^ed. 

- 
■ 

an atonement skull be m 
him. 

ly things 
iey bring 

lllovred tilings 
shall be . 

. 
i spake on* 

en of Israel, and 

it behki : 

r she be 
me upon 

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- 



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I 

1 

- 



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-. 191 

kiddie priest 
d make 
anoog div peo- 
ple when the Lord doth make thy diigh to 
well : 
22 And lit causeth die curse 

■ 'j belly 
to s\v ell, and tky thigh to rot ; And the wo- 
. en, amen: 

e se cur- 
ses in a b-/ok, and he shall blut them out 
with the bitter 

cause the woman to 
drink the bitter walei jeth the 

thi it causeth the curse 
shall t: 

Eg thejealousy 
and, and shall 
re die Lord,and offer 
it upon die.ii. 

riest shall take an handful 

of die ofiv i . . i e memorial theieot, 

and burn it upon the altar, and at. \ : 

d to drink the water. 

I when he hath made her to drink 

-i come to pass, that, 

it she be defiled, and have done trespass a- 

gakst her husband, that the water that 

into her, and 

become bitter, :ind her belly shall swell, and 

her diigi. . m shall 

pie. 

i be not defiled, but 

f jealousies, • 

id of her 
: is defiled; 
when the spirit of jealous; 
eth ujx !. ver bis 

. e upon 

- 
. VI. 

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■ 



124 Form bf blessing the people, NUMB 

5 All the days of the vow of his sepa- 
ration there shall no razor come upon his 
head: until the days be fulfilled, in the 
which he separateth himself xxnto the Lord, 
he shall be holy, and shall' let the locks oi 
the hair of his head grow. 

6 All the days that he separateth Mm- 
self m\Xo the Lord he shall come at no dead 
body. 

7 He shall not make himself unclean for 
his father, or for Lis mother, for his broth- 
er, or for his sister, when they die : because 
the consecration of hisGod is upon his head. 

8 All the days of his separation btis ho- 
ly unto the Lord. 

9 And if any man die very suddenly by 
him, and he hath denied the head^ of' his 
consecration ; then he shah shave his head 
in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh 
day shah he shave it. 

10 And on the eighth day he shall bring 
two turtles, or two young pigeons, to 
the priest, to the door of the tabernacle oi 
the congregation : 

11 And the priest shall offer the one for 
a sin offering, and the other for a burnt of- 
fering, and make an atonement for him, 
for that he sinned by the dead, and shall 
hallow his head that same day. 

12 And he shall consecrate unto the 
Lord 'the days of his separation, and shall 
bring a lambofthe first year fcr a trespass 
offering: but the days that were before 
shall be lost, because his separation was 
denied. 

13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, 
When the days of his separation are fulfill- 
ed, he shall be brought unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation : 

14 And he shall oner his offering unto 
the Lord, cne he lamb of the first year with- 
out blemish for a burnt offering, and one 
ewe lamb of the first year without blem- 
ish for a sin offering, and cne ram without 
blemish for peace cfferir.gs, 

15 And a basket of unleavened bread, 
cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and 
wafers of unleavened bread anointed with 
oil, and their meatohtring and their drink 
offerings. 

16 And the priest shall bring them, be- 
fore the Lord, and shall offer his sin offer- 
ing, and his burnt offering : 

17 And he shall offer the ram/or a sac- 
rifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with 
the basket of unleavened bread : the priest 
shall offer also his meat offering, and his 
drink offering. 

18 And the Kazarite shall shave the head 
of his separation at the door of the taber- 
nacle < £ the a ngregation, and shall take 
the hair of the head of his » 
put it in the fire which is i 
lice of the peace offerings. 



E R ?;. The pi inces' offerings at the 

19 And the priest shall take the sodden 
shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened 
cake out of the basket, and one unleavened 
wafer, and shall put them upon the hands 
of the Nazarite, after the hair cflm sep- 
aration is shaven : 

20 And the priest shall wave them fcr a 
wave offering before the Lord : this is ho- 
ly tor the priest, with the wave breast and 
heave shoulder : and alter that the Nazar- 
ite may drink wine. 

21 This is the law of theNazarite who 
hath vowed, and of his offering unto the 
Lord fcr his separation, beside that that 
his hand shall get : according to the vow 
which he vowed, so he must do aher the 
law of his separation. 

22 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saymg, 

2 j bpeak unto Aaron and unto his sons, 
saying, On this wise ye shah bless the chil- 
dren of Israel, saying unto them, 

24 The Lord biess thee, and keep thee : 

25 The Lord make his face shine upon 
thee, and be gracious unto thee: 

26 The Lord lift up his countenance up- 
on thee, and give thee peace. 

27 And they shall put my name upon the 
children of Israel; and I wilibiess them. 

CHAP. VII. 
1, 10 The princes' ojftnngz. 89 God 
speaketJito Mosesfrom the mercy scat. 

AND it came to pass on the day that 
Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, 
and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and 
all the instruments thereof, both the altar 
and ail the vessels thereof, and had anoint- 
ed them, and sanctified them ; 

2 That the princes of Israel , heads cf 
the hcuse of their fathers, who were the 
princes of the trioes, and were over them 
that were numbered, offered : 

3 And they brought their offering be fore 
the Lord, six covered waggons, and twelve 
oxen ; a waggon for two of the princes, 
and for each one an ox : and they brought 
them before the taberaade. 

4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

5 Take it of them , that they may be to da 
the service of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation ; and thou shalt gi .e them unto the 
Levites,to every man according to hisser- ' 
vice. 

6 And Moses took the waggons and the 
oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 

7 Two waggons and four oxen he gave 
unto the sons of Gershon, according to 
their sen ice : 

8 And four waggons and eight oxen he 

to the sons of Merarf, according 
unto their service, under the hand cf Itha- 
mar the son of A iron the pi 

9 But unco the seas of Kohath he gave 



dedication of the tabernacle* 

■ 
101 .'.. 

. their el- 
. 
11 And the Lord said unto i Moses, They 
I 

altar. 
< ring the 
r Ammin- 

13 And tns< ' ue sflver ehar- 

tilver bowl or seventy 

nctuar) ; 

both ot ur ming- 

kd with oil, i 

14 0m .. .'*• of gold, full 

lock, one n m, i ne 
Umbo! 

. 

iww the offer- 

. 
.. 
r, cud offer: 

.in hun- 

i 

■ 

i 
I 

I 

- 

thirty 
both pi ' 

: 

' e kid oj th< 

lambs- of the fii 

Eliab tlic son 



yn. The princes' offering*, 1SS 

30 On 

prince of ihe child] 

ing was one silver charger, 
of the weight of an hundred and thirty 
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy si 

- u nci of thesanctuarj ; both of 
them full or fine Hour mingled with j il, for 
it offering: 
32 One golden spoon often shekels, full 
use : 

I I ung hullock, one ram, out 

the first ;. ear, for a burnt offering : 

atsforasin offering: 

fii e of peace offt i ings, 

two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five 

.: e first year : thiswa* the affei- 

izur the sen of She 

od On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of 

. | : |nce ot tlie children of Si- 

n a- n, did iffi r: 

37 His otfering was one silver charger, 
the wejg 1 i whereol was an hundred and 
thirty shekel? , one silver bowl of seventy 

after the shekel of the sanctuary ; 
both of diem full of fine flour mingled with 
oil, for a meatoffering : 

38 One golden spooa of ten shekels, full 
of incense : 

39 One young bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of tl . for a burnt offering : 

40 One kiu of the goats for a sin offer- 
ing: 

41 And for a 

■ tij five rem*, 

■ . . the< Si r- 

. 

42 On i. 

Deuel,] . i hildrenofGad 

<d : 

. 

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126 The prince? offerings, NUMB 

50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full 
of incense : 

51 One young bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of the 'first year, for a burnt offering : 

52 One kid of the goats for a sin of it ring : 

53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five lie goats, five 
lambs of the first year : this wan the of- 
fering of Eiishama'the son of Amrnihud. 

54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel 
the son of Pedahzur, prince ox the children 
of Manasseh: 

55 His offering was one silver charger, 
of the weight of an hundred and thirty 
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for 
a meat offering : 

56 One golden spocn of ten shekels, full 
of incense : 

57 One young bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of the "first year, for a burnt offering : 

58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 

59 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five lie goats, five 
lambs of the first year : this was the offer- 
ing of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 

'60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of 
Gideoni, prince of the children of Benja- 
min, offered : 

61 His offering was one silver charger, 
the v, e;ght whereof was an hundred and 
thirty sht kels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, alter the shekel of the sanctuary ; 
both of them full of fine flour mingled with 
oil, for a meat offering : 

62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full 
of incense : 

63 One young bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 

64 One kid of the goats for a sin i 

65 And for a sacrifice of peace oi 
two oxen, five rams, five he gi 

lambs of the first year : this was the of- 
fering of Abidan the s< n I 

66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son cf 
Ammishaddai, prince of the children of 
Dan, offered: 

67 His offering was one silver charger, 
the weight whereof was an hundred and 
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, alter the shekel of the san< 

both of them full ol fine flour mingled with 
oil, for a meatoffering: 

68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full 
of income : 

69 One young bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of the fir^t j ear, for a burnt 

70 One kid of the goats lor a sin \ : 

■ I for a sacrifice of peace o: 
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five 
: the first \ ear : this ivas the offer- 
ing ' i Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the ion 



ER5. Swn of the dedication, 

of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, 
offered: 

73 His offaring was one silver charger, 
the weight whereof was an hundred and, 
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; 
both of them full of fine flour mingled with 
oil, for a meat offering : 

74 One golden spoon ci ten shekels, full 
of incense : 

75 One young bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 

76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 

77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five 
lambs of the first year : this was the of- 
fering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 

78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of 
Enan, prince of the children cf Naphtali, 
offered : 

79 His offering was one silver charger* 
the weight whereof was an hundred and 
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 
both of them full of fine flour mingled with 
oil, for a meat offering : 

80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full 
of incense : 

81 One young, bullock, one ram, one 
lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 

82 One kid cf the goats for a sin offering : 

83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he goats five lambs 
of the first year : this was the offering of 
Ahira the son of Enan. 

84 This was the dedication of the altar, 
in the day when it was anointed, by the 
princes oi Israel : twelve chargers of silver, 
twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 

'oo Each charger of silver weighing an 
hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl sev- 
enty : all the silver vessels weighing two 
a and lour hundred shekels, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary : 

86 The golden spoons were twelve, full 
of incense, wt ighing ten shekels a piece, 
alter the shekel oi the sanctuary: all the 
gold of the spoons was an hundred and 
twenty shekels. 

87 All the oxen for the burnt offering 
were twelve bullocks, the rains twelve, 
the lambs of the first year twelve, with 
their meat offering : and the kids of the 
goat.-, for a sin offering tweh e. 

88 And aii the oxen for a sacrifice of the 
peace offerings were twenty and four bul- 
locks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, 
the Iambs oi the fii-st year sixty. This was 
the dedication of the alter, 'after that it 
was anointed. 

And when Moses was gone into 
the tabernacle of the congregation to speak 
with him, then he heard the voice oi one 
speaking unto him from off the mercy seat 



Thcc<msccrck~: r jil-r I.-. .-... Q | 

that wom upon the ark of testimony, from 
between the two cherub: 

C HAP. VIII. 

- 

AND ike unto Most 

2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, 
When thou lightest the lamps, the seven 
lamps shall £. 
k. 

he lighted the 
• ereof over against the c. . 
. ' . 

4 And : the candle 
c/*beait 

rers thereof, 1 
cording unto the pa r . 
had shewed Mo^es, su he made :! . 

5 ■' And the Lord spake unt 

tes from among the 
uisethem. 

I 
ter of ptirifj - 
ing up< -all their 

thes, and 
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\iii, ix. Th- 

of "the firstborn of all the children of I 
ken them unto me. 
1" For all the firstborn of the children of 
man and be 
• at I smote every firstborn in the 
myseKi 
e taken the I 
the firstborn of the children of 1 - • 

re given die Levi:c3 a* a gift 
to Aaron and to his s ms, from among die 
children 

el in the tabernacle of the 
. .nd to moke 
for the children of Israel : that thci-e be no 

die children i 
die children of Israel come nigh unto tlie 

all the 
vael, did 
According unto all I 
Lord commanded M ing the 

. bo did thee!., 
them. 

I the Leviteswere purified, and 
ten" clothes j 
fered them at an < fteringbefore da 

i i nude an atonement for them 
>,se them. 

• went the Lt • 
to do their service in the 1 e of the 

. .nd before his 
•• 

icy unto 
. 

Id and 

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128 A cloud guideth the Israelites. NUM 

5 And they kept the passover on the 
fourteenth day ot the first month at even, 
in the v I ling to all 

that the Lord commanded Moses, so did 
the children of Isi 

G And there were certain men, who 
were defiled by the c 1 A a man, 

that they could not keep the passover on 
that day': and they came before Moses; 
and before Aaron en that day : 

7 And those men said unto him, We 
are defiled by the dead bod)' of a man : 
Wl lereibre are we kept back, that we may 
not offer an offering of the Lord in his ap- 
pointed season among the children of Is- 
rael ? 

8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, 
and 1 will hear v. hac the Lord will com- 
mand concerning you. 

9 And die Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing? 

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, If any man of you or of your pos- 

ial 1 be unclean ,* by reason of a dead 
body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he 
op the passover unto the Lord. 

11 The fourteenth day of the second 

it even they shaH keep it, and eat 
it with unleavened' bread and bitter herbs. 
1 They shad leave none of it unto the 
morning) nor break any bone of it : ac- 
cording to all the ordinances of the passo- 
ver they shall keep it. 

13 But the man that is clean, and is not 
in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the 
i er, even the same soul shall be cut 

off from his pecple : because he brought 
not the offering of the Lord in his appoint- 
I at man shall hear his sin. 
1-1 And if a stranger shall sojourn a- 
i u. and w ill keep the passover un- 
to the Lord; according to tiie ordinance 
of the passover, and iccording to the man- 
ner thereof, so shall he do : \e shall have 
*->nc ordinance, both for the stranger, and 
n that was born in the land. 

did on the day that the taberna- 
cle was reared up, the cloud covered the 
nt of the testi- 
thpre was upon the 
ranee of 

vered it 

.. rppearance of fireby night. 

in the cloud was taken up 

, then after that the 

ed : and in the 

■■■-ere the 

I their tents. 

f the Lord 

indatthe 

Lord they pitched : 

upon the taber- 

ited in their tents. 



B ERB. The use of the stiver truxifiets. 

19 And when the dotid tarried long up- 
on the tabernacle many day3, then the chil- 
dren of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, 
and journey eel not. 

20 And so it was, when the cloud was 
a few days upon the tabernacle : accord- 
ing to the commandment of the Lord they 
abode in their tents, and according to the 
commandment of the Lord they journey- 
ed. 

21 And so it was, when the cloud abode * 
from even unto the morning, and that the 
cloud was taken up in the morning, then 
they journeyed : whether it was by day 
or by night that the cloud was taken up, 
they journeyed. 

22 Or whether it were two days, or a 
month, or a year, that the cloud tarried 
upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, 
the children of Israel abode in their tents, 
and journeyed not : but when it was ta- 
ken up, they journeyed. 

23 At the commandment of the Lord 
they rested in their tents, and at the com- 
mandment of the Lord they journeyed : 
they kept the charge of the Lord, at the 
commandment of the Lord by the hand of 
Moses. 

CHAP. X. 

1 The use of the silver trumpets. 11 The 

Israelites remove from Sinai. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

2 Make thee two trumpets of silver ; 
of a whole piece shalt thou make them: 
that thou mavest use them for the calling 
of the assembly, and for the journeying of 
the camps. 

3 And when they shall fallow with them, 
all the assembly shall assemble themselves 
to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, 

4 And if they blow but with one trum- 
pet, then the princes, which are heads of 
the thousands of Israel, 3hall gather them- 
selves unto thee. 

5 When ye blow an alarm, then the 
camps that lie on the east parts shall go 
forward, 

6 When ye blow an alarm the second 
time, then the camps that lie on the south 
side shall take their journey : they shall 
blow an alarm for their journeys. 

7 But when the -congregation is to be 
gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye 
shall not sound an alarm. 

8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, 
shall blow with the trumpets ; and they 
shall be to you for an ordinance tor ever 
throughout your generations. 

9 And if ye go to war in vcur land a- 
gainst the enemy that oppresseth you, then 
ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets ; 
and ve shall be remembered before the 



The hi.- 



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hQdren of Aaher oat Pagiel the son of 



your ei; 

10 Also, in the day of y m 

in your e begin- 

nv with 
the trumpets over your burnt offerings, 
and over the sacrifices • f ; our 

: 

God : I < 

your ( . 

11 c And it came to pass on trie twen- 
tieth clay of the second month, in the se- 

that the ck nd 

. 

f Sinai ; 
. rested intlie wikk i 

irney ac- 
cording tothe f the Lord 

. 
14 In 
of the camp ot' the children of Ju 

d the son of A 

leel the 

. 

- the host of the tribe of the 

i 

1 the taljer: .down ; 

s i . 

. 

rd of the cam j 

and o\ 

• Uk- host of the tribe of the 

the tri 

I : 

i 

. ; I'ld. 

. 

e of the 
children 

p of the 
children ch iva* 

their b • 
ezer t! 

. le of the 



. . 

. .1 over the host of the tribe of the 
i of Naphtali vhxm Abirath* 

Enan. 

is were the journeying of the 
children of Israel, according* to their ar- 
mies, when they set forward. 

■ into Hobab, the son 
of Raguel the Midi. mite, Moses 1 lather in 
law, We are journeying unto t'ne place of 
i said, 1 will give it you : 
. uwith us, and we will do thee 
:• the Lord hath spoken good con- 
cerning Is 

; he said unto him, I will not go ; 

but I will dep irt lu mine own kind, and to 

my kindred. 

J 1 And he said, Leave us not, 1 pray 

.'Avesthow we 

are to encamp in the wilderness, audthuu 

• ,e to us instead of I 

fthou go with us. \ ca, 
it shall be, that what goodness die Lord 
shah do unto us, the same will we do unto 

3.3 And they df parted from the mount of 
die Lord three days' journey : and die ark 
of the covenant of the Lord went Ixjfore 
them in the three days' journey, tD search 
out a i em. 

; the Lord was upon 
hey went out of the 

pass, when the ark 
, ie up, 

kd let thine I . 

"•thee. 
. 
O Lord, unto the in 

CH 

4 Manna 

.. 

AN 1 1 

- kindled s and 
them, 

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1 

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130 The seventy ciders. NUMBERS. 

6 But now our soul is dried away : there 
is nothing at all, besides this manna, before 
our eyes. 

7 And the manna was as coriander 
seed, and the colour thereof as the colour 
of bdellium. 

8 ylndthe people went ab^ut, and gath- 
ered it, and ground it in mills or beat it in 
a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made 
cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the 
taste of fresh oil. 

9 And when the dew fell upon the camp 
in the night, the manna fell upon it. 

10 Then Moses heard the people weep 
throughout their families, every man in 
the door of his tent: and the anger of the 
Lord was kindled greatly ; Moses also was 
displeased. 

11 And Moses said unto the Lord, 
Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? 
And wherefore have I not found favour in 
thy sight, that thou layest the burden of 
all this people upon me ? 

12 Have I conceived all this people ? 
Have 1 begotten them, that thou shouldest 
say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as 
a nursing father beareth the sucking child, 
unto the land which thou swearest unto 
their fathers I 

13 Whence should I have flesh to give 
unto all this people ? for they weep unto 
me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 

14 1 am not able to bear all this people 
alone, because it is too heavy for me. 

15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill 
me 1 pray thee, out of hand, if I have 
found favour in thy sight : and let me not 
sec my wretchedness. 

161 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Gather unto me seventy men of the eld- 
ers of Israel, whom thou knowest to be 
the elders of the people, and officers over 
them ; and bring them unto the taberna- 
cle of the congregation, that they may 
stand therewith thee. 

17 And I will come down and talk with 

thee there : and 1 will take of the spirit 

which z# upon thee, and will put it upon 

and they shall bear the burden of 

the people with thee, that thou bear it not 

alone. 

13 And say thou unto the people sanc- 
tify y ourselves against to-morrow, and ye 
it flesh: tor ye have wept in the 
the Lord, saying, who shall give us 
flesh to eat I for it was well with us in E- 
rypt : therefore the Lord will give you 
flesh, and ye shall eat. 

J 9 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two 
days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor 
twenty days ; 

20 But even a whole month, until it 
come out at your nostrils, and it be lothsome 
unto you : because that ye have despised 



Quails are sent. 

the Lord which is among you, and have 
wept before him, saying, Why came we 
forth out of Egypt ? 

21 And Moses said, the people, among 
whom I cm, are six hundred thousand foot- 
men ; and thou hast sdd, I will give them 
flesh that they may eat a whole month. 

22 Shall the flocks and the herds be 
slain for them, to suffice them ? or, shall all 
the fish of the sea be gathered together 
for them, to suffice them I 

23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is 
the Lord's hand waxed short 1 Thou shalt 
see now whether my word shall come to 
pass unto thee or not. 

24 And Moses went out, and told the 
people tiie words of the Lord and gath- 
ered the seventy men of the elders of the 
people, and set them round about the ta- 
bernacle. 

25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, 
and spake unto him, and took of the spirit 
that was upon him, and gave it unto the 
seventy elders : and it came to pass, that, 
when the spirit rested upon them, they 
prophesied, and did not cease. 

26 But there remained two of the men 
in their camp, the name of the one was 
Eldad, and the name of the other Medad : 
and the spirit rested upon them ; and they 
were of them that were written, but went 
out unto the tabernacle : and they prophe- 
sied in the camp. 

27 And there ran a voung man, and 
told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad 
do prophesy in the camp. 

28 And Joshua the son of Nun the servant 
of Moses, owe of his young men, answered 
and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 

29 And Moses said unto him, Envies! 
thou for my sake I would God that all the 
Lord's people were prophets, and that the 
Lord would put his sph'it upon them. 

30 And Moses gat him into the camp, 
he and the elders of Israel. 

31 % And there went forth a wind from 
the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, 
and let them fall by the camp, as it were 
a day's journey on this side, and as it were 
a day's journey en the other side, round 
about the camp, and as it were two cubits 
high upon the face of the earth. 

'32 And the people stood up all that day, 
and all that night, and all the next day, 
arid they gathered the quails : he that ga- 
thered 'least gathered ten homers : and 
they spread them all abroad for themselves 
round about the camp. 

33 And While the flesh was yet between 
their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath 
of the Lord was kindled against the peo- 
ple, and the Lord smote the people with 
a very great plague. 

34 And he called the name of that place 



Aliriam'sand Aaron 9 * aeditkn. Chap, xii, xiii 

Kibrotlihattaavah : because there they bu- 
ried the people that. 

neved firomKi- 
brbthhattaavah unfoHazeroth ; a... 
atHazei 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Miriam** and Aaron' '* sedition, 10 Mir- 

i:u. 

AND \ against 

man. whom lie had married: for he had 
manic man. 

2 And iie Lord indeed 

spoken onl\ bj - i spoken 

also in us 

; the men whi 

oly unto 

- 

cleofthe .And they tlirce 

came out. 

o And the Li rd came down a a pillar 

r of the 

■ 

forth* 

my words : If 

there Ik- a pn phetairo ng you, /the Lord 

-vv ill inak i in avis- 

ito him in a dream. 

;r * so, who is 

faithful in all mineh 

8\Vkh him will [speak mouth tomouth, 

; eeches, 

JJ he be- 

I cd. 
from ofl 

. !, Miriam 6< - 

came le] >w : and Aaron 

Miriam) and, behold, 

my ton ( 

, wherein w< 

and « 

the flesh is hall 
ethout of his imh. 

13 Ai 

she not h 

cirnp 
en not til 

Paran. 



77ic names, Ifc. of the afiies. 131 

CHAP. XIII. 

1 The name*, 1" instructions, 21 and actt 
of the s/ucs. 

AND the Lord spake untoMcses, say- 
ing 

thou men, that they may search 

the land of Canaan, which i give unto the 

children oi Israel : of every tribe of their 

lathers sludl ye send a man, every one a 

D ng them. 

3 And Mi scs by the commandment of 
d.e L< rd sent them from die wilderness 

• hi ta ee men were heuds of the 
children of Israel. 

4 And these were their names : of the 
tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zac- 
cur. 

5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the 
I lori. 

6 Of the ti ibe of Judah, Caleb the son 
of Jephunneha 

7 Of the tribe oflssachar, Igal the son 
i ph. 

8 OF the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the 
son of Nun. 

9 Of the tril>e of Benjamin, Palti the son 
oi Raphu. 

10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the 
son ( I Sodi. 

11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namr.'ij, of the 
sen, Gadi the son ofSusi. 

12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ainmielthe son 
of Gemalli. 

13 Of die tribe of Asher, Sethur the son 
ofMichaeL 

1 i ( tfthe tribe of Naphtali, Nalibi the 
ion ofVophn* 

. . ie tribe of Gad, Gene] the son of 

Machi. 

! the names oftlie men 
> spy cut the find. 

iheathe boo of Nun 

iu .. 
i. ' \ to spy < ut 

I unto them, 

lict you up this way southward, and ^> up 
into the mountain : 

ie land, whi 

rein, whether 

■ . ilua-11 
D i what 

. 

Lolds ; 

I 
the time 

■ 

I 

nth, and 
came is , where .. 



132 Acts and reports oj the spies. NUMB 

Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, | 
•were. Now Hebron was built seven years 
before Zoan in Egypt. 

23 And they came unto the brook of 
Eshcol, and cut down frcm thence a 
branch with one cluster of grapes, and they 
bare it between two upon a staff: and they 
brought of the pcmegranates,and of thefigs. 

24 The place was called the brook Esh- 
col, because of the cluster of grapes which 
the children of Israel cut down fromthence. 

25 And they returned from searching of 
the land after fort}- days. 

26 And they went and came to Mcses, 
and to Aaron, and to ail the congregation 
of the children of Israel, unto the wilder- 
ness of Paran, to Kadesh ; and brought 
back word unto them, and unto all the con- 
gregation, and shewed them the fruit of 
the land. 

27 And they told him, and said, We 
came unto the land whither thou sentest 
us, and surely it fioweth with milk and ho- 
ney ; and this is the fruit of it. 

28 Nevertheless, the people be strong 
that dwell in the land, and the cities are 
walled, and very great : and moreover, 
we saw the children of Anak there. 

29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of 
the south : and the Hittites, and the Jebu- 
sites, and the Amorites, dwell in the moun - 
tains : and the Canaamtes dwell by the sea, 
and by the coast oi Jordan. 

30 And Caleb stilled the people before 
Moses, and said, Let us gc up at once, and 
possess it ; for we are well able to over- 
come it. 

31 But the men that went up with him 
said, We be not able to go up against the 
people ; for they are stronger than we. 

32 And they brought up an evil report of 
the land which they had searched unto the 
children of Israel, saying, The land 
through which we have gone to search, it 
M a land that eateth up the inhabitants 
thereof; and all the people that we saw 
in it are men of a great stature. 

33 And there we saw the giants, the 
ions of Anak, which come of the giants: 
and w e were in our own sight as grasshop- 
pers, and so vc were in their sight. 

CHAP. XIV. 

The people mm muring at the report of the 

.7,/c... ened, 

AND ah the congregation lined up their 
v< ice, and cried ; and the people 
wept that night. 

. all the children of Israel mur- 

1 Moses and against Aaron : 

su d d e whole a ngr< gation said unto them, 

God that we had died in the land 

ot 1 g) pt ! < r Would Gc d we had died in 

this wuderness! 

3 And wherefore Jiath the Lord brought 



E R S. Tlie people murmur. 

us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that 
our wives, and our children should be a 
prey ? Were it not better for us to return 
into Egypt 4 

4 And they said one to another, Let us 
make a captain, and let us return into E- 
gypt. 

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their 
faces before all the assembly of the con- 
gregation of the children of Israel. 

6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Ca- 
leb the son of Jephunneh, which tvere of 
tbfcm that searched the land, rent their 
clothes : 

7 And they spake unto all the company 
of the children of Israel, saying, The land 
which we passed through to search it, is 
an exceeding good land. 

8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will 
bring us into this land, and give it us : a 
land which fioweth with milk and honey. 

9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, 
neither fear ye the people of the land ; ibr 
they are bread for us : their defence is de- 
parted from them, and the Lord is with 
us: fear them not. 

10 But all the congregation bade stone 
them with stones. And the glory of the 
Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the 
congregation before all the children cf Is- 
raeli 

11 And the Lord said unto Moses, How 
long will this people provoke me i And 
how long will it be ere they believe me, 
for all the signs which I have shewed a- 
mong them i 

12 1 will smite them with the pestilence, 
I and disinherit them, and will make of 
thee a greater nation, and mightier than 
they. 

13 And Moses said unto the Lord, Then 
the Egyptians shall hear it, for thou 
broughtest up this people in thy might 
frcm ameng them; 

14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants 
oi this land : for they have heard that thou 
Lord art among this people, that thcu 
Lord art seen lace to lace, and that thy 
cloud standeth over them, and that thcu 
goest before them, by day time in a pillar 
of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, 

15 New ?j thcu shalt kill ail this people 
as on. man, then the nations which have 
heard the fame oi thee will speak, saying, 

16 Because the Lord was not able to 
bring this people into the land which he 
swaieunto them, therefore he hath slain 
them in the wilderness. 

17 And new, 1 beseech thce.lctthcpow- 
er ot my Lord be great, according as thou 
hast spoken, saying, 

18 The Lord is Icngsufferirg, and of 
great merfcy, forgiving iniquity and trans- 
gression, and by no means clearing the 



p. xv. The Jmalekuei di&ccmjit than. 15,3 

.legation, that 

■ - : in this 

c consumed, and 

sent to 
d made 
against 
aging up a slander upon the land, 
. tliat did I; 

tht 
L rd. 
a the son cf Nun, and Ca- 

....... die land, liv- 



I 

j * e Lord. 

i liave 



: the^e sayings unto 
- people 
moun u 

p early in the mom- 

into the tup ot' the 

-nJ will 

41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do 

. 

'.he Lord is not a- 
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Dojes. 



tudhave 
ijes.ee it : 

t 

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turned 
the Lord 

fan of • -d to go up unto the 

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hich d welt in that hilL 
discomfited 

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134 The lev of NUM 

with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one 
lamb. 

6 Or for a ram, then shalt prepare for 
a meat offering two tenth deals ot flour 
mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. 

7 And for a drink offering thou shalt of- 
fer the third part of an hin oi wine^or a 
sweet savour unto the Lord. 

8 And when thou preparest a bullock 
for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in 

performing a vow, or peace offerings unto 
the Lord : 

9 Then shall lie bring with a bullock a 
meat offering of three tenth deals of ffour 
mingled with half an hin of oil. 

10 And thou shalt bring ior a drink of- 
fering half an hin of wine, Jor an offering 
made by fire of a sweet savour unto the 
Lord. 

1 1 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, 
or for one ram, or for a lamb, cr a kid. 

12 According to the number that ye 
shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one 
according to their number. 

13 All that are born of the country shall 
do these things after this manner, in offer- 
ing an offering made by fire of a sweet sa- 
vour unto the Lord. 

14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, 
or whosoever be among you in your gen- 
erations, and will oiler an offering made 
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; 
as ve do, so he shall do. 

15 One ordinance shall be both for you of 
the congregation, and also for the stranger 
that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for 
ever in your generations: as ye are, so 
shall the stranger be before the Lord. 

16 One law and one manner shall be for 
you, and for the stranger that sojourneth 
with you. 

17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing* 

18 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, When ye come into 
the land whither 1 bring you, 

19 Then it shall be, that when ye eat of 
the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an 
hea\ e offering unto the Lord. 

20 Ye shall" offer up a cake of the first of 
your dough for an heave offering: as ye 
do the heave offering oi the thre : lung floor, 

.. ye heave it. 
: i ( )t the first of your dough ye shall 
give unto the Lord an heave offering, in 
your generations. 

hd if ye have erred, and not obser- 
I these commandments, which the 

poken onto Moses, 
. y<frc all that the Lord hath corn- 
el you by the hand of Motes, from 
the day that the Lord commanded Moses, 
and henceforward among >our genera- 
tions ; 



B E R S. sundry offerings. 

24 Then it shall be, if aught be commit- 
ted by ignorance without the knowledge of 
the congregation, that all the congregation 
shall offer one young bullock for a burnt 
offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, 
with his meat offering, and his drink of- 
fering, according to the manner, and one 
kid of the goats tor a sin offering. 

25 And the priest shall make an atone- 
ment for all the congregation of the chil- 
dren of Israel, and it shall be forgiven 
them ; for it is ignorance : and they shall 
bring their offering, a sacrifice made by 
fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering 
before the Lord, for their ignorance: 

26 And it shall be forgiven all the con- 
gregation of the children of Israel, and the 
stranger that sojourneth among them : see- 
ing ail the people were in ignorance. 

27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, 
then he shall bring a she goat of the first 
year ior a sin offering. 

28 And the priest shall make an atone- 
ment for the soul that siimeth ignorantly, 
when he sinneth by ignorance before the 
Lord, to make an atonement for him ; and 
it shall be forgiven him. 

29 Ye shall have one law for him that 
sinneth through ignorance, both for him 
that is born among the children of Israel, 
and for the stranger that sojourneth among 
them. 

30 But the soul that dceth aught pre- 
sumptuously, whether he be born in the 
land, or a stranger, the same rcproach- 
eth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut 
off from among his people. 

31 Because he hath despised the word 
of the Lord, and hath broken his com- 
mandment, that soul shall utterly be cut 
off; his iniquity shall be upon him. 

32 "|| And while the children ot Israel 
were in the wilderness, they found a man 
that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 

33 "And they that found him gathering 
sticks, brought him unto Moses and Aaron, 
and unto ail the congregation. 

34 And they put him in ward, because it 
was not declared what should be done to 
him. 

35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The 
man shall be surely put to death : all the 
congregation shall stone him with stones 
without the camp. 

36 And all the congregation brought 
him without the camp, and stoned him 
with stones, and he died ; as the Lord com- 
manded tyloses. 

37 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

_ 38 bpeak unto the children of Israe 1 . md 
bid them chat they make them fringes ii 
the borders of their garments throughout 
their generations, and that they put'upow 



The rebellion 



Chap. x\i. 



o/Korah.ls-c. 135 



the fringe of the borders a ri!>band of blue : 
d it shall Ix: unto you for a fringe 
oembi r 
all tlie comma] c Lord, and do 

them ; and that ft seekro tafteryourown 
beai t, and your own ej es, after w bkh j e 
use ton a whoriug: 

I bat ye may re neml i 
mvcon. and be hoi) unto your 

God. 

41 I am the Lord vour God, which 
brought yon out of the (and of E 
tJod: I 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 TkerebrUi'.n'.fK.nh.^c. 3\ Hufttm- 
isfmient. 4 1 . f /: 'agiie, 46 *f oyi 

NOW 
of K 
than and :sonsofEli >'•• 

i Peleth, the sons of Reuben, took 

m*n : 

2 And they rote up before Moses, -with 

' f the children of Israel, two hun- 

I titty prince nbly, fe- 

itkm, men of renown : 

'. they gathered themselves togeth- 

.' against Aaron, and 

said unto them, Ye taJeetoo much upon 

ition are holy, 

. nd the Lord is among 

up your- 

e Lord ■ 

l heard i , he fell Up- 

5 V: and unto 

a'l his i 

the Lord wiD - • and who 

roe near 
unto him j i chosen 

wiO he unto him. 

. Koran, 
U his comp 

• incense 

i 
t take too 

■■\ i : 

from ti i 

ind before 

i ;• unto them : 

and ali I 

! .iK < : 

1 
murmur ag tinsl hi 



Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said. 
We will not come up: 

13 h it a small thing that thou hast 
rt us up out of a land that flow rath 

with milk and honey, to kill us in the wil- 
derne -s, except tin u make tin self altogeth- 
era prmceover us? 

14 Moreover, thou hast not brought us 
into a land that fiWcth with milk and ho- 

i us inheritance of fields and 
\ ineyaras : Wilt thou put out the eyes of 
these men : We will not come up. 

15 And Moses was very wroth, and said 
unto the Lord, Respect not thou their of- 
fering : 1 h ;\ enoi taken one ass from them, 
neither have I hurt one of them. 

16 And Mosessaid unto Koran, Be thou 
and all thy company before the Lord, diou, 
and they, and Aaron, ttMnorraw : 

17 And t ike every man his censer, and 
put incense in them, and bring ye I d K 
thel^ord every man his censer, two hun- 
dred andfiftv censers; thou also and Aa- 
ron, each ofyou his censer. 

13 And they took every man bis censer, 

and put fire in them, and laid incense there - 

I in the door of the tabernacle 

of the- od Aaron. 

19 And Koran gathered all the congre- 
gation against them unto the door ot the 
tabernacle of the congregation: and the 
glory of the Lord appeared unto all the 

tion. 

20 And the ! A r<! spake unto Moses, and 

•'■ in^, 

from among this 

c ingreg ition, th it I mayc nsumetheni in 

. 
22 And thev fell upon their f. ices, and 
said, o Uod, the c ;«xl of the spirits of all 
.'. man sin, and wilt thou \)C 

Lnd thi Lord spake unto Moses, say- 

[ ran up t-.« m ab ut ih<- tabernaclepf fl 
I Abiram* 

i and wtol unto 
i Ldi n ■ I 

I . him. 

, Dq ■-. I p tents 

• n, and touch n thin 

I ias. 

, ' rm thel ibernai 

ide: 

tie out, <nd 

their 

• Little* hil- 

- 

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136 Punishment of Korah, &c. NUMB 

29 If these men die the common death 
of ail men, or if they be \ isited after the 
visitation of ail men ; then the Lord hath 
not sent me. 

30 Etit if the Lord make a new thing, 
and the earth open her mouth, and swal- 
low them up, with all that appertain unto 
them, and the}; go down quirk into the 
pit ; then ye shall understand that these 
men have provoked the Lord. 

31 II And it came to pass, as he had 
made an end ©f speaking all these words, 
that the ground clave asunder that was 
under them : 

32 And the earth opened her mouth, 
and swallowed them up, and their houses, 
and all the men that appertained unto Ko- 
rah, and all their goods. 

33 They, and all that appertained to 
them, went down alive into the pit, and 
the earth closed upon them : and they per- 
ished from among the congregation. 

34 And all Israel that were round about 
them, fled at the cry of them : for they said, 
lest the earth swallow us up also. 

35 And mere came out a fire from the 
Lord, and consumed the two hundred and 
fifty men that offered incense. 

36 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing) 

37 Speak unto Eieazar the son of Aa- 
ron the priest, that he take up the censers 
out of the burning, and scatter thou the 
fire yonder : for they are hallowed. 

38 The censers of these sinners against 
their own souls, let them make them broad 
plates for a covering of the altar : for they 
offered them before the Lord, therefore 
they are hallowed : and they shall be a 
sign unto the children of Israel. 

39 And Eleazar the priest took the bra- 
zen censers, wherewith they that were 
burnt had offered ; and they were made 

' lutes for a covering of the altar : 

40 To be a memorial unto the children 

no strangei-, which is not of 
1 of Aaron come near to offer in- 
cense before the Lord ; that he be not as 
Korah, and his company : as the Lord said 
to him by the hand of Moses. 

41 1 But on the morrow all the congre- 
gation of the children of Israel murmur- 
ed against Moses and against Aaron, say- 
illed u,e people of the Lord. 
came to pass, when the eon* 
. insl I 
Aaron, that they looked toward 
. ttiacle of the congregation : and, 
the cloud covered it, and the glory 
of the Lord 

43 And Moses and Aaron came before 
the tabem* cle of the congregation. 

44 And the Lord spake uiito Moses, say* 



E R S. Aaron's rod budding* 

45 Get you up from among this congre- 
gation, that I may consume them as in a 
moment. And they fell upon their fa- 
ces. 

46 f And Moses said unto Aaron, Tnke 
a censer, and put fire therein from off the 
altar, and put on incense, and go quickly 
unto the congregation, and make an' atone- 
ment tor them : for there is wrath gone cut 
from the Lord; the plague is begun. 

47 And Aaron took as Moses command- 
ed, and ran into the midst of the congre- 
gation : and, behold-, the plague was begun 
among the people : and he put on incense, 
arid made an atonement for the people. 

48 And he stood between the dead and 
the living ; and the plague was stayed. 

49 Now they that died in the plague 
were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, 
beside them that died about the matter of 
Korah. 

50 And Aaron returned unto Moses un- 
to the dcor of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation: and the plague was stayed. 

CHAP. XVII- 

1 Aaron's rod budding, 10 is laid up for a 

monument, 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
take of every one of them a rod, accord- 
ing to the house of their fathers, of all their 
princes, according to the house of their 
fathers, twelve rods : write thou every 
man's name upon his rod. 

3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name 
upon the rod of Levi : for one rod shall be 
for the head of the house of their fathers. 

4 And thou shalt lay them up in the ta- 
bernacle of the congregation before the tes- 
timony, where I will meet with you. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that the 
man's rod whom I shall choose, shall blos- 
som: and I will make to cense from me 
the murmurings of the children of Israel, 
whereby they murmur against you* 

6 And Moses spake unto the children 
of Israel, and' every one of their princes 
gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, 
according to their lathers' 1 houses, even 
twelve rods : and the rod of Aaron was 
among their rods. 

7 And Moses laid up the rods before the 
Lord in the tabernacle of -witness. 

8 And it came to pass, that on the mor- 
row Moses went into the tabernacle of 
witness ; and, behold, the rod of Aaron 
for the house of Levi was buckled, and 
brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, 
and yielded almonds. 

9 And Moses brought out all the rods 
from before the Lord unto all the children 
of Israel : and the) looked, and took every 
man his rod. 



Charge Levitea, Chap 

10 c ' And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Bring Aaron's rod a- the testi- 
mony,tobekq.t fora token against the reb- 
els :' and then shaft (juite take a.. 
murmui 

11 And I rd com- 
manded him, so did be. 

12 And the children* N rael spake un- 
to Mose&tsaj ing, Beh 

isfa« we al p< 

13 Whosoever cometli any thing near 
unto the I 
Shall we be cot 

C HA 
1 The charge / tmd Lrvites. 9 

. 

AND the Lord said unto A- n n, Thou 
and 
with thee, of the 

sanctu .' 

2 Aw tribe of 

Levi, th 

-with the • be joined unto 

thee, ai • it » tnee : but thou and 

r before 
the tabernacle of wits 

.1 And they shall keep thy cbaf 

rge of all thetaberoacle ; only they 
shall nr>t OOme nigh the ve ■ 

od the altar, that neither they, nor 
j 

4 Arid they shall he joined un1 
of the t ibei 

' eaf the 

nigh unto yom 

of the 
■anctuar 

that thei nore upon the 

children of 1 

6 And I ui breth- 

ren the Lei Ites fh unan 
of Israel 

fi>r the ! i 

.. ithth< < 
shall I I 

I 

lad m 

• 

put tO ' 

B And 
hold, [also h 

ing, am! 
ever. 

9 r This s' 

things, rnerv 
kation of theii 

theirs, and e\ I 






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and every trespass offering of theirs, 
I -. I] n uder unto me, shall 
i diee and fi r thy sons. 

luln the most holy //Lee shult thou eat 
it ; every nv.de shall eat it : it sliall be I , 
unto thee. 

1 1 And this is thine ; the heave offering 
ir rift, with all the v. -, , | 

the children of Israel ; 1 have gi> en i i 
onto thee, and to thy sons, and to thy 
daughters whhthee,by astatine forever: 
DC that is clean in thy house shall 

12 Ail the oil, and all the 

and of the wheat, the 

the/ shall offer 

e Lord, diem I i thee. 

13 ^fru^ whatsoever is first ripe in the 

bkhthey ihattbrii aunto the Lord 

that is clean in 

thine house shah ear oj it. 

14 Every thing devoted in Israel sh .11 
lie thine. 

15 Every tiling that openeth the matrix 
in all flesh, which they bring unto th« 
I (Ord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall 
be thine: nevertheless, the firstborn of 
m ai i Bhalt thou surely redeem,and the first- 
ling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem* 

16 And those that are to be redeemed) 

month* Idshsitthou redeem, ai c 
ding to mine estimation for the monej of 
fivesheki Is, am r die - hek< I of the aanctu- 

i7 1 ■■■ "i. fir din ■ rwenrst- 

ling ofa ■ heep, or me fit ding oJ a go it, 

ly : 

It spi Inkle I • m the 

and shaH burn their tkt/sran i fier- 

ide bj fire, for a sweet Bavoui unto 

the l lord, 

I sir 11 be thine, 
thfl right saoul- 

- 

i , and thy 

liters with thee, bj B 
forever: it 
ever before the Lord, unto thee and to 
I'm seed with thee- 

ieir 

iu- 

' rael 
l * the 

for 
an ml ■ hit b 

1 die. 



138 The Levites' portion. N U M B 

23 But the Levites shall do the service 
of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
and they shall bear their iniquity : it shall 
be a statute for ever throughout your gen- 
erations, that among the children of Is- 
rael they have no inheritance. 

24 But the tithes of the children of Is- 
rael, which thev offer as an heave offering 
unto Ilk Lord, 1 have given to the Levites 
to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, 
Among the children of Israel they shall 
have no inheritance. 

25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say 
unto them, When ye take of the cluldreii 
of Israel the tithes which I have given 
you from them for your inheritance, then 
ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for 
the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe. 

27 And this your heave offering shall be 
reckoned unto you, as though it were the 
corn ot the threshing floor, and as the ful- 
ness of the wine press. 

28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave of- 
fering unto the Lord of all your tithes, 
which ye receive of the children of Israel : 
and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave 
offering to Aaron the priest. 

29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer eve- 
ry heave offering of the Lord, of all the 
best thereof, even the hallowed part 
thereof out of it. 

30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, 
When ye have heaved the best thereof 
from it, then it shall be counted unto the 
Levites as the increase of the threshing 
floor, and as the increase of the wine press. 

31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye 
and your households : for his jour reward 
for your service in the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason 
of it, when ye have heaved from it 'the best 
ofit.neither shall ve pollute the holy things 
of the children of Israel, lest ve die. 

CHAP. XIX. 

1 The mater of "separation. 11 The use oj 

it for purification of the unclean* 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and 
unto Aaron, saying, 

2 This is the ordinance of the law which 
the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak 
unto the children of Israel, that they bring 
thee a red heifer w ithout spot, wherein /* no 
blemish, and upon which never came yoke : 

3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar 
the priest, that he may bring her forth 
without the camp, and one shall slay her 
before his face : 

4 And Llcazar the priest shall take of 
her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of 
her blood directly before the tabernacle of 
the congregation se\ en times : 



ERS. 



The water of separation. 



5 And one shall burn the heifer in his 
sight ; her skin, and her flesh, and her 
blood, with her dung, shall he burn : 

6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, 
and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into 
the midst of the burning of the heifer. 

7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, 
and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and af- 
terward he shall come into the camp, and 
the priest shall be unclean until the even. 

8 And he that burnetii her shall wash 
his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh 
in water, and shall be unclean until the 
even. 

9 And a man that is clean shall gather 
up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them 
up without the camp in a clean place, tnd 
it shall be kept for the congregation of the 
children of Israel for a water of separa- 
tion : it is a purification for sin. 

10 And he that gathereth the ashes of 
the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be un- 
clean until the even : and it shall be unto 
the children of Israel, and unto the stran-' 
gerthat sojourneth among them,for a stat- 
ute for ever. 

11 % He that toucheth the dead body of 
any man shall be unclean seven days. 

12 He shall purify himself with it'on the 
third day, and on the seventh day he shall 
be clean: but if he purity not himself the 
third day, then the seventh day he shall 
not be clean. 

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body 
of any man that is dead and purifieth not 
himself, defileth the tabernacle of the 
Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from 
Israel : because the water of separation 
was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be 
unclean : his uncleanness is yet upon 
him. » 

14 This is the law, when a man dieth 
in a tent ; all that come into the tent, and 
all that is in the tent, shall be unclean sev- 
en days. 

15 And every open vessel, which hath 
no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 

16 And whosoever toucheth one that is 
slain with a sword in the open fields or a 
dead body, or a bone of a man, or a gra\ e, 
shall be unclean seven days. 

17 And for an unclean person they shall 
take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of 
purification for sin, and running water 
shall be put thereto in a vessel : 

IS And a clean person shall take hy c sop, 
and dipzV in the water, and sprinkle it up- 
on the tent, and upon ail the vessels, and 
upon the persons that were there, and up- 
on him that touched a bone, or one slain, 
or one dead, or a grave : 

19 And the clean person shall sprinkle 
upon the unclean on the third day, and on 
the seventh day : and on the seventh day 



•<> murmur for water. Chap. 

he shall purify hirasdt and wash his 
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and 
shall be clean at even. 

20 But the man th*t shall be unclean, 
and shall net purity inm-elr", t' 

litafl be cut eff from among the congre- 
ith defiled the sane- 
the l>'i-d : the waterofs | 
hadi' not Leen sprinkled upon him ; he is 

21 And it shall be a perpetual statute 

a, that he thatsprink I 
ter of separation shall wash his i 
and he thai touched 1 separa- 

Jlbe unclean until even. 

22 And whatsoever the i 

toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul 
that toucheth / 1 shall be unclean unl 
[AP. XX. 

U of the rock. 
. - 

THEN children of i 

n, into 

-. month: and 

• 
■ 

Linst Aa- 

that we 
. before 

j 

■ i died icier 
have ye nu ■ 

i in unto 

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n r i ut 

lu Ai 
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xx. Water ifiringcth §ut 

11 And Moses lilted up his hand, and 
with his l-cel he smote the rock twice: and 
the water came out abundantly, and die 
congregation drank, and the 

A the Lord spake unto 
and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, 
• . me h the eyes of the c . 

ft shall not bring this 
. ion into die land wlrich lha\e 
given them. 

l) rhisMthe water ofMeribah; be- 

E Israel strove with 

the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. 

14 *' And Moses sent messengers from 

m,Thussaith 
-. all the 
travel that hat 

15 Hew our fathers went down into E- 
g>pt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long 

d the Egyptians vexed us, and 
' . ers : 

16 And when we cried unto the Lord, 
he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and 
hath brought us forth out of Egypt : and, 
behold, we ore in Kadesh, a city in the 
uttermost of dry border : 

pray thee, through 
thy country : we will not pais through the 
a the vineyards, neither 
will we drink of the water of the w i 
win go bj (rill not 

turn to the rig 1 . ' the left until 

we have passed thy borders. 

i Edorn said unto him, Thou 

shalt not pass i>\ me, lest 1 o me i ut a- 

. 

19 And Israel said unto 

: and if 

cattle drink , thenl 

: 1 will only, >. 

ahalt not go 
insthun 

. 

: 

I 

. 
i the 1/ rd q 

t 

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1 40 The people bit by serpents. N U M 

27 And Moses did as the Lord com- 
manded : and they went up into mount 
Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 

28 Aud Moses stripped Aaron of his 
garments, and put them upon EU 

son ; and Aaron died there in the top of 
the mount : and Moses and Eieazar carne 
down from the mow ( t. 

29 And when all the congregation saw 
that Aaron was dead, they mourned for 
Aaron thirty days, even all the house of 
Israel. 

CHAP. XXI. 
4 The people bit by Jiery serpents^ 7 are 
healed. 10 'Sundry journeys* 21 Hilton 
oid Og slahu 

AKD vj.hcn king Arad the Canaanite, 
which dwelt in the south, heard tell 
•i el came by the way oi the spies ; 
then he fought against Israel, and took 
some of them prisoners. 

2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the 
Lord j and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver 
this people into my hand, then I will utter- 
ly destroy their cities. 

3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice 
of Israel, and delivered up theCanaanites: 
and they utterly destroyed them and their 
cities : and he called the nameoi the place 
Hormah. 

4 If And they journeyed from mount 
Her. by the way of the Red sea, to compass 
the land of Edom : and the soul of the 

was much discouraged because of 
theVs . 

5 And the people spake against God, 
and against Moses, Wherefore have }e 
brought us up cut of Egypt to die in the 
wilderness I For there is no bread, neither 
is (here any water; and cur soul- lotheih 
this light bread. 

I die Lord sent fiery serpents a- 
mong the people, and they bit the people ; 
and much people oi Israel died. 

7 m { Therefi i | Lecame to Mo- 
ses, and said,* We have sinned, for we 
have spoken against the Lord, and 

►ray unto the Lord, that he take 
away the serpents from us. And Moses 
prayed for the people. 

8 And the L rdsaid unto Moses, make 
thee afii . nd set ii upon a pole : 
and it shall come to ps ss, that every one 

bitten, "W hen he lobketh upon it shall 
live. 

9 At. 

to pass, 
in, when 

. 
. ' set for- 
Oboth. 
11 And thcyjounu 
pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness 
tthichi 



B E R S. Sihon and Og slain. 

12 From thence they removed and 
pitched in the valley ofZared. 

13 From thence they removed and pitch- 
ed on the other side of Anion, which U in 
the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts 
of the Amorites: for Anion is the border 
of Moab, betv, een Moab and the Amorites. 

14 Wherefore it is said in the book oi the 
wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red 

[ in the brooks of Am; n . 

15 And at the stream of the brooks that 
goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and 
tieth upon the border of M 

16 And from thence they went to Beer : 
that is the well whereof the Lord spake 
unto Aicses, Gather the people together, 
and I will give them 

17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring 
up, Owell ; sing ye unto it : 

13 The princes digged the well, the no- 
Lies of the people digged it, by the direc- 
tion 6/ the lawgiver, with their staves. And 
from the wilderness they -went to Matta- 
nah: 

19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel : and 
from Nahaliel to Bamoth : 

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that 
is in the country.of Moab, to the top of 
Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. 

21 % And Israel sent messengers unto 
Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 

22 Let me pass through thy land: we 
will not turn into the fields, or into the 
vineyards ; we will not drink ofihe waters 
of the well : but we will go along by the 
king's high way, until we be past thy bor- 
ders. 

23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to 
pass through liis border : but Sihon ga- 
thered all his people together, and went 
out against Israel into the wilderness, and 
he caret >t Israel. 

; Isi ael smote him with the edge 
of the sword, and possessed his land from 
Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children 
of Amman: for the border of the cliiidren 
of Amnion was stro 

25 And Israel took all these cities : and 
Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amc- 
rites in Heslibcn, and in all the vilages 

26ForHeshbcn <?••#*. the city cf Sihnn 

the king of the Amorites, who had fought 

e lorn ter king of Moab, and taken 

and, ev en untoAiTic i u 

erefore, they tliat speak in prov- 

Come into Heshbon, let the ci- 

uilt and prepared: 
..-ere is a fire gone cut of Hesh- 
bon,a flame fi of Sihon: it 

hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the torcta 

toab I Thou art un- 
fChemosh : he hath given 



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iere 

the 

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Jak 

ent 

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overcome 

; . laara, Thou 
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up, 

and th 

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142 Balaam's ass sfieakeih. N U M 

25 And when the ass saw the angel of 
the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, 
and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall, 
and he smote her again. 

26 And the angel of the Lord went fur- 
ther, and stood in a narrow place, where 
ivas noway to turn either to the right 
hand or the left. 

27 And when the ass saw the angel of 
the Lord, she fell down under Balaam ; 
and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he 
smote the ass with a staff. 

28 And the Lord opened the mouth of 
the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What 
have I done unto thee, that thou hast smit- 
ten me these three times? 

29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Be- 
cause thou hast mocked me: I would 
there were a sword in mine hand, for now 
would 1 kill thee. 

30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am 
not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden 
ever since /wa-s-thineuntothisda} r Was 
I ever wont to do so unto thee ? And he 
said, Nay. 

31 Then the Lord opened the eyes of 
Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord 
standing in the way, and his sword drawn 
in his hand : and he bowed down his head, 
and fell flat on his face. 

32 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine 
ass these three times I Behold, I went out 
to withstand thee, because thy way is per- 
verse lie fore me : 

33 And the ass saw me, and turned 
from me these three times : unless she had 
turned from me, surely now also I had 
slain thee, and saved her alive. 

34 And Balaam said unto the angel of 
the Lord, 1 have sinned ; for I knew not 
that thoustoodest in the way against me : 
now therefore, if it displease thee, i w ill get 
me back again. 

35 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
Balaam, Go with the men : but • 

word that I shall speak unto thee, that 
thou shaft speak, bo Balaam went with 
the princes of Balak. 

3oK And when Balak heard that Ba- 
laam was come, he went out to meet him 
unto a city olMoab, which is in the bor- 
der of Arnon, which is in the utmost 
oast. 

37 And Balak said untn Balaam, Did I 

< nduntothee to call thee ? 
ore earnest thou not unto me ? Am 
I not able indeed to promote thee to hon- 
or ? 

38 And Balaam said unto BJak, Lo, 1 
am come unto thee : Ha\ e 1 now any pow- 
er .'tall to say an) thing ? The word that 
God puUelh in my mouth, that shall I 
speak. 



B E R S. Balaam's parables- 

39 And Balaam went with Balak, and 
they came unto Kirjathhuzoth. 

40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, 
and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that 
were with him. 

41 And it came to pass on the morrow 
that Balak took Balaam, and brought him 
up into the high places of Baal, tha\ thence 
he might see the utmost part of the people. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1, 13, 28 Balak's sacrifices. 7, 18 Ba- 
laam's parables. 
AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build 
me here seven altars, and prepare 
me here seven oxen and seven rams. 

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken : 
and Balak and Balaam offered on eve i*y 
altar a bullock and a ram. 

3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand 
by thy burnt offering, and I will go : per- 
adventure the Lord will come to meet me : 
and whatsoever he sheweth me, I will tell 
thee. And lie went to an high place. 

4 And God met Balaam : and he said 
unto him, 1 have prepared seven altars, 
and I have offered upon every altar a bul- 
lock and a ram. 

5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam's 
mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, aiid 
thus thou shalt speak. 

6 And he returned unto him, and, lo,he 
stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the 
princes of Moab. 

7 f And he took up his parable, and 
said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought 
me from Aram, out of the mountains of 
the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob j 
and come, defy Israel. 

8 How shall I curse, whom God hath 
not cursed ? or, How shall I defy, whom 
the Lord hath not defied ? 

9 For from the top of the rocks I see 
him, and from the hills I behold him : lo, 
the people shall dwell alone, and shall not 
be reckoned among the nations. 

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, 
and the number of the fourth part of Is- 
rael ? Let me die the death of the right- 
eous, and let my last end be like his ? 

11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What 
hast thou done unto me ? I took thee to I 
curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast I 
blessed them altogether. 

12 And he answered and said. Must I 
not take heed to^ speak that which the 
Lord hath put in my mouth ? 

13 % And Balak said unto him, Come, I 
pray thee, with me unto another place, 
from whence thou ma\*jsr see them : thou 
shalt see but the utmost part of them, and 
shalt not see them all : and curse me them 
from thence. 

14 Ana he brought him into the field oi 
Zophim,to the top of Pisgah, and built 



Bulaar, L 

ven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram 
on ex 

15 And ind here 
bv tli} 

l^orci yonder. 

16 A 

unto Bal - 

to him. behold, 

- 

, , What h ith the L- rd spoken ? 
■ 
Rise up, ken unto 

/ ->or: 

uld lie ; 

it doit ? 
not make 

wmand- 
mmtXf 

iquiry in Jacob, 
neither 

with him, raid 
em. 

Egypt ; 
ngth of an uni- 

no enchant 

re any divina- 



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• iethhajipinem 143 

,. hantments, 

rd the wilder: . 

9 And Balaam lifted indhe 

' abiding in h rding 

f God came 

npon 

raWe, and said, 
- : odthe 

in ui whose eves are open h ttb said : 

tid, which heard the words 
• □ of die Al- 

.. ..•.r.'-.but having his 

" 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, 

d forth, 
river's 

Lord hath 

poof the water out of his 
hall be in in 
his king shall be higher I 
gag, and his kingdom shaD be ex 

I brought him forth out of . 
he hatha: ngth of an uni- 

corn: 1.'. 

' k their hi MS, and 
■ with his arrows. 
9 He • iy down as a non, 

a great lion: Who shall stir him 
• 

I ilaam, 1 

! 

full i»t -i 

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144 Idolatry of Israel. N U M 

ehold him, but not nigh : there si 
a star out of Jacob, and a s 

■ael, and shall smite I 
id .- 
6! - 

1 1 Edomshallbe a possession, Seir 
also shall bear posst 
and I si 

19 Out of J.icob shall come he that shall 

have dominion, and 5 - him that 

remaineth of the cit; . 

d when he looked on Amalek, he 
took up his par ,' le, raid said, Amalek was 
3 ; but his latter end 
shall be that he perish for ever. 

21 And he looked on the Kenites, and 
took up his parable, and said, strong is thy 
dwelling place, and iaou puttest thy nest 
in a rock. 

22 Nevertheless, the Kenite shall be 
wasted, until Ashur shall carry thee away 
captive. 

23 And he took up his parable, and said, 

who shall live when God doeth 

1 ships shall com° from the coast 
of Chittim, and shall afflict Ashur, and 
shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish 

. 
25 A and went and 

returned to his place : and Baiak also went 
his way, 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 The Israeli i lolatry. 

( : ''.- ri and Cozbi shan* 

AND Ismel abode in Shittim, and the 
people began to commit whoredom 
the daughters of .Moab. 

2 And they rilled tire people unto the 
sacrifices of their gods: an 

their gods. 

3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal- 
peor : and the anger of the Lord was kind- 
led against ' 

4 And the Lord said unto Moses, T ike 
ail the heads of the people, and hang them 

• igainstthe sun, that the 
tierce anger of die 1 . turned a- 

5 And Moses s .id unto the judges of Is- 

everj one his men mat were 

•. 
6% A ne of thechi' 

and in i ration ot 

)fElea- 

- 

land ; 

S Aii . 



BER3. sUmu 

tot',- afthem through, 

the man 3f 3 mm through 

gue was stayed from 
the chile • - 

9 And laguewere 
twenty and foi 

10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

11 Ph nehas the son of Eleazar,, the sen 
of Aaron the pri i ed my wrath 

children of Israel, while he 
was zealous for my sake among them, that 
I consumed not the children of Israel in 

12 Wherefore say. Behold, I give unto 

covenant of peace: 

13 And he shall have it, and his seed af- 
ter him, e enant of an everlast- 
ing priesthood; because he was zealous 
f sr his God, and made an atonement for 
the children of Isi ael. 

14 Now the nt lie of the Israelite that 
was slain, even that was slain with the 
Micfiamtish woman, was Zimri, the son 
of Salu, a prince of a chief house among 
the Simeenkes. 

15 And the name of the Midianitish wo- 
man that was slain, was Cozbi, the daugh- 
ter of Zur; he was he id over a people, 
and of a chief house in Mi< 

16 And die Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

1" Vex the Midianites, and smite them : 
IB For they vex you w ith their wiles, 
wherewith they have beguiled you in the 
matter of Peor, and in the matter of G >zbij 
the daughter of a prince of Midian, their 
sister, which was slam in the day of 
the plague for Peor's sake. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 Israel numbered. 52 ThcirJierUancc of 
the land di 

AND it came to pass after the plague, 
that die Lord spake unto Moses and 
unto Eleazarthe son of Aaron the priest, 
saying, 

2 Take the sum of all the congregation 
of the children of Israel, from twenty years 
old and upward, throughout their father's 
house, all that are able to go to war in Is- 
rael. 

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest 
spake with them in the plains of Moab, by 

i ford; ; ng, 

4 Taki m tweft- 

- the Lord 
Iren of 
r forth cut of the Is 
i Egypt. 

5 Reul • el : the 
children of Reuben ; Hanoch, of whom 
coTneththc family of the Hanochites: of 

6 Of] oftheHewea- 



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nan : U) 

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: 

rdingtothos 
!ic;n, threescore thousand and five 

I :r fami- 

i und Ephraim. 

i ; ofMadhir, 
Writes; and Machir 

30 Ti! 

; ot Hc- 

ilyof the 

emi . 
/ Eieph . I fa nil) of 

d Zelophehad the son of Hepher 
. and the names 
of the dan 

md Tir- 

34 These are the fan 

ed of them, fif- 
ty and tw 

i nfly of 
rnifrof 

I 
I . 

Ephraim according 

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146 The land divided. 



NUM 



of them, were threescore and four thou- 
sand and four hundred. 

44 Of the children of Asher after their 
families ; of Jiinna, the family of the Jim- 
nites ; of Jesui, the family of "the Jesuites ; 
of Beriah the family of Beriites. 

45 Of the sons of Beriah : of Heber, the 
fanjily of the Heberites : of Malchiel, the 
family of the Malchielites. 

46 And the name of the daughter of A- 
sher was Sarah. 

47 These are the families of the sons of 
Asher according to those that were num- 
bered of them ; who were fifty and three 
thousand and four hundred. 

48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their 
families : of Jahzeel, the family of the Jah- 
zeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gu- 
nites : 

49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites : 
of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 

50 These are the families of Naphtali 
according to their families : and they that 
were numbered of them were fort}- and 
five thousand and four hundred. 

51 These were the numbered of the chil- 
dren of Israel, six hundred thousand and a 
thousand seven hundred and thirty. 

52 1 And the .Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

53 Unto these the land shall be divided 
for an inheritance according to the num- 
ber of names. 

54 To many thoushalt give the more in- 
heritance, and to few thou shalt give the 
less inheritance : to every one shall his in- 
heritance be given according to those that 
were numbered of him. 

55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be 
divided by lot : according to the names of 
the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 

56 According to the lot shall the pos- 
session thereof be divided between many 
and few. 

57 And these are they that were num- 
bered of the Levites after their fan ii!ies: 
of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites : 
of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites : 
of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 

58 These an the families of the Levites : 
the family of the Libnites, the family of the 
Hdworates, the family of the Mahlites,the 
family of the Mushites, the family of the 
Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 

.59 And the nunc of Amram's wife was 
Jochebcd, the daughter of I a:\ i, whom her 
mother bore to Levi in Egypt: and she 
bareuuto Amram Aaron and Moses, and 
Miriam their sister. 

60 And unto Aaron was bon 
and Abihu, I I Ithamar. 

61 An iliu died, when 
they offered strange fne tx 

62 .And those that were numbered of 



B E R S. The law of inheritances. 

them were twenty and three thousand, all 
males from a month old and upward : for 
they were not numbered among the chil- 
dren of Israel, because there was no in- 
heritance given them among the cluldren 
of Israel. 

63 These are they mat were numbered 
by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who 
numbered the children of Israel in the plains 
of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho. 

64 But among these mere was not a man 
of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest 
numbered, when they numbered the chil- 
dren of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 

65 For the Lord had said of them, They 
shall surely die in the wilderness, And 
there was not left a man of them, save Ca- 
leb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the 
son of Nun. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
6 The law of inheritances. 12 Moses be- 
ing told of his death, sue th for a success- 
or. 18 Joshua appointed to succeed him. 
THEN came the daughters of Zelo- 
phehad, the son of Hepher, the son 
ofGilead, the sen of Machir, the son of 
Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the 
son of Joseph : and these are the names of 
his daughters ; Mahlah, Noah, and Hog- 
lah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 

2 And they stood before Moses, and be- 
fore Eleazar the priest, and l)efore the 
princes and all the congregation, by fine 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
saying, 

3 Our father died in the wilderness, and 
he was not in the company of them that 
gathered themselves together against the 
Lord in the company ol Korah ; but died 
in his owp sin, and had no sons. 

4 Why should the name of our father 
be done away from among his family, be- 
cause he hath no son ? Give unto us there- 

fore a possession among the brethren of 
our father. 

5 And Moses brought their cause be- 
fore the Lord. 

6 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saving, 

7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak 
right : thou shalt surely give them a pos- 
session of an inheritance among their fa- 
ther's brethren ; and thou shalt cause the 
inheritance of their lather to pass unto 
them. 

8 And thou shalt speak unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, saying. If a man die, and 
have, no son, then' ye shall cause his inher- 
itanceto p tss unto his daughter. 

9 And it he have no daughter, then ye 
shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 

10 And ifhehaveno brethren, t 
shall give his inheritance unto his father's 
brethren. 



methfor a successor. Chap. *x\iii, 

11 And if his father have no brethren, 
then ve shafl give his inheritance unto his 
kinsman that is next to him of his famil) , 
and he shall possess it : and it shah he un- 
to the children of Israel a statute i 
mentj as the Lord commanded Moses. 

12 •' And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and 
set- the land which 1 have given unto the 
children of Israel. 

13 And when thou hast seen it, thou al- 

• he red unto thy people, as 
her was gathered. 

d against my com- 

rtoi'/in.in the Strife 

of the congregation) to sanctity me at die 

water before their eves: that /'.y the wa- 

• i -ribahin Kadesh in the wilder- 

15 And Moses spake unto the Lord, 

et the Lord, the God of the spirits 
sh, set a nam o\cr the congrega- 
ti -), 

17 Which may go out before them, and 

in before them, and which 

i them out, and which may bring 

them in ; that the congregation of the 

Lord be hot as sheep which have noshep- 

i Moses, 
i i e son oi Nun, a man 

line hand 
upon him ; 

te priest, 
andbef 

of thine 
I 

el may lie 

after die iudgmc ni of Urii 
Lord: at his wort! shall tin 

both he, 

and all the < ! 
e\en .ill the I 

I 

him bef 

all the < 

gave him acli 

edb\ tl 

CH 
1 Offeri 

AM) the Lord Bpakeunt 



The continual burnt offering. 147 

3 *' And diou shah say unto them, This 
is the offering made by fire which ye shall 
offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the 

I without spot, day In dav,y>a 
continual burnt offering. 

4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the 
, . ndthc other lamb shalt thouof- 

ferateven ; 

5 And a texthflart of an ephah of flour 
for a meat oflering,mingled with die fourth 
part of an hin ofbeatenoil. 

a continual burnt offering, which 
was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet 
savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the 

Lord. 

7 And the d rink offering thereof shall be 
the fourth ^ar/ of an hin formeaMiamb: 
in the holy place shalt diou c^KTthe 
strong wine to be poured unto tJ^Lord 

for a drink offering. 

8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer 
at even : as the meat offering of the morn- 
ing, and as the drink ottering thereof, thou 
shalt offer it,<i sacrifice made by fire, ofa 
s\\ eet s L\ i >ur unto the Lord. 

9 % And on the sabbath clay two lambs 
of the first year without spot, and two 
tenth deals of flour Jhr a meat ottering, 
mingled with oil, and die drink ottering 

10 This is the burnt offering of every 
sabbath, beside the continual burnt oflfer- 

ink ettcring. 

11 11 And in the beginnings of your 
months, ye shall offer a burnt ottering un- 

rd ; two young bullocjL6,and one 
ram, seven lambs of the first year without 

EpOl ; 

1 I And three tenth deals of flour/or a 

- d with oil, for one 

; .m> tenth deals of flour y&f a 

, mingled witli oil, for one 

r 

tenth deal of flour 
with oil/bra meat < Bering unto 

it ottering of B IWCet 

b i it., made in are unto the 

• 

hall I* 

li i <>: wine unto a bulloi h, and tht 

n bin unto a rash and i 

fourth/. unto a lamb: this U 

theburrt ,n-\ month thi 

red. U- 
uid hii 

\ of the 



my unto them, Mj offering, and t\ 
I a icrinN esmade 

la Iu the fir 



savour unto me, shall ye o 
unto noe in their due §eason< 



148 Offerings at feasts, 

vocation ; ye shall do no manner of ser- 
vile work thertin : 

19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made 
bf fire/or a burnt ofibriog unto ti _ 

two young bullocks, and cue ram, and sev- 
en lambs of the first year: they :. 
unto you without blemish : 

20 And their meat offering $1. all be of 
floui; mingled wall oil: three tentli deals 
JMppe offer for a bullock, and two tenth 
frails for a ram ; 

21 A several tenth deal shaft thou of- 
fer tor every lamb, throughout the seven 
lambs ; 

22 And one goat for a sin offering, to 

atonement for you. 
2MHHhall offer these beside the burnt 
offer^^Bithe morning, which is tor a con- 
tinua^K-nt offering. 

24 After this manner ye shall cfTer dai- 
ly, throughout the seven •lays, the meat of 
the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet sa- 
vourunto the Lord : it shall be offered be- 
side the continual burnt offering, and Ins 
drink oftei ing. 

25 And on the se\ cnth day ye shall have 
an holy convocation ; ye shall do no ser- 
vile work. 

26 ^ Also in the clay of the first fruits, 
when ye bring . E lie ring unto the 

;er your weeks be cut, ye shall 
have an holy cfr^ecatiai ; ye shall c\o no 
servile work : 

27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering 
for a sweet savour unto the Lord; two 
young bullocks, ene ram, seven lambs of 
the first year ; 

28 And their moat offering of flour 
t .janingied with i il, three tenth ueals unto 
^Rpe bullock, two tx-n ih deals unto ene ram, 

29Asev< deal unto one 

roughout ,.ibs ; 

30 .j/.Joiic hid of the goats, to make an 
atonement for ycu. 

31 Ye shall offer them beside me con- 
tinual burnt o- 

ing, thev shall )ut blem- 

ish, and their d 

CHAP. \ 
1 The offering c 

]f afflicting their souk, 12 
he f tost of tab- 
les* 
AxnD in tie seventh month, en thefirst 
I 
I i 
b owing the ti 

I ring for 
a s\s i et savour unto tbe Lon 

3 And their meat offering shall be of 



BERS. 



on several days. 



I 1 



lis for a ram, 
- . Be lamb, 
e seven lambs: 
5 And one kid of the goats for a sin of- 
fering, to make ycu: 

fferii il\ burnt 

t offering, and their 
[ : -rings, according unto their man- 

ner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made 
by fire unto the Lord. 
71 And ye shall have on the tenth day 
venth month cation j 

and ye shall air ais : ye shall not 

do any work tht rein. 

8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto 
the Lord/or a sweet save ur : one young 
bullock, one ram, ar<d seven lambs of the 
first year ; they shall be unto you without 
blemish : 

9 And their meat offering shall be of 
flour mingled With oil, three tenth deals to 
a Lulleck; and two tenth deals to cue ram, 

10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, 
throughout the seven lambs : 

11 One kid of the goats for a sin offer- 
ing ; beside the sin ofiering of atonement 
and the continual burnt ofiering, and the 
meat offering of it, and their drink offer- 
ings, 

12 *. And on the fifteenthday of the seventh 
mondi, ye shall have an holy convocation ; 
ye shall do no servile work", and ye shall 
keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : 

13 And a e shall offer a burnt ofiering, a 
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour 
unto the Lord ;' thirteen young bi 
two ivms, and fourteen lambs, of me first 
year ; they shall be without blemish : 

their meat offering shall be of 
flour mingled with < il 

■ 
two tenth deals to each ram of the two 

lo And a several tenth deal to each 
i ?s : 

. tsjbra sinof- 
. ; offering 
his meat 

hall offer 
i .urteen 

13 Ai 

. cks, for the 
hall be accord- 
ing'-, tl .'; e manner: 

id of the goats for a sin : 

u ! burnt offer- 

eof, and 

- 

i :he ... 

fering and their 



Offering* c?fea*ts. 
drink offerings for die bullocks, for the 
rams, and for the lain 

ir.g to their I 

ma] burnt of) 
Bering, and his drink 

the first 



ring and their drink 

mbs, shell be according to 
the manner: 

a sin i !- 

offering, 
Hillocks, 

the tii>t 

ind their 

, :- r the 

i 

ring ; be- 
and his 
;, and his drink cffei 

ia day eight bullocks, 
I fourteen lam 
ut blemish: 

• ing and their 
. f< r the 
accord- 
ing to tl 

ing ; be- 
. liis meat 
I 

■ A their n od their 

. lus meat 

■ i 

- 

• their 
nun 



O/'vcivs, 149 
for your drink offerings, and f I 

: Moses told the children ( t 
■ gto all that the Lord con.; 

CHAP. XXX. 
are not to be broken, 3 0J\ 
i 



AND Moses spake unto the he 
thet- .:ag the child] 

Israel, - . - w the thing 

!iath commanded. 

2 It" a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or 

to bind his soul with . 

i 
at ofbis 
mouth. 

3 * If a woman also vow a vowwinto the 
Lord, and bind hcrsclj'by a bond, I 

her other's I uth ; 

4 And her father hear her vow, and her 
tend wherewith she hath bound her soul, 
and her lather shall hold his peace at her: 
then all her vows shall stand, and every 
bond wherewith she hath bound her soiil 
shall stand. 

ii-iut If her father disallow her in the 
day that he hearcth ; not any ofhc r VOW s, 
or of her bonds wherewith sue hath bound 
hi r Bl 111, shall stand: and the Lord shall 
forgive her, ■ ■- ause her father disallowed 
her. 

o"' Andif -he had at all an husband, 
when she vowed, or uttered aught out of 
her lips, when with she bom dher soul ; 

7 And her husband heard if, and held 

that he heard 

it : then her vows b! . i no her 

bonds wherewith she bourn ; 

ii< wed her 
; then he shall mi 
her vow whi< 

" I 
bound tl 

11 A: 

thrm void on 

I 




150 The Midianites spoiled. N U M 

13 Every vow, and every binding oath 
to afflict the soul, her husband may estab- 
lish it, or her husband may make it void. 

14 But if her husband altogether hold his 
peace at her from day to day ; then he es- 
tablisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, 
which pre upon her : he confirmeth them, 
because he held his peace at her in the day 
that he heard i ht i. 

15 But if he snail any ways make them 
void fter that lie hath heard them \ then 
lie shi 11 Dear her iniquity. 

1 6 Tiiese are tne statutes which the 
Lord commanded Moses, between a man 
and his wife, between the father and his 
daughter, being yet in her youth in her fa- 
ther's house. 

CHAP. XXXI. 
1 The Midianites are spoiled, and Ba- 
laam bin. 19 How the soldiers, l5rc. 
are to be purified, 25 and the prey di- 
vided. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing) 

2 Avenge the children of Israel of the 

ites : afterward shalt thou be gath- 
ered unto thy people. 

3 And Moses spake unto the people, 
saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the 
war, and let them go against the Midian- 
ites, and avenge the Lord of Midian. 

4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout 
all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the 
war. 

5 So there were delivered out of the 
thousands of Israel, a thousand of every 
tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 

6 And Moses sent them to the war, a 
thousand of every tribe, tiiem and Pinne- 
rs the son of Eleazar the priest to the war, 
' ;h the holy instruments and the trump- 
to blow in his hand. 

7 And they warred against the Midian- 
ites, as the Lord commanded Moses j and 
they slew all die males. 

8' And they slew the kings of Midian, 
beside the rest of them that were slain ; 
namely, Evi and Rekem, and Zur, and 
Hur, and Reba, five kings of T. Lidian : Ba- 
laam also the son of Beor they slew wkh 
the sv.ord. 

9 And the cliildren of Israel took all the 
women of Midian captives, and their lit- 
tle ones,and took the spoil of all their cattle, 
and all their flocks, and all their goods. 

10 And they burnt all their cities where- 
in they dwelt, and all their good iy castles, 
with tire. 

11 And they took all the spoil, and all 

it f the men and of beasts. 

iyes, and 

i unto Moses, and 

thecongrega- 

ti.m ef-tl i of Israel, unto tne 



thoi 



B E R 5. The soldiers to be purified. 

camp at the plains of Moab, which are by 
Jordan near Jericho. 

13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, 
and all the princes of the congregation, 
went forth to meet them without the camp. 

14 And Moses was wroth with the of- 
ficers of the host, with the captains over 
thousands, and captains over hundreds 
which came from the battle. 

15 And Moses said unto them, Have 
ye saved all the women alive ? 

16 Behold, these caused the children of 
Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to 
commit trespass against the Lord in the 
matter of Peor, ana there was a plague a- 
mong the congregation of the Lord. 

IT Now therefore kill every male a- 
mong the little ones,ahd kill every woman 
that hath known man by lying with him. 

18 But all the women children, that have 
not known a man by lying with him, keep 
alive for yourselves. 

19 % And do ye abide without tke camp 
seven days : whosoever hath killed any 
person, and whosoever hath touched any 
slain, purify both yourselves and your cap- 
tives on the third day, and on the seventh 
day. 

20 And purify all your raiment, and all 
that is made of skins, and all work of goats' 
hair, and ail things made of wood. 

21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the 
men of war which went to the battle, This 
is the ordinance of the law which the 
Lord commanded Moses ; 

22 Only the, gold, and the silver, the 
brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 

23 Every thing that may abide the fire 
ye shall make it go through the fire, and. 
it shall be dean : nevertheless, it shall be 
purified with the water of separation : and 
all that abideth not the fire ye shall make 
go through the water. 

24 And ye shall wash your clothes on 
the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and 
afterward ye shall come into the camp. 

25 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

26 Take the sum of the prey that was 
taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and 
Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers 
of the congregation : 

27 And divide the prey into two parts ; 
between them diat took trie war upon them, 
who went out to battle, and between all 
the congregation : 

28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord of 
the men of war which went out to bat- 
tie: one soul of live hundred, both of the 
persons, and ofthebeeves,andof the asses, 
and of the sheep : 

29 Take it of their half, and give itkmto$ 
Eleazar the priest,yor an heave offering 
of the Lord. 



The dividing of the prey* 
30 And of the children < : 

e one portion of rir 
| . of the bee" 

the flo< 
give them unto the I 

32 And the boot] , t of the 

prey which the men of \. r had caught, 

'i^and sheep, 

housand 

I 

35 Ai 

it had not kii 

ihiu 

was the portion 
of them • in num- 

f.nd thi: 1 and five hundred 

■\ the Lord's tribute of the sheep 
. hundred and threescore and fii- 

-vrre thirty and six 
which the Lord's v. i 

were thirty ! ' 

. the Lord's tri- 

i n thou- 
sand ; of which th 

I 

gartl 

hum'.: 






' 






■ 

vants !:.- 
war \v!i ! 
therein '.< h 
SO We | 



xxxii. The Reubcni'es andGarfites, 151 

nent for our souls 

51 And Moses and Eteazarthi 
i hem, 
j 
redu] • ■: ins 

!iun- 
en thousand seven hun- 
-. 

53 {For the men of war I . 
every n 

54 A:- - priest 

■ 

- 

nori- 

al fur the childi _ re die 

v i A P. XXXII. 
The 7 ' their 

NOW the children of Reu 
children of < I 
titude of atttle : and when I 
land of Jazer, and the bun 
hehold, the place I 
2 The children ofG id, a 

a ke unto M 
and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the 
princes of thi ;, ig, 

. and 
1 
! 

4 j. which tlic I 

5 \ | 

found grace in uq i \ land be 

■ uben, sliall ■ 

the 

land 
btmneh the 



152 sue for their inheritance. NUMB 

Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun : for 
they have wholly followed the Lord. 

13 And the Lord's anger was kindled a - 
gainst Israel, and he made them wander 
in the wilderness forty years, until all the 
generation, that had done evil in the sight 
of the Lord, was consumed. 

14 And,t>ehold, ye are risen up in your 
fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, 

• to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord 
toward Israel. 

15 For if ye turn away from after him, 
he will yet again leave them in the wilder- 
ness ; and ye shall destroy all this people. 

15 And they came near unto him, and 
said, We will build sheepfokls here for 
our cattle, and cities for our little ones :. 

17 But we ourselves will go ready arm- 
ed before the children of Israel, until we 
have brought them unto their place : and 
our little ones shall dwell in the fenced ci- 
ties because of the inhabitants of the land. 

18 We will not return unto cur houses 
until the children of Israel have inherited 
every man his inheritance. 

19 For we will not inherit with them on 
yonder side Jordan, or forward ; because 
our inheritance is fallen to us on this side 
Jordan eastward. , 

20 And Moses said unto them, If ye 
will do this thing, If ye will go armed be- 
fore the Lord to war, 

21 And will go all of you armed over 
Jordan before the Lord, until he hath dri- 
ven out his enemies from before him ; 

22 And the land be subdued before the 
Lord : then afterward ye shall return, and 
be guiltless before the' Lord, and before 
Israel ; and this land shall be your posses- 
sion before the Lord. 

23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye 
have sinned "against tire Lord : and be sure 
your sin will find you out. 

24 Build your cities tor your little ones, 
and folds for your sheep ; and do that 
which hath proceeded cut of your mouth. 

25 And the children of Gad, and the 
children of Reuben, spake unto Moses, 
saying, Thy servants will do as my lord 
commandeth. 

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, 
and all our cattle, shall be there in the ci- 
ties of Gilead : 

27 But thy servants will pass over, eve- 
ry man armed for war, before the Lord to 
battle, as my lord saith. 

concerning them Mosescommand- 
ed Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son 
of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes 
of the children of Israel : 

29 And Moses said unto them, If the 
- and the children of Reu- 
ben, will puss with you over Jordan, everv 
man armed to battle, before die Lord, 



ER5. , The journeys of the Imaelites. 

and the land shall be subdued before you ; 
then ye shall give them the land of Gilead 
for a possession : 

30 But if they will not pass over with 
you armed, they shall have possessions a- 
mong you in the land of Canaan. 

31 And the children of Gad, and the 
children of Reuben, answered, saying, As 
the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so 
will we do. 

32 We will pass over armed before the 
Lord into the land of Canaan, that the 
possession of our inheritance on this side 
Jordan may beouvs. 

33 And Moses gave unto them,- even to 
the children of Gad, and to the children 
of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Ma- 
nas^ eh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of 
Sihon king of the Amorites, and the king- 
dom of Og king of Bashan,the land, with 
the cities thereof, in the coasts} even the 
cities of the country round about. 

34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, 
and Ataroth, and Ai-oer, 

35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, 
and Jogbehah, 

36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, 
fenced cities : and folds for sheep. 

37 And the children of Reuben built 
Heshbon, and Eleaieh, and Kirjathaim, 

38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, their 
names being changed, and Shibmah : and 
gave other names'unto the cities which 
they builded. 

39 And the children of Machir the son of 
Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and 
dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. 

40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir 
the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein. 

41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went 
and took the small towns thereof, and call- 
ed them Havothjair. 

42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, 
and the vilages thereof, and called it No- 
bah, alter his own name. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
1 Two and forty journeys of the Israelites. 
50 The Canaanites arc to be destroyed. 

THESE are the journeys of the chil- 
dren of Israel, which went forth out 
oi the land of Egypt, with their armies un- 
der the hand of Moses and Aaron. 

2 And Moses wrote their goings out ac- 
cording to their journeys by the command- 
ment of the Lord and these are their 
journeys according to their goings out. 

3 And they departed from Rameses in 
the first month, on the fifteenth day of the 
first month ; on the morrow after the 
passover, the children of Israel went out 
with an high hand in the sight of all the 
Egyptians. 

4 For the Egyptians buried all their 
firstborn, which the Lord had smitten a- 



Journeys of i he hi v Chap* 

aieir gods . 

removed 
iccoth. 

: 
tlrC v 

. im, and 
- 
fore Ba . lied be- 

. 
S Ar. 
hahiroth, and \. 

nto the wikit. 

inuyin the wilderness of Etbam, 
itched in Marah. 

9 And they reni'.\ 
came unto El. 

palm tre« i: and thej pitched 

10 And tlie\ removed from Eft 

I 

teir journey out oi 
-. ■:, and em unped in 
Dophk 

13 And thev departed from Dophkah, 
and enc unuea in ! 

ed from Alush, and 
idim, where was no 

i ink. 

and pitcfae i in the w 

Id And the; 
■ 

Kibroth- 
at ! [azeroth. 

departed from Rithmah, 

and ] 

:■ in Rimmon- 

. 

. 
'( thej went from K< 

; 
2 1 And 'ii 

. 

. 

pitched 

pitch* 
30 Ai 

wain an i 



xxxiii. The ( 'anaanite* to be destroy*.!. 1 53 
ated from Moseroth, 

imped at 1 h 

Lgidgad, 

d they removed fr >m J . 

o5 And thej 
and encamped at E 

36 And the . 

ber, and pitched in the wilderness 
which m Kadesha • 

37 And the) removed from lLade.sh,and 

..il lor, ia die edge otthc 
i idom, 

went up into 
mount Hor at me commandment of the 
Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year 
after thi chil li I were come 

out afthe land ofEgj pt, in the first day of 
the fifth mouth. 

<aa an hundred and 
twent) and three yean old, whqphe died 
in mount Hor. 

40 And kingAradtheCanaanite, which 

, the south in the land of ( 
heard of the coming of the children of Is- 
rael. 

41 And they departed from mount I lor, 
and pitched in Zalmonah. 

42 An- trted from Zalmonah, 
and pitched in Punon. 

4 3 A 1 1 led from Punon, and 

pitched Hi Oboth« 

. they departed from Oboth, nnd 
pitched in ljcaharim, in the border 

departed from lim, and 

iin. 

4 7 An noncfi- 

mnun- 
pitched l»\ 1 

in the pli 

I 

I 



154 The borders of the land'. NUM 

have given you the land to possess it. 

54 And ye shall divide the land by lot 
for an inheritance among your families : 
and to the more ye shall give the more 
inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall 
give the less inheritance : every man's in- 
heritance shall be in the place where his 
lot falleth ; according to the tribes of your 
fathers ye shall inherit. 

55 But if ye will not drive out the inhab- 
itants of the land from before you ; then 
it shall come to pass, that those which ye 
let remain ofthem shall be pricks in your 
eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall 
vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 

56 Moreover, it shall come to pass, that 
1 shall do unto you, as I thought to do un- 
to them. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 

1 The borders of the land. 16 The names 

of the men which shall divide it. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses say- 
ing? 

2 Command the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When ye come into the 
land of Canaan ; this is the land that shall 
fall unto you for an inheritance, even the 
land of Canaan with the coasts thereof: 

3 Then your south quarter shall be from 
the wilderness of Zin, along by the coast oi 
Edom, and your south border shall be the 
outmost coast of the salt sea eastward : 

4 And your border shall turn from the 
south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass 
out to Zin : and the going forth thereof, 
shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, 
and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass 
on to Azmon : 

5 And the border shall fetch a compass 
from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and 
the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 

6 And as for the western border, ye 
shall even have the great sea for a border : 
this shall be your west border. 

7 And this shall be your north border : 
from the great sea ye shall point out for 
you mount Hor : 

8 From mount Hor ye shall point out 
your border unto the entrance of Hamath ; 
and the goings forth of the border shall be 
to Zedad : 

9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, 
and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar- 
enan : this shall be your north border. 

10 And ye shall printout your east bor- 
der from Hazarenan to Shepham : 

11 And the coast shall go down from 
Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of 
Ain ; and the border shall descend, and 
shall reach unto the side of the sea of 
C iim reth eastward: 

: ; the border shall godowntoJor- 
id the goings out of it shall be at the 
: this shall be your land with the 



B E R S. The men who are to divide it* 

coasts thereof round -about. 

13 And Moses commanded the cliildren 
of Israel, saying, This is the land which 
ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord com- 
manded to give unto the nine tribes, and 
to the half tribe : 

14 For the tribe of the children of Reu- 
ben, according to the house oi their fathers, 
and the tribe of the children of Gad, ac- 
cording to the house of their fathers, have 
received their inheritance ; and half the 
tribe of Manasseh have received their in- 
heritance : 

15 The two tribes and the half tribe have 
; received their inheritance on this side Jor- 
dan, near Jericho eastward, toward the 
sunrising, 

16 f[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
i saying, 

17 These are the names of the men which 
' shall divide the land unto you : Eleazar 
: the priest, and Joshua the soil of Imv t. 

i 18 And ye shall take one prii.ee of every 
; tribe, to divide the land by inherit ncei 

19 And the names of the men are these ; 
of the tribe oi'Judah, Caleb the son ofJe- 

t phunneh. 

20 And of the tribe of the children of 
! Simeon, Shemuel the son of Amraihud. 

! 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the 
I son of Chision. 

22 And the prince of the tribe of the 
cliildren of Dan, Bukki, the son of Jogli. 

23 The prince of the children of I 

for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, 
Hanniel the sonofEphod. 

24 And the prince of the tribe of the 
children ofEphraim, Kemuei the son of 
Shiphtan. 

25 And the prince of the tribe of the 
children of Zebulun, Eiizaphan the son of 
Parnach. 

26 And the prince of the tribe of the 
children of Is'sachar, Paltiel the son of Az- 
zan. 

27 And the prince of the tribe of the 
children of Asher, Ahihudthe son cfShe- 
lomi. 

28 And the prince of the tribe of the 
children of Naphtali, Fedahei the son of 
Ammihud. 

29 These are they whom the Lord com- 
manded to divide the inheritance unto the 
children of Israel, in the land of Canaan. 

CHAP. XXXV. 
1 Eight and forty cities given to the Le. 
vites. 6 Si.v ofthem to be cities ofrt' 
fui'e. 9 The taws of murder • 

A^D the Lord spake unto Moses in 
the plains of Moab, by Jordan near 
Jericho, saying, 

2 Command the children of Israel, that 
they give unto the Levites o/ the inherit- 
ance of their possession, cities to dwell m: 



Cities cfrcf. Chap. 

ive also ur.to the Levites 

10 dwell 
in ; and die su U be for 

I 

the suburbs of the cities, which 
■ 
id outward a 

i'rom widiout 
qdetwothous i 

idontliev es 

•o thou- 
sand cubits; and die city shall be in the 
i to tliem the suburbs 

. re shall be six 

i 

rty and 
ye shall give to 
; >urbs. 
ildren of 

. 
I 

I 

] 

; i 
- 

; that the man- 

i 

■ 

- 
i 
i 

sen up. 

Brtntofi 

derer : the mun be put 

to death. 
17 A] 

•tone, v. . 



xxxr. Law of murder. 155 

he is a murderer: the murderer shaU 

IS Or {/'lie smite aim with an hand weap- 
on of wood, wherewith he may die, and 
he die, he is a murderer : die murderer 
shall surely be put to death. 

19 The revenger of blood himself shall 
slay die murderer : when he meeteth him, 
U slay him. 

20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or 
hurl at him by laying of wait, that lie die ; 

21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, 
that he die : be that smote him shall sure- 
ly be put to death ; Jorht is a murderer: 

: vr of blood shall slay the mur- 
de rer H hen 1 ie meeteth him. 

ifhethurst him suddenly with- 
out enmity, or have cast upon him any 
ithout laying ofwak, 
23 Or t ith any stone, v-iu-rewitha man 
may die, seeing hhnu I upon 

him, that he die, and woa not his i , 
neither inn : 

rogation shall judge 
and the revenger of 
blood, according to these judgments t 

35 And the < i shall deliver 

the slayer out of the hand of the revenger 
aahallrestore 
him to the city of his refuge, « hither he was 
Bed ; and he shall abide in it unto the death 
high priest, which w..s anointed 
v, ith the holy oil. 

26 But il tl, ] at any time 

come without the tx rdf r of the city of his 
e, whither he was Bed ; 

C of blood find him 
without th< I the city of his ref- 

C < ! blood kill the 
tlood: 

until the death of the 

fcer the dean of the 

. intothe 

* 
, • ■ ut your 

• mur- 
moujh 

- 
I 

.: but he shall 

i 

■. 
I in the 

I where- 

ir^'d the I I of the 

. an, but by the blood 



156 Moses rehear teth the 



of him that shed it. 

34 Defile not therefore the land which 
ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell : for 1 the 
Lord dwell among the children of Israel. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 
1 The incorwenience of the inheritance of 
daughters is remedied, 10 The marri- 
age of the daughters ofZclophehad, 
AND tke chief fathers of the families 
of the children of Gilead, the son of 
Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the fam- 
ilies of the sons of Joseph, came near, and 
spake before Moses, and before the prin- 
ces, the chief lathers of the children of Is- 
rael : 

2 And they said, The Lord command- 
ed my lord to give the land for an inher- 
itance by lot to the children ot Israel : asd 
my lord was commanded by the Lord to 
give the inheritance of Zelophehad our 
brother unto his daughters. 

3 And if they be married to any of the 
sons of the other tribes of the children of 
Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken 
f rom the inheritance of our fathers, and 
shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe 
whereunto they are received : so shall it 
be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 

4 And when the jubilee of the children 
of Israel shall be, then shall their inherit- 
ance be put unto the inheritance of the 
tribe whereunto they are received : so shall 
their inheritance be taken away from the 
inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 

5 And Moses commanded the children 
of Israel according to the word of the 
Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Jo- 
seph hath said well. 



DEUTERONOMY, story of Gcd's promise. 

6 This is the tiling which the Lord doth 
command concerning the daughters of 
Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to 
whom they think best ; only to the family 
of the tribe of their father shall they mar- 
ry. 

7 So shall not the inheritance of the chil- 
dren of Israel remove from tribe to tribe : 
for every one of the children of Israel shall 
keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe 
ot his fathers, 

8 And every daughter, that pesscsseth 
an inheritance in any tribe of the children 
of Israel, shall, be wife unto one of the 
family of the tribe of her father, that the 
children of Israel may enjoy every man the 
inheritance of his fathers. 

9 Neither shall the inheritance remove 
from one tribe to another tribe ; but ev- 
ery one of the tribes of the children of Is- 
rael shall keep himself to his own inherit* 



10 % Even as the Lord commanded 
Mcses, so did the daughters of Zelophe- 
had. 

11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, 
and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of 
Zelophehad, were married unto their fa- 
ther's brothers' sons : 

12 And they weremarried into the fam- 
ilies oi the sons of Manasseh the son of Jo- 
seph, and their inheritance remained in 
the tribe of the family of their father. 

13 These are the commandments and 
the judgments, which, the Lord command- 
ed by the hand of Moses, unto the chil- 
dren of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jor- 
dan near Jericho. 



The Fifth Book o/Moses, called Deuteronomy. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Moses in the end of the fortieth year 
briefly rrhrarseth the story, 6 of God's 
promise) 34 and his anger for their in- 
credidity y 41 and disobedience. 

THESE be the words which Moses 
spake unto all Israel, on this side Jor- 
dan in the wilderness, in the plain over a- 
gainst the Red sea between Paran, and To- 
phel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Diz- 
ahab. 

2 ( There are eleven fax* journey from 
Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Ka- 
deshbarnea.) 

3 And it came to pass in the fortieth 
year, in the eleventh month, on the first 
day of the month, that Moses spake unto 
the children of Israel, according unto ail 
that the Lord had givenhim in command- 
ment unto tii. 



4 After he had slain Sihon the king of 
the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and 
Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at 
Astaroth in Edri : 

5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Mo- 
ab, began Moses to declare this law, say* 

G TT The Lord cur God spake unto us 
in Horeb, saying. Ye have dwelt long e- 
nough in this mount : 

7 Turn you, and take your journey, and 
go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto ! 
all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, 
in the hills, and in the vale, and in the 
south, and by the sea side, to the land of the 
Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the 
great river, the river Euphrates. 

8 Behold,] have set the land before ycu : 
go in and possess the land which the Lord 
sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac 



bj to g've mto thea and 
fceedc.: 

ing,lan. 
lone : 

10 The Lord yom 
yru,r.nd,beii<-; 

of he:/. 

11 The Lord . s make 
you at:. 

12 How can I my elf alone be 

d your 
strife ? 

ke ye wise men, and and* 

known am' i 
v, ill make them rule i 

I 
Imauethemh 

■ 

i ver nf- 
s ! tens, and officers a- 

. d I dnu-ged your judges at that 

judge riehte . 
tween t\ 

17 le- 
as the treat ; .d of the 

and the 

brine; it unto : it. 

all the t.. 
19 And 
I 

meun- 

f, 
\sthc Lord God oft 

■to thee, fear i n-agwt 

22 And 

is, and it 
ind brii 

up, and into 

- 
took tw el\ e men - f you, one of a tribe : 

I 24 And they turned and went 
fle mountain, and came unto the v 
Iheol^ai .'.cut. 



Chap. i. ' tCC 157 



U 



25 And . the iruitoftfie land 

•nd brought it down unto 

us,andhi . and said, It 

;::ch die Lord eui God doth 

• 

: nding, ye would not go up, 

linst the commandment of 

God : 

nd ye murmured in your tents, and 

1 us, he hath 

brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, 

. us into the hand of the Aln 

r-go up? Ourbreth- 
uiscouniged cur heart, saying, 

■andtaBer t! 
ttre great and willed up to heav- 
en; and, c seen die sens 
of the Ar 

to you, Dread not, 
neither be afraid d I 

30 The Lord hich goeth lie- 

to all that he did for yon in Egypt 

your c 

31 And in the wild i re thou 

that the Lord thy G< 

. all the 
i at, until j e came into tliis 

in this thing ye did net U . 
Lord your God, 

in the way before you, to 
itch your unts 

: 
. \Si.s w n '.: - 

saving, 

< f fliese 

.- 

■ eh ; lie 

I 
is< liil- 

e 

■ 
which ii 

■ 

e 

your journei bto the wild 



rfjcrmer things. DEUTERONOMY. touching the, Edomites, & c . 



41 % Then ye answered and said unto 
me, We have sinned against the Lord, we 
will go up and fight, according to all that 
the Lord our God commanded us. And 
when ye had girded on every man his wea- 
pons of war, ve were ready to go up into 
the hill. 

42 And the Lord said unto me, Say un- 
to them, Go not up, neither fight ; for law 
not among you ; lest ye be smitten before 
your enemies. 

43 So I spake unto you ; and ye would 
not hear, but rebelled against the command- 
ment of the Lord, and went presumptuous- 
ly up into the hill. 

44 And the Amorites which dwelt in 
that mountain, came cut against you, and 
chased you^ as bees do, and destroyed you 
in Seir, even unto Hormah. 

45 And ye returned and wept before the 
Lord ; but the Lord would sot hearken to 
your voice, nor give ear unto ycu. 

46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, ac- 
cording unto the days that ye abode there, 

CHAP. II. 
1 The story is continued touching the E- 
di.mit.es, 9 the Moabites, 18 the Amman- 
. 24 andSihon the Amorite, 
HR HEN we turned and took our jour- 
X ney into the wilderness, by the way 
of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me ; 
and we compassed mount Seir many 
days. 

2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying, 

3 Ye have compassed this mountain long 
enough : turn vou northward. 

4 .Cud command thou the people, saying, 
Ye are to pass through the coast of your 
brethren the children of Esau, which dwell 
in Seir ; and they shall be afraid of you : 
take ye good heed unto yourselves there- 
fore : 

5 Meddle not with them ; for I will not 
give you of their land, no, not so much as a 
foot breadth ; because 1 havegiven mount 
Seir untoEsau/or a possession. 

6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, 
that ye may eat ; and ye shall also buy wa- 
ter of them for money, that ye may drink. 

7 For the Lord thy God hath blessed 
thee in all die works of thy hand ; he 
knowcth thy walking through this great 
wilderness : these forty years the Lord thy 
God hath been with thee; thou hast lack- 
ed nothing. 

8 And when we passed by from our 

: :, which dwelt 

igh the way of the plain from 

Elath, and from E ' e turned 

dernessof 

9 H And the Lord said unto me, Distress 
not the contend with 
them in battle : for i will not give thee of 



their landjfcr a possession ; because 1 have 
given Ar unto the children of Lot/or a pos- 
sess} on. 

10 The Emims dwelt therein, in times 
past, a people great, and many, and tail, 
as the Anakims ; 

11 Which also were accounted giants, 
as the Anakims; but the Moabites call 
them Emims. 

_ 12 ' Hie Horims also dwelt in Seir before 
time : but the children of Esau succeeded 
them, when they had destroyed them from 
before them, and dwelt in their stead ; as 
Israel did unto the land of his possession, 
which the Lord gave unto them. 

13 Now rise up, said I, and get ycu over 
the brook Zered.j And we went over 
the brook Zered. 

14 And the space in which we came 
from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come 
over the brook Zered, ivas thirty and eight 
years ; until all the generation of the men 
of war were wasted out from among die 
host, as the Lordsware unto them. 

15 Fcr indeed the hand of the Lord was 
against them, to destroy them from among 
the host, until they were consumed. 

__ 16 So it came to pass when ail the men 
of war were consumed and dead from a- 
mong the people, 

17 That the Lord spake unto me, saying, 

18 % Thou art to pass over through Ar, 
the const of Moab, this day : 

19 And when thou comest nigh over a- 
gainst the children of Amnion, distress 
them not, nor meddle with them ; tor I 
will not give thee of the land of tiie chil- 
dren of Amnion any possession ; because 

I have given it unto the children of Lot/or | 
a possession. 
m 20 (That also was accounted a land of 
giants : giants dwelt therein in old time ; 
and the Ammonites call them Zamzuni- 
mims ; 

21 A people great, and many, and tall 
as the Anakims ; but the Lord destroyed 
them beiore them; and they - succeeded 
them, and dwelt in their stead: 

22 As he did to the children of Esau, 
which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed 
the Horims from before them ; and, they 
succeeded tl.em, and dwelt in their stead, 
even unto this day: 

23 And the A vims which dwelt in Ha- 
zerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphlorirus, 
which came forth out of Caphtor, des- | 
troyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 

24 li Rise yem^ take vcur journey,aad i 
pass over the" ri- d, Ihare | 

given int monte, ' 

king of Heshbi begin to 

it, r;nd contend witli him in battle. 

25 This day -w to put the dread 

of thee and die fear oi'tuee upon donation 



Of Si/irni the Amorite. Chap. 

that arc under the whole heaven, who 
shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, 
and be in anguish because of thee, 

26 And I seat messengers out of the wil- 
derness of Kedcmcth, uuto Sihon king of 
Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 

27 Let me pass through thy land : 1 will 
go along by the high way, 1 will neither 
turn unto the right hand nor to the 

28 Thou shaft bell me meat for money, 
that I may eat ; and give me water for 
money, that I may drink : only 1 will pass 
through on my feet ; 

29 (As the children of Esau whi 
in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in 
Ar, did unto me;) until 1 shall p^ss over 
Jordan into the land which the Lord our 
God giveth us. 

30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not 
let us pass by him ; for the Lord thy God 

spirit, and made I 
. , tint he might dem er liim into 
thy hand, as afifieareth thii 

31 And the l^ord said unto me, Behold 
I have begun to give Sihon and his land be- 
fore thee : begin to possess, that thou may- 
est inherit his rand. 

32 Then Sihon came out against us, he 
and all his pec pie, to fight at Jahaz. 

A the Lord our God delivered him 
. wesmote him, and his sons, 
and all 

1 we co. >k all his cities at that time, 
and utterly destroyed the men, and the wo- 
men, and the little ones, of every city, we 
e to remain : 

retook foraprey un- 
ndthe spoil of the cities which 

36 1 which is by the brink 

of the riser of 

en unto Gil; 

i 
I unto any 

CH 

II lrisp< — 
the Lord our God delivered into 



hi. Of Og,khig of Eashan. U9 

cur hands Og, also, the king ofEashr.n, 
and ail his peep ; .e : and we smote him un- 
til nor.e was left to him remalni 

4 And we took all his cities at th~t time, 
there was net a city which we fa 

from them, threesce're cities, all the region 
of Argob, the kingdom of Og, in Bashan. 

5 All these cities were fenced with high 
walls, gates, and bars ; beside unwaHed 
towns a g"e:it . 

6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we 
did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly 
destroying the men, women, and children, 
ei'everv city. 

7 But all 'die cattle, and the spoil of the 
cities, we took for a prey to oui: e 

8 And we took at that time out 
hand of the two kings of the Amorites, the 
land that ivas on this side Jordan, irom 
the river of Anion unto mount Hermon ; 

9 (Which Hermon the Sidoniansi caD 
Sirion ; and the Amorites call it Shemr ;) 

10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gi- 
lead, and all Bashan,unto Salchah and K- 
drei, cities of the kingdom of Og, in 1 - 

11 For only Og,king of Bashan,remain- 
edofthe remnant of giants; behold, his 
bedstead ivas a bedstead of iron ; Is jt not 
in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? 
Nine cubits ivas the length thereof, and 
four cubits the breadth ct it, after the cu- 
bit of a man. 

12 And this: land, which we possessed at 
that time. the riv- 
er Arn n, and halfmt ant Gile a, and the 
cities thereof, gave 1 unto the Reu 

and to the G i 

13 And the restof Gilead, and nl: I 

' >m of Og, gave 1 unto the 
h ; all the re 

... : 

the land 

country i 

ri andma '':i": : .: ; i 

hisown i. -I tir,unto this 

day. 

. i ith€ 
ntothe 

i 

♦ 
non ; 

, m.l the 

M a, un- 

1 
■ 



160 Moses' firayer. 

much cattle) shall abide inyour cities which 
I have riven you ; 

20 Until the Lord have given rest unto 
your brethren, as well as unto you and un- 
til they also possess the land which the Lord 
your God hath given them beyond Jordan : 
and then shall ye return every man unto 
his possession, which 1 have given you. 

21 And I commanded Jcdiua at that 
time, saying, Thine eves have seen ail that 
the Lord your God hath done unto these 
two kings : so shall the Lord do unto all 
the kingdoms whither thou passest. 

22 Ye shall not fear them : for the Lord 
your God he shall fight for you. 

23 1 And I besought the Lord at that 
time, saying, 

24 O "Lord God, thou hast begun to 
shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy 
mighty hand ; for, What God is there in 
heaven or in earth, that can do according 
to thy works, and according to thy might i 

25" I pray thee, let me go over", and see 
the good land that is beyond Jordan, that 
mountain, and Lebanon.^ 

26 1[ But the Lord was wroth with me 
for your sakes, and would not hear me : 
and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice 
thee ; speak no more unto me ofthjs matter. 

27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, 
and lift up thine eyes westward, and north- 
ward, and southward, and eastward, and 
behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt 
not g< j over this Jordan. 

28 But charge Joshua and encourage him, 

and strengthen him : for he shall go over 

his people, and he shall cause them 

. it the land which thou shalt see. 

39 Se we abode in the valley over against 

Eethpecr. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 An exhortation to obedience. 41 Mo- 
tes apjiauiteth itie three cities of refuge 
ie Jcrclan. 

NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, un- 
te the statutes and unto the judgments, 
which I teach you, for to do them, that ye 
may live, and "go in and possess the land 
which the Lord God of your fathers giv- 
etli you. 

2 Ye shall not add unto the wcrd which 
I command you, neither shall \e dimin- 
ish aught from it, that ye may keep the 
commandments of the Lord your God 
which I command you. 

3 Your eyes have <een what the Lord 
did because o for all the men 

eof,me Lord thy God 
m from amor 

4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord 
your God are anve every one ot'you thisday. 

. ght you statutes ?nd 
s the Lord my God 
me, that jc ." 



DEUTERONOMY. 



Moses exhovteth the 



the land whither ye go to possess it. 

6 Keep therefore and do themi for this z* 
your wisdom and your understandiag in 
the sight of the nations, which shall hear ail 
these statutes ,and say, Surely this great na- 
tion is a wise and understanding people. 

7 For what nation is there so great, who 
hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord 
our God is in all things that we call upon 
him for ? 

8 And, What nation is there so great, 
that hath statutes and judgments sd right- 
eous as all this law, which I set before you 
thisday? 

9 Only take heed to thyself,and keep thy 
soul diligently, lest thou forget the things 
which thine eyes have seen, and lest they 
depart from thy heart all the days of thy 
life : but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' 
sons ; 

10 Specially the day that thou stoodest 
before the Lord tliy God in Horeb, when 
the Lord said unto me, Gather me the 
people together, and I will make them 
hear my words, that they may learn to 
fear me all the days that they shall live 
upon the earth, and that tliey may teach 
their children. 

11 And ye came near and stood under 
the mountain ; and the mountain burned 
with fire unto the midst of heaven, with 
darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 

12 And the Lord spake unto you out of 
the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice . 
of the words, but saw no similitude ; only 
ye heai^d a voice. 

13 And he declared unto you his cove- 
nant, which he commanded you to per- ' 
form, even ten commandments ; and he 
wrote them upon two tables of stone. 

14 And the Lord commanded me at that 
time to teach you statutes and judgments, 
that ye might do them in the land whither 
ye go over to possess it. 

15 Take ye therefore good heed unto 
yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of simil- 
itude on the day t/iat the Lord spake unto 
you in Horeb cut of the midst of the fire : 

16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make 
you a graven image, the similitude of any 
figure, the likeness of male or female, 

17 The likeness of any beast that is on 
the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl 
that fiieth in the air, 

18 The likeness of any thing that creep- 
eth on the ground, the likeness of any fish 
that is in the waters beneath the e 

19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto 
heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and 
the moon, and tiie stars, even all the host 
of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship 

nd serve them, which the Lord 
thy God hath divided unto a'J nation! un- 
der the whole heai : 



fieo/ik to obedience, 

20 But the Lord hath taken yr.u. and | 
brought you f )rth out of the i 

even out of Egypt, to be unto him a peo- 
ple cf inheritance, as ye arc this 

21 Furthermore, the Lord was angry 
with mc 

should i i A that 1 should 

not go in unto that good land, which the 
Lord thy God givctii lhee/&r an rnheri- 

22 But I must die in this land, I must not 
go over Jordan : but ye shall go over, and 
possess that good I 

Lke h(_ed unto yourselves, lest ye 
forget the covenant of the Lord your God 
which he made with 
a graven image, or 
thing, which the Lord thy God hath for- 
bidden thee. 

24 For the Lord thy Godz> a consum- 
ing hrz,even a jeal u- God. 

25 When th : children, and 
children's children, and ye shall have re. 
mained long in the kind, an 
yourselves, and make a graven in 

the likeness of any thing, an 
in die sight of die I„ord thy God, to pro- 
:u to anger: 
:!1 heaven and earih to 

lallsoon 
perish from off the land whereun- 
toye go over Jordan 1 

but shall 

. you a- 
'! \<- shall ; 
in number among th 
.11 lead you. 
■A tlurc ye shall serve gods, the 

neither see, nor hear,noreat, nor 

it if from the 

thou seek him 

30 \\ ion, i nd 

all these - .me upon tl 

unto his 
destroy thee, • 

1 
arid ask from theoi 
to the other, Wh< 
rnny meh thing as this great thi 
• en heard lik< 
.d evrr peot 
C»cd speaking out of the n * 



iv. Three Citie* of refuge appointed, 161 

as thou hast heard and ' 

34 Or hath G \r/take 

him a nation from the her na- 

tion, by temptations, b 

. 
and by a stretched ou; 

cording to all that the Lord your 
God did for youin Egypt bef 

(to thee it was shewed tha 
. know diat the Lord he is God ; 
there is none else beside him. 

. thee to hear 

te might instruct dice : and 

is great fire ; 

and thou bis words out of the 

he loved thv fathers, 

■ he chose their seed after diem, 
and brought thee out in his sight with his 

ower out of Egypt ; 

• drive out nations from before 
thee greater and mightier than thou art 
to bring thee in, to give thee their land/or 

itance, as it is tins day. 

39 Know therefore this day, and consid- 
er it in thine heart, that the Lord he is 
God in heaven above, and upon the earth 

is none else. 

40 Thou shalt keep therefcre his statutes, 
and his commandments, which I command 
thee this day, that it ma}- go well with thee, 
-mA with thy children and that 

I >n die 
earth, wh ihdice, 

4 1 1 Then Nfosea i 

(ii tins s : v. ard the sun rising ; 

jhtflee (hither, 

i 

and hated him not inti nd that 

ghtuve. 

In the wilderness, in 

es; and 

Ramoth inGilead, of theGadites; and 

. in B Lshi ;. 

I 

. 

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r 

i 



162 The covenant in Horeb. DEUTERONOMY. 



The ten commandments. 



49 And all the plain on this side Jordan 
eastward, even unto the sea cf the piain, 
unto the springs of Pisgah. 
CHAP.V. 
1 The covenant in Horeb. 6 The ten 
commandments. 22 At the /ieofi!e's re- 
quest Moses receiveth thelawfromGod. 
AND Mcses called all Israel, and said 
unto them, Hear, O Israel, the stat- 
utes and judgments which I speak in your 
ears this day, that ye may learn diem, and 
keep, and do them. 

2 The Lord our God made a covenant 
■with us in Horeb. 

3 The Lord made not this covenant 
with cur fathers, but with us, even us, who 
*rt all of us here alive this day. 

4 The Lord talked with you face to face 
in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, 

5(1 stood between the Lord and you at 
that time, to shew you the word of the 
Lord : for ye were afraid by reason of the 
fire, and went not up into the mount) say- 
ing* 

6 % I am the Lord thy God, which 
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from 
the house cf bondage. 

7 Thou shalt have none other gods be- 
fore me. 

8 Thou Shalt not make thee any graven 
image or any likeness of any thing that is 
in heaven above, or that is in the earth 
beneath, or that is in the waters beneath 
the earth. 

9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself un- 
to them nor serve them : for. I the Lord 
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the in- 
iquity of the fathers upon the children, un- 
to the third and fourth generation o£ them 
that hate me, 

10 And shewing mercy unto thousands 
•f them that love me and keep my com- 
mandments. 

11 Thou shalt not take the name of the 
Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will 
not hold him guiltless that taketh his name 
in vain. 

12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as 
the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 

13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do 
all thy work : 

it the seventh day is the sabbath of 
the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do 
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy 
daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy 
nor thine ox, nor thine ass, 
nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger 
ites ; that thy manser- 
vant and thy maidservant ma v rest as well 
as thou. 

1.5 And remember that thou wast a 
pervant in the land of Egypt, and that the 
Lord thy God brought thee out thence, 
through a mighty hand, and by a stretch- 



ed out arm : therefore the Lord thy God 
commanded thee to keep the sabbath day, 

16 Honor thy father and thy mother, as 
the Lord thy God hath commanded thee ; 
that thy days may be prolonged, and that 
it may go well with thee, in the land which 

i, the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

17 Thou shalt not kill. 

18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 

19 Neither shalt thou steak 

20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness 
against thy neighbor. 

21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neigh- 
bour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy 
neighbor's house, his field, or his manser- 
vant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, 
or any thing that is thy neighbor's . 

22 "f These words the Lord spake unto 
all your assembly in the mount, out of the 

midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the 
thick darkness, with a great voice : and 
he added no more. And he wrote them 
in two tables of stone, and delivered them 
unto me. 

23 And it came to pass, when ye heard 
the voice cut of the midst of the darkness, 
(for the mountain did bum with fire) that 
ye came near unto me, even all the heads 
of your tribes, and your elders ; 

24 And ye said, behold, the Lord^ our 
God hath shewed us his glory and his 
greatness, and we have heard his voice 
out of the midst of the fire : we have seen 
this day that God doth talk with man, and 
he liveth. 

25 Now therefore, Why should we die 
for this great fire will consume us ; if we 
hear the voice of the Lord our God any 
more, then we shall die. 

26 For, Who 'is there of all flesh, that 
hath heard the voice ot the living God 
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we 
have, and lived ? 

27 Go thou near and hear all that the 
Lord our God shall say ; and speak thou 
unto us all that the Lord our God shall 
speak unto thee ; and we will hear it, and 
do it. 

28 And the Lord heard the voice of 
your words when you spake unto me ; 
and die Lord sa id unto me, I have heard the 
voice of the words cf this people, which 
they have spoken unto thee : they have 
well said all that they have spoken. 

29 O that there were such an heart in 
them, that they would fear me, and keep 
all my commandments always. 
might" be well v>ith them, and with their 
children for ever ! 

30 Go say to them, Get you into your 
tents again". 

31 But a3 for thee, stand thou here by 
me, and I will speak unto thee all the com- 
mandments, and the statutes, and the 



End of the Una i* ot c 



Chap, vi, vii. 



Exhortation to obedience. 161 



judgmc;. thou shalt teac' 

e to do therefore as 
the Lor 
ye shall 
to the . 

s -which 

prolong your 

chat; VI. 

1 The i* Hence, ZAn 

- 

NIments, 
tes, and the judgments, 
anded to 
u,that ye might do them in the 
land whither J t 

, thou naightest fe rthe Lord thy 
keep all his st ttutes and his com- 
mandments, which I command thee, 
\ n, all the 

. 
be pro] 

re, O Israel, and ob- 

te well with 

• 

ershathprom- 

eth with 

. God u 

.. which I o 
ix:in thinel 

i 

id when 
I 

. 

! iiafront- 

I 

Ouild- 
wh* 

- 

- 



and serve him, and shaft sware by lus 
name. 

14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of 
the god* of the people which are round a- 
boutyou ; 

. the Lord thy Gad :'? a jealous 
God among you) lest the anger of the Land 
thy God be kindled against thee, and de- 
stroy thee from off the face ot the earth. 
. shall not tempt tne Lord your 
c tempted him in Mi.ss.ih. 
i ill diligently keep the command- 
ments of die Lord your God, and his tes- 
. nd his statutes, which he hath 

15 And thoushaltdp that which is right 
and good in the sight of the Lord : that it 
mai be well with thee, and that thou may- 

est go in and possess the good land which 
the Lord sware unto thy fathers ; 

1\) To cast out all thine enemies from 
before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. 

t when thy son asketh thee in 
time to come, saying, What mean the tes- 
timonies, and the statute:*, and the judg- 
ments, which the Lord our God hath com- 
manded you i 

en thou shaft say unto thy son, 
We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; 
and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with 
a mighty hand. 

22 And • wed si.^ns and won- 

ders, git upon Egypt, upon 

I On all lus household, before 
es : 
2J *Ar. J he brought us out from thence, 
that he mi e us the 

laud \n ! there* 

mded us to do 
the Lord our 
*- • might 

It tl tis day. 

■ 

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DEUTERONOMY. 



with them: thy daughter thou shalt net 
give unto his sen, nor his daughter shalt 
thou take unto thy son. 

4 f For they will turn away thy son from 
following me, that they may serve other 
gods: so will the anger of the Lord be 
kindled against you, and destroy thee sud- 
denly. 

5 But thus shall ye deal with them ; ye 
shall destroy their altars, and break down 
their images, and cut down their groves, 
and bum their graven images with fire. 

6 For thou art an holy people unto the 
Lord thy God : the Lord thy God hath 
chosen thee to be a special people unto 
himself, above all people that are upon the 
face of the earth. 

7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, 
nor choose ycu r because ye were more in 
number than any people ; for ye were the 
fewest of all people: 

8 But because the Lord loved you, and 
because he would keep the oath v 

had sworn unto ycur fathers, hath tHe 
Lord brought you out with a mighty 
hand, and redeemed ycu cut of the house 
of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh 
kingofEgvpt. 

9 Know", therefore, that the Lord thy 
God, he is Gcd the faithful God, which 
keepeth covenant and mercy with them, 
that love him and keep his commandments 
to a thousand generations. 

10 And repayeth them that hate him to 
their face, to destroy them : he will not be 
slack to him that hateth him, he will repay 
him to his face. 

11 Thou shalt therefore keep the com- 
mandments, and the statutes, and thejudg- 
ments, which I command thee this day, to 
do them. 

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye 
hearken to these judgments, and keep, and 
do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep 
unto thee the covenant and the mercy 
which he sware unto thy fathers : 

13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, 
and multiply thee : he will also bless the 
fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, 
thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, 
the increase of thy Line, and the flecks of 
thy sheep, in the land which he sware un- 
to thy fathers to give thee* 

14 Thou shalt be blessed above all peo- 
ple : there shall not be male or female bar- 
ren among you, or among ycur cattle. 

15 And 'the Lord will takeaway from 
thee all sickne: r , and will put none of the 
evil diseases of Egypt, which thouknowest, 
upon thee ; but will lay them upon all 
them that hate thee. 

16 And thru shalt consume all the peo- 
ple which the Lord thy Gcd shall deliver 
thee, thiiic eyes shall have no pity upon 



the nations for bidden, 
them : neither shalt thou serve their gods ; 
for that will be a snare unto thee. 

17 If thou shalt say in thine heart. These 
nations are more than I ; How can I dis- 
possess them ? 

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them : 
but shalt well remember what the Lord thy 
God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; 

19 The great temptations which thine 
eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, 
and the mighty hand, and the stretched 
out arm, whereby the Lord thy God 
brought thee out : so shall the Lord thy 
God do unto all the people of whom thou 
art afraid. 

20 Moreover, the Lord thy Gcd will 
send the hornet among them, until they 
that are left, and hide themselves from 
thee, be destroyed. 

21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: 
for the Lord thy God is among you, a 
mighty God and terrible. 

22 And the Lord thy God will put out 
those nations before thee by little and little ; 
thou mayest notcOnsume them at once, lest 
the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 

23 Eut the Lord thy God shall deliver 
them unto thee, and shall destroy them 
with a mighty destruction, until theybe des- 
troyed. 

24 And he shall deliver their kings into 
thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their 
name from under heaven : there shall no 
man be able to stand before thee, until 
thou have destroyed them. 

25 The graven images of their gods shall 
ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire 
the silver or gold that is on them, nor take 
it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein 
for it is an abomination to the Lord thy 
God. 

26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomina- 
tion into thine house, lest thou be a cursed 
thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest 
it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it 
is a cursed thing. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 An exhortation to obedience in regard of 

God- s dealing with them, 

ALL the commandments which I com- 
mand thee this day, shall ye observe 
to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and 
go in and possess the land which the Lord 
sware unto your fathers. 

2 And thou shalt remember all the way 
which the Lord thy God led thee these 
forty years in the wilderness, to humble 
thee, and to prove thee, to know what was 
in thine heart, whether thou wouldest 
keep his commandments, or no. 
3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee 
to hunger, and feci thee with manna, which 
thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers 
know ; that he might make thee know 



The Israelite? rt : ■ 



that man doth net live by bread only, but 
bv eve - proceedeth out of 

•uthoi'the Lord « thman li\c. 

4 Thy nunc old ujk>ii thee, 
neither did th\ 

5 Tl ion ■■' in thine heart, 
that as a ma: his son, «o the 

uice. 

I .- com- 
mundments,oi" the Lord thy God, 10 walk 
in hit wa\ b, aid to fear him. 

7 Fur the Lord tiiy God bringeth thee 
into a good "land, a land oi ' . 
of fountains anddeptl og out of 

valle\ s and I 

a A! nd vines, 

and fig I » a land 

. thou shaft eat bread 

t lack a- 

^ in it; a land sore iron, 

and out of whose lulls thcu ma; 

l'j When thou ha<t eaten and 

s the Lord thy Gtd 
good land which he h 
11 be u forget n< tth 

id his statutes, 
whi( h 1 comin 

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thrr- 1 

14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and 

15\\ b 

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t, that 
diat he might 
d at thy latter 

er and I ith gotten 

methi 

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surely perish. 



Chap. ix. 



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20 As the nations which the Lord des- 
troy eth before your ra< e perish 
ye would nc . ent untp 
the voice of the Lordvcui v 

C H A P. 
1 Moses di&suadeth tbemfrom the ofiir- 
' their civn righteousneea, by re- 
h areing their several red ellions. 

HLLAU, O ferae] : Thau art to 
\ er Jordan tliis day, to §o in to em s- 
sess nations greater and mightier than thy- 
self cities gi eat and iencetiup to heai en, 

2 A people great and tali, the c 
of the Anakims, whom thcu knew 

thou hast heard «cy, Who can 
. before the children oi Ai 

therefore this day, that 
the Lord 

before t... osuining fireb 

destroy them, and he shall brin 
down before thy fece : so shah \ 
them out. and destn y diem quick] . 
Lord hath said unto thee. 

.knot thou in thine hear 
i^ord thy God hath cac 
out from before thee, sai 
righteousness the Lord hath broo. 
in to possess this land : but for the wick- 
these nations the Lord doth drive 
them out from before diet. 

5 Net for thy righteousness, or for the 
upright] leart, dost thru goto 

I I- rthe wi , 

thy God doth 
m< ut from I ad that 

-• ul which th 
swart untoth) Others, Abra 
cob. /* 

I therefore that the Lord 
land to 

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he Lord 
I .... 
o mt. 
jid the Lord said unto me, 

wn quickly from hence; for 

iou hast brought forth 

out of Egypt have corrupted thenaetves ; 

. e quickly turned aside out of the 

which I commanded them; they 

hat e made them a molten image. 

13 Furthermore, the Lord spake unto 

en this people, and be- 
hold, it is a stiffnecked people : 

14 Let me alone, that I may destroy 

ndblot out their name from under 
heaven : and 1 will make of thee a nation 
er and greatei than the}'. 

15 So 1 turned and came down from 
the mount, and the mount burned "■ 

and the two tables of the covenant mere 

16 And I looked, and, beheld, ye had 

t the Lord your God, and 
had m Iton call': ye had tur- 

ned aside quickly out of the way which 
>rd had commanded you. 

-: the two tables, and cast 
ut of my t wo hands, and brake them 

a; I fell down before the Lord, as 

1 did neither eat bread, nor chink 

. of all your - h - igned , in 

. of the Lord, to 
a to anger. 
: 
. ."tie Lord was 
a. But the 
I 

I oid was verj angry with 
. 

e same time. 

.h which 
ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and 
■ 

rook that descen- 

ssah,and 
provoked the 

Lor- 1 

q tl-.e Lord 

up and 

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■ or (k>d, and ye believed him 
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. therefore unto the Lord, 



DEUTERONOMY. 



The two tables renewed. 



and said, O Lord G not tin- 

people and thine inheritance, which thou 
List redeemed through thy greatness, 
which then hast brought forth cut cf Egypt 

27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, 

nd Jacob; look not unto tine stub- 
: of this people, nor to their wick- 
. nor to their sin : 

28 Lest the land whence thcu brought- 
est us out, say, Because the Lord was not 

ring them into the land which he 
use he hated 
hath brought them out to slay 
n the wildernc 

, they are thy people and thine in- 
heritance, which thou broughtest cut by 
thy might and by thy stretched 

CHAP. X. 
1 God's merci . 
12 . 

AT that time the Lord said unto me. 
Hew thee two tables of stone like unco 
. and come up unto me into the 
mount, and make thee an ark of wood. 

2 And 1 will write on the tables tlie 

at were m the first tables which 
thou rankest, and thou shalt put them in 
the ark. 

3 And I made an ark r/shittim wood, 

. s of stone like unto 
the mount, hav- 
. mine hand. 

iccordV 

. 
tlie raoun : midst of the 

em unto me. 

id came down 
it, andput the tables in the 
. there they be, 
me. 

. -rael took their 
Beeroth of the children of 
E ra : there Aaron died, and 
there he- 

7 From thei • c . - . ed unto Gud- 

god h ; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a 

bersi 

i\e tlie Lord separated the 

k of the cove- 

rd, tc st .. . etoretb 

. to bless in his 
name, unto this day, 

• e Levi hath no part nor in-- 
. with Ids brethren; the Lodz* 
sinner 

. him. 

j ed in the mount, aco 
to the fir 

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to obedience. 167 



time also, and the Lord would not destroy 
thee. 

11 And the Lord said onto me- 
take tlty journey before th 

: 
Iswareimtfttheirfamersto rive unto them. 

13 ",; And now Israel, ( 
Lord thy God requ;. it to feai 

the Lord thy God, to walk in all hi 
and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy 
• :h ail thy heart and with all I 

1.3 To keep the coaui -•> of the 

Lord, and his statutes, which 1 command 
thee this good? 

.old, the heaven, and the heaven 
of heavens, is the Lord's thy God, the 

ht in thy 
ie their 
U people, 

: cumcise therefore the foreskin of 
/-•eked. 
17 For the !>>rd your God is God of 
•d Lord of 

. t-gardeth 
.■ird: 
e the judgment of the 

1 and raiment. 



he end of xh< 

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5 And what he did unto you in the wil- 

ae Into this t 

6 A j . unto D ith ui and A- 

i n of Reuben : 
how die t I her mouth, and 

.. . their houteh< 
- substance tha 

- of all Israel: 

7 But your eyes have seen all the great 
actsot .ich he did. 

8 Therefore shall ye keep all the com- 

as which I command you this day, 
that ye may be strong, and go in and pos- 
sess UiO land, v hither ye go to possess it ; 
j e may prolong your days 
ie Lord sware unto 
your takers to give unto them and to their 
. . . ] tweth with milk and 

10 For the land, whither thou goest in to 
possess it, is not as the land < A 

whence ye came out, where diou sowedst 
dry seed, and wateredst it 
as a garden of herbs : 

11 Bat the land whither ye go to possess 
it,w a land c:" = : 

em water of the rain of heaven : 

12 A land which the Lord thy ( 
rethfer: the eves of the Lord th; 

.sup on it, from the 



myc 

•I command you this d 
Lord youi 
your heart and with aD you: 






168 A blessing and a curse, 

and the days of your children, in the land 
which the "Lord sware unto your fathers 
to give them, as the days of heaven upon 
the earth, 

22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these 
commandments which I command you, to 
do them, to love the Lord your God, 'to 
walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him ; 

23 Then will the Lord drive out all these 
nations from before you, and ye shall pos- 
sess greater nations and mightier than 
yourselves. 

24 Every place whereon the soles of 
your feet shall tread, shall be yours : from 
the wilderness and Lebanon, from the riv- 
er, the river Euphrates, even unto the ut- 
termost sea shall your coast be. 

25 There shall no man be able to stand 
before you : for the Lord your God shall 
lay the fear of you and the dread of you, 
upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, 
as he hath said unto von. 

26 1 Behold, I set before you this day a 
blessing and a curse ; 

27 A blessing, if ye obey the command- 
ments of the Lord your God, which 1 com- 
mand you this day": 

28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the 
commandments of the" Lord your God, but 
turn aside out of the way which I command 



DEUTERONOMY. tdola try to be de strayed 

and break their pillars, and bum thei r 
groves with fire ; and ye shall hew down 
the graven images of their gods, and des- 
troy the names of them out of that place. 

4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your 

5 % But unto the place which the Lord 
your God shall choose out of ail your tribes 
to put his name there, even unto his hab- 
itation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt 
come : 

6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt 
offerings, and your sacrifices, and your 
tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, 
and your vows, and your free will offer- 
ings, and the firstlings of your herds and of 
your flocks : 

7 And there ye shall eat before the Lord 
your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that 
ye put your hand unto, ye and your house- 
holds, wherein the Lord thy God hath 
blessed thee. 

8 Ye shall not do after all the things 
that we do here this day, every man what- 
soever is righ$ in his own eyes. 

9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest, 
and to the inheritance, which the Lord your 
God giveth you. 

10 But when ye go over Jordan, and 
dwell in the land which the Lord your God 



ye have not known. 

29 And it shall come to pass, when the 
Lord thy God hath brought 'thee in unt< :» 
the land whither thou goest to possess it, 
that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount 
Geririm, ami the curse upon mount Ebal. 

30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, 
by the the way where the sun goeth down, 
in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell 
in the champaign over against Gilgal, be- 
side the plains of Moreh ? 

31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in 
to possess tlie land which the Lord your 
God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and 
dwell therein. 

32 And ye shall observe to do all the 
Statutes and judgments, which 1 set before 
you this day* 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Monuments of idolatry are to be des- 
troyed* 5 The place of God's service 
a to he krpu 16, 23 Blood forbidden. 

TH ESE are the statutes and judgments 
which ye shall observe tc do in the 
land, which the Lord God of thy fathers 
giveth thee to possess it, all the days that 
ye live upon the earth. 

2 Ye shall utterly destroy ail the places, 
wherein the nations which ye shall possess, ' 

heir gods,upan the high mountains, 
q the Lulls, and under every green 
tree : 

3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, 



you this day, to go alter other gods, which giveth. you to inherit, and when he giveth 

* you rest from all your enemies round a- 
bout, so that ye dwell in safety ; 

11 Then there shall be a place which 
the Lord your God shall choose to cause 
his name to dwell there ; thither shalt ye 
bring all that I command you ; }'our burnt 
offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, 
and the heave offering of your hand, and 
all your choice vows which ye vow unto 
the Lord : 

12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord 
your God, ye, and your sons, and your 
daughters, and your menservants, and your 
maidservants, and the Levitethat is with- 
in your gates : forasmuch as he hath no 
part nor inheritance with you. 

13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer 
not thy burnt offerings in every place that 
thou seest : 

14 But in the place which the Lord shall 
choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt 
offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou 
shalt do all that I command thee. 

15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill 
and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy 
soul lusteth after, according to the blessing 
of the Lord thy God which he bath given 
thee: the unclean and the clean may 
eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of 
the hart. 

16 If Only ye shall not eat the blood ; ye 
shall pour it upon the earth as water. 

17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates 



Blood j Chap. xm. JL idolatry H5j 

the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of | 31 Thou shrdt not do so unto the Lord 
thy oil, or the firstlings of th) herds, or [thy God: for ever/ abomination to the 

of 'thy flock, nor any of thy vows which i Lord which he haer'n, have they done u„- 
thou vowest, nor t i flerings, or I to their gods ; for even their sons and their 

heave offering of thine hand: 'daughters they have burnt in the lire to 

18 But thou must eat them before the their gods. 



Lord thy God the Lord 

thy God i I thy son, 

and thy daughter, and thy man 
and thy maidservant, and the Le 
is within thy gates: and ti; . 
betore the Lard thy God in all tl 
puttest thine hands unto. 

19 Take heed tothyseli - 
sake not die Levite a - 

;th. 

20 When the Lord thy G 
thy border, as he hath pro mi 

. i will eat Besh, because thy 
I eat flesh, th 

21 Ii I . ui God 
hath chc re, be ux, 

I thee, then thou shalt kiil of th\ 
1 tordhatn 

given tl. 1 

It cat in thy gates 

. and the hart is 
halt eat them : the unclean 
fthem id ike. 

it not the 

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pour it 

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God, and th 
flesh. 

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What thing soever 1 command you, 
observe to do it : thou shalt not add there- 
.•.iminish from it. 

CHAP. X11I. 
1 Enticers to idolatry, 6 how near so- 
truer^ 9 areto be stoned to death, 12 I- 
dolatruus cities are not to be spared. 

IF there arise among yon a prophet, or 
dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a 
tigp () " 

2 And the sign or the wonder come to 

5 MBS) whereof he spake unto thee, saying, 
[jet us go after other gods, which thou 
bast not known, and let us sei ve U 

3 Thou shall not hearken untotL. 
of that prophet, or that dreamer of . 

for the Lord your God proveth you, to 
know whether ye love the Lord your God 
with all your he rt and >\ ith all J 

4 Ye shall walk after the Loi i 
God) and i'ear him, and keep his comm ind- 

■nd \e bh ill 
Serve him, and e'e iveuoto lam. 

5 And that prophet) or that dreamer of 
dreams, shall be put to death ; bee 

hath spoken to turn you aw 

Lord your God, which brought you out of 

the land of Eg] 

of the ho., j, to thrust thee out of 

1 <ord thy G;x! com- 
• tettalt thou put 

.. • mi 1st of th' '•. 

6 •{ Ii . 

er,or th the wile 

of thy b 

.saying) 
ichthou 
, ,i, thou, nor thy lathers ; 

which m if j ou, nigh ui 

orlaro ff l r omthee»from thi 

ii unto the o/Arr end oi the, earth ; 

unto hum, n< r 

hearken i shall thine e e 

rdy kit! him \ thine 

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1/0 are to be stoned to death. DEUTERONOMY. 



Beasts clean and unclean. 



12 *\\ If thoushalt hear say in one of thy 
cities, which tke Lord thy God hath given 
thee to dwell there, saying, 

13 Certain men, the children of Belial, 
are gone cut from among you, and have 
withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, 
saying, Let us go and serve other gods, 
winch ye have not known ; 

14 Then shait thou inquire, and make 
search, and ask diligently ; and, behold if 
it be truth, and the thing certain that such 
abomination is wrought among you ; 

15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabit- 
ants of that city with the edge of the sword, 
destroying it utterly, and all that is there- 
in, and the cattle thereof with the edge of 
the sword. 

16 And thou shall gather all the spoil of 
it into the midst c£the street thereof, and 
shalt burn with fire the city, and all the 
spoil thereof; ever} 1 whit, for the .Lord thy 
God : and it shall be an heap for ever ; it 
shall not be built again. 

17 And there shall cleave nought of the 
cursed thing to thine hand : that the Lord 
may turn from the fierceness of his anger, 
and shew thee mercy, and have compas- 
sion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he 
hath sworn unto thy fathers ; 

18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice 
of the Lord thy God, to keep all his com- 
mandments which I command thee this 
day, to do that which is right in the eyes of 
the Lord thy God, 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 God's children are not to disfigure them- 
selves in mourning. 3 What may be 
• , and what not, 22 Of tithes. 

YE are the children of the Lord your 
Gad : ye shall not cut yourselves, nor 
make any baldness between your eyes for 
the dead." 

2 For thou art an holy people unto 
the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath 
chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto 
himself, above all the nations that are up- 
on the earth. 

3 % Thou shalt not eat any abominable 
thing, 

4 These ere the beasts which ye shall 
eat : the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 

5 Thenar t, and the roebuck, and the 
fallow deer, ?ndthe wild goat, and the 
pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. 

" 6 An-:: every beast that parteth i i 

t wo claws, and 
i the cud among the beasts, that 

ess, these ye shall not eat of 

j chew thocud, or of them that 
divide the cloven hoof; asti 

re, and the cone/: fi r the '( 

ft therefore 

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8 And the swine, because it divideth the 
hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean 
unto you : ye shall not eat of their flesh, 
nor touch their dead carcass. 

9 These ye shall eat of all tiiat ore in the 
waters : all that have fins and scales shall 
ye eat : 

10 And whatsoever hath not fins and 
scales, ye may not eat; it is unclean unt© 
you. 

11 Q/all clean birds ye shall eat. 

12 But these a^e they of which ye shall 
not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and 
the ospray, 

13 And the glede, and the kite, and the 
vulture after his kind, 

14 And every raven after his kind, 

15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and 
the cuckoo, and the hawk alter his kind, 

16 The little owl, and the great owl, and 
the swan, 

17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, 
and the cormorant, 

18 And the stork, and the heron aiter 
her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 

19 And every creeping thing thatflieth 
is unclean unto you : they shall not be eaten. 

29 But of ah clean fowls ye may eat. . 

21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that di- 
eth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the 
stranger that is in thy gates, that he may 
eat it ; or thou mayestseh it unto an alien : 
for thou art an holy people unto the Lord 
thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in 
his mother's n 

22 % Thou shalt truly tithe all the in* 
crease of thy seed, that' the field bringeth 
forth year by year. 

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord 
thy God, in the place which he shall choose 
to place his name there, the tithe of thy 
corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the 
firstlings of thy herds and of thy flecks ; 
that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord 
thy God always. 

24 And if the way be too long for thee,^ 
so that thou art not able to cany it ; or if 
the place be too far from thee, which the 
Lord thy God shall choose to set his name 
there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed 
thee: 

25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, 
and bind up the money in thine hand, and 
shalt go unto die place which the Lord thy 
God shall choose : 

26 And thou shalt bestow that money for 
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, 
or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong, 
drink, or for whatsoever thy souldesireth ; 
and thou shalt eat there before the Lord 
thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and 
thine household. 

27 And the Levite that is within thy 
gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he 



T/ic year of releaie. 






The year qfrckaoe, 171 



hath no | . \ ing, Thou shalt open iliinehand wide un- 

\ the end of three years thcu shalt i to thy brother. and to th} oee. 



briiig forth all the tithe of Uiine . 

tea : 

id the Levite (because he hath no 

thee) and the 

, ana the wid- 

k b ore within th) gates, shall come, 

and shall eat tod be satisfied: that the 

I may Mesa thee in ail the 

work of thine hand which thou d 

CHAT. XV. 
1 The seventh year, a year of release f^r 

A en years thou 

. ise. 

. if the release : 
creditor that lend- ... 

shall not 
t brother ; 

e ; 

thy God 
g 

tuitothe 

i 

.'-At lend 
t not bor- 
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) aor man 

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bifl need, in thai v 

I 

1 

it thee, and it be 

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ill that thou 



dy, in thy land. 

i if thy brct I . . : w man, 

or an Hebrew woman, be so d unto thee, 
and serve thee, six years: then in. the sev- 
enth year thou shalt let him *o free from 

13 And when thou sendestjum out free 
fin in thee, thou shalt not let him go aw ly 

14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out 
of thy flock, and cut of dry floor, and out of 
thy wine press: of that wherewj 
Lord thy God hathblessed thee,th. 

15 And thou shalt remember ths 
wast a bondman in the land or' Egypt, and 

the Lord thy God redeemed thee: there- 
ad thee this thing to-day. 
10* And it shall be, if he say un1 
I will not go avi 
lovcth thee and thine house, . 
in thee; 

i shalt take an awl, and 
u unto the door, and 
he shall be thy servant for ever. And 
also unto thy maidservant thoi - 
likewise. 

181t shallnotseem hard unto tin - 
thou sendest him away free fi 
for he,. ired 9 iv- 

ant to thec^va serving \ and 

the Lord th; a all 

that i. 

males that t 
. ird andoi th 

Sod : ilt do 

lock, 

■ place which 

21 

ay ill 
• it unto the 

rhot 

the un< 

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172 Thefeast of weeks. 

and the herd, in the place which the Lord 
shall choose to place his name there. 

3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with 
it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened 
bread therewith, even the breadof afflic- 
tion ; for thou earnest forth out of the land 
of Egypt in haste : that thou mayest re- 
member the day when thou earnest forth 
out of the land of Egvpt all the days of thy 
life. 

4 And there shall be no leavened bread 
seen with thee in all thy coasts seven days ; 
neither shall there any thing of the flesh, 
which thousacrificedst the first da^ at e- 
ven, remain all night until the morning. 

5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passo- 
ver within any of thy gates, which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee : 

6 But at the place which the Lord thy 
God shall choose to place his name in, 
there thou shalt sacrifice the passover 
at even, at the going down of the sun, at the 
season that thou earnest forth out of Egypt. 

7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in 'the 
place which the Lord thy God shall cheese: 
and thou shalt turn in the morning, and 
go unto thy tents. 

8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened 
bread: and on the seventh day shall be a 
solemn assembly to the Lord thy God : 
thou shalt do no'work therein* 

9 % Seven weeks shalt thou number unto 
thee : begin to number the seven weeks 
from such time as thou beginnest tofmi 
the sickle to the corn. 

10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks 
unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a 
free will offering of thine hand which thou 
shalt give unto the Lord thy God, accord- 
ing as the Lordthv God hath blessed thee : 

11 And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord 
thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daugh- 
ter, and thy manservant, and thy maid- 
servant, and the Levite that is within un- 
gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, 
and the widow, that are among you, in 
the place wluch the Lord thy God hath 
chosen to place his name there. 

12 And thou shalt remember that thou 
wast a bondman in Egypt : and thou shalt 
©bserve and do these statutes. 

13 f Thou shalt observe the feast of ta- 
bernacles seven days, after that thou hast 
gathered in thv corn and thy wine : 

14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, 
thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and 
thv manservant, and thv maidserant, and 
the Levite, the stranger, and the father- 
less, and the widow, that are within tlr. 
gates. 

1 5 Seven davs shalt thou keep a solemn 
feast unto the Lord thy God, in the place 
w jch the Lord shall choose : because the 
Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine 



DEUTERONOMY. 



Idolaters must be slain, 

iucrease, and in all the works of thine 
hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 

16 Three times in a year shall ail thy 
males appear before the Lord thy God in 
the place" which he shall choose; in the 
feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast 
of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles : 
and they shall not appear before the Lord 
empty : 

17 Every man shall give as he is able, 
according to the blessing of the Lord thy 
God which he hath given thee, 

IS", Judges, and oSxers shalt thou make 
thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes : 
and they shall judge the people with just 
judgment. 

19 Then shalt not wrest judgment ; thou 
shalt not respect persons, neither take a 
gift, for a gift doth blind tke eyes of the wise, 
and pervert the words of the righteous. 

20 That which is altogether just shalt 
thou follow, that thGu mayest live, and 
inherit the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

21 % Thou shalt net plant thee a grove 
of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord 
thy Cod, winch thou shalt make thee. 

22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any 
image ; which the Lord thy God hateth. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 Things sacrificed must be sound. 2 J- 
dolaters must be slain. 8 Of hard con- 
troversies. 14 The election, 16 andduty 
of a king. 

TiiOU shalt net sacrifice unto the 
Lord thy Godany bullock, or sheep, 
wherein is blemish, or any evil favoured- 
ness : i'or that is an abomination unto the 
Lord thy God. 

2 1 If there be found among ycu, within 
any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee, man or woman, that hath 
wrought wickedness in ths sight of the 
Lord thy God, in transgressing ids cove- 
nant, 

3 And hath gone and served other gods, 
and worshipped mem, either -the sun, cr 

any cf the host of heaven, which I 
have not commanded ; 

4 And it be told thee, and thou hast 
heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, 
behold it be true, and the thing certain, 
that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 

5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man 
or that woman, which have committed 
that wicked tiling, unto thy gates* even 
that man or that woman, and shalt stone 
them with stt nes, till they die. 

6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or 
tiiree witnesses, shall he that is worthy, of 
death be put to death ; but at the mouth 
of one witness he shall not be put to death. 

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be 



Ofliardccm: Chap. 

first up 

ter ward then:.: 
shaltput the e 
8 € If there arise; 

thee iiijudgniL: 

and stroke, h 
within th 

priests 
the Levites, bj 

tent : 

10 And thou sha 1 1 ing to the 
sentem - 

the Lord 
and thou 
ail that I 

11 Ai 
law whi 
ding to the ju. I 

thee, th-ju shalt do : thou shalt not decline 
ir)int!i' hich they shall shew 

thee, to the light hand, nor to the left. 

man that will do presum- 
. and will not hearken unto the 
priest tn tliere be- 

fore the Lord 

id thou shalt put 

13 And afl t 
id do no n. 

• 
over tl. 

t&that R 

anall re i 
tint he 

X 



xviii. . .173 

£0 That his heart be not lifted up a- 
bove hh brethren, he turn not a- 

side from the coi araandment, to il . 

to the left : to the end that he 
• in his kingdom, he, 
i n, in the mi 
CHAP. XVU1. 

hall have no 
I. 15 A 
ses, 20 
Thefirt sumfihunta hrofiJiet into die. 

THE pr* sts, die l all the 

tribe 11 have no part nor 

1 : they shall eat the 
offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his 
.r.ce. 
2 Therefore shall they have no inherit - 
ance among their brethren : 
their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 
3*[ And this shall be the priest's due 
from the people from them mat offer a 
sacrifice) whether if te ox or sheep; and 

.1' give unto the priest 
dei-, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 

4 The first fruit also of thy corn, of thv 
wine, and of thine oil, and the firsttif the 
fleece < fthy sheep, shalt thou give him. 

5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen 
him out of all th j ti IbJ s, to stand to minis- 
ter in the name of the Lord, him and his 
I 

6 And if a Leyite come from any of thy 
gates out of all Israel, where he : 

with ail the desire of his 
ii | 

iren me, 
re before the 

■ 

the l:.ml 

- 
I 

God 

i 



174 A new prophet to arise, DEUTERONOMY. Punishment of a false witness* 



thv God hath not suffered thee so to 

"15 f The Lord thy God will raise up 
unto thee a Prophet from the' midst of thee, 
of thy brethren, like unto me : unto him 
ye shall hearken ; 

16 According to all that thou desiredst 
of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the day 
of tlie assembly, saying, JLet me not hear 
again the voice of the Lord my God, nei- 
ther let me see this great fire any more, 
that I die not. 

17 And the Lord said unto me, They 
have well spoken that which they have 
spoken. 

18 1 will raise them up a Prophet from 
among their brethren, like unto thee, and 
will put my words in his mouth; and he 
shall speak "mato them all that I shall com- 
mand him. 

19 And it shall come to pass, that who- 
soever will not hearken unto my words 
which he shall speak in my name, I will 
require U of him. 

20 if But the prophet which shall pre- 
sume to speak a word in my name, which 
I have not commanded him to speak, or 
that shall speak in the name of other gods, 
even that prophet shall die. 

21 And ifthou say in thine heart, How 
shall we know the word which the Lord 
hath not spoken ? 

22 When a prophet speaketh in the 
name of the Lord, if the thing follow not 
nor come to pass, that w the thing which 
the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet 
hath spoken itpresumptuosly : thcu shalt 
not be afraid of him. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 The ci'ies of refuge. 4 Their privilege. 
16 The punishment of a false r: 

WHEN the Lord thy God hath cut eft* 
the nations, whose land the Lord thy 
God giveth thee, and thou succeedestthem, 
anddwelkst in their cities, and in their 

2 Thou shalt separate three cities for 
thee in the midst of thy land, \ 

Lord thy God giveth thee to pos 

3 Thou shalt prepare tl ice a v 
divide the coasts of thy land, which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into 
three parts, that every slayer niay flee thi- 

4 % And this is the case of the slayer, 
which shall flet .t he may live: 
Whoso killeth his neighbor iguorantly, 
whom he hated not 

5 As when a man gceth into the wood 
widi his neighbour to hew wood, and his 
hand fciehcth a stroke with the ax to cut 
down the tree, and the head siippeth from 
the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, 
that he die ; he shall flee umo one oi* those 
cities, and live : 



6 Lest the avenger of die blood pursue 
the slayer whilst his heart is hot, and over- 
take him, because the way is long, and slay 
him ; whereas he was not worthy of death, 
inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. 

7 Wherefore 1 command thee, saying, 
Thou shalt separate three cities for tnee. 

8 And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy 
coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, 
and give thee all the land which he prom- 
ised to give unto thy fathers ; 

9 Ifthou shalt keep all these command- 
ments to do them, which I command thee 
this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to 
walk ever in his ways ; then shalt thou add 
three cities more for thee, beside these 
three : 

10 That innocent blood be not shed in 
thy lantf, w hich the Lord thy God giveth 
thee for an inheritance, and so blood be 
upon thee. 

! 1 But if any man hate his neighbor, 
and lie in wait for him, and rise up against 
him, and smite him mortally that he die, 
and iieeth into one of these cities : 

12 Then the elders of his city shall send 
and fetch him thence, and deliver him into 
the hand of the avenger of blood, that he 
may die. 

13 Thine eye shall not pity Mm, but thou 
shalt put away the guilt of innocent 
blood from Israel, that it may go well with 
thee. 

14 Thou shalt not remove thy neigh- 
bor's landmark, which they of old time 
have set in thine inheritance, which thou 
shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy 
God giveth thee to possess it. 

15 One witness shall not rise up against 
a man for any iniquity-, or for any sin, in a- 
ny sin that he sinneth : at the mouth of two 
witnesses, or at the menthol* three witnes- 
ses, shall the matter be established. 

16 % if a false witness rise up against a- 
ny man to testily against him that which is 
wrong ; 

17 Then both the men between whom 
the controversy is, shall stand before the 
Lord, before the priests, and the judges 
which snail be in those days: 

18 And the judges shall make diligent 
inquisition: and, behold, if the witness] 
be a false witness, and hath testified false- 

ust his brother; 
ly Then shall ye do unto him, as he had 
thought to have done unto his brother: so 
shall thou put the evil away from among 
you. 

.1 those which remain shall hc-ar, 
and iear, and shall henceforth commit no 
more any such evil among 

id thine £ye shah not pitv; but 
life shall go for lite, eye for ej e, tooth for 
tooth, hand for hand, "toot for feot. 



Priests exhortation to battle, Ch 

CHAP. : 

2 The fines'' > to encourage 

the people to battle* r Wiethe 

cities that a /iroc/u- 

mationofpficclt must be 

sea. 

WHEN thou 
thine 
chariot-, 

not afraid of them : for tli 
is, with thee, * 

:, when ye are come 

J An' . . Is- 

- 

I M-he that go - 
eth with you, to fijpit for you aga: 

shall speak unto the 
n is there that 
. 
I xt hi m go and retun i to his 

ittle, and another man 

tl ' 

return unto his house, 
lier man 

- 
ken her i 

I 
untotta , What 

: the ar- 

- 

1 1 A 

i 

■ 



, v::i. 7. ncertainmut 

14 But the women, and the lit-' 
and the cattle, and all that is in the 
ven all tl K t thou take un- 
it the spoil of 

which the Lord tii 

15 Thus shalt diou do unto all the cities 
\uy far off* from thee, which 

nations. 
it of the cities of these people, 
which the Lord thy G>k1 dodi give i 

Lnce,thou shalt save alive Both- 
. 

17 But lit terly destroy them ; 
namely, I ;.nd the Amorites, 

. uidthcPerizzites, the Hi- 
9 the Lord thy 
. thee : 

18 That they teach you not to do after 

- : so should j ( 

19 When thou shalt besiege a cit 
time, in making war against it to 
thoushaJ tereofby 

. 
. tnd thou shalt not < I 
down (for die tree of the field u man's 
y them in the si : 

i which thou b 

. 
build bulv 

l li.ec, until it 

uubborn 



¥ in in tlic land which 

't, . 



in the field, Q 



'I 
■ 
i ki 

i the slain . 

lD bring 

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176 Inheritance of the firstborn, DEUTERONOMY. Of humanity toward brethr e?t . 

21 And aii the men of his city shall stone 
him with stones, that he die : so shalt thcu 
put evil away from among ycu and all Is- 

ill hear, and fear. 

22 And if a man have committed a sin 
woFthyof death,and he be to be put to death, 
and thou hang him on a tree : 

23 His body shall not remain all night 
upon the tree, but thcu shalt in any wise 
bury him that day ; (for he mat is lianged 
is accursed of God) that thy land be not de- 
filed, which the Lord thy God giveth thee 
for an inheritance. 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 Of humanity toward brethren. 5 Diver* 
22 Of adultery. 25 Ofrajte. 28 
Of fornication. 30 Of incest. 

THOU shalt not see thy brother's ox 
or his sheep go astray, and hide thy- 
self from them : thou shalt in any case 
bring them again unto thy brother. 

2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto 
thee, or if thou know him not, then thou 
shalt bring it unto mine own house, and it 
shall be with thee until thy brother seek 
after it, and thou shalt restore it to him a- 
gain. 

3 In like manner shalt thou do with his 
ass : and so shalt: thou do with his rai- 
ment : and with all lost tilings of thy broth- 
er's which he hath lost, and thou hast 
found, shalt thou do likewise : thou may- 
est not hide thyselfL 

4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass cr 
his ox fall down by the way, and hide thy- 
self from them : thcu shalt surely help lum 
to lift them up again. 

5 If The woman shall not wear that 
which pertaineth unco a man, neither shall 
a man put on a woman's garment : lor 
all that do so are abomination unto the 
Lord thy God. 

6 If a bird's nest chance to be before 
thee in the way in any tree, cr on tne 
ground, ivhetlier they be young ones, or 
eggs, and the darn sitting upon the young 
or upon the eggs t thou shalt not take the 
dam with the young : 

7 But thou shalt in any wiselet the dam 
go, and take the young to thee ; that it 
may be well with thee, and thatxhou. may- 
est prolong tfa 

8 When thou buildest a new house; then 
thou shak make a battlement for thy roof, 
that then bring not blood upon thine'house, 

, man fail from thence. 

9 Thou shalt not so? vd with 
divers seeds : le:-.t the fruit of th 

n, and the fruil 
vineyard, be defiled, 

10 Thou shalt not plough with an ox and 
an ass I 

11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of di- 
vers sorts, at of woolen and linen together* 



hands over the heifer that is beheaded in 
the valley : 

7 And they shall answer and say, Our 
hands have not shed this blood, neither 
have cur eyes seen if. 

8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people 
Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay 
not innocent blood unto thy people of Is- 
rael's charge. And the blood shall be for- 
given them. 

9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of 
innocent blood from among you, when thou 
shak do that which is right in the sight of 
the Lord. 

10 When thou goest forth to war against 
thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath 
delivered them into thine hands, and thou 
hast taken them captive, 

11 And sees: among the captives a beau- 
tiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, 
that thou wouldest have her to thy wife. 

12 Then thou shalt bring her home to 
thine house ; and she shall shave her head, 
and pare her nails: 

13 And she shall put the raiment of her 
captivity frcm.off her, and shall remain in 
thine house, and bewail her father and her 
mother a full month : and after that thou 
§halt ;^o in unto her, and be her husband, 
aa :! she shall be thy wife. 

14 And it shall be, if thcu have no de- 
ght in her, then thou shalt let her go 

v hither she will ; but thou shait not sell 
all for money, thcu shalt not make 

.clize of her, because thou hast 

■ her. 

If a man have two wives, one be- 
loved, and another hated, and they have 
borne him children, both the beloved and 
tue hated ; and if the firstborn son be her's 
that was hated : 

15 Then it *shall be, when he maketh 
his sons to inherit that which he hath, that 
he may not make the son of the beloved 
i r i / i n before the son of the hated, which 
2 ikdeed the firstborn : 

17 But he shall acknowledge the son of 
the hated for the first born, by giving him 
a double portion of all that he hath : tor he 

-.winning of his strength; the right 
of the firstborn is hi". 

18 ij If a man have a stubborn and re- 

hich will not obey the voice 
of his father, cr the voice of his mother, 
. ■, when they have chastened him, 
will not . (hem: 

.'her and his mother 

I ; him out unto 

lis city, and unto the gate of 

elders of 
our son is stubborn and re? 

ir voice j he is 
D) and a dru:. 



es upon J 

with tli 

13 If an 
to her, and hate her, 

her, and bring up 

- 

- 
I 

u 

■ 
toti .«. 

- 
tii3t iav 

■ 
tn-thcd onto an husband, an I a m .:. find 

i 

1 

- 

halt do 

even 

27 F i 



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■ 

28 %" H 

. 

give unt \heki U 

wife ; be- 

i i - . 

■ ■ .; ... .' 

'- 

- 

it ti of die Lord. 

: the L id , e- 

neration shall thevnot 

i of the Lord 

iuse they met yon not with 

. . . when ye came 

- 
i 

curse thee. 
I d would 
not beark 
tli\ God tamed the curse b l 

. 

: : 
- 

me into 



178 Concerning vows, DEUTERONOMY 

thy weapon ; and it shall be, when thou 
wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig 
therewith, and shalt turn back and cover 
that which cometh from thee : 

14 For the Lord thy God walketh in 
the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and 
to give up thy enemies before thee ; there- 
fore shall thy camp be holy : that he see 
no unclean thing in thee, and turn away 
from thee : 

15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his mas- 
ter the servant which is escaped from his 
master unto thee : 

16 He shall dwell with thee, even among 
you, in that place which he shall choose 
in one of thy gates where it liketh liirn best : 
thou shalt not oppress him. 

17 There shall be no whore of the daugh- 
ters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of 
Israel. 

18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a 
whore, or of the price of a dog into the 
house of the Lord thy God for any vow : 
for even both these are abomination unto 
the Lord thy God. 

19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy 
brother ; usury of money, usury of victuals, 
usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : 

20 Unto a stranger thou mayestlend up- 
on usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt 
not lend upon usury : that the Lord thy 
God may bless thee' in all that thou settest 
thine hand to, in the land whither thou 
goest to possess it. 

21 % When thou shalt vow a vow unto 
the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to 
pay it : for* the Lord thy God will sure- 
ly require it of thee ; and it would be sin in 
thee. 

22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it 
shall be no sin in thee. 

23 That which is gone out of thy lips 
thou shalt keep and perform ; even sl free- 
will offering, according as thou hast vow- 
ed unto the Lord thy God, which thou 

iromised with thy mouth. 

24 «|[ When thou comest into thy neigh- 
bor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat 
grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure ; but 
thou; halt not put any in thy vessel. 

25 When thou comest into the stand- 
ing com of thy neighbor, then thou may- 
est pluck the ears with thine hand ; but 
thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neigh- 
bour's standing earn. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 Of divorce, 6, 10 Of pledges. 7 Of man- 
8tedhrs, 8 Oflrjirosy. 14 The hive is to 
be given, lb Of justice. 19 Of charily. 

WHEN a man hath taken a wife and 
married her, and it come to pass 
find no favour in hiseyes, because 
round some uncleanness in her: 
ier a bill of divorce - 



Ofplcdges. 
ment, and give it in her hand, and send her 
out of his house. 

2 And when she is departed out of his 
house, she may go and be another man's 
wife. 

, 3 And if the latter husband hate her, 
and write her a bill of divorcement, and 
giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out 
of his house ; or if the latter husband die, 
which took her to be his wife ; 

4 Her former husband, which sent her 
away, may not take her again to be his 
wife, alter that she is defiled ; for that is 
abomination before the Lord: and thou 
shalt not cause the land to sin, which the 
cU*cl thy God giveth thee for an inher- 
itance. 

5 When a man hath taken a new wife, 
he shall not go out to war, neither shall he 
be charged with any business : but he shall 
be free at home one year, and shall cheer 
up his wife which he hath taken. 

6 *J[ No man shall take the nether or 
the upper millstone to pledge : for he tak- 
eth a man's life to pledge. 

7 f If a man be found stealing any of his 
brethren of the children of Israel, and ma- 
keth merchandise of him, or selleth him ; 
then that thief shall die ; and thou shalt put 
evil away from Imong you. 

8 % Take heed in theplague oi leprosy, 
that thou observe diligently, and do accor- 
ding to all that the priests, the Levites shall 
teach you : as I commanded them, so ye 
shall observe to do. 

^ 9 Remember what the Lord thy God 
did unto Miriam by the way, after that 
ye were come forth out of Egypt. 

10«t[ When thou dost lend thy brother 
any thing, thou shalt not go into liis house 
to fetch his pledge. 

11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the 
man to whom thou dost lend shall bring 
out the pledge abroad unto thee. 

12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt 
not sleep with his pledge : 

13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the 
pledge again when the sun goeth down, 
that Tie may sleep in his own raiment, and 
bless thee : and it shall be righteousness . 
unto thee before the Lord thy God. 

14 If Thou shalt not oppress an hired ser- 
vant that is poor and needy, whether he be 
of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that 
are in thy land within thy gates : 

15 At his day thou shalt give him his 
hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it ; 
for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon 
it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, 
and it be sin unto thee. 

16 If The fathers shall not be put to death, 
for the children, neither shall the children 
be put to death tor the fathers : every man 
shall be put to death for his own sin. 



::ruy. 



Chap, xxv, xxvi. Of-: . 171 



, 



17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment 

take the imenttopled 

18 But thou shah i emember mat thou 

>ndman in Egypt, and the Lord 
d redeemed thee thence : there - 
md thee to do this th 

19 r When thou cuttest down thine har- 

l ay field, and hast forgot a sheaf 
in theft in to fetch 

z fort 
fatherless, and for the widow : 

in aD the 

enthoubeatest thine olive tree, 
boughs again : 
the stranger ,for the fat 

. i low. 

- 
r the stranger, for the 

nberthat thou 

r.mand theetodo::. 
\XY. 

. The ox 
ng seed 

- 

I- en men, 
, mat the 

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t 

■ 

beaten 



^he may give 

id beat 






8 Then the eiders of his city shall calf 

him and speak unt .'"he stand 

td say, I Jike not to take hi 

9 Then shall his brother's wMe come 

unto him in the presence of the elders, and 

- in 

it hecL • man that will 

up iiis brother's house. 

name shall be called in Tsrael, 

The house of him that hath his shoe loo-ed. 

11 1 When men strive together one with 

iie oi'thu one drawetb 

leliver her husband out of the 

hand of him that smiteth him, andputteth 

forth her hand, and takeUi liim by the 

: 

1 2 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, 
thine eye shall not pic; 

1 i 1 1 .o't have in thy bag di- 

hatt not have in thine house 
clivers n great and a small. 

1j But thou shalt ha. . and 

just weight, a perfect and just measure 
shalt thou have : that thy dai s may be 
lengthened in the land which the Lord thy 
Ckxl riveth dice. 

16 1 do such things arid all 

thatdi :ion 

17*; Remember what A into 

. were come forth 

jypt ; ' 

IS How he met thee by the way, and 

smote ';all that 

. when thou ivast 

'. not God. 

.. the Lord 

1 

the 
,/• an inheritance* 
* out the 

tforgi 

' all 

Lord 

- 



180 Offering the first fruiis. DEUTERONOMY. The law to be written on stones. 
tl* Lord sw are unto our fathers for to 



give us. 

4 And the priest shall take the basket 
out of thine hand, and set it down before 
the altar of the Lord thy God; 

5 And thou shalt speak and say before 
the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to per- 
ish ivas my fether, and he went down in- 
to Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, 
and became there a nation, great, migh- 
ty, and populous : 

6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, 
and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bon- 
d-age : 

7 And when we cried unto the Lord 
God of our fathers, the Lord heard our 
voice, and looked on our affliction, and our 
labour, and cur oppression : 

8 And the Lord brought us forth out of 
Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an 
out stretched arm, and with great terri- 
bleness, and with signs, and with wonders : 

9 And he hath brought us into this place, 
and hath given us this land, even a land 
that floweth with milk and honey. 

10 And now, behold, 1 have brought the 
first fruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, 
hast given me. And thou shalt set it before 
the Cord thv God, and worship before the 
Lord thy God : 

11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good 
l fling which the Lord thy God hath given 
unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and 
the Levite, and the stranger that is among 
yon. 

12 When thou hast made an end of 
tithing all the tithes of thine increase the 
third year, which is the year of tithing, 
and hast given it unto the Levite, the stran- 
ger, the fatherless, and the widow, that 
they may eat within thy gates, and be fil- 
led ; 

13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord 
thy God, I have brought away the hallow- 
ed 'things out of mine house, and also have 
given them unto the Levite, and unto the 
stranger, to the fatherless, and to the wid- 
ow, according to all thy commandments 
which thou hast commanded me : I have 
not transgressed thy commandments, nei- 
ther have 1 forgotten the in : 

14 1 have not eaten thereof in my mour- 
ning, neither have I taken away aught 
thereof for any unclean *«<?, nor given 
aught thereof "for the dead: but 1 nave 
hearkened to the voice of the Lord my 
God, anc have done according to all that 
thou hast commanded me. 
H 15 Look down from thy holy habitation, 
from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, 
and the land which hou hast gi> • . 
thou Bwarest unto our fathers^ a land that 
floweth with milk and honey. ■ 

16«| This day the Lord thy God hath 



commanded thee to do these statutes and 
judgments : thou shalt therefore keep and 
do them with all thine heart, and with all 
thy soul. 

17 Thou hast avouched the Lord this 
day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, 
and to keep his statutes, and his command- 
ments, and his judgments, and to hearken 
unto his voice : 

18 And the Lord hath avouched thee 
this day to be his peculiar people, as he 
hat \ promised thee, and that thou should - 
est keep all his commandments ; 

1 9 And to make thee high above all na- 
tions which he hath made in praise,, and in 

id in honor 5 and chat thou mayest 
>ple unto the Lord thy God, 
as lie hatn spoken, 

xxvii. 

1 Thepeojiie are to write the law ufion 
stents, 5 and to build an altar of whole 
stones. 14 The curses from mount EbaL 

AND Moses, with the elders of Israel, 
commanded the people, saying, Keep 
ail the commandments which 1 command 
you this day. 

2 And it shall be on the day when ye 
shall pass over Jordan unto the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou 
shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster 
them with plaster: 

^ 3 And thou shalt write upon them all 
the words of this law, when thou art pass- 
ed over, that thou mayest go in unto the 
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, 
a land that floweth with milk and honey ; 
as the Lord God of thy fathers hath prom- 
ised thee. 

4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone 
over Jordan, j/wtf ye shall set up these stones 
which I command you this day, in mount 
Ebal, and thou shalt plaster* them with 
plaster. 

5 f And there shalt thou build an altar 
unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones : 
thou shalt not lilt up any iron tool upon 
them. 

6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord 
thy God ofwholestor.es: and thou shalt 
offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord 
thy God : 

7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, 
and shalt eat mere, and rejoice before the 
Lord thy God. 

8 And thou shalt write upon the stones 
ail the words of this law vet} plainly. 

9 And Moses, and the priests the Le- 
vites, spake unto all Israel, saving, Take 
heed, and hearken, O Israel ; this day thou 
art become the j • LordthyGod 

10 Thou shall bey the voice 
of th e Lord th y < his command- 

nd his statutes, which I command 
thee this day. 



same 

- 
rizinvto bless the people, when ye are 
come over Jordan ; Simeon, and Levi. 
and J ij and 

Benjamin : 

D stand upon mount 
Ebal to curse ; Reuben, v-her, 

ano. Z 

Jl speak, and 
ar . - loud 

voice, 

"^ed tVthe man that 
graven or molte: .'nomination 

unto the Lord, the work of the liandsof 
the ( in a secret 

and sav, Amen. 

npie 
thai] - 

:sed be he th: his neigh- 

bour's lam. 

■ 

hepeo- 

s, and 

- -; • A 

- 

ner 

the - or daugh- 

ter of I 

with his moth- 

. 

.-.-scd be he thai 
hour-erretly. A 
. 
25 Cursed be he that tak 

allthepeo- 
| 

:.rmeth not all 
i . And 

CH ill. 

1 Ttk bhmhtgi for . \> The 

AND • 



ill these blessings 

rithearfc- 
Cnxl. 
3 Blessed aiaA thou be in the city, and 
• v u3f in the 
ed *hail be the fruit of thy body, 
: thy ground, and the fruit 
• tie, the increase of thy k fa 
thy sheep. 

in, and blessed */rc/f thcu 6 c ' 

I^ord shall cause thine enemies 
that rUe v-e to be smitten be- 

. .-gainst 
. .nd fiee befol 

& The Lord shall commai 
upon thee in th 

tiicu settest thine hand .e shall 

theL 

9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy 

- 
. rd thy God. 

f the earth shall see 
of tlie 
I thee. 

- 
. tlie fruit of I 
in die fruit oft.. 

the land which • 
. 
• l^i'rd shall cjjen unto thee his 

Lord shall make thee the 

. 
mand- 

- 
them : 

- 

I 

D these 

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182 Curses for disobedience, 

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, 
and the fruit of thy land, the increase of 
thy kine, and the flocks ofthy sheep. 

19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou earn- 
est in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou 
goest out. 

20 The Lord shall send upon thee curs- 
ing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou 
settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou 
be destroyed, and until thou perish quick- 
ly ; because of the wickedness of thy do- 
ings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 

21 The Lord shall make the pestilence 
cleave unto thee, until he have consumed 
thee from off the land, whither thou gcest 
to possess it. 

22 The Lord shall smite thee with a con- 
sumption, and with a fever, and with an in- 
flammation, and with an extreme burning, 
and with the sword, and with blasting, and 
with mildew ; and they shall pursue thee 
until thou perish. 

23 And thy heaven thatfs over thy head 
shall be brass and the earth that is under 
thee shall be iron. 

24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy 
land powder and dust : from heaven shall 
it come down upon thee, until thou be des- 
troyed. 

25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smit- 
ten before thine enemies : thou shalt go 
out one way against them, and flee, seven 
ways before them : and shalt -be removed 
into all the kingdoms of the earth. 

26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto 
all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of 
the earth, and no man shall fray them 
away. 

27 The Lord will smite thee with the 
botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, 

.and with the scab, and with the itch, 
whereof thou canst not be healed. 

28 The Lord shall smite thee with mad- 
ness, and blindness, and astonishment of 
heart. 

29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as 
the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou 
shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thdu 
shalt be only oppressed and spoiled ever- 
more, and no man shall save thee. 

30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and anoth- 
er man shall lie with her: thou shalt build 
an house, and thou shalt net dwell therein : 
thou shalt plant a vineyard, and' shalt not 
gather the grapes thereof. 

31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine 
eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine 
ass shall be violently taken away from be- 
fore thy face, and shall not be restored to 
thee: thy sheepshull 6egiven unto thine ene- 

. mies, and thou shalt have none to rescue 
them. 

22 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be 
given unto another people, and tiiine eyes 



DEUTERONOMY. 



Plagues threatened, 
shall look, and fail with longing for them 
all the day long : and there shall be no 
might in thine hand. 

33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy la- 
bours, shall a nation which thou knowest 
not, eat up : and thou shalt be only oppres- 
sed and crushed alway : 

34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight 
of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 

35 The Lord shall smite thee in the 
knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch 
that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy 
toot unto the top of thy head. 

36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy 
king which thou shalt set over thee, unto 
a nation which neither thou nor thy fa- 
thers have known ; and there shalt thou 
serve other gods, wood and stone. 

217 And thou shalt become an astonish- 
ment, a proverb, and a by word, among 
ail nations whither the Lord shall lead 
thee. 

3d Thou shalt carry much seed out in- 
to the field, and shalt gather but little in ; 
for the locust shall consume it. 

39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress 
them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, 
nor gather the grafies ; for the worm 
shall eat them. 

40 Thou shalt have olive trees through- 
out all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint 
thyself 'with the oil ; for thine olive shall 
cast his fruit, 

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daugh- 
ters, but thou shalt not enjoy them ; ior 
they shall go into captivity. 

42 Ail thy trees and fruit ofthy land shall 
the iocust consume. 

43 The stranger that is within thee shall 
get up above thee \ery high ; and thou 
shalt come down very low. 

44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shall 
not lend to Mm : he shall be the head, 
and thou shalt be the tail. 

45 Moreover, all these curses shall come 
apon thee, and shall pursue thee, and over- 
take thee, till thou be "destroyed ; because 
thou hearkenest not unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God, to keep his commandments 
and his statutes which he commanded 
thee : 

_ 46 And they shall be upon thee for a 
sign and for a wonaer, and upon thy seed 
for ever. 

47 Because thou servedst not the Lord 
thy God with joyfulness, and with glad- 
ness of heart, for the abundance of all 
things ; 

4b Therefore shalt thou serve thine en- 
emies which the Lord shall send against 
thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in naked- 
ness, and in want of all things : and he 
shall put ayokf of iron. upon thy neck, un- 
til he have destroyed thee. 



for disobedience. Chap. 

49 The Lord shall bring a nation against 
thee from far, from the end of the earth, 

. >n whose 
tongue thou shalt not understand ; 

50 A nation of fierce countenance, 
which shall not regard the person of the 
oW, ro lr to the young : 

ol An* t thy cat- 

tle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou 
be destroyed : which atsj shall not leave 
thee cither corn, wine, or oil, or the in- 
c icase of thy kir.c, or ik.cks of thy sheep, 
until he have r'.csti eyed thee. 

52 And lie s thee in all thy 

eales, until t] rallscorne 

Sown, whereiu th< a trustedst, im-oughout 
all thy I 
ail thy | 
the Lord thy God hath giver, tl 

e front of thine 

Dl thy sons and of thy 

( iod hatli 

given t' ege, and in die strait- 

ith thine enemies shall dis- 

. 

54 So that the man that is tender a- 

r, and toward 
* andtowarl 

1! le ive: 

five to ai.} of 

them i klren wh< in be 

. where - 
widi thine enemies & 

io.ite woman a- 
- 

. her fa t upon die ground 

shall be 
I 

rth oul I 
ihaii e ' 

V 

I 

5'J'I'.i 

e 

contim 

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fchediy. 

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xxix. Flagutsf.r disobedience. 183 

them will the Lord bring upon thee, until 
thou be destj oyed. 

62 And ye shall be left few in number, 
whereas ye were as the stars of heaven 
for multitude ; because thou wouldest not 
obey the vuiee of the Lord thy God. 

oJ And it shall come to pass, thai as the 
Lord rejoiced over you to do you good ,and 
t? multiply you : so the Lord will rejoic« 
over you to destroy you, and to bring you 
to nought ; arid ye shall be plucked fi 1 mi 
off die land w liitliei thou goest to possess it. 

64 And die Lord shall scatter thee a- 
mong ail people, from the one end of the 
earth even unto the other ; andtherethon 
shu.it serve other gods, which neither thou 
nor thy fat lera have known, even wgod 
and stone. 

Dg those nations shalt thou 
find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy 
foot have rest: but the Lord shall give 
thee there a ti embling heart, and f. . 
eyes, and soi row of mind : 
' 66 And thy life shaii liang in doubt before 
thee j and thou shah tear day and night, 
and shalt have em ue assurance oi t] 

67 In the morning thou shalt saV) Would 
God it were even 1 and at even thou shalt 
sa] j Would God it were morning I for the 
tear of thine heart wherewith thou 
fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which 
thou shall see* 

68 And the Lord shall bring thee into 
Egyptagain with shi] Where- 
of! spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it 

no more agi in : and there \ e shall 

unto \( urenemiesfor bondmen and bond- 
wou.e \L buy you* 

LXL\. 

. 10 Thejieo* 

Tenant, 

e] in the 

it which 

Lord did land of 

- 

which thine 

4 Vet • 

■in the 

y drunk • 

' id 



184 Exhortation to obedience. 



7 And when ye came unto this place, Si- 
hon the king of "Heshbon, and Og the king 
of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, 
and we smote them : 

8 And we took their land, and _ gave it 
for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and 
to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of 
Manasseh. 

9 Keep therefore the words of this cov- 
enant, and do them, that ye may prosper 
in all that ye do. 

10 If Ye stand this day all of you before 
the Lord your God ; your captains of your 
tribes, your elders, and your officers, with 
all che men of Israel, 

11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy 
stranger thatis in thy camp, tram the hew- 
er of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water. 

12 That thou shouldest enter into cove- 
nant with the Lord thy God, and into his 
oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with 
thee this day : 

13 That he may establish thee to-day for 
a people unco himself, and that he may be 
unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, 
and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to 
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 

14 Neither with you o»ly do I make 
this covenant and this oath-; 

15 But with him that standeth here with 
us this day before the Lord our God, and 
also with him that is not here with us this 
day: 

16 (For ye know how we kave dwelt in 
the land of Egypt : and how we came 
through the nations which ye passed by ; 

17 And ye have seen their abominations, 
snd their idols, wood and stone, silver and 
gold, which were among them) 

13 Lest there should be among you man 
or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart 
turneth away this day from the Lord our 
God, to gQa?id serve the gods of these na- 
tions.; lest there should be among you a 
root that beareth gall and wormwood ; 

19 And it come to pass, when he hear- 
eth the words of this curse, that he bless 
himself in his heart, saying, I shall have 
peace, though 1 walk in the imagination 
of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 

20 The Lord will not spare him, but 
then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy 
shall smoke against that man, and all the 
curses that are written in this b gk, shall 
lie upon him, anil the Lord shall blot out 
his name from under heaven. 

21 And the Lord shv ill separate him un- 
to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, ac- 
cording to all the curses of the covenant 
that are written in this book of the law : 

22 So that the generation to come of your 
children that shall rise up after you, and 
the stranger that shall come from a far 
land, shall say when they sec the plagues 



DEUTERONOMY. God's covenant. 

of that land, and the sicknesses which the 
Lord hath laid upon it ; 

23 Jnd that the whole land thereof is 
brimstone, and salt, and burning that it is 
not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass grow- 
eth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, 
and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, 
which the Lord overthrew in his anger 
and in his wrath : 

24 Even all nations shall say, Where- 
fore hath the Lord done thus unto this land ? 
What meaneth the heat of this great anger? 

25 Then men shall say, Because they have 
forsaken the covenant ot the Lord God of 
their fathers, which he made with them 
when he brought them forth out of the land 
of Egypt : 

26 For they went and served other gods, 
and worshipped them, gods whom they 
knew not, and wAomhe had not given unto 
them: 

27 And the anger of the Lord was kind- 
led against this land, to bring upon it all 
the curses that are written in this book. 

28 And the Lord rooted them out of their 
land in anger, and in wrath, and in great 
indignation, and cast them into another 
land, as it is this day. 

29 The secret things belong unto the 
Lord cur God; but those things which 
are revealed belong unto us, and to our 
children forever, that we may do all the 
words of this law. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 Great mercies promised unto the peni- 
tent. 1 1 The commandment is manifest. 
15 Death and life set bejore them. 



A IS D it shall come to pass, when all 
these things are come upon thee, the 
blessing and the curse, which I have set be- 
fore thee, and thou shaltcall them to mind 
among all the nations whither theLcrd 
thy God hath driven thee, 

2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy 
God, and shalt obey his voice according to 
all that 1 command thee this day, thou and 
thy children, with all thine heart, and with 
all thy soul ; 

3 That then the Lord thy God will turn, 
thy captivity, and have compassion upon 
thee, and will return and gather thee from 
all the nations, whither the Lord thy God 
hath scattered thee. 

4 If any of thine be driven out untoth« 
outmost parts of heaven, from thence will 
the Lord thy God gather thee, and from 
thence will he fetch thee : 

5 And the Lord thy God will bring the« 
into the land which thy fathers possessed, 
and thou shalt possess it ; and he will do 
thee good, and multiply thee above thy fa- 
thers. 

6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise 
thine hearty and the' heart of thy seed, f 



Mt rcics to the ft eniien t. 

love the Lord thy God with all thine h« 

:a all tliy ^oul, taut thou niayest 

7 And the Lord thy God will pot all tliese 
upon thine en >u them 

: th< e. 
,; thoasnait return and obey die 
* voice of tl»e Lord, andti > all his command- 
I 

9 And die Lord th; 

plenteous in every • :hand, in 

body, and iu tiie fruit at thy 

for good: 

* \ er thee 

for good 

- 

written 

lurnun- 

. widiali thine he ut, 

and wka 

: 

t hidden 

up for us to heaven, 

hear it, 

'.hat thou 

iv, V r the sea 

we may 

ito thee, 
hat thou 

this day 
. evil ; 

i and thee t i 
love tin | d, to walk in hi 

and to I 

est )i\e aod muttipJ : 

>. it. 

...t ah tl* be < 

i serve 

I • 

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- 

I 

may I 

and that 

. 
that thou 

aware unto I 
ham, IdIi aim ... 



Joshua tncourag 
CHAP. XXXI. 
memaragcthti 'Joshua. 

9 He deliver a. tlu i 
' I tin the seventh year to the pro- 
file. 14 L'aI ifive:hachurgttoJj*huti,l9 
and a song to testijiy aifu:nst the /leo/i/e. 

AND Mod went and spake these 
rds unto all Israel. 
ne >tid unto them, I am an hun- 
dred and in old this day : 1 can 
no more go out and come in : :dso the Lord 
hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go i 
rdan. 

3 The Lord thy God, he will go over be- 
fore tb ill destroy tliese nations 

. and thou shalt pOG 
them : dlgo over before 

thee, as die Lord hath said. 

4 And the Lord snail do unto them as 
he did to Sihon and to Og, A- 
moritf the land of them, whom 
he* dea r 

5 And the Lord shall give them up be- 
fore your face, that ye may do unto then 
according unto all the commandments 
which 1 have commanded you, 

6 Be strong and od a g . fear 
not, nor be u : lor the Lord 
thy G<k1, he i: is that doth go with thee ; 
he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

7 And M see called unto Joshua, and 

said unto him in the sight ofall Israel, Be 

: and of a good courage: finrthOU 

1 1 mstgow ith tuis]>eople unto thel and which 

the Lord hath sworn unto their lathers to 
e,i\e them ; and tfa se them to 

inherit it. 

8 Andth; L (be- 
fore dire ; he will be with thee, he mil not 
iail th< rsake thee: tear not) 
neither I • 

• ■ this law, and dc- 

I A- 

\i, whi< ark <>: th«- coveaai 

the L 

10 And W 

, in 

■ 

n \ . 

I ■ | 

I i\T 

U Israel m thi 

l ( , 

thatu within I 

of this i 

i 

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186 God's charge to Joshua. DEUTERONOMY, 

14 f And the Lord said unto Moses, Be- 
hold, thy days approach that thou must die : 
call Joshua, and present yourselves in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, that I may 
jive him a charge. And Moses and Josh- 
ua went, and presented themselves in the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

15 And the Lord appeared in the tab- 
ernacle in a pillar of a cloud : and the pil- 
lar of the cloud stood over the dcor of the 
tabernacle. 

16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Be- 
hold thou shall sleep with thy fathers ; and 
this people will rise up, and go a whoring 
after the gods of the strangers of the land, 
whither they go to be among them, and 
will forsake me, and break my covenant 
which 1 have made with them. 

17 Then my anger shall be kindled a- 
jainst them in that day, and 1 will forsake 
them, and I will hide my face from them, 
and they shall be devoured, and many e- 
vils and troubles shall befal them ; so that 
they will say in that day, Are not these e- 
vilscome upon us, because our God is not 
among us ? 

18 And I will surely hide my face in that 
day for all the evils w inch they shall have 
wrought, in that they are turned unto oth- 
er gods. 

19 f Now therefore write ye this song 
for you, and teach it the children of Israel : 
put it in their mouths, that this song may 
be a witness for me against the children 
ef Israel. 

20 For when I shall have brought them 
into the land which I swareunto their fa- 
thers, tli^t floweth with milk and honey ; 
and they shall have eaten and filled them- 
selves, and waxen fat ; then will they turn 
unto other gods, and serve them, and pro- 
voke me, and break my covenant. 

21 And itshall come to pa s, when ma- 
ny evils and troubles are befallen them, 
that this song shall testifiy against them as 
a witi.ets ; lor it shall not be lorgotten out 
of the mouths of their seed : for 1 know 
their imagination which they go about, e- 
ven now, before I have brought them into 
the land which 1 sware. 

22 Moses therefore wrote this song the 
same day, and taught it the children of Is- 
rael. \ 

23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a 
charge, and said. Be strong and of a good 
courage ; lor ihou shalt bring the children 
1 t i rael into the lanclwhicn"! swareunto 
them : and I will be with thee. 

24 And it came to pass, when Moses had 
KUtfte an end of writing the w-vus of this 
law in a book, until ihey were finished, 

25 That Moses commanded the Levites, 
which bare the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord, saying, 



Ifi 



J 



Moses' song of ^ 

25 Take this book of the law, and pur it 
in the side of the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord your God, that it may be there for 
a witness against thee. 

27 Fori know thy rebellion, and thy stiff 
neck : behold, while I am yet alive with 
you tlr.s day, ye have been rebellious a- 
gainst the Lord ; and, How much more af- 
ter my death ? 

28 Gather unto me all the elders of 
your tribes, and your officers, that 1 may 
speak these words in their ears, and call 
heaven and earth to record against them. 

29 For I know that after my death ye 
will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn a- 
side from the way which I have command- 
ed you ; and evil will belal you in the lat- 
ter' days; because ye will 'do evil in the 
sight of the Lord, to "provoke him to anger 
through the work of your hands. 

30 And Moses spake in the ears of all 
the congregation of Israel the words of 
this sone;, until they were ended. 

CHAP.XXXIL 
1 Moses* song, which settc^iforih God's 
mercy and vengeance. 46 He cxhor- 
teth them to set their hearts upon it. 

GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will 
speak ; and hear O earth, the words 
of my mouth. 

2 My doctrine shall drop as the ram, 
my speech shall distil as the dew, as the 
small rain upon the tender herb, and as 
the showers upon the grass : 

3 Because I will publish the name of the 
Lord : ascribe ve greatness unto our God. 

4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect : 
for ail his ways are judgment : a God of 
truth and without iniquity, just and right 

is he. 

5 They have corrupted themselves, their 
spot is not the sflot of his children : they 
are a perverse and crooked generation. 

6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish 
people and unwise i Is not he thy father, 
thai hath bought thee ? Hath he not made 
thee, and established thee? 

7 Remember the days of old, consider 
the years of many generations : ask thy 
father and he will shew thee ; thy elders, 
and they will tell thee. 

8 When the most High divided to the 
nations their -Inheritance, when he sepa- 
rated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds 
of the people according to the number of 
the children of Israel. 

9 For the Lord's portion is his people ; 
Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 

10 He found him in a desert land, and 
in the waste howling wilderness ; he led 
him about, he instructed him, he kept him 
as the apple of his eye. 

11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fiut-^ 
teretk over her young, spreadeth abroad 



c God's mercy and judgment. Chap. 

I her wings, taketh them, beareth them on i 
her v. i. 

12 Sothe Lord alone did lead him, and | 
Mr;v w*m no strange god with him. 

13 He made him ride on the high pla- 

te earth, that he might eat the in- 
andhe made h im to 
suck honey out of me rock, and oil cut oi 
ck ; 
: Line, and milk ol 

I snatL witii th< 

y and thru did*t drink tin* pure 

I the crape. 

en • • ' -i thick, 

I 

ule him, and 
tion. 
16 Thej pTovokedhim to jealousy with 
E^ith abominations pi 
anger. 

1 unto d< -\ 

lie. to 

newly up, wi 
d not. 

• begat thee thou art 
tten CtvkI that 

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lid, I will hide my f:ce from 
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ej have 
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with burning 

end the 

i the dust. 

1 tern r within, 
both the you , 

Bray 

I Bakl) I would sc. ilt<T th< 

uld make the remembrance 
nen. 
re it not that 1 fe ire 
the enemy, lest there 
belui\« themadves strange!; 



xxxii. The song cf Moses. 187 

should say, Out hind /* high, and die 
Lord hath not dome ail this. 

i they one a nation void of coun- 
sel, nekl* aiy understanding in 
■ 

39 O (hat the\- were wise, that they un- 
deratood this, that they would consider 
end! 

30 How should one chase a thousand, 
and two put ten thousand to flight, except 
their Rock had sold them, and die Lord 
had shut tliem i 

31 For their r<>ck is not as our Rock, 
i ven ui enemies themselves /V/'//^ judges. 

32 For their vine is of the vine ot Sodom, 
and of the fields of G omorra h : their 
grapesore grapes of gall, their dusters are 
bitter : 

33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, 
and the cruel venom of as] > ,. 

34 Is not this laid up in store with me, 
and sealed up among my treasures ? 

35 To me oelongeih fengeanoe, and re- 
compense ; their toot shall slide in due time: 
for the day of their calamity if at hand, 
and the things that shall come upon them 
make haste. 

^6 For the Lord shall iudgelus people, 
and repent himself for his servants, when 
that their power is gone, and 
i none shut up, or left. 

I he shall say, Where arc their 
: ir rock in whom they trusted, 
hich did eat (he tat of their sacri- 
fices} onrfdrankthe n trjnkof- 
Lettheni rise up and help you, 

UOtb 

now that i,< ven I, am he, and 

no God w ith me 1 1 kill, and i 

I beal : neither 
'. of my 

4U For I lift up my hand to hr.iven, and 
say, 1 |j 

41 If 1 ; SWOrd, and 

id i ikehold on judgm nt ; 1 wfll 
render ve tea, and 

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and thai H unsndoi 

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• people, 

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188 The majesty of God. DEUTERONOMY 

hearts unto all the words which I testify 
among you this day, which ye shall com- 
mand your children to observe to do, all 
the words of this law. 

47 For it is not a vain thing for you ; be- 
cause it is your life : and through mis thing 
ye shall prolong your days in the land, 
whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 

48 And the Lord spake unto Moses 
that selfsame day, saying, 

49 Get thee up into this mountain A- 
barim,wn/o mount Nebo, which is in the 
land of Moabthatzs over against Jericho ; 
and behold the land of Canaan, which I 
give unto the children of Israel for a pos- 
session : 

50 And die in the mount whither thou 
goest up, and be gathered unto thy people ; 
as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, 
and was gathered unto his people : 

51 Because ye trespassed against me a- 
mong the children of Israel at the waters 
of Meribah Kadesh, in the wilderness of 
Zin ; because ye sanctified me not in the 
mklst of the children of Israel. 

52 Yet thou shait see the land before thee; 
but thou shalt not go thither unto the land 
which I give the children of Israe:. 

CM A P. XXXIII. 
1 The majesty of God. 6 Theblesshig of 
the twelve tribes. 26 The excellency 
of Israel. 

A1SD this is the blessing, wherewith 
Moses the man of God blessed the 
children of Israel before his death. 

2 And he said, The Lord came from 
Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them ; he 
shined forth from mount Paran, and he 
came with ten thousands of saints: from his 
right hand went a fiery law for them. 

^3 Yea, he loved the people ; all his saints 
are in thy hand : and they sat down at 
thy feet ;' every one shall receive of thy 
words. 

4 Moses commanded us a law, even the 
inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 

5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when 
the heads of the people and the tribes of 
Israel were gathered together. 

6 f Let Reuben live, and not die ; and 
let not his men be few. 

7 And this is the blessing of Judah : and 
he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, 
and bring him unto his people: let his 
hands be'sufficient for him ; and be thou 
an help to him from his enemies. 

8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thum- 
mim and thy Urim be with thy holy One, 
whom thou didst prove at iS/Iassah, and 
with whom thou didst strive at the waters 
of Meribah ; 

9 Who said unto his father and to his 
mother, I have not seen him ; neither did 
he acknowledge hi*, brethren, nor knew his 



The twelve tribes blessed. 

own children : for they have observed thy 
word, and kept thy- covenant. 

10 Tney shah teach Jacob thy judge- 
ments, and Israel thy law : they shall put 
incense before thee, and whole burnt sac- 
rifice upon thine altar. 

11 Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept 
the work of his hands : smite through the 
loins of them that rise against him, and of 
them that hate him, that they rise not a- 
gain. 

12 And of Benjamin fee said, The belo- 
ved of the Lord, shaff dwell in safety by 
him : and the Lord shall cover him' all 
the day long, and he shall dwell between 
his shoulders. 

3 3 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the 
Lord be his land, for the precious things 
of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep 
that coucheth beneath, 

14 And for the precious fruits brought 
forth by the sun, and for the precious 
things put forth by the moon, 

1 > And for the chief things of the an- 
cient mountains, and for the precious things 
of the lasting hills, 

16 And for the precious things of the 
earth and fulness thereof and/or the good 
will of him that dwelt in the bush : let the 
blessing come upon the head of Joseph, 
and upon the top of the head of him that 
was separated from his brethren. 

17 His glory is like the firstling of his 
bullock, and his herns are like the horns 
of unicorns : with them he shall push the 
people together to the ends of the earth: 
and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, 
and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 

18 And of Zebulun he said, rejoice, Zeb- 
ulun, in thy going out ; and, Issachar in 
thy tents. 

19 They shall call the people unto the 
mountain : there they shall offer sacrifices 
of righteousness : for they shall suck o/"the 
abundance of the seas, and oj treasures hid 
in the sand. 

20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be h« 
that enlargeth Gad : he dwelleth as a li- 
on, and teareth the arm with the crown cf 
the head. 

21 And he provideth the first part for 
himself, because there, in a portion of thf 
lav/giver, was he seated : and he came 
with the heads of the people, he executed 
the justice of the Lord and, his judgments 
with Israel. 

22 And cf Dan he said, Dan is a lion's 
whelp : he shall leap from Bashan. 

23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, 
satisfied with favour, and full with the bles- 
sing of the Lord : possess thou the west 
and the south. 

24 And of Asher he said Let Asher be 
blessed with children ; let him be accept- 



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190 Rahab concealetk the spies. JOSHUA. 

10 Then Joshua commanded the officers 
of the people, saying, 

11 Pass through the host, and command 
the people, saying, Prepare you victuals ; 
for -within three days ye shall pass over 
this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, 

. which the Lord your God giveth you to 
possess it. 

12 And to the Reubenites, and to the 
Gadites, and to half the tribe ofManasseh, 
spake Joshua, saying, 

13 Remember the word which Moses 
the servant of the Lord commanded you, 
saying, The Lord your God hath given 
you rest, and hath given you this land. 

14 Your wives, your little ones, and 
your cattle, shall remain in the land which 
Moses gave you on this side Jordan ; but 
ye shall pass before your brethren armed, 
all the mighty men of valour, and help 
them. 

15 Until the Lord have given your bre- 
thren rest, as he hath given ycu," and they 
also have possesed the land which the Lord 
your God giveth them : then ye shall re- 
turn unto the land of your possession, and 
enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's servant 
gave you on this side Jordan toward the 
satirising. 

16 And they answered Joshua, saying, 
All that thou commandest us we will do, 
and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will 
go. 

17 According as we hearkened unto 
Moses in all things, so will we hearken un- 
to thee ; only the Lord thy God be with 
thee, as he was withJMcses. 

18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel a- 
gainst thy commandment, and will not 
hearken unto thy words in all that thou 
commandest him, he shall be put to death : 
only be strong and of a good couragei 

CHAP. II. 
1 Rahab receirveth and conceetlcth the two 
spies sentjrom Shittim. 8 the covenant 
b, tnveenher andthc?n.23 Their return. 

AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out 
of Shittim two men, to spy secretly, 
saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. 
Aiidthey went, and came into an harlot's 
house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 

2 And it was told the king of Jericho, 
saving, Behold, there came men in hither 
tonight of the children of Israel, to search 
cut the country. 

3 And die king of Jericho sent unto Ra- 
hab, saying, Bring iorth the men that are 
come to thee, which are entered into thine 
house : for they be come to search out all 
the country. 

4 And the woman took the two men and 

m,and said tftus, There came men 

unto me, but I wist not whence they were : 

* And it came to pass about the time 



Rahab y s covenant with the spies, 
of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, 
that the men went out : whither the men 
went I wot net : persue after them quick- 
ly ; tor ye shall overtake them, 

6 But she had brought them up to the 
roof of the house, and hid them with stalks 
of flax, which she had laid iu order upon 
the roof. 

7 And the men pursued alter them the 
way to Jordan, unto the fords : and as soon 
as they which pursued after them were 
gone out, they shut the gate. 

8 % And before they were laid down, she 
came up unto them upon the roof ; 

9 And she said unto the /pen, I know 
that the Lord hath given you the land, and 
that your terror is iailen upon us, and that 
all the inhabitants of the land faint be- 
cause of you. 

10 For we have heard how the Lord 
dried up the water of the red sea for you, 
when ye came out of Egypt : and what y e 
did unto the two kings of the Amorites, 
that were on the other side Jordan, Silion 
andOg, whom ye utterly destroyed. 

11 And as soon as we had heard these 
things, our hearts .did melt, neither did 
ther e remain any more courage in any 
man, because of ycu : for the Lord your 
God, he is God in heaven above, and in 
earth beneath. 

12 Nov/ therefore," I pray you, swear 
unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed 
you kindness, that ye will also she w kind- 
ness unto my father's house, and give m© 
a true token : 

13 And that ye will save alive my father, 
and my mother, and my brethren, and my 
sisters, and all that they have, and deliver 
our lives from death. 

14 And the men answered her, Our 
life tor yours, if ye utter not this our busi- 
ness. Audit shall be, when the Lord hath 
given us the land, that we will deal kindly 
and truly with thee. 

15 Then she let them down by a cord 
through the window : for her house was 
upon the town wall, and she dwelt Upon the 
wall. 

16 And she said unto them, Get ye to 
the mountain, lest the pursuers meet ycu ; 
and hide yourselves there three days, until 
the pursuers be returned: and afterward 
may ye go your way. 

17 And the men said unto her, We will 
be blameless ot this thine oath which thou 
hast made us swear. 

18 Behold when we come into the land, 
thou shait bind this line of scarlet thread 
in the window which thou didst let us 
down by : and thou shalt bring thy father, 
and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all 
thy father's household, home unto thee. 

19 Audit shall be, *to whosoever shall 



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Jordan divided. 191 



go out of the doors of thy lious-^ into the 
stree::, his btood afa/J bs up 
and we wi// 6c gjiltlesb : . 
shall be with thee in t 
qo our bead] :. 

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then we th which 

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of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words 
of the Lord vour God. 

10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall 
know that the living God ii 

and that he will without tail drive i 
fU the Canaanites, and I 
rites, and the ffivites, and the Perizzites, 
i he Girgashites, and the Amorites, a 

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of 

. \ ae earth, passethoyerbe- 
, into Jordan. 

ve twelve men 
tribe i of Israel, outofevt 
a m -.. 

13 And it shall come to p^ss, ai 
the Boles of the feet of the priest-, uutbear 
if A\ the 
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cut olf 
Lers that come down 
bove ; and the}' shall stand upon i 
to pass, wh 
ed from then- tents, 
over Jordan, and the priests bearing the 
ark of th . »efore the people. 

15 A-> lat bare the ark were 
come unto Jordan, and the feet of th< 

. 
or the water (i irerfloweth all 

* Oi harvest), 

16 'i hat the waters which can i 
from above stood and rose up up i . . 
vvm far from the city Adam, tha 

tan: and th< se that can i 
toward I 

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192 God magnificth Joshua. 

before the ark of the Lord your God into 
the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every 
man of you a stone upon his shoulder, ac- 
cording" unto the number of the tribes of 
the children of Israel : 

6 That this may be a sign among you, 
that when your children ask their fathers 
in time to come, saying, What meow ye by 
these stones ? 

7 Then ye shall answer them, That the 
waters of Jordan were cut off beicre the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord ; when it 
passed over Jordan, the waters of 1 rdan 
were cut off: and these stones shall be for 
a memorial unto the children of Israel for 
ever. 

8 And the children of Israel did so as 
Joshua commanded, arid took up twelve 
stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the 
Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the 
number of the tribes of the children of Is- 
rael, and carried them over with them 
unto the place where they lodged, an: laid 
them down there. 

9 f And Joshua set up twelve stones in 
the midst of Jordan, in the place where the 
feet of the priests which bare the ark of the 
covenant stood : and they are there unto 
this day, 

10 II For the priests which bare the 

od in the midst of Jordan, until ev- 
ery thing was finished that the Lord com- 
manded Joshua to speak unto the people, 
according to all that "Moses commanded 
Joshua : and the people hasted and passed 
over. 

11 And it came to pass, when all the 
people were clean passed over, that the 
ark of the Lord passed oveiymd the priests, 
in the presence of the people. 

12 And die children ofReuben, and the 
children oi Gad, andhalf the tribe of Ma- 
nasseh, passed over armed before the chil- 
dren of Israel, as Moses spake unto them : 

13 About forty thousand prepared for 

Fore die Lord unto bat- 
t.e, to the plains of Jericho. 

14 If On that day the Lord magnified 
i in the sight of all Israel ; and they 

L- ti ed him as they feared Moses, aU the 
days of bis life. 

ad the Lord spake unto Joshua, say- 

1G Command the priests that bear the 
, y, that they come up 
out of Jordan. 

17 Joshua therefore commanded the 
priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 
when the priests 
that bare the ark of the covenant of the 
ere come up out oi me midst ol Jor- 
dan i and the soles of the priests 1 feet were 
the waters 
n returned uftto their place, and 



JOSHUA. Circumcision renewed. 

flowed over all his banks, as they did before. 

19 *|| And the people came up cut of Jor- 
dan on the tenth day ot the hist month, and 
encamped in Gilgai, in the east border oi 
Jericho. 

20 And those twelve stonesj which they 
took out of Jordan, did Joshua, pitch in 
Gilgai. 

21 And he spake unto the children of Is- 
r ing, when your children shah ask 

their fathers in time to come, saying, What 
mean tl tese stones I 

22 Then ye shall let your children know, 
saying, Israel came over this Jordan on ' 
dry land. 

23 For the Lord your God dried up the 
waters oi 3 . ian from before you, until ve 
; ere passed over, as the Lord your Gcd 
lid LtftheRec Sea,whichhe dried up from 
before us, until we wei e gone over : 

24 That all the people of the earth might 
know the hand of the Lord, that it is migh- 
ty : that ye might fear the Lord your God 
forever. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The Camaniies are afraid. 2 Circum- 
cision renewed* 10 The passoveris 
kef it at Gilgai. 13 An angel appear* 
eth to Joshua > • 

AND it came to pass when all the kings 
of the Amor lies, which were on the 
side of Jordan westward, and all the kings 
of the Canaanites, which ivcre by the sea, 
heard that the Lord had dried up the wa- 
ters of Jordan from before the children of 
Israel, until we were passed over, that 
their heart melted, neither was there spir- 
it in them any more, because of the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

2 % At that time the Lord said unto Jr skua, 
Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise 
again the children of Israel the second time. 

3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, 
and circumcised the children oi Israel at 
the Bill of the foreskins. 

4 And diis is the cause why Joshua did 
circumcise # : Ail the people that came gk| 

t, that were males, even all the 
men c f wa r, ( li *s by the 

way, after they came out of Egypt. 

5 Nov out were 
circumcised : but all the people that iu:re 
born in the wilderness by the way as mey 
came forth out of Egypt, them they had 
notcircumcis 

6 For the children of Israel walked for- | 
ty years in the wilderness, till ail the peo- 

iat overt men of war which came out 

.---: e consumed, ' >ecause they c- 

beyed not the voice of die Lord: unto 

ware that he would not 

Loidsware 

unto their fathers that he would give us, 1 

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f al down flat, and die people ab .11 aacead 

up every man / 

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rams' horns Del 

the ark oi" the : 

j the pec.ple, Pass on, 
od let him that is 
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. .d it came tcpass when Joshua had 

teven trumpets of ram*' 

e 1 i ixi, i aid blew 
.. the ark M I 

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the rereward came after the 

priests going on, . . ...j 

10 And J Bhu \ had c 
people, saying, Ye shallnot shout^m . 

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194 The walls fall down. 

to the Lord : they shall come into the trea- < 

sury of the Lord. 

20 f So the people shouted when the i 
firiests blew with the trumpets : and it 
came to pass, when the people heard the 
sound of the trumpets, and the people 
shouted with a great shout, that the wall 
fell down flat, so that the people went up 
into the city, every man straight before 
him, and they took the city. 

21 And they utterly destroyed all that 
ftas in the city, both man and woman, 
young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, 
with the edge of the sword. 

22 % But Joshua had said unto the two 
men that had spied cut the country, Go 
into the harlot's house, and bring out thence ! 
the woman, and all that she hath, as ye 
sware unto her. 

23 And the young men that were spies 
went in, and brought out Rahab, and her 
father, and her mother, and her brethren, 
and all that she had ; and they brought 
out all her kindred, and left them without 
the camp of Israel. 

24 And they burned the city with fire, 
and all that was therein : only the silver, 
and the gold, and the vessels of brass and 
of iron, they put into the treasury of the 
house of the" Lord. 

25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot 
alive, and her fathers household, and all 
that she had; and she dweileth in Israel 
even unto this cay ; because she hid the 
messengers., which Joshua sent to spy out 
Jericho. 

26 H And Joshua adjured them at that 
time, saying, Cursed fe the man before the 
Loi 3, that riseth up and buildeth this city 
Jericho : he shall lay the foundation there- 
of in hisfirst born, and in his youngest son 
shall he set up the gates of it. 

27 So the Lor d was with Joshua : and his 
fame was wowedthroughout allthecountry. 

CHAP. VII, 
1 The Israelites inn* it en at Au 6 Joshua's 
compliant* 3 God imtructcth h 
to do, 16 A n by lot. 19 His 

confassi ' . ~ - He and all he hath are 
destroyedin the valley ofAchor. 

BUT of Israel committed 

a trespass in the accursed thing: far 
Achan, the son of Carmi, the son ofZabdi, 
the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took 
of the accursed thing : and the anger of the 
Lord was kindled against the children of 
Israel. 

2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to 
Ai, wh> h is beside Bethaven, on the east 

Bethel, and s] hem, say- 

ing, Go up and view the country. Arid 
n went un and viewed Ai. " 

3 Air: 
unto hi i the people gq up ; but 



JOSHUA. Isrelites smitten at Ai, 

let about two or three thousand men go up 
and smite Ai ; and make not all the oeo- 
to labour thither: tor they are but few. 

4 So tnere went up thither of the people 
about three thousand men : and they fled 
before the men of Ai. 

5 And the men of Ai smote of them a- 
bout thirty and six men : for they chased 
them from before the gate even unto She- 
barim, and smote them in the going down : 
wherefore the hearts of the people melted, 
and became as water. 

6 ^[ And Joshua rent his clothes, and 
fell to the earth upon his face before the' 
ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and 
the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their 
heads. 

7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, 
Wherefore hast thcu at all brought this 
people over Jordan, to deliver us into the 
hand of the • Amorites, to destroy us ? Would 
to God we had been content, and dwelt on 
the other side Jordan ! 

8 O Lord, What shall I say when Israel 
turneth their backs before their enemies? 

9 For the Canaanites and ail the inhab- 
itants of the land .shall hear of it, and shall 
environ us round, and cut off our nume 
from the earth : and, What wilt thou do 
unto thy great name ? 

10 ^f And the Lord said unto Joshua, 
Get thee up ; Wherefore iie^t thou thus 
upon thy face ? 

11 Israel hath sinned, and they have al- 
so transgressed my covenant which I 
commanded them : for they have even ta- 
ken of the accursed thing, and have also 
stolen, and dissembled also, and they have 
putz^ even among their own stuff. 

12 Therefore the children of Israel 
could not stand before their enemies, but 
turned their backs before their enemies, 
because they were accursed : neither will 
1 be with you any more, except ye destroy 
the accursed from among you. 

13 Up, sanctify the people, and. say, 
Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow : for 
thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There 
is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, 
O Israel: thou c id before thine 
enemies, unti^ ; y the accursejj 
thing from among you. • 

14 In the morning therefore ye shall be 
brought according to your tribes : and it 
shalfbe, that\i\e tribe which the I 
keth shall come according to the families 
thereof; and the iamhy which the Lord 
shah take shall come by households ; and 
the household which the Lord shall take.-. 
shall come man by man. 

3 5 And it shall be, that he that is taken 

with die accursed thing shall be burnt with 

fire, he and ail that he hath: because he 

] sgressed the covenant of the Lord. 



Achat? & corf Chap, 

and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. 

16 r So Joshua rose up early in the 
morning, and brought Israel by the Ir tribes ; 
and the tribe of Jonah was taken: 

17 And lie brought the family of Judah: 
and he took the family of the Zarhites: ' 
and he brought the family of the Zarhites 
man by man ; and Zabdi was taken : 

18 And he brought his household man by I 
man : and Achau, the son ofCarmi, the 
son of Zabdi, die sen of Zerah, of the tribe 

was taken. 
1j* And Jo hua said unto Achan, My 
son, give, 1 pray thee, glory to the Lord 

and tell me now what thou hast done ; 
hide it not fn - 

swered Joshua, and j 
st the Lord 
. :husha> tl . 

- 
i ment, and two hi :. 

1 1 ,t rif- ] 
:kels weight, then I coveted them, 
are hid 
• nth in the midst of my tent, and 

e r it. 
• J hua sent me 
r 

I . 

I 

ith him, 

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i 
i 

\ P. Mil. 

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. Ai VJC18 ft \ . 

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Bami tli ' 

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.viii. J: :hua' s s:ra4agcm against Ai. 195 

as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: 
only the spoil tliereof, and the cuttle there- 
of, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: 
lay thee an ambush tor die city behind it. 
'3 % So Joshua arose, and ah the people 
of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua 
chose out thirty thousand mightv men of 
valour, and sent them away by night. 

4 And he commanded them, saying, Be- 
hold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, 

: go not very far from 
the city, but be ye all ready : 

5 And I, and all the *peop!c that are 
with me, will approach unto the city : and 
it shall come to pas, when they come out 
against us, as at the first, that we will flee 
betorc them. 

6 (For they will come out after us) till 
we have drawn them from the city; for 

. say. They flee before us, as at the 
first : therefore we" will flee before them. 

up from the ambush, 
and seize upon tire city : for the L 
God will deliver it into your hand. 

8 And it shall be, when ye have taken 
the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: ac- 

1 1 ) the commandment of the Lord 
fchall ye, do. See, 1 havecommandedyon* 

9 Joshua then m forth: and 
they went to lie in ambush, and abode 
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side 

: Joshua lodged that night among 
pie. 

. g mor- 

md went 

id) before the 

to Ai. 

11 And * pi n the pebfile 

■ 
■ 
• 

.i and Ai. 

d men, 
to lie in an. i 

■ when they had set the | 

p 

- 

' plain ; 
rf 

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196 Ai taken and burned. JOSHUA 

17 And there was not a man left in Ai 
or Bethel, that went not Out after 
and they left the city open, and pursued af- 
ter Israel- 
is And the Lord said unto Joshua, 
Stretch out the sjJfcar that is in thine hand 32 % A 
toward Ai ; for I will give it info thine 
hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear 
that he /Win his hand toward the city, 

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of 
their place, and they ran as c son as he had 
stretched cut his hand : and they entered 
into the city, and took it, and hasted and 
set the city on fire, 

20 And when the men of Ai looked be- 
hind them, they saw, and, behold, the 
smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, 
and they had no 'power to fee this way 
or that way : and the people that fled to the 
wilderness turned hack upon the pursuers, 

21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw 
that the ambush had taken the city, and 
that the smoke of the city ascended, then 
they turned again, and slew the men of Ai, 

22 And the "other issued out of the city 
against tnern ; so they were in the midst 
of Israel, some on this side, and some on 
that side ; and they smote them, so that 
thy let none of them remain cr escape. 

23 Ana the king of Ai they teck alive, 
and brought him to Joshua. 

24 And it came to pass* when Israel 
had made an end of slaying all the inhabi- 
tants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness 
wherein they chased them, and when they 
were all fallen on the edge of the sword, 
until they were consumed, that all the Is- 
raelites returned unto Ai, and smote it 
with the edge of the sword. 

25 And 60 it was, that all that fell that 
day, both of men and women, were twelve 
thousand, even ail the men of Ai. 

26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, 
wherewith he stretched out the spear, un- 
til he had utterly destro) ed ad the inhabi- 
tants of Ai. 

27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that 
city, Israel took for a prey unto themselves, 
according unto the word of the Lord 
which he con imai id< 

28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it 
and heap for ever, tven a desolation unto 
this dai . 



tree 



And the kijbg of Ai he hanged en a 
until event as the 

sun was down, . landed that 

they should take his care; 
the" tree, and cast it at the entering of the 
gate of the city, v.nd raise thereon a great 
heap of stones, that remaineth until this day. 

Su" 7 Then Jofihua built an altar unto the 
Lord d in mount Ebalj 

31 As Moses the servant of the Lord 
commanded die children of Israel, as it is 



Joshua writeth the la. 1 
written ir I the law of Moses, 

. :.l hole stones, over which no 
th lifted up any if oiran&^hey 

irnt offer ie Lord, 



:. Side 

riests 



of 

oses 



he that was boi tarn thernjhi 

'.-■ cr ap^-irstiaoui/; G- :.l--.l:r : 

them over against mount Ebal ; 

the servant of the Lord had commanded 

before that they should bless the people u 

Israel. 

34 Arc afterward he read all the w 
of the law, the blessings and cursings, ac 
cording to ail that is written in the book of 
the law. 

35 There was not a word of all that Mo- 
ses commanded, which Joshua read not 
before all the congregation of Israel, with 
th.@ women, and thelittle ones, and the stran- 
gers that were conversant amongthem. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 The kings combine against Israel, 3 Tlie 

Gibeomtes obtaining a league by craft, 

16 are condemned to perpetual bondage. 

AND it came to pass, when all the 
kings which were on this side Jor- 
dan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in 
all the coasts of the great sea over against 
Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the 
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and 
the Jebusite, heard thereof; 

2 That they gathered themselves togeth- 
er, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, 
with one accord. 

3 % And when the inhabitants oiGibeon 
heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho 
and to Ai. 

4 They; did work wilily, and went 
made as if they had been ambassadors, 
and took old sacks upon their asses, and 
wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up # ; 

nd clouted upon tftjar 
feet, and old garments upon them ; and all 
the bread of their provision was dry ana 

6 And they went to Joshua unto the 
camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to 
the men of Israel, We be come from a far 
country : now therefore make ye a league! 
with us. 

7 And the men of Israel said unto 
Hivites, Peradventure ye dwelt among 1 
and, How shall we make a league with you; 

8 And they said unto Joshua, We an 
thv servants. And Joshua sasd unto the 
Who are ye ? and, From whence come ye; 






Gibeo>.. Cfa 

9 And they Scud unto him, Fi oui a very I 
far country i 

of the name ot tr.-. 

have heard th a all that 

10 And ail that he wo kings 
■ 

11 Wherefore our elcU 

vitfi you : i 

them, \ 

• 
we came 

forth to gn unto yen ; but now', behold it 
and it is m 
13 Aii 

• 

beconK' 

men tonic ot their . 

e v ith them, 

hem, tolet them 

/legation 

I s at the end of 

a league 

and thai the 

meyed, 

roth, and khjathjea- 
18 And the' 

l 

upon u->, 

ng usf 



p. x. 



Bibeon attacked* V*7 



iwers of wood, and 

drawers of water for the house el" pay G* J. 

I ihev answered Joshua, axkl said, 

v ertainly tola thy servants, 

. &)d t mrnandea 

it Moses t< give you .11 the land, 

and to destroy all the inhabitants ot the 

. :e yu, therefore we were 

sore aii-aul -four lives because of you, and 

• 'J. ling. 

. e are in thine hand : 
as W seemcth good and right unto thee to 
do unto 

d s<» did he unto them, and deliv- 
n out of the hand of the cliikiren 
■ n not. 
1 i made them thai da; hew- 
ers of wood and drawers di 
congregation, and for the aha 
even unto this day, m the place which he 
should chouse* 

CHAP. X. 
1 Five kings war againH Gibeon* 
ua reecueth ii. 12 '1'lie sun an I 
Uat the word of Joshua. 

Nit came to pass* when Adotiize* 
of Jerusalem, had heard 
liow Joshua had taken Ai,and had utterly 
! it ; as he had done to Jericho 
and her king ; so he had done to Ai and 
her king ; and bow the inhabitants oi Gib* 
con had a arjth Israel* and wer« 

them ; 
2 That they feared 
a great city, 
ties, and because it WOM greater i. 
. 
ii .. . 
in king ot 1 
• fJarmuth, and un« 
;.'iMi, and unto Dehir 

ia and 

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I 

1 
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i 

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198 The sun and moon stand still. JOSHUA. 
them not : fcr I have delivered them into 
thine hand : there shall not a man of them 
stand before thee. 

9 Joshua therefore came unto them sud- 
denly, and went up from Gilgal ail night. 

10 And the Lord discomfited them be- 
fore Israel, and slew them with a great 
slaughter at Gibecn, and chased them a- 
long the way that gceth up to Bethhorcn, 
and smote them to Azekah, and unto Mak- 
kedah. 

11 And it came to pass, as they fied from 
before Israel, and were in the going down 
to Bethhorcn, that the Lord cast down 
great stones from heaven upon them unto 
Azekah, and they died : they were more 
which died with hailstones than they whom 
the children of Israel slew with the swerd. 

12 % Then spake Joshua to the Lord, 
in the day when the Lord delivered up the 
Amorites before the children of Israel, and 
he said in the sight of Israel,Sun, stand thou 
still upon Gibecn ; and thou, Moon, in the 
valley of Ajalcn. 

13 And the sun steed stil, and the moon 
stayed, until the people had avenged them- 
selves upon their enemies, Js not this 
written in the bcok of Jasher ? So the sun 
stood still in the midst of heaven, and hast- 
ed not to go down abcut a whole day. 

14 And there was no day like that be- 
fore it or after it, that the Lord hearken- 
ed unto the voice of a man : for the Lord 
fought for Israel. 

15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel 
with him, untc the camp to Gilgal. 

16 But these five kings fied, and hid 
themselves in a cave at Makkedah. 

17 And it was told Joshua, saying. The 
five kings are found hid in a cave at Mak- 
kedah. 

18 And Joshua said, E.oll great stejnes up- 
on the mouth of the cave, and set men by 
it for to keep them : 

19 And stay ye net, but pursue after 
your enemies, and smite the hindmost of 
them ; suffer them not to enter into their 
cities : for the Lord your Gcd hath de- 
livered them into your hand. 

20 And it came to pass, when Joshua 
and the children of Israel had made an end 
of slaying them with a > ery great slaugh- 
ter, till they were consumed, that the rest 
which remained of them entered into fen- 
ced cities. 

21 And all the people returned to the 
camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace : 
none moved his tongue against any of the 
children of Israel. 

22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of 
the cave, and bring out those five kings 
unto mcout of the cave. 

23 And they did so, and brought forth 
those five kings unto him cut of die pave, 



The five kings hanged* 
the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, 
the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, 
and the king of Eglon. 

24 And it came to pass, when they 
brought cut those kings unto Joshua, tha't 
Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and 
said unto the captains of the men of war 
which went with him, Come near, put 
your feet upon the necks of these kings. 
And they came near, and put their feet 
upon the necks of them. 

25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, 
nor be dismayed, be strong and of good 
courage : fcr thus shall the Lord do to all 
your enemies against whom ye fight. 

26 And afterward Joshua'smote them, 
and slew them, and hanged them on five 
trees : and they were hanging upon the 
trees until the evening. 

27 And it came to pass at the time of 
the going down of the sun, that Joshua 
commanded, and they took them down off 
the trees, and cast them into the cave 
wherein they had been hid, and laid great 
stones in the cave's mouth, which remain 
until this very day. 

28 And that day Joshua took Makke- 
dah, and smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and the king thereof, he utterly des- 
troyed them, and all the souls that were 
therein ; he let none remain : and he did 
to the king of Makkedah as he did unto 
the king of Jericho. 

29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, 
and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and 
fought against Libnah : 

SO And the Lord delivered it also, and 
the king thereof, into the hand of Israel ; 
and he smote it with the edge of the sword, 
and all the souls that were therein ; he let 
none remain in it ; but did unto the king 
thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. 

31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and 
all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and en- 
camped against it, and fought against it : 

32 And the Lord delivered Lachish in- 
to the hand of Israel, which tcok it on the 
second day, and smote it with the edge of 
the sword*,and all the souls that were there- 
in, according to all that he had done to Lib- 
nah. 

33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up 
to help Lachish ; and Joshua smote him 
and his people, until he had left him none 
remaining. _ 

34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto 
Eglon, and all Israel with him ; and they 
encamped against it, and fought against it: 

55 And they took it en that day, and 
smote it with the edge of the sword, and all 
the sculs that were therein he utterly des- 
troyed that day, according to all that he 
had done to Lachish. 

36 And Joshua went up from Eglcn, and 



Drvera kings con 5 



Chap. xi. 



Ifa-zor taken and burned. 199 



all Israel with him, unto Hebron ; 
fought against it : 

1 !tl they took it, and smote it with 
the edge ofih*. 
of, and all the 

sotds thai in; he left none re- 

maining, ace ording toallth it he had d me 
. 

. >tl\at were th 

irne 1, and til 1 r id 
with him, toD 

3 J And he took it, and thi 
and all I y snfntc 

them with th^ 
terlyde 
in; he left no; n h ;d done 

■ 

and off 

■ 
cdall th .- Lord Gul of 

em from Ka- 

- 

v 
^ V 

( 

-1 i-i. .< .. 
r tomoi - 



7S: 1 , and all the people 

. ienly; andth 

1 1 >rd delivered them into the 

.1, who smote them, and d 

ed them unto great Zidon, and unto M13- 

I im 1 im, and unto ii Eu - 

. 1 : and the/ sm rte then, un- 

:. . an none remaining. 

9 An 1 ! ish la did unto them as the Lord 

1 tire. 

10 • ! at mat time turned 

'or, and smote the king 
r be- 
tiead of all those L 

li A', I 

:.d he burned Hazor 

. 1 all the cities oi those kings, and 
all the king; of them, did Jos', 

I ;e of the sw 

- 

the cities that stood 
nirned none 
' did foshu 1 burn. 

ik for a 

nthatlandL tl 

• 

irne ; 

m the- mount : 

3 

and all th 

- 
th it he mi 



209 Divers kings smitten. 

21 H And at that time came Joshua, and 
cut off the Anakims from the mountains, 
from Hebron, from Debir, from Ana'o, and 
from all the mountains of Judah, and from 
ail the mountains of Israel: Joshua des- 
troyed them utterly with their cities. 

22 There was none of the Anakims left 
in the land of the children of Israel : only 
in Gaza, in Gath, and in Aihdod, there 
remained. 

23 So Joshua took the whole land, ac- 
cording to all that the Lord said unto Mo- 
.ses ; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance 
unto Israel according to their divisions by 
their tribes. And the land rested from war. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 The two kings whose countries Moses 
took and disposed of. 7 The one and 
thirty' kings on the other side Jordan 
•which Joshua smote. 

NOW these are the kings of the land, 
which the children ot Israel smote, 
and possessed their land on the other side 
Jkrdan toward the rising of the sun, from 
the river Anion unto mount Hermon, and 
ah the plain on the east : 

2 Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt 
in Heshbon,awrf ruled from Aroer, which 
is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and 
fr >m the middle of the river, and from half 
Giic:,d. even unto the river Jabbok, vjhich 
is the border of the coildren of Amrnon : 

J And from, the pi iin to the sea of Chin- 
neroth on t le east, and unto the sea of the 
plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way 
t: Be hiesiiimoth J and from the south, un- 
der Aslidotnpisguh : 

4 And the coajrt ofOg king of Bashan, 
HphL h was of me remnant of the. giants, 
that dwelt at Ashtarothand atEarei, 

5 And reigned in mownt Hermon, and 
in Salcah,and in all Bashan, unto the bor- 
der of the Geshurkes,ana the Maacham- 
ites, and half Guead, the border of Sihon 
king ot Heshbon. 

6 Them did i\ loses the serrant cfthe 
Lord and the children of Israel smke : and 
Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for 
a possession unto the Reubenites, and tne 
G idites, and the half tribe of Manas.eh. 

7 * And these are the kings ot the coun- 

tich Joshua and the cmklren of Is- 

this side Jordan on the west, 

• ligad in the valley of Lebanon, e- 

ven unto tiie mount Halak, that goeth up 

•i'i gave unto the tribes 

] possession according to their 

$ In the mountains, and in the valleys, 

zmd in the plains, and in the springs and 

in the v e south country ; 

■'. ' es, the Amoi ites, and the Canaan-. 

i IVri-ziles, the Jtiivites, and the Je- 



JOSKUA. The bounds of the land, 

9 The king of Jericho, one ; the king of 
Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; 

10 The king of Jerusalem, one ; the king 
of Hebron, one ; 

11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king 
of Lachish, one ; 

12 The king of Eglon, one ; the king of 
Gezer, one ; 

13 The king of Debir, one ; the king of 
Geder, one ; 

1 4 The king of Hormah, one ; the king 
of Arad, one ; 

li The king ofLibnah,one; the king of 
Adullam, one ; 

16 The king of Makkedah, one ; the 
king of Bethel, one ; 

17 The king of Tappuah, one ; the king 
of Hepher, one ; 

18 The king of Aphek, one ; the king of 
Lasharon, one ; 

19 The king of Madon, one ; the king 
of Razor, one ; 

20 The king of Shimronmeron, one ; 
the king of Achshaph, one ; 

21 Tne king of Taanach,one ; the king 
of Megiddo, one ; 

22 The king of Kedesh, one ; the king 
of Jokneam of "Carmel, one ; 

23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, 
one; the king of the nations o: Gilgal, 
one ; 

m 24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the 
kings thirty and one. 

CHAP. XIII. 
2 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 
14 , 33 The Lord and his sacrifice^ are 
the Levites* inheritance. 22 Halaam is 
s J ain. 

NOW Joshua was old and striken in 
years ; and the Lord said unto him, 
Thou art old and striken in years, and 
there remaineth yet very much land to be 
possessed. 

2 % This is the land that yet remaineth : 
all the borders of the Philistines, and all 
Geshuri ; 

Strom Sihor, which is before Egypt, 
even unto the borders ofEkron northward, 
which is counted to the Canaanite: live 
lords of the Philistines ; the Gazathites, 
and the Ashdothites, the Eshkaionites, the 
Gittites^ and the Ekronites ; also the A- 
vites : 

4 From the south all the land of the Ca- 
naanites, and Mearah that is beside the 
Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of 
the Amorites : 

5 And the land of the Giblites, and all 
L banon, toward the sunrising, from Baal- 
gad under mount Hermon unto die enter- 
ing into Iiamath. 

6 All the inhabitants of the bill country 
from Lebanon unto iYIisrcphothmaim, and 

] w hi I dr ive out from 



not yet conquered. Chap, xiv 

before the children of Israel : only divide 
thou it by lot unto tht • an in- 

heritance, as 1 

I tor an 
inheritance unto the nine tribes, 
halt'tr 

8 With whom the Keubenites and the 
! have received their inheritance, 
which Mooea beyond Jordi 



i as Moses the servant of the • w before! 



Inheritc.r teh, C01 

of. Thi.^ foaa the inheritance of the chil- 
dren of Reuben after their families, the 
ind the villages thereof. 
. I Moses gave inheritance unto the 
tribe of Gad, even unto the children of 
Gad according to their families. 

25 And their coast was Jazar, and all 

( if Gilead, and hall the land of 

the children of Amnion, unto Aroer t hat 



' Lord gave them ; 



.1 from Heshbon unto Ramath- 



9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of t Tni?,peh, and BeConira ; and from Mahana- 
the river Anion, and the city!:: im unto die border of Debir ; 



midst of the river, and ail the plain of 

Hiking of the 
Amorites, which re; 

fthe children 
i, and the border of the 
Deshurites ai 
mountli liBashanunto! 

12 All the kingdom of Og in Bash an, 
which reigned i 
who re a: 
for thfc 

vertheless tl ie children of 

■ 

hes unt 

» of the 

I 

and Za- 

■ 
I 



jF And in I ■ h tharam, and 

• d Zaphon,tHe 
rest of the kin^ . 
boo* Jordan and 
edge oft: 
side Jordan e tst 

28 This is themhei 

ifter their families, the cit 
iges. 

29 And 

vas the 
possession of the halt tribe of the children 
lies. 
: their coast 

. 
E lrei,cH in Ba- 

shan. wen fii r 

to the 
oneh ■.!• by their 

plains 

: 

gave u I the i «ord G »d 

(fare to have 
their < ' Caleb 6$ 

ron. 

. 
I 

i in th* 



202 Caleb obtaineth Hebron. 

land, save cities to dwell in> with their sub- 
urbs for their cattle and for their substance. 

5 As the Lord commanded Moses, so 
the children of Israel did, and they divi- 
ded the land. 

6 «jf Then the children of. Judah came 
unto Joshua in Gilgal : and Caleb the son 
of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, 
Thou knowest the thing that the Lord 
said unto Moses the man of God concern- 
ing me and thee in Kadeshbarnea. 

7 Forty years old was I when Moses the 
servant ofthe Lord sent me from Kadesh- 
barnea to espy out the land ; and 1 brought 
him word again as it was in mine heart. 

8 Nevertheless, my brethren that went 
tip with me made the heart of the people 
melt : but I wholly followed the Lord my 
God. 

9 And Moses sware that day, saying, 
Surely the land whereon thy feet have trod- 
den shall be thine inheritance, and thy chil- 
dren's for ever, because thou hast wholly 
followed the Lord my God. 

10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept 
me alive, as he said these forty and five 
years, even since the Lord spake this 
word unto Moses, while the children of 
Israel wandered in the wilderness : and 
now, lo, lam this day fourscore and five 
years old. 

11 As yet lam as strong this day as i" 
•was in the day that Moses sent me : as 
my strength ' was then, even so is my 
strength now for war, both to go «ut and to 
come in. 

12Now therefore, give me this moun- 
tain, whereof the Lord spake in that day : 
for thou heardest in that day how the Ana- 
kims were there and that the cities were 
great and fenced : if so be, the Lord will 
be with me, then I shall be able to drive 
them out, as the Lord said. 

13 And Joshua blessed him and gave un- 
to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for 
an inheritance. 

14 Hebron therefore became the inheri- 
tance cf Caleb the son of Jephunneh the 
Kenezite unto this day, because that he 
wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. 

15 And the name of Hebron before was 
Kirjatharba ; which Arba was a great 
man among the Anakims. And the land 
had rest from war. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 Tiip ^orders of the lot of Judah. \3 Ca- 
leb's fior lion and conquest. 16 QthnicVs 
valour and reward. 21 The cities of Ju- 
dah. 63 'Hie Jebusites not conquered. 
THIS then was the lot ofthe trilx; ofthe 
children of Judah by their families ; 
fvcv.Xo the border of Edom, the wilder- 
ness of Zin southward was the uttermost 
part ot the soutii coast. 



JOSHUA. The borders of Judah. 

2 And their south border was from the 
shore of the salt sea, from the bay that 
looketh southward : 

3 And it went out to the south side to 
Maalchacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, 
and ascended up on the south side unto 
Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hez- 
ron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a 
compass to Karkaa ; 

4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, 
and went out into the river of Egypt ; and 
the goings out of that coast were at the sea; 
this shall be your south coast. 

5 And the east border was the salt sea, 
even unto the end of Jordan. And their bor- 
der in the north quarter was from the bay 
of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan : 

6 And the border went up to Bethhog- 
lah, and passed along by the north of Beth- 
arabah ; and the border went up to the 
stone of Bohan the son of Reuben : 

7 And the border went up toward De- 
bir from the valley of Achor, and so north- 
ward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before 
the going up to Adummim, which is on 
the. south side ofthe river : and the bor- 
der passed toward the waters of Enshe- 
mesh, and the goings out thereof were at 
Enrogel : 

8 And the border went up by the valley 
of the son of Hinnom unto the south side 
ofthe Jubusite : the same is Jerusalem : 
and the border went up to the top of the 
mountain that lieth before the v alley ot" 
Hinnom westward, which is at the end of 
the valley of the giants northward : 

9 And the border was drawn from the 
top ofthe hill unto the fountain of the wa- 
ter of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities 
of the mount Ephron ; and the border was 
drawn to Baaleh, which zsKiajathjearim : 

10 And the border compassed from Baa- 
lah westward unto mount Seir, and passed 
along unto the side of mount Jearim, which 
is Chesalon, on the north side, and went 
down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to 
Timnah : 

11 And the border went out unto the 
side of Ekron northward ; and the border 
was drawn to Shioron, and passed along to 
mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel ; 
and the goings out ef the border were at the 
sea. 

12 And the west border was to the 
great sea, and the coast thereof This u 
the coast ofthe children of Judah round a 
bout according to their families. 

13 % And unto Caleb the son of Jephun 
neh he gave a part among the children o 
Judah, according to the commandments o: 
the Lord to Joshua, even tire city of Arbs 
the father of Anak, wkich city is Hebron. 

14 And Caleb drove thence the thre< 
sons of Anak* Sheshai, and Aliiman, anc 



Caleb's fi'jrticu and c<jnques% 



Chap. xvi. 



The cities of Judah. ZOS 



i, the children of Anak. 
15 And he went up thence to the inhab- 
itants of Debir : and the name ofDebir be- 

epher, and taketh it, td him will 1 

wife, 
d Othoiei the son of kenaz, the 
- b took it : and he g ive him 
1\ his daughter to v, i 

I it came to pass. as. ^he came un- 
to him, that she moved him to ask of her 
fatiier a field : and she lighted oil 
leb said unto her, What \ 

Give me a Messing: 

hast given me a south land ; give 

o springs of water. And he gava 

and the nether 

the inheritance of the tribe 
ot the children of J udah according to their 

And the utl bs of the 

oi Judah toward the 
: n southward, were i 
I 

'. 

. lad, and Chesil, and Hor- 
.1 Ziklag, an iah, and 

\ .. y, Eshtaol, ai 
...nah, 
dZanoah, and En 

! Sharaim, im, and 

I ; teen ci- 

dllada>hah,andMi 

I Mizpch, and Jok- 

Ledah ; sixti 



42Lihnah,and Ether, and Ashan, 

43 And Jiphtah,and Ashnah, and Xczib, 

44 And kcilah, and Achzib, and Ma- 

.. nine cities with their villages : 

45 Ekron, with her towns and her villa- 
ges: 

46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all 
th&tlay near Ashdod, with their villages: 

47 Ashdodwith her towns and her vil- 

v, itli her towns and her villa- 
ges unto the river of Egypt, and the great 
L*a, and the border thereof: 

4« And in the mountains, Shamir, and 
Jattir, and Socob, 

49 And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, 

Debir, 

50 And Anab, and Eshtcmoh,'and Anim, 

51 And Goshen, andHolon, andGiloh ; 
eleven cities with their villages : 

. \n, 
v r »d Junuin, and JJcthtappuah, and 
Aphekah, 

54 And Humtah, and Kirjatl lai ba, which 

bron, andZior ; nine cities with their 

55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttahj 

56 And Je tdeam, and Z ui- 

57 Cain, Gibeahj and Timnah ; ten cit- 

ges: 
dhuL Bethzur, and Gedor, 
59 AndMaarath, and Bethanoth, and 

i ; six cities with their vill I 
<K) Kirjathbaal, which is K ; a 
and rabb ill , two cities with then* viD 

61 In the wilderness, Betharabah, Mid- 
ciin, and Secacah, 

62 And iNinshin, and the dry oi 
and Engedi : ux citw b with their \ 

631 As for the Jebusitesthe inns 

not drive them i 

with the children of Judah b ler 

unto tlus dai . 

CHAP. XVf. 
l The gem ral borcU rs of the sons of Jo- 

hrmm* 10 1 
red. 

At of the child- 
fell lr< in J 
watt r • s •' 

t 
. . tod the g< 

4 S » I 

- 



2C4 The lot of Manasseh. 

phraim according to thdr famines was 
thus: even the border of their inheritance 
on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto 
Bethhoron the upper ; 

6 And the border went out toward the 
sea toMichmethah on the north side ; and 
the border went about eastward unto Ta- 
anathshiloh, and "passed by it on the east 
to Janohah : 

7 And it went down from Janohah toA- 
taroth.and to Naarath and came to Jericho, 
and went out at Jordan. 

8 The border went out from Tappuah 
westward unto the river Kanah ; and the 
goings cut thereof were at the sea. Tiiis 
is the inheritance of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Ephraim by their families. 

9 And the separate cities for the children 
of Ephraim were among the inheritance 
of the children of Manasseh, all the cities 
with their villages. 

10 Tf And they drave net out the Canaan- 
ites that dwelt in Gezor : but the Canaanites 
dwell among the Ephraimites unto this 
day, and serve under tribute. 

CHAP. xvn. 

1 The lot of Manasseh. 7 His coast, 12 
The Canaanites not driven out. 14 
The children of Joseph obtain another 
lot. 

THERE was also a lot for the tribe of 
Manasseh ; for he was the firstborn 
oi Joseph ; to %vit, for Machir the firstborn 
of Manasseh, the father of Gilead : because 
he was a man ci war, therefore he had 
Gilead and Bashan. 

2 There was also a lot for the rest of 
the children of Manasseh by their families ; 
for the children of Abiezer, and for the 
children of Helek, and for the children of 
Asriel, and for the children ofShechem, 
and for the children of Hepher, and for 
the children of Shemida : these were the 
male children of Manasseh the son of Jo- 
seph by their families. 

3 But Zelophehad the son of Hepher, 
the sen of Gilead, the son of Machir, the 
son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daugh- 
ters : and these arc the names of his daugh- 
ters, Mahlah, and Noah, Koglah, Milcah, 
and Tirzah. 

4 And they came near before Eleazar 
the priest, and before Joshua the son of 
Nun, and before the princes, saying, The 
JLord commanded Moses to give us an in- 
heritance among our brethren, Therefore 

according to the 0amihandment of the 
Lord he gave them an inheritance among 
the brethren of their father. 

5 Andtherelellten portions to Manasseh, 
beside the land of Gilead and Eashamwhicli 
were on the other side Jordan ; 

6 .Because the daughters of Manasseh 
had au jsheritance among Jus sens : and 



JOSHUA. The Canaanites not driven out. 
the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of 
Gilead, 

7 € l And the coast of Manasseh was from 
Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before 
Shechem ; ana the border went along on 

. hand unto the inhabitants oi En- 
tapjtttahs 

8 JVbw Manasseh had the land of Tap- 
pi.: h : but Tappuah on the border of Ma- 
na.ssehbelong.sd to the children of Ephraim ; 

9 And the coast descended unto the riv- 
er Kanah, southward of the river: these 
cities of Ephraim are among the cities of 
Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also 
was on the north side of the river, and 
the outgoings of it were at the sea : 

10 Southward it was Ephraim's and 
northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea 
is his border ; and they met together in A- 
sher on the north, and in" Issachar on the 
east. 

11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and 
in Asher, Bethshean and her tbwnsj and 
Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants 
of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants 
of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants 
of Taanach and her towns, and the inhab- 
itants ot Megiddo and her towns, even 
three countries. 

12 *j| Yet the children of Manasseh could 
not drive out the inhabitants o/ 'those cities ; 
but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 

13 Yet it came to pass, when the chil- 
dren of Israel were waxen strong, that 
they put the Canaanites to tribute ; but 
did not utterly drive them out. 

14 % And the children of Joseph spake un- 
to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me 
but one lot and one portion to inherit, see- 
ing I cm a great people, forasmuch as die 
Lord hath blessed me hitherto : 

15 And Joshua answered them, if thou 
be a great people, then get thee up to the 
wood country, and cut down for thyself 
there in the land of the Perizzites and of 
the giants, if mount Ephraim be too nar- 
row for thee. 

_ 16 And the children of Joseph said, The 
hill is not enough for us : and all the Ca- 
naanites that dwell in the land of the val- 
ley have chariots of iron, both they who 
are of Bethshean and her towns, and they 
who are of the valley of Jezreel. 

17 And Joshua spake unto the house of 
Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, 
saying, Thou art a great people, and hast 
great power : thou shalt not have one lot 
only : 

18 But the mountain shall be thine ; for 
it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down : 
and the outgoings of it shall he thine : for 
thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though 
they have iron chariots, cmd though tht-y 
bt Btrc 



The land divided by ht, 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 The tabernacle is set up at S/ii!oh. 2 
The rt cribed, 

- 

ofj 

AND • of the 

children of Israel i 

congreg. 
subcLicx; 

2 % And tl tere remained among the chil- 
dren of h 
yet received their inheritance. 

3 Ai - 
Israel, H 

the Lord G< 
lathe-- our 

ree men 

- 
h excordingt., tl 
oithein; and they sh . 
5 Ann en parts: 

bide in then 
ad the house of ic . 
in their coasts on the noi 

e " ! and in- 
to seven parts, and I 
. i me, that I m 
^t'ore the Lord our G 

t re Levite.; ti t among 

Lord it 

Reul^en, 

.vereceiv- 

; servant of the Lord 



Chap»xvni. The cities of Benjatum, 205 

Be^el,sotith ward, and the border descend" 
ed to Atarpthaddar, neai' tin- hflj mat h *th 

on the south side of the nether Bethhorcn. 

14 Ar.d the border was drawn thence, 
and c< nanpasspd the coi ner of the sea south- 
ward from the hill that hctk before Ted;- 

Wai d ; and the goings cut there - 
teal which z"« Khjatbjea- 
rlrn, a city of the children of Judah: "this 
■ :er. 

15 A \\ quaitev was from the 
end of Kirjathjearim^ and the border went 
out on the west, and went cut to the . 
of watt 

16 And the border came down to the 
end of the mountain that tlcih before the 
valley iHinnom, ar.d which is 
in the valley of the giants on the norm, an^ 
descende;. to the v.iliey cf Hir,nom,to the 
side of Jebt;si on die soVdi, and desc -. . 

i from the north, and 

.;• to Rnshemesh, and went forth 

l, which Mover against me 

going up . a, and descended to 

of Reuben, 

18 And passed along toward the side 6* 
ver against Arabah nordiward, and went 
down unto A: 

19 And i he border passed along to the 
side of Bethhoglah northward ; and the 
outgoings of the border were at the north 
bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jor- 
dan : fimwas the south cb 

20 And Jordan was the border of it on 
the east ade. This was tire 
the cbih i\ the coast 



reof round about, accordii 



iu bc- 

■ 

loh i 
vide 

die tribe of 
dren ing to 

andt \A). 

12 An 

was from I 

and . 

: 

the 

13 And the I 

toward Lua ■* 

i 



21 1i Now the cities of the tribe of the 
children of Benjamin act 

lndBttharabah,ai) 

Bethel, 

23 And A 

M< ?. ih, 

mdl 

Lih, 

- 



205 The lot of Simeoii>lfc. JOSHUA 

AND the second lot cs me forth to Sim- 
eon, even for the tribe of the children 
of Simeon according to their families : and 
their inheritance was within the inherit- 
ance of the children of Judah. 

2 And they had in their inheritance 
Beersheba, Sheba, and Moladah, 

3 And Hazarshual, and Balah and A- 
zem, 

4 And EJtolad, and Bethul, andHor- 
mah, 

5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and 
Hazarsusah, 

6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen ; 
thirteen cities and their villages: 

7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan ; 
four cities and their villages : 

8 And all the villages that were round 
about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath, 
of the south. This is the inheritance of 
'the tribe of the children of Simeon accord- 
ing to their families. 

9 Out oi the portion of the children of Ju- 
dah was the inheritance cf the children of 
Simeon : for the part of thechildern of Ju- 
dah was too much for them : therefore the 
children of Simeon had their inheritance 
within the inheritance of them. 

10 ! And the third lot came up for the 
children of Zebulun according to their fam- 
ilies : and the border of their inheritance 
was unto Sarid. 

11 And their border went up toward the 
sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabba- 
sheth, and reached to the river that is be- 
fore Jokneam ; 

12 And turned from Sarid eastward to- 
ward the surprising unto the border of Clii- 
slothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, 
and goeth up to Japhia, 

13 And from thence passeth on along on 
the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, 
and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah ; 

14 And the border oompasseth it on the 
north side to Hannathon : and the outgo- 
ings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel : 

15 And Kattath, and "Nahallal, and 
Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem : 
twelve cities with their villages. 

16 This is the inheritance of the children 
of Zebulun according to their familes, these 
cities with their villages. 

17 $ And the fourth lot came out to 
Issachar, for the children of Issachar ac- 
cordh/ to their families. 

13 And their border was toward Jezreel, 
and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 

19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and A- 
naharath, 

20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and A- 
bez, 

21 And Remeth, and Engannim* and 
Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez ; 

22 And tlifi coabt reacheth to Tafcor, 



The lot ofMrfihtaHcmdjDan,. 

and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh ; and 
the outgoings of their border were at Jor- 
dan : sixteen cities with their villages. 

23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of 
the childi en of Issachar according to their 
families, the cities and their villages. 

24 if And the fifth lot came out for the 
tribe of the children of Asher according to 
their families. 

25 And their border was Helkath, and 
Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 

26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and 
Misheal ; and reacheth to Carmel west- 
ward, and to Shihorlibnath ; 

27 And turneth toward the sunrising to 
Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and 
to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north 
side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth 
out to Cabul on the left hand, 

28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Ham- 
mon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon ; 

29 And then the coast turneth to Ram- 
ah, and to the strong city Tyre ; and the 
coast turneth to Hosah ; and the outgoings 
thereof are at the sea from the coast to 
Achzib : 

30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob : 
twenty and two cities with their villages. 

31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of 
the children of Asher according to their 
families, these cities with their villages. 

32 % The sixth lot came out to the chil- 
dren of Naphtali, even for the children of 
Naphtali according to their families. 

33 And their coast was from Heleph, 
from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, 
Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum ; and 
the outgoings thereof were at Jordan : 

34 And then the. coast turneth westward 
to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence 
to Hukkok, and reacheth to ^ebulun on 
the south side, and reacheth to Asher on 
the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan 
toward the sunrising. 

35 And the fenced cities are Zaddim, 
Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chin- 
nereth, 

36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Ha- 
zor, 

37 And Kedeah, and Edrei, and Enha- 
zor, 

38 Andiron, and Migdalel, Horem, and 
Bethanath, and Bethshemesh ; nineteen 
cities with their villages. 

39 This is the inheritance cf the tribe of 
the children of Naphtali according to their 
families, the cities and their villages. 

40 M And the seventh lot came out for 
the tribe of the children cf Dan according 
to their families. 

41 And the coast of their inheritance 
was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, 

42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalcn, and 
JelUah, 



The iix cities of refuge. 



Chap. xx ; xx i. 



The Ltxitetf alictmentt. 207 



43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and E- 
kron, 

44 And Eltekah, and Gibbethon, and 
Baalath, 

45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gath- 
rimmon, 

46 And Mejarkon, and Rakkcn, whh 
the border be 

47 And the coast of the children of Dan 

at too Utile for them : therefore the 
children of Dan went up to fight against 
Le.Vnem, and book it, and smote it with the 
edge of the sword, and possessed it, 
dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, 
after the name of Dan their father. 



the slaver return, and come unto his cwn 
city, and unto his own house, unto the ci- 
ty from whence he tied. 
' 7 € And the v appointed Kedesh in Ga- 
lilee in rrcunt Naphtaii, and Shechem in 
mount Ephraim, and KirJAtharba, wliich 
u Hebron, in the mountain of Juduh. 

8 And on the other side Jordan by Jeri- 
cho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the 
wilderness upon the plain, out of the tribe 
of Reuben, and Kamoth in Gileadoutof 
the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out 
of the tribe of Manasseh. 

9 These were the cities appointed for 
aD the children of Israel, and for the stran- 



48 This** the inheritance of the tribe of j ger tliat soj^urneth among them, that who- 



the children of Dan according to their fam- 
ilies, these cities with their villages. 

When they had made an end of 
dividing the land lor inheritance by their 
coasts, the children of Israel gave an in- 
heritance to Joshua the son of Nun among 
them: 

50 According to the word of the Lord 
they gave him a city which he asked, even 
thserah in mount Ephraim : and he 
built the city, and dwelt therein. 

eseore the inheritances which El- 

the son of Nun , 

and the heads of the f athers of the tribes oi 

\n inher- 

;d,atthe 

lie coun- 
try. 

\1\ XX. 

. 7 and the Israelites 
■ 

Ti Joshua, say- 

- 
. refuge, 

l>y the hand ot 

refuge 

i 

i 

him into tli 

after In 

- 

his r.c; 

not before time 

ill dwell i'i 
e the congrej 
ment, and until the the high 

priest that hli.Ul be in these d 



soever khieth any person at unawares 
: might flee thither, and not die by the hand 
oi the avenger of blood, until he stood be- 
fore the congregation. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Eight and forty cities given by lot out 
of the other tribes mito the Levites. 43 
God gave the laud, and rest to the Is- 
raelitrs. 

THEN came near the heads of the fa- 
thers oi the Levitcs untoEleazar the 
priest and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and 
unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes 
of the children of Israel ; 

2 And tl . :to them, a* 
in the land of Canaan, saj il . 
commanded by the hand oi M 

us cities to dwell in, with the subui ' s 
of for our cattle. 

3 And the children of Israel gave unto 
the Levhes out of their inheritance, 
commandment of the Lord, these dues 
and their BUDU 

. ;li< lot came out for the I 
of the Kohathites : and the children of Aa- 
ron the priest, i f the Levhes, 
had by lot OUt of the tribe of Judah, and 
OUt Otthe tribe of Simeon, and out of the 

5 And t!*e n - 

had by lot OUt of the & 

Ej hraim, and out of the I 

I" the half tribe of - 

6 And 

lot out of the families « f the tril e 

phtali. and (i 

thirteen 
i 

i by their fa- 
out ofthi ■ I DUtol me tribe 

fc And e bt lot 

■ 



208 The Levites* allotments. 

And they gave out of the tribe of the 
Children ei Judah, and out of the tribe of 
ine children of Simeon, these cities which 
are4er<? mentioned by name, 

10 Which the children of Aaron, being 
of the families of the Kohathites, who iirre 
of the children of Levi, had: for their's 
was the .first lot. 

11 And they gave them the city of Arba 
the lather of Anak, which city is Hebron, 
in the hill country of Judah, with the su- 
burbs thereof round about it. 

12 Eut the fields of the city, and the villa- 
ges thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of 
Jcphunneh for his possession. 

.13 Fhua they gave to the children of Aa- 
ron the priest, Hebron with her suburbs, 
to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and 
tfibnaJh with her suburbs, 

14 And 3attir with her suburbs, and 
Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 

15 And Holan with her suburbs, and 
•Debir with her suburbs, 

15 And Ain with her suburbs, and Jut- 
tah with her suburbs, and Eethshemesh 
with her suburbs ; nine cities out of those 
.two tribes. 

17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, 
Gibeon vitb her suburbs, Geba with her 

" ")S, 

-ahoth with her suburbs, and Al- 
men with her suburbs : four cities. 

13 All the cities of the children of Aa- 
ron the priest, were thirteen cities with 
their suburbs. 

20 And the families of the children of 
Kohajth, the Levites which remained of 
■the children of Kohath, even they had 
the cities of their lot out of the tribe of 
Ephraim. 

21 For they gave them Shechem with 
her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city 
of refuge for the slayer ; and Gezer wich 

iburbp, 

22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and 

-on with her suburbs ; four cities. 
2 J And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh 
- . suburbs, Gibbeihon with her sub- 

ijalon with her suburbs, Gathrim- 
iher su] ') ; four cities, 
.lout of the half tribe of Manas- 
uiach with her suburbs, and Gath- 
iburbs j two cities. 
I 
miiies of the children of Ko- 
I 

. the children of Gear 

;es of the Levites, out of the other 

anasseh they guvsGclnn in 

;r suburbs, to be a city of 

tyer; and Beeahterah 

28 Ana out of the tribe oi Issachar, 



JOSHUA, Israelites rest from war m 

Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh witli 
her suburbs, 

29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engan- 
nim with her suburbs; four cities. 

30 And out" of the tribe of Asher, Mishal 
with her suburbs, Abdom with her sub- 
urbs. 

31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob 
with her suburbs ; four cities. 

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Ke- 
dish m Galilee with her suburbs, ; to be a 
city of refuge for the slayer ; and Ham- 
mothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan 
with her suburbs ; three cities. 

33 AH the cities of the Gershonltes ac- 
cording to their families were thirteen ci- 
ties with their suburbs. 

34 And unto the families of the children - 
of Merari,the rest of the Levites, out of 
the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her 
suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 

35Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal 
with her suburbs ; four cities. 

35 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer 
with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her 
suburbs, 

37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and 
Mephaath with her suburbs ; four cities. 

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth 
in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of 
refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim, 
with her suburbs, 

.39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer' 
with her suburbs, four cities in all. 

40 So all the cities for the children of 
Merari by their families, which were re- 
maining of the families of the Levites, were 
by their let twelve cities. 

41 All the cities of the Levites within 
the possession of the children of Israel 
were forty and eight cities with their sub- 
urbs. 

42 These cities were every one with 
their suburbs round about them : thus were 
all these cities. 

43 1 And the Lord gave unto Israel all 
the land which he swa're to give unto their 
fathers ; and they possessed it, and dwelt 
therein. 

44 And the Lord gave them rest round 
about, according to all that he sware unto 
their fathers ; and there stood not a man 
of all their enemies before them ; the Lord 
delivered all their enemies into their hand. 

45 There failed not aught of any good 
thing which the Lord had spoken unto the 
house of Israel ; all came to passj 

CHAP. XX! 1. 
1 The two tribes mid a half sent heme. 10 
thry build an altar of testimony in their 
Tiey. 11 Contention theretifion, 

THEN Joshua calk enite s, 

and the Gadites,and the half tribe of 
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210 Reconciliation enmeth. 

Reuben and children of Gad ; ye have no 
part in the Lord : so shall your children 
make our children cease from tearing the 
Lord. 

26 Therefore we said, Let us now pre- 
pare to build us an altar, not tor burnt of» 
fering, nor for sacrifice : 

27 But that it may be a witness between 
us, and you, and our generations after us, 
that we might do the service of the Lord 
before him with our burnt offerings, and 
with our sacrifices, and with our peace of- 
ferings : that your children may not say 
to our children in time to come, Ye have 
no part in the Lord. 

28 Therfore said we, that it shall be, 
when they should so say to us, or to our gen- 
erations in time to come, that we may say 
again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the 
Lord, which our fathers made, not for 
burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices ; but it is 
a witness between us and you. 

29 God forbid that we should rebel a- 
gainst the Lord, and turn away this day 
from following the Lord, to build an altar 
for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or 
for sacrifices, beside the altar of the Lord 
our God that is before his tabernacle. 

30 And when Phinehas Hie priest, and 
the princes of the congregation, and heads 
of the thousands of Israel, which 'were 
with him, heard the words that the chil- 
dren of Reuben, and the children of Gad, 
and the children of Manasseh, spake, it 
pleased them. 

31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the 
priest said unto the children of Reuben, 
and to the children of Gad, and to the chil- 
dren of Manasseh, This day we perceive 
that the Lord is among us, because ye have 
not committed this trespass against the 
Lord: now ye have delivered the children 
of Israel out ot the hand of the Lord. 

32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the 
the priest, and the princes, returned from 
the children of Reuben, and from the chil- 
dren of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, un- 
to the land of Canaan, to the children of 
Israel, and brought them word again. 

33 And the thing pleased the children of 
Israel ; and the children of Israel blessed 
God, arid did not intend to go up against 
them in battle, to destroy the land where- 
in the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 

34 And the children of Reuben and the 
children of Gad called the altar Ed: for 
it shall be a witness between us that the 
Lord is God. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1 Joshua's exhortation before his death, 3 
by former benefits, 5 Oy promises, 11 
and by threaieidngs. 

ANjD it came to pass a long time after 
that the Lord had given rest unto Is- 



JOSHUAe Joshua exharlcth to cbedince 

rael from all their enemies round about, 
that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 

2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and 
for their elders, and for their heads, and 
for their judges, and for their officers, and 
said unto them, 1 am old and stricken in 
age: 

3 f And ye have seen all that the Lord 
your God hath done unto all these nations 
because of you ; tor the Lord your God is 
he that hath fought for you. 

4 Behold, I have divided unto you by 
lot these nations that remain, to bean in- 
heritance for your tribes,from Jordan, with 
all the nations that I have cut off even un- 
to the great sea westward. 

5% And the Lord your God, he shall ex- 
pel them from before you, and drive them 
from out of your sight ; and ye shall pos- 
sess their land, as the Lord your God hath 
promised unto you. 
6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep 
and do all that is written in the book of the 
law of Moses, that ye turn not aside there- 
from to the right hand or to the left : 

7 That ye come not among these nations, 
these that remain among you ; neither 
make mention of the name of their gods, 
nor cause to swear by them, neither serve 
them not' bow yourselves unto them : 

8 But cleave unto the Lord your God, as 
ye have done unto this day. 

6 For the Lord hath driven out from 
before you great nations, and strong ; but 
as/or you, no man hath been able to stand 
before you unto this day. 

10 One man of you shall chase a thou- 
sand : for the Lord your God, hvit is that 
fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. 
11 1 Take "good heed therefore unto your- 
selves that ye love the Lord your God. 

12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, 
and cleave unto the remnant of these na- 
tions, even these that remain among you, 
and shall make marriages with them, raid 
go in unto them, and they to you : 

13 Know for a certainty that the Lord 
your God will no more drive out any of 
these nations from before you ; but they 
shall be snares and traps unto you, and 
scourges in your sides, and thorns in your I 
eyes, until yc perish from off this good land j 
which the Lord your God hath given you. i 

14 And, behold, this day I am going the] 
way of all the earth : and ye know in alii 
your hearts, and in all your souls, that] 
not one thing hath failed of all the goodl 
things which the Lord your God spake j 
concerning you ; all are come to pass unto 
you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 

15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that\ 
as all good things are come upon you, 
which the Lord your God promised you : 
so shall the Lord bring upon you ail evil 



relateth Gods' benefits. 



Chap. xxiv. 



23b counsel to Israel. 21 1 



ntilhehave destroyed ycu from 
>od land which the Lord your 
God iiaih given you. 

16 When ye have transgressed the cov- 
enant of the' Lord your God, which he 
commanded you, 'and* have gone and ser- 
ved other gods, and bowed yourselves to 
them ; then dudl the anger of die Lord be 
kindled against you, and ye shall perish 
quickly from oft the good land which lie 
hath given unto you. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 Joshua assembling the tribes, 2 relcteth 
Go4'3 benefits. 14 He reneweth a cove- 
nant between them and God. 29 His 
death. 

A i Joshua gathered all the tribes ol 
Israel to Shechem, and called for 
the elders of Israel, and for their heads, 
and for their judges, and for their officers ; 
and the}- presented themselves before God. 
,d Joshua said unto all the people, 
rdi the Lord Gcd of Israel, Your 
fathers dwelt on the other side ol" the flood 
ah, the lather of A- 
i , and the father ol Nachor : and 
they served other g<-»ds. 

3 A nd 1 took y< ur lathe r Abraham from 
ar wde of the flood, and led him 
1 the land of Canaan, and 
teed, and gave rtim ' 
: I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau : 
and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to pos- 
sess it ; 1 his children went 

lea also and Aaron, and I 

I did i erward 1 

i ut of E- 
gvpi : and j e came onto the sea ; and the 

i 

i icd unto i'i 
i id the L- 

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hand, that j 
i cd them 

10 Bui I 

ed you ou'. ' 

11 And ye went over Jor 

.'-ricto 



fought against ycu, the Amorites, and 
the Perizzites, and die Canaanites, and 
the Hittites, and die Girgashites, the Ri- 
vites, and the Jebusites : and 1 delivered 
them into your h:ind. 

12 And I sent the hornet before you, 
which dravethem cut from belore you, 
even the two kings of the Amorites ; but 
not with thy word, nor with dry bow. 

13 And / have given you a land for 
which ye did not labour, and cities whicli 
ye built not, and ye dwell in them ; of the 
vineyards and cliveyards which ye planted 
not do ye eat. 

14 If 'Now therefore fear the Lord, and 
serve him in sincerity and in truth : and 
put awav the gods which your lathers ser- 
ved en the other side ot the flood, and in 
Egypt ; and serve ye the Lord. 

15 And it it seem evil unto you to serve 
the Lord, choose ye this day whom ye will 
serve ; whether trie gods which your 'fathers 
served that were on the other side of die 
flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose 
land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, 
we will serve the Lord. 

16 And die people answered and said, 
God forbid that we should forsake the 
Lord, to serve other gods ; 

17 For the Lord our God, he it is that 
brought us up and our fathers out of the 
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, 
and which did these great signs in our 
sight, and preserved us in all the way 
wherein we went, and among all the peo- 
ple through whom wc passed : 

18 And the Lord drave out from before 
us all the people, even die Amorites whicli 
dwelt in me land : therefore yrVft we also 
serve r hen our God* 

10 And . pie, Yc 

cannot sej 1. si rbt ' an holy 

God :hei •< Sod ; he willw tfbr- 

ionsnor your sins. 

ike the Lord and serve 

then he will turn and do 

VOUhurt, nrjou, alter that he 

21 And ■ 

Lord. 

b that ye 
i: me Lord, to serve him. 

. it r art \siir.-.- -rs. 

aid he 

. t unto the Loi 

* i,The 

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■ covenant with the 
ituteand 
inhhechem. 



212 Covenant renewed* 

26 And Joshua wrote these words in the 

die I: rw of God, and took a great 
indsetitup there under an oak, 
that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 

27 And Joshua said uato all the people, 
Behold, this stone shall be a witaesss unto 
us ; for, it hath heard ail the words of the 
Lord which he spake unto us ; it shall be 
therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny 
your God. 

28 So Joshua let the people depart, every 
man unto his inherit) 

29 % And it came to pass after these 
things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the 

t of the Lord, died, being an hun- 
nd ten years eld. 

1 d they buried him in the border of 
of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which 



JUDGES. Joshua's death 

moi^t Ephraim, on the north side of 
lash. 
31 And Israel served the Lord all tlve 
days of Joshua, amrall the days of the el- 
ders that overlived Joshuaj and which had 
1] the worlfes.pf the Lord, that he 
: ■ Israel 

id the bor.es of Joseph, which the 
children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, 
buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of 
ground which Jacob bought of the sons of 
of Hamor, the father of Shockem, For an 
hundred pieces of silver : and it became 
the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 

33 Ana Eleazar the son of Aifrpn died ; 
and they buried him in a hill that fiertain- 
Linehas his son, which was given 
him in mount Ephraim. 



The Book of Judges. 



c H a P. i. 

1 The at ind Simeon, 4 Adon- 

ibezek justly requited, 8 Jerusalem-) 10 
aftel I Hebron taken. 

NOW after the death of Joshua it came 
to pass, that the children of Israel 
asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up 
for us against the Canaanites first, to fight 
against them? 
' 2 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up : 
beheld, 1 have delivered the land into his 
hand. 

5 And Judah said unto Simeon his bro- 
ther, Come up with me into my lot, that 
we may fight against the Canaanites ; and 
J likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So 
Hi went with hirn. 

4 •[ And Judah went up ; and the Lord 
delivered the Canaanites and the Periz- 
zites into their hand: and they slew of 
them in Bezek ten thousand men. 

5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek ; 
and they fought against him, and they 
slew the Canaanites nndthe Perizzites. 

-. Adonibezek fled ; and th< 
sued after him, and caught him. and cut off 
kis thumbs and his great tees. 
7 And Adonibfcs&ek! 

j^, having their thumbs and their 
greattoes cut oir, gathered thHr meat un- 
e : as 1 have done, so God 
•'me. And th< 
to Jerusalem, and there he 

8^1 Now the children oJt Ju(kh had 
: lem, and hi 

•n it with the edge of the 
' set the city on 

die children of Judah 
ii t the Canaanites, 



that dwelt jn the mountain, and in the 
and in the valley. 
lOf And Judah went against the Ca- 
naanites that dwelt in Hebron : (now the 
name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba) 
and they slew- Sheshai, and Ahiman, and 
Talmai. 

11 And from thence he went against the 
inhabitants of Debir : and the name of De- 
bir before was Kirjathsephier : 

12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kir- 
jathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I 
give Achsah my daughter to wife. 

13 And Odmiel the son of Kenaz, Ca- 
leb's younger brother, took it: and he gave 
him Achsah his daughter to wife, 

14 And it came to pass, when she came 
to him, that she moved him to ask of her 
father afield : and she lighted from off her 
ass ; and Caleb sa'd unto her, What wilt 
thou ? 

15 And die said unto him, Give me a 
blessing: for thou hast given me a south 
land; give me , of water. And 
Caleb gave her the upper springs and the 
nether springs. 

16 And the children of the Kenite, Mo- 
ses' father in law, went up out of the city 
of palm trees with Live children of Ju- 

the wilderness of Judah, which 
lieth in the south of Arad ; arid they went 
and dwelt among tl 

;1 Judah went with Simeon his 
brother, and they slew the Can 
that inhabited Ziphath, and utterly des- 
[ the name of the city was 
called Horn, 

18 Also Judah took Gaza with the const 
thereof, and Askeion with the coasts 



. given to C CI. 

thereof, andEkron with the coast thereof. 

he drave out ! <f the moun- 

tain ; but could not 

- 
iron. 
20 And they 

.: thence 

Si An . imin did 

not drive out the 

min in Jerus 

they also 

hem. 

me of the city, 
me forth 

n the en- 
smote the city 
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land of 
1 called 
the name 

drive cut the 

and her towns, 

is, nor the in- 

nor tlie 

svns, nor 

nd her towns : 

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ip. ii. The J. lace o/Joshtut* I :.: 

of Dan into the mountain : for they would 

not suffer them toccme down to the' valley : 

35 But the Amorites would dwell in 

m< unt Heres in Aijal< n, and in Sliaalbim : 

yet the hand of the house of Joseph pre- 

i o thai they became tributaries. 

,i the coast of the Amorites was 

going up to AkrabLim, from the 

rock, and upward. 

CHAP. II. 
1 An angel rebuke th the tietfdcai Bottom, 
b Tlu ivickedneM oftnenemgi •.. 
after Jos/tutu 14. 2u Their fiuni 

AND an angel of die Lord came up 
. and said, I 
nd have 
brought ycu ui to the land which 1 sware 
unto j out fathers ; and I said, 1 will never 
break my covenant with you. 

2 And ye shall make no league w ith the 
inhabitants o!' this land; ye sh 11 throw 
down their alt irs : but j e tun e m > 
my voice : \\ hy have \ e d< >e this ? 

3 VVherefo] e I also said, 1 will not drive 
efore you; but they shall 

be aa thai m in and then: gods 

shall be a snare unto yes. 

d it came to pass, when the angel 
of tlie Lord spake these words unto all the 
children of Israel, that the peopl< :.. 
their voice, and wept* 

5 And the} c illea tl or. a me of that place 
Bochim : and they sacrificed there unto 
the Lord. 

6 f And when Joshua had let the pe< pie 
go, the children of Israel went every man 
unto his inheritance to possess the Land, 

7 And the people served the Lord all 
ma, and all the di ; s of the 

elders that outlived J shua, who had teem 
• vd. that he did 

: i the, » h of] ■ ... the Ber<< 

and hundred 

. 

Ej hraim, on the tn rthsido 

were 

'.tlie children I evil jn 

; . 

Godot* 
• 
the land 

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214 fad'ezngervgaiaik the Israelites. JUDGES. 

14 IF And the anger cf fee Lord was foot 
against Israel, and he delivered them into 
the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and 
he sold them into the hands of their ene- 
mies round about, so that they could not a- 
ny longer stand before their enemies. 

" 15 Whithersoever they went out, the 
hand of the Lord was against them tbre- 
vil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord 
had sworn unto them ; and they were great- 
fj^distressed. 

16 Nevertheless, the Lord raised up 
ju*fees,which delivered them cut of the hand 
ofxhose that spoiled them. 

17 And yet they would not hearken un- 
to their judges, but they went a whoring af- 
ter other gods, and bowed themselves un- 
to them : they turned quickly out of the 
way which their fathers walked in, obey- 
ing the commandments cf the Lord: but 
they did not so. 

18 And when the Lord raised them up 
judges, then the Lord was with the judge, 
and delivered them out of the hand of their 
enemies all the days of the judge : for it 
repented the Lord because of their groan - 
ingsby reason of them that oppressed them 
and vexed them. 

19 And it came to pass, when the judge 
was dead, that they returned, and corrupt- 
ed themselves mere than their fathers, in 
following other gods to serve them, and to 
bow down unto them ; they ceased not 
from their own doings, ncr from their stub- 
born way. 

20 *[ And the anger cf the Lord was hot 
against Israel ; and he said. Because that 
this people hath transgressed my covenant 
which I commanded their fathers, and 
have not hearkened unto my voice ; 

21 1 also will net henceforth drive cut a- 
nv from before them of the nations which 
Joshua left when he died : 

22 That through them I may prove Is- 
rael, whether they will keep the way of 
the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers 
did keep it, or not. 

23 Therefore the Lord left these nations, 
without driving them out , stily : neither 
delivered he them into tht itctnd of Joshua. 

CHAP. III. 
1 The nations left to prove Israel. 5 By 
nunion with them tliey commit idoi- 
atfu. kOfOthnkl, 12Ehud, SlShamgar. 

NC)\Y these are the nations which the 
Lord left, to prove Israel by them, 
iveh as many oj Israel as had not know n 
wars of Canaan ; 
2 Only that the generation of the chil- 
i know, to teach them 
tiit". least such as before knew noth- 

. five lord? of the Ph 
and all the Canaanites, and 



The nations left to prove Israel* 

,nd the Hivites that dwelt in mount Leba- 
non, from mount Baalhermon unto the en- 
tering in of Hamath. 

4 And they were to prove Israel by them, 
to know whether they would hearken un- 
to the commandments of the Lord, which 
he commanded their fathers by the hand of 
Mcses. 

5 T[ And the children of Israel dwelt a- 
mong the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amor- 
ites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jeb- 
usites : 

6 And they took their daughters to be 
their wives, and gave their daughters to 
their sons, and served their gods. 

7 And the children of Israel did evil in 
the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord 
their God, and served Baalim and the 
groves. 

8 % Therefore the anger cf the Lcrd 
was hot against Israel, and he sold them 
into the hand of Chushanrishattiaim, king 
of Mesopotamia: and the children of Is- 
rael servedChusham ishathaim eight years. 

9 And when the children of Israel cried 
unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliv- 
ererto the children of Israel, who deliver- 
ed them, even Othniel the son oi'Kenaz, 
Caleb's younger brother. 

10 And the spirit of the Lord came upon 
him, and he judged Israel, and went out 
to war : and the Lord deli vered Chushan- 
rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into .his 
hand; and his hand prevailed against 
Chushanrishathaim. 

11 And the land had rest forty years. 
And Othniel the son of Ken a z died. ' 

12 % And the children of Israel did evil 
again in the sight of the Lord : and the 
Lord strengthened Eglon the king ot Mo- 
ab against Israel, because they had dene 
evil iu the sight cf the Lord. 

13 And he gathered unto him the chil- 
dren of Ammon and Amalek, and went 
and smote Israel, and possessed the city of 
palm trees 

14 So the children of Israel served Eglon 
the king of Moab eighteen years. 

15 But when the children of Israel cri- 
ed unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up 
a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Ben- 
jamite, a man lefthanded : and by him the 
children of Israel sent a present unto ] 7 ^- 
lcn the king of Moab. 

16 But Ehud made him a d?gger which 
had two edges, cf a cubit length ; and he 
did gird it under his raiment upon his right 
thigh. 

17 And he brought the present unto Eg- 
lon king of Moab : and Eglon tvas a vc- 
ry fat man. 

18 And when he had made an end to of- 
fer the present, he sent away tUe people 
that bare the present 



The death of Eghtu 

19 But he himself turned a g 
quarries that . I said, 1 
have a secret errand unto thee. 

1, Keep she nee. And all til 
by him went out from him. 

20 And Ehud came unto him ; and he 

had for 

I 

he ar 

21 A • his left hand, 

a thigh, 
belly : 

nt in after the 
oon the blade, 
so that h 

rlh through the 

him, and locked them. 

the dc i 

imber. 

tan led till they 

i, he opened not the 

; therefore they took 

. Id, their 

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iv. The ho a of Sistra discomfited. 215 
sera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gen- 

1 1 the children of Israel cried unto 
■ hundred ch i 

a ot Israel. 

e of 

! rael at that time. 

5 And she dwelt under the palm tree ot 

ih between Ramah and Bethel in 

. im : mid the children of Is- 

. »r judgment. 

.d called Barak the son 

• ut of Kedeshnaphtali, 

into him, Hath not the Lord (J J x" 

•;, Go and d: .w 

I take with ti ice 

■ of Nap n- 

I Zebulun? 

7 An il lee to the \hc p 

- captain i /' jaoin's ar- 
my, with bis I hi? multitude : 
and 1 vv ill deliver him into tine hand. 

8 And Bard: aid untohar, If thou wilt 
go v> ith me, then 1 will go : hut if then \ 
not go with me, then 1 will not go. 

9 And she said, I will surely go with 

thou t . r ; 

tor the Lord shall sell Sise^ into the h 

of a woman. And jxh. \ h arose, and 

lOAudB irak v .lied ZebuVm and Naj h- 
i he went up 

■vuh 
went m 
11 1- 
of the law 

the 
! liia tent uni ) the plain 

the 

b >r. 

hundred cli n i itsol iron 
him, 

v:th of the (■ i the 

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216 JaeikXIeth Sisera, 



17 Howbeit, Sisera fled away on his 
eet to the tent cf Jael the wife -of Heber 
lie Kenite : for there was peace between 
abin the king of Hazor and the house of 
Ieber the Kenite. 

18 % And Jael went cut to meet Sisera, 
and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn 
in to me ; fear not. And when he had 
turned in unto her into the teat, she cov- 
ered him with a mantle. 

19 And he said unto her,Give me, I pray 
thee, a lktle water to drink : tor I am 
thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, 
%md gave him drink, and covered him. 

~'J Again he said unto her, Stand in the 
br of the tent, and it shall be, when any 
An doth come and inquire of thee, and 
ty, Is there any man here? that thou 
I aalt say, No. 

21 Then Jael Keber's wife took a nail of 
|:he tent, and took an hammer in her hand, 
imd went softly unto him, and smote the 
pail into his temples, and fastened it into 
the ground : tor he was fast asleep and 
weary. So he died. 

22 And, behald, as Barak pursued Si- 
sera, Jael came out to meet him, and said 
unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the 
man whom thou seekest. . And when he 
came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead 
and the nail was in his temples. 

23 Bo God subdued on that day Jabin 
the king of Canaan before the children oi 
Israel. 

24 And the hand. of the children of Is- 
rael prospered, and prevailed against Ja- 
bin the Jong of Canaan, until they had de- 
stroyed Jabin king of Canann. 

CHAP. V. 
The song of Deborah and Barak* 

THEM sang Deborah and Barak the 
son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 

2 Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of 
Israel, when the people willingly offered 
themselves. 

3 Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, O ye 

Frinces ; I, even 1, will sing unto the Lord ; 
will sing praise to the Lord God of Is- 
rael . 

4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, 
when thou marchedst out of the field of 
Edom,the earth trembled, and the heav- 
en;:, dropped, the clouds also dropped wa- 
ter. 

5 The mountains melted from before 
the Lord, even that Sinai from before the j 
Lord God of Israel. 

6 In the daysofShamgar the son of A~ 
nath, in the days of Jael, the highways 
were unoccupied, and the travellers walk- 
edjthrough byways. 

7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, 
they ceased in Israel, until that 1 Deborah 
arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 



JUDGES. The song of Deborah and Barak. 
8 They chose new gods ; then was %var 



in the gates : Was there a shield or spear 
seen among forty thousand in Israel .' 

9 My heart is toward the governors of 
Israel that offered themselves willingly a- 
mong the people. ]3Iess ye the Lord. 

10 Speak ye that ride on white asses, ye 
that sit in judgment and walk by the way. 

11 They that are delivered from the 
noise of archers in the places of drawing 
water, there shall they rehearse the righte- 
ous acts of the Lord cv en the righteous acts 
toward the inhabitants of his villages in Is- 
rael : then shall the people of the Lord go 
down to the gates. 

12 Awake, awake, Deborah : awake, 
awake, utter a song : arise, Barak, and 
lead thy captivity captive, thou son of A- 
binoam. 

13 Then he made him that remaineth 
have dominion over the nobles among the 
people : the Lord made me have domin- 
ion over the mighty. 

14 Out of Ephraim 7m.? there a root of 
them against Amalek : after thee, Benja- 
min, among thy people ; cut of Machir 
came down governors, and out of Zebulun 
they thathandle the pen of the writer. 

15 And the princes of Jssachar were 
with Deborah ; even Issachar, and also 
Barak : he was sent on foot into the valley. 
For the divisions of Reuben there were 
great thoughts oi heart. 

16 Whyabodest thou among the sheep- 
folds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? 
For the divisions of Reuben there were 
great searchings of heart-, 

17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan : and, 
Why did Dan remain in ships ? Asher con- 
tinued on the sea shore, and abode in his 
breaches, 

18 Zebulun and ISTaphtali were a peo- 
ple that jeoparded their lives, unto the 
death, in the high places of the field. 

19 The kings came and fought, then 
fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by 
the waters of Megiddo ; they took no gaia 
of money. 

20 They fought from heaven ; the stars 
in their courses fought against Sisera, 

21 The river of Kishon swept them a- 
way, that ancient river, the river Kishon. 
O my soul,thou hast trodden down strength. 

22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by 
the means of the prancings, the prancings 
of their mighty ones. 

23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the 
Lord,curse ye bi tterly the inhabitants there- 
of ; because they came not to the help of 
the Lord, to the help of the Lord against 
the mighty. 

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the 
wife cf Heber the Kenite be, Blessed shall 
she be above women in the tent. 



Israel oppressed by Midian* 



Chap. vi. 






2J He I >he gave kin: 

. rth butter in 
dish. 

26 She pot he the nail, and her 

right I workman's hammer; 

and with ter she smote Sisera, your God; fear not th ie Amor- 

she smote offhishead, when she had pierc- ites, in whose land ye dv ell : but 



9 And I delivered you out 

. 

I you, and drave them out 
from before yen, and ■ lr land ; 

10 And I said unto you, J 



ed an:l 

27 At her p dl, lie lay 

. lie bowed, he fell : 

■where he bowed, thei • u dead. 

. -era bake i 
window,a..u cried through I 
is iiisc': . igi Why tar- 

ted her, yea she 
- 1 . 

or two : 

I 

let ail Chine 
Lord: but/W them tb 
sun when he goeth forth in his 
And the land i: 

\]\ VI. 

id by 

A el did e\ ;1 in 

■ 
1 them into the hand of Midian 

I the hand of Midi m prei 

- 

inthemounta 

I 

le childn n ol the u 
them; 

i:i^t tht:n,:.nd 

■ 
chiid it 



11 •" And there came an angel of the 
Lord, ai 

, that fiertaineth unto Jo 
I his son Gideon th 

12 And the angd of tlie L 

unto him, and said unto him, The I 
-. 

13 And Gideon s-.nd unto him. my 
Lord, if the Lord be 

all tltis befallen 

miracles which our fathers told us 
jng, Didnot the Lord bring us up :. 
gypt ? But now the Lorn I 

e hands of the 
rites. 

oked upon him, and 
said, Go in this thy m 

el from the hand of the .-. 
ites : Have n< 
15 And he said unto himyOnwLord, 
rith shall 1 sai 

poor in Man isseh, and i i 
' ^r'shou.^c. 

I will be 

1" \nd Ik- s . [fnowl haw 

t with me. 

'■, until 
1 come u 

. 
19 And ' 

. eph iii 
of dour : 
he put the broth in a p .. iw'rout 

! 
i and the unle 

and lay • 

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■ 



218 Gideon buildeth an altar. JUDGES. 

be unto thee ; fear not : thou shalt not die. 

24 Then Gideon built an altar there un* 
to the Lord, and called it Jehovahshalom : 
unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi- 
ezrites. 

25 And it came to pass the same night, 
that the Lord said unto him, Take thy fa- 
thers young bullock, even the second bul- 
lock of seven years old, and throw down 
the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and 
cut down the grove that i* by it: 

26 And buiid an altar unto the Lord thy 
God upon t he top of this rock, in the order- 
ed place, and take the seccond bullock, and 
offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of 
the grove which thou shalt cut down. 

27 Then Gideon took ten men of his ser- 
vants, and did as the Lord had said unto 
him : and so it was, because he feared his 
father's household, and the men of the city 
that he could not do it by day, that he did 
it by night. 

28 And when the men of the city arose 
early in the morning, behold the altar of 
Baal was cast down, and the grove was 
cut down that was by it, and the second 
bullock was offered upon the altar that Was 
built. 

29 And they said one to another, Who 
hath done this thing ? And when they in- 
quired and asked, they said, Gideon the 
sen of Joash hath done this thing. 

30 Then the men of the city said unto 
Joash, Bring out thy son that he may die : 
because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, 
•and because he hath cut down the grove 
that was by it. 

31 And Joash said unto all that stood a- 
gainst him, Will ye plead tcr Baal ? Will 
ye save him ? He that will plead for him, 
let him be put to death whilst it is yet 
morning : if he be a god, let him plead for 
himself, because one Jiath cast down his al- 
tar. 

32 Therefore on that day he called him 
Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against 
him,because he hath thrown down his altar. 

33 Then all the Midianites and the A- 
malekites, and the children of the east 
were gathered together, and went over, 
and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 

34 But the spirit of the Lord came upon 
Gideon and he blew a trumpet ; ancT A* 
biezar was gathered after him. 

35 And lie sent messengers throughout 
all Manassch ; who also was gathered af- 
ter Irim : and he sent Messengers unto Ash- 
er, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali : 
and they came up to meet them. 

36 And Gideon said unto God, if thou 
wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast 

37 Behold, 1 will put a fleece of wool in 
the floor ; and ifthe dew be on the fleece 



Gideon's fleece. 



only, and it be dry upon all the earth be- 
side, then shall I know that thou wilt save 
Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 

38 And it was so : for he rose up early on 
the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, 
and wringed the dew out of the ' fleece, a 
bowl of water. 

39 And Gideon said unto God, let not 
thine anger be hot against me, and I will 
speak but this once : let me prove,! pray 
thee but this once with the fleece ; Let it 
now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon 
all the ground let there be dew, 

40 And God did so that night : for it was 
dry upon the fleece only, and there v/as 
dew on all the ground. « 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Gideon's army. 9 He is encouraged by 
the dream, and znter/irefadcn of the bar- 
ley cake. 24 Oreo andZeeb. 

THEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and 
all the people that were with him, 
rose upearlv, and pitched beside the wall 
ofHarodisbthat the host of the Midi- 
anites were on the north side of them, by 
the hill of Morch, in the valley. 

2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The 
people that are with thee are too man} 
for me to give the Midianites into then 
hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves agains. 
me, saying. Mine own hand hath saved me. 

3 Now therefore. go to, proclaim in the 
ears of the people, saying, Whosoever i ? 
fearful and afraid, let him return and de- 
part early from mount Gilead. And 
there returned of the people twenty and' 
two thousand ; and there remained ten 
thousand, 

4 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The 
people are yet too many ; bring the 
down unto the water, .and I will try the 
for thee there : and it shall be, thai Oi 
whom 1 say unto thee, This shall go wi i 
thee, the same shall go with thee: and 
of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall 
not go with thee, the same shall not go. 

5 So he brought down the people tinto 
the water : and the Lord said unto Gid- 
eon, Every one that lappeth of the water 
with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him 
shalt thou set by himself: likewise every 
one that boweth down upon his knees to 
drink. 

6 And the number of them that lapped, 
/ 'netting their hand to their mouth were 
three hundred men : but all the rest of the. 
people bowed down upon their knees to 
drink water. 

7 And the Lord said unto Gideon, By 
the three hundred men that lapped will I 
save you, and deliver the Midianites into 
thine hand : and let all the other people, go 
every man unto his place. 

8 bo the people took victuals in their 



Gidton encouraged by a dream, Isfc. Chap. vim 



Oreb and Zeeb. 219 



band, and their trumpets: and he ient all 

• o/'israel every man unto his tent, 

and retained those t I ed men : 

and the hostofMidian was beneath him in 

.id it came to pass the same night, 
that the Lord said unto him, Arise, £et 
thee down unto the host ; tori have deh\ - 
ered it into thine hand. 

10 But it thou fear to go down, go thou 

with Phorah thy servant down to the hoist : 

11 And thou shalt hear what they say;and 

ird shall thine hands be Strength' 

go down unto the host. Then 

down withPhurah his servant un- 

ttside of the armed men that were 

id the Midianites and the Amal- 
.nd all the children of tlieeast, lay 

..ley like grassho] 
lej and their camels were without 
, as the sand by the sea 

n was come, 
..yaman that told a dream unto 
Id, I dreamed 
ike of barley bread 



trumpets in'their right hands to blow witlt- 
al : and they cried, The sword of the 
Lord, and of Gideon. 

CI And they stood every man in his 
place round about the camp : and ail the 
host ran, and cried, and fled. 

23 Aral the three hundred blew the trum- 
pets, and the Lord set every man's sword 
against his fellow, even throughout all the 
host : and the host fled to bethshitt&h in 
Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeho 
Ian, unto Tabbath. 

23 And the men of Israel gathered them- 
selves t( gether out of Naphtali, and out of 

i id out ol all Manasseh,and pursued 
aiUT die Midianites. 

24 % And Gideon sent messengeis 
throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, 
Come down against the Midianites, and 
take before themthe waters unto Bethba- 
rah and Jordan. Then all the men of E- 
phraim gathered themselves together, and 

waters unto Bethbarah and Jor- 
dan. 

25 And they took two princes of the 
Midianitc s, Oreb and Zeeb J and tb 
Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they 



Jew at the wine press of Zeeb, and pet- 



it that it fell 

; it, that the tent lay along. 

id said, 

i ofGid- 

I 
e dream, and ► 

| 

1 

all that arr with in 

i 



' 



I, 



sued Midian, and brought the heads of O- 
reb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side 
Jordan. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 The Efikraiimtea pacified* 4 Z,- . 
.:w.. 3 i The Israelites? id 
' ude* 

A Ephraim s id unto 

him, \Vii\ hi st thou served u.-> thus, 

: ;/.\. 

■ ; I. . 

i of Ephraim 
I ieaer i 

d, Oreb and / 

to do in con 

■ 

ward hiii 

suing .' 

■ 



£20 Mu&artites overthrown. 

into mine hand) then I will tear your fiesh 
with the thorns of the -wilderness and with 
bviers. 

8 And he went up thence to Penuel, 
and spake unto them likewise : and the 
m< n of Fenuel answered him as the men 

. :.oth had answered him. 

9 And he spake also unto the men ofPen- 

ing, when I come again in peace, I 
m d( wd this tower. 

10 New Zebah and Zalmunna were in 

- sts with them, about 

housand men, all that were left of 

ail the hosts of the children ofthe east : for 

there fell an hundred and twent}- thousand 

men that drew sword. 

11 Ar.d Gidecn went up by the way of 
them that dwelt in tents on the east of Ko- 
bah and Jcgbehah, and smote the host : for 
the host was secure. 

12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna tied, 
he pursued Liter 'hem, and took the two 
kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and 
discomfited all the host. 

13 And Gideon the son of Joash return- 
ed from battle before the aft wastrfi, 

14 And caught a young man ofthe men 
of Succoth, and inquired of him : and he 
described unto him the princes of Succoth, 
and the elders thereof, even threescore and 
seventeen men. 



JUDGES. Death cf Gideon. 

thy son, and thy son's son also : for thou 
hast delivered us from the hand of Mi- 
diah. 

23 And Gideon said unto them, I will 
net rule over ycu, neither shall my son rule 
ever ycu : the Lord shall rule over you. 

24 And Gideon said unto them, 1 would 
desire a request of you, thatye would give 
me every man the earrings of his prey. 
(For they had golden earrings, because 
they were Ishmaeikes.) 

25 And they answered, We w5ft willing- 
ly give them. And they spread a ga 
and did cast therein every man the ear- 
rings of his prey. 

26 And the weight ofthe goMen earrings 
that he requested was a thousand and seven 
hundred shekels of gold ; beside ornaments, 
and collars, and purple raiment thafczpaa on 
the kings cf Midian, and beside the chains 
that were about their camels' necks. 

27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, 
and put it in his city, even in Ophrah : and 
all Israel went thither a whoring after it: 
which thing became a snare unto Gideon, 
and to his house. 

28 Tnus was Midian subdued before the 
children of Israel- so that the}- lifted up their 
heads no more. And the country was in 
quietness forty years in the day sot Gideon. 

29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash, w 7 ent 



15 And he came unto the men of Succoth and dwelt in Iris own house. 



and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna 

. k im ve did upbraid me, sa) ing, Are 

I Zebah and Zalmunna now in 

thine hand that we should give bread unto 

thy men that are weary I 

16 And he took the "elders ofthe city, 
and thorns ofthe wilderness and briers, 
and with them he taught the men of Suc- 
coth. 

17 And he beat down the tower ofPe- 
ouel, and slew the men ofthe city. 

-13 Then said he unto Zebah and Zal- 

. What manner of men were they 

. at Tabor ? And they an- 

so were they ; each 

one resembled the children of a king-. 

19 And he said, They were my breth- 

n the sons of my mother : as the 

Lord liveth,ifye had saved them alive, I 

would not slay you. 

: d he said unto Jether his first bom, 
1 1 1 era . But the youth d rew 
word : for he feared, because he 
a. '+• 

21 T and Zalmunr 

u, and fail upon us ; for as the man 

. And Gideon arose, 

and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and cook 

away the ornaments that zaere on their 

22 Ti said unto 



30 And Gideon had threescore and ten 
sons of his body begotten : for lie had ma- 
ny wives. 
' 31 And his concubine that ?ra.s in She- 
chem, she also bare him a son, whose name 
he called Abimelech. 

32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in 
a good old age, and was buried in the sep- 
ulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of 

z rices. 

33 % And it came to pass, as soon as Gid- 
eon was dead, that the children of Israel 
turned again, and went a whoring after 
Balaam, and made Baalberith their god. 

34 And the children of Israel remem- 
bered not the Lord their God, who had 
delivered mem cut of the hands of all their 
enemies on every side : 

55 Neither shewed they kindness ofthe 
house ot Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, accor- 
ding to all the goodness which he had shew- 
ed unto Israel. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Abimelech is made king by the Sheckem- 
ties. 7 Jottuim by a parable rebuketh 
than. 22 Gaal's conspiracy, SSJotham's 

CWrr 

AND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal 
went to Shechem unto his mother's 
brethren, and communed with them, and 
die family ofthe house of Iris nioth- 



* p. is, . 23] 

1 ' ■ ■ 

the me; .red you 

baal, tv/tich a I ten per- Id A 

ycu i K a 



and y 

him in the e 
all ti i 

to follow A', 
our brother. 
4 Ad -him threes I - 



■ 

- 
ly with'Jerubbaal and use this 

rejoice ye :;. . and let 

ill : 

. •-• come cut from A- 



beritn. •.. red vain b. 



[lowed hiau 



Oph 



- brethren the sons or" 



score and ten per- 

lal was 

left ; : 

- 
togc- 

•m. 

J, and 

a k.< .::otlie 

Bg tree, 

1 unto them, 
my Bwecti 
gor 

• trees unto I 
C 
13 And the - 

- 

-. 



.- • " t'Millo,:;r.'.: itnetech. 

went to Beer, and dwelt the: - 
Abimek 

had reigned 

• iwcen 

:i ; and 
rfShechem 

wiih A 

to the three- 
score and ten sons of Jc 

their brother, which slew them : and upon 
the men of Shecnem, . him in 

the killing of his bretl 
25 Ana Shecheni set iiers in 

him in the t 
and they nfcbed all r. 

diem: and it was told Abi 

hisbret!.: 
and the men c I 

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222 Abimelech cvercomcth Gaal. JUDGES. 

32 Now therefore, up by night thou and 
the people that is with thee, and lie in wait 
in the field : 

33 And it shall be, that in the morning, 
as soon as the sun is up, that thou shalt rise 
early, and set upon the city : and, behold, 

e and the people that is with him 
come out against thee, then mayestthoudo 
to them as thou shalt find occasion. 

34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the 
people that were with him, by night, and 
they laid wait against Shechem, in four 
companies. 

35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went cut, 
and stood in the entering of the gate of the 
city : and Abimelech rose up, and the peo- 
p ; e mat v:ere with him, from lying in wait. 

36 And v hen Gaal saw the people, he 
said, to Zebu! ,_ Behold, there come people 
down Ire an the top ol the mountains. And 
Zebu! said ui:tohiin,Thcu seestthe shadow 
of the mountains as ifiht y were men. 

37 And Gaal spake again and said. See, 
there come people down by the middle of 
the Ln.', and another company come along 
by the plain of Meoi ienim . 

38 Then said Zebul u.^to him, Where is 
row thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, 
V- i io f. s* Abimelech, that we should serve 
him I Is not this the people that tliou hast 
cc s] ased i G o out, 1 pray now, and fight 
wkf) thesn. 

39 And Gaal went cut before the men of 
Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 

40 And Abimelech chased him, and he 
fled before him, and many were over- 
thrown _a?2d wounded, even unto the en- 
tering of the gate. 

41 And Abimelech dwelt at Amman: 
and Zebui thrust out Gaal and his breth- 
ren, that they should net dwell in Shechem. 

42 And it'eameto pass on the morrow, 
that the people went out into the field ; and 
they told Abimelech. 

43 And he took the people, and divided 
them into three companies, and laid wait 
in the field, and looked, and behold, the 
people were come forth out of the cit\ ; 
and he rose up against them, and smote 
them. 

44 And Abimelech, and the company 
that was with him, -rushed forward and 
stood in the entering of the gate of the ci- 
tv : and the two othev^ companies ran up- 
on all the people that were in the fields, 
and slew them* 

45 And Abimelech fought against the 
city all that dyy ; and he took the city, and 
slew the people that vjcis therein, and beat 
down the city, and sowed it with salt. 

46 And when all the men of the tower 
of Shechem heard that,ihey entered into 
an hold of the house of the god Beritl* 

47 And it was told Abimelech, that all 



Abimelech slain* 

the men of the tower of Shechem were 
gathered together. 

48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount 
Zalmon, he and all the people that were 
with him ; and Abimelech took an ax in 
his hand, and cut down a bough from the 
trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoul- 
der, and said unto the people that were 
with him, What ye have seen me do, make 
haste, and do as'l have done, 

49 And all the people likewise cut down 
every man his bough, and followed Abim- 
elech, and put than to the hold, and set 
the hold on fire upon them ; so that all the 
men of the tower of Shechem died also, a- 
bcut a thousand men and women. 

50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and 
encamped against Thebes, and took it. 

51 But there was a strong tower within 
the city and thither fled all the men and 
women, and all they of the city, and shut 
it to them, and gat' them up to the top ot 
the tower. 

52 And Abimelech came unto the tow- 
er, and fought against it, and went hard un- 
to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 

53 And a certain woman cast a piece of 
a mill stone upon Abimelech's head, and 
all to break his skull. 

54 Then he called hastily unto the young 
man his armourbearer, and said unto him, 
Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men 
say not of me, A woman slew him. And 
his young man thrust him through, and he 
died. 

55 And when the men of Israel saw that 
Abimelech was dead, they departed every 
man unto his place. 

56^ Thus God rendered the wickedness 
of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, 
in slaying his seventy brethren : 

57 And all the evil of the men of She- 
chem did God render upon their heads : 
and upon them came the curse of Jotham 
the son of Jerrubaal. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Tola judge th Israel, 3 also Jair. 7 The 

Philistines and Ammonites oppress Is- 

rael; 15 upon their repentance God 

pitieih them, 

AND after Abimelech there arose to 
defend Israel, Tola the son of Puah, 
the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar ; and 
he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 

2 And he judged Israel twenty and three 
years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 

3 % And after him arose Jair, a Gilead- 
ite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 

4 And he had thirty sons that rode on 
thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, 
which are called Havothjair unto this day, 
which are in the land of Gilead. 

5 And Jair died, and was buried in Ca- 

mo». 



Ammonite* war with Israel. Chap. 

6 And the children of Israel did evil a- | 
gain in the sight of the Lord, and served I 
Baalim and Ashtaroth,and the gods oi Sy- j 
ria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of | 
Moab, and the gods of the children of Am- 
nion, and the gods of the Philistines, an ! 
forsook the Lord, and Berved not him. 

7 •" And the anger of the Lord -.«. as hot 
against Israel, and lie sold them into the 
hands of the Philistines, and into the hands 
of the children of Amm o. 

8 And that vear they vexed and Oppres- 
sed the children of Israel eighteen years, 
all the children of Israel that were on the 
other side Jordan in the land of the Am- 

. I in Giler.d. 

9 M .reover, the children of Amnion 

, ver Jordan to right also against J u - 
dah, and against Benjamin, and 
im of Ephraim ; so th^t i- . 
astressed. 

A the children of Israel cried un- 
to the Lord, saying, We have sinned a- 
, ice, both because we have forsa- 
ken our God, and also served Baalim- 
ad the Lord said unto the cluidren 
I i, Did not I deliver you from the 
Egyptians, and from the Amor ices, from 
the children of Ammon, and from the 
Philis 

12 The Zidonians also, and the Amal- 
ekites, and the Maonites, did oppress y< u ; 
j e ci ied to me, and I delivered j ou 
out of their hand. 
1 1 Yet ye h tveforsaken me, and served 
I 
no m 

-a the gods v. 
• 

children of Israel said un- 

. aun- 

thee: 

a 

17 Then the children of Vmmon wore 
mem inMiz- 

XI. 



• 



N' 



. xi. Jtfihihds covena .". 299 

the son of an harlot: and Gi . 
Jephthah. 

2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons ; and 
his wire's sons grew up, and thev thrust out 
Jephthah, and said unto him, Tnou shalt 
not inherit in our father's house ; for tj 
art the son of a strange woman. 

3 Then Jephthah fled from his breth 
and dwelt in the land of Tob : 

r Ethered vain men to Jeph 
it with him. 

4 And it came to pass in process of time, 
that die children of Ammon made war a- 
gainst Israel. 

5 And it was so, that when the child 
of Ammon made war against Israel, th< 
dcrs of Gilc-.ui went to fetch Jephthah out 

of the land ofT b : 

6 And they said unto Jepftth 
and be our captain, that -. 

the cluidren otAmmon. 

7 AndJephthah said unto the children 
of Gitead, Did not ye hate me, and i 

me out of my father's house ? And, Why 
are ye come unto me now when ye arc m 
distress i 

6 And me elders of Gifcad said unto 
Jephth.h, Therefore we tarn again to thee 
now. that thou mayest go with us, and fight 
against die children of Ammon, and be our 
head over all the inhabitants of G 

tod Jephthah said unto tV 

id, ifye bring me hi 

cluidren of A . . id die 

delivered them Ixv | [be 

your I.. 

li Th vent with tin 

ofOilead, and the ye iple m I 

it hast thou - 



224 JeJJithcii; message to the Ammonites. JUDGES. 



17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the 
king of Edonv, saying, Let me, I pray thee, 
pass through thy land : but the king of E- 
dom would not hearken thereto. And in 
like manner they sent unto the king oi'Mc- 
ab : but he would not consent : and Israel 
abode in Kadesh. 

IS Tl ien they went along through the wil- 
derness, and c -mpassed tee land cfEdom, 
and the land of Moab, and came by the east 
side of the land of Moab, and pitched on 
the other sirfe of Arnombut came not with- 
in the border of Moab: for Anion was 
the border of ft loab. 

19 And Israel sent messengers unto Si- 
hon king of the Amorites, the king of Hesh- 
bon ; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, 
we ] ray thee, through thy land unto my 
place. 

20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass 

. his coast : but Sihon gathered all 
his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, 
■myJ, l-,raeh 

end the Lord God of Israel delirer- 
edSihon ndall^ispec eintp .iAiandof 
Israel, and they Sm t Israelpos- 

..; Abe land of the Amoines, the in- 
hab „i 13 of that country., 

22 And they posseted all the coasts of 

:ites,irom Arnon even unto Jab- 
bc k, and from the n ndernejs even unto 
Jordan, 

23 So now the Lord God of Israel hath 

the Amoriies from beiore his 
people Israel, and, Shculdest thou possess 
it.' 

24 Wilt not thou possess that which Ghe- 
rnosh thy god giveth thee to possess ? So 
whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive 
cut from before us, them will we posaess. 

25 And now, Art thou anything better 
than Ealak the son of Zippor king pFMe- 
ab ? Did he ever strive against Israel, or 
did he ever fight against them, 

25 -While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and 
her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, 
and in ail the cities that he along by the 
coasts of Arnon, three hundred years ? 
Why therefore did ye not recover them 
within that tin \e) 

27 therefore I have not sinned against 
thee, but thru does : t me wrong to war a- 
gainst me : the Lord the Judge be judge 
this day between the children or Israel and 
the children oi Amnion. 

28 Howbeit the king of the children of 
Ammon hearkened not unto the words of 
Jephthah which he sent him. 

29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came 
upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, 
andManasseh, and passed ever Mizpeh 
of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he 
passed over unto the children of 1 

30 % And Jephthah vowed a vow unto 



his rash vow. 
the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without 
fail deliver the children of Ammon into 
mine hands, 

3 1 Then it shall be, that whatsoever com - 
eth forth of the doors of my house to meet 
me, when I return in peace from the chil- 
dren of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, 
and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. 

32 So Jephthah passed over unto the 
children of Ammon to fight against them ; 
and the Lord delivered them into his hands. 

33 And he smote them from Aroer, even 
till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cit- 
ies, and unto the plain of the vineyards, 
with a very great slaughter. Thus the 
children of Ammon were subdued before 
die children of Israel. 

34 % And Jephthah came to Mizpeh un- 
to his house, and, beheld, his daughter came 
out to meet him with timbrels and with 
dances : and she nvas his only child ; be- 
side her he had neither son nor daughter. 

35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, 
that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my 
daughter ! thou hast brought me very low, 
and thou art one of them that trouble me : 
for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, 
and I cannot go back. 

36 And she said unto him, Mv father, 
if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the 
Lord, do to me according to that which hath 
proceeded out of thy mouth forasmuch as 
die Lord hath taken, vengeance for thee 
of thine enemies, even oi the children of 
Ammon. 

37 And she said unto her father, Let 
tliis thing be done for me : let me alone two 
months, that I may go up and down upon 
the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I 
and my fellows. 

SS And he said, Go. And he sent her a- 
way for two months : and she went with 
her companions, andbew ailed iier virginity 
upon the mountains. 

39 And it came to pass at the end of two 
months, that she returned unto her father, 
who did with her according to his vow 
which he had vowed ; and she knew no 
man. And it was a custom in Israel, 

40 That the daughters of Israel went 
yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah 
the Giieadite four daj r s in a vear. 

CHAP. Xli. 
1 The Efihraimiiea, discer7ied by Shibbo- 
leth are slain by the Gileadites\ 7 Jeph- 
thah diet/u 
AND the men of Ephrairn gathered 
themselves together, and went north- 
ward, and said unto Jephthah, Where- 
fore passedst thou over to fight against the 
ciuldren of Ammon, and didst not call us 
to go with thee? We will burn thine 
house upon thee with fire. 
2 And Jephthah said uato them, I and ib/ 



Jefth'JuTs d Chap. 

people were at great strife with the 
drtn of Amnion ; and when I called you, ye 
delivered me oat out of their hands* 

3 And when I saw th ed me 
not, I put my life in my hands, and i 
overagan peu erf Amnion, and 
the Lord-.. n into my .- 
Wherefore then areve come up unto me 
tliis day to fight against nic ; 

4 Tiien Jephthah gathered together all 
the men of Giiead, and fought with E- 
phraiin : ana the men of Gilead smote E- 
phraim, be said, Ye Gile 

are fugitive; ol Ephraim among the E- 
phraimites, awl among the Manassftes. 

5AndtheG3eadites took the passages 
of Jordan before the Ephraimites : and it 
a * ten those Ephnunites which 

we: go over ; that 

id said unto him, Artthpn 
an Ephrainiite? If he said, N 

6 Then said they unto him, Say now 
Shioboleth ; and he said Sibboleth : for he 
could not frame to pronounce it . 
Then they took him, and slew him at the 
f Jordan : and there fell at that 
time or the Ephraimites forty ail d two 
thousand* 

i Jephthah judged Israel six years. 
Tiien died Jephthah the Gileadite,an'd was 
buried in one of the cities oi G 

I after him Ibaao of BeUilehem 
judged Israeli 

9 And he had thirty sons and thirty 
daughters, whomhe sent abr 

in thirty daughters from abroad fin* his 
sons. And he judged Israel 

10 Then died lbzan, and was buried at 
Bethlehem* 

11 And after him El on, 

judged Israel ; and he judged Israel ten 

d Elon the Zebulonite died, and 
i buried in Aijalon in the countin ofZeb- 

him Abdon the son ot Hil- 
lel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 

. I he had forty sons and tliirty 
deon threescore and ten 
: ind he judge 
u Vjd 

hraim, in die mount of 

an. 

AND the children • 

: delivered tli nand of 



xiij. An angel afifleafeiA to ."\fa>. 

2 r And there was a certain man of Zo- 
rah,ofthe family ot d\e Dank', s, whose 

th; and his wife uwsbar^ 
ren, and oare not. 

3 And the angel of the Lord appeared 
unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold, 

. art barrc-, and beare-t not : 
but thou shalt Conceive, and bear a son. 

therefore, beware, I pray thee, 
and drink not v> inc nor strong drink, and 
eat not any uuclean thing : 

5 For, lo, thou sh ik conceive, and bear 
a son ; and no raaof shall come on his 
head : for the child shall be a Nazarite un- 
to God from the womb : and he shall begin 
to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Phil- 
istines. 

6 Then the woman came and told her 
husband, siuing, A man of God came unto 
me,and his countenance wo* tike the coun- 
tenance of an angel of God, very terrible: 
but I asked him not whence he was, nei- 
ther told he me las name : 

7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt 
conceive, and bear a son : and now drink 
no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any- 
unclean thing : for the child shall be a Na- 
zarite to God from the womb to the day of 
his death. 

8 ■ Then Mancah intreated the Lord, 
and said, O my Lord, let the man of God 
which thou didst send come ag.un unto us, 
and teach us what we shall do unto the 
child that shall be bom. 

9 And God hearkened to the voice oi 
M moan ; and the angel of God can) 

unto the woman as she sat in tin 

but Manoahher »not with hen 

10 And the woman made haste, -Mid ran, 
and shewed her husband, and s 

him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto 
me, tii t came nnt ) me the Other day. 

11 AndManoah arose and went after 
his wife, and came to the man, and - 

to him. Art thou the man that spakest 
unto the woman I And he said, I 
12 And Manoah said. Now let t 
come to pass* How shall we oraerthe 
child? and) flow shall wedountq him I 
13 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
i, Of all that 1 said unto thi wo- 
manlet her bew ire. 

: 'iv thblg that 

irt her drink 

drink) nor eat an] unclean 

..i that I commanded her let her ob- 

. 

.U£Cl of 

kid I r 

iid unto 

1 



226 Manoah 9 s sac?ffie* JUDGES, 

burnt offering, then must offer it unto the 
Lord. For Manoah knew not that foeioas 
an angel of the Lord. 

17 And Manoah said unto the angel of 
the Lord, What 4s thy name, that when 
thy savings ccme to pass we may do thee 
honor"? 

18 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
him, Why askest thou thus after my name, 
seeing it is secret ? 

19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat 
•faring, and offered it upon a rock unto 
the Lord : and the angel did wondrously ; 
and Manoah and his wife looked on. 

20 For it came to pass, when the flame 
went up toward heaven from off the altar, 
that the angel of the Lord ascended in the 
■feme of the altar. And Manoah and his 
wife locked on it and fell on their faces to 
the ground. 

21 But the angel of the Lord didno more 
appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then 
Manoah knew that he was an angel of the 
Lord. 

22 And Manoah said unto his wife, we 
shall surely die, because we have seen 
God. 

23 But his wife said unto him, If the 
Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not 
have received a burnt offering and a meat 
offering at our hands, neither would he 
have shewed us all these things, nor would 
as at this time have told us such things as 
these. 

24 II And the woman bare a son, and 
called his name Samson : and the child 
grew-, and the Lord blessed him. 

■65 And the spirit of the Lord began to 
move him at times in the camp of Dan, 
between Zorah and Eshtaol. 
CHAP. XIV. 
2 Samson desiretk a wife of the Philistines. 

10 His marriage. feast\ 12 end riddle. 

19 He spoileth thirty Philistines. 

AND Samson went down to Timnath, 
and saw a woman in Timnath of the 
daughters of the Philistines. 

2% And he came up, and told his father 
and his mother, and said, I have seen a 
woman in Timnath of the daughters of 
the Philistines : now therefore get" her for 
me to wife. 

3 Then his father and his mother said 
unto him, Is there never a woman among 
the daughters of thy brethren, or among 
all my people, that thou goest to take a 
wife of the uncircumcised Philistines ? And 
Samson said unto his father, Get her for 
me ; for sfoepleasetia me well. 

4 But his father and* his mother knew 
not chat it was of the Lord, that he sought 
an occasion against the Philistines : for at 
that time the Philistines had dominiono- 
ver Israel. 



Samson's riddle. 

5 Then went Samson down, and his fa- 
ther and his mother, to Timnath, and 
came to the vineyards of Timnath : and, 
behold, a young lion roared against him. 

6 Ana* the spirit of the Lord came 
mightily upon him, and he rent him as he 
would have rent a kid, and he had nothing 
in his hand : But he told not his father or 
hia mother what he had done. 

7 And he went down, and talked with 
the. woman ; and she pleased Samson well. 

8 And after a time he returned to take 
her, and he turned aside to see the carcass 
of the lion : and, behold, there was a 
swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of 
the lion. 

9 And he took thereof in his hands, 
and went on eating, and came to his father 
and mother, and he gave them, and they 
did eat ; but he told not them that he had 
taken the honey cut of the carcass of the 
lion. 

10 «|f So his father went down unto the 
woman : and Samson made there a feast ; 
for so used the young men to do. 

11 And it came to pass, when they saw 
him,that they brought thirty companions to 
be with him. 

12 % And Samson said unto them, I will 
now put forth a riddle unto you : if ye can 
certainly declare it me within the seven 
days of the feast, and find it out, then I 
will give you thirty sheets, and thirty 
change, of garments : 

13 But if ye cannot declared me, then 
?hall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty 
change of garments. And they said unto 
him , Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear 
it. 

14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater 
came forth meat, and out of the strong 
came forth sweetness. And they could not 
in three days expound the riddle. 

15 And it came to pass on the seventh 
day, that they said unto Samson's wife, 
Entice thy husband, that he may declare 
unto us tlie riddle, lest we burn thee and 
thy father's house with fire : Rave ye call- 
ed us to take that we have ? Is it not so ? 

16 And Samson's wile wept before him, 
and said, Thou dost but hate me, and -Inv- 
est me not : thou hast put forth a riddle 
unto the children of my people, and hast 
not told it me. And he said unto her, Be- 
hold, 1 have not told it my father nor my 
mother, and Shall 1 tell 27' thee I 

17 And she wept before him the seven 
days, while their feasts lasted : and it came 
to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, 
because she lay sore upon him: and she 
told the riddle' to the children of her peo- 
ple. 

1 3 And the men of the city said unto him 
on the seventh day before "the sun went 



He burneth the Phitatincs corn, Ch^p. >rv, xvi. carrzeth aaay the gates cfGaza. c s2? 
down, What is sweeter than honey I and, 
What is stronger than a lion ? And he said 
unto them, If ye had not ploughed with my 
heii'er, ve bad not f jund cut my riddle. 
19 1 -Vnd the spirit of the Lord came 
q, and he went down to Ashkefon, 
thirty mien of thera, and took tlieir 
spoil, and gave change of garments unto 
them whicii expounded the riddle. And hi* 
anger was kindled, and he went up to his 
lather's house. 

vine vrasgivento his 
Companion, whom he had used as hi 

CHAP. XV. 
1 Samson is denied his wife, 3 He burn- 
etii th . 'err;. 9 He is bound 
.';,and delivered to the 
:h ihtm with a 

BUT it came to pass within a while af- 
ter, in the time of wheat I 
Samson visited his wife with a kid ; und 
he said, i . fe mta the 

chamber. But' her father woulc i . 
him to . 

d her father said, I verily thought 

riy hated her : mere- 

I : Is DOt 

ray thee, instead other. 
3U A ing them, 

Now shall 1 ije more NamrifiM than the 

■ 

I caught three 

hundred foxes, and took hrebrands, und 

turned I -J put a firebrand in 

als. 

m go into the standing corn 

imt up both the 

rn, with 

lives. 

lid, Who hath 
.J, Samson, die 

- 
, and giver. . 

m up and 
burnt*: - 

8 And he smote them hip and thigh with 

9 5 '1 

jidthemenol 

T 



i done to us, 
e rock Ltuiu, 



iitines are rulers over us f What is this 
d ne onto us ? And he said 
unto them, As they did unto me, so La\ e I 
done unto them. 

. they said unto him, We are come 

down to bind thee, mat we may deliver 

thee into the hand of the Philistines. And 

mto them, Swear unto me, 

mat ye will not fall upon me yuarselves. 

13 And they spake unto him, saying, No ; 
but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee 
into their hand: but surely we will not kill 
. And they Ixnnd him with two new 
cords, and brought him up from the rock. 
And when he came unto Lehi,the 
Philistines shouted against him : and the 
spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, 
and the cords that were upon his arms be- 
came as flax that was burnt with fire, and 
his bands loosed from eff his hands. 

15 And he found a new jawbone of an 
ass, and put lorth his hand, and took it and 

thousand men therewith. 

16 And Samson said, With me jawbone of 
an ass, heaps upon heaps with the jaw of 
an ass have i -lain a thoysand men. 

17 And it came to pass, when he had 
made an end of speaking, that he 

way the jawbone out of his hand, and cal- 
led that place Ramati 

18 And he was sore atiiirit, and called 
on the Lord, and said* Thou hast given 
this great deliverance into the hand of thy 
servant: and, - 'lie for thirst, 
and fall into the hand of the uncircumciscd ? 

19 But God clave an hollow place that 
was in the jaw, and there came water 
thereout: and when be had drunk, h 

••! : wherefore 
name thereof Enhakkore, 
. . 
brad in thedarsof 

CHAP. XVL 

I 
zu. 4 i 

■:is ryes, 

TDd St'T 

■ 



4 ■ i 



228 Samson enticed by Delilah, 

he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, 

•whose name %vas Delilah. 

5 And the lords of the Philistines Came 
up unto her, and said unto her. Entice him, 
and see wherein his great strength Beth) 
and by what means we may prevail against 
him, that we may bind him to afflict him : 
and we will give thee every cne of us ele- 
ven hundred pieces of silver* 

6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me 
I pray thee, wherein thy great strength 
tieth, and wherewith thou mightest be 
bound to afflict thee. 

7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind 
me with seven green withes that were nev- 
er dried, then shall I be weak, and be as 
another man. 

8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought 
up to her seven green withes which had 
not been dried, and she bound him with 
them. 

9 Nov/ there were men lying in wait a- 
biding with her in the chamber. And she 
said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, 
Samson. And he brake the withes as a 
thread of tow is broken when it toucheth 
the fire. So his Strength was not known. 

10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Be- 
hold, thou hast mocked me, and told me 
lies :' now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith 
thou mightest be bound. 

11 And he said unto her, If they bind me 
fast with new ropes that never were oc- 
cupied, then shall I be weak, and be as a- 
BOther man. 

12 Delilah therefore, took new ropes, 
and bound him therewith, and said unto 
him, The Philistines be upon thee, Sam- 
son. And there, were liers in wait abiding 
in the chamber. And he brake them from 
off his arms like a thread. 

13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hith- 
erto thou hast mocked me and told me 
lies : tell me wherewith then mightest be 
bound. And he said unto her, If thou wea- 
vest the seven locks of my head with the 
web. 

14 And she fastened it with the pin, and 
said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, 
Samson . And he awa ked out of his sleep , 
and went away with the pin of the beam, 
and with the web. 

15 % And she said unto him, How canst 
thou say, 1 love thee, when thine heart is 
net with me? Thou hast mocked me these 
three times, and hast net told me where- 
in thy great strength lieth, 

16 And it came to pass, when she pres- 
sed hi n daily with iier words, an 1 urged 
him , so that his soul was vexed unt i leath ; 

17 That he told her all his heart, as a said 
,* i v Thei e hath not come a razor 

•• * : for I have been a Naaar- 
mim mother's womb : h' 



JUDGES. She betrayeth him, 

I be shaven, then my strength will go from 
me, and I shall become weak, and be like 
any other man. 

18 And when Delilah saw that he had 
told her all his heart, she sent and called 
for the lords of the Philistines, saying, 
Come up this once, for he hath shewed 
me all his heart. Then the lords otthe Phil- 
istines came up unto her, and brought mo- 
ney in their hand. 

"19 And she made him sleep upon her 
knees ; and she called for a man, and she 
caused him to shave off the seven locks of 
his head ; and she began to afflict him, and 
his strength went from him. 

20 And she said, The Philistines be up- 
on thee, Samson. And he awoke out of 
his sleep, and said, 1 will go out as at oth- 
er times before, and shake mysejf. And 
he wist not that the Lord was departed 
from him. 

21 % But the Philistines took him, and 
put out his eyes, and brought him down 
to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of 
brass ; and he did grind in the prison house. 

22 Howbeit, the hair of his head began 
to grow again after he was shaven. 

23 f Then the lords of the Philistines 
gathered them together for to offer a great 
sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to re- 
joice : for they said, Our god hath deliver- 
ed Samson our enemy into our hand. 

24 And when the people saw him, they 
praised their god : for they said, Our god 
hath delivered into our hands our enemy, 
and the destroyer of our country, which 
slew many of us. 

25 And it came to pass, when their hearts 
were merry, that they said, Call for Sam- 
son, that he may make us sport. And 
they called for Samson out ot the prison 
house ; and he made them sport : and they 
set him between the pillars. 

26 And Samson said unto the lad that 
held him by the hand, Suffer me that I 
may feel the pillars whereupon the house 
standeth, that I may lean upon them. 

27 Now the house was full of men and 
women ; and all the lords otthe Philistines 
were there : and there were upon the roof 
about three thousand men and women, that 



\er Israel. 



beheld while Samson made sport. 

28 And Samson called unto the Lord, 
and said, O Lord God, remember me, I 
pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, 
only this once, O God, that I may be at 
once avenged of the Philistines for'my two 
e, es. 

29 And Samson took hold of the two 
middle pillars upon which the bourse stood, 
and on which it was home up, of the one 
with his right hand, and of the other with 
his left. 

30 And Samson said, Let me die with 



S umso r C a death. 

the Philistines. Ar 
all his miu' 

therein. £ 

death were more than . 

hi his life. 

51 Ti the house 

ct his fat!.- 

aud broogj I .^be- 

tween ZoTi 
plat 

ed It: , 

I 

money to his 
±.7 He hiretha 

A ND there was a man of mount E- 
Jt\. phraim, whose name was Mic 

2 ^t And he said unto his mother,The elev- 
en hundred Shekels of silver that were ta- 
bout which thou c 

is mo- 
ther Lord, my son. 

5 Add • 
hundred t 

his mother s id, i h id wh •:■_. de 
the silver unto t] hand 

: now thereto] 

4 Vet lie rest o red the m 
mod hun- 

. 
- made thereof a graven 

i d Micah had an house of 
got:-. phim, 

ane i 

no king in Is- 

fro;: 

I 









v / XV. U. , 229 

J .evite ; 

- his priest, and 

.a. now know I that 
the Lord _cd, seeing I have a 

: 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 TheJL a - men tgset 

. 

I was no king in Isra- 

. s die tribe of the 
Danites liein an inheritance to 

fallen unto diem among die 

2 And the children of Dan sent of their 
family five men from their coasts, men of 

spy out t 1 to search 

they said unto them, G the land : 

came to m< 

i, they lode:'. 

o When they wert by the house of Mi- 

• knew the vi ngman 

in thither, and 

said unto him, Who brought thee hither i 

itmakestthi . ■'/ and, 

- 

4 And he said on o them,Thusand thus 
dealcth Mies h v. ith me, and riam hired me, 
and I am his j 

5 And . Eounsel, 

f know 
whether our way which we go shall be pros- 
perous. 

6 Arid the priest said unto them, Go in 
peace : b . 

. e men departed, and came- 
e people thai 

and tht 1 1 

thing ; 

: 

, end lo 
i G d 



230 The spies of 'Dan. - JUDGES. 

Kirjathjearim, in Judah : wheretora they 
called that place Mahanehdan unto this 
day: behold., it is behind Kirjathjearim. 

13 And they passed thence unto mount 
Ephraim,and*cameuntothehouseof Micah. 

14 Thm answered the five men that 
went to spy out the country of Laish, and 
said unto their brethren, Do ye know that 
there is in these houses an ephod, and ter- 
aphim, and at graven image, and a molten 
image ? Now therefore consider what ye 
have to do, 

15 And they turned thitherward, and 
came to the house of the young man the 
Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and 
saluted him. 

16 And the six hundred men appointed 
with their weapons of war, which were of 
the children of Dan, stood by the entering 
of the gate. 

17 And the five men that went to spy cut 
the land, went up and came in thither, 
and took the graven image, and the eph- 
od, and the teraphim, and the molten im- 
age ; and the priest stood in the entering 
of the gate with the six hundred men, that 
were appointed with weapons of war. 

18 And these went into Micah's house, 
and fetched the carved image, the ephod, 
and the teraphim, and the molten image. 
Then said the priest unto them, What doye? 

19 And they said unto him, Hold thy 
peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and 
go with us,and be to us a father and a priest; 
Is it better for mee to be a priest unto the 
house of one man, or that thou be a priest 
unto a tribe and a family in Israel ? 

20 And the priest's heart was glad, and 
he took the ephod, and the teraptiim, and 
the graven image, and went in the midst of 
the people. 

21 So they turned and departed, and put 
the little ones and the cattle and the car- 
riage before them. 

22 And when they were a good way 
from the house of Micah, the men that 
were in the houses near to Micah's house 
were gathered together, and overtook the 
children of Dan, 

23 And the}/ cried unto the children of 
Dan. And they turned their faces, and 
said unto Micah. What aileth thee, that 
thou comest with such a company ? 

24 And he said. Ye have taken away my 
gods which I made, and the priest, and ye 
are gone away : and, What have i more ? 
and, What is this that ye ^ay unto me, 

aileth thee? 
1 the children of Dan said unto \ 
him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, 



Laish burned. 



were too strong for him, he returned and 
went back unto his house. 

27 % And they took the things which 
Micah had made, and the priest which he 
had, and came unto Laish, unto a people 
that were at quiet and secure : and they 
smote them with the edge of the sword, and 
burned the city with fire. 

28 And there was no deliverer, because 
it was far from Zidon, and they had no 
business with any man ; and it W3S in the 
valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they 
built a city, and dwelt therein. 

29 And' they called the name of the city 
Dan, alter the name of Dan their father, 
who was born unto Israel ; howbeit, the 
name of the city was Laish at the first. 

30 And the children of Dan set up the 
graven image : And Jonathan, the son of 
Gershom, thesonofManasseh,heand his 
sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until 
the day oi the captivity of the land. 

31 And they set them up Micah's grav- 
en image, which he made,""all the time that 
the house^of God was in Shiioh. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 A Levite going- to Bethlehem to fetch 
his wife, 16 an old man entertaineth 
him at Gibeah. 22 The Gibeathiies abuse 
/lis concubine to death. 

AND it came to pass in those days, 
when there was no king in Israel, 
that there was a certain Levite sojourning 
on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to 
him a concubine out of BetbJehemjudah. 

2 And his concubine played the whore a- 
gainst him, and went away from him unto 
her father's house to Bethiehemjudah, and 
was there four whole months. 

3 And her husband arose, and went after 
her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring 
her again, having his servant with him, and 
a couple of asses : and she brought him 
into her father's house, and when the fa- 
ther ofthe damsel saw him he rejoiced to 
meet him. 

4 And his father in law, the damsel's fa- 
ther retained him : and he abode with him 
three days : so they did eat and drink, and 
lodged there. 

5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, 
when they aroseesriyin the morning, that 
he rose up to depart : and the damsel's fa- 
ther said unto his son in law, Comfort thine 
heart with a morsel of bread, and after- 
ward go your way. 

6 And they sat 'down, and did eat and 
drink both of them together : for the dam- 
sel's father had said unto the man, Be con- 
tent,! pray thee, and tarry all night, and 



lest angry fellows run upon thee, and then ! let thire heart be merry. 

i life, with the lives of thy household; j > 7 And when the man rose up to depart, 

I id the children of Dan ". e is father in law urged him : ti lerefore he 
*nd when Micah saw 



The Levitt and his concubine, Chap, 

8 And he arose early in the morning on 
the fifth day to depart : and the damsel's 
fetter saicu Comfort thine heart, I pray , 
thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and I 
they did eat both ot' them. 

9 And when up to depart, j 
he, and his - • and his servant, 
his father in law, the damsel's father, said 
unto him, Behold, now the day draweth to* j 
ward evening, I pray you tai ry all night : | 
behold the day grcweth to an' end, ludge j 
-hee, that thine heart may be merry : and 
tumor ly on your way^hat 
thou i me* 

man would not tarry that , 

rose up and depart ed,and came ' 

-.. which is Jerusalem; • 

and t itb him two asses saddled, i 

taisowas with him. 

us, tl e 
and the servant saia 
er,Come, 1 pi 
tern in unto this city ot the Jebusites 
D it. 

. said unto him, We 

into tiiis city or' 

ofthe chi:dren ofls- 

to Gibeah. 

to his servant, Come, 

and let us draw near toone of these places 

jhtjjn Gibeah, or in Rama i. 

1 on and went their 

sun v ent down upon them 

jibeah, which belang- 

eihv I 

15 And the; turn* 
mondial 

in, be sal reetoi the city: 

for thei 
. 

dm ; and 

- 
u 

i 

tc house. 

with thj 



, xx. The Gibeathites abuse her. 231 

gave provender unto the aSses : and they 
washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 

22*' .Vow as they were making their 
hearts merry, behold, the men ofthe city, 
certain sons of Belial,beset the house round 
about, and beat at the door, and spake to 
the master of the house, the old man, s . - 
ing, Bring forth the man that came into 
tlrine house, that we may know him. 

23 And the man, the master ofthe house, 

went cut unto them, and said unto mem, 

brethren, nay, 1 pray you do not 

80 wickedly ; seeing that this man is come 

into mine house, d i art this folly. 

24 Behold, h tughtera maid- 

en, and hisconcubinej them I will "bring 
out now, and humble ye them, and i 
them what seemeth good unto you: but 
unto this man do not so vile a tiring. 

25 But the men would not hearken to 
him : so the man took his concubii 
brought her forth unto them ; ai 
knew her, and abused her all the night 
until the morning : raid when the day Be- 
gan to spring, they let her go. 

< 26 Then came die woman in the daw- 
ningoi the day, and fell down at th 
of the man's house where her lord was, till 
it was light. 

27 And her lord rose up in the morning, 
and opened the doors of the house, arid 
went out togo his way ; and, behold, the 
woman his concubine was fallen down at 
the door of the house, and her hands were 
upon the threshold. 

id he said unto her, Up, and let us 
be going. But none answered. Then the 
man tx)k her ufi upon an ass, and tl 
rose u n unto his. place. 

: he was come into his 
house, he took a knife, and had hold on his 
concubine, and . , . igt ther with 

herbenes, into twelvi | 

Israel. 

" thai saw k, 

rael cami 

C HAP. XX. 

Urtii 

Tin A 

■ 

l d,unto 



252 The RvadUes JUDGES. 

3 (Now the Children of Beaj amin heard 
that the children of Israel were gone up to 
Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Is- 
rael, Tell us, How was this wickedness ? 

4 And the Levite the husband of the 
woman that was slain, answered and saki, 
I came into Gibcah that belong eih to Ben- 
jamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. 

5 And the men oi Gibeah rose against 
me, and beset the house round about upon 
me by night and thought to have slain me : 
and my concubine have they forced that 
she is dead. 

6 And I took my concubine, and cut her 

es, and sent her throughout 1 all 
the country of the inheritance of Israel : 
for they have committed lewdness an'd 
folly in Israel. 

7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel ; 
give here your advice and counsel. 

8 ^ And all the people arose as one man, 
saying. We will not any of us go to his 
tent, neither will we any of us turn into 
his house. 

9 But now this shall be the thing which 
we will do to Gibeah ; we will go 

nstitj 

nd we will take ten men of an hun- 
dred throughout all the tribes of Israel, 
hundred of a thousand, and athou- 
t of ten thousand, to fetch victual 
for the people, that they may do, when 
they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, accord- 
rag to all the folly that they have wrought 
in Israel. 

"r men of Israel were gather- 
ed against the Gity, knit together as one 
man. 

12 And the tribes of Israel sent men 
all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, 
wickedness is this that is done a- 
mong you I 

>w therefore deliver us the men, 
iae children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, 
that we may put them to death, and put 
away evil from Israel, But the children of 
Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of 
their brethiien the children of Israel : 

t the children of Benjamin gather- 
nselves together out of the cities un- 
to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the 
children of Israel. 

15 And the children of Benjamin were 

numbered at thattime cut of the cities, 

and six thousand men that drew 

sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, 

which were numbered seven hundred 



' men. 
nong all this pe^pte there were se- 
ven hundred c :ed ; eve- 
coul.I si : .nc; stones at an hair 

I, besides Benja- 
min* were numbered f ar hundred thou* 



•war with Benjamin, 
ew sword ; all these were 



sand men that da 
ne rfwar. 

18 And the children of Israel arose, and 
went up to the house of God, and asked 
-counsel of God, and said, Which of us 
up first to the battle against the 
children of Benjamin ? And the Lord said, 
Judah shall go ufi first. 

10 And the children of Israel rose up 
in the morning, and encamped against Gi- 
beah. 

20 And the men of Israel went out to 
battle against Benjamin ; and the men cf 
Israel put themselves in array to fight a- 
gainst them at Gibeah. 

21 And the children of Benjamin came 
forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to 
the ground of the Israelites that day twen- 
ty and two thousand men. 

2' And the people the men of Israel en- 
couraged themselves, and set their battle 
again in array in the place where they put 
themselves in array the first day. 

23 (And the children of Israel went up 
and wept before the Lord until even, and 
asked counsel of the Lord., saying, Shall I 
go up again to battle against the children 
of Benjamin my brother ? And the Lord 
said, Go up against him), 

24 And the children ot Israel came near 
against the children of Benjamin the sec- 
ond cay. 

25 And Benjamin went forth against 
them out of Gibeah the second day, and 
destroyed down to the ground of the chii- 

ael in eighteen thousand men ; 
all these drew the sword. 

25 % Then all theehiidren of Israel, and 
all the people, went up, and. came unto 
the house of God, and wept, and sat there 
tie Lord, and fasted that day until 
even, and offered burnt offerings and 
peace offerings before the Lord. 

27 And the children of Israel inquired of 
the Lord, (for the ark of the covenant of 
God was there in those days, 

23 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, 
the son of Aaron, stood before it in those 
days) saying, Shall I yet again go out to 
battle against the children ci Benjamin my 
brother 1 or, Shall I cease ? And the Lorcl 
said, Go up ; for tomorrow I will deliver 
them into thine hand. 

29 And Israel set liers in wait round a- 
bout Gibe-th. 

30 And the children of Israel went up a- 
gainstthe children cf Benjamin on the third 
day, and put themselves in array against 
Gibeah, as at other times. 

31 And the children of Benjamin went 
out against the people, and were drawn a- 
way from the city ; and they began to 
smite of the peoplea«c'kill,as at other times 
in the highways, of which one goeth up to 



The Berijamitcs stahu 

the house of God, and the other to Gi 
in the field about thirty men oi Israel. 

32 And the children of Benj unin s&id, 
They are smitten down before us, a 

first. But the children of Israel said, Let 
us flee, and draw them from the city 
the highways. 

33 And all the men of Israel rose up out 
of their place, and put themselves in 

at Baaltamar : and the tiers i. 

< Ait of their places, even 
out of then.. j-eah. 

3-i And there cme against Gibeah ten 
thousand chc sc el . and 

the battle was sore : but they kne ■ . 
that t 

a. i before 

Tael destroy - 

ity and 

five .1 an hundred men: all 

i Benjamin saw that 
the- i die men c; . 

gave place to die Benjamites, becar . 
trust 
had set beside Gibeah, 

in wait hast< 
bed upon Gilieah : andthe liers 

- all the 

cd sign 
bet ween th e men of I s r : id and the li 

-moke rise 

i the men of Israel retired 
int.; te and 

el about thirty 

up out of the city with 
the Benjam 

• name of the city a 

I tumed 

, th( in. 

I th. y 

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>.:.i. The Ecrjamites bi 

46 5o that a'i 

jamin were twenty and five thousand men 
th it drew the sword i 
men of valour. 

47 But six hundre 1 men turned andrbd 
t'i the wilderness unto the rock Rii 

and abode in the rock Rimmonfbur months. 
I the men of Israel turned again 
upon the children of Benjamin, and smote 
them with the edge of the sword, as well 
the men oi every city, as the beast 
all that came to hand : also they se 
all the cities that they came to. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 The people bewedHng the desolation of 
£\ njamm, 16 advise them to surprise 
the virgins thai a loh. 

NOW the men of Israel had sworn in 
Mizpeh, saying, Ther«s. . 
us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 

d the people came to the 
cf God, and abode there till even before 
God, and lifted up their voices, and wept 

3 And said, O Lord God of Israel, Why 

is this come to pas-; in Israel, that there 

should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel ? . 

:. it Came co pass on the morrow, 

people rose early, and built there 

and cfiered burnt offerings and 

peace offerings. 

5 And the children of Israel said, Who 
is there among all the tribes of Israel that 
Ith the congregation unto 
the Lord r Foi I 

concerning him that came not up to the 
;ng, He shall surely 
ije put to death. 
o And the children oi Israel n 
r Benjamin their bn ither, a 

im Israel this 
day. 
7 IL-w shall we do fin* wives foi 
in, s 
I .' rd mat we win not give I 
• •*. to wives? 

.id, What oi 

i . ? and, 

1 to the 

. 

behold, 

■ 

■ • ith the 
andth i 

11 A i : 



234 The virgins of RUTH. 

ants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young 
\m*gins,thathad knownao raanby lying with 
any male : and they brought them unto 
the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of 
Canaan. 

13 And the whole congregation sent 
■so?ne to speak to the children of Benjamin 
that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call 
peaceably unto them. 

14 And Benjamin came again at that 
time; and they gave them wives which they 
had saved alive of the women of Jabesh- 
gilead ; and yet so they sufficed them not. 

15 And the people repented them for 
Benjamin, because that the Lord had made 
a breach in the tribes of Israel. 

16 % Then the elders of the congrega- 
tion said, How shall we do for wives for 
them that remain, seeing the women are 
destroyed out of Benjamin? 

17 And they said, There must be an in- 
heritance for them that be escaped of Ben- 
jamin, tMt a tribe be not destroyed out of 
Israel'. 

18 Howbeit, we may not give them wives 
of our daughters: for the cb'il&ren of Is- 
rael have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that 
giveth a wife to Benjamin. 

19 Then they said, Behold, there is a 
feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly, in a place 
which z'son the north side of Bethel, on the 



Shiloh surprised* 

east side of the highway that gceth up from 
Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Leb- 
onah. 

20 Therefore they commanded the chil- 
dren of Benjamin, saying, Go- and lie in 
wait in the vineyards ; 

21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters 
of Shiloh corns out to dance in dances, then 
come ye out of the vineyards, and catch 
you every man his wife of the daughters of 
Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 

22 And it shall be, when their fathers or 
their brethren come unto us to complain, 
that we will say unto them, Be favourable 
unto them for our sakes : because we re- 
served not to each man his wife in the war : 
for ye did not give unto them at this time 
that ye should be guilty. 

23 And the children of Benjamin did so, 
and took them wives, according to their 
number, oi them that danced, whom they 
caught : and they went and returned unto 
their inheritance, and repaired the cities 
and dwelt in them. 

24 And the children of Israel departed 
thence at that time, every man to his tribe 
and to his family, and they went out from 
thence every man to his inheritance. 

25 In those days there was no king in 
Israel: every man did thai which was 
right in his own eyes. 



The Book o/'Ruth. 



chap I. 

1 Elimelech driven by famine into Moab i 
clieth there, 6 Naomi returneih home, 
14 Ruth accompanieth her* 

NOW it came to pass in the days when 
the judges ruled, that there was a fam- 
ine in the land. And a certain man of 
Bethlehemjudah went to Sojourn in the 
country of Moab, he and his wife, and his 
two sons. 

2 And the name of th® man was Elim- 
elech, and the name of his wife Naomi, 
and the name of his two sons MahJon and 
Chilion Ephraimites of Bethlehemjudah. 
And they came into the country ol Moab, 
and continued there. 

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband di- 
ed ; and she was left, and her two sons. 

4 And they took them wives of the 
women of Moab ; tie name of the one 
was Orpah, and the name of tiie other 
Ruth : and they dwelled there about ten 
years. 

5 And Mablon and Chilion died also both 
of them ; a) id die woman was left of her 
two so::b and her husband. 

6 <t! Then she arose with her daughters 
in law, that she might return from th* 



country of Moab : for she had heard in 
the country of Moab how that the Lord 
had visited his people in giving them bread. 

7 Wherefore she went forth out of the 
place where she was, and her two daugh- 
ters in law with her i and they went on 
the way to return unto the land of Judah. 

8 And Naomi said unto her two daugh- 
ters in law, Go, return each to her moth- 
er's house : the Lord deal kindly with you, 
as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 

9 The Lord grant you that ye may find 
rest, each of you in the house of her hus- 
band. Then she kissed them ; and they 
lifted up their voice, and wept. 

10 And they said unto her, Surely we 
will return with thee unto thy people. 

11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my 
daughters : Why will ye go with me ? Are 
there yet any more sons in my womb, that 
they may be your husbands ? 

12 Turn again, my daughters, go your 
way; for I am too old to have an husband. 
If 1 should soy, I have hope, if I should 
have an husband also to-night, and should 
also bear sons ; 

13 Would ye tarry for them till they 
were grown ? Would ye stay for them from 



Euih'i constancy to Naomi : 

kaving husbands . ? Nay, my daughters ; for 
it grievtth roe much tor your lilies, that 
the hand of the Loi d ;s gone out against me. 
14 c And the) lifted up their voice, and 
wept again : aid Orpah kissed her mother 
in law ; but Ruth clave unto her. 

15 And she said. Behold, thy sister in law 
is gone back unto her people, and unto her 
gods : return thou after thy sister in law. 

16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to 
leave thee, or to return from following af- 
thee : for whither thou grest, I will go : and 
where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy peo- 
ple shall be my pecple,and thvGod my God. 

17 Where thou diest, will 1 die, and there 
will I be buried : the Lorddo so to me, and 

re also, if aught but death part thee 
and me. 

18 When she saw that she was steadfast- 
ly minded - kd she leit 

jng unto her. 

- nt until they came to 

Bethlehem. ' And it c me to pass, when 

were come b ... that all the 

. nt them, and they said, 

1 1 a ? . 

into them, Call me not 

pa: F< r the Almigh- 

t very bitterly with me. 

' J 1 went out mil, ana the Lord hath 

Jn empty: Why then 

leLord hathtes- 

me, and me Almighty hath 

'f me? 

oi returned, and Ruth the 

law, with her, 

which ry of Mo- 

thlehem in die 

begir : 

A P. II. 

BoaZm 4 
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thefami 

find era . 

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Chap. ii. She isshevm favor. C35 

6 And the servant that was • et over 
reapers answered and said, It m the Mo- 
aoitish damsel that came back wit., 
out of the country of Moab : 

7 And she said, I pray you, let a . 
and gather alter the reaj e 
sheaves: so she came, andh ith c i 
e\en from the morning until nov 
she tarried a little in die h 

8«" Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest 
thou not, my daughter I Go not 
in another field, neither go from hc:\c-j, but 
abide here fast by my maidens : 

9 /^ithineeyes be on the field that they 
do reap, and go thou after them : Havel 
notcharged the young men that they should 
not touch thee I And when thou art athirsr, 
go unto the vessels, and drink ofrfa 
the young men have draw* 

10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed 
herself to the ground, and said unto him, 
Why have I found grace in thine 
that thou shouldest take knowledge 
seeing I a?n a stranger ? 

11 And Boaz answered and said urto 
her, It hath hilly been shew ed me, all that 
thou hast done unto thy mother in law since 
the death of thine husband : and how thou 
hast left thy father and thy mother, and 
the land oi thy nativity, and art come 
unto a people which thou knowest not here- 
tofore. 

12 The Lord recompense thy work, and 
a full reward be given thee of the J. 
God ot Israel, under whose wings diou art 
come to trust. 

13 Then she said, Let me find favour in 
thy sight, iin lord; for that thou h 
comforted me, and tor thatthou hastspok- 

into thme handmaid, though L 
be not like unto one of thine ha i 

14 And Ba • mealtime 
come thou hither, and eat oftne 

And she 

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136 Naomi's Instruction to Rut/:, 



Where wroughtest thou? Blessed be he 
that did take knowledge of thee. And she 
shewed her mother in law 
had wrought, and said, T! 
with whom I wroug 

20 And Naomi said unto her daughterin 
law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath 
not left off his kindness to the living and to 
the dead. And Naomi said unto her. The 
man is near of kin unto us, one of our next 
kinsmen. 

21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said 
unto me also. Thou shalt keep fast by my 
young men, until they have ended all my 
harvest. 

22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her 
daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, 
that thou go out with his maidens, that 
they meet thedtiot in any other field. 

23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Bc- 
az to glean unto the end of barley harvest 
and of wheat harvest ; and dwelt with her 
mother in law. 

CHAP. III. 
1 By Nco?ni's instruction, Ruth Ueth at 
Boot? & feet. 8 Boaz acknoledgeth the 
right of a kinsman, 

THEN Naomi her mother in law said 
unto her, My daughter, shall I not 
seek rest bif thee, that it may be well with 
thee ? 

2 And now, Is not Boaz of our kindred, 
with whose maidens thou wast ? Behold, 
he winnoweth barley tc -night in the thresh- 
ing floor. 

3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint 
thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and 
get thee down to the floor : but make not 
thyself known unto the man, until he shall 
have done eating and drinking. 

4 And it shall be when he lieth down, 
that thou shalt mark the place where he 
shall lie, and thou shall go in, and i 

his feet, and lay thee down ; and he will teli 
thee what thou shalt do. 

5 And she said unto her, All that thou 
gayest unto me I will do. 

'6 And she went down unto the floor, and 
did according to all that her mother in law 
bade her. 

7 And when Boaz hnd eaten and drank, 
and his heart was merry, he went to lie 
down at the end of the heap of a • 

she came softly, and uncovered his Icet, 
and laid her down. 

8 % And it came to pass at midnight, 
that the man was afraid, and tun 

self: and, behold, a woman lay athis feet. 

9 And lie said. Who art thou I And she 

am Ruth thine hai 
re thy skirt over thi 
a kinsi 
..vised be .thou of the 
Lord, in 



Ruth lieth at Boaz 's feet, 
'■oss in the latter end than at the 



beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst 
not young men, whether poor or rich. 

11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I 
will do to thee all that thou requirest : for all 
the city of my people doth know that thou 
art a virtuous woman. 

_ 12 And now it is true that I am thy near 
kinsman : howbeit,there is a kinsman near- 
er than I. 

13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the 
morning, tfiat if he will perform unto thee 
the part of a kinsman j well ; let him do the 
kinsman's part : but if he will not do the 
part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the 
part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liv- 
eth ; lie down until the morning. 
- 14 And she lay at his feet until the morn- 
ing: and sk^ rose up before one could 
know another. And he said, Let it not be 
known that a woman came into the floor. 

15 Also he said. Bring the veil that thou 
hast upon thee, and hold it. And when 
she heid it, he measured six measures of 
barley, and laid it on her : and she went 
into the city. 

15 And when she came to her mother 
in law, she said, W T ho art thou, my daugh- 
ter ? And she told her all that the man had 
done to her. 

17 And she said, These six measures of 
barley gave he me ; for he said to me, Go 
not empty unto thy mother in law. 

18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, 
until thou know how the matter will fail : 
for the mail will not be in rest, until he have 
finished the thing this day. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Boaz collet h into judgment the next kins- 
man, 6 He refusing the redemption, 10 
Boaz marrieth Ruth, 

THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and 
sat him down there : and, behold, the 
kinsman of whom Boaz spake, came by : 
unto whom he said, Ho, such a one ! turn 
aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, 
■own. 
2 And he took ten men of the elders ef 
the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And 
J own. 
p And he said unto the kinsman, Nao- 
mi, that is come again cut of the country of 
lieth a parcel of land, which was 
fcher Elimelech's : 
4 And I thought to advertise thee, say- 
ing, Buy it before the inhabitants, and be- 
Iders of my -people. If thou wilt 
redeem it, redeem it : but if thou wilt not 
redeemzY, then tell me, that I may know : 
for there is none to redeem z'i beside thee ; 
and I am alter thee. And he said, I wiil 
redeem it, 

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238 Hannah's Prayer 

the affliction of thine handmaid, and re- 
member me, and not forget thine hand- 
maid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a 
man child, then 1 will give him unto the 
Lord all the days of his life, and there shall 
no razor come upon his head. 

12 And it came to pass-, as she continu- 
ed praying before the Lord, that Eli mark- 
ed her mouth. 

13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart ; 
only her lips moved, but her voice was not 
heard ; therefore Eli thought she had been 
drunken. 

14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt 
thou be drunken I Put away thy wine from 
thee. 

15 And Hannah answered and said, No, 
my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful 
spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor 
strong drink, but have poured out my soul 
before the Lord. 

16 Count not thine h andmaid for a daugh- 
ter of Belial: for out pi the abundance of 
my complaint and grief have I spoken 
hitherto. 

17 Then F"i answered and said, Go in 
peace: and the God of Israel grant thee 
UV petition tnatthcu hast asked cl him* 

18 And she said, Let thine handmaid and 
grace in thy sight. So the woman went 
her way, and did eat, and her countenance 
was no more sad. 

19 ^| And they rose up in the morning 
early, and worshipped before the Lord, 
and" returned, and came to their hcu: e to 
Ramah. AjmI Elkanah knew Hannah his 
wife ; and the Lord remembered her. 

20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the 
time was come about Lifter Hannah had 
conceived, thai J:e bare a sou. and called 
his name Samuel, saying, Because 1 have 
asked him of the Lea. 

21 And the manE'kanah, and all his 
house, vent up to oner unto the Lord the 
yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 

22*But Ham,!; went not up; for she 
said unto her i 
til the child be 
him, that be ms 



mo. J tut. m; <cup\\\\- 
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apj ear before the Lcrd. 
and there abide forever. 

23 And Elkanah her husband said onto 
her. Do whatseemeth thee good ; tai ry un- 
til thou have weaned him, ejily t 
ests^ish his word. So the woman afx Co, 
and gave her son suckuntil she we 

24 1j And v hen she had v.t.n 
she took him up with her, vmh three bul- 
locks,' and one ephah of fxm\ and a boiu 
of wine, and brcughtJhim unto the hcust ci 
the Lord in Shilch: ana the child Wtffi 
young. 

25 Andthev slew a bullock, ajM brought 
the child to k3L 

26 And she said, O my lord, as thy soul 



1. SAMUEL. Hannah's so?ig. 

liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood 
by thee here, praying unto the Lord. 

27 For this child I prayed ; and the Lord 
hath given me my petition which I asked 
of him ; 

28 Therefore also I have lent him to the 
Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent 
to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord 
there. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Hannaffs song* 12 The sin of Mil's sons* 
18 Samu 4' 's ministry* 27 A prophecy 
against Eli's house* 

AND Hannah prayed, and said, My 
heart rejoiceth in the Lord: mine 
horn is exalted in the Lord ; my mouth is 
enlarged over mine enemies; because 1 
rejoice in thy salvation. 

2 There is none holy as the Lord : for 
there is none beside thee : neither is there 
any rock like our God. 

3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly ; 
let not arrogancy come out of your mouth : 
for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and 
by him actions are weighed. 

4 The bows of the mighty men are bro- 
ken, and they that stumbieth aie girded 
with strength; 

5 They that were full have hired out 
themselves tor bread ; and they that were 
hungry ceased : so tkat the barren hath 
borne seven ; and she that hath many chil- 
dren is waxed feeble. 

6 The Lord killeth and maketh alive : 
hebringeth down to the grave, and taring- 
em up. 

7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh 
rich ; he bringeth low, and liiteth up. 

8 He raiseth up the poof out of the dust, 
and lifteth up the beggar from the dung- 
hill, to set them among princes, and to make 
them inherit the throne of glory : for the 
pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he 
hath set the world upon them. 

9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and 
the wicked shall be silent in darkness ; for 
by strength shall no man prevail. 

" 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be 
broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he 
thunder upon them : the Lord shall judge 
die ends ol the earth; and he shall give 
strength unto his king, and exMt the horn 
of his c nointed. 

11 And EiLunahwenttoRamahto his 
house. And the child did minister unto 

s e EH the priest. 

12 % 1 ci Eh* tve'i e sons of 
Era S; 

. ■ custom with the pec- 
pie 'nai.. i red sac- 

rifice,^ : i - ant came 5 while the 

with the ikshhookei 
three teeth in his hand ; 

14 And he struck it into the nan, orket- 



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tie cr caldron, or pot ; all that the flesh 
hook brought r.p the priest took for him 



29 Wherefore kick ye at mv sacrifice, 
and at mine offering, which I have com- 



sel£ So they did in SLiloh unto all the Is- mandedi ion; andhonorestthy 



raelites mat came thither. 



sens above me, to make yourselves tat with 



they burnt the fat, the the chiefest of all ftfce offerings oi Israel, my 



priest's servant came, and said to the man 
(hat sacrificed, Give flesh to roast tor die 
6 >r he will not ha\ e sodden flesh of 
thee, but raw. 

16 And if any man said unto him, Let 
them not fail to burn the tat presently, and 



people 

30 \\ hereto re the Lord God of Israel 
saith, I said indeed thai thy house, and the 
house of tli}- father, should' walk before me 
for ever : but now the Lord saith, Be it far 
from me ; for them that honor me I will 



!:e a* much as thy soul desireth : honor, and they that despise me shall be 



would answer him, Nay ; but thou 
. e it mt now : ana ifnot, I 
force. 

ung men 
: Gormen 

Itli a linen 

I. 

:• made him a 
ighti/ to him from year 
n she came up with her nus- 
• Berths yearly sacrifice. 

. Klkanah and his wife. 

.ace seed ot this 

ich is lent to the 

\ nd they went unto their own heme. 

Lord visited Hannah, so that 

p\\ ed, and bare three sons andtwo 

child Samuel grew be- 

heardall 

and how 

•./them, Wh; 

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lightly esteemed. 

31 Behold, the days come, that I will 
cut eft' thine arm, and the arm of thy f< - 
tiler's hou?e, that there shall not be an old 
man in thine < . 

.d thou shalt see an enemy in my 
habitation, in all the wealth whir 
shall give Israel : and there shall not be an 
i old man in thine house for ever. 

33 And the man of thine, whom I shall 
i not cut oft' from mine altar, shall b 

! sume thine eyes, and to grieve thin< 

i and all the increase of thine house shall die 

! in the flower of their age. 

34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, tha t 
J shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni 

and Phinehas ; in one day they shall die 
both of them. 

35 And I Avill raise me up a faith fi 

that shall do according to that which is in 
mine heart and in my mind: and I will 
build him a sure house ; and he sha 
U!" re mine anointed for ever. 

36 And it shall come to passmthat every 
one that is left in thine hi use sh ill come 

nchto him for \ erand 

a morsei i *ut me, I 

I r ly thee into one of the priests' dikes, 
ce< thread. 
CHAP. 111. 
1 How . 
vealea ■ «Sgtw- 

. ST. 

AND tM child & muel ministered unto 

oi the Lord was 

.• no (■( en vision. 

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240 Eli's desi'rucficn re~ 



said. Here am I; for thou didst call me. 

I 

Lord, neither was the wo'r/1 of the Lord 
yet revealed unto him. 

thdrd time. And he ar 

e La 

edthe child. 

-■ 9 Therefore into Samuel, Go, 

j itshaU be. if he call thee, 

say, Speak, Lord ; for thy 
.servant - Samuel went and lay 

down in 1 

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I. SAMUEL. 



2 'he Israelites are 
'hearing 



overcome, 
the neivs, 



the camp 5 the elders 
Lordsn 



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an era. 

13 Fo 
his hous< 
fcnoweth 
selves \ i 

14 Ar 
house of 
:8hallnot 
ftring for 

i . y until fh( 

Lord. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the 

16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, 

-.. my son. And ho answered, Here 
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17 And he said, What is the thing that 

1 unto thee? I pray 

re also ifthon 1 
te of all the things that he said unto 
thee, 

ii iel told him every whit, and 

. tng from him. And he said, It is the 

Lord : let hhn do what seeiheth him good. 

Lord- was 

with h : ■ none of his words fall 

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shebakn tbjishedto 

6e&pv* 

loh : for the J • 

uel in Shiloh by the ' . ard. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 The !■ i 

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that they 

a the ark of the cov- 

dwelteth 

. ": the two sons 

leas, trere there 

antofGod. 

the covenant of 

B Israel 

■ : that the earth 

6 And when the P] eard the 
raise of the shout, th 

kit in the 
camp of the I T under- 

stood that the ark of tl is come 

7 And toe Ph 5 were afraid, for 
theys tidjGod, iscomeinto the camp. And 

I* there hath not 
■-oh a thing heretofore. 

8 Woe unto us ! Who audi deliver usout 

Gods? These 
are the G E gyptians with 

plagues in the; 

9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, 

ilistlnes, that ye be rat servants 
been to 
yea : quityourselves like men and fight. 

10 % And the Philistines fought} and Is- 
rael was smitten, and they fled eve . 

into his tent : and there was a very great 
. r ; for there fell of Israel thirty 
nd footmen. 

11 And the ark of God was taken : and 
the two sons of Eli, Hophnl and Phiuehas, 
were slain. 

^12 % And there ran a man of Benjamin 
out of the army, and came to Shiloh the 
. othes rent, and with 
earth v.; 

13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a 

ae way-side watching : for his heart 

id. And when 

came into tne city,aftd told it, all 

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The Betashtmuts snfttien. 



lor one plague was on you all, and on your 
.lords, 

5 Wherefore ye shall make images of 
- your emerods, and images of your mice 

that mar the land ; and ye L-hall give glory 
unto the God of Israel ; ' peradventure he 
■will tighten his hand from offyou, and from 
off your gods, and from off your land. 

6 Wherefore then do ye hafden your 
fcearts, as theEgyptians and Pharaoh har- 
dened their hearts ? When lie had wrought 

fully among them, Didthey not let 
the people go, and they departed I 

7 Now therefore, make a new cart, and 
take two milch kine, an which there hath 
conic no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, 
and bring their calves home from them : 

8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay 
it upon the cart ; and putthe jewels of gold, 
which ye return him for a trespass offer- 
ing, in a coffer byt; eof; and 
Send it away, that it may gp. 

I see, if it goeth up by the way of 
his own coast to Eethshemesh, M-; 
done us this great evil : but if not, then we 
shah know that it is not his ha^d that smote 
us ; it was a chance that happened to us. 

10 % And the men did so : and took two 
milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and 
shut up their calves at heme : 

11 And they laid the ark of the Lord up- 
on the cart, and the coffer with the mice 
of gold and the images of their en i ■ 

12 And the kine took the straight way 
to the way of Eethshemesh, and went a- 
lcng the highway, lowing as they went, and 
turned not aside to the right hand or to 
the left: and die lords of the Philistines 

fter them unto the border of Beth- 
esh. 

1 3 And they o/Bethshemesh were reap- 
ing their wheat harvest in the valley : and 

ed up their eyes, and saw the ark, 
and rejoiced to tee ?':. 

14 And the cart came unto the field of 
Joi hua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, 
where there was a great stone : and they 
rlave the wood of the cart, and offered the 
kine a burnt offering unto the Lord. 

15 And the Levitcs took down the ark 
of the Lead, ana the coffer that was with 

erein the jewels of gold were, and 
put tJian on the great stone : and the men 
of Bethsheniesh offered burnt ofie ri 
sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the 
Lord. 

15 And when the fivslrrds of the Philis- 

t seen zV, they relumed to Ekron 

the same 

17 And these are the golden emerods 

i tines retarncd/br a trespass 

unto the Lord ; fi «r . Ishdod one, 

f«" G •:; one, for Gath 

one>for . 



18 And me golden mice, according to 
the number of all the cities of the Philistines 
belonging to the five lords, both of fenced 
cities,and of country viilages,even unto the 
great stone q/'Abel, whereon they set down 
the ark of the Lord : winch stone remains 
eih unto this day in the field of Joshua, the 
Bedishemite. 

19 11 And he smote the men of Eethshe- 
mesh, because they had looked into the 
ark of the Lord, even he smote of the peo- 
ple fifty thousand and threescore and ten 

rid the people lamented, because 
the Lord had smitten many of the people 
with a great slaughter. 

20 And the men of Eethshemesh said, 
Who is able to stand before this holy Lord 
God ? and, To whom shall he go up from 
us? 

21 And they sent messengers to the inhab- 
itants of Kirj'athjearim, saying, The Phil- 
istines have brought again the ark of the 
Lord ; come ye down, and fetch it up to 
ycu. 

CHAP. VII. 
3 The Israelites, by Samuel's means, sol- 
emclu repent at Mizfieh. 3 Samuel pray- 
ing, the Philistines are discomfited. 

AND the men of Kirjathjeanm come, 
. and fetched up the ark of the Lord, 
and brought it into the house of Abinadab 

[, and sanctified Eleazar hi 
to keep the ark of the Lord. 

2 And it came to pass, while the ark a- 
bode in Kirjathjearim,that the time was 
long ; for it was twenty years : and all the 
house of Israel lamented after me Lord. 

3 % And Samuel spake unto all the house 

Saying, If ye do return unto the 
Lord with all your hearts, then put away 
the strange gods and Ashtaroth from a- 
mong you, and prepare your hearts unto 
the Lord, and serve him only : and he 
will deliver you out of the hand" of the Phil- 
istines. 

4 Then the children of Israel did put a- 
way Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the 
Lord only. 

5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to 
Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the 
Lord. 

6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, 
and drew water, and poured it out before 
the Lord, and fisted on that day, and 
said there, We have sinned against the 
Lord. And Samuel judged the children 
of Israel in Mizpeh. 

7 And when the Philistines heard that 
the children of Israel were gathered toge- 
ther to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines 
went up against Israel. And when the 
children of Israel heard it-, they were af- 
raid of the Philistines. 

8 And die children of Israel said to Sam- 



The Philistines discomfited, 

uel, Cease not to cn r unto the L 

God for 

unto the 

up the 

battle- v 

tiered with a gre^t thunder i 

ou the P= 

and the. 

A (he men oi at cut or 

/ came under H 

:d set it 
illed the 

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>untothee. 

n unto their 
voice: only unto 

the 

I the wards of the 

l^oul uiito thi 
king. 

ii tad he 
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rteth to Samuel* 



direction of young maidens, 15 at . place to eat : for the people wii 

ivg to God's vevelaticn, 18 cometh to not < th bless 

Samuel. 19 Samuel entertained ce ; <mc? afterwards they eat 

that be bidden. Now therefore get you up.; 

him* 

r : a?:c/ 

< ity, be- 

em, for 

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ut this time I will tend 



*VfOW tljere was a man of Be 
1/M whose name was Kish, these . 
biel, tlie son of Zeror, the son of Bee 
the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty 
nian of power. 

2 And he hac a son, whose name wot 
Saul, a choice young man, ana a 
said there was not among the chi 
Israel a goodlier person than he : I 

shoulders and upward he wm Mghei 

any of the people. 

3 And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, 
were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son.. 
Take now one of the servants with thee, 
and arise, go seek the 

4And ] ','-' noi nt Epl 

rairn, and pa bugh the land 

lisha, but tliey v und them n< 
passed thrcueh the land 
there they were not : . 
tkelsr.d of the Benjami 
ihem'ixL 

5 And when-they were w i 
of Zup j 
wilhhim,Ccii 

lather leave fa _ , i \ \ ;,ai , x - 

thought for us. . 

6*ii And he said unto him, Behi 
thtreis in this city a man of God, i 
an honorable man ; all that h< 
eth surely to pass : now let u 
peradventure he can shew us out v. 
we should gb. 

7 Then said Saul tohiss« :,But,l 
hold, if we go, What shall we t 

: is spent in oui 
re is not a present to brri 
we? 

8 Ar : i ed Saul again , 
•and said, Behold, I have here at h 
feurth. part of i 

1 give to their: 

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said unto him, Eehold 
■ \ ike tt thee of! This same snail reign c- 

. n Saul drew near to Samuel in 
said, Tell me, I pray thee, 
. use is. 

wed Saul, and 

w - : [ p before me unto 

a mete - 

: thee go, and 

thine heart. 

that were lost 

not thy mind on them ; 

nd. i whm is all 

the desire of Israel : 7* u not on thee, and 

■/f?w net 
s, of the : : lie tribes 

1 
tnbeoi enj min I Where - 
forethen thou so to me? 

i . and his serv- 
lour,and 
w\uc\z them sit in the < 

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thii [ ersoiis. 

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yd. 

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- . >uel said onto 

osplainl) tliat ;. 

ot the mutter of the kingdom, wher< 1 . 

uel spake, heu-idhim int. 

J~ And • toge- 

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18 And said unto the children oi 

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brought u\) Israel out ol Egypt, and 1 
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27 But the children of Belial said, How 
shall this man save us I And they despised 
him, and brought him no presents. But 
he held his peace. 

CHAP. XI. 
lA r ahash offereth them of Jabeshglleada 
refyroachful condition. 4 They send to 
Saul, and are delivered. 12 Saul confir- 
med king. 

THEN Nahash the Ammonite came 
up, and encamped against Jahesh- 
gilead : and all the men of Jabesli said unto 
Nahash make a covenant with us, and we 
will serve thee. 

2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered 
them, On this condition will I make a co- 
venant with you, that I may thrust out all 
your right eyes, and lay it for a. reproach 
upon ail Israel. 

3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, 
Give us seven days respite that we may 
send messengers unto all the coasts of Is- 
rael: and then, if there bc\no man to save 
us, we will come out to thee. 

4 11 Then came the messengers to Gib- 
eah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears 
of the people : and the people lilted up 
their voices, and wept. 

5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd 
out of the field ; and Saul said, What oikth 
the people that they weep ? And they told 
him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 

6 And the spirit of God came upon Saul 
when he heard those tidings, and his an- 
ger was kindled greatly. 

7 And he took a yoke of oxen , and hew- 
ed them in pieces, and sent ^^through- 
out all the coasts of Israel by the hands 
of messengers, sa) ing, Wh< soever cometh 
not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so 
shall it- be done unto his oxen. And the 
tear of the Lord fell on the people, and 
they came out with one consent. 

8 And when he numbered them m Ee- 
zek the children of Israel were three hun- 
dred thousand, and the men ofJudah thir- 
ty thousand. 

9 And they said unto the messengers that 
came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of 
Jabeshgilead, Tomorrow by that Cane the 
sun be'hot, ye shall have help. And the 
messengers came and shewed it, to the men 
of Jabesh ; and they were glad. 

10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To- 
morrow we Will come out unto you, and ye 
shall do with usail.that scemethgoed unto 
you. 

11 And it was so on the morrow, that 
Saul put the people in three companies: 
and they came into the midst of the best in 
the morning watch, and slew the Ammo- 
nites until the heat of the day: audit came 
to pass, that they which remained were 
scattered, so that" two of them were not 
left tcv/ 



I. SAMUEL. ' , Samuel's integrity. 

12 IT And the people said unto Samuel, 
Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over 
us ? Bring the men, that we may put them 
to death. 

13 And Saul said, There shall not a man 
be put to death this day; for to-day the 
Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel. 

14 Then said Samuel to the people, 
Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew 
the kingdom there. 

15 And all the people went to Gilgal; 
and there they made Saul king before the- 
Lord in Gilgal ; and there they sacrificed 
sacrifices of peace offerings before the 
Lord f and there Saul and all the men of 
Israel rejoiced greatly. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Samuel testifieth his integrity. 6 He 
refiroveththefieofils of ingratitude, 16 
He terifieth them with thunder in har- 
vest time ; 20 and comforteth them in 
God's mercy. 

AND Samuel said unto all Israel, Be r 
hold, I have hearkened unto your 
voice in all that ye said unto me, and have 
made a king over you. 

2 And now, behold, the king walketh 
before you : and 1 am old and gray head- 
ed ; and, behold, my sons are with you : 
and 1 have walked before yoia from my 
childhood unto this day. 

3 Behold, here I am : witness against me 
before the Lord, and before his anointed : 
Whose ox have I taken I or, Whose ass 
have I taken ? or, Whom have I defrauded I 
Whom have I oppressed I orOf whosehand 
have I received am/ bribe to blind mine 
eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. 

4 And they said, Thou hast not defraud- 
ed us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou 
taken aught of any man's hand. 

5 And he said unto them, The Lord is \ 
witness against- you, and his anointd is 
witness this day, that ye have not found 
aught in my hand. And they answered, 
He is witness. 

6 "jf And Samuel said unto the people, It 
is the Lord that advanced Moses and .Aa- 
ron, and that brought your fathers up out 
of the land of Egypt. 

7 Now therefore,stand still, that I may 
reason with you before the Lord, of ail the 
righteous acts of the Lord which he did 
to you and to your fathers. 

8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, 
and your lathers cried unto the Lord, 
then "the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, 
which brought forth your fathers out ol'E- 
gypt, and made them dwell in this place. 

9 And when they forgat the Lord their 
God, lie sold them" into the hand of Sisera, 
captain of the host oi'Hazcr, and into the 
hand of the Philistines ; and into the hand 
ofthe king of Moab, and Ihey fought a* 
gainst them. 



1 they cried unto the Iv: 
erne Lord, ; red Baa- 

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15 hi t obey- the voice ot 
the Lot ( 

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!/>rd be 

16 T > d and sec this 

c Lord wi*i d 

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CHAP. X 

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2 Saul • . men of 

housand wei 
Saul in A 
and a tiv 

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J And - 

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lew the 
trumpet I all the land. 

Let the He;;: 

4 And .. trd say that S 
smitten a garrison of the P. . 
that Israel also waft had in abon 

with the Pliilist-L.cs. And the people were 
called I rSaul to Gilgal. 

5 m And the Philistines gathered Uiem- 

to fight with Isr. el, thir- 
ty thousand chariots, and six ti 
horsemen, and people as the sand which;* 
on the sea shore in multitude : and they 
c~me up, and pitched in Mirhiiiftrti 

the men of Lrael saw tliat 
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pits. 

7 And • 

ail tlic 

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ed: but a 

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248 Samuetrefkroveth Saul. 

have not made supplication unto the Lord : 
I myself uereibrc, and uttered a 
tynrnt oflering. 

13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast 
dene iboiishly ; thouhastnot keptthgeom- 
mandment of the Lord thy God, which he 
commanded thee : for now would the Lord 
have established thy kingdom upon Israel 
tor ever. 

14 But now thy kingdom shall not con 
tinue : the Lord hath sought him a man al- 
ter his own heart, and the Lord hath com- 
manded him to bt captain over his people, 
because thou hast not kept that which the 
Lord commanded thee. 

15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up 
from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And 
Saul numbered thepeppte thai were pre- 
sent with him, about six hundred men. 

16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and 
the people that were present with diem, 

in Gibeali of Benjamin ; but die t hil- 
istines encamped in lviichmash 



I. SAMUEL. Jonathan fighleth the Philistines* 

with him were about six hundred men ; 

3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Icha- 
b: d ? s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son 
of Eli, die Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing 
an ephod. And the people knew not that 
Jonathan was gone. 

4 And between the passages, by which 
Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philis- 
tines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on 
the one side, and a sharp rock on the oth- 
er side : and the name of tlie one was Bo- 
zez, and the name of the other Sench. 

5 The forefront ot the one was situate 
northward over against Michmash, and 
the other southward over against Gibeah. 

6 And Jonathan said to the young main 
that bare his armour, Come, and let us go 
over unto the garrison of these uncircum- 
cised : it may be that the Lord will work 
for us : for there is no restraint to the Lord 
to save by many or by few. 

7 And his armourbearer said unto him, 
Do ail that ism thine heart: turn thee; 



17 And the spoilers came out of the camp i behold, I am with thee according to thy 



of the Philistines in three companies: one 
company turned unto die way that leadei/i 
to Ophrah, unto the land of bhual : 

18 And another company turned the way 
i o 1 tetl ihordn : and another company turn- 
ed to tiie way of the border that iooketh to 
toe valley ofZeboiim toward the wilderness 
19 Now there was no smith found throu-h- 
the land otJisrael: for the Philistines 
said, Lest the iieorews make them swords 
or spears ; 

20 But ail die Israelites went down to die 
Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, 
and Irs coulter, andhisax, andhis mattock. 
u they had a rile lor the mattocks, 
and for the coulters, and for the forks, and 
for the axe-, and to sharpen the goads. 

22 So it came to pass in the day of bat- 
tle, that there was neither sword nor spear 
found in the hand of any of the people mat 
were with Saul and Jonathan: but witn 
Saul and with Jonathan his son was there 
found. 

23 And 
went out to the ps 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Jonathan miracuhushj smitcth the Phil- 
15 A divhit terror 
makeQ hemaetvesn 24 Said' 's 

m hindereth the vic- 
tory t 
NOW it came to pass upon a d 
. iXhan tiie son ot haul said u 

rinour. Com* , 
us go o\er to the Philistk) 
risen, that is on the other 

I in the uttermost part 
ih.underapomegra 
tfigppa; and ... 



1 the garrison of the Philistines 

3 the passages of Alichmash. 



heart. 

8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will 
pass over unto these men, and we wiil dis- 
cover ourselves unto them. 

9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until 
we come to you; then we will stand still 
in our place, and will not go up unto them. 

10 But if they say thus, Come up unto 
us ; then we will go up : for the Lord hath 
delivered them into our hand : and this 
shall he a sign unto us. 

11 And both of them discovered them- 
selves unto the garrison of the Philistines : 
and the Philistines said, Behold, the He- 
brews come forth out of the holes where 
they had hid themselves. 

12 And the men of the garrison answer- 
ed Jonathan and his armourbearer, and 
said. Come up to us, and we will shew you 
a thing. And Jonathan said unto his ar- 
mourbearer, Come up alter me : for the 
Lord hath deli\ ered them into the hand of 
Israel. 

13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his 
hands and upon his feet, and Ins armour- 
bearer after him : and tliey fell before Jon- 
adian ; and his armourbearer slew after 
him. 

14 And that first slaughter, which Jona- 
than and his armour bearer made, was a- 
bout twenty men, within as it were an half 
acre of land which a yoke of oxen might 
plough, 

\ -id there was trembling in the host, 
in the held, and among ail die people : the 
garrison and the spoilers, they also trem- 
bled, and the earth quaked: so it was a 
very great trembling. 

16 And the watchmen oi' SjuI in Gibenh 
min locked ; and, behold, the mul- 



'« unadvised tuQun ( 

titude melted awaj , and t! le 
iiig down o /«- 

17 Then siiid Saul pie that 

is gone from u . 
bered, beholv!. 
bearer 

., Bring 
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increa 

with him 

tturc. 
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\from (he 

all t'ne men ofl I 
! themselves in mount kphraim. 

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and there was bone) up 

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day from Mkiimash to Aij 

. .-..it. 

I the 

p ' b tl 

, Behold, 
the peon] 

eat with die* blood. A 
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tile blood. And all th 

.-•//; there* 
. i Saul built an altar tn 

. .--• first altar that he built un- 
. .ord. 

n after 
teraun- 
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a man of them. And they said, D 
soever seemeth good 
said tin pi 
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I Iter the Philistines: \\ . 

I - 

r hither, 
ah the chief of die p< , 
leewhen 

the Lord live 
eth 1m-.. 

be shall surely die. I 
man among aU swered 

him. 

ten siid hen- I 
i and I and Jonathan m> s 
be on the other .side. 

ttothee. 
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God ol l-i . '. Giv* 

Leu: but the 

and Jons 

atnan. 

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250 Jonathan rescued, 

Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great 
salvation in Israel? God forbid: us the 
Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of 
his head fall to the ground ; for he hath 
wrought with God this day. So the peo- 
ple rescued Jonathan, that he died not. 

46 Then Saul went up from following 
the Philistines ; and the Philistines went 
to their own place. 

47 So Saul took the kingdom over Is- 
rael, and fought against all his enemies on 
every side, against Moab, and against the 
children of Ammon, and against Edom, 
and against the kings ol Zcbah, and against 
the Philistines : f nd whithersoever he turn- 
ed himself, he vexed them. 

48 And he gathered an host, and smote 
the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out 
of the hands of them that spoiled them. 

49 Now the sons ot Saul were Jonathan, 
and Ishui, and Melchishua : and the names 
of his two daughters were these ; the name 
of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the 
younger Michal : 

50 And the name of Saul's wife was A- 
hinoara,the daughter of Ahimaaz : and the 
name of the captain of his host was Abner, 
the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 

51 And Kish was the lather of Saul ; and 
Ker the father of Abner was the son of 
Abiei. 

52 And there w r as sore war against the 
Philistines all the days of Saul : and when 
Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant 
man, he took him unto him. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 Samuel sendeih Saul to destroy Amalek. 
8 lie sjiarcth Slgag, and the best of the 
sfioiL 32 Samuel Idlleth Agag. 

SAMUEL also said unto Saul, The 
Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king 
over his people, over Israel : now there- 
fore hearken thou unto the voice of the 
words of the Lord. 

2 Thus saiththe Lord of hosts, I remem- 
ber that which Amalek did to Israel, how 
he laid wait for him in the way, when he 
came up from Egypt. 

3 Now go and "smite Amalek, and ut- 
terly destroy all that they have, and spare 
them not ; but slay both man and woman, 
infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel 
a; >d ass. 

4 And Saul gathered the people togeth- 
er, and numbered them in Telaim, two 
hundred thousand footmen, and ten thou- 
sand men of Judah. 

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, 
and laid wait in the valley. 

6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, 
depart, get you down from amongj the. A- 
malekitesjlestl destroy yon with them : 

shewed kindness to all the children 
, when they came upout of Egypt. 



I. SAMUEL. Saul spareth Jgag. 

So the Kenites departed from among the 
Amalekites. 

7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from 
Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is 
over against Egypt. 

8 H And he took Agag the king of the 
Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed ail 
the people with the edge of the sword. 

9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, 
and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen 
and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all 
that was good, and would not utterly des- 
troy them : but every thing that was vile 
and refuse/that they destroyed utterly. 

10 Then came tlie word of the Lord un- 
to Samuel, saying, 

11 It repenteth me that I have setup 
Saul to be king : for he is turned back from 
following me, and hath not performed my 
commandments. And it grieved Samuel ; 
and he cried unto the Lord all night. 

12 And when Samuel rose early to meet 
Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, 
saying, Saul came to Garmel, and, behold, 
he set him up a place, and is gone about, 
and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 

13 And Samuel came to Saul : and Saul 
said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord : 
I have performed the commandment of 
the Lord. 

14 And Samuel. said, What meaneih 
then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, 
and the lowing of the oxen which 1 hear ? 

15 And Saul said, They have brought 
them from the Amalekites : for the peo- 
ple spared the best of the sheep and of the 
oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God j 
and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, 
and I will tell thee what the Lord hath 
said to me this night. And he said unto 
him, Say on. 

17 And Samuel said, When thou wast 
little in thine own sight, Wast thou not 
made the head of the tribes of Israel, and 
the Lord anointed thee king over Israel ? 

18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, 
and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sin- 
ners, the Amalekites, and fight against 
them until they be consumed. 

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey 
the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon 
the spoil, and didst evil in the sight" of the 
Lord ? 

20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I 
have obeyed the voice of the Lord,and hate 
gone the way which the Lord sent me, and 
have brought Agag the king of Amalek, 
and have utterly destroyed the Amalek- 
ites. 

21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep 
and oxen, the chief of the things which 
should have been utterly destroyed, to sac- 
rifice unto the Lord thj God in Gilgal. 



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Chap. xvi. 



He cr.untc: . 



. ! Samuel said. Hath the Lord «* ver Israel ? Fill thine hem wit 
great delight in burr.: 

Ihaveprovid 



nces, 
beboU,tc 

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ang among liis 

I go? If 
- i me. And the 
► is as:. fer with thee, 

.' u shah do : 
sinned: : thee. 

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return 
the word of the Lord, andtheLoi 

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and it shall come to pass, when the e\fM mies of Israel, and said unto them, Why 



spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall 
plav with his hand, and thou shall be welL 

17 And Saui said unto his servants, Pro- 
t ideme now a man that can play well,and 
bring him to mc. 

in Then answered one of the servants, 
and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessie 
the Bcthlehemite, r£«* is cunning in play- 
ing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man 
or war,acd prudent in matters.and a comely 
person, and iheLord is with him. 

1 9 Whe refore Saui sent messengers unto 
Jesse, and said, send me David thy son, 
which is with the sheep* 

20 And Jesse took an ass laden with 
bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and 

m b) David his son unto Saul. 

21 And David came to Saul, and stood 

rfi : and he loved him greatly : and 
he became his armou'rbearer. 

nd Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let 
David, 1 pray thee, stand before me: for 
lie hath found favour in my sight. 

23 And it came to pass, when the evil 
spirit from God was upon SauhthatM.r- id 
rook an harp, and played with his hand : 
So Saul was refreshed, and was well, and 
die evil spirit departed from him. 

CHAP. XV1L 
I T/te armies of the Israelites and PhiUs- 
to battle, 4 Goliath 
hfiroudly forth Co challengea com- 
bat. 12 David atcefiieth the challenge ; 
id slayeik the giant. 

^TOW the Philistines gathered together 
* their armies to battle, and were gath- 
ered together at Shochoh^ which belungeth 
• i and pitched between Shochoh and 
. in Ephesdammim. 
I Saul and the men of Israel were 
gathered together, and pitched by the val- 
id set the battle in amy a- 
gainst the Philistines. 

ics stood on a moun- 
tain on Ami Israel stood on 
a mountain on the other side: and there 
&as a valley betw een them. 

Lnd there went out a champion out 
fthe Philistines, named Go- 
i * hose height was six cubits 

'.met of brass upon his 

; 

i 

Upon his 
wis like a 
- him. 



are ye come out to set your battle in array" 
Am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to 
Saui ■ Choose you a man for you, and let 
him come down to me. 

9 If he be able to fight with me, and to 
kill me, then will we be your servants : but 
if I prevail against him, and kill him, then 

c bs cur servants, and serve us. 

10 And the Philistine said, I defy the ar- 
i mies of Israel this day; give'iue a man, 

that we may fight together. 

11 When Saul and all Israel heard those 
words oi the Philistine, they were dismay- 
ed, and greatly afraid. 

12 ^ Now David was the son of that 
Ephrathite of Bethlehei i ij adah^whose name 
was Jesse: and be laid eight sons: and 
the man went among mtn/jr an old man 
in the days of Sauk 

13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went 
and followed Saul to the battle : and the 
names of his three sons that went to the 
battle were Eliab the first l»arn, and next 
unto him Abinadab, and the third Sham- 
mah. 

14 And David was the youngest: and 
the three eldest followed Saul. 

15 But David went and returned from 
Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethle- 
hem. 

: the Philistine drew near morn- 
ing and evening,and presented himself for- 
ty daj s. 

17 And Jesse said unto David his son, 
Take now for thy brethren, an cphah of 
this parched corn, and these ten loaves, 
run to the camp to thy brethren ; 

18 And earn these ten cheeses unto the 
captain oi their thousand, and look how thy 
brethren fare, and take their pledge. 

19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men 
of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fight- 
ing with the Philistines. 

20 And David rose up early in the morn- 
ing, and left the sheep with a keeper, and 
took, and went, as Jesse had commanded 
him ; and he came to the trench, as the 
host was going forth to the fight, and shout- 
ed for the battle. 

21 For Israel and "the Philistines had put 
thebattlein array, army sgainstarmy. 

22 And David left ins carriage in the 
hand of the keeper of the carriage, and 
ran into the army, and came and saluted 
has brethren. 

2J And as he talked with them, behold, 
there came up the champion, the Philistine 
of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ar- 
mies of the Philistincs,and spake according 
to the same words : and David heard them. 
. i all the men of Israel, when they 
saw the man, fled from him, and weresoce 
afraid. 



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254 Jonathan lovethDGVtd. 



I. SAMUEL 



Said seekeih to kill him. 



istines, until thou come to the valley, and 

to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded 

F hilisfcjnes fell down by the way to 

Shaaraim, even untoGath, and unto Ek- 

.53 And t lie children of Israel returned 
from chasing after the Philistines, and they 
spoiled their tents. 

* £4 And David took the head of the Phil- 
istine, and brought it to Jerusalem ; but 
he pot his armour in his tent. 

55 And when Saui s rw David go forth 

id unto Abner, 

the captain ot the h st, Abner, Whose son 

mth ? and Abner said,./fe thy soul 

liveth, O king, I canma tell. 

5o And the king said, Inquire thou whose 

SC - E ig !$* 

57 A - re iraed from the 

slau - -ookhim, 

Em It ithtliehead 

5£ , n . d said t him* Whqse sen 

J, thou young man? And David 
l nswered, /«*« die son of thy servant Jes- 
se the ] 

CHAP. XVIiL 

1 Jondth mioj 5 Said e?wieth 

- . leekt ih to kill him in his 

imfor his. good sjic- 

17 He offbreih ftim M& daughter 

for a 6"^n* 

AND it came to pass, - 
- made an end of speaking unto Saul, 
that t'ne soul of Jonathan was knit with the 
s uli i.Bavid, and Jonathan loved him as 
his own soul. 

2 And Saul took him that day, and would 
let him go no more home to his father's 
house. 

3 Then Jonathan and David made a 
covenant, because he loved him as his own 
sonl. 

4 And Jonathan stripped Jiiinself of the 
robe that was upon him, and gave it unto 
David < and his garmeni s, even to his sword 
and to his bow, and to his girdle. 

•5 T And David went out whithn i :re- ei 
Saul sent him, and behaved himself wises 
ly : and Saul set him over the men of war, 

: l.ewas accepted in the si^ht of all the 
people, and also in the sight of Saul's se: - 

' And it came to pass as they ca me,when 
Da^ id was returned from- the staugUter of 
'hiiistine. that the v utof 

aild. :■;• :csolIsrael,sin. 
roe* king Saul, with t 
with i i -.: umeuts i 

ye I, - ■ I . 

IDavidhistei 
; Saul wasver 



nave ascribed unto David ten thousands, 
and to me they have ascribed but thou- 
sands : and, What can he have more but 
the kingdom ; 

9 And Said eyed David from that day 
and forward. 

10 *T And it came to pass on the morrow, 
that the evil spirit from God came upon 
Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the 
house; and David played with his hand, 
as at other times ; and tfiere vitas a javelha 
in Saul's . 

11 And Saul cast the ]avelin,for he said, 
I will smite David even to the wall r:i: /: it. 
And David avoided cut of his presence 
twice. 

12 - r And Saul was afraid of David, Ite- 

e Lord was with him, and was de- 
parted from Saul, 

13 Therefore Saul removed him from 
him, and made him his captain over a 
thousand ; and he went out and came in 
before the people. 

14 And David behaved himself wisely in 
all his wa', s ; and the Lord toas with him. 

15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he 
behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid 
of him. 

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, 
because he went out and came in before 
them. 

17 % And Saul said to David, behold my 
eider daughter Merab, her will I give dice 
to wife: only be thou valiant tor me, and 
fight the Lord's battle:, a- or Saul said, 
Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the 
hand of the Philistines be u 

18 And David said unto Saul, Who cm 
If and, What is my Kfe, or my father's 
family in Israel, that I should be sen in law 
to i he king ? 

19 But it came to pass atthetime 
Merab Saul's daughter should have been 
given to D ivid, that she was given unto 

ihokthite to wife. 

20 And hilchal Saul's daughter loved 

the thing 
. please a 

21 An i gyve him her, 
that she e to aim, 

oDavid, Thou 

. - . . . (aw iii the one of 

the twain. 

22 And Saul - t led his servants, 

id secretly, and 
in the? , 
;e .- now there- 
spake these 

ht thing ta l> 
lat I am z pool 
jemed ? 



I told him, 
..is manner sp; ke David. 

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Saul . 

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255 David and Jonathan cousidt. J. SAMUEL, 

Ramah : and the spirit of Gad was upon l the third t 
hfril also, and he went on, and prophesied, ! toward 
until he came to Naicth in R 

h-i And he stripped oil his 



mathdrtB kill 



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< if there bt 



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and prophesied, 
. Ramah. 

clothes also, 

that day and 
they say* 



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VBavidconsul h with Jonathan for his 
safety. II 2 ' - mtrenewedby 

oaiii . 24 Saul missing Dctwidj seeke'th to 

id Sed frfifti Kaioth bRa- 
jTjL mahs andcanie and said before Jon- 
athan, What hove I done? Whatzs mine 
: ana, Wfeatfo my sin before thy 
lather," that he seeketh my Bfe ? 

2 And he said unto him, God forbid ; 
thou shalt not die \ bekold, nay father will 
do nod ling either great or small, but that 
he will shew it me : and, Why should my 
father hide this thing from me r It is not so. 

3 And B-ivid sware moreover, and said, 
Thy father certainly knoweth that I have 
found grace 'fa thine eyes: and he saith, 

two. i me and death, 

4 Fhe s.sa A aadv-m unto David., What- 
soever thy seal desireth, I will even do it 
for thee. 

5 And David said unto Jonathan, Ee- 
hcioU tomorrow is the new moon, and I 
stiould not fail to sit with t he king at meat : 
but lefcrae go, that I may hide myself in 
the field una. the third day at even. 

6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, 

ao.ov iy asked '.::ve of me that he 

s city : for there 

in a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. 

7 If he say thus, It is well : thy-servaiit 
shall have peace : but if he be very wroth, 

il is determined by him. 

8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with 
thy ! eryant ; for thou hast brought thy ser- 
vant into;: covenant of the Lord with thee; 

ihg, if there be in me iniquity,' 
If; for, Whyshouldest thou 
me to ta; father ? 

9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from 
thee : for if i knew certainly that evil were 
determined; by my father to come upon 

then. Would not I tell it thee ? 

10 Th em said David to Jonathan, Who 
shall tell me? or, What //thy lather an- 
swer thee roughly? 

And Jonathan said unto David, 

tus go cut into the field. And 

ent out both of 'them in the field* 

12 And Jonathan said unto David, O 

. srael,when I have sounded 

my lather about tomorrow any time, or 



nlwillsh 



'2m thnr 



a mere to 

se er to do 

sand send 

: in peace: 

as he aath been 

a''-v'l's yet I live 
of the Lord, that I 



n shalt not cut off thy 
kindness from my house ibr ever: no, not 
when the Lord hath cat off the enemies of 
David every one fromthefacecf the earth. 

15 So Jonathan made a covenant with 
the house of David, sayings Let the Lord 
even require it at the hand of David's en- 
emies. 

17 And Jonathan caused David to swear 
again, bee- use he loved him : for he loved 
him as he loved his own soul. 

13 Then Jonathan said to David, To- 
morrow is the new moon : and thou shalt 
be missed, because thy seat will be empty. 

IS And tvhe sd three 

days, then wn quickly, and 

.ova didst hide 
vas in hand and 

fari son the, 



thy 



rss.ysay 

a en this 

come thcu : 



20 And i will she 
side thereof, as thou 

21 And, behold. l' 
Go,hndontth' 
unto the lad, I: e " 
side of thee, take tiu 
for there is peace to thee, and no hurt ; as 
the Lord liveth, 

22 But if I say thus unto the young man, 
Behold, the arrows are beyond thee ; go 
thy way ; for the Lord hath sent thee a- 

V,Ol". 

23 And as to 
thou and I hav 
Lord be betweei 

24 f SodPavi 

len the i 

king sat ! 

25 And ■' 



ng the matter wnicn 
>o3 en of, behold, the 
e for ever. 
elfin the field: 

moon was come, the 

j eat meat. 

■at upon his seat, as at 
ether times, even upon a seat by the wall : 
and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's 
side, and David's place was empty, 

26 Nevertheless, Saul spake not any 
thing that day : for he thought, Soi 

hath befallen him, he is not clean ; surely 
he is not clean. 

27 And it or: me to pass on the morrow, 
which teas the second day oi the month, 

lace was empty : and Saul 
said unto Jonathan his son, 'Wherefore 
cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, nei- 
ther yesterday, nor today ? 
2-8 And Jonathan answered Saul, David 



Saul seeketh to kill Jonai Chap. ::xi 

earnestly asked leave cf me to go to Beth- 

29 And he said, Letme go, I pray thee, 
for our family hath a sacrifice in did city ; 
brother, he hath comma 
i - 

y, I pray 

Thou sen 
Do not I 

the cpn- 

. kedncss? 

se iivem 

• 

: 

ne, lor he shall 

■ -■ 
him, Where! 
t hath he done ? 

veiin at him to 
than knew that 
her tc slay Da- 
re se from the tab'e in 
lid eat no meat the se- 
: for lie was griev- 
e Iks lather .. 
. 

..da little 
. 

. ,lo his lad, Run, find 

c 

B 

>ws, and 



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Lord be 
arcse a. 



David goeth to AhuniU.h. 25' 
CHAP. XXI. 

mf. o He taketh G 
. mdheaiQath 

T" came David to Nob, to Ahim-. 
Lelech 
e I at the meeting of David, and 
said unto him, Why arc thou aid . 
d with thee f 
2 And David said unto Aliimelech the 
priest, The king hath commanded mc a 
business, and hath said unto me, Let no 
man know any thing of thebusiness wherea- 
bout J send thee, and what I have com- 
manded thee : and I have appointed my 
servants to such and 1 1 

oinow, therefore, W hat is under t] 
hand ? Give me five loavenqf bread in mine 
hand, cr what there . 

4 And the priest answered David, and 
said, There ts no common bread under 

. but there is hallowed bi ■ 
Dung men have kept themselves at 
least from women. 

5 And Dav id answered the priests, and 
said unto him, Of a tru 
been kept from us about these three day?, 

i came out, and the ves 

n, .i 
mann< . yea, though it were 

sanctifr 

6 So the pi \-ad: 
he . 

ias taken from before the Lord, 
/.■cad in the day when it was 

i man of the servants of 
I efbre 
the Lord ; and hi was D 

And David 

- 

i oi 

in the valley oi I . 
wrap] 

io • 

i 



253 David feigneth himself mad. I. SAMUEL. Beog aceuseth Ahimelech. 

11? Then the king sent to call Ahirrr 
elech the priest the son of Ahitub, and pi* 
his father's house, the priests that wsrem 



13 And he changed his behaviour before 
them,and feigned himself mad in theirhands, 
and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and 
let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 

14 Then said Achish unto his servants, 
Lo, ye see the man is mad : Wherefore 
then have ye brought him to me? 

15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have 
brought this J 'ellow to play the mad man in 
my presence ? Shall this fellow come into 
my house ? 

CHAP XXII. 
1 Men resort to David at Aduilam. 9 
Doeg aceuseth Ahimelech. 11 Saul com- 
manded to kill the priests, 20 Abiather 
escafieth to David. 

DAVID therefore departed thence, 
and escaped to the cave Aduilam, 
and when his brethren and all his father's 
house heard #,they went down thither to 
him. 

2 And every one that was in distress, and 
every one that was in debt, and every one 
that was discontented, gathered themselves 
unto him : and he became a captain over 
them : and there were with him about 
four hundred men. 

3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of 
Moab : and he said unto the king of Mo- 
ab, Let my father and my mother, I pray 
thee, come forth, and be with you, till I 
know what God will do for me." 

4 And he brought them before the king 
cf Moab : and they dwelt with him all the 
while that David was in the hold. 

5 And the prophet Gad said unto Da- 
vid, Abide not in the hold ; depart, and 
get thee into the land of Judah. Then Da- 
vid departed, and came into the forest of 
Hareth. 

6 When Saul heard that David was dis- 
covered, and the men that were with him, 
(now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in 
Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and 
all his servants were standing about him ;) 

7 Then Saul said unto his servants that 
stood about him. Here now, ye Benjamites ; 
Will the son of Jesse give every one of you 
fields and vineyards, and make you all 
captains cfthcusands, and captains of hun- 
dreds ; 

8 That all of you have conspired against 
me, and there is none that sheweth me. 
that my son hath made a league with the 
son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is 
sorry for me, or sheweth unto ms that my 
son hath stirred up my servant against me, 
to lie in wait, as at this day ? 

9 II Then answered Doeg the Edomite, 
which was set over the servants of Saul, 
and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to 
Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 

10 And he inquired of the Lord for him, 
and gave him victuals, and gave him the 
sward oi Goliath the Philistine. 



Nob : and they came all of them to the 
king. 

12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of 
Ahitub, and he answered, Here 1 am, my 
lord. 

13 And Saul said unto him, Why have 
ye conspired against me, thou *nd me son 
of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread 
and a sword, and hast inquired of God 
for him, that he should rise against me, 
to lie in wait, as at this day ? 

14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, 
and said,Andwho is sofaithful among all thy 
servants as David which is the king's son 
inlaw, and goeth at thy bidding, and is 
honorable in mine house ? 

15 Did I then beein to inquire of God 
for him ? Be it far from me_: let not the 
king impute any thing unto his servant nor 
to all the house of my father: for thy ser- 
vant knew nothing of all this, less or 
more. 

16 And the king said, Thou shaltsure.y 
die, Ahimelech, thou, and ail thy father's 
house. 

17 And the king said unto the footmen 
that stood about him, Turn, and slay the 
priests of the Lord % because their hand 
also is with David, and because they knew 
when hefied, and did not shew it to me. 
But the servants of the king would net 
put forth their hand to fall upon the priests 
of the Lord. 

18 And the king said toDoeg, Turn thou, 
and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the E- 
domite turned, and he fell upon the priests, 
and slew on that day fourscore and five 
persons that did wear a linen ephod. 

19 And Nob, the city of the priests smote 
he with the edge of the sword, both men 
and women, children and sucklings, and ox- 
en, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of 
the sword. 

20 % And one of the sons of Ahimelech 
the son cf Ahitub, named Abiathar, esca- 
ped, and fie d after David. 

21 And Abiathar shewed David that 
Saul had slain the Lord's priests. 

22 And David said unto Abiathar , # I 
knew it that dav, when Doeg the Edomite 
was there, that he would surely tcil haul : 
I have occasioned the death of all the per- 
sons of thy father's house. 

23 Abide thou with me, fear not ; for 
hethatseeketh my life seeketh thy hie : 
but with me thou shah be in safeguard. 

CHAP. XX11I. 
1 Davids inquiring of the Lord, rrscueth 
Kcilah. 7 God shewing him Saul's com- 
ing and the treachery of the Ktilites ; 
he escafieth from Kettah, 14 to Zipfi, -"' 
to Maon. 



David estafiethfrom Keiiah 



Chap, xxiii. 



to Zilih and Maori, 251 



, 



THEN they told David, saying, Behold, 
tines fight ag 
and they rob the thi 

the Lord, 
saying, e Philis- 

e Lord said 1 1 
and smite the Philistines, ai 

3 And Da^ id s men said unto I 
hold, we be afraid here in 
much more then it" we come to K 

.rs ? 
again. wered him, and 

i 

1 the in- 

; 

ephod in 

i 

jainst 1 

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■ 



went to David into the wood, and St 
enefl his hand in God* 

IT And he b: id unto htm, Fear not : for 
the hand of Saul my father shall not firnl 
i thou shalt be kin g over Israel, 
and I shall be next unto thee; and that 
:! my fat! iev knoweth. 
1 they two made a covenant be- 
fore the Lord : and David abode in the 
wood, and Jonathan went to his house. 

19 Then came up the Ophites to Saul to 
Gibeah, saj ing, Doth not David hide him- 
self with us in strong holds in the wood, 
.i, which is on the 

. I ) king, come down 
according to ail the i soul to 

to de- 
liver hi .nd. 

21 And V ye of tiie 

Lord : for ye have a me. 

. Ipray y< u 

■runt is, 
hath seen him thi 
told me that he dealeth y« 

:, therefore, a, 
all the lurking pi 

, an to me v. 
with you 
LSSjilhebe in t 
will search him out throughout all the 
ids of Judah. 

I went to Ziph 
i 1 and his me 
mthewil I an, in the p 

the south 

- 
: .' u-id : where 

in the 

i I in the 

I 



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Z50 David cuttetk SauFs skirt. I. SAMUEL. 



David is In the wildei ;edi« 

2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen 
men out of all Israel, and went to ^eek Da- 
vid and his men upon the rocks c ! 
goats. 

3 And he c :ote by the 
way, where ivas a cave ; and Saul went 
in to cover his feet : and David and his 
men remained in the sides of the cave. 

4 And the men oi I anto him, 
Beheld die day ofwhkh the Lord said unto 
thee, Behold, 1 dune enemy in- 
to thine hand, that thou mayest do to him, 
as it s : d unto thee. Then Da- 
vid a rose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe 
privily. 

5 And it came to pass afterws i 
David J s hear. smote him, bea ..:_ he had 
cut off Saul's si 

6 And he sale uhtb his men, The Ldrd 
forbid that I :". 

master, the Lord's anointed, fee 
forth mine hand h . hi i seeing he t& 
the Lord. 

7SoT ser i 

wcrds ; - hem net tot 

Sauk But Saul rose up cut of the cave, 

and went en tewa; - 

S 'if David also ar ;'-a 

went cut of the cave, and cried after I . 
saying, Mylcrdtheking. And v ! 
locked t 

:c trie earth, and bowec - 

9 And David caid to ip&ul, ■ *fc » 

thcu men's w 
-David seeketh thy hurt ? 

10 Behold, this day 

hawthat ered thee to-day 

into minehandin the cave : sndsome bade 
me kill thee : s spared thee ; 

andl said, I wii! net put forth n i. 
against my lord ; tor he is the Lord's a- 
ncinted. 

r, my father, see, 
the skirt of tl 

rube, and hill- 
ed the-. 

in mine 

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Saut ccbiovjledgeth his fault. 

had made an end of speaking these words 
unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice 
my sen David ? And Saul lifted up his 
voice and wept. 
17 And he said to David, Thou art more 
. til n I : for thou hast rev/ arced 
me good, whereas 1 have re wain, 
evil. 

18 And then hast shewed this d 
that thou hast dealt well wit 
much as when the Lord had deli . 
into thine hand, thou i not. 

, Will he 
- . go well away i W.ere. *re the 
a-ChatUioUhast 
j i to me this c 

know well that 
thou shall 

:: 

efbreunto.me bylh? 
Lord, that then wilt not cut olff 

t destroy 
iher's house, 
id sware unto Saul. And 
. s : home ; But David and nib men 

1 them op unto the J 

'CHAP. XXV. 
I diet/i, 10 David provoked to de- 
stroy KabaL 14 Abigail by /.•• r 

. in. 35 jVabai 
Darn gail mid JUiinoam to 

be his drives. 

A.l the Israel- 
nd la- 
mented him, and buried him in his house 
i '. - vid nrobe, and went 
.j.s ofParau. 

2 And . - iMaon, whose 
possessions %w in Carmel; and the man 
was very great] 

sheep and. a thousand 

mg men, 

th"at li- 

to thee, 

peace be 

i. 



David provoke d to kill A abaL Chap 

8 Ask thy y oun g mei rill sh e w 
. Wherefore let the young men find 

favour in thine - in a 

good day : 
cometh to r . 
» to thy son David. 

9 And when David's young m< n 
they spake to N ib 

words in the nam ased. 

10 *i At: I 

is the son . 

vants nov. every 

m,'«n from Lib master. 

11 Shall I th r^ad, and my 

. I have billed for 
men, whom 

i turned their 
and went . ime and told 

knd David said unto bs men. Gird 
. And they 

< a his sword: i nd there 
up after D >ur hundred 

. . . . .' : odi sd abode by the 

.'Jut one of the n told A- 

J.'Livid 
- 
mnn sd on mem. 

15 But the men ::• re verj 

id we 

16 XI 

/eve. with 

17 N 
agah ■ 

IB T and took 

that 

I 

all th 

' .into the 

. ■ 



. xxv. Abigau 

tuhi to hi:n by the morning 
pisseth 

fore D-v 
to th : ground* 

24 And fell I 
me, my I i 

thine handmaid* 

25 Lei ', I pray thee, regard 

: 

name 2.?, sou lie; Nabal is his name, and 
iolly 13 with him: but I thine handmaid 
saw not the young men oi my loJo, whom 
. send. 

w, therefore, my lord, a? the Lord 
thy sou) iiw 
holdan theefi 
shed blood, and from i 
tliine own nan line enemies, 

my lord, be as 

this b!e?sin£ which thine. 

lord, let 

the young men: that 

./lord. 

ly make my lord a so re 

. 
29 Yt : 

■ J^'i»i : but t. 

the L- id thy G-'7i! ; 

(U out of 

hen the 

I ■ 

! 

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* I 
] 

; 

: 

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I 



II 



JDq i id taketh Migail to wife. 

which she 

her, Go up in peace to i trie] see, 

have hearkened to thy voice, and ha\ e ac- 
cepted thy person. 

36 *if And Abl^'iil c?me to Nuba! ; and, 
behold, he held afeastin his house like the 
feast of a king; and Nabal*s heart was 
merry within him, for he was very drunk- 
en : wherefore she told him nothing )Il_ Li- 
more, until the morning light. 

37 But it came to pass in the morning, 
when the wine was gone out of Nana:-, an 
his wife had told him these things that in., 
heart died within him, and he became as a 
stone. 

38 And it came to pass about ten days 
a/if?-, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he 
died. 

39 «[ And when Davidher 
was dead, he said, Dieted be the Lord, that 
hath pleaded the cause of my re 
from the hand pf Nabal 
servant from evi! : forme Lord h 
turned the wickedness of >7ul 

o vvn he; id. And David sent and c . , 

«d with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. 

40 And when the servants of David w'ei e 
^come to Abigail to Carmel, the) spakeun- 
to ner^ saying, David sent us unto thee, 
to take thee to him to wife. 

41 And she arose, and bowed herself On 
her fan to the earth, and said, Behold, 
let thine ha d /ant to wash 
the -feet of the servants of n:v loa d. 

42 And 
rode upon; 

the messengers of David, andbecame his 
wife. r* 

43 David also took Alii nwi 

and thev were also b rfihofthem his wives. 

44 But dial his daugh- 
ter, David's wife to . lalti bhe son < i La- 
ish, which was ofGalHm, 

CHAP XXVI. 
1 Said cometiito Hochilah against, Da rid. 
5 David in the tret, 

from tailing Saul) but taketh hu s/iear 
ridse* 

AHD the 7: unto Saul to 

Gib-. .n.vdi not David hide 

himself in the IviUofiiae'niiahji':'//^^ is be- 
fore Jeshirnou ? 

2 Then Saai arose, and went down to the 
wilderness ofZiph, having three 
chosen men of Israel with Irtm, to seek 
David in the wilderness of Ziph. 

3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hacfti- 

ich U before I tlie way. 

Rut David abode in the tojldei'ness, 
saw that Saul came after him into the wil- 
derness. 

4 David therefore sent put spies 
derstoodthat Saul was come in very deed. 



\MUEL. lie spareth Saul. 

5 If And Da* id arose, and came to the 

- ;e baul had pitched : and Dav id 

ehe! the -ace where Saul lay, and Ab- 

e sen of Ner, the captain of lushest : 

and ul lay in the trench, and the people 

pitched round about him. 

[ _ 6 Then answc red David, and said to A- 

himelech the Kittite, and to Abishai the son 

of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who 

will go down with me to Saul tothe camp ? 

shai said, I will go down with thee. 

David and Abishai came to the 

people by night : and, behold, Saul lay 

sleeping within the trench, and his spear 

stuck in die ground at his bolster : but Ab- 

nerand the people lay round-about him. 

8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath 
delivered thine enemy into thine hand this 
day ; now, therefore, let me smite him, 1 
pray thee, with the spear even tothe earth 
at otice, and, I will not smite Ipsa the sc- 



i frVe damsels of hers 



9 .and David s 
him hot: for, VY 

hand against the 



11 Thetardfo 

forth mine hand a 
ed; but, ] pray 
spear that is at hi 
pfwater,and letu 

12 So David 
cruise of water ft 



a gre i\ 



15 And David 
thou a valiant ma 
thee in Israel I W 
not kept thy lord t 
one of the people v. 
lord. 

16T7i»tkinff'fe 
done. 

tor, tl 

when 

I 
17 And a- 
said, Ti 
David said,// is my 



;aid to Abishai, Destroy 
ho can stretch forth his 
Lord's anointed, and be 

irthermore, ^jthe Lo?d 
shall smite him ; or his ( 

die ; en he shah descend ' 

rbkl dart I should stretch 
gainst the Lord's anoint - 
thee, lake thou now the 
s bolster, and the cruise 

took the spear and the 
om Saul's bolster ; and 
/ay, and no man saw i,'. 
;r awaked : for they wire 
-e a deei) sleep from the 
)on them. 

i went over to. the other 
he top of an hill ataro.i ; 
ig between them, 
cried to the people, and 
ifNer, saying, Answer- 
r r Then Ahner answer- 
art thou that criest to 

said to Ahner, Art net 

n ? atal. Who is like to 
herefore then hast thou 
he king ( for the 
i to destroy the king thy 

r.ot good that thou hast 
\\ liveth, ye art 

kept your inasr 
now see 



I 
>eice,my"iord,Q king. 



13 And he 

lord the 

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■ 

h'.i<l tl, 

: tor the 

CHAP. XX 1 

A I 



unci grace in thine eyes, let 

'. e me a place in some to\ 

• 

.'. 

sit in the 
Philistines was a full year 
ir months. 
I David j nd his men went i 

: For those 

Itants c; the . 

mto the laud of 

9 An • °.nd left 

. 

turned, and came to . 

rhaveyemade 

- 

nd against the scuth 

lermannorwo- 

I 

hedwelleth in the country of the 
•. 

i< ved David, saying, 

rael utterly to 

ray ser- 

, XXVIIT. 

», T a p. 

. 
i raise t/t v/i ! 

I 



i\ e iamilr 
f the land : 
are for im 



264 ^f witch raiselh Samuel. 

6 And when Saul inquired of the Lbfd, 
the Lord angered him net, neither by 
dreams, nor by Urim nor by prophets. 

7 % Then said Saul unto his servants, 
Seek me a woman that hath a familiar 
spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of 
her. Andhis servants said to him, Behold, 
there is a woman that hath a familiar spir- 
it at Ei 

8 And Saul disguised himself, and put 
on other raiment, and he went, and two 
men with him, arid they came to the wo- 
man by night : and lie raid, I pray thee, di- 
vine unto me by the f amiiiar spirit, and 
bring me him ujf , Whom I shall name unto 
theeT 

9 *!f And the woman said unto him Be- 
hold, then knowest what Saul hath done, 
how he hath cut off those 
jar spirits., and the wizard; 
Wherefore then layest ... : 
liie, to cause me to die ? 

ad baul sw&re to' her 'by fe Lord, 

saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no 

ment happen to thee forthis thing. 

11 Then said the woman. Whom shall I 
bring up unto thee ? And he said, Bring 
me up Samuel. 

12 And when the woman saw Samuel, 
she cried with a loud voice : and the wo- 
ke to Saul, saying,Why hast thou 

deceived me i for thou art 8aui. 

13 And the king said unto her, Be not af- 
raid : tor, What sawest then ? And the 
woman said unto Saul, 1 saw gods ascend- 
ing out of the earth. 

14 And lie said unto her, What form is 
he oi( And she said," An old man cometh 
up ; and he is covered with a mantle. And 
Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he 
stooped with his iace to the ground, and 
bowed himself. 

And Samuel said to Saul, Why 
uieted me, to bring me up ? 
, I am sore distressed ; 
tor the Phi.istines make war against me, 
and God is departed from me, and answer- 
em me no d s si by prophets, nor 
by dreams: therefore I have called thee, 
that thou njayest make known unto me 
what I shall 

16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then 
dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is 
departed from thee, and is become thine 
enemy ? 

17 And the Lord hath done to him, as 

Lord hath rent 
aom out of thine hand, and given 
it to thy neighbour, rotn to David : 

18 Because then obeyedst not the voice 
of the L ills fierce wrath 

nalek, therefore hath the Lord 
■■ tiling unto thee th 

19 Moreover, the Lard wiM also deliv- 



I. SAMUEL. She givelh Saul -Actuals. 

er Israel with thee into the hand of the 
Philistines ; and tomorrow shall thou and 
thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall 
deliver the host of Israel into the hand of 
the Philistines. 

20 Then Saul fell straitway all along on^ 
the earth; and was sore afraid, because of 
the words of Samuel : and there was no 
strength in him ; for he had eaten no bread 
all the day,mor all the night. 

21 And the woman came unto Saul, and 
saw that* he was sore troubled, and said 
unto him, Beheld, thine handmaid hath c- 
beyed thy voice, and 1 have put my fife in 
my hand, and have hearkened unto thy 
words which thou spakest unto me. 

22 Now, therefore, I pray thee, hearken 
thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, 
and let me set a morsel of bread before 
thee ; and eat, that thou mayest have 
strength, when thou goest on thy way. 

To But he retused, and said", I vvill net ' 
eat. Eut his servants, together with the 
woman, compelled him ; and he hearken- 
ed unto their voice. So he arose from the 
earth, and sat upon the bed. 

24 And the woman had a fat calf in the 
house ; and she hasted, and killed it, and 
took flour, and kneaded it\ and did bake 
unleavened bread thereof: 

25 And she brought it before Saul, and 
before his seryai its : and they did eat. Then 
they rose up, arid went away that night. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 Dabid marching with the Philistines^ : 
is disallowed by their princes. 6 Achish 
dismisseth him. 

NOW the Philistines gathered togeth- 
er all their armies to Aphek : and the 
Israelites pitched by a fountain which is 
in Jezreel. 

2 And die lords of the Philistines passed 
on by hundreds, and by thousands ; but 
David and his men passed on in the rere- 
ward with Achish. 

3 1 Then said the princes of the Philis- 
tines, What do tjiese Hebrews fayre? And 
Achish said unto' the princes of the Philis- 
tines, Is not this David, the servant ol Saul 
the king of Israel, wluch hath been with 
me these days, or these years, and I have 
found no fault in him since he fell mito me 
unto this day ? 

4 And the princes of the Philistines were 
wroth with him ; and the princes ot the 
Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow 
return, that he may go again to his place 
which thou hast appointed him,, and let 
him not go down with us to battle, lest in 
the battle he be an adversary to us : for, 
Wherewith should he reconcile himself un- 
to his master ( Should it not be with the 
heads of these men I 

5 Is not this David, of whom they sang 



one • 
his thou 
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xxx. David purtueth than. BfiS 

S And David inquired at the Lot 
big, Shall 1 pursue ..iter this troop 
1 overtake them : And lit- answered him, 
: for thou sha 
d without tail recover ail. 
I .vid weftt, he and the six hundred 
men mat were with him, and came to the 
where those that were left 

10 But David pursued, he and foul hun- 
dred men : for two hundred abode behind, 

faint that they could not go 
over die brook besor. 

11 And they found an Egyptian m the 
field, and brought him to David, and gave 

he did eat ; and they made 
kk water; * 
they gave him a piece of a cake of 
figs, and two dusters of raisins: and when 
he had eat it came again to him : 

for lie had eaten no bread, ncv drank any 
water, three days and three nights. 

13 And David said unto him, To whom 
belonged thou . p And Whence arc thou ? 
And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, 
servant to an Amalekitet and mv master 
left me, because three days agone 1 fell sick. 

14 we made an invasion i0o»theso«th 
oftheCherethites^anduponw coast which 
belong* ih to Judah, and upon the south cf 
Caleb ; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 

15 And David said to him, Canst thou 
bring me down to this company ? And he 
said, Swear unto me by God, that thou 
wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into 
the hands of my master, and 1 will bring 
thee down to this company* 

16 And when he had brought him down, 
behold, they wt respread abroad upon all 
the earth eating and drinking, andd 

i i die great spoil that they had 
taken out oi the land of the Philistines, and 
( utofthe land of Judah. 

17 And David smote them from the 
twilight even unto the eveni 

fthem, 
.. hundred young men,wh 
nd iled. 

18 And David recovered ill tl 

sd David 
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that the; i - ■ tnem: Da 

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265 David divide th the spell. II. SAMUEL, 

people that were with him : and when Da 



Saul and his sons are s'ain. 



them. 

22 Then answered all the wicked men, 
and men that went with 

aid, Because they went not 

We will not j lighted the 

spoi i that we 1 . : d , sa ve to every 

man hi l, that they may 

lead tttem away, and depart. 

23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, 
my brethren, with that which the Lord 

■ n us, who hath preserved us, and 
i ompany that came against 
us into cur hand. 

24 For, Who will hearken unto you in 
this matter r But as his part is that goeth 
down to the battle, so shallhis part be that 
tarrieth by the stuff; they shall part alike, 

25 And it was so from that day forward 
that he made it a statute and an ordinance 
ior Israel unto this day. 

26 And when David came to Ziklag,he 
sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, 
gV£h to his fi lends, saying, Behold a present 
for you oi the spoil of the enemies of the 
Lord ; 

27 To them which were in Bethel, and 
to them which serein south Ramoth, and 
to them which were! in Jattir, 

28 i\nd to them which wefe in Arpef, 
and to them which were in Siphmcth, and 
to them which were in Eshtemoa, 

29 And to them which were in Rachal, 
and to them which wt re in the cities of the 
Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in 
the cities of the Kemtes, 

30 And to them which were in Kormah, 
and to them which were in Chorashan 5 „nd 
to them which were in Athach, 

31 And to ihem which were in Hebron, 
and to all the places where David himself 
and his men were wont to haunt. 

CHAP, a 
I Saul having lest his army* and Ids sens, 
killeth himself. 

NOW the Philistines foueht against Is- 
I ; sud the men oi Israel fled from 
I te Philistines, and fell down slain 
in mount Gtfboa. 



2 And the Philistines followed hard up- 
on Saul and upon his sons ; and the Phi- 
listines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and 
Melchishua, Saul's sons. 

3 And the battle went sore against Caul, 
and the archers hit him ; and he was sere 
wounded oi the archers. 

4 Then said Saul unto his armourhearer, 
Draw thy sword, and thrust me through 
therewith ; lest these' uncircumcised come 
and thrust me through, and abuse me. 
Put his armcurbearer would not ; for he 
was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a 
sword, £nd fell upon it. 

5 And when his armourhearer saw that 
Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his 
sword, and died with him. 

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and 
his armourhearer, and ail his men, tiiat 
same day together. 

7 And when the men of Israel that were 
on the other side of the valley, and they 
that were en the other side Jordan, saw 
that the men of Israel fed, and that Saul 
and his sons were dead, they forsook the 
cities, and fled ; and the Philistines came 
and dwelt in them. 

8 And it came to pass on the morrow, 
when the Philistines came to strip the slain, 
that they found Saul and liis three sons 
fallen in mount Giiboa. 

9 And they cut off his head, and strip- 
ped off his armour, and sent into the land 
of the Philistines round about, to publish 
it in the house of their idols, and among 
trie people. 

10 And they put his armour in the house 
of Ashtarcth : and they fastened his body 
to the wall of Bethshan. 

ll*||And when the inhabitants of Ja* 
beshgilead heard of that which the Phi- 
listines had done to Saul ; 

12 AH the valiant men arose, and went 
all night, and took the body oi Saul and 
the bodies of his sons from the wall of Eeth- 
sh*n, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them 
there. 

13 And they took their bones, and bu- 
ried them under a tree at Jabeshjand last- 
ed seven days. 



The Second Book of Samuel. 
Otherwise called the Second Book of the Kings. 



CHAP. I. 
1 An Amalekiti : r the o- 

verthroiv.and accusing tdmsety of Saul's 
death, is slain* 

'VJ'OW it came to pass after the death 
•*A of Saul, when David 



from the slaughter of the AnHokites, and 

David had abode two days in Ziklag ; 

2 It came even to pass on the third day, 

-Id, a man came out Of the camp 

h his clothes rent, and earth 

■\ : and so it was, when he 



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268 Abne r slayeth dsahel. II. SAMUEL 

master Saul is dead, and also the house of he fell 
Judah have anointed me king over them, place 
8 % But Abner the son of Ner, captain ascon 
of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of down 
Saul, and brought him over Mahanaim ; 24 J 
§ And he made him king over Gilead,and A me 
over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and werei 
ever Ephraim, ana over Benjamin, and o- 
ver all Israel. ne ss : ) 

10 Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years , 25. 
old when he began to reign over Israel, and ered t 
reigned two years. But the house of • Ju- becai 
dah follchved'David. I anhil 

11 And the time that David was king in 
Hebron over the house of Judah was seven 
years and six monti is. 

12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the 
servants of Ishbosheth the sun of Saul, 
went out from Mahanahn toGibeon. 

13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, an d 
the servants of David, went out, and met 
together by the pool of Gibecn : and they 
gat down, the one on the one side of the 
pool, and the other on the other side oi the 
pooh 

14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the 
young men now arise, and play before us. 
And Joab said, Let them arise. 

15 Then there arose, and went over by 
number twelve of Benjamin, which fier- 
tained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and 
twelve of the servants of David. 

16 And they caught every one his fellow 
by the head, and thrust his sword in his j 
fellow's side ; so they fell down togeth- | 
er : wherefore that place was called Hel- ; 
kathhazzurim, which is inGibeon. 

17 And there was a very sore battle 
that day ; and Abner was beaten, and the 
men of Israel, before the servants of David. 

18 «f And there were three sons of Zer- 
uiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel ; | Hebron at br* 
and Asahel was as light of fooot as- a wild | 
roe. 

19 And Asahel pursued after Abner ; 
and in going he turned not to the right 
hand nor to the left from following Abner* 

20 Then Abner looked behind him, and 
said, Art thou Asahel i And he answered, 
1 am. 

21 And Aimer said unto him, Turn thee 
aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and 
lay thee hold on one of the young men, and 
take thee his armour, But Asahel would 
not tm , .'■ him. 

22 Ai id again to Asahel, 
Turn thee aside from following me : 
Wherefore should 1 smite thee to the 
ground r Mow then should i hold ap my 

Joab thy brother ( 

23 Howben., he refused to tui 



, jDavid waxcth •stronger, 

iown there, and died in the same 
and it came to pass, thai as many 
e to the place where Asahel fell 

tab also pursued after 

e sun went down when they 

hilj of Ammah, that li- 

ore Giah'by the way of the wiider- 



dren cl Benjamin gath- 
ogetlier after Abner, and 
,and stood en the top of 



en, ere 
ilowing 



1 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, un- 
less thou ladstsp ken aire men in "the 
morning the people had gone up every one 
j from following his brother. 

23 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the 
! people stood.still, and pursued alter Israel 
: no more, neither fought they any more. 

2? And Abner and his men walked all 
: that night through tine plam,-and passed o- 
'< ver Jordan, and went -through all Bithron, 
i and they came to Mahanaim. 

30 And Joab returned from following 
I Abner :and when he had gathered all the 
! people together, there lacked of David's 
servants nineteen men and Asahel. 

irvants ofD^vid had smitten 
nd of Aimer's mem so that 
and threescore men died. 



3lBut 
of Benja 
three mi 



, and bnri- 
■' hfe father 
end Joab and 
Ley came to, 



1 During 

strove 



' still waxcth 
:/ with Ish- 
bosheth, 12 re- 22 Joab 
killeth Abner, 23 ' h Jcab, 

Ntween 
the house of Saul and the house of 
David: but David igerafid 

stronger, and the house of Saul waxed 
weaker ai 

2 And un to DavioVwere sons born inHe- 
broii : and his first born was Amnon, of 
m the Jezreeiitess ; 

second, Chileab, of Abigail 

bal the Carmelite ; and the 

isalom the son ol'Maacah, the 

Talmai king of Geshur ; 
he fourth, Adonijah the son of 



• end of It ■•o;-e h ; raid the fifdi.bhephaliali the son 
ite him under the fifth rib, ofAuital.; 

ut behind hi i 5 Arid the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah 



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,\-e thee and to know 
thy going oat and thy coming in, and to 
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fore wicked men 
the peopl 



37 
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king] 

So 
Knoi 



/hen ail the people came; 
1 to eat meat while it was 
jw^re, sayings Sq do Gpdto 
so, if I taste bread, v. e ai 
sun be down. 

tithe people took notice o 
edthem : as whatsoever 
etsed all the peopie. 
I the people and all Israel 
, that it was not of 
foe son of Ner. 
lekragsaid unto his servg 
t that there is a prince an 
d en this day in Israel ? 
am this, day wealth though 



r ot evil ace 
HAP. IV. 



■UEL» David takHh Zion* 

the kins* this day of Saul, and of his seed. 

9 % And David answered Rechab and 
Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon 
the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the 
Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul 
out of all adversity, 

10 When one told me, saying, Behold, 
Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good 

I took hold of him, and slew him in 



Zifclag 
given hi 
11 He 
have sis 
house u 



who thought that I would have 
m a reward for his tidings : 
w much more, when wicked men 
in a righteous person in his owls 
bed? Shall I not therefore 



i, and cut oiif their 
i hanged them up 
. But they took 

and buried it in 
n HebronJ 

V. 
Izbron, to anoint 
6 He takelli Zi- 



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of Israel to 
spake, say- 
cl thy flesh. 



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thit< 



4 And ■ wiPa spn 1: 

tfa vi He was jive 

Id when the I \ • Sa il 

and Jonathan but of ji . 
b >k hii n up, and (eel : and ft t u v .- 
as she madejbastetoflee, tl 
and became lame. 
.->';she..h. 

.5 And the sons of Ri 
1 1 lite, Rechab 
about the':&at 
khbqshethj who lay en a t ' :: -. 

6 And they. Game thither h it 
of the house,.as t'hlugh the 
fetched'- wheat ; and tl 

, ;v h his 

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UAr. :d. and 

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to ccme. And. is this the mi 

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6 Then David put 

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j:i, be. His - 

and brought them t< 
cities ot 

9 \\ (h 

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,.i brought with bjun 
vessels oi :-i!\cr, ;.nd vessels of gold, and 
isst 
n Which also king David did dedicate 
uiit . the Lord, with the silver and gold that 
he had dedicated of all nations which he 
subdued ; 

12 Of Syria, and ofMoab, and 
children of Amincn, and oi the Phili 
and of Ainalek, and of the spoil of Hada- 
dezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 

whenjie 
returned h-ww smiting of the Syrians in 

me*:. 

I dom put he g irri < 

I his people. 
16 a i And Joab the son ol Zeruia 

b 

• son of Ah'' 

aver both the C 

itet ; and David's sons were Chief rulers. 
CHAP. I.. 

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AND David b id, 1 

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274, The Ammonites and Syrians II. SAMUEL, 



5 Then king David sent, and fetched 
him cut oi the house of Machir, the soncf 
Ammiei, from Lodebar. 

6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son cf 
Jonathan, the sen of Saul, was come unto 
David, he fell on his face, and did rever- 
ence. And David said, Mephibosheth. 
And he answered, Beheld thy servant ! 

7 If And David said unto kirn, Fear not : 
for 1 will surely shew thee kindness for 
Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore 
thee all the land of Saul thy father ; and 
thou shalt eat bread at my table contii lua lly. 

8 And he bowed himself, and said, What 
is thy servant, that thou shouidest lock up- 
on such a dead dog as 1 am ? 

9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's 
. servant, and said unto him, I have given 

unto thy master's son all that pertained to 
Saul, and to all his house. 

10 Thou, therefore, and thy sons, and 
thy servants, shall till the land for him, and 
thou shalt bring in theft nits, that thy roas- 
ters's son may have food to eat : but Me- 
phibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread 
alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen 
sens and twenty servants. 

11 Then said Ziba unto the king, Accord- 
ing to all that my lord the king hath com- 
manded his servant, so sh all thy sej 

As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall 
eat at my table, as one of the 

12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, 
whose name was Micah. And all that 
dwelt in the house of &ba were servants 
unsco MepMbcsheth. 

13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem : 
for he did eat continually at the king's table; 
and was lame on both his feet. 

CPAP. X. 
1 David's messengers sent t6C6mfort Ha- 
nun, are disgracefully treated. 6, 15 
The Ammonites and oyrians are over- 
come. 

AND it came to pass after this, that the 
king of the children of Ammon died, 
and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 

2 Then said David, 1 will shew kindness 
unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his fa- 
ther shewed kindness onto me. And Da- 
vid sent to comfort him by the hand of his 
servants for his father. And David's ser- 
vants came into the land of the children of 
Ammon. 

3 And the princes of the children cf Am- 
mon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest 
tkou that David doth honor thy father that 
he hath sent comforters unto 'thee ? Hath 
not David rather sent his servants unto 
thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, 
and to overthrow it I 

4Where'.oreUanuntookDavid'sservants 
and shaved oft'the one half of their beards, 
isiu cut off their garments in the middle, 



attacked and defeated. 

even to their buttocks, and sent them a- 
wa}'. 

5 When they told it unto David, he sent 
to meet them, because the men were great- 
ly ashamed : and the king said, Tarry at 
Jericho until your beards be grown, and 
then return. 

6 1 And when the children of Ammon 
saw that they stank before David, the chil- 
dren of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians 
of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, 
twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maa- 
cah a thousand men, and of Ishtoo twelve 
thousand men. 

7 And when David heard of ?V, he sent 
Joab, and all the host of the mighty menj 

8 And the children of Ammon came out, 
and put the battle in array at the entering 
in cf the gate: and the Syrians c 

and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, 
were by themselves in the field. 

9 When Joab saw that the front of the 
battle was against him before and behind, 
he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and 
put them in array against the Syrians : 

10 And the rest of the peoplehe deliver- 
ed into the hand of Abishai his brother, 
that he might put them in array against the 
children of Ammon. 

11 And he said, If the Syrians be too 
strong for me, then thou shalt help me: 
but if the children of Ammon be too strong 
for thee, then I will come and help thee. 

12 Ee of good courage, and let vis play 
the men for our people, and for the cities 
of our God : and* the Lord do that which 
seemeth him good. 

13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people 
that were with him, unto the battle against 
the Syrians : and they fled before him. 

14" And when the "children of Ammon 
saw that the Syrians were fled, tl 
they also before" Abishai and entered into 
the city. So Joab returned from the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 

15 if And when the Syrians saw that 
they were smitten before Israel, they gath- 
ered themselves together. 

16 AndHadarezer sent and brought cut 
the Syrians that were be; end the river : 
and they came to Keiam ; and Shobach 
the captain of the host of Kadarezer went 
before them. 

17 And when it was told David, he gath- 
ered all Israel together, and passed over 
Jordan, and came to Helam. And the 
Syrians set themselves in array against Da- 
vid, and fought with him. 

18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; 
and David slew the men seven hundred 
chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand 
horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain' 
of their host, who died there. 

19 And when ail the kings tH&l were ser- 



vunts to Haci?rezer 

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him, he 

n drunk ; and at • 

I but went n >t down to his I 

ftertoJoab,a 
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276 NaXharf s parable, II. SAMUEL. 

'parable to David, tvho vonfesseth his sin, 



Solomon is born. 



54 Sclcrnonisborn. 26 Kabbah is taken. 

AND the Lord sent Nathan unto Da- 
vid. And he came unto him, and 
said unto him, There were two men in one 
city ; the one rich and the other poor. 

2 The rich ir.an had exceeding many 
Socks and herds : 

3 But the poor man had nothing, save 
cue little ewe lamb, which he had bought 
and nourished up : and it grew up together 
with, him and with his children ; it did 
eat of his own meat, and drank ofcvis own 
cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto 
him as a daughter. 

4 And there came a traveller unto the rich 
man, and he spared to take of his own flock 
and of his own heard, to dress for the way- 
faring man that was come unto him ; but 
took the poor man's Iamb, and dressed it 
for the man that was come to him. 

5 And David's anger was greatly kin- 
died against the man ; and he said to Na- 
than, As the Lord liveth, the man that 
hath done this thing shall surely die : 

6 And he shall restore the iamb four fold, 
because he did this things and because he 
had no pity. 

7 *i! And Nathan said to David, Thou 
art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel,! anointed thee king over Israel, 
and i delivered thee out of the hand of 
Saul ; 

8 And I gave thee thy master's house, 
and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and 
gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah ; 
and if Ma? had been too little, I would 
moreover have given unto ihee such and 
such things. 

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the 
commandment of the Lord to do evil in 
his sight ? Thou hast killed Uriah the 
Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his 
wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him 
with the sword of the children of Amnion. 

10 Now, therefore, the sword shall ne- 
ver depai t from thine house ; because thou 
hast despised me, and hast taken thewiie 
of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife, 

11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
raise up evil against thee cut of thine own 
house, and I will take thy wives before 
thine ey< . hem unto thy neigh- 

sha3] he with thy wives indie 
! 



udidsttf secretly: but I will j alcity. 



of the Lord to blaspheme ; the child als» 
that is born unto thee shall surely die. 

15 And Nathan departed unto his house. 
And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's 
wife bare unto David, and it was very 
sick. 

16 David therefore besought God for 
the child ; and David fasted, and went in 
and lay all night upon the earth. 

17 And the elders of the house arose, 
and -vent to him, to raise him up from the 
earth : but he would not, neither did he 
eat bread with them. 

18 And it came to pass on the seventh 
day that the child died. And the servants of 
David ieared to tell him that the child 

lead : for they said, Behold, while 
the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, 
and he would not hearken unto our voice : 
How will he then vex himself, if we tell 
him 1 hat the child is dead ? 

19 But when David saw that his ser- 
vants whispered, David perceived that the 
child was dead : therefore David said un- 
to his servants, Is the child dead I And 
they said, He is dead. 

20 Then David arose from the earth, 
and washed, and anointed himself] and 
changed his apparel, and came into the 
house of the Lord and worshipped : then 
he came to his own house; and when he 
required, they set bread before him, and 
he did eat. 

21 Then said his servants unto him, 
What thing is this that thou hast done? 
Thou didst fast and weep for the child, 
while it way alive ; but when the child 
was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 

22 And he said, While the child was yet 
alive, I fasted and wept : for I said, Who 
can tell whether God will be gracious to 
me, that the child may live ? 

23 But now he is dead, Wherefore should 
I fast I Can I bring him back again 1 1 shall 
go to him, but he shall not return to me. 

24 "11 And David comforted Bathsheba 
his wife, and went in unto her, and by 
with her : and she bare a son, and he cal- 
led his name Solomon : and the Lord lo- 
ved him. 

25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan 
the prophet; and he called his name ied- 
idiah, because of the Lord. 

261AndJoab fought against Kabbah of 
the children of Amnion, and took the roy- 



;] etoreall Ibiaei, and before 
the sun. 

13 And David said unto Nathan, I have 
• the Lord. And ) 

i.oid also hath put 
halt not die. 

eed thou 
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27 And Jcab sent messenger's to David, 
and raid, I have tought against Rabbah, 
and have taken the city of waters. 

23 Now, therefore, "gather the rest of 
the people together, anci encamp i 
the city, and'tak.e it : lest i take the city, 
ftpd ic "oe called after my name. 

.vid gathered all l>e people 



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II. SAMUEL. 



Joab suborneih the widow* 



the king said unto him, Why should he go 
with thee ? 

2~But Absalom pressed him, that he let 
Amncn and ail the kMg'ssons go with hiih. 

28 Now Absalom had commanded his 
servants, saying, Mark ye how when Am- 
ncn's heart "is merry with wine, and when 
I say unto you, Smite Amncn ; then kill 
him, fear not : have not I commanded you ? 
Ee courageous, and be valiant. 

29 And the servants of Absalom did un- 
to Amnoh as Absalom had commanded. 
Then all the king's sens arose, and every 
man gat him up upon his mule and fled. 

30 And it came to pass, while they were 
in the svay, that tidings came to David, say- 
ing, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, 
and there is not one of them left. 

31 Then the king arose, and tare his 
garments, an;: h- yen the earth ; and all his 
servants stood by with their clothes rent. 

32 And Jonadab, the son of Shifheah Da- 
vid's brother, answered and said, Let not 
mv lord suppose that they haveslain all the 
young fhen the king's sens ; for Amncn 
only is dead : for by the appointment of 
Absalphi this hath been determined ircm 
the day that he forced his sister Taroar. 

23 Now, therefore, let net my lord the 
king take the thing to his heart, to think 
that all the king's sens are dead : tor Am- 
ncn is only dead. 

34 Be t Absalom Red, And the young m an 
that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and 
looked, and behold, there came much peo- 
ple by the way of the hill side behind him. 

35 And Jonadab said unto the king. Be- 
hold, the king's sens come : as thy ser rant 
said, so it is. 

36 And it came to pass as soon as be had 
made an end of speaking, that, beh ,lh, the 
king's sonH came, and lifted up their yoke 
andwept ; and the king also and all his ser- 
vants wept verv sore. 

37 *[ But Absalom ilea, and went toTal- 
mai, the son of Ammihi idyfcing of Geshur. 
And DcrvidiYiomneA for his son < i\ ry day. 

38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, 
and was there three years. 

39 And the sold qA'ing David longed to 

fo forth unto Absalom : for he was com- 
a-ted concerning Amncn, seeing he was 
dead. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 /cq/j, subormng a widmo of Te'koch to 
incline the king's h ra^t to fetch liome 
Jibmlvin, 21 hriftgethltimto Jerusalem, 

NOW Joab die son oi Zeruiah perceiv- 
ed that the king's heart waa toward 
Absalom. 

2 And Jcab sent to Tekoah, and fetched 
dunce a wise woman, and said unto her, 1 
pvay thee feign thyself to be a mourner, 
and put on now mourning apparel, and a- 



noint net thyself with oil, but be as a wo- 
man thatsbad a long time mourned for the 
dead : 

3 And come to the king, and speak on 
this manner unto him. bo Joab put the 
words in her mouth. 
4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake 
to the king, she fell en her face to the 
ground, and did obeisance, and said. Help, 

king. 

5 And the king said unto her, What ail- 
eth the ? And she answered, I am indeed 
a widow woman,and mine husband is dead. 

6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and 
they two strove together in the field, and 
there was none to part them^ bi# the sue 
smote the other, and slew him. 

7 And behold, the whole family is risen 
against thine handmaid* and theysaidjDe- 
liver him that smote his brother, that we 
may kill him for the life of his brother 
v hoih be slew ; and we will destroy the 
heir also : and so they shall quench my 
coal which is left, and shall not leave to my 
husband neither name nor remainder up- 
on the earth. 

8 And the king said unto the woman,Go 
to thine house, and I will give charge con- 
cerning thee. 

9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto 
the king, My lord, Oking, the iniquity be 
on me, and on my father's house : and* the 
king and his throne be guiltless. 

10 And the' king said, Whosoever srith 
aright unto thee, bring him to me, and he 
shall :v t conch thee an:" more. 

11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the 
king remember the Lord 'thy God, that 
then wouldest not suffer the revengers of 
bleed to destroy any more, lest they destroy 
my son. And he sa id, As the Lord liveth , 
'.here shall net one hair of thy son fall to 
the earth. 

12 Then the woman said, Let thine 
handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word 
unto my lord the king, And he said, Say on. 

13 And the wbrhan said, Wherefore 
then hast then thought such a thing against 
the people of God? For the king doth 
speak this thing as one which is faulty, in 
that the king doth not fetch home again 
Ida banished, 

14 For we must needs die, and are as 
water spilt on the ground, which cannot be 
gathered up again : neither doth God res- 

1 >ec ', any p erson ; yet doth he devise means, 
that his banished 6e not expelled from him. 

15 Now, therefore, that » am come to 

$ ..ins thing unto my lord the king, 
it ^because the people have made me air- 
raid: and thy handmaid said, I will no* 
speak unto the king ; it may be that the 
■ni the request of his hand- 
maid. 



Atw&mC* re:. t 'I ap. xv. 

16 For the kingwiD 1 ear, to deliver his 
handmaid out of die hand ot the man thai 
i-jQidd desti*oy me and my s 
of the inherit 

17 Then thine handmaid said, The 
word ot my lord the king shall now be 
comfortable: for as an angelof (< 
my lord the king to di d bad : 
therefore the .Lord tivj G>xl will be with 
thee. 

18 Then th 
unto the woman ie, 1 pray 
thee, me e. And 

: iv.\ lord the b 

\j An hand of 

i And the woman 

v eth, my 

n to tlie right 

it my lord 

• this form of speech 

thing, and 

to the wisdom 

oi'an angel of God, t • I £"* that 

irth. 

■ • \ igsaid unto Jcab, Be- 

vz done this thing; go there- 

;man Absalom again. 

to the ground on his 

lid thanked the 

h that 1 h a\ 

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king said, Let him turn to 

wnhou e 
r.c.c. 

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30 Therefore he said unto bis servants, 
See, Joab's field is. near mine, and hehath 
barley there ; go, and set it on fire. And 
Absalom's sen ants set die field on fire. 

31 Taea Joabaro.se and came to Absa- 
lom unto Aw house, and said unto hihj, 

re have thy servants set n 

Absalom answered Joab. Behold, 
1 bent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that 
lring,tosay,V 
.i Geshur? It had 
- ! 
let me seethe king's tape; 
and ifthere be any iniquity in me, let him 
kill me. 

•'->■> 9© J the king, and told 

him. And when hehad called for Absa- 
. ng,andbow« 

d before the 
king. Andthe king kissed Absalom. 
Cft AT. XV. 

Hemak racy, 13 1)a\ 

. nu 

AND it came to pass after tlvs, that 
Absalom prepared him chariots and 
horses, and fifty men to run before him. 

2 And Absalom roseupeariy, and stood 
beside the way or the gate : and W 
that when any man that h >d a controversy 
came to the king forjuclgment, thru Absa- 
lom called onto him, and said, Of what ci- 
ty art thou i And hi \ ant is 
of one of the tribes or . 

him, See, thy 

od and light ; but there ia 

no man depute . io lava thee. 

i Absalom said moreover, Oh, 
were made judge in the land, that every 
mau whit ii h ; . re iuse might 

come unto me, and l would do him , 
_ 5 And it was SO) that when any man came 
nigh to /////Mod.) him obeisance, he put 
forth his band) and took him, an I kisse I 
hj o. 

t did A 1 ' alom to -ill 
Israe! thai came t<> the king for ju 
k the hearts ol uu 
Israel. 
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which 1 
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while 1 

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280 David feethfromJeruwkm. II. SAMUEL. 



Absalom's treason. 



11 And with Absalom went two hun- 
dred men out of Jerusalem, that <were call- 
ed : and they went in their simplicity, and 
they knew not any thing. 

12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel 
the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his 
City, even from Giloh, while he offered sac- 
rifices. Ajadtaeeonspiracy was^strpng; for 
the people increased continually with Ab- 
salom, 

13 % And there came a messenger to 
David, saying, The hearts of the men of 
Israel are after Absalom. 

14 Arid David said unto all his servants 
that-Tw re with him at Jerusalem, Arise,and 
let us flee : for we shall not else escape 
from Absalom : make speed to depart, lest 
he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil up- 
on us, and smite the city with the edge oi 
the sword, 

15 And the king's servants said unto the 
king, behold, thy servants are ready to do 
whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 

16 And the king went forth, and alibis 
household after him. And the king left 
ten -women, ivliich were concubines, to keep 
the house. 

17 And tfceking went forth, and ail the 
.people after him, and tarried in a place that 
was far off. 

18 And all his servants passed 1 on beside 
.him : and all the Cherethhes, and all the 
Pelethiies, and all the Gittires, six hundred 
men which came after him from Gath, 
passed on before the king. 

19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, 
wherefore goest thou also with us ? Return 
to thy place, and abide with the king : for 
thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 

20 Whereas thou earnest but yesterday. 
Should I this day make thee go up and 
down with us I Seeing 1 go whither I may ; 
return thou, and take back thy brethren : 
mercy and truth be with thee. 

21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, 
As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king 
tfveth, surely in what place my lord the king 
shall be, whether in death or life, even 
there also will thy servant be. 

22 And David said to Ittai, Go, and pass 
over. And Ittai the Gittite passed ever, 
and all his men, and all the litde ones that 
were wiih him. 

23 And all the country wept with a loud 
voire, and all the people passed over. The 
king also himself passed over the brook 
Kidron, and all the people passed over 
toward the way of the wilderness, 

24 And lo, Zadok also and all the Le- 
t,v were withhim, bearing the ark of the 
covenant of God: and they set down the 
ark of God; und Abiathar went uj , until all 
the | \ the 
c*tv. 



25 And the king said unto Zadok, Car- 
ry back the ark oi God into the city : if I 
shall had favour in the eyes of the 'Lord, 
he will bring me again, and shew me both 
it, and his habitation : 

-• - "- if he :hus say^ 1 have no delight 
, here am I, let hini do to me 
-- see oei jgoc 1 unto turn. 

27 Tiie king said also unto Zadok the 
priezc, Art nc thou a seer I Return into 
the city in peace, and your two sons with 
you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the 
son of Abkthav. 

28 gee, 1 will tarry in the plain of the 

:s, until there come word from 
you to certiiy me. 

dok, therefore, and Abiathar car- 
ried the ark of God again to Jerusalem ; 
and they tarried there, 

30 And David went up by the ascent of 
mount Olivet, and wept as he went up 

and had his head covered, and he went 
bai *.oot : and ah the people that was with 
him covered every man his head, and they 
went up, weeping as they went u-; 

31 And one told David, saving, Ahitho- 
phel is among the conspirators with Absa- 
lom. And David said, O Lord, I pray 
thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into 
foolishness. 

m 32 And it came to pass, that when Da- 
vid was come to the top of the mount, 
where he worshiped God, behold, Hushai 
th$ Archite came to meet him, with hi3 
coat rent, and earth upon his head : 

33 LTnto whom David said. If thou pas- 
sest on with me, then thou shalt be a bur- 
den unto me. 

34 But it thoti return to the city, and say 
unto Absalom, I via be thy servant, O king" ; 
as I have been thy father's servant hither- 
to, so willl now also be thy servant : then 
mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of 
Ahithophel, 

35 And, Hast thou not there with thee 
Zadok and Abiathar the priests ? There- 
fore it shall be, that what thing soever thou 
shalt hear out of the king's house, thou 
shalt teli it to Zadok and Abiathar the 
priests. 

36 Behold, they have there with them 
their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and 
Jonathan, Abiathar's son : and by them ye 
shall send unto me every thing that ye can 
hear. 

37 So Hushai David's friend came into 
the city, and Absalom came into Jerusa- 
lem. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Ziba by false suggestions obtaweth his 
master's inheritance. 5 Shimei curseth 
David. 9 David abstainelh and re- 
straineih others from revenge* 20 A- 
hithofikePs counsel. 






L.U-.p. >.V!J. 



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pip era two 

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meanest thou I ;. 

drink. 

: where is thy 
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the . 

.11 king David came to Ba- 

. tencecame out a man of 

- name 

came 

forth, and cursed still as 

nd at all 
king David : and all the 
nd all the n, 

curse- 1. 
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bidden him. 

qu. 

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dust. 

I the king, and all the pe ; 
wre with bhU, came weary, and i 

15 And • .d all the people the 

Jerusalem, and A- 

t him. 

A 

- king. 

. Is this 
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: .nd . ? 

.'. unto Absalom, Nay ; 
but whom the Lord and this peo; 

■. his \vili I be, 

19 And again, Whom should I - 

ceof his 
. in thy father's pre .- 
i tence. 
i_V.cn said Absalom to Ahhhophe^ 
give* counsel among you what we shall dv. 
21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 
Go in unto thy father's concubines which 
he hath left to keep the house ; and all Is- 
rael shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy 
father: then shall the hands of all mat 
arc with thee be strong. 

mey spread Absalom a tent upon 
the top of the house: and Absalom %vcnt 
in unto his father's concubines, in th< 
of all Israel. 

23 And the counsel of Ahlthqpbelwoich 

he counselled m those dan s, vxn as if a man 

h- d inquired at the cracie of God : so SMH 

of Ahithophel both with 

David and wit 

CHAP. XVII. 
. fihePa counsel i* overthrown I>v 
Hush ... f to God's i 

mi tit. la Secret i 

Ml )REOVER, AhithoptH 

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282 EushaVs counsel accepted. II. SAMUEL, 

lom. Absalom spake unto him, saying, 
Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner * 
Shall we do after his saying I If not, speak 
thou. 

7 And Ilushai said unto Absalom, The 
counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not 
good at this time. 

8 For said Kushai, thou knowest thy 
father and his men, that they be mighty 
men and they be chafed in their minds, as 
a bear robfeed of her whelps in the field : 
and thy father is a man of war, and will 
not lodge with the people, 

9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in 
some other place : and it will come to pass, 
when some of them be overthrown at the 
first, that whosoever heareth it, will say, 
There is a slaughter among the people that 
follow Absalom. 

10 And he also that is valiant, whose 
heart mj as the heart of a lion, shall utterly 
melt : for all Israel knoweth that thy iatl ler 
is a mighty man, they which be with him 
ere valiant men. 

11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel 
be generally go thered unto thee, from Dan 
even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by 
the sea for multitude ; and that thou go to 
battle in thine own person. 

12 So shall we come upon bin in some 
place where he shall be found, and we will 
light upon him as.the dew faileth on the 
ground : and of bim and of all the men 
that are with him there shall not be left so 
much as one. 

13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, 
then shall ail Israel bring ropes to that ci- 
ty, and we will draw it into the river, un- 
til there be not one small stone found there. 

14 And Absalom and ail the men of Is- 
rael said, The counsel of Hushai the Ar- 
chke is better than the counsel of Ahitho- 
phel, For die Lord had appointed to defeat 
the good counsel of Ahithcphei, to the in- 
tent that the Lord might bring evil upon 
Absalom. 

15 f Then said Kusbai unto Zadok and to 
Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did A- 
hithophe: counsel Absalom and the elders of 
Israel ; and thus and thus have I counselled. 

16 Now, therefore, send quickly, and 
tell David, saying, Lodge not mis night in 
the plains of the wilderness, but speedily 
pass over ; lest the king be swallowed up, 
and all the people that are with him. 

IT Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by 
Enrage] : for they might not be seen to come 
into the city : and a wench went and told 
them : and they went and told king David. 

13 Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and 
told Absalom : but they went both of them 
away quickly, and Came to a man's house 
in Bahurim, which S>ad a well in his court ; 
whither they went down. 



Ahithophel hangetti hiirweLf. 

' 19 And the woman took and spread a 
; covering over the well's mouth, and spread 
. ground com thereon ; and the thing was 
| not known. 

20 And when Absalom's servants came 
to the woman to the house, they said,Where 
i is Ahimaaz and Jonathan ? "And the wo- 
man said unto them, they be gone over the 
j brook of water. And when they had sought 
I and could not find them, they returned to 
j Jerusalem. 

| 21 And it came to pass after they were 
| departed, that they came up out of the well, 
j and went and told king David, and said 
j unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over 
i the water : for thus hath Ahithophel coun- 
; selled against you. 

j 22 Then David arose, and all the peo- 
j pie that were with him, and they passed o- 
ver Jordan: by the morning light there lack- 
not one ot them that was not gone over 
Jordan. 

23 TT And when Ahithophel saw that his 
counsel was not followed, he saddled his 
ass, and arose, and gat him home to his 
house, to his city, and put his household in 
order, and hanged himself, and died, and 
was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 

24 Then David came to Mahanaim. 
And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and 
all the men of Israel with him. 

25 And Absalom made Amasa captain 
ol the host instead of Joab. Which Ama- 
sa was a man's son whose name was Ith- 
ra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the 
daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Jo- 
ab's mother. 

26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the 
landofGilead. 

"27 And it came to pass, when David wa s 
come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of 
Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Am- 
nion, and Machir the son of Ammiei of 
of Lodebar, and Barzilla the Gileadite of 
Rogelirn, 

28 Brought beds, and basons, and earth- 
en vessels, and wheat, and barley, and 
flour, and parched com, and beans, and 
lentiles, and parched pulse, 

29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, 
and cheese of kine, for David, and for the 
people that were with him, to eat. For 
they said, The people is hungry and wea- 
ry, and thirsty in the wilderness. 

CHAP. XV11I. 
1 David viewing the armies, giveth them 
charge of Absalom. 9 Absalom is slain 
by Joab. David lamentethfor him. 

AND David numbered the people that 
were with him, and set captains of 
( thousands and captains of hundreds over 
them. 

2 And David sent forth a third part of 
the people under the hand of Joab, and a 



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284 David mournetkjor Absalom. II. SAMUEL, 

29 And the king said, Is the young man 
Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answjeredu 
When Joab sent the king's servant, and 
me thy servant. I saw a great tumult, but 
1 knew not what it •was* 

30 And theking said unto him, Turn a- 
skle, and stand here. And he turned a- 
side: and stood still. 

31 And, behold, Cushi came, and Cushi 
said, Tidings, mv lord the king: for the 
t.erd hath. averted thee th'-day of all 
them that i eua . i dust thee. 

32An(Mhekn 
young man Abss 
swered, The en< 
and all that rise 



lie • And Cushi aa- 
ofmy lord the king, 
)st thee to do thee 
hurt, be as that young matte's. 

33 *ft And the* king wfl much, move.:, 
and went up to the chamber over the gate, 
and wept : and as he went, thus he said, 

my son Absalom, my son, my son Ab- 
salom : would God I had died for thee, O 
Absalom, my son, my son ! 

CKA;, XIX, 

1 Joab caul?- /.''.'-• k c cease his rnvur- 
i 'iff. 9 The Israelites bring the king 
back. 11 David sendelh to the priests to 

' incite them ofJudali. 16 Shimei is iiar- 
doned. 

AjSD it was told Joab. Behold, the king 
weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. 

2 And the victory that coy was turned 
into mourning unto all the people : for the 
people heard say that day how the king 
was grieved for his sen. ' 

3 And the people gat them, by stealth 
that cay into the city , as people being a- 
shamed steal away when they flee in bat- 
tle. 

_ 4 But the king covered his face, and the 
king cried with a loud voice, Omiy son 
Absalom, (} Absaicm, my s«~>n my .son ! 



5 And Joab came 


into t 


ie house to the 


king, and said, Thci 


hast 


shamed this day 


tlie tapes of ah thy 


serv 


ante, which this 


day have saved thv 


life, 


and the lives of 


tlW sons andof, thy d 




ers, and the lives 


of thy wives, and tl 


L Y.\ 


as of thy concu- 


bines ; 






6InthattVn lev( 


t t 1 


inc enemies, and 


tliv friend . 


F( 


r then hast de- 


dared this d iy that 


tho i 


egardest neither 


princes nor sen ante 




this day I per- 


ceive tJi a if Absala 


) he < 


lived, and all we 


had died this da&tl 




had pleased thee 


well. 






7 Nov/ therefore s 


rise, 


go forth, and 



speak comibrtably unto thy servants : for 
I swear by tbeLcrd, if thou go not ibrth. 
there will not tarry one with thee this 

night: and th ■: a-e unto thee 

itbefeithee a- m thj youth 

.a the ha n? arose, and* sat in the 



Zhinid par dene d, 
gate. And they told unto all the people 
saying, Behold, the king' doth sit in the 
gate. And all the people came before 
the king ; lor Israel had iled every man to 
his tent 

9 % And all the pedfle were at strife 
throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying. 
The king saved us out of the hand of our 
enemies, and lie delivered us out of the 
hand of, the Philistines i and now beis fled 
out of the land fcr'Absipi. 

10 Ana Absalom v horn we anointed c- 
ver us, is dead in battle, Now, tfrerefere, 
Why speak ye not a v\ ord of bringing the 



ac a ; 



i and 



11 f And king David sent to Zac 
to Abiathar the priests saying, Speak un- 
to the eiders of Jud&h, saving, Why are } e 
the last to bring the king baek to his nouse ? 
seeing the speech of all Israel is ccme to 
the kingtT'd?i to his house. 

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my 
bones and my flesh : Wherefore then are 
ye the last to bring back the king ; 

la And say ye to Amas'a, Art then not 
of my bone and of my flesh I God do so to 
me and more also, if' thou be net captain 
of the host before me continually bathe 
room of Joab. 

14 And he bowed the heart of til the 
men of Judah,even as the heart c/one man ; 
so that they sent this word unto the king, 
Return thou and all thy servants. 

15 So the king returned, and came to 
Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal to go 
to meet the king, to conduct the king over 
Jordan. 

16% And Shimei the son of Gera, a 
Bcnjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted 
and came down with the men of Judah to 
meet king David. 

17 And there were a thousand men of 
Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant 
of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sens and 
his twenty servants with him : and they 
went over Jordan before the king. 

13 And there went over a ferry I >or t to 
carry over the king's household, and to 
do what he thought good. And Shimei 
the son of Gera fell down before the king- 
as he was come over Jordan ; 

19 And he said unto the king, Let not my 
lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do 
thou remember that which thy servant 
did perversely the day that my lord the 
king went out of Jerusalem, that the king 
should take it to his heart. 

20 For thy servant doth know that I 
have sinned: therefore, behold, lam 
come the first this day of all the house of 
Joseph to go clown to meet my lord the 
king, 

- Abishai the son of Zeruiah an- 
swered and said. Shall not Shin ei be pu» it, 













death foi . . : Lord's j 

anointed I ■ 

22 And Dav . I to do 

with yen, 
this day be advenu . L 

!>JPl: to deal! i this day in 
Israel i For, D 
dav kiir-r 

Thou *h 
unto!. 

pHloosheth the son 

. had nei- 
ther <]v. 'rimmed his 

from the 
day the 1 
came agt 

i when he was 
come to . the king, that 

hem? 

: 

. 1 may 
because 
. 

thy servant un- 

re w/jut 

im, Whj 

'. 

lord the kingi ce unto 

I 
down fi 

i 

I 

! I 

. 

ringing . 



36 Thy servant-wil 
Jordan with the king : 

recompense it me 

37 Let thy sen ant, 

1 fl^toj| in 
citv a^I be buried b^^Kfc'a 




:ld,th\ ser- 
Whn my 

at shall 



ofmymothen 

. let him 1 

and do to I 
good 
ind the king . 
shall go over with me, 
him that ood unto thee : 

and whatsoever . at me 

;.: i ci«^fct< 

39 And ull^^pe-rple went over Jor- 

id wiieWnc king v. is come c^ver, 
the king kissed 
and Le returned unl 

40 Then the king went on I 

- on with him. And all the 
• 
so half the people of] 

41 Andj the men of Israel 

\ a our brethren the men I i 
stolen tia i I have broUf 

king and his household, and Uil L)a\id"s 
men with him • 

i of Judah answered 
U near 
forethenbeye 
for this matter ? Ha\ 
the biae*&C08t¥ Or, Hath he given us any 

43 And the men of Israel answered the 
men u hidah, and said, we have ten parts 

e ; Why thi 

hadAbi ■, And the 

Bwordsofthe men 

. 
I 

city by 

! Hicnri, a I 



2,86 Amasa is slain. 



,vx appointed him. 
;aid to Abishai, Now ? 



•nof 
3 set 



the. house, and put them in ward, and fed 
them, but went not in unto them. So they 
were shut up unto the day of their death, 
living in widowhood. 

4 «| Then said the king to Amasa, As- 
semble me the men cf Judah within three 
days, and be tlJ^^Hrpresent. 

5 So Amasa wentto assemble the 
Judah : bua^^ffed longer than 
time whicjj 

6 And! 
Sheba theflB Bichri do us more harm 
than did $b$5om : take thcu thy lord's 
servants, and pursue after him, lest he get 
him fenced cities, and escape us. 

7 And there went out alter him Joab's 
men, and the Cherethite^Hid the Pele- 
thites, and all the mightyjKn : and they 
went out of Jerusalem toapursue after She- 
ba the son of Bichri. ' 

8 When they were at the great stone 
which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before 
them. AndJoab's garment that he had 
put on was girded unto him, and upon it a 
gir He with a sword fastened upon his loins 
in the sheath thereof: and as he went forth 
it fell out. 

9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in 
health, my brother ? And Joab took Amasa 
by the beard with the right hand, to kiss 
him. 

10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword 
that was in Joab's hand : so he smote him 
therewith in the fifth rz£, and shed out his 
bowels to the ground, and struck him not 
again ; and he died. So Joab and Abishai 
his brother pursued after Sheba the son of 
Bichri. 

11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, 
and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he 
that is for David, let him go after Joafe. 

12 And Amasa wallowed in blood^pthe 
midst of the highway. And when th^pian 
saw that all the people stood stiil^fie re- 
moved Amasa out of the highway into the 
field, and cast a cloth upon hiinj when he 
saw that every one thai came by him stood 
still. 

13 When he was removed out of the 
highway, all the people went on after Joab 
to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 

14 ■,[ And he went through all the tribes 
of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, 
and all the Berites : and. they were gath- 

gether, and went also'after him. 
id they came and besieged him in 
Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a 
bank against the city, and it stood in the 
trench: and all the people that were with 
Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 

16 "!f Then cried a wise woman cut of 
the city, Hear, hear 1 say, I pray you, un- 
to Joab, Come near hither, that 1 may 
speak with thee. 



theLar, 
tSse 
ier in Isi 



II. SAMUEL. Three years of famine. 

17 And when he was come near unto 
her, the woman said, Art thou Joab I And 
he answered, lain he. Then she said un- 
to him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. 
And he answered, I do hear. 

18 Then she spafce^pying, They were 
wont to speak in old time, saying," They 
shall surely ask counsel at Abel : and so 
they ended the matter. 

re peaceable 
leekest to de- 
stroy a city and a motheWf Israel : Why 
wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the 
Lord ? 

20 And Joab answered and said, Far be 
it,far be it from me,that I should swallow up 
or destroy. 

21 The matter £.9 not so: but a man of 
mount Ephraim, Siieba the son of Bichri 
by name, hath lined up his hand against 
the king, even against David. Deliver him 
only, and I will depart from the city. And 
the woman said unto Joab,Behoid, his head 
shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 

22 Then the woman went unto all the 
people in her wisdom ; and they cut off 
the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and 
cast it out to Joab, And he blew a trumpet, 
and they retired from the city, every man 
to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusa- 
lem unto the king. 

23 % Now Joab was over all the host of 
Israel : and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada 
was over the Cherethites, and over the 
Pelethites : 

24 And Adoram was over the tribute ; 
and Jehoshaphatthe son of Ahiiud was re- 
corder : 

25 And Shevawas scribe: andZadok 
and Abiathar were the priests : 

26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chiei 
ruler about David. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 The three year's famine for the Gibeon- 

ites cease by the hanging seven of Saul's 

sons. IQRizf luffs kindness unto the dead. 

12 David burieth the bones of Saul and 

Jonathan. 

THEN there was a famine in the days 
of David three years,vear after year : 
and David inquired of the Lord. And the 
Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his 
bloody house, because he slew the Gibeon- 
ites. , 

2 And the king called the Gibeonites, 
and said unto them ; (now the Gibeonites 
were not ol the children of Israel, but o 
the remnant of the Amorites ; and the; 
children of Israel had sworn unto them: 
and Saul sought to slay them, in his zeal to 
the children of Israel and Judah.) 

3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibe-i 
onif.es, What shall 1 do for you I and ; 
Wherewith shall I make the atonement 



Riz{iah'» fondness unto the dead. Chap* x:Ji. 

that ye may ble-s the inheritance of the 
ljord f 

4 And the Gi unto him, We 

will have no sih eyjor gok. 

• I 
man in Israel. And he said) Wha 
say, the 

osthatm 
ing in 
6 Let 

. 

dd, I will 

•n them, 

- 

o sons of Riz- 
shebare 

Adrielthe 

. hanged tlieni 

i vest. 

•. ofheav- 

- 

11 An . 

' took the bones 

■ i< h had 
•i tlieni, 

- 



David's thanksgiving. 237 

I Ishbi-benob, which VBf ot the 
sonsoi the giant,the weight of whose spear 
weighed three hundred si: .. 

. . 

iah suc- 
counjihi; 
' iiie^pim. 1 hen the nMJfljHB&vk 

tliou ^^Bp no 

idle, that^^Hnie:. 

- » 

-- 

^o^BwhicnSflpi the 

3 thcVLras i in Gi -• 

with the Piiiiistms, where F-lhaniii* the 
son of J. i. memite, slew 

t/ie brother of Goliath the Gi 
-•-•as like a wi 
I 
where was a man of firm/ stature, that 
nd six nngei s, 
. iur and twenty in number ; 
and he 9 to the giant. 

. he defied Isi 
: Shimeahthe brother of David 
n. 
22 These four were bom tc the giant in 
Gath, and tell by the hand of'Davi 
by the hand of his servants. 

CHAP. XXII. 

AM) David spake unto the Lord the 
ds of this song, fa the day thai 

. 

i\ fortress, and m) d 

»eG<»d of my rock ; in him will I 

trust T^k* is m\ n of my 

refuge, 

i in* ; iflpsuvc-st mefrt in 

- 




288 David's thanksgiving, l?c, 

10 He bowed the heavens alsc,anil came 
down ; ana darkness ?y<2* under his ' feet. 

11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did 
fly: and he was seen upon the wings of 
the wind 

tarkness pavilions 
waters, andMhick 

brightness before him 
lied. 
-U Tiie L M thundered from heaven, 
and the 1H |Higu uttered his voice. 

15 And he sent out arrows, and scatter- 
ed them: lightning, a: ted them. 

1 6 And thSBnels of Aea appeared , 
the foundations of the woJMpvere discov- 
ered, at the rebuking of f& Lord, at the 

the breath or hisjBostriis. 

17 He sent from above, he took me ; he 
drew me out of many, waters ; 

18 Ke delivered -me from my strong 
enemy, and from them that hated me : for, 
they were too strong for me. 

19 They prevented me in the day of my 
calamity : " but the Lord was my stay. 

20 He brought me forth also 'into a large 
place : he delivered me, because he de- 
Ughted in me. 



II. SAMUEL. His last words, 

35 He teacheth my hands to war : so 
that a bow of steel is broken by mine arm". 

36 Thou hast also given me the shield 
of thy salvation : and U^ gentleness hath 
made me great. 

37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under 
me ; so that my feet did not slip. 

38 I have pursued mine enemies, and 
lyttlil tfft ^ A> not again un- 



I have consumed them, and 
wounded them, that they could notarise: 
yea, they are fallen under my feet. . 

40 For thou hast girded me* with strength 
to battle ; them that rose up against me. 
hast thou subdued under me. 

41 Thou hast also given me the necks 
of mine enemies, that I might destroy 
them that hate me. 

42 They looked, but there was none to 
save ; even unto the Lord, but he answer- 
ed them not. 

43 Then did I beat them as small as the 
dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the 
mire of the street, and did spread them a- 
broad. 

44 Thou also hast delivered me from the 
strivings of my people, thou hast kept me 

: Lord rewarded me according i to behead of the heathen : a people which 
to my righteousness: according to the ! 1 knew not, shall serve me. 



sofmy hands hath he recom- 

22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, 
and have not wickedly departed from my 
God. 

• all his judgments were before 
nd asjor his statutes, I did not de- 
pavc from them. 

24 i was also upright before him, and 
have kept myself from mine iniquity .1 

25 Therefore the Lord hath recorrjflfcs- 
ed me according to my righte* usne^Kc- 
coraing to my cleanness in lis tyejfl^t. 

26 With the merciful thou wflrshew 

. ill, andjwith the upright man 
thou wilt shew thyself upright. 
w 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thy- 
self pure, and with the froward thou wilt 
thyself unsavory* 
id the afflicted people thou wilt 
save : but thine, jyes are upon the haugh- 
ty, that thou mayest bring them down. 

r \foouart my lamp, O Lord : and 
the Lord will lighten my darkness. 

3'.' F< .)■ by thee I have run through a troop : 
by ray God have I leajied over a wall. 

31 As for God, his way is perfect ; the 
word of the Lord is tried : he is a buckler 
to all them that trust in him, 

r, Who *s Gcd, save tlie Lord ? 
and, Who is a roc-:, save our God ? 

3j God 26 my strength and power ? and 
he maketh my "way perfect. 

•" maketh my feet like hinds' feet: 
and settcth me upoii my high places. 



45 Strangers shall submit themselves 
unto me : as soon as the}' hear, they shall be 
obedient unto me. 

46 Strangers shall fade away, and they 
shall be afraid out of their close places. 

47 The Lord li\ eth, and blessed be my 
rock ; and exalted be the Gcd of the rock 
of my salvation. 

48 It is God that avengeth me, and that 
bringeth down the people under me, 

49 And that bringeth me forth from 
mine enemies : thou also hast lifted me up 
on high above them that rose up against 
me : thou hast delivered me from the vio- 
lent man. 

50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, 

Lord, among the heathen, and I will 
sing praises unto thy name. 

51 Me is the tower of salvation for his 
king : and sheweth mercy to his anointed 
unto David, and to his seed for evermore, 

CHAP. XXIII. 

1 David's last words, setting forth the 
happiness and confidence of the just man, 
and the different state of the wicked. 8 
A catalogue of David's mighty men. _ 

NOW these be the last words oi David. 
David the son of Jesse said, and the 
man who was raised up on high, the a- 
nointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet 
Psalmist of Israel, said, 

2 The spirit of the Lord spake by me, 
and his word was in my tongue. 

3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of 



A catalogue of ■ Chap, 

Israel spake to me. He that ruleth over men 
must be just, ruling in the tear of God. 

4 And he shall be at, the light of the 
morning, when the si in a morn- 

ing without clouds*; aa the ten* 1 -. 
sfiringing out of the earth : 
utter rain. 

so with 

God ; yet he ligh m an ever- 

nt^rdeTwlMRww^o, and 

sure : f. i . . and all 

t > grow. 

6 Bu'. 

, because they 

CiUII; 

A touch them 

; 

. ned with 

3 of the mighty 

• 

Kznitc : 
it hundred 
time. 

.'jL-azer the son 

of the three 

dien they defied 

gathered 

I of Israel 

note the Philistines 

the Lord 

■on of A the Phi- 

listines were gathen i a troop 

and the rom the Philistines. 

and defended it, and slew the V ; 

and the L 

1 I And thr 

.i'l in the h 
timi 

, -itched in thi 

in i 

/Oh, that 

Ihe jj thr 

id the three might 

thn of the Phi 

brought i 

would net drink, then. 
unto the 1 . 

17 And he said, Be it Ea* from me, 



xxiii. David's mighty men, 28f 

Lord, that I should do this : Is not this the 
blood of the men that went in jeopardy ot 
their lives I Therefore he would not 
drink it. These tilings did these three 
mighty men. 

18 And Abishai the brother of Joab, the 
. Zeruiah, was chief among three. 

ed up his spear against three 
hundred, ami slew them y amfhad the name 
among three* 

19 Was he not most honorable of three ? 
therefore he was their captain : howbeit, 

unto the^ra/ three. 

the s. >n of Jehoiada, the 

sonofavaliaftmanof Kabzeel, who had 

done many &£s, he slew two lionlike men 

also and slew a 

lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow : 

21 And he blew an Eg qkUjf 
man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his 
hand ; bflt4i£ went down to him with a staff, 
and pluckecrVhe spear out oj the Egyp- 

ind,and slew hkn with hiso 

22 These tilings did Benaiah the son of 
ida, and had the name among three 

mighty men. 

I le was more honorable than the 
thirty, but he attained not to tho/irst three. 
And David set him over his guard. 

24 Asahelthe brother of Joab was one 
of the thirty ; Elhanan the son of Dodo of 
Bethlehem, 

25Shammah the Ilarodite, Eiika the 
II: in chte, 

26Hdcz the Paldte, Ira the son of Ik- 
ke ah the Teokke, 

27Abiezerthe Art Ihothite, Mebunnai 
the llushat'nite, 

38 Zahnon the Ahothite, Maharai the 
| 

ah, ;-. Neopha- 
ii tht bonofRibai outofGibeah of 
the chil< amin, 

athonite,Hiddaioftha 
■ 
,1 \!»i dbon die Arbathite, A n 

• Shaalbonite; of the sons 
n, Jonathi n, 

1 1 rnrite,Ahiam the 

son < i' Sh I rai i' 1- . 

the son 

lie s< II ol A- 

I brai thr. 

i ■ ih.in of Z bah, Rani 

irai thr 
Been th to Joab the sou 

liah, 

I stven 
in all. 



290 David numbereth the people, II. SAMUEL. 



His intercession to God. 



CHAP. XXIV. 

1 Dcaddforceth Joab to number the pec- 
file, 5 The captains after nine months 
end tvjenty days deliver in the number 
to the king. 10 David reptnieth, and, 
being obliged to choose one plague out 
of three named to him, fixeth on three 
days* pestilence. 15 After the death of 
seventy thousand in Israel,at David's 
humble suit , the angel is stayed from de- 
stroying Jerusalem. 18 By Gad's di- 
rection David purchaseth Araunah* s 
threshing floor, and sacrificeth. 

AND again the anger of the Lord was 
kindled against Israel : and he mov- 
ed David against them, to say, Go number 
Israel and Judah. 

2 For the king said to Joab the captain 
of the host, which was with him, Go now 
through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan 
even to Beersheba, and number ye the peo- 
ple, that 1 may know the number of the 
people. 

3 And Joab said unto the king, Now 
the Lord thy God add unto the people, 
how many soever they be, an hundred- 
fold, and that the eyes of my lord the king 
may see it: but, Why doth my lord the 
king delight in this thing ? 

4 Notwithstanding, the king's word pre- 
vailed against Joab,and against the capiains 
of the host. And Joab and the captains 
of the host went out from the presence of 
the king to number the people of Israel. 

5 % And they passed over Jordan, and 
pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the 
city that licth in the midst of the river of 
Gad, and toward Jazer : 

6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the 
land of Tahtamhodshi : and they came to 
ftanjaan, and about to Zidon, 

7 "And came to the strong hold of Tyre, 
and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of 
the Canaanites : and they went out to the 
south of Juciah, even to Beersheba. 

8 go wken they had gone through all 
the land, they came to Jerusalem at the 
end of nine months and twenty days. 

9 And Joab gave up the sum of the num- 
ber of the people unto the king : and there 
were in Israel eight hundred thousand val- 
iant men that drew the sword : and the 
men of Judah ivere five hundred thousand 
men. 

10 H And David's heart smote him, af- 
ter that he had numbered the people. 
And David said unto the Lord, 1 have sin- 
ned greatly in that I have done: and now 
I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the in- 
iquity of thy servant ; for I have done ve- 
ry foolishly. 

11 For when David was up in the morn- 
ing, the word of the Lord came unto the 
prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 



12 Go, and say unto David, Thus saith 
the Lord, I offer thee three things : choose 
thee one of them, that I may do it unto 
thee. 

13 So Gad came to David, and told him, 
and said unto him, Shall seven years of fam- 
ine come unto thee in thy land ? or, Wilt 
thou flee three months before thine enemies, 
while they pursue thee ? or. That there be 
three days' pestilence iit tfiy land .' Now 
advise, and see what answer I shall return 
to him that sent me. 

14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a 
great strait : let us fall now into the hand 
oi the Lord : for his mercies are great : 
and let me not fall into the hand of man. 

15 % So the Lord sent a pestilence upon 
Israel from the morning even to the time 
appointed : and there died of the people 
from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thou- 
sand men. 

16 And when the angel stretched out 
his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the 
Lord repented him of the evil, and said to 
the angel that destroyed the people, It is e- 
nough: stay now thine hand. And the 
angel of the Lord was by the threshing 
place of AraunahtheJebusite. 

17 And David spake unto the Lord, 
when he saw the angel that smote the peo- 
ple, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have 
done wickedly : but these sheep, What 
have they done ? Let thine hand, 1 pray 
thee, be against me, and against my fath- 
er's house. 

18 % And Gad came that day to David, 
and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar 
unto the Lord in the threshing floor of A- 
raunah the Jebusite. 

19 And David, according to the saying 
of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. 

20 And Araunah looked, and saw the 
king and his servants coming on toward 
him. And Araunah went out, and bow- 
ed himself before the king on his face up- 
on the ground. 

21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my 
lord the king come to his servant ? And 
David said, To buy the threshing floor of 
thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that 
the plague may be stayed from the people. 

22 And Araunah said unto David, Let 
my lord the king take and offer up what 
seemeth good unto him : behold, here be 
oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing in- 
struments and other instruments of the ox- 
en for wood. 

23 All these tilings did Araunah, as a 
king, give unto the king. And Araunah 
said uato the king, The Lord thy God ac- 
cept thee. 

24 And the king said unto Araunah, 
Nay ; but I will surely buy it of thee at a 
price ; neither will 1 offer burnt offerings 



jlbishag cherisheth David. 



Chap. 



Adonijah's iisur/at ; o?i, Z?A 



unto the Lord my God of that which doth 
coat me notliin^. So David bought the 
threshing floor and the oxen icr fifty shek- 
els ofsilver. 

25 A;id David built there an altar unto ( 



the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and 
pe- t ce offerings. So the Lord was entreat- 
ed for the land, and the plague was stayed 
from Israel. 



The First Book of the Kings. 
Commonly called the Third Book of the Kings. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Abishag chcri :heth David in his extreme 

chic -.id's darting, 

non, by 

Dm anointed king 

by /. . . 50 Adoidjah, 

. altar, is dis- 

N stricken 

lim with 

. heat. 

• said unto him, 

L ought for my lord the king 

:, and let her stand before 

thereto ish him, and let 

i, that my lord the 

: 

• damsel 

ite, and brought 

llLT tO tilt 

\ ery fair, and 
tnd ministered to him: 
but t 

: 

her had not dieple iscdhim 

sit i ny ti 

. 
. r bare him ai 

■ 

i 

fto I) iv id, m 
ijah. 

. 
: called all his 



sonof Haggithdoth reign, and David our 
lord knoweth it not ? 

12 Now, therefore, come, let me, I pray 
thec.givethce counsel,that thou mayestsavc 
thine own life,and the life of thy sonSolomon : 

13 Go, and get thee in unto king David, 
and say unto him. Didst not thou, my lord, 
O king, sv. ear unto thine handmaid, say- 

iiredly Solomon thy son shall 

!! sit upon my 

throne ? Why then doth Adonijah reign ? 

14 Behold, while thou yet ta&est 

with the king, I also will come in after thee, 

15 And Bathsheba went in unto the 
king, into the chamber. And the king was 
very old ; and Abishag the Shunammite 

\\ onto the king. 

16 \:i 1 Bathsheba bowed, and did obei- 
sance unto the king. And the king said, 
What wouldestthon ? 

17 And she said unto him, My lord, 
thooswearest by the Lord thy God unto 
thine handmaid assuredly Solo- 

n after me, and he 
shall sit ujxjn my throne. 

I, Adonijab reigneth; 
and now, my lord the 

19 And he hath slain oxen and fat 

p in abundance, and hath called 

all the sonsoi .: I Abiathar the 

. ndJoab the captain of the host: 

Qthath he not calle I. 

ad thou, m) lord, O king, the eyes 

ofall Israel arc upon thee,that thou should- 

est tell them who shall >;: mi the throne 

Iter linn. - 



292 Solomon anointed king, I. KINGS. 

25 For he is gone down this day, and 
hath slain oxen and fat cattle and' sheep 
in abundance, and hath called all the king's 
sons, and the captains of the host, and A- 
biathar the priest ; and, beheld, they eat 
and drink before him, and say, God save 
king Adonijah. 

26 But me^even me thy servant.ancl Zadok 
the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 
and thy servant Sobmon,hath he not called. 

27 Is this thing done by roy lord the 
king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy 
servant, Who should sit on the throne of 
my lord the king after him ? 

28 Then king David answered and said 
Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the 
king's presence, and stood before the king. 

29 And the king sware, and said, As the 
Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul 
out of all distress, 

30 Even as I sware unto thee by the 
Lord God of Israel, saying. Assuredly Sol- 
omon thy son shall reign after me, and he 
shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even 
so will I certainly do this day." 

31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her 
face to the earth, and did reverence to 
the king, and said, Let my lord king Da- 
vid live for ever. 

32 1 And king David said, Call me Za- 
dok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, 
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And 
they came before the king. 

33 The king also said unto them, Take 
with you the servants of your lord, and 
cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine 
own mule, and bring him down to Gihcn : 

34 And let Zadok the priest and Na- 
than the prophet anoint him their king 
over Israel : and blow ye the trumpet, 
and say, God save king Solomon. 

35 Then ye shall come up after him, 
that he may come and sit upon my throne ; 
for he shall be king in my stead : and 1 
have appointed him to be ruler over Is- 
rael and over Judah. 

36 And Banaiah the son of Jehoiada, an- 
swered the king, and said, Amen: the 
Lord God of my lord the king say so too. 

57 As the Lord hath been with my lord 
the king, even so be he with Solomon, and 
make his throne greater than the throne 
of my lord king David. 

38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the 
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 
and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, 
went down and caused Solomon to ride up- 
on Icing David's mule, and broueht him to 
Gihon. 

39 And Zadok the priest took an horn 
©foil out of the tabernacle, and anointed 
Solomon. And they blew the trumpet ; 
and all the people V.ad, God save king 
Solomon. 

40 And all the people came up after 



Adonijah feareth him* 

him, and the people piped with pipes, and 
rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth 
rent with the sound of them . 

41 And Adonijah and all the guests that 
were with him heard it as they had made 
an end of eating. And when Joab heard the 
sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is 
this noise ot the city being in an uproar? 

42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jon- 
athan the son of abiathar the priest came : 
and Adonijah said unto him Come in ; for 
thou art a. valiant man, and bringest 
good tidings* 

43 And Jonathan answered and said to 
Adonijah verily our lord king David hath 
made Solomon king. 

44 And the king hath sent with him Za- 
dok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and 
Benaiah the son ot* Jehoiada, and the Chere- 
thites, and the Pelethites, and they have 
caused him to ride upon the king's mule: 

45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the 
prophet have anointed him king in Gihon : 
ana they are come up from thence rejoic- 
ing so that the city rang again. This is 
the noise that ye have heard. 

46 And also Solomon sitteth on the 
throne of the kingdom. 

47 And moreover, the king's servants 
came to bless our lord king David, saying, 
God make the name of Solomon better 
than thy name, and make his throne grea- 
ter than thy throne. And the king bowed 
himself upon the bed. 

48 And also thus said the king, Blessed 
be the Lord God of Israel, which hath 
given (me to sit on my throne this day, 
mine eyes even seeing it. 

49 And all the guests that were, with A- 
donijah were afraid, and rose up, and went 
every man his way. 

50' *[ And Adonijah feared because of 
Solomon, and arose, and went and caught 
hold on the hems of the altar. 

51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Be- 
hold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon : for, 
lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of 
the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear 
unto me to-day that he will not slay his ser- 
vant with the sword. 

52 And Solomon said, If he will shew 
himself a worthy man, theie shall not an 
hair of him fall to the earth: but if wick- 
edness shall be found in him he shall die. 

53 So king Solomon sent, and they 
brought him down from the altar. And 
he came and bowed himself to king Solo- 
mon : and Solomon said unto him, Go to 
thine house. 

CHAP. II. 
1 David having grven a charge to Solo- 
mon, 10 dieih. 12 Solomon succecdeth. 
. 13 Adonijah is put to death. 28 Joab is 
slain. 3o Sftimei's death. 






David's c/.. CI | 

NOW I 
. ; aud he c . 

a man ; 
God, to • 

per in 

* 
b 

[srael. 

■ 
ah the tnd what 

: 

I 

.a to the 

i 

■ 
i 



Adt 

ec on me/ that I should reign: 
hcwbeit,the kingdom h turned about, and 
was his 
from the Lord. 

16 And now I ask one petition of thee,de- 
ny me not. And Bhe s , Say on. 

.'jee, un- 
let say 
;e me Abishag the 

18 And . Well j 1 will 

kh . 

v . ent unto kin^ 
peak . ' im for Adonijah. 
i 
bowed himself i . own o:i 

i 
• mother; and .she sat on Ins 
i i . 
en she said, I desire one small pe- 
lee ; I firaij thee 9 say me not nay. 
said unto her, Ask on, my 
or 1 will hot say thee nay. 

21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shu- 
nammiu . ulonijah thy brother 

22 And king Solomon answered, and 

his mother, And Why desf tliou 

m the kingdom a 

For him, 
and for Abiathar the priest, and f< . 
. ■ . uiah. 

omon sware by the 
nd more 

n life. 

.' livcdi, 

nd who 

fell upon him 

i to thine 



294 Joab slain at the altar. 



Lord : and, behold, fie is by the altar. 
Then Solomon sent Benaiah' the son of 
Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 

30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle 
of the Lord and said unto him, Thussaith 
the king. Conic* forth. And he said, Nay 
but I will die here. And Benaiah brought 
the king word again, saying, Thus said 
Joab, and thus he answered me. 

31 And the king said unto him, Do as he 
hath said, and' fall upon him, and bu- 
ry him ; that thou ma) est take away the 
innocent blood, which Joab shed, from 
me, and from the house of my father. 

32 And the Lord shall return ins blood 
upon his own head, who fell upon two 
men more righteous and better than he, 
and slew them with the sword, my father 
David not knowing thereof \ to wit ? Abner 
the son of Ner, captain of the host of Is- 
rael, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain 
of the host of Judah. 

S3 Their blood shall therefore return 
upon the head of Jcab, and upon the head 
of his seed for ever : but upon David, and 
upon his seed, and upon his house, and up- 
on his throne, shall there be peace tor e- 
ver from the Lord. . 

34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went 
up, and fell upon him, and slew him : and 
he was buried in his own house in the wil- 
derness. . 

35 And the king put Benaiah the son of 
Jehoiada in his room over the host : and 
gaddk the priest did the king put m the 
room of Abiathar. 

36*[ And the king sent and called for 
Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an 
house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and 
eo net forth thence any whither. 

37 For it shall be, that on the day thou 
gcest out, and passest over the brook Kid- 
ron, thou sh i tknow for certain that thou 
shalt surely die: thy blood snail be upon 
thine own head. 

38 And Shimei said unto the king, rhe 
saying is good : as my lord the king hath 
said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei 
dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 

39 And it came to pass at the end of three 
years, that two of the servants of Shimei, 
ran away unto Achish, son of Maachah, 
king of 'Oath. And they told Shimei, 

, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. _ 
"40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his 
ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his 
servants: and Shimei went, and brought 
his servants from C 

41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei 
had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and 
was come again. 

42 And the king sent and called for Shi- 
mei, and said unto him, Did 1 not make 
thee to swear by the Lord, and protested 



L KINGS. $olo?non's petition. 

unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on 
the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad 
any whither, that thou shalt surely die ? 
And thou saidst onto me, The word that 
I have heard is good. 

43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath 
of the Lord, and the commandment that 
1 have charged thee with ? 

44 The king said moreover to Shimei, 
Thou knowest all the wickedness which 
thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to 
David my father: therefore the Lord shall 
return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 

45 And king Solomon shail be blessed, 
and the throne of David shall be estab- 
lished before the Lord forever. 

46 So the king commanded Benaiah, the 
son of Jehoiada ; which went out and fell 
upon him, that be died. And the kingdom 
was established in the hand of Solomon. 

CHAP. 111. 
1 Solomon marrieth Pharaoh's daughter* 
5 H/s chaise. 16 His judgment between 
the two harlots. 

AND Solomon made affinity with Pha- 
raoh king of Egypt, and took Phara- 
oh's daughter, and brought her into the ci- 
ty of David, until lie had made an end of 
building his own house, and the house of the 
Lord.and thewall of Jerusalem round about. 

2 Only the people sacrificed in high pla- 
ices, because there was no house buiit unto 
the name of the Lord, until those days. 

3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking 
in the statutes of David his father : only he 
sacrificed and burned incense in high places. 

4 And the king Went to Gibeon to sacri- 
fice there ; for that was the great high 
place : a thousand burnt offerings did Sol- 
omon offer upon that altar. 

5 ',[ In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Sol- 
omon in a dream by night : and God said, 
Ask what I shall give thee. 

6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed 
unto thy servant David my father great 
mercy, according as he walked before thee 
in truth, and in righteousness, and in up- 
rightness of heart with thee ; and ihou hast 
kept for him this great kindness, that thoa 
hast given him a son to Lit en his thrcne, as 
it is this day. 

7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast 
made thy servant king instead of David 
my father : and 1 am tent a little child : I 
know not how to go out or come in. 

8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy 
people which thou hast chesen, agreat pec - 
pie, that cannot be numbered nor ccuntei 
for multitude. 

9 Give therefore thy servant an undei - 
standing heart to judge thy people, that i 
may discern between good and bad; for*, 
\V ho is able to judge this thy so great a peo- 
ple? 



The r.. 



Cha 



10 And the speech pleased the Lord, 
that- dng. 

11 An are thou 

. ked rich- 
es for t , 

r thyseii 

ingtothy 

. I 

I 

I 

AL y then 

• : and , be hold, 
> lerusa- 

rk pt the cov«- 
burnt ot- 
ingSj aiid 

i en, that 

\ 

,1 the one woman said, () 

I vith her in the 
I day af- 

did died ii\ th-j 

nd took 
- hand- 

rning to 

i 

I 






p. iv. 

, ur.to the king, for her bew 

rued upon her son, and she said O 

.'. e her the living child, and in 

it. But the other said, Let it 

be neither mine v or thine, but divide it. 

. 7 Then the king answered and 

her the living child and in no wise 
slay it: diets the mother thereof. 

t] heard of the judgment 
tg had judged ; and they fear- 
w that the wisdom 
of Go< n, t o do j ad gn tentt 

A P. IV. 

. s. 7 N?s twelve offi- 
cers, 24 The peace and largeness of 
his kingdom. 29 / 

Sa.cn was king over all Is- 
rael. 

2 And these w re the princes which he 
had ; . . k the priest, 

3 Eliltoreph i 

ribes; Jeho I Ahi- 

lud,therecon 

4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoida taa$ 
over; ...i Zudok and Abiatl 

5 And Azari ih the sen i FNati 
over the officers : and Zabud t! K 
than - 

v v . id Ahi.-har was over the b 
and Adoniram the son oi oyer 

rs c- 
ver all Israel, whi< h 

tlie king and his housebu >1 

, The son 
iraim : 
. ofDekar, . 

i'ii, asd ]'.. 
■ 

:' Hesed, in Aruboth : to 

- .a of 

Vhilud ; to I 

.ill, 

. : 

1 

him 
*. hich 
is in U 

! 
1 Ma- 



296 Solomon's riches aruifieaee. 1. KINGS. 

16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in A- 
sher and in Aloth : 

17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah,in Is- 
sachar : 

18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin : 

19 Geber tiie son of Uri was in tlie coun- 
try of GileacT, in the country oiSihonking 
of the Amdrites, andofOg kingofBashan ; 
and he was the only officer which was in 
the land. 

20 Judah and Israel were many as the 
sand which is by the sea in multitude, eat- 
ing and drinking, and making merry. 

21 And Solomon reigned over all king- 
doms, from the river unto the land of the 

lies, and unto the border of Eg) pt : 
Might presents, and served Solomon 



on for one day 
our, and three- 

rty oxen out of 
d sheep, besifle 

iliowctcer, and 



ver all the 

gs on this 
.ice on all 



25 A . tit safely, 

under his 
even to Beersheba, all 

26 A ncl S )lomon had forty thousand stalls 
of horses for his chariots, and twelve thou- 
sand horsei 

2/ An ers provided victuals 

for king Solomon, and for ail that came un- 
to king Solomon's table every man in his 
month : they lacked nothing. 

o and straw for the horses 
and dromedaries brought they unto the 
place where the officers were, every man 
according to his charge. 

29 if And God gave Solomon wisdom 

■ding exceeding much, and 
-3 of heart, even as the sand that 
is on > he sea shore. 

30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the 
wisdom of all the children of the east coun- 
try, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 

"31 For he was wiser than all men ; than 

Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and 

- )arda, the sons of Mahol : 

and his lame was in all nations round about. 

.32 Andhe spake three diousand proverbs: 

and his^ongs were a thousand and five. 

33 And he spake Of trees, from the ce- 

: that is in Lebanon even unto the 

a out of the wall: he 

, and of towl, and of 

creeping things, ajpd offishes. 

. 34 And there came of aii people to hear 



Hiram congratidalcth him, 

the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of 
the earfh, which had heard of his wisdom. 

CHAP. V. 

1 Hiram sendeth to congratulate Solomon : 

7 and furnisheth timber to build the tern- 

file. 13 Solomon's workmen and labourers. 

AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his ser- 
vants unto Solomon : 



for he had 

eard that they had anointed him king in 
the room of his father : for Hiram was ev- 
er a lover of David. 

2 And Solomon sent to Hium, saying, 

3 Thou Lno west how that David my fa- 
ther could not build an house unto the name 
of the Lord his God, for the wars which 
were about him on every side, until the 

>ut them under the soles of his feet. 

4 But now the Lord my God hath given 
me rest on every side, so that there is nei- 
ther adversary nor evil occurrent. 

5 And, behold, 1 purpose to build an 

to the name of the Lord my God, 
as the Lord ••pake unto David my father, 
saying, Toy. son, whom i will set upon thy 
throne in tin room, he shall build an house 
unto my name. 

6 Now, therefore, command thou that 
they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon ; 
and my servants shall be with thy servants ; 
and unto thee will 1 give hire for thy ser- 
vants according to aii that thou shall ap- 
point : for thou know est that there is not a- 
mong us any that can skill to hew timber 
like unto the Sidonians. 

7 1 And it came pass, when Hiram 
heard the words of Solomon, that he re- 
joiced greatly and said, Blessed be the 
Lord this day, which hath given unto Da- 
vid a wise son over this great people. 

- 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, 
I haye considered the things which thou 
sentest to me for ; and I will do all thy de- 
sire concerning timber of cedar, and con- 
cerning timber of fir. 

9 My servants shall bring them down 
from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will 
convey them by sea in floats unto the place 
that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause 
them to be discharged there, and thou shalt 
receive them : and thou shalt accomplish I 
my desire, in giving food for my household. 

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar tress 
and fir according to all his desire. 

11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty 
thousand measures of wheat/or food to his 
household, and twenty measures of pure oil: 
thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 

12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, 
as he promised him : and there- was peace 
between Hiram and Sclomon; and they 
two made a league together. 

13 11 And king Solomon raised a levy 
out of all Israel ; and the levy was thirty 
thousand men. 



14 A 
thousand a month 

ten thousand ': 

16 Beside the chiei i fSaJomon 

■which were <■■ thousand 

and three hundred; I over the 

pe ; 

17 And th king i 
I 

. 

! 

tobui.. 

VI. 
1 (union's tem/ile. 11 

Alss in the four hun- 
er die 

i 
. 

I 

je he made 

I 

i 



G . 897 

i then he built chambers 

ad they 
. the house with tin 
..id the word of the Lord c I 
Salon, 

house which thou art 
in build . 

:.dkeep 
. i , them ; 
then will my word with diee, 

v. hich I spake unto David th 
i 

people Israel. 

the house, and fin- 

♦ 
I he built the walls of th 
• ith ix>ards ofcedar, both the floor 
. u se, and the : 

i 
r of the house 
• fir, 
he built twenty cubits on the sides 
of thehouse, b< ... i 

with boa he even built them 

. .in, even for the oracle, even for 

that w the temple 

- within 

_ 
ail was C 

. I iii the 
» ark of the 

And the oracle in the forepart - 

•iMts 

there ; . 

■ 

with 
two 

1 cu- 

i . 

i the 
i the 



1. KINGS. 



298 The ad: temple 

wall ; and their wings touched one moth- 
er in the midst of the house. 

23 And he overlaid the cherubims with \ 
gold. 

ad he carved all the v.- alls of the 
house round about with carved figures of 
cherubims, and palm trees, and open flow- 
ers, within and without. 

d the floor of the house he over- 
laid with gold, within and without. 

31 And tbi the entering of the oracle lie 

: tree, the lintel and 
side pests were a fitch part cj the wall. ; 

32 The two doors also were of olive 
tr<* ; and he carved upon them can ings of 
chei-ubims and palm trees and jpen Bowers 
and overlaid th 

gold upon the cherubims, and Upon ; 
palm trees. 

33 ho also r 
temple posts c dived b part o/ 

- 

I the twe doors .- ; " ir res: 
the two leaves of the one 
the two leaves c 

- 

tec ponmei r ed 

work. 

So And he ! L 

three r : jf hewed stone, and a rot 
cedrir I 

in the fourth ye rwas - 

tion of the house of the Lord teid, hi the 
month Zv: : 

38 And in th€ he month 

Eul, which is the eighth month, was the 

house finished thi*oughout all the parts 

- - ' - - u -- 

it. So was he seven years in bi k 

CHAP. Vii. 
1 2Tfe buildmg of Solomon's houatj 2 c/ 
the house oj .Lebanon, 8 o/ *&■ - 
Pharaoh's daughter. 13 Jt&ram's works. 

BUT Solomon was building his own 
house thirteen years, and he ; 
bouse. 
2 He built also the house - 
Lehanc n ; Lie leng th thereof <u t an hun- 
dred cubits andttie breadth thereof fifty 
: s, and the height thereof thirty cu- 
s, with 
lars* 

r above 

a 

tree rows 
ranks. 
5 And all the doors and pc 

t pillars : the 
, and the 



Solomon's other buildings. 

breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the 
porch was before them : and the other pil- 
lars and the thick beam were before them. 

7 Then he made a porch for the throne 
. dge, even the porch of 

judgment : and it was covered with cedar 
rr Dm one side of the floor to the other. 

8 % And his house where he dwelt had 
another court within the porch, roAscAwas 
of the like work Solomon made also an 
house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he 
had taken to wifejnkg. unto this porch. 

9 All these were of costly stones accord- 
ing to the measures of hewed stones, sawed 
with saws, within and without, even from 
the foundation unto the coping, and soon 
the outside toward the great court. 

10 And the foundation was of cc 
stones, even great stones, stones of ten cu- 

| bits, and stones of eight cubits. 

11 And above:. stones, after 
the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 

12 And t. aid about 
..iih three rows of hewQd stones, and 

i a row of cedar beams, both for the inner 
I court ef the house a d for the 

\ porch of the house. 
135 And!' 

cut of Tyre. 
14 cle wc \ son of the tribe of 

y ./.'.,/: - lan ofTyre 

? worker u raihe 

ad cunning 

all works nd he came 

ork. 

st two pillars of brass, of 

eighteen cubits high a piece : and a 

>mpass either of them 
about. 

16 And he made two chapiters of melt- 
en brass, to set upon the tops of the pil- 
lars : the height of the one chapit 

the be-ght of the other 
cits : 
17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths 

t the chapiter 
upon the top of the pillars : 

die ether chap- 
iter. 

18 And he made the pillars, ai 
rows round about upon the cue I 
to cover the chapiters that were V : 
top, with pomegranates: and so di : 
the other chapiter. 

19 And the chapiters that were upon 
the top ofthe pillars were oi lily work in 
thfe p >rch, four cubits. 

chapiters upon tlie two pil- 
lars had pomegranates also above, over a- 
e belly w hich was by the network : 
and the pomegranates were two hundred, 
in rows round ! r chapi-. 

ter. 

?t up the pillars in the porch 



nfile. 

of the :.p die right 

iar, and i 
and he 8 . 

.upon the top of th 
k : so was the work of die pillars 
finished. 

1 he made a molten sea, ten cubits 
fro.n the one brim to the other: it was 
l 

la line of thirty cubits did com- 

»'-im of it roun 

sing it ten in a 
KHit : the 
- 1 it Was 

! oxen, three 
ireelook- 
and three 1 

ac upon 

• 

hand breadth thick, 

it like the 

ies: it col i- 

s: four 

hereof, and t 

-, and the 

I 

- 

re ccr- 

I 

- 

I : 

I 



vii. Ornament* and utensils. 299 

i eof and 
thebord eune« 

36 For on the -toereof, 

and on the borders thereof, tie graved 
clierubims, lions, and palm bees, . 
ing to the . of every one, 

ditions round about. 
o. 7 A::. iade the ten 

I tern had one casting, one 
measure, a d 

38 Then made be ten lavers of brass : one 
baths : and ei ery 
laver w : aw/ upon everyone 

of the ten bases one layer. 

s on the right 
side of the house, and five on the left side 
of the house; and he set the sea on the 
right side of the house eastward over a- 
gainst the south. 

40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the 

i and the Iascus. So Hirai 
an'end of doing all the work that lie made 
king Solomon for the house of the 1 . 

41 The two pillars, and I 

. ipiters that were on the top of the 
two pillars; a tworks, to cov- 

er the two bowls of the ■ 
upon the top of the pi! 

I four hundred pomegranates lor 

n two rows ofpome- 

• the two 

tlie chapiters that were upon the 

• 

Sj and ten lavers on 
- 
44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under 

and the shovels, and 

: 

■ 
found 

I 

■ 

i 
... 

. 



12,55 

-. 62 



be elders 



heads 

" the 



SCO The dedication of the temple. 

And Solomon brought in the things which 
David his father had dedicated \ even the 
silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he 
put among the treasures of the house of the 
Lord. 

CHAP. VHI. 
1 The dedication of th 

Solomon* a [•■ 

Ui& sacrifice of peace off en 

THEN Solomon assembl< 
oi Israel, and all the 
tribes, the chief of the fathers 
dren of Israel, unto king Solomon inlera- 
salem, that they might bring up the ark 
of the covenant of the Lord out of the city 
of David, which is Zion. 

2 And all the men of Israel assembled 
themselves unto king Solomon at the feast 
in the month Ethanim, which is the sev- 
enth month. 

3 And all the elders of Israel came, and 
the priests took up the ark. 

4 And they brought up the ark of the 
Lord, and the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and ail the holy vessels that were in 
the tabernacle, even those did the priests 
and the Levites bring up. 

5 Aid king Solomon, and all the congre- 
gation of Israel that were assembled unto 
him tvtre with him before the ark, sacri- 
ficing sheep and oxen, that could net be 
told nor numbered for multitude. 

6- And the priests brought in the ark of 
the covenant of the Lord unto his place, 
into the oracle of the house, to the most ho* 
ly place, even under the wings of the cher- 
libims. 

7 For the cherubims spread forth their 
two wings over the place of the ark, and 
the cherubims covered the ark and the 
staves thereof above. 

S And they drew out the stoves, mat the 
ends of the staves were seen out in the ho- 
ly place before the oracle, and they were 
not seen without : and there they are unto 
this day. 

9 There was nothing in the ark save the 
two tables of stone, which Moses put thei e 
at Horeb, when the Lord made a i 
with the chr id, when they 
came out of the land of Egypt. 

10 And it came to pass, when tin 
were come out of the holy place, that the 
cloud filled the house of the Lord. 

11 S ) that the priests could not stand to 
minister because oi the cloud : foi 
ry of the Lord had filled tae house, of the 
Lord. 

12 1i Then spake Solomon, the Lord said 
thatlw ali 1 dwell in ti i 

13 1 h uilt thee an house to 
dwell in. a settled place for thee to abide in 
r or ever. 

14 Aid the khag i 



I. KINGS. - Solomon' sprayer 

and blessed all the congregation of Israel : 
(and ali the congregation of Israel stood) ; 
15 And lie said, blessed be the Lord God 
of Israel, which spake with his mouth un- 
to David my father, and hath with his hand 
fulfilled it, saying, 

ught forth my 

se no city 

dbes of Israel to buijdan house, 

latmyi ct I chose 

David to be over my people Israel. 

17 And it was in the heart of David my 
Fathei fluseibr the name of 

oi the Lord God oi Israel. 

13 And the Lord said unto David mv 
father, Wheareas it was in thine heart to 
build an house unto my name, thou didst 
well that it was in thine he 

19 Nevertheless; thou shalt not build the 
house ; but thy son that shall come forth 
out of thy loins, he shall build the house un- 
to my name. 

20 And the Lord hath performed his 
w 7 ord that he spake, and I am risen up in 
the room of David my father, and sit on 
the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, 
and have built an house for the name of the 
Lord God of Israel. 

21 1 And 1 have set there a place for the 
ark, where n is the covenant of the Lord, 
which he made with our fathers, when he 
brought them out of the land of Egypt. 

22 ij And Solomon stood btt&re the altar 
of the Lord in the presence of ail the con- 
greg Ltion of : 

el, there 
is no God like thee, in ] c, or on 

earth beneath, who keepest covenant and 
mercy with thy tei wants that walk Le.ore 
thee with all their heart: 

24 Who hai keptw: h thy servant E)a- 
vid my father, that thou promised him : 
thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast 
fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day* 

25 The I iord G ci of Israel, 
keep woo rvant David my father 
that thou promised him, saying, There shall 
not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the 
throne of Israel; so that thy chikhen 
take heed to their way, that they walls 
before mo as thou hast walked before me. 

26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy 
word, 1 1 hich thou 

• vant David my father 

11 on the 

teaven of 

>w much 

& I ? 

28 Yet have o.cpray- 

ol, and to his -uv plication, 

O Lord" my Gcd, to hearken unto the cry 

prayer which thy servant pray- 



29 T ward 

this boa 

thj ser- 

and w!a 

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his head: 
give him 

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name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy 
stretched out arm); when he shall 
t ward this house : 

«. in heaven thy d i 
place) and do according to ail that the 
altewtotheefor; that all pto- 
. . oay know thy name, to fear 
Israel; and that they 
this h use, which I have 
thy name. 
I ut to battle against 
their enei i ver thou shaft send 

tiiem, and i hail pray unto the Lord tow ard 
thou hast chosen, and to- 
ward the house that I have built tor thy 
name : 

thou in heaven their pray- 
ication, and maintain 
rose. 

46 It' they sin against thee, (far JicrtU 
no man that ainnetn not), and thou be an- 
gry with mem. and delhtr them to die en- 
emy, ^u mat they cany them away cap- 

: id of the enemy, far or near; 

47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves 
in the land whither they were carried cap- 

I make supplication 
unto thee in the land of them that carried 
them captives, saying, We have sinned, 
and have done peiversely, we have com- 
mitted wickedness; 

48 And so return unto thee wich all their 
heart, and with all their soul, in the land 
of their enemies, whieh led them away 
captive, and pray tmte thee toward their 
land, which thou gavest unto their I 

\ trich diouh St ear sen, and rhc 
built for thy name : 
a their pra; 
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main their cause, 
ft thy p© pleiJi.it ' 

sions whe 

give themo i 

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I. KING 



His vision, 

cmon 
ng of the house 
d, and the king's house, and ail 
fhicnhewas pleased tp 



A KD it come to pass, when Solon 
xJL had finished the building of the hoi 



rppeared to 



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that 1 
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tor sake us : 

> That he may incline cur 
, to walk in all his v 
:ommandments, and his t 
jdgments, which he com 



le Lord said unto him, I have 
prayer stud thy suppiie 

last ntade before me: 1 have 

his house, which thou hast buiit, 
name there forever; and mine 

line heart shall be there perpet- 



, where 'a itb | 



know that tl le Lord is God 3 . 
£s none el e. 
a Let 

1 Lord cur God, to waik in his stat- 
utes, and to keep his commandn. 

c2 'II And the kin?, and all Israel with 
him,qfferec -.- , ■ - .-erne Lord. 

63 A 

peace offerings, winch he offered unto the 

■ vo and twent] 
atri hundred and twenty thousand sheep; 
So the king and ail the children of Israel 

ed the house of the Lord. 

64 The same day did the king - hallow 
die-middle ot the court that was before the 

i the Lord: for there 1 
burnt offerings, and n 
fat of the peace offerings : bee 
altar that was before the Lord wa ■ 
to receive the bu nt offe d meat oi- 

,and the fat of the peace o:. : 
c 3 And at that time Soicmon held a fe i st, 
3l with him, agrc 
; : the entering in ofiiainath unto the 
river of Egypt, before the Lord , ■ 
seven days" and seven days, a, . 
teen days. 

Co On the eighth day he \ exit $1 2 
nd theyblessed \ 
u lad of heart for 

all the go 

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; and Israel 
word among 

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us unto this 



ed, and shall hiss; and 
rath the Lord done 
! nd to this house;? 

answer, Because they 

.a their God, who brought 

forth their fathers out of the land of Bgypti 

.taken hold upon other g< ids , and 

have worshipped them, and served them : 

therefore haih t'ne Lord brought upon 

il tills evil. 

10 a ,i And it came to pass at the end of 

• ears, when d buiit 

r houses, the house oi the Lord and 
: . 3use, 

11 (A&w Hiram the king 6i Ty*e had 

cedar trees and 
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304 Solomon's magnificence. I.KINGS. 

16 And king Solomon made two hun- 
dred targets of beaten gold : six hundred 
shekels of gold went to one target. 

17 And he made three hundred shields 
o/beaten gold ; three pound of gold went 
to one shield : and the king put them in 
the house of the forest cf Lebanon. 

18 Moreover the king made a great 
throne of ivory , and overlaid it with the best 
gold. 

19 The throne had six steps, and the top of 
the throne was round behind : and there 
were stays on either side on thep'ace of the 
seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. 

20 And twelve lions stood there on the 
one side and on the other upon the six 
steps ; there was not the like made in any 
kingdom. 

21 And all king Solomon's drinking ves- 
sels were o/"gold, and all the vessels of the 
house of the forest of Lebanon were of 
pure gold ; none were oj silver : it was no- 
thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 

22 For the king had at' sea a navy of 
Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once 
in three years came the* navy of Tharsh- 
ish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and 
apes, and peacocks. 

23 So king Solomon exceeded all the 
kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom, 

24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, 
to hear his wisdom, which God had put 
in his heart. 

25 And they brought every man his pre- 
sent, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, 
and garments, and armour, and spices, 
horses, and mules, a rate year by year, 

26 And Solomon gathered together char- 
iots and horsemen ; jand he had a thousand 
and four hundred chariots, and twelve 
thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in 
the cities for chariots, and with the kbg 
at Jerusalem. 

27 And the king made silver to be in 
Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he 
to be as the sycamore trees that are in the 
vale, for abundance. 

28 And Solomon had horses brought out 
of Egypt, and linen yarn : the king's mer- 
chant's received the linen yam at a price. 

29 And a chariot came up and went out 
of Egypt lor six hundred shekels ol silver, 
and an horse for an hundred and fifty : 
and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and 
for the kings of Syria, did they bring them 
out by their means. 

CHAP XI. 
1 Sohmon's wives and concubines in his 
old age draw him to idolatry. 9 God 
threatened him. 14 His adversaries,^ 
and death. 43 Jichoboam succeedet/i 
him. 

BUT king Solomon loved many strange 
women together with the daughter 



His idolatry. 

ot Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Am- 
monites, Edomites, Zidomans and Hittites . 

2 Of the nations concerning which the 
Lord said unto the children of Israe:, Ye 
shall not go in to them, neither shall they 
comein unto you : for surely they will turn 
away your hear} after their gods : Solo- 
mon clave unto these in love. 

3 And he had seven hundred wives, prin- 
cesses, and three hundred concubines ; 
and his wives turned away his heart. 

4 For it came to pass, when Solomon 
was old, that his wives turned away his 
heart after other gods : and his heart was 
not perfect with the Lord his God, as 
was the heart of David his father. 

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the 
goddess of the Zidomlans, and after Mil- 
corn the abomination of the Ammonites. 

6 And Solomon cud evil in the sight of 
the Lord, and went not fully after the 
Lord, as di:! David his father. 

7 Then did Solomon build a n high place 
for Chemosh,the abomination of lvleab,in 
the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for 
Mclech, the abomination ot the children of 
Amnion. 

8 And likewise did he for all his strange 
wives, which burned incense and sacrificed 
unto their gods. 

9 % And the Lord was angry with 
Solomon, because his heart was turned 
from the Lord God of Israel, which had- 
appeared unto him twice. 

10 And had commanded him cone 
this thing, that he should not go after c- 
thergods : but lie kept not that which the 
Lord commanded. 

11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solo- 
mon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and 
thou hast not kept my covenant and my 
statutes, which 1 have "commanded thee, 1 
will surely rend the kingdom from thee,and 
will give it to thy servant. 

12 Notwithstanding, in thy daysl will 
not do it for David thy father's sake : but 
I will rend it out olthe hand of thy son. 

13 Kowbetjlwill not rend away all the 
kingdom ; but will give one tribe tc thv s$Q 
for David my servant's sake, and for Jeru- 
salem's sake which I have chosen. 

14 ^f And the Lord stirred up an adver- 
sary unto Solomon, Hadad the" Edomite : 
he was of the king's seed in Edom. 

1.5 For it came to pass, Avhen David was 
in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host 
was gone up :o bury the slain, after he 
had smitten every male in Edom ; 

16 (For six months did Joab remain 
there with ail Israel, uu.il he had cut off 
every male in iCdom) ; 

17" That Hacad fled, he'and certain E- 
domites of his father's servants with him,to 
go into Egypt j 1 iadad being yet a lit tie child 



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sake, the i.iave chosen 

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3 That they sent and called him. And 

Jeroboam and all the c cf Israel 

came, and spake unto Rehoboam saying, 

4 Thy father made our yoke grievous : 
now, therefore, make thou the grievous 
service of thy father, and his heavy yoke 
which he put upon us, lighter, and we will 
serve thee. 

5 And he said unto them, Depart yet 
for three days, then ccme again to me. 

And the people departed. 

6 And king Rehoboam consulted with 
the old men, that stood before Solomon his 
father while he yet lived, and said, How 
do ye advise that 1 may answer this people ? 

7 And they spake unto him, saying, it 
thou wilt be a servant unto this people this 
day,nn& wiit serve them, and answer them, 
and speak good words to them, ihen lacy 
will be thy servants foi ever. 

8 But he forsook the counsel of the old 
men which they had given him, and con- 
sulted with the young men that were grown 
up with him, and which stood before him : 

9 And lie said unto them, What coun- 
sel give ye that we may answer thispeople, 
who have spoken to me, saying, Make the 
yoke which tl y father did put upon us 
lighter? 

10 And the young men that were grown 
up with him spake unto him, saving, Thus 
shaltth i ■ thispeopk th 

unto ta . v 1 tthei m id< )ur 

yokel- ake th a. ii lighter unto 



loins. 

11 And now, whereas rriv father did 
lade you with a heavy yoke, I will d6 to 

ke, : my f ther hath ell si ed tou 
with whips, but 1 will chastise you with 
scorpions. 

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came 
to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had 
appointed, saying,Come to me again the 
third day. 

13 And the king answered the people 
roughh', and forsook the old men's coun- 
sel that they gave him ; 

14 And spake to them after the counsel 
of the young men, saying, My father made 
your yoke heavy, audi will add to your 
yoke: my iather also chastised you with 
whips, but 1 will chastise ) cu with scor- 
pions. 

15 Wherefore the king hearkened not 
unto the people ; for the cause wi 

the Lord, that he might perform his say- 
ing, which the Lord spake by Ahijih the 
Shilonite, unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 
16 1] So when all Israel saw that the king 
ed not unto them, the people an- 
■ .- sa\ ing,What portion have 
we in D v\ id i neither have we imheritance 



IG-3. Jeroboam maketh f?jj,ca!v?$. 

in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: 
now see to thine own home, David. So Is- 
rael departed unto their tents. 

17 But as for the children of Israel which 
dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam 
reigned over them. 

18 Then king Rehoboqm sent Adoram, 
who was over the tribute ; and all Israel 
stoned him with stones that he died. Fhei e- 
fore King Rehoboam made speed to gct.hiai 
up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 

19 So Israel rebelled against the h use of 
David unto this day. 

20 And it Crime to pass, when all Israel 
heard that Jeroboa'm'was come again, that 
they sent and called him unto the congre- 
gat on, and made him king over all Israel : 
there was none that followed the house oi 



t omy. 



come to 
house of 
1 an hun- 

,.&n men. 



►,tnesorK)isolo- 

nto all the house 
dtotheifemnant 



Judah, with the tribe of 
dred and four score th: 
which were warriors; 
house of Israel, to bring 
to Rehoboam the son I 

22 But the word o'.'G 
maiah the man oi God, 

23 Speak unfc Rehi bj 
man, king of Judah, an 
of Judah and Benjamin. 
of the people, saying, 

24 Thus saith the Lord. Ye shall not go 
up, nor fight against you r bre 

dren of Israel ; retain evei ; ] i in to Liis 
house; for this thing is from me. They 
hearkened therefore to the word of the 
Lord, and returned to depart, according to 

25 Then Jeroboam built Sbechem in 
mount Ephraim, and dwek therein ; and 
went ">ut ', om thei cc . ,.i;utl. 

26 If And Jei 

Now shall the kingdom :turn to b 
of David : 

c 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in 
the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, thai 
shall the heart of this people tt h 
unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king 
of Judah, and they shah kill me, and go a- 
gain to Rehoboam king of Judah, 

28 Whereupon the "king took counsel, 
and made two calves c/goid, and said unto, 
them, It is too much tor you to go up to Je- 
rusalem : Behold thy gods, () Israel, which 
brought thee up out of the land of Egyptj 

29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the 
other put he in Dan. 

30 And this thing became a sin : for the 
people went to worship before i\\(to\\z y even 
unto Dan. 

31 Andhemadean house of high placed 
and made priests of the lowest ot the peo- 
ple, which were not oi the sons cf Lc\ i. 



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308 Ahijah falleth sick. I. KINGS. 

standing by the carcass: and they came 
and told it in the city where the old proph- 
et dwelt. 

26 And when the prophet that brought 
him back from the way heard thereof " lie 
said, ltis the man of God, who was disobe- 
dient unto the word of the Lord : therefore 
the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, 
which hath torn him, and slain him.accord- 
ing to the word of the Lord, which he 
spake unto him. 

27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Sad- 
dle me the ass. And they saddled him. 

28 And he went and found his carcass 
cast in the way, and the ass and the lion 
standing by the carcass : the lion had not 
eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. 

29 And the prophet took up the carcass 
oi the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, 
and brought it back : and the old prophet 
came to the city to mourn and to bury him. 

30 And he laid his carcass in his own 
grave ; and they mourned over him, say- 
ing, Alas, my brother I 

31 And it came to pass, after he had 
buried him, that he spake to his sons, say* 
ing, When I am dead, then bury ms in 
the sepulchre wherein the man ot God is ■ 
buried ; lay my bones beside his bones : 

£2 For the saying which he cried by the 
word of the Lord against the altar in Beth- 
el, and against all the houses of the high 
places v/hich are in the cities of Samaria, 
shall Surely come to pass. 

33 % After this thing Jeroboam return- 
ed net from his evil way, but made again of 
the lowest of the people priests of the nigh 
places : whosoever would, he consecrated 
him, and he became one of the priests ot the 
high places. 

34 And this thing became sin unto the 
house of Jeroboam, even to cutzV off, and 
to destroy it trom offthe face of the earth. 

CHAP. xiy. 

1 Ahijah being sick, Jeroboam sendeth his 
wife disguised with presents to the pro- 
phet Ahijah at Shiloh. 5 Ahijah fore- 
warned, denounceth God' \s judgments. 
AT that time Abijah the son oi Jerobo- 
am iell sick. 

2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, 
I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou 
be not known to be the wile of Jeroboam ; 
and get thee to Shiloh : behold, there is 
Ahijah the prophet, which told me that i" 
should be king over this people. 

3 And take with thee ten loaves, and 
cracknels, and a cruise of honey, and go to 
him : he shall tell thee what snail become 
of the child. 

f 4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, 
and went to Shiloh, and came to the house 
of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see ; for 
his eyes were set by icasou of his age. 



Jeroboam threatened, 

5 % And the Lord said unto Ahijah, Be- 
hold the wife of Jeroboam comethto ask a 
thing, of thee for her son ; for lie 'is' sick : 
thus and thus shalt thou say unto her : for 
it shall be, when she cometh in, that she 
shall feign herself to be another wo?nan. 

6 And it was so when Ahijah heard the 
sound of her feet, as she came in at the 
door, that he said, O - ae in, thou wife of 
Jeroboam ; Why feignest thou thyself to ' 
be another ? For I am sent to thee with 
heavy tidings. 

7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel, Forasmuch as 1 exalted 
thee from among the people, and made 
thee prince over my people Israel, 

8 And rent the kingdom away from the 
house of David, and gave it thee : and yet 
thou hast not been as my servant David, 
who kept my commandments, and who 
followed me with all his heart,to dothat only 
which was right in mine eyes ; 

9 But hast dene evil above all that were 
before thee : for thou hast gone and made 
thee other gods, and molten imagcs,to pro- 
voke me to anger, and hast cast me behind 
thy back : , 

"10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil 
upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut 
off f rom Jeroboam him that pisseth against 
the wall, and, him that is shut up and left 
in Israel, and will take away the remnant 
of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh 
away dung, till it be all gone. 

11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the ci- 
ty shall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth 
in the field shall the fowls of the air eat : 
for die Lord hath spoken it. 

12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine 
own house : and when thy ieet enter into 
the city, the child shall die. 

13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, 
and bury him : for he only of Jeroboam 
shall come to the grave, because in him 
there is found some good thing toward the 
Lord God of Israel in the house of Jerobo- 
am. 

14 Moreover, the Lord shall raise him 
up a king over Israel, who snail cut offthe 
house of Jeroboam that day : but, What I 
Even now. 

15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a 
reed is shaken in the water, and he shall 
root up Israel out of this good land, which 
he gave to their lathers, and shall scatter 
them beyond the river, because they have 
made their groves, provoking the Lord to 
anger. 

16 And he shall give Israel up because 
of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and 
who made Israel. to sin. 

17 And Jeroboam's wife aro>e and depar- 
ted a nd crane tcTirzah : and when she came I 
to the thveakold olrhc o.oor, the child died ; j 



Rehobcani* wicked reign. Chap. 

18 And they buried him ; and ail Israel 
mourned tor him, according to the word of 
the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his 
servant Ahijah the prophet. 

19 And the 1 S of Jeroboam, j 
how he warred, and how he reigned, be- 
hold, they are written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

20 And the da;, s which Jeroboam reign- ! 
ed, were two and twenty veal's: and he 
slept with his fathers, and Nadab his sou 
reigned in his 

21 And Rehoboam-the son of Solomon ' 
reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty I 
and one vears old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusa- \ 
lem, the city Which the Lord did choose | 
out of all the tribes of Israel, to put hisname I 
there. And Ins mothers name was Naa- 
mah an Ammonitess. 

22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the ; 
Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy 
•with their sins which they had committed, 
above all that their fathers had done. 

23 For they also built them high places, ! 
and images, and groves, on every high hill, 
and under ever) green tree. 

24 And there lomites in the 
land : and I rding to all the a- 
Dominations of the nations which the Luid 
cast out before the children of Isr lei. 

.- d ic came to pass in the fifth year 
of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of 
L, came up against Jerusalem : 

le treasures of 
lie Lord, and the t 
of the ki 
all: and -.a all the .-.. 

: i made in their 
stead brazen shields, and committed them 
unto the chief of the 

which kepi tli 

28 Ai whentheking 

to the i. Lord, that the guard 

bare th i jht them back into the 

rest r.fthe acts of Rehobo- 
am.and all that he did, Are the) not writ- 
ten in the book oi the Chronicles of the 

en Reho- 
boair ,ai all their days. 

'nh his father-;, 
i boried with his f 
I > if!. And his DQOthei 's name wa& 
h an Ammonite s. And Abijam 
his son reigned in hi-> stead. 

CHA P. XV. 
\A6ijat ntcceed- 

eth him, 24 H 

deth- 33 fluas/ia's 

NOW in the eighteenth year of king Je- 
am the son oi I 
lah. 



xv. Asa's good reign, 309 

2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Maachah,the 
daughter of Abishalom. 

3 And he walked in all the sins of his fa- 
ther, which he had done before him : and 
his heart was not perfect with the Lord his 
God, as the heart of David his father. 

4 Nevertheless, for David's sake did the 
Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusa- 
lem, to set up his son after him, and to es- 
tablish Jerusalem : 

5 Because David did that which was 
right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned 
not aside from any thing that he command- 
ed him all the days of his life, save only in 
the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 

6 And there was war between Rehobo- 
am and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 

7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, 
and all that he did, Are they not written in 
the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 
Judah i And there was war between Abi- 
jam and Jeroboam. 

8 II" And Abijam slept with his fathers ; 
and they buried him in the city of David : 
and Asa his son reigned in his stead. 

9 And in the twentieth year of Jerobe- 
am king oi Israel,reigned Asa over Judah. 

10 And foi ty and one \ ears reigned he in 
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 
i\i aachish, the daughter of Abishalom. 

1 1 And Asa d\3.that which wtrsrightin the 
eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. 

12 And he took away the Sodomites out 
oi the land, and removed all the kids that 
his fathers had made. 

13 And ako Maachah his mother, even 
her he removed from V/;;£ r quccn,becanse 
she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa 
de troyed her idol, and burnt it by the 
brook kid ton. 

I4Bul due high places were not remov- 
ed: nevertheless, /Vsa's heart was per- 
fect with die Lord all his da) • ■• 

15 And he brought in the thing--, which 
his father had dedicated, and the things 
which himself had de Heated, into the house 
oi the Lord, silver, andgoid, and 

16 And there was war between Asa and 

el all their d 

17 And baaahakine of Israel went up 
against Judah, and built Ramah, th -t he 

• any to go oat 1 1 come in 
:ing ofJudan* 
is Then Asa took all the River and the- 

tyiUlthutwrrc In I Of {the 

1 1 i the 
them into the 

them to 1' son of labrimon, 

: ; i, that dwelt 

-v'-en me and 
• .aid tin la- 
V ? 



310 Baasha'' s wicked reign* 



I. KINGS. 



ther : Behold, I have sent unto thee a pres- 
ent of silver and gold ; come and break 
thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that 
he may depart from me. 

20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king 
Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts 
which be had against the cities of Israel, 
and smote Ijon, and Dan, arid Abelbeth- 
maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the 
land of Naphtali. 

21 And it came to pass, when Baasha 
heard thereof : , that he left off building of 
Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 

. 22 Then king Asa made a proclama- 
tion throughout all Judah ; none was ex- 
empted : and they took away the stones of 
Ramah, and the timber thereof, where- 
with Baasha had builded ; and king Asa 
built with them Geba of Benjamin, and 
Mizpah. 

23 The rest of the acts of Asa, and all 
his might, and all that he did, and the cit- 
ies which he built. Are they not written in 
the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 
Judah ? Nevertheless, in the time of his old 
age he was diseased in his feet. 

24^1" And Asa slept with his fathers,and 
was buried with his lathers in the city of 
David his father: and Jehoshapfaat his 
sen reigned in his stead. 

25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam be- 
gan to reign over Israel in the second year 
of Asa king of Judah^ and reigned ever Is- 
rael two years. 

26 And he did evil in the sight of the 
Lord, and walked in the way of his father 
and in his sin wherewith he made Israel 
to sin. 

27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah. of the 
house of Issachar, conspired against him ; 
and Baasha smote him atGibbethcn, which 
belonged to the Philistines ; for -Nadab 
and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethcn. 

28 Even in the third year of Asa king of 
Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in 
his stead. 

29. And it came to pass, when he reign- 
ed, that he smote all the house of Jerooe- 
am ; he ieftnot to Jeroboam any that bi eath- 
ed, until he had destroyed hi if, according 
unto the saying cf the L.ord,wl licjl he spake 
bh 7 his servant Ahijah the Shil ;mte : 
* 30 Because of the bin. of Jer< bo; m which 
he sinned, and which lie made Israel sin, 
by his provocation wherewith he provok- 
ed the Lord God of Israel tc anger. 

31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, 
and all that he did, Are they not written 
in the book of the Chronicles of the kings 
of Israel 2 

32 And there was war between Asa and 
Baasha king of Israel all their days. 

33 % In the third year of Asa k'ingofiu- 
dah began Baasha the son oi Ahijah to 



Zimri's conspiracy against Elali. 

reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and 
lour years. 

24 And he did evil in the sight of the 
Lord, and walked in the way oOeroboam, 
and in his sin wherewith he made Israel 
to sin. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Jehu's firophecy against Baasha. 8 Zim - 

ri's conspiracy. 29 A/tab's wicked reign. 

34 Joshua's curse upon the rebuilder 

of Jericho fulfilled. 

THEN the word of the Lord came to 
Jehu the son oi. Hanani against Baa- 
sha saying, 

2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the 
dust, and made theeprir.ee over my peo- 
ple Israel ; and thou hast walked 'in the 
way of Jeroboam, and hast made my peo- 
ple Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger 
with their sins ; 

3 Behold, I will take away the poster ity 
of Baasha, and the posterity of his house"; 
and will make thy Hon; ,e like the house of 
Jeroboam the son cf Nebat. 

4 Him that dieth cf Baasha in the city 
shall the degs eat : and him that dieth of 
his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, 
and what he did, and his might, Are they 
not written in the bock of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Israel ? 

6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and 
was buried in Tirzah: and Elah ljs son 
reigned in his stead. 

7 And also by the handolthe prophet Je- 
hu the son of Hanani, came the word of the 
Lord against Baasha, and against his house 
even for all the evil that he did in the sight 
of the Lord, in provoking him to anger 
with the work of his hands, in being hke 
the house of Jeroboam ; and because lie 
killed him. 

8 *j! In the twenty and sixth year of Asa 
king cf Judah, began Elah the son of Baa- 
sha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two 
j ears. 

9 And his servant Zirnri, captain of half 
his chariots, conspired against him, as lie 
was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in 
the house of Arza steward ci his iiouse in 
Tirzah'; 

10 And Zirnri went in and smote him, 
and killed him, in the twenty and seventh 
year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in 
his stead. 

1 1 And it came to pass, when he began 
to reign, as seen as he sat on his throne, 
thai he slew all the house of Baasha : he 
left him not one that pisseth against a wall, 
neither of his kinsi'ol^. nor of his friends. 

1 2 Thus did Zirnri de :roy all die hou^e 
cfB'jasha. according to the word of the 
Lord, which he -pake against Baasha by 
Jehu the prophet. 



Omn ' %iu 

1 J For all the sins ofBaasha, and the 
sinned, 
and by which they made Isra 
provoking the Lord I 
with their vanities 

14 Ni lab, and 

in. And the 7 

ramped 

came to pas-. 
- 
into the 
burnt the king's house over hiar 

- 

■ 

.iking in 



Kfii. EHjaiiUj'.ri/ihecyagain-ilJhab. oil 

was buried in Samaria : and Ahab his scr. 
Id iiis stead. 
29 * And in tiie thirty and eighth year 
cI'Am kLig l.1 Juciah began Ahab die sen 
ci Omri to reign over Israel : and Ahab 
the sonofOtari reigned over Israel in Sa- 
twenty and two years. 
SO And Ahab the sonol'Oairidid evilin 
■ of the Lord above all that 
him. 

it came to pass, as if it had b^en 

., in the sins ot 

I .-bat, that lie took to 

Lai king 

a went and served 

ip an altar for Baal 
ii^ai, which he had built 

I Ahab mr.de a grove ; and Ahab 

E :c provoke:!:;.' Lord Godof Israel 

U the kings of Israel diat 

5-* r In his days did Hie! the E 
Jericho : he laid the foundation thereof in 
rt up the gates 
thereof i . 

log to the word of die Lord, v> iiich he sp^cke 
Nun. 
CHAP. XVII. 

. lhcib, is §tfU 
.'7.7/, where the root us feed him. 
a He :s tern to oj Zarephr 

a!h. : 

A Elijah the Tis 
tiit inhabitants of Gikad, said unto 
1 Lord God oi Israel tiveth, 
rhhm 1 tfand there shall not !)e 
I ding to 
id. 
2 And the Lord came unto 

istward, 

u bef 1 3 

drink oi 

< 

.. 
. t u while that 

there had heen 
8H Ai. - came 

phath, which 

...il there : l>e- 

/ rephath. 



312 Elijah raketh the widow's son. x I. KINGS. 

And when he came to i\i& gate of the city, 
behold, the widow woman wqs there ga- 
thering of sticks : and he called to her, 
and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little 
water in a vessel, that I may drink. 

11 And as she was going to letch it, he 
called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray 
thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 

12 And she said, As the Lord thy God 
liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful 
of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a 
cruise : and, behold, I am gathering two 
sticks, that 1 may go in and dress it tor me 
and my son that we may eat it, and die. 

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not j 
go and do as thou hast said: but make 
me thereof a little cake first, and bring it 
unto me, and after make for thee and for 
thv son. 

'14 For thus saith the Lord God of Is- 
rael, The barrel of meal shall not waste, 
neither shall the cruise of oil fail, until the 
day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the 
earth . 

15 And she went and did according to 
the saying of Elijah : and she, and he, and 
her house, did eat many days. 

16 And the barrel of meal wasted net, 
neither did the cruise of oil fail, according 
to the word of the Lord, which he spake 
by Elijah. 

17 If And it came to pass after these 
things, that the son of the woman, the 
mistress of the house, fell sick; and his 
sickness was so sore, that there was no 
breath left in him, 

13 And she said unto Elijah, What have 
I to do with thee, O thou man of. God ? Art 
thou come unto me to call my sin to re- 
membrance, and to slay my son I 

19 And he said unto* her, Give me thy 
son. And be took him out of her bosom, 
and carried him up into a loft, where he a- 
kode, and laid him upon his own bed. 

20 And he cried unto the Lord, and 
said,0 Lord my God, Hast thou also 
brought evil upon the widow with whom 
I sojourn, by slaying her son ? 

21 And he stretched himself upon the 
child three times, and cried unto the Lord, 
and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, 
let this child's soul come into him again. 

22 And the Lord beard the voice ot E- 
lijah ; and the soul of the child came into 
him again, and he revived. 

23 And Elijah took the child, and brought 
him down out of the chamber into the 
house, and delivered him unto his mother: 
and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. 

24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now 
by this I know that thou art a man of God, 
and that the word ot the Lord in thy 
mouth is truth. 



He meeteth Obadiah. 



CHAP. XVIII. 

1 Elijah meeteth with Obadiah. 17 He 
rejiroveth Ahab, and convinceth Baal's 
prophets. 41 He obtaineth rain. 

AND it came to pass after many days, 
that the word of the" Lord came "to 
Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew 
th) self unto Ahab : and I will send rain 
upon the earth. 

2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto 
Ahab, And there was a sore famine in 
Samaria, 

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was 
the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah 
feared the Lord greatly : 

4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the 
prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took 
an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty 
in a cave, and fed them with bread ana* 
water). 

5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into 
the land unto all fountains of water and un- 
to all brooks : peradventure we may find 
grass to save the horses and mules alive, 
that we lose not all the beasts. 

6 So they divided the land between them 
to pass throughout it : Ahab went one way 
by himself, and Obadiah went another way 
by himself, 

7 And as Obadiah was in the way, be- 
hold Elijah met him; and he knew him, 
and fell on his face, and said, Art thou 
that my lord Elijah r 

8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell 
thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 

9 And he said, What have I sinned, that 
thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the 
hand of Ahab, to slay me ? 

10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there is 
no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath 
not sent to seek thee : and when they 
said, He is not there : he took an oath of 
the kingdom and nation, that they found 
thee not. 

11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy 
lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 

12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as 
lam gone from thee, that the spirit ot the 
Lord shall carry thee whither I know not: 
and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he 
cannot find thee, he shall slay me : but I 
thy servant fear the Lord from my youth, 

13 Was it not told my lord what I did 
when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, 
How 1 hid an hundred men ot the Lord's 
prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them 
with bread and water ? 

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy 
lord, Behold, Elijah is here : and he shall 
slay me. 

15 And Elijah said, As the lord of hosts 
liveth, before whom 1 stand, I will surely 
shew myself unto him to-day. 



Elijah convinceth Ch: 

16 SoObadicih went to meet Ahab, and 

1 toldlum : and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 

17 T And it came to pass, when Ahab saw 

Elijah, that Ahab said unto him,.tfrf thou 

he that troubleth Israel f 

18 And he answered. I have not troubled 
Israel; but thou, and thy lather's hou.se, 
in that ye have forsaken the command- 
ments of the Lord, and thou hast followed 
Baalim. 

19 Now, , send, and gather to 
me all lsrac' t Carmel, and 
the prophets of Baal four hundred and fif- 
ty, and the prophets of the gr- 
hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table, 

20 So Ahab I the children of 
Israel, a t!ic prophets together 
unto mount Carmel. 

,-1 Elijah came -unto all the people 

and said, halt ye between two 

opinions ? If the Lord Ac God, follow him : 

w him. And the pec- 

. pic answered him net a word. 

len said Elijah unto the people, I, 
even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord ; 
I's prophets are four hundred and 
•lien, 

r . them therefore give us two bul- 

. tad let them choose one bullock 

uselvcs, and cut it in pieces, and 

n wood, and put no fire under : and 

I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on 

Wood, and put no fire wrier : 

24 And call ye on the name ot your 1 gods, 
and I will call on the name of tl 

and the god that answereth by fire, let him 
. And all the people answered 
and said, It is well si 

25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of 
Baal,C . 

and die 

call on the name ot but put 

no fire wider. 

nd they took the 
was given them, and 
- 

e,noi 

upon the altai 

whirl; 

i 
| 

be a wa- 
ll them- 
out upon 
id it came to] 

time of i 
ficc, that 
to answer, nor any that regard- 



p. xi>:. Baal's firofihct*. 315 

30 And Elijah said unto all the people? 
Come near unto .me* And all the people 
came near unto him. And he repairedthe 
altar of the Lord that was broken down. 

3L And Elijah took twelve stones, ac- 
cord^ to the number of the tribes of the 
sons of Jacob, unto whom the word otthe 
Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy 
name : 

32 And with the stones he built an altar 
in the name of the Lord : and he made a 
trench about the altar as great as would 
contain two measures of seed. 

S3 And he put the wood in order, and 
cut the builock in pieces, and laid him on 
the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with 
water, and pour if en the burnt sacrifice 
and on the wood. 

31 And he said, Do it the second time. 
And they did it the second tin.c. And he 
said, Doittho third time. And they did 
it the third time. 

35 And the water ran round about the 
altar ; and he filled the trench also with 
water. 

36 And it came to pass at the time of 'the 
Offering of the evening sacrifice that Eli- 
jah the prophet came near, and said, 
I .ore God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Is- 
rael, let it be known this day that thou art 
God in Israel, and Ma; I ain thy servatt, 
and that I have done all these things at thy 
word. 

37 Hear me,0 Lord, bear me, that this 
people may know that thou art the Lord 
God, and that thou hast turned their heart 

..ain. 

ben tfie fire of the Lord fell, and 
consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the 
id the stones, and the dust, and 
. •:. 

.. it they 

■.id, The 

LordLhewthe God; the Lord hew the God. 

them, Tabe 

■ of them 

And they took them : an I 
brought them down to r he brook Ivishon, 
and staff them there. 

..id Elijah said onto Ah 

• 
; rain. 
40 So Aii ib went 

And Elijah w< nt up to d 

ICM i. and he put nil 

i 
little cloud out :.. >liaad. 



314 Ruidi cbtaineih rain. 



I. KINGS. 



Benhadad besiegeth Samaria. I 



And he said; Go up, say unto Ahab, Pre- 
pare thy chariot, and Get thee dov-mjthat 
the rain" stop thee not. 

4,5 And it came to pass in the mean 
while, that the heaven was black with 
clouds and wind, and there was a great 



wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was 
not in the earthquake : 

12 And after the earthquake a fire ; but 
the Lord was not in the fire : and after the 
fire a still smaii voice. 

13 And it was -so, when Elijah heard it, 



rain. And Ahab rode : and went to Jezreel. j that he wrapped his face in his mantle, 

46 And the hand of the Lord was on Eii- i went out aud'stc^d m~X j . tefcingih of the 
jah ; and he girded up his loins, and ran i cave. And!, behold, there-comie a voice unto 



before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. 
CHAP. XIX. 

1 fflijch threatened by Jezebd,h comfort- 
ed by an angel. 9 God sendeihhirn to a- 

noint Hazael. Jehu, and Eiisha. 19 E- 
lishafolloweth Elijah. 

AND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah 
had done, and wilh-al how be had 
slain all the prophets with the sword. 

2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto 
Elijah, saying, to let the gods do tome and 
more also, if} make not thy life as the life 
of one of them by tomorrow about this time, 

3 And when he saw that, he arose, and 
went for his life, and came to Beersheba, 

-which belo/;gcth to Judah, and left his sei - 
vant there, 

4 But he himself went a day's journey 
into the wilderness, and can ,c and sat down 
under a juniper tree: and Lc requested 
for himself that he might die; and said, 
it is enough; now, O Lord, take away 
my life ; for i am not better than my fathers. 

5 And as he lay and slept under; a jmd- 
per tree, behold, then an angel touched 
him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 



him, and said, What doest thou here Elijah ? 

14 And he said. I have been very jealous 
for the Lord God of hosts: because the 
children of Israel have forsaken thy cove- 
nant, thrown down thine altars, and slain 
thy prophets with the swerd : and I, even 
I only, am left ; and they seek mv life, to 
take "it away. 

15 And the Lord said unto him, Go. re- 
turn on thy way to the wilderness of Da- 
mascus : and when thou comest, anoint 
Hazael to be king over Syria : 

16 And Jehu the son ofiNimshi shalt 
thou anoint to be king over Israel : and 
Eiisha the son of Shaphat of Abclmeholah 
shait thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 

17 And it shall come to pass, thatk'mi 
that escapeth the sword of Hazael shail 
Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from 
the sword of'Jeiui shall Eiisha slay. 

18 Yet I have Iftttme seven thousand in 
Israel, all the knees which have not bowed 
unto Baal, and every mouth which hath 
net kissed him. 

19 11 So he departed thence, and found 
Eiisha the son ot >maphat,v. ho was- plough- 

6 And Ire looked, and, behold, there was ing with twelve yoke of oxen before him ? 



a cake baken on the coals, and a cruise of 
water at l.-s head. And he did eat and 
drink, and laid him down again, 

7 And the angel of the Lord came again 
the second time, and touched him, and 
said, Arise and eat ; because the journey 
is too great for thee. 

8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, 
and went in the strength of that meat forty 
days and forty sights unto Horeb the mount 
cfGod. 

9 % And he came thither unto a cave, 
and lodged there : and, behold, the word 
of the Lord came to him, and he said unto 
him What doest thou here, Elijah : 

10 And he said. I have been very jeal- 
ous for the Lord God o: hoists,: for the 
children of Israel have forsaken thy cove- 
nant, thrown down thine altars, and slain 
thy prophets with the sword r and \,evcn 
I only an) left ; and thev sock my ftfe, to 
take-it away. 

11 And he said, Gofcrth, and stand up- 
on the mount before tire Lord. And behold 
the Lord passed byyanda great and strong 
wind rent the mountains, and brake in 
pieces die recks befbre'the Lord : but the 
Lord was not in the wind : and after the 



and be with the twelfth : and Elytra pas- 
sed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 

20 And he left the oxen, and ran after 
Elijah, and said, Let me, f pray thee, kiss 
my father and my mother, and then I will 
follow thee. And he said unto him, Go 
back again : for, What have I done to thee ? 

21 And he returned back from him, and 
too*; a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and 
bailed their flesh with the instruments of 
the oxen, and gave unto the people, and 
.they did eat. Then he arose, and went af- 
ter Elijah, and ministered unto him. 

CHAP. XX. 

1 Benhadad besiegeth Samaria. 13 The 

Syrians are slain. 31 Ahab diimisseth 

Benhadad. 35 Afirophefrefiroveth him. 

A iN D Benhadad the king ofSyria gather- 

±\ ed all his host together : andthere were 

thirty and two kings with him, and horses, 

and chariots : and he went up and besieged 

Samaria, and warred againstit. 

2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king 
of Israel into the city, and said unto him, 
Thus saith Benhadad, 

3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine : thy 
wives also and thy children, even the good- 
he::, aro mine. 



The Syrians 



Chap. xx. 






4 And the king of Israel answered and 
said. My lord, O King,accordhig to thy say- 
ing, 1 am thine, and all tiiat 1 have. 

5 And the messengers came -gain, and 
said, Tims speaketh Benhadad, 
Although 1 have sent unto thee; 
Thou shak deliver me thy silver, and thy 
gold, and thy wives, and thy children ; 

6 Yet I will send m) servants unto thee 
to-morrow about this time, and they shall 
search thine house, and the Houses of thy 
servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever 

at in thine eyes, they shall put it 
in their hand, and take// away. 

7 Tl.. I culled all the 
elders of the land; and'said, Mark, 1 pray 

! see how this man seeketh mis- 
chief: foi he sent unto me fern:. 

my children, and for my silver,and 

; and I denied him not. 
all the elders and all the people 
said unto him, Hearken not Uato 

■ :■ he said unto the messen- 

adod, Tell my lord the king, 

All tlur • servant 

at the first, I will do: but tliis thing i may 

te messenger 

ht him word again. 

iid more 

1 1 Vnd the . 

ihi 

.And the} set 

- 

suitht! 

I 

And he 

I 

. 

tnd tliirtv - .. 
the] 

I. 

• I 

1 him. 

17 And the . 



•the provinces wer.t rue first: and Benha- 
dad sent out, and they told him, saying) 
There aremen coir.e out of Samai ia. 

IS And he said, Whether they become 
out lor peace, take them alive ; or wheth- 
er they be come out for war, take them 
alive. 

19 So these young men of the princes of 
the pro\ inces came out of the city, and the 
ann> wliich followed them. 

20 And they slew every one his man : 
and the Syrians fled ; and Israel pursued 
them : and Benhadad the king of Syria es- 
caped on an horse with the horsemen. 

21 And the king of Israel went out, and 
smote the horses and chariots, and slew 
the Syrians with a great slaughter. 

22 .-And the prophet came to the king of 
Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen 
thyself, and mark,and see what thou 

for at the return of the year the king of 
Syria will come up against thee. 

23 Ami the servants ofthe king of S) ria 
said unto him, Their gods 

hills; therefore they were stronger than 
we; but let us fight against diem in the 
phtin 3 and surely we shall be stronger than 
they. 

24 And do this thing, Take tfie b 
way, every man out of his place, a 
captains in their rooms : 

25 And number thee an army, like the 
army that thou hast lost, h 

and chariot lot- chariot : and wc will fight 
in uhe plain, <.'//</ snvK we 
■ r than they. Andhehcark- 
ind did so. 

die rear, That Benhadad *numb< 

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316 Abatis foolish pity reproved, 

31 II And his servants said unto him, 
Behold now, we have heard that the kings 
of the house of Israel are merciful kings : 
let us, 1 pray thee, put sackcloth on our 
Icins, and ropes upon our heads, and go 
out to the king of Israel : peradventure he 
will save thy life. 

32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, 
andpui ropes on their heads, and came to 
the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant 
Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. 
And he said, Is he yet alive ? He is my 
brother. 

33 Now the men did diligently observe 
whether any thing would come from him, 
and did hastily catch it : and they said, 
Thy brother Benhadad. Thenhesa'id,Go 
ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth 
to him ; and he caused him to come up in- 
to the chariot. 

34 And Benhadad said unto him, The 
cities which my father took from thy fa- 
ther, I will restore : and thou shait make 
streets for thee in Damascus, as my father 
made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will 
send thee away with this covenant. So he 
made a covenant with him, and sent him 
away. 

35 % And a certain man of the sons of 
the prophets said unto his neighbour m the 
word of the Lord, Smite me, 1 pray thee. 
And the man refused to smite him. 

36 Then said he unto him, Because thou 
h>ast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, Be- 
hold, as " soon as thou art departed from me 
alien shall slay thee. And as soon as he 
was departed from him a lion found him, 
and slew him. 

37 Then he found another man, and 
said, Smite me, 1 pray thee. And the man 
smote him, so that in smiting he wounded 
him. 

3S So the prophet departed, and waited 
for the king by the way, and disguised him- 
self with ashes upon his face. 

39 And as the king passed by, he cried 
unto the king : and he said, Thy servant 
went out into die midst of the battle ; and, 
beheld, a man turned aside, and brought 
a man unto me, and said, Keep this man : 
if by any means he be missing, then shall 
thy life be tor his life, or else thou shaltpay 
a talent of Silver. 

40 And as thy servant was busy here and 
there, he was gone. And the king of Israel 
said unto him. So shall thy judgment be; 
thyself hast decided it. 

41 And he hasted, and took the ashes a- 
way from his face; and the king of Israel 
fliserned him that he was of the prophets. 

42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the 
Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy 
hand a man whom I appointed to utter 
destruction, therefore thy lite shall go for 
his life, and thy people for Ins people. 



2. KINGS. Jezebel- s stratagem* 

43 And the king of Israel went to his 
house heavy and displeased, and came to 
Samaria. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Ahab is denied JVaboth's vineyard. 5 

Jezebel causeth JsTaboth to be condemn-' 

ed. 17 Elijah denounceth judgment 

against Ahab and Jezebel, 

AND it came to pass after these things, 
that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine- 
yard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the 
palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 

2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, 
Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it 
for a garden of herbs, because it is near 
unto my house : and I will give thee for it 
a better vineyard than it ; or, if it seem 
good to thee, I will give thee the worth of 
it in money. 

3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord 
forbid it me, that I should give the inherit- 
ance of my fathers unto thee. 

4 And Ahab came into his house heavy 
and displeased, because of the word which 
Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him : 
for hehad said, I will not give thee the in* 
heritance of my lathers. And he laid him 
down upon his bed, and turned away his 
face, and would eat no bread. 

5 % But Jezebel his wife came to him, 
and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so 
sad, that thou eatest no bread ? 

6 And he said unto her, Because I spake 
unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto 
him, Give me thy vineyard for money ; or 
elbe, if it please thee, I will give thee an- 
other vineyard for it : and he answered, I 
will not give thee my vineyard. 

7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him. 
Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Is- 
rael ? Arise, and eat bread, and let thine 
heart be merry : I will give thee the vine- 
yard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 

8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, 
and sealed them with his seal, and sent the 
letters unto the elders and to the nobles 
that were in his city, dwelling with Na- 
both. 

9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, 
Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high a- 
mong the people? 

10 And set two men, sons of Eelial, be- 
fore him, to bear witness against him, say- 
ing, Thou didst blaspheme God and the 
king. And then carry him out, and stone 
hiin that he may die. 

11 And the men of his city, even the el- 
ders and the nobles who were the inhabit- 
ants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent un- 
to them, and' as it was written in the let- 
ters which she had sent untothem. 

12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Na- 
both on high among the people. 

13 And there came in two men, chil- 



Ahab humbkih /Jmse{/, and Chap, 

drenof Eelial, and sat before him: and 
the men ot Belial witnessed against him, 
*>ven against Naboth, in the presence of 
the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme 
God and the king. Then they carried 
him forth out ot the city, and stoned him 
vn.h stones that he died. 

14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, 
Naboth is stoned, and is dc 

15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel 
heard thatN; I tied, and was 
dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab 
takepossessu d of the vineyard od ] 

xhe Jezreetitc , which he refused to give thee 
tor ii ioi •. : us not alive, but dead. 

16 And it came to pass, when Ahab 
heard thai Naboth was dead, that Ahab 
rose up to go down to the vineyard ot Na- 
both die Jezrcelite. to take possession of it. 

1 ." ■ And the word of the Lord came to 
EUj ih the Tishbite, saying, 

ise, go down to meet Ahab king of 
Israel, which *'* in Samaria : behold, he is 
in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is 
gone down to possess it. 

19 And thou slialt speak unto him, say- 
ing, Thus saiththe Lord, Hast thou killed, 
i taken possession r .Vnd thou shalt 
speak unto him laying, Thus saith the 
Lord, in the place where d< gs licked the 
blood of Naboth ^hall dogs lick thy blood, 

inf. 

to Elijah, Hast thou 
found me, O mine enemy ? And he 
e found thee : because thoi 

ght of the Lord. 

told, I will bring evii upon thee,.and 

will take away th) posterity, and will cut off 

6nomAhabhimthatpi . the wall, 

and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 

12 And will make thine house like the 

Nebat, and like 

q of Ahijah, for 

i wherewith thou h 

yoked mt to anger « and made Israel to sin* 

pake the L< rd, 

all eat Jezebel by the 

. of Ahab in the city 
ii that dieth in 
fthc air eat. 

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i 

I 

27 And i :i Ahab 

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x:> . i . ii i il&e jirofih t ts, 31? 

29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth him- 
se ; t before me I Because hehumbleth him- 
self Ijefore me, I will not bring the evil in 
his days : but in his son's days will 1 bring 
the evil upon his house. 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 Ahab seduced by false prophets^ is slam 
at Ramofl.gi.lt ud. 37 The dogs lick lift 
his blood. 41 Jehoshaphafs good reign, 
45 and acts, 51 Ahaziah's evil reign. 

AND they continued three years with- 
i ut war between Syria and Israel. 

2 And it came to pass in the third year, 
that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came 
down to the king of Israel. 

3 And the king ol Israel said unto his 
servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Giiead 
is our's and we be still, and take it not out 
of the hand oi the king of Syria f 

4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt 
the u go with me to battle to Ramothgilead ? 
And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, 
1 am as thou art, my people as thy people, 
my horses as thy horsesl 

5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of 
Israel, Inquire, 1 pray thee, at the word of 
the Lord to-day. 

6 Then the king of Israel gathered the 
prophets together, about four hundred 
men, and said unto them, Shall I goagainst 
Ramothgilead to battle I or, Shall 1 forpear t 
and they said, Go up : for the Lord shall 
deliver z7 into the hand of the king. 

7 And Jehoshaphat said, h there not 
here a prophet of the Lord besides, that n e 

... inquire ( I him? 
b And the king ol Israel said unto Jehosh- 
aphat, There is yet one man. Micaiah the 
S')n of Imlah.by whom we may inquire of the 
Lord : but 1 hate him ; for he doth not pro- 
phesy good coneei r.ii ig me, but evil. And 
iphat said, Let not the king - 

9 Then I lied an offi- 
cer,an b lh« 

I alah. 

10 And the kine of Israel and Job. aha- 
phat the king of Jo d . on his 

i a \- id 
place io • 
ria ; and all the j rophets pr< plie ied be- 

iMI. 

11 And 

saith th< - tall thou j uah 

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318 Ahab seduced* 

ofoneofthem,ancl speak that whkh /sgood. 

14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord iiv- 
eth, what the Lord sailh unto me, that will 
1 speak. 

15 So lie came to the king. And the 
king said unto him, Micaiah. Shall we go 
against Ramothgiiead to battle ? or, Shall 
we forbear? And he answered him, Go 
and prosper : for the Lord shall deliver it 
into the hand of the king. 

16 And the king said unto him, How 
many times shall X adjure thee that thou 
tell me nothing but that which is true in the 
name ox the Lordr 

17 And be said, I saw all Israel scatter- 
ed upon the hills, as sheep that have not a 
shepherd : and the Lord said. These have 
no master : let them return, every man to 
his house in peace. 

18 And the king of Israel said unto Je- 
hoshaphat, Did 1 not tell thee thai he would 
prophesy no good concerning me, but evil ? 

19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the 
word of the Lord : 1 saw the Lord sitting on 
his throne, and all the host of beaten stand- 
ing by him on his right hnnd and on his left. 

20 And the Lord said, Who shall per- 
suadeAhab, that lie may go up and fall at 
: ■ ijgilead '( And one said on this man- 
gel i id another said on that manner. 



I there came forth a spirit;, and 
and said, 1 will per- 



ord, 



22 And the Lord ss id unto him, Where - 

aid I e s ic I will go forth, and I 

irit in the mouth of all his 

|>r< | h< ts. AndnesaidjThoushaltpersuade 

fm •■, nd prevail also: go forth, and do so. 

S 3 N< >w therefore, beheld* the Loi d hath 

put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these 

thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken e- 

vil concerning thee. 

24 But Zedekiali the son of Chenaanah 
wentncar,f'ncl smote Micaiahon the cheek, 
and said, Which way went the spirit of the 
Lord from me to speak unto thee ? 

25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt 
see in that day, when thou shalt go into an 
inner chamber to hide thyself. 

26 And the king of Israel said, Take 
Micaiah, and carry him back unto An .men 
the governor of the city, and to Joash the 
king's son ; 

27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put 
this fitlow in the prison, and feed him with 
bread oi affliction, and with water oiaffiic- 
tion, untii J conie in peace* 

28 And Micaiali said, if thou return at 
all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by 
me. And he said, Hearken, O people, ev - 
ery one of you. 

29 So the king of Israel and Jehpshai >hat 
the kii ig of Judal i w ent up to Ramothgiiead. 

3D And the kiiaj of Israel said unto Je- 



I. KINGS. He is slain at Ramothgiiead* 

hoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and en- 
ter into the battle ; but put thou on thy 
robes. And the king of Israel disguised 
himself, and went into tne battle. 

•31 But the king of Syria commanded his 
thirty and two captains that had ruletwer 
his chariots, saying,Ftght either with small 
nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 

32 And it came to pass, when the cap- 
tains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that 
they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. 
And they turned aside to fight against him ; 
and Jehoshaphat cried out. 

33 And it came to pass, when the cap- 
tains of the chariots perceived that it was 
not the king of] srael, that they turned back 
from pursuing hint. 

34 And a certain man drew a bow at a 
venture, and smote the king of Israel be- 
tween the joints of the harness : wherefore 
he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn 
thine hand, and carry me out of the host : 
fori am wounded. 

35 And the batt!e increased that day : and 
the I; ing was stayed up in his chariot against 
the Syrians, and died at even : and the blood 
ran out of the wound into the midst of the 
chariot. 

36 And there wentaproclamationthrough- 
out the host,about the going down of the sun, 
saying, Every man to his city, and every 
man to his own country. 

37 ; li So the king died, and was brought 
to Samaria ; and they buried the king in 
Samaria. 

38 And one washed the chariot in the 
pool of Samaria ; and the dogs licked up 
his blood; and they washed his armour; 
according unto the word of the Lord which 
he spake, 

39 Now the i est oftheai ts of Ahab, and 
all that he did, and the ivory house which 
he made, and all the cities'that he built, 
Are they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

40 So Ahab slept with his fathers ; and 
Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 

41 % And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa 
began to reign over Judah in the fourth 
year or Ahab king of Israel. 

42 Jehoshaphat was miity and five years 
old when he began to reign ; and he reign- 
ed twenty and iiv e } ears in Jerusalem* And 
his mother's name wcwAsubah the daugh- 
ter of hhilhi. 

43 And he walked in all the ways of A- 
sa-Jiis father ; he /turned not aside from t A 
doing that which was right in the eves of 
the Lord: nevertheless, the high places 
w ere not taken away ; jforthe people offer- 
ed and burned mc< xv- e yet in the high places. 

44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with 
the king of Israel. 

45 % "Now the rest of the acts of Jehosh- 



Jehoshaphat s death Chap. 

aphat, and his might that he shewed, and 
how he warred, Are they not written in the 
b< ok of the Chronictes of the kings of Judal i i 

46 And the remnant of the Sodomites, 
which remained in the days of his father 
Asa, he took oat of the land. 

47 There was then no king in Edom : 
a deputy ivas king. 

jfaat made ships ofTharshish 
to gotoOphir for g >\d : but they went not ; 
for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. 

48 Then said Ahaziah th 
unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with 
thy servants in the ships. But Jehosha- 
phat would not. 

50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fa- 



and burial. 319 

thers, and was buried with his fathers in 
the city of David his father : and Jehoraui 
Iji-s s .n reigned in his stead. 

51 If Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to 
reign over Israel in Samaria, the seven- 
teenth veat^of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, 
and feigned two years over Israel. 

52 And he did evil in the sight of the 
Lord, and walked in the way of his father, 
and in the way of his mother, and in the 
way of Jeroboam the son of Nehat, who 
made Israel to sin : 

53 For he served Baal, and worshiped 
him, and provoked to auger the Lord God 
of Israel, according to all that his father 
had done. 



The Second Book of the Kings, 
Commonly called the Fourth Book of the Kings. 



CHAP. L 

IJMoabrebelleth. 2 Ahaziah, sending to 

Baalzebub, hath his judgment by £li- 

. J twice oringethjire fram 

A/mziah's messengers. 17 

Jehoram succeeded h Ahaziaii. 

Telled against It>rae] 
after the death of Ahab. 
2 r And Aliaziah fell down through a 
lattice in his upper chamber that ivaa in 

k:andhesen! 
geia, and said unto them, Go, inquire of 
ub the god of Ekron, whether I 
lis disease. 
.J But theangelofthe Lord said to Elijah 
the Tisl ■ go up to meet the 

gersofthe king or 
> them, 7* it not because there is 
o to inquire of 
teG idol Ekron ? 
r therefore, thus saith the Lord, 
Thou sh;ilt not come down from that bed 
• lalt sure- 

i tun ed 

•.:, Why 

.:, There came 

nth the 

o 

7 And he s . 
of rnan i 



hairy man, and girt with a girdle of lea- 
ther about his loins. And he said, it is 1l~ 
lijah the Tishbite. 

9 Then the king sent unto him a captain 
of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to 
him : and, behold, he sat on the top of an 
hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man 

the king hath said, Comedown. 

10 And Elijah answered, and said to the 
captain of fifty, li I be a man of God then 
let fire come down from heaven, and con- 
sume thee and thy fifty. And the- i 
down fire from heaven, and consamed 
him and his fifty. 

11 Again also he sent unto him another 
captain of fifty with his fifty. And he an- 
swered and said unto him,0 man of God, 
tints hath the king said,Come down i 

12 And Elijah answered i 
them, It I be a man of God, let ft i 
down from heaven, and consume th 
thy fifty. And thefin 

a. d consumed him 
• 

lin a captain of the 
'.:k1 the third 
.r.l 
on hi:; I.: 

-aid unto him, On 
.Jet mj life, and 

. 

. with their . 

im. And : 

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310 Elijah divkkth Jordan. II. KINGS. 

the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent 
messengers to inquire of Baalzebub the 
god of Ekron, is it not because there is no 
God in Israel to inquire of his word? 
Therefore thou shalt not come down off 
that bed on which thou art gone up, but 
shalt surely die. 

17 % So he died according to the word of 
the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And 
Jehoram reigned in his stead, in the second 
year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat 
king of Judah : because he had no son. 

18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah 
which he did, Are they not written in the 
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Elijah divideth Jordan, and granting 
Elisha his request, is takenufi. 14 Eli- 
sha divideth Jordan ; 19 he healeth the 
•waters, 23 Children mocking Elisha 
are destroyed. 

AND it came to pass, When the Lord 
would take up Elijah into heaven by 
a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha 
from Gilgal. 

2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry 
here, I pray thee ; for the Lord hath sent 
me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, 
As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, 
I will not leave thee. So they went down 
to Bethel. 

3 And the sons of the prophets that 
were at Bethel came forth to Eiisha, and 
said unto him, Kno west thou that the Lord 
will take away thy master from thy head 
tc-day ? And he said, Yea, I know it ; 
hold ye your peace. 

4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha tarry 
here, I pray thee ; for the Lord hath sent 
me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord 
liveth,and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave 
thee. So they came to Jericho. 

5 And the sons of the prophets that 
were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said 
unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord 
will take away thy master from thy head 
to-day i And he answered, Yea, I know 
it ; hold ye vour peace. 

6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I 
pray thee, here ; ior the Lord hath sent 
me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord 
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not 
leave thee. And they two went on. 

7 And fifty men of the sons of the proph- 
ets went, and stood to view afar off : and 
they two stood by Jordan. 

8 And Elijah took hisnrcntle, and wrap- 
ped it together, and smote the waters, 
and they were divided hither ?md thither, 
so that they two went over on dry ground. 

9 And it came to pass, when they were 
gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, 
Ask what I shall do for thee before 1 be 
taken away from thee, And Elisha said, I 



He is taken ufi to heaven. 

pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit 
be upon me. 

10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard 
thing : nevertheless, if thou see me when I 
am taken from thee, it shall be so unto 
thee ; but if not, it shall not be so. 

11 And it came to pass, as they still went 
on, and talked, that behold, there afi/ieared 
a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and 
parted them both asunder ; and Elijah 
went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 

12 And Eiisha saw it, and he cried, My 
father, my father, the chariot of Israel, 
and the horsemen thereof. And he saw 
him no more : and he took hold of his own 
clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 

13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah 
that fell from him, and went back, and 
stood by the bank of Jordan : 

14 1 And he took the mantle of Elijah 
that fell from him, and smote the waters, 
and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah : 
And when he also had smitten the waters, 
they parted hither and thither ; and Elisha 
went over. 

15 And when the sons of the prophets 
which wereto view at Jericho sawhim,they 
said, The siprit of Elijah doth rest on Eli- 
sha. And they came to meet him, and bow- 
ed themselves to the ground before him. 

16 'And they said unto him, Behold now, 
there be with thy servants fifty strong 
men ; let them goj we pray thee, and seek 
thy master : lest peradventure, the spirit 
of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast 
hirn upon some mountain, or into some 
valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 

17 And when they urged him till he 
was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent 
therefore fifty men : and sought three days, 
but found him not. 

18 And when they came again to him 
(for he tarried in Jericho), he said unto 
them,Did I not say unto you, Go not ? 

19 1 And the men of the city said unto 
Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of 
this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth : but 
the water w naught, and the ground barren. 
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruise,and 
put salt therein, And they brought it to him. 

21 And he went forth unto the spring of 
the waters, and cast the salt in there, and 
said Thus saith the Lord, I have healed 
these waters ; there shall not be from 
thence any more dearth or barren land. 

22 So the waters were healed unto this 
day according to the saying of Elisha 
which he spake. 

23 % And he went up from thence unto 
Bethel : and as he was going up by the way, 
there came forth little children out of the 
city, and mocked him, and said unto him, 
Go up, thou bald head I Go up, thou bald 
head. 



N : 



Jchorani's rciga. Chap, 

24 And he turned back, and looked on 
them and cursed them in the name of the 
Lard. And there came forth two she- 
bears out of the wot .1, and tare forty and 
two children of them. 

25 And he went from thence to mount 
Canpel, god from thence he returned to 
Samaria. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Jchortprtsrcign, 4 Me&ha rebelleth. 16 
Eiisfia obtai and promise oj 

victory, 21 The Moabitea are overcome. 
Ow Je ior .mi the son of Ah ih 
to reign over Israel in Samaria, the 
eighteen : king of 

)udab, and reigned twelve years. 

2 And lie wrought evil in the sight of 
I : but nut like his father, and like 

his mother : for he put away the image 
is father had made. 

3 Nevertheless, he cleaved unto the sins 
i am the son ofNebat, which made 

eparted not therefrom. 

4*' And Mesba king ol Meabwas a 

sheepmaster,and rendered unto the king of 

Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an 

hundred thousand rams with the wool. 

5 But it came to pass, wh< 
deao%thattbe king of Mo ib rebelled 

6 And king Jehoram went out of Sama- 
. : i Israel 

e went and sent toJehoshaphatthe 
king of Judah, sa\ ing, The Ling of Moah 
hath rebelled against me : Wilt thou go with 
ab to battle ? A'. <J he said 1 
will go up: L } my people as 

thy people, and my horses a - 
8 And he said. Which w 
up I And he answered, Tl i 

king of J • king ofEd< 

irefck 

I 

l Vnd 

i>n'pli< tsotth) m* 
of Israel ... : for the Lord 



i. hi. Andracvloua suftfUyq/watcr, 3C1 

hath called these three kings together, to 
deliver them into the hand of Moatt. 

14 And Elisha said, Aa the Lord of 
hosts iiveth, before whom I stand, surely, 
were it not that 1 regard the presence of 
Jehoshaphat tlie king of Judah, I would 
not look toward thee, nor see thee. 

15 But now Bring me a minstrel. And 
it came to pass, when the minstrel played, 
■that the hand of the Lord came upon him. 

16 Ti And he said, Thus saith the Lord, 
Make this valley full of ditches. 

17 For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not 
see wind, neither shall ^eaeerain ; yet that 
valley shall be filled with water, that ye 
may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and 
your beasts. 

IS And this is but a light thing in the 
the Lord : he will deliver the . 
abites dso into your hand. 

19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, 
and every choice city, and shall fell every 
good free, and stop ah wells of water, anil 
marevery good piece of land with stones. 

20 And it came to pass in the morning, 
when the meat offering was offered, that, 
behold, there came water by the way ofE- 
dom, and the country was filled with water. 

21 K And when all the Moabites heard 
that the kings were cojne up to fight a- 
gainst them, they gathered all that -were 
able to put on armour, and upward, and 

the border. 

22 And they rose up early in tlie mor- 
ning, and the sun shone upon the water, 
and the Moabites saw tue water on the o- 
tber side o« red as bl 

23 And the) said, Hus is blood: .the 
kings are surely si -mit- 
ten one another: now I 

poil. 

<>t I i •■•'. tl note 

ley went forward smiting me Moa- 
;. in /,': ir country, 
idthej be .t down •! 

i pie e of land c ist < - 
ind filled if ; and theystf^ 
I 
Imi-ii iraseth 

•'•ii. 

lb saw 

i, he 

to k him bcv< ohu hew 

;h even unto tha 

; 

• idest son that 

a ^H 
ition 
irted from 
lOdl etumed to f/i*ir oxvn lam!. 



322 The wide tv 1 s oil increased. 



II. KINGS. 



The Shunammiie beareth a son. 



CHAP. IV. 
1 Elisha midtiplieth the widow's oil, 8 
He giveth a son to tlie Shunammite. 18 
He raise th her dead son. 

NOW there cried a certain woman of 
the -wives ofthe sons of the prophets 
unto Elisha, saying. Thy servant my hus- 
band is dead; and thou knowestthat thy 
servant did fear the Lord : and the cred- 
itor is come to take unto him my two sons 
to be bondmen. > 

2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall 
Ido for thee? Tell me. What hast thou in 
the house ? And she said, thine handmaid 
hath not any tiling in the house save a pot 
of oil. 

3 Then he said. Go, borrow the vessels 
abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty 
vessels ; borrow not a few. 

4 And when thou art come in, thou 
shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy 
sons, and shalt pour out into' ail those ves- 
sels, and thou shalt set aside that which is 
lull. . 

5 So she went from him, and shut the 
. door upon her and upon her sons, who 

brought the vessels to her ; and she pour- 
ed out. 

6 And it came to pass, when the vessels 
were full, that she s^id unto her son,Bring 
me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, 
There is not a vessel more. And the oil 
sxayed. 

7 Then she came and told the man of 
God. And he said. Go, sell the oil, and 
pay thy debt, and live thou and thy chil- 

•dren of the rest. 
.,&% And it fell on a clay, that Elisha pas- 
sed to Shunem, where "was a great wo- 
he constrained him to eat 
bread. A nd so it was, that as oft as he pas- 
sed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 

9 And she said unto her husband. Behold 
now, 1 perceive that this man is an 1 ioIv man 
of God, which passeth by us continually. 

10 Let us make a little chamber, 1 pray 
thee, on fne wall ; and let us set for him 
there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and 
a candlestick ; and itshall be, when he co- 
il to us, thatAshaU turn in thither. 
J And it fell on a day, that he came 
and he turned into the chamber, 
d lay there. 

12 And he said to Gehazi his 
Calllhis ShunamBnite. And whenhehad 
called her, she stood before him. 

"1 he said unto him, Sey now unto 

Da hast been carelul for us 

done for 

~ /VoiTTdest thou be spoken for to the 

J, ortothe captain of the host ? And she 

\ I dwell among; mine own people. 

1 ; And he said, Wjjrat then is to be done 

for her? And Gehazi answ< 

hath no child, sftfd her husband Isold. ' - 



15 And he said, Call her. And when 
he had called her, she stood in the door. 

16 And he said, about this season, accor- 
ding to the time of life, thou shalt embrace 
a son. And she said Nay, my lord, thou 
man of God,do not lie unto thine handmaid. 

17 And the woman conceived and bare 
a son at that season th< i Elisha had said 
unto her, according to the time of lite. 

18 % And when the child was grown, it 
it fell on a day, that he went out to his fa-, 
ther to the reapers. 

19 And he said unto his father, My head, 
my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him 
to his mother. 

20 And when he had taken him, and 
brought-him to his mother, he sat on her 
knees till noon, and then died. 

21 And she went up, and laid him on 
the bed of the man of God, and shut the 
door upon him, and went out, 

22 And she called unto her husband, and 
said, Send me, I pray thee, one ofthe young 
men, and one of the asses, that I may run 
to the man of God, and come again. 

23 And he said Wherefore wilt thou go 
to him to-day ? If is neither new moon, nor 
sabbath. And she said, It shad he wejl. 

24 Then she sadled an ass, and said to 
her servant, Drive, and go forward ; slack 
not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. 

25 So she went and came unto the man 
of God to mount Carmel. And it came to 
pa's, when the man of God saw her afar off, 
that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, 
yonder z'sthatSlnmammite : 

25 Run now, 1 pray thee- to meet her and 
say unto her, is it well with thee ? Is it well 
with thy husband ? Isit well with the child i 
And she answered, It i swell. 

27 And when she come to the man of God 
to the hill, she caught him by the feet : but 
Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And 
tbe man oi God said, Let her alone ; for her 
soul is vexed within her : and the Lord hath 
hid it from me, and hath not told me. 

28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of 
m| lord ? Did I not say, Do not deceive me. 

29 Then he said to" Geliazi, Gird up thy 
loins, and take my staffin thine hand, and 
troth v wav ; it thou meet any man, salute 
him not ; 'and if any salute thee, answer 
Kim not again : aad lay my staff upon the 
face ofthe child. 

50 And the mother ofthe child safd,v*s 
the Lord iiveth, and as thy seal liveth, I 
will not leave thee. And he arose, and 
followed her. 

31 And Gehazi passed on before them, 
and laid the staff upon the tace of the child ; 
but there was neither voice nor hearing. 
Wherefore he went again to meet him, and 
told him, saying, The child is not awaked. 

32 And when Elisha was come in the 



The deadly fiottage healed. 



house. behold, the child was de d,cnr/laid 
upon . : 

33 He went in therefi -re, and shut the door 
upon them twai 

34 And he went upon the 
child, and put his mouth upon i. s 
and his eyes upon his eyes, and Jiis .. 
on his hands : and 1 

3ed warm. 
•j5 Then he ret rned, 
the house to and fr ; up, arid 

stretche 

. times, aiid the cliild cpe*ed 

Gehazi, and s 
this Shu 

- come in unt 

in, and fell at his feet, 
and U i the ground, and took 

. aCOUt. 

■:.a came again to Gflgal : 
i a dearth in the land; and 
I 

> his servant, bet on 
i;d seethe pottage For the 
: phets. 
i nd one went out into the field to 
- 

ild gourds his lap full, 
into the pot of 
: for they knew them not. 

th in tfie 
h 

pie, that 
him the I 



Chap.v. Jtaamarfs lejircsy cleansed. 323 

Syria : he was also a rhighty man in val- 
our, bu: he :: v : i a leper. 

2 And the Syrians had gone out hy com- 
panies, and had brought aptive out 
of the land or" Is ::;ed ; and she 
s wife. 
. .id unto her mistress, Would 

ith the prop 
! For he wouid recover him 
of his leprosy. 

4 Ftnt in, and told his lord, sav- 
ing, Thu - id the maid'.:. 
I of Israel. 

5 And the king of Syria said, Go to go, 
and i will send a letter unto the king- of ls- 

. parted, and took v, 

id six thousand fticce* 
of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 

6 And he brought the letter to the king 
of Israel, saying, Now when this letter 's 
ccme unco thee, behold, 1 have thi 

. nan my sen ant to thee, that thou 
. ecoverhim of ti ste] 

lss, when the king of 
Israel had read the letter, that he rent his 
clothes, and said, Am IGod, to kill and to 
make alive, that this man doth send unto 
me to recover a man i f his leprosy.'' \ \ 
fore consider, 1 pray you, and see how he 
sceketh a quarrel against me. 

8 And. it was«o, wliai Elisha the i 
God had heard that the king oi Isra 
rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, 
Slore hast tnou re 

.and ho 
is a prophet in Israeli 
■ with his horses and 
with his chariot, and stood at the dodflBfi 

• 

■..ii. 

■ | 

land over th 
D 

! 

• i little 

i 






324 Gchczi smitten -with leprosy. 11". 

15% And he returned to the man of God, 
he and all his company, and came, and 
stood before him : and lie said, Behoid,now 
1 know that there rsnoGod in all the earth 
but in Israel : now therefore, I pray thee, 
take a blessing of thy servant. 

16 But he said, Jls the Lord liveth, be- 
fore whom I stand, I will receive none. 
And he urged him to take it; but he re- 
fused* 

17 And Naaman said, shall there not 
then, 1 pray thee, be given to thy servant 
two mules buithen of earth ? For thy ser- 
vant will henceforth offer neither burnt of- 
fering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but un- 
to the Lord. 

18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy ser- 
vant, that when my master goetlv into the 
house of Rimmon to worship there, and he 
ieaneth on my hand, and I bow myself'in 
the house of Rimmon : when I bow down 
myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord 
pardon thy servant in this thing. 

19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. 
So he departed from him a little way. 

20 % But Gehazi, the sen- ant of Elisha 
the man of God, said, Behold my master 
hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not re- 
ceiving at his hands that which he brought ; 
but, as the Lord liveth, I will run alter him , 
and take somewhat of him. 

21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. 
And when Naaman saay him raming after 
him, he lighted down from the chariot to 
meet him, and said, Is all well ? 

22 And he said, All is well. My master 
hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now 
there be come to me from mount Ephraim 
two young men of the sons of the prophets : 
givethem,Ipray thee, a talent of silver, 
and two changes of garments. 

23 And Naaman said, Be content, take 
two talents. Andhe w-gedhim,and bound 
two talents of silver in two bags, with two 
changes of garments and laid them upon 
two of his servants; and they bare them 
before him. 

24 And when he came to the tower, he 
took them from their hand, bestowed them 
in the house : and he let the men go, and 
they departed. 

*5 But he went in, and stood before his 
master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence 
earnest thou. Gehazi? And he said, Thy 
servant went no whither. 

26 Andhe said unto him, Went not mine 
heart with thee 7 when the man turned a- 
gain from his chariot to meet thee ? Is it 
i> time to receive mcr-y, and to receive gar- 
ments, and ohveyards, and vineyards, and 
.shop, and oxen, and menservants, and 
maidservants ? 

27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman 
• shall cleave unto thee, and unt© thy seed 



Elisha nmkeih iron to swi?n. 
And he went out from his pre- 



KINGS. 

for ever, 

sence a leper as white as snow, 
CHAP. VI. 

1 Elisha causeth iron to swim. 8 He dis- 
closeth the king of Syria's counsel; 18 
and smiteth his army with blindness* 

AND the sons of the prophets said unto 
Elisha, Behold now, the place where 
we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, 
and take thence every man a beam, and lee 
us make us a place there, where we may 
dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 

3 And one said, Be content, 1 pray thee, 
and go with thy servants. And he an- 
swered, 1 will go. 

4 So he went with them. And when they 
•came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 

5 But as one was telling a beam, the ax 
head fell into the water : and he cried, and 
said, Alas, master * for it was borrowed. 

6 And the man ot God said, Where fell 
it? And he shewed him the place. Andhe 
cut down a stick, and cast it in thither ; 
and the iron did swim. 

7 Therefore, said he, Take it upto thee. 
And he put out his hand, and took it. 

8 II Then the king Of Syria warred a- 
gainst Israel, and took counsel with his 
servants, saying, In such and such a place 
shall be my carnp. 

9 And the man of God sent unto the king 
of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass 
not such a place ; for thither the Syrians 
are come down. 

10 And the king of Israel sent to the place 
which the man ol God told him and warn- 
ed him of, and saved himself there, not once 
nor twice. 

11 Therefore the heart of the king of 
Syria was sore troubled fortius thing ; and 
he called his servants, and said unto them, 
Will ye not shew me which of us in for the 
king of Israel I 

12 And one of his servants said, None, 
my lord, O king : but Eiisha, the prophet 
that is in Israel, teUeth 'lie king of Israel 
the words that thou speakest in thy bed- 
chamber. 

13 Andhe said, Go and spy where hew, 
that I may send and-fetchhim. And it was 
told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 

14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and 
chariots, and a great host: and they came 
by night, and compassed the city about. 

15 And when the servant of the manof 
God was risen early, and gone forth, be- 
hold, an host compassed the city both with 
horses and chariots. And his servant *aid 
unto him, Alas, mv master ! How sliall we 
do ? 

16 Aa£ lie answered, Fear not : for they 
that be with us are riore than they that oe 
with them. 



with blindness* Ch; 

17 And Elisha prayed, and said. Lord, I 
pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. 
And the Lord opened the eyes ofthe young 
man; and he. aold.themcun- 

tain mis futtof horses and chariots of fire 
round about f 

;• down to him, 

. onto "the Lord, and said, 

Smite this people, 1 pray thee, with blinti- 

irith blindness 

according to tl 1 Uieha, 

19 Ana . . unto them, This is 

not tlie n 8 this the city : follow 

me, and a whom 

ye seek. Bathe led them t 

I it came to pass, when they were 
come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord 
; I these me riy that they may 
see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and 
. ; and, Behold, they were in the 
'" Samai ia. 
21 And the king of Israel said unto Eli- 
sha, n hen he saw them, My tather, Shall I 
smite themt Shall 1 smite thi m ? 

d he answered, Thou shaft, net 
smite than: Wouldest thou smite those 
whom thou hast taken captive with thy 
sword and with thy bow I aet bi - 

efore them, that they may eat and 
. and go to their master. 

ad he prepared great provision for 

n \ drunk 

he sent t ...to their 

, tSo the bands of Syria came no 

more mtoth ael. 

this, that 
ithered all his 
it 

- 
: ; t, until 

a cab of 
>manuii- 

i 

Mid un 

eat him! 

morrow. 

i) eat him : I 
hath b 

heard 1 i 

and the] 



ig* vii. Their sudden JH&ht % 325 

abo to me, if the head of Elisha the son of 
Staph . i a him this day. 

32 But Elisha sat in ais house, "and the 

: with him; and the king sent a 

man from before him : but ere the massed 

ger came to him, he said to the elders, bee 

ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to 

. ; mine head I Look, when the 

e r cometh, shut the door, and hold 

.: the doer : A not the sound of 

and him ? 

33 And while he yet talked with them 

r came down unto 
id, Behold, this evil is ofthe 
Lord ; \ V dl wait for the Lord 

any lone 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Elisha firopftesicth incredible plenty in 
fa* 17 Tht lord is 

trodden to death. 

T. '., Hear ye the word 
ofthe Lord ; thutsaith the Lord, To- 
rn rrow about d istime shall a measure of 
fine IT. ur be sold for a s! ekel, and two mea- 
sures of barley lor a shekel, in the 

2 Then a lord on whose hand the king 
leaned answered the man oi God, and said 
Behold, Jf the Lord would make windows 

: i.might this thing be I And he said, 

Behold, thou shalt see it with thine e ; es, 
but shalt not eat th< 

3 And tlierc were four leprous men at the 
entering in of the gate: and uie\ - 

to another. Why Sk we here until we die ? . 

4 Ifx.c say, we will enter into the city, 
then the famine i ■■ in the city, and \ 

die there : and i 

1 1 :i.e, and let us tall 
unto the host oi the S) rians : if th< 
us alive, we shall live ; and if thc\ 

cue. 

5 And tl thetwnight,togouij-i 

hen they 

tecamp 

m there* 

tofthc 

S) li.a.s I 

t 

. us* 

I iii the 

campaaitwtj 

■ 

L went i 



326 Great plenty in Samaria. 11. KINGS, 

9 Then they said one to another, We do 



not well : this day is a day of good tidings, 
and we hold our peace : if we tarry till 
the morning light, some mischiet will come 
upon us : now therefore, come, that we 
mav go and tell the king's household. 

10 So they came and called unto the por- 
ter of the city : and they told him, saying, 
We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, 
behold, there ivas no man there, neither 
voice of man, but horses tied, and asses 
tied, and the tents as they were, 

11 And he called the porters ; and they 
told it to the king's house within. 

12 And the king arose in the night, and 
said unto his servants, I will now shew you 
what the Syrians have done to us. They 
know that we be hungry ; therefore are 
they gone out ot the camp to hide them- 
selves in the field, saying, When the}- come 
cut of the city, we shall catch them alive, 
and get into the city. 

13 And one of his servants answered and 
said, t&teome take, I pray thee, five of the 
horses that remain, which are left in the 
citv (behold, they are as all the multitude 
of Israel that are left in it : behold, 1 say, 
they are even as all the multitude of the 
1 sraelites that are consumed) : and let us 
send and see. 

14 They took therefore two chariot hors- 
es ; and the king sent after the hostci the 
Syrians, saying, Go and see. 

* 15 And they went after them unto Jor- 
dan : and, lo/all the t'^y was lull of gar- 
ments and vessels, which the Syrians had 
cast away in their haste. And the messen- 
gers returned and told the king. 

16 Andthepeoplf went out, and spoiled 
the tents ot the Syrians. So a measure of 
fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two 
measures of barley for a shekel, according 
to the word of the Lord. 

17 H And the king appointed the lord 
on whose hand he leaned,to have tl .e charge 
of the gate : and the people trode upon ban) 
in the gate, and he died, as the man oi 'God 
had said, who spake when the king come 
down to him. 

18 And it came to pass, as the man oi 
God had spoken to the king, saying, Two 
measures of barley for a shekel, and a mea- 
sure of fine Hour for a shekel, shall be to- 
morrow about this time in the gate of Sa- 
maria : 

19 And that lord answered the man of 
God, and sakf,'ftcw, behold, if the Lord 
should make windows in heaven, might 
such a thing be? .And hesaki,Behold,thou 
shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not 
eat thereof. 

20 And so it fell out unto him : for the 
people trout, upon him in the gate, uiad he 
died. . 



The Shunammite's land restored* 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 The Shimavirnite hath her land restor- 
ed. 15 Hazael killeth his master jand suc- 
ceeded him. 16 Jehorarrts wicked 
reign. 24 Ahaziah succedeth him. 

THEN spake Elisha unto the woman 
whose son he had restored to life,say- 
ing, Arise, and go thou and thine house- 
hold, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst 
sojourn : for the Loi d hath called for a fam- 
ine ; and it shall also come upon the land 
seven years. 

2 And the woman arose, and did after 
the saying of the man of God : and she 
went with her household, and sojourned 
in the land of the Philistines seven years. 

5 And it came to pass at the seven years 5 
end, that the woman returned out of the 
land oft the Philistines: and she went forth 
to cry unto the king for her house and ior 
her kind. 

4 And the king talked with Gehazi the 
servant of the man of God, saying, Tell 
me, I pray thee, all the great things that 
Elisha hath done. 

5 And it came to pass, as he was telling 
die king how he had restored a dead body 
to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son 
he had restored to life, cried to the king for 
her house, and for her land. And Gehazi 
said, lvl y lord,0 king, this is the woman, 
and this is her son, whom Elisha restored 
to life. 

6 And when the king asked the woman, . 
she told him. So the king appointed unto 
her a certain officer, saying. Restore all 
that was her's, andall the fruits of the field 
since the day that she left the land, e\ en 
until now. 

7 And Elisha came to Damascus ; and 
Benhadad the king of Syria was sick : and 
it was told him, saying, The man of God is 
come hither. 

8 And the king said unto Hazael Take, 
a present in thine hand, and go, n.eetthe 
man of God, and inquire of the Lord by 
him, saying, shall I recover oithisdisease"? 

9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took 
a present with him, even of every good 
thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, 
and came and stood before him, and said, 
Thy son Benhadad king ot Syria hath sent 
me to thee, saying, Shall 1 recover of this 
disease ? 

10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say 
unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover : 
howbeit, the Lord hath shewed me that 
lie shall surely die. 

11 And he settled his countenance sted- 
festly, until he was ashamed : and the man 
of God wept. 

12 And iiazael said, Why woepeth my 
lord ? And he answered, Because 1 know 
the evil that thou wilt do unto the children 



Hazael kilk th Benhadad. Chap , 

of Israel : their strong holds wilt thou set 
onfir&\ and their young men wilt thou slay 
with the sword, and wiit dish their chil- 
dren, and rip up their women with child. 

13 And Hazael said, But what ! Is thy 
servant a doe, that he should do this ereat 
tning r And EJisha answered, The Lord 
hath shewed metlut khou shall be kingo- 
ver 9j via. 

14 So he departed from Eiisha, and came 
tohis master ; whoaaid tohim, What said 

: i to thee I And he answered,Hetold 
rcc that thou shouldest surely rec 

tud it came to pass on the m< >rrow, 

that be took a thick, cloth-, and dipped it in 

water, i it he 

died : and Hazael reigned in his stead. 

10* And in the fifth year of Joram the 

i king of Isn ■ itbe- 

ingtin m the son of 

it King ofJudah began to i 

17 Thirty ana two years old was lie 
when he began to reign ; and lie reigned 
eight years in Jerusalem. 

18 And he walked in the way of the kings 
of Israel, as did the house ot Aliab: for 
the daughter of Ahab was his wife : and he 
did evil in the sight ot the Lord. 

/ rd would not destroy Ju- 
dah Car David his servant's sake, as he 
prom i s ed him to give him alwa)sa light, 
mid to his children. 

20 In his days Edori) revolted from un- 
der \ udah, and nude a king o- 

over toZair, and all 
i him: and he arose by 
night, and - which com- 

n about) and the captains i 

■ Edom revc ider the 

hand of Judah unto this day. Tlien Libnah 
e time. 

tsofJoram,and 
all th in the 

- 

b 
titer oJ ( mv 

the I 

. 
. id he went with J' i 
Ahab to the war gain it 
ria in Rainothgileadj and the Syrians 
oded Joram. 



b ix. Jehu anointed king. 327 

29 And king Joram went back to \ie heal - 
edin Jezreel of the wounds which the Syr- 
ians had given him at Ram ah, when he 
fought against Hazael king ox' Syria. And 
Ahaziah 'the son of Jehoram king of Judah 
went down to see Joram die son of Ahab 
in Jezreel, because he was sick. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Jehu U anointed* 11 He kilh-th Joram in 

the field ofXaboth. SO Jezebel eaten by 

dogs. 

AND Eiisha the prophet called one of 
the children ofthe prophets, and said 
unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this 
box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth- 
gilead : 

1 when thcu comest thither, look 
out there Jehu the sen of Jebnshaphat the 
son ot Nimshi, and go in, anc make him S- 
riseup from among his bretlren, aadc rry 
him to an inner chamber ; 

3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it 
on his head, and say, Tb/3 saith the lord, 
I have anointed thee /jng over Israel. 
Then ojjen the door, airaee, and tarry not. 

4 So the ywmg man, eewtheyoung man 
■ i et, v ent to iv rnothgflead. 

5 And when he ca ie, behold, tie cap- 
tains ofthe host wen Bitting, and be said, 
1 have an errand to I ee, O captaij . And 
Jehu said, Qntowhp of alius? And he 
said. To thee, O c j tain, 

6 And he arose , *d went into the house ; 
no his head, and said 

rd God of Is- 
rael, II thee king over the 
• the 1 01 ) even over Israel. 

7 tad thou sYdt smite the house of A* 

i at 1 may avenge the blood 
i ; prophets, a: id the blood 
of ail the servaM of the Lord, at the hand 
I. 

use of Ahab shall per- 
ish: aii fl ■ ■ '' p that 
lumthatisshut 

nab like 
■ ol Nebut,and 

in the 
portion > M ne 

• J k or and 

n « , ime forth to theaer- 

id unto him. 

h all w - lll " tl 

►them, Ye 

And be 

Lord, l ii..- e 
k • • j; ovei l 
i 3 1 1 
man his 



32S Jehu slayeth Joram. II. E 

the top of the-stairs, and blew with trum- 
pets, saying, Jehu is king. 

14 So Jenu the son of Jehoshaphat the 
son of Nimshi conspired against" Joram. 
(NowJoramhadkeptRamotligiiead,heand 
all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. 

15 But king Joram was returned to be 
healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the 
Syrians had given him, when he fought 
with Hazael king of Syria). And Jehu 
said, if it be your minds, thcnlet none go 
forth war escape out of the city to go to tell 
it in Jezreel. 

15 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went 
to Jezreel ; for Joram lay there. And A- 
haziah kin> of Judah was come down to se« 
Joram. 

17 And tlere stood a watchman on the 
tower in Jezi-el, and he spied the compa- 
ny of Jehu as h> came, and said, 1 see a com- 
pany. And Jon m said, T ake an horseman, 
and send to racm them, and let him say, Is 
it peace ? 

IS So there w;nt one on horseback to 
meet him, and sirf, Thus saith the king, 
Is it peace ? And ehu said what hast thou 
to do Vita peace? Turn thee behind me. 
And the watchman-old, saying, The mes- 
senger came to then, but he cometh not a- 
gain. 

i 19 Then he sent n.t a second on horse- 
back, which came to hem, andsaid,Thus 
saith the kiRg, 7s it pice? And Jehu an- 
swered, What hast th- 1 to do with peace? 
Turn thee behind me. 

20 And the watchim told, saving, He 
came even unto them, r.d cometh not a- 
gam : and the driving i& ike the driving of 
Jehu the sen of Nimshi ; for he driveth fu- 
riously. 

k 21 And Joram said, M&e ready. And 
his chariot was made rea.v. And Joram 
king of Israel and Ahazia king of Judah 
went out each inhischark\andthey went 
out against Jehu, and met im in the por- 
tion of Naboth the Jezreelit:. 

22 And it came to pass, \\ien Joram saw 
Jehu, that he said, Is it peac •., Jehu ? And 
he answered, What peace so long as the 
whoredoms of thy mother J-.zebei and her 
witchcrafts are so many ? 

23 And Joram turned his rinds, and fled, 
and said to Ahaziah, Thert is treachery, 
OAhaziah! 

24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full 
strength, and smote Jehoran between his 
arms, and the arrow went oit at his heart, 
arid he sunk down in his cha-iot. 

25 Then said Jehu to Bidki-.r his captain, 
Take up. and cast him in the portion of the 
held of Naboth the Jezreeiite : for remem- 
ber how that, when I and thou rode togeth- 
er after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this 
burden upon him : 



INGS. Jezebel eaten by dogs. 

26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood 
of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith 
the Lord ; and I will requite thee in this 
plat, saith the Lord. Now there-fore, take 
and cast him into the plat of ground) ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord. 

27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah 
saw thisy he fled by the way oi the garden 
house. And Jehu followed after him, and 
said, Smite him also in the chariot. And 
they did so at the going up to Gur, which 
is by Ibleam . And he fled to Megiddo, and 
died there. 

^ 28 And his servants carried him in a cha- 
riot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his se- 
pulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 

29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the 
son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over 
Judah. 

30 ^f And when Jehu was come to Jez- 
reel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted 
her face, and tired her head, and looked 
out at a window. 

31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, 
she said, liad Zimri peace, who slew his 
master ? 

32 And he lifted up his face to the win- 
dow, and said, Who m en my side ? Who ? 
And there looked out to him two or three 
eunuchs. 

33 And he said, throw her down. So 
they threw her down : and some of her 
blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the 
horses : and he trode her under foot. 

34 And when he was come in, he did eat 
and drink, and said, Go, see now this cur- 
sed woman^ and bury her : for she is a king's 
daughter. 

35 And they went to bury her : but they 
found ao more of her than the scull, ancl 
the feet, and the palms of her hands. 

36 Wherefore they came again, and told 
him. And he said, Thisz's the word of the 
Lord, which he spake by his servant Eli- 
jah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of 
Jezreel shall dogs eat the fiesh of Jezebel : 

37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as 
dung upon the face of the field in the por- 
tion of Jezreel ; so that they shall not say, 
This is Jezebel. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Jehu causeth seventy of Allah's children 
to be beheaded. 18 He destroyetJi the 
worshippers of Baal) 29 yet hefollQweth 
Jeroboam's sins. 

AND Ahab had seventy sons in Sama- 
ria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent 
to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to 
the elders, and to them that brought up A- 
ha&'s children) saying, 

2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to 
you,seeing your master's sons are with ycu, 
and there are with you chariots and horses, 
a fenced city also, and armour j 



i children bck Chap 

3 Look even ostt the best 
your : 

oe, andn>h. I 
hcuse. 

4 But they were e:- a id, and 1 

Behold, rw 

i .and I 

5 And he tii. 
he that vas over 
and tlbe bri: 

Jehu, saying, We are thy ser\ <_: . 
do all . 



And he gave him hn 
him up to him into t 

16 And he said. Come with me, 
my zeal for the Lord. So they made hhi i 

■ i when he came to Samaria, lie 

slew aii that remained unto \hab b 

ria, till he had destroyed him, according UP 

g cf the Lord, which he spake tt) 

. 

{8 1 And Jehu gathered all the people 

together, and said unto them, Ahab served 



make a. Baa la little \but Jehu shall serve him much, 

in thins t w tlierefore, call unto me all the 

6 Then he wrote . fetter the second time 



■ 
■ 

heads ci 

come to me to Jezre^ 

time. (Now the kiD| < seven- 

ty persons, ivere with the great dm 
nich brought them up). 

una to pass, when the letter 
thattheytdbk 
and slew semi . and put their 

headsinbaske* . . ■: Jezreel. 

. _ messenger, and told 
• ing. They have brought the heads 
tag's sons. And he said, 
them in two heaps at the entering in ci" the 
gate a nine. 

9 And it came to pass in the i 
thathe i 

- 

10 Know now that there shall fall unto 
the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, 

'. hath done/ ... 

ed of the 
: eel, and all his great 
men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, un- 
til he teft him none 

n seand departed, and came 
i he was at the shear- 

I * ith the brethren of Ahazi- 

r-h k;::^ >.t lodah, snj • i :. V? . ■> -;?•.• \ L - 

dab; and we go do 

. 
queen. 

-kc them sitae. And 
r, and slew tin:. 

- 
ty men ; neither kit he bj >y oi : 

en he was departed thence, 
jU on Jchonadab the son of Rechab 
he saluted him, 
ine heart rie 
... 
answer thins 



<A Baal, all his servants, and all 
jogj fori have 

il; whosoever 
anting, he s. . ButJe- 

e might 
destroy the worshippers of Baal. 

aim a solemn 
assembly tor Baal. And they procl - 

.: Jehu sent throogh all Israel : and 
all the worshippers of Baal came. 

I net a man left that came not. 
And they came into the h use of Baal ; and 
• of Baal was full from one end to 
another. 

d he said unto him diat :. 
the vestry. Bring forth vestment! 

. .:ppers of Baal. And he brought 
them forth vestments. 

:. Jehu went, and Jchonadab the 
al, and 
sai'l unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, 
and look that there be 

i f the Lord, battbf 
shippers of Ba 

went in to offer sac- 

fehu appointed 

foursccn ' < '"any ot 

the men whom I have brought into your 

■ 
shall be for the life of him. 

i he had 
: ftering the burnt 
■ 

: .ct none come 
n with the edge 
lard and the cap- 
tains cast than I 
tbe boo 

26 And the] th the images 

OUtoftii'J 

I the image of 
. the house of Baal, 
■ 
28 Thus Jehu destr 

the gokien calves that zvere in Be: 

Jehu, Because 



vrateth the Israelites. II. KING3. 



Jchoash anointed kin?. 



e well in executing that which 
ne eyes, and hast done unto 
ihab according to all that was 
■t, thy children ot the fourth 
lall sit on the throne of Israel. 
a took no heed to walk in the 
rd God of Israel with all his 
heart : tor lie departed not from the sins of 
Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. 

32 In those days the Lord began to cut 
Israel short : and Hazael smote them in all 
the coasts ot Israel ; 

33 From Jordan eastward, all the land 
of Gilead, the Gaciites, and the Reubenites, 
and the Manasskes, from Aroe'r, which is 
by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Ba- 
s'aan, 

34 Now the rest of tho acts of Jehu, and 
all that he did, and all his might, A re they 
not written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Israel? 

35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and 
they buried him in Samaria. And Jeho- 
ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 

36 And the time that Jehu reigned oyer 
Israel in Samaria, was twenty and eight 
years. 

CHAP. XL 
1 Jehoash) being saved from Athaliah' s 
massacre, 4 is anointed king by Jeheiada. 

AND when Athaliah the mother of A- 
haziah saw that her son was dead, 
she arose and defrayed aH the seed royal. 

2 But Jehosheba the daughter of king Jo- 
ram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son 
Ahaziah, and stole him from among the 
king's sons which were slain ; and they hid 
him, even him and his nurse, in the bed- 
chamber from Athaliah, so that he was not 
slain. 

3 And he was with her hid in the house 
of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did 
reign over the land. 

4 1 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent 
and fetched tine rulers over hundreds, with 
the captains and the guard, and brought 
them to him into the house of the Lord, and 
made a covenant with them, and took an 
oath of them in the house of the Lord, and 
she wed them the king's son. 

5 -And he commanded them, saying This 
is the thing that ye shall do ; a third part 
of you that enter in on the sabbath shall e- 
veabe keepers of the watch of the king's 
house ; 

6 And a third part shall be at the gate of 
Sur ; and a third p be behind 
the guard: so shattye keep the watch of 
the house, that it be not broken down. 

7 And two parts of all you that go forth 
on the sabbath; even they shall keep the 
watch of the house of the -Lord about the 
king. 

8 And ye shail compass the king round 



about, every man with his weapons in his 
hand: and he that cometh within the ran- 
ges, let him be slain : and be ye with the 
king as he goeth out and as he cometh in, 

9 And the captains over the hundreds did 
according to all things that Jehoiada the 
priest commanded : and they took every 
man his men that were to come in on the 
sabbath, with them that should go out on the 
sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 

_ 10 And to the captains over hundreds 
did the priests give king David's^ spears 
and shields, that were In the temple of the 
Lord. 

11 And the guard stood, every man with 
his weapons in his hand, round about the 
king, from the right corner of the temple 
to the left corner of the temple, along by 
the altar and the temple. 

12 And he brought forth the king's son, 
and put the crown upon him, and gave him 
the testimony; and they made him king, 
and anointed him ; and they clapped their 
hands, and said, God save the king. 

13 And when Athaliah beard the noise 
of the gaurd and ot the people, she came 
to the people into the temple of the Lord. 

14 And when she looked, behold, the king 
stood -by a pillar, as the manner was. and 
the princes and the trumpeters by the king, 
and all the people of the land rejoiced, and 
blew with trumpets : and Athaliah rent ) ier 
clothes, and cried, Treason 1 Treason ! 

15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded 
the captains of the hundreds, the officers 
of the host, and said unto them, Have her 
forth without the ranges: and him that 
followeth her kill with the sword. For the 
priest had said, Let her not be slain in the 
house of the Lord. 

16 And they laid hands on her ; and she 
went by the wav by the which the horses 
came into the king's house : and there was 
she slain. 

17 And Jehoiada made a covenant be- 
tween the Lord and the king and the peo- 
ple, that they should be the Lord's people ; 
between the 'king also and the people. 

18 And all the people of the land went 
into the house of Baal, and brake it down ; 
his altars and his images brake they in pie- 
ces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest 
of Baal before the altars. And the priest 
appointed officers over the house of the 
Lord. 

19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, 
and die captains, and the guard, and all 
the people of the land: and they brought 
down the king from the house of the Lord, 
£nd came by the way of the gate of the 
guard to the king's "house. And he sat 
on the throne of the kings. 

20 And ail the people of the land rejoice 



Jehcash reigneth well. Chap. 

ed, and the city vras in quiet : and they 
slew Athaliah with the sword beside the 
king's house. 

21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he 
began to reign. 

C HAP. XII. 
1 Jehoash. } ail the days ofJe- 

frjatla. 90 HeU slain by fas servants. 

I- 
gan to reign ; an : 
heinJerus 
was Zibiah of Beersb 

2 And Jehoash did thai which was right 
in the sight ot the Lord all his days, there- 
in Jehoiad \ I 

3 But the !;:. 

awe. sacrificed and burnt 

■ 
4 And i All the 

it is 
g Lord, even 
th the 
unt, the money that is bet 

at, and all tetli intpany 

's heart tAbrin^ into the house of the 
Lord) 
5 Let tlie priests take it to them, every 
•■ : and let them re- 
pair the breaches of die hi us . 
. 

Lndtwen- 
ts had 

the;, ssts, and said 

. repair ye not 

. of the house ' fore receive 

£ but 
I 

8 And ©receive 

|)eople, neither to 
oi the house. 

9 But I 

and in the lid ol it 

beside the altar, on the right side, as one 
cometh into the In Lord : and 

the priests that kept the door put tl 
all t 

oi the Jyird. 
LO And it was 00, when they saw that 
., that 
the Id 

mow 

Ii«>nl: and 

.: tlie 

- 

' I 

pan the breaches »l th« b - 



jdi, xiii. Tie is dain by his servants, Z CI 

and for all diat was laid out for the hoi ise 
to repair it. 

13 Howbeit, there were not made for i lie 
house of the Lord bowls of silver, suufil rs, 
basons,trumpets, any vessels of gold, < \r\ I ,- 
seis of silver, of the money tha 
brought into the house of Lord : 

14 But they gave that to the workmen, rvid 
repaired therewith die house of die L : -'-. 

15 Moreover they reckoned not with 
the men into whose hand they deliver*;! 
the iii. >ney to ! >e bestowed on workmen : tor 
they dealt taithfully. 

15 T:ie tresp iss money and sin rnonty 
>rou°jht into the house oi the Loi d, 
it was the priest's, 

17 Then Hazael king of Syria went r.p, 

Lth, and took it : aifd 
at his face to go up to Jerus 

18 And Jeh la h king of Judah i 
the hallowed . i ngs thatJehoshaph - 
Jehoram and Ahaziah, his father.-. 
ofJud diyhad dedicated, and his own h .!- 
lowed things, and all the gold tha 
found in die treasures of the house ol the 
Lord, and in the king's house, and sent* 

si king of Syria: and he went ...- 
way from Jerusalem. 

19 And the rest oftiie acts of Jo ash, air| 
all that he did^/r- they not written in ttv*. 

i e Chronicles of the kings of] uda 1 1 ■' 

■ • ' a. id his servants arose, and made 

a conspiracy, and slew loash in the hou-;e 

. ). which goeth down to Silla. 

2 i For Jozachar tl te son ot Shimeath, and 

Jehozaba&the son of Shomer, his servants. 

,n. and he died : and the 
him with o the citv oi I 

and Amaziah hiss >n reigned in his stead; 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 Jehoafkut?* wicked reigfi. H E 

death. JO Hi ! man. 

IN the three and twentieth year : 
the son of Ahaziah '. 
ahaz an.l the son of Jehu began to r 

•. in Samaria, 
teen \< 

2 And .'■ in the 

sight ol the Lord, and S I 

I to sin ; he d 
I 

•1 \ 

I 

. 



2 »2 Jehoahaz' s wicked reign. 

i. 6 Nevertheless, they' departed not from 
t' »e sins of the house of Jeroboam, who 
t lade Israel sin, but walked therein : and 
t here remained the grove also in Samaria.) 

7 Neither did he leave of the peop'.e to 
J thoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten'char- 
i its, and ten thousand footmen ', for the 
k 'ing of Syria had destroyed them, and had 
n rade them like the dust by threshing. 

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, 
t Jid all that he did, and his might, Are 
t hey not written in the book of the Chron- 
i ties of the kings of Israel ? 

9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers ; 
? fid they buried him in Samaria ; and Jo- 

* ish his son reigned in his stead. 

10 In the thirty and seventh year of Jo- 
f ish kingof Judah, began Jehoash the son of 
«' Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, 
tvid reigned sixteen years. 

11 And he did thai which was evil in 
t lie sight oi the Lord; he departed notfrom 
; ill the sins of Jeroboam the son ot Nebat, 

• fsmo made Israel sin : but he walked thereii i . 

12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and 
;&U that he did, and his might wherewith 
'.fee fought against Amaziah king of" Judah, 
. Are they not written in the book of the 

Chronicles ofthe kings of Israel I 

13 And Joash slept with his fathers ; 
and Jeroboam sat uponhisthrone : and Jo- 
ash was buried in Samaria with the kings 
of Israel. 

14 % Now Elisha was fallen sick of his 
sickness whereof he died. And Joash the 
king of Israel came down unto him, and 
wept over his face, and said} O my father, 
*ny father, the chariot of Israel, and the 
horsemen thereof ! 

15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow 
and arrows. And he took unto him bow 
and arrows. 

16 .And he said unto the king of Israel, 
Put thine hand upon the bow. And lie 
put his hand upon it : and Elisha put his 
hands upon the king's hands. 

17 And he said, Open the window east- 
ward. And he opened it. Then Elisha 
said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, 
The arrow ofthe Lord's deliverance, and 
the arrow ot deliverance from Syria : for 
thou shah smite the Syrians in Aphek, till 
thou have consumed them, 

18 And he said, Take the arrows. And 
he took them. And he said unto the king 
of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he 
smote thrice, and stayed. 

19 And the man of God was wroth 
with him, and said. Thou shouldest have 
smitten five or six times ; then hadst thou 
smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it : 
whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but 
thrice. 

20 1 And Elisha died and they buried 



II. KINGS. Amaziah's good reign. 

him. And the bands ofthe Moabltes inva- 
ded the land at the coining in ofthe year. 

21 And it came to pass, as they were bu- 
rying a man, that behold, they spied a 
band of mm ; and they cast the man into 
the sepulchre of Elisha : and when the maa 
was letdown, and touched the bones of E- 
lisha, he revived, and stood upon his feet. 

22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed 
Israel all the (lays of Jehoahaz. 

23 A_nd the Lord was gracious unto them, 
and he had compassion on them, and had 
respect unto them, because of his covenant 
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and 
would not destroy them, neither cast he 
them from his presence as yet. 

24 So Hazael kingof Syria died ; and 
Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. 

25 And Jehoash the son of Johoahaz took 
again out ofthe hand' of Benhadad the son 
of Hazael, thecities which he had taken 
out ot the hand of Jehoahaz his father by 
w£r. Three times did Joash beat him, 
and recovered the cities of Israel. 

C'HAF. XIV. 
1 Amaziah' s good reign. 17 He i< •slain by 
a conspiracy. 21 Azariah succeedeth 
hivz 

IN the second year of Joash son of Jeho- 
ahaz king of Israel, reigned Amaziah 
the_ son of Joash king of Judah. 

2 He was twenty and five years old when 
he began to reign, and reigned twenty and 
nine years in Jeursalem. And his mother's 
name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 

3 And he did that which was right in 
the sight ofthe Lord, yet not like David 
his father : he did according to all things 
as Joash his father did. 

4 Howbeitjthe high places were not 
taken away : as yet the people did sacri- 
fice and burnt incense on the high places. 

5 And it came to pass, as soon as the 
kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that I 
he slew his servants which had slain the 
king his father. 

6 But the children ofthe murderers he I 
slew not : according unto that which is 
written in the book of the law of Moses, 
wherein the Lord commanded, saying, 
The fathers shall not be put to death for 
the children, nor the children be put to 
death for the fathers ; but every man shall 
be put to death tor his own sin. 

7 He slew of Edomin the valley of salt 
ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and 
called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. 

8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to 
Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, 
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look 
one another in tke foce. 

9 And Jehoash rhe king of Israel sent to 
Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The this- 
tle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar 



bitten Edoni, 

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: 

| 

. I in the 



.. Chron- 

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C 

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I . ■ • 



Azarm 

C4 And he i. . evil in 

-Lord: he departed not 
the sins of . : 

- : Israel from 
la. of the 

■ 
c by the hand 
a of Aixittui, 

.'her. 
- I 

tiut uj » y lei . 

.. would 
i ne of israel from under 

roboam, 
and alfcth 

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• and o- 
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Ioi Jero- 

■ net re- 

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I 

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a 



S3i The reigns of Shallum, Pekah, II. KINGS, 



spired against him, and smote him before 
the people, and slew him, and reigned in 
his stead. 

11 And the rest of the acts ofZachariah 
behold, the\' are written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings ot Israel. • 

12 This wa& the word of the Lord which 
he spake unto Jcdiu, saying, Thy sons shall 
sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth 
generation. And so it came to pass. 

13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to 
reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uz- 
ziah king of Judah. ; and he reigned a full 
month in Samaria. 

11< For Menahem the son ot Gadi went 
up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria,and 
smote Shallum the sen of Jabesh in Sama- 
ria, and slew him, and reigned m his stead. 

15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, 
and his conspiracy which he made, behold, 
they are written m the book oi the Chron- 
icles, of the kings of Israel. 

16 Then Manahem smote Tiphsah, and 
all that were therein, and the coasts there- 
of from Tirzah : because they opened not 
to him^ therefore he smote rr, and all the 
women therein that were with child he 
ripped up. 

17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Aza- 
riah king of Judah, began Menahem the 
son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reign- 
ed ten years in Samaria. 

18 And he did that "which waseml in the 
sight of the Lord : he departed not all his 
days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of 
Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 

19 And Pul the king of Assyria came a- 
gainst the land : and Menahem gave. Pul 
a thousand talents of silver, that his hand 
might be with him, to confirm the king- 
dom in his band. ; 

20 And Menahem exacted the money of 
Israel, even of a'll the mighty men of wealth 
of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give 
to the king of Assyria. So the king of As- 
syria turned back, and stayed not there in 
the land. 

. 21 And the rest of tl \e acts of Menahem, 
and all that he did, Are they not written in 
the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 
Israel ? 

22 And Menahem slept with his fathers ; 
and Pekahiah his son reigned in iiis stead. 

23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king 
of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem 
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and 
reigned two years. 

2- ! \ - ; : i e « 3 id (hat wh ich was evil in the 

sight of the Lord; he departed not from 

the sins of Jeroboam the son oi\N ebat, who 

• rael to sin. 

t Pekah the son of Remaliah. a cap- 

hi ^conspired against him,aHd smote 

; Samarja, in the palace of thekmg'8 



Menahem) Pekahiah^ life, 

house, which Argob, and Arieh, and with 
him fifty men of the Gileadites : and he 
killed him, and reigned in his room. 

26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, 
and all that he did, behold, they are written 
in the book of the Chronicles of the kings 
of Israel. 

m 2/ In the two and fiftieth year of Aza- 
riah king of Judah, Pekah the son ol Rem- 
aliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, 
and reigned twenty years. 

23 And he did that which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord : he departed not from 
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 
made Israel to sin. 

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel 
came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and 
took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Ja- 
noah, and Kedesh and Hazor, and Giiead, 
and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and 
carried them captive to Assyria. 

30 And Hoshea the son of Elan made a 
conspiracy against Pekah the son of Rem- 
aliah, and smote him, and slew him, and 
reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year 
of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 

31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, 
and all that he did, behold, they are writ- 
ten in the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Israel. 

32 f In the second year of Pekah the son 
of Remaliah king of Israel, began Jotham 
the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 

33 Five and twenty years old was he 
when he began to reign, and he reigned 
sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his moth- 
er's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Za- 
dok. 

34 And he dad that which was right in 
the sight of the Lord : lie did according to 
all that his father Uzziah had done. 

35 Howbeit, the high places were not re- 
moved : the people sacrificed and burned 
incense still in the high places. He built the 
higher gate of the house of the Lord. 

36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, 
and all. that he did, Are they not written 
in the book of the Chronicle's of the kings 
of Judah ? 

37" In those days the Lord began to send 
against Judah , Rezin the king of Syria, and 
Pekah the son of Remaiia. 

33 And Jothamslept with his fathers,and 
was buried with his fathers in the city of 
David his father: and Ahazhis son feign- 
ed in liis stead. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Ahaz's wicked reign. 17 He sfieilcth the 

temfile. 19 Hezekiah succeedeth Idm-. 

IN the seventeenth \ ear of Pekah the son 
oi Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham 
king of Judah began to reign. 

2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he 
began to reign, and reigned sixteen ) ears 



Maz's vncked reign. Chap. 

in Jerusalem, and he did net that which \ 
woaright in the sight of the Lord his God, 
like David his father. 

3 But he walked in the way of the kings 
of Israel, vea and made his son to pass 
through the five, according to the abomi- 
nations of the heathenjwhom the Lord cast : 
out trom before the children of Israel. j 

4 And he sacrificed and burned incense \ 
in the high places, and on the hills, andun- 1 
dere tree. 

5 Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah ; 
son of Remaliah king i >i Isi el, came up to 

Jem to war : and they besieged AJaaz 
tut could not overcome fanu 

6 At that timeRezin king of Syria recov- 
ered l\l;dh bo Syria, and drave 

from Kfc-th : and the Syrians came to Elath 

7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath- 

kingof Assyria, saying, lam thy 

and thy son : come up, and save 

rne out of die hand of the king ol Syria, and 

out of the hand of the kingol Israel, which 

rise up against me. 

8 And Ahaz took thesilver and gold that 
was found in the house of the Lord, and in 

, and sent 
it for 'a ria. 

; med un- 
to him : for the king of As yria went up 

ed the pi ptive to Kir. 

lu Ai. : it to Damascus 

iltarthat wc 

. the j riest the 

11 An ' prie t buili 

Wv.'.y. had sent 

- 

- 
\ 
; 

put it on 

I 

i 
aud their 



xvii. Hezetdah mcceedctk him. 53a 

ferings : and sprinkle upon it all the blood 
of the burnt offering, and all the b od of the 
sacrifice : and the brazen altar sh 
me to inquire by. 

Jo Thus did Urijah the priest, accord- 
ing to all that king Ahaz comm; 

171; And king Ahaz cut off the herders 
of the bases, and removed the laver from 
off them ; and took down the sea from off 
the brazen oxen th and 

put it upon a pavement of stones. 

18 Ai bbath that 

they had built in the house, and I 

seof 

19 1 1 ts of Ahaz 

which die 

bor k i 

20 And AI 
was buried • ■ . of 

David: iah his sen reigned in 

his stead. 

CHAP. XVII. 

their sin* \ 
nation* being jih 

a mi c . 

IN the t v, elf ii i year of Ah Ju- 

n i; shea the son of Elah to 
n Lri i over 'h 
2 Ai the 

sight of the i-ovel, but not as the kings of 

. 

•1 A. i nd cm - 

i es- 

id brought 

done \ g of 

i buiuid him in 

up 

■ 

. 

6 i : i 

ls- 

I 1 - 

■ 

I 



56 The Israelites reinsve^. 



nd ' 



high places in all their cities, from 
tower of the watchmen to the fenced 

10 And they set them up images 
groves in every high lull, and under every 
green tree : 

11 And there they burned intense in all 
the high places, as did the heathen whom 
the Lord carried away before them ; and 
wrought wicked tilings to provoke the 
Lord to anger: 

12 For they served idol?, whereof the 
Lord had s&id unto them. Ye si ah net do 
this thing. 

13 Yet the Lord testified a gainst Israel, 
and against J«*lah, by ah the pa phots, end 
by all the seers, saying, Turn ye front] 
your evil ways, and keep my command- 
ments and my statutes according to all 
the law. which! commanded your lathery 
and which 1 sent to you by my servants the 
prophets. 

14 ^Notwithstanding, they weird not 
hear but hardened their necks, like to the 
necks of their lathers, that did not believe 
in the Lord their God. 

15 And they rejected his statutes, and 
his covenant that he made with their fa- 
thers, and his testimonies, which he testi- 
fied against them ; and they followed van- 
ity, rind became vain, and went after the 
heathen that zvereroumi about them, con- 
cerning whom the Lord had charged them, 
that they should not do like them. 

16 And they left all the commandments 
of the Lord their God, and made molten 
ima gas, even two calves, and fliade a grove, 
and worshipped all the host of heaven, and 
served Bash 

17 And they caused their sons and their 
daughters to pass through the fire, and u- 
secl divination and enchantments, and sold 
themselves to do evil in the sight of the 
Lord to proi oke him to anger. 

18 Therefore the Lord was very angry 
with Israel, and removed them out of his 
sight : there was none left but the tribe of 
Judah only. 

19 Aiso" Judah kept net the command- 
ments oj the Lord their Cxod, but v. 

utes of Israel which they made. 

20 And the Lord rejected all 1 1 

of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered 
them into the hand of spoilers, until he had 
cast them out of his sight. 

21 For he rent Israel from the house of 
David : and they made Jeroboam the son 
ofNebatking: and Jeroboam drave Israel 
from following the Lord, and made them 
■in a great sin. 

22 For the children of Israel walked in 
all the sins of . eroboam which he did j they 
departed not from them ; 

23 Until the Lord removed Israel out of 
his sight, as he had said by all his servants 



II. KINGS. A mixture ofreligi on s, 

the the prophets* So was Israel carried away 
out of their own land to Assyria unto this 
day. 

24 f And the king of Assyria brought 
men from Babylon, and from Cuthath,and 
from Ava, and from Hamath, and from 
Sepharvahn, and placed th<?i)imt\~\e cities 
oi Samaria instead ofthe caildrei: of Isra- 
el : and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt 
in the cities thereof. 

2»5 And so it was at the beginning of 
their dwelling there, that they feared not 
the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions a- 
mong imam, whicn slew some of them. 

26" Wherefore they spake to the king of 
A:-- - - :.';, 5-avb '.a, Tim nations which thou 
hast removed, and placed in the cities cf 
Samaria, know not the manner of the God 
ofthe land : thei etpre he hath sent lions a- 
mong them, and, behold, they slay them, 
because they know not the manner of the 
God ofthe land. 



2t Then 
ed, saying. 



; of Assyria command- 
hthcr one of the priests 
from thence; and let 
bore, and let him teach 
■the God of the land, 
le priests whom they 
•om Samaria came and 
1 taught them how they 



them go 

them the mam 
28Tmen,on( 
had car riet a 
dwelt in 
should tear the 

29 Howbeit, every nation made 

their own. and put them in the houses ofthe 
high places which the Samaritans had 
made, every nation in their cities wherein 
they dwelt. 

30 And the men of Babylon mace Suc- 
cothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made 
Kergal, and the'men of Hamath made As- 
hima. 

31 And the Avites made Nibbaz and 
Tartak, and the Sepharvitc-s burnt fcfcsh? 
children -in fire to Adrammelech and A- 
nammelegh, the gods of Sepharvami. 

32 So they feared the Lord, and^ made 
unto themselves qf the lowest of them 
miests oi the high places, which sacrificed 
for them in the houses of the high places. 

33 They feared the Lord, and served 
their own gods, after the manner of the na- 
tions whom thev carried away from thence. 

34 Unto this day they do after the for- 
mer manners : thev fear not the Lord, nei- 
ther do they after their statutes, or after 
their ordinances, or after the law and com* 
mandment which the Lord commanded 
the children of Jacob, whom lie named Is- 
rael. 

35 With whom the Lord had mane a 
covenant, and charged them, saying, *e 
shall not fear other gods, nor bow your- 
selves to them, nor serve them, nor sacri- 
fice to them : 

35 Bat the Lord, who brought you up 



i f the lander 

Dchedoutarm, tear, 

and him Eh 

yedosacrif. 

and the law, and the command] 

he w re te for you,ye shal . lo for 

evermore : 

i have made 
with you \ . 

. 
3'J But ur God ye shall fear : 

. the hand of 

ken, but 

rd, and 
sen :• , b< th their 

did . 

i'. xvui. 

1 ii 

■ bins, 

- 

of Ju- 

>ld was he when 
he • igned twenty 

erti AW, the daughter of 

which was right in 
the - illthat 

.■?, and 

11 the groves, 

and brake i it that 

chi: . did burn ii 

5 He Israel; 

/asnone like 

- 

ed s - 

and 

tower of tl 

10 And 

took it : t 



Chap. :-:-. 



ointh year i 
of Israel, Samaria was taken. 
■ I the king oA 

. ria, and put th 
fcherreerofl 
[the I [edes: 

eyed not the voice of 

. ;iit transgressed his 

. and all that Moses the servant of 

the Lord commanded, and would not hear 

t/ian, nor do them, 

IS Now in the fourteenth year of king 
Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria 
come up against all the fenced cities ot Ju- 
dah, and 

14 A king ofJudah sent to 

ria t'.» Lachish, saying, I 

have often ded ; retun . that which 

thou puttest on me 1 will be ir. And the 

i appointed unto Hezekiah 

dahthreenundred talents oj 

and thirty talents of 

15 And Hezekiah gave Mm all t ] \ 

that was found in the house of the Lord, 
and in the treasures ofthe king's house. 

16 At that time did Hezekiah cut offr/ir 
gold from the doors ofthe temple of the 
Lord, and from die pillars which Hezeki- 
ah kingof'Judah had overlaid, and gave it 
to the king ofAas 

1/ And the king or Assyria sent Tartair 

and Rabsaris and Rabshakehfrom Lachish 

to king ; | tha great host against 

n. And they went up and came 

to Jerusalem. And when thev were came 

Up, they < tho conduit of 

iwayoi 

. eld. 

18 Aim had called to thekina 

19And) i aiduntothem, 

ye now I 

ria,Y> 

u trust, 



'358 Rabshaketts blasphemy. 1I.KING3. 

I will deliver thee two thousand horse3, if 
thou be able on thy part to set riders upon 
them. 

24 How then wilt thou turn away the 
face of one captain of the least of my mas- 
ter's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt 
for chariots and lor horsemen? 

25 Am I now come up without the Lord 
against this place to destroy it ? The Lord 
said to me. Go up against this land, and des- 
troy it. 

26 Then said Eiiakim the son of Hilkiah, 
and Shebna, and Joah, unto Kabshakeh, 
Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the 
Syrian language : for we understand it : 
and talk not with us in the Jews' langauge 
in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 

2? But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath 
my master sent me to thy master, and to 
thee, to speak these words ? Hath he not 
sent me to the men which sit on the wall, 
that they may eat their own dung, and 
drink their own piss with you ? 

28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with 
aloud voice in the Jews' language,and spake 
saying, Hear the word of the great king, 
the king of Assyria : 

29 Thus saith the king-, Let not Hezeki- 
ah deceive you : for he shall not be able to 
deliver you out of his hand : 

39 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust 
in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely 
deliver us, and this city shall not be deliver- 
ed into the hand of the king of Assyria. 

31 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for thus 
saith the king of Assyria, Make an agree- 
ment with me by a present, and come out 
to me, and then eat ye every man of his 
own Vine, and every one of his fig tree, and 
drink ye every one the waters of his cistern : 

32 Until I come and take you away to a 
land like your own land, a land of corn and 
wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land 
of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, 
and not die, and hearken not unto Hezeki- 
ah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The 
Lord will deliver us. 

33 Hath any of the gods of the nations 
delivered at all his land out of the hand of 
the king of Assyria i 

34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of 
Arpad ? Where are the gods of Sepharva- 
im, Hena, and Ivah ? Have they delivered 
Samaria out of mine hand ? 

35 Who are they among all the gods of 
the countries, that have delivered their 
country out of mine hand, that the Lord 
should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand ? 

36 But the people held their peace, and 
answered him not a word : for the king's 
commandment was, saying. Answer him 
not. 

37 Then came Eiiakim the son of Hilki- 
ali,whichiyasover the household,and Sheb- 



Hczekiah mounieth. 

na the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph 
the recorder ,to Hezekiah with their clothes 
rent, and told him the words otRabshukeh. 

CHAR XIX. 
1 Hezeldah mourning, sendeth to Isaiah 
to pray for the?n.< 6 He comforteth 
them* 8 Sennacherib sendeih a blas- 
phemous letter to HezekiaJi. 14 Heze- 
kiah' s prayer. 35 An angd slayeth the 
Assyrians. 36 Sennacherib is slain by 
his sons. 

AND it came to pass, when king Heze- 
kiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, 
and covered himself with sackcloth, and 
went into the house of the Lord. 

2 And he sent Eiiakim, which was over 
the household, and Shebna the scribe, and 
the elders of the priests, covered with sack- 
cloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of A- 
moz. 

2 And they said unto him? Thus saitk 
Hezekiah, This day isa day of trouble, and 
of rebuke, and blasphemy : for the chil- 
dren are come to the birth, and ther% is 
not strength to bring forth. 

4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear 
all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the 
king of Assyria his master hath sent to re- 
proach the living God ; and will reprove 
the words which the Lord thy God hath 
heard: wherefore lilt up thy prayer for 
the remnant that are left. 

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came 
to Isaiah. 

6! And Isaiah said unto them, Thus 
shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the 
Lord, Be not afraid 'of the words which 
thou hast heard, with which the servants 
of the kin g of Assy ra have blasphemed me. 

7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, 
and he shall hear a rumour, and shall re- 
turn to his own land ; and I will cause him 
to fall by the sword in his own land. 

8 f Bo Rabshakeh returned, and found 
the king of Assyria warring against Lib- 
nah : for he had heard that he was depart- 
ed fromLachish. 

9 And when he heard say of Tirh ikah 
king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to 
fight against thee : he sent messengers a- 
gain unto Hezekiah, saying, 

10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah 
king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in 
whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, 
Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the 
hand of the king of Assyria. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard what the 
kings of Assyria have done to all lands, 
by destroying them utterly : and shalt thou 
be delivered r 

12 Have the gods of the nations deliver- 
ed them which my fathers have destroyed ; 
as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the 
children of Eden which were in Thelaaar ? 



Hezekiah* s fircyer. Chap 

13 Where w the king ofHamath, and 
\he king of Arpad, and the king of the cl- 
ip oi Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah I 

14 1i And Hezekiah received the letter 
of the hand of the messengers, and read i : 
and Hezekiah went up into the he use of the 
Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 

15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, 
and said,(J I--ord God of Israel, which dwell- 
ed between Lac cherubims, thou art the 
God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of 
the earth; thou hast made heaven andearth. 

16 Lord, how down thine ear, and hear : 
open, Lord, thine eyes, and i-ee : and hear 
the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent 
him to reproach the living God. 

17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria 
have destroyed the nations and their lands, 

ds into the fire: 
for they wt re no gods, but the work of men's 
rood and btonc : therefore they have 
i i yarn. 

19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, I 

thou us outer" his Hand, 

the kingdoms of the earth may 

know that than art the Laid God, even 

z sent to 

21 Tnis is the word that the Lord hath 
, The virgin the 



phoned I and ; thou 

« 

ssengers thou hast reproach - 

titt.. I m come up 

cedar 

<.i : and i 

J 

dii« 

• it to 

foun 

CHI U 

fore ■ k\\). 



, xx. His firayer is answered. 23 J 

cut, and thy coming in, and thy rage against 
me. 

28 Because thy rage against me and thy 
tumult is come up into mine ears, there- 
fore 1 Avill put my hook in thy nose, and 
my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee 
back by the way by which thou earnest. 

29 And this shad be a sign unto thee, Ye 
shall eat this year such things as grow oi 
themselves, and in the second year that 
which springeth of the same ; and in the 
third year sow ye, and reap,and plant vine- 
yards, and eat "the fruits thereof. 

30 And the remnant that is escaped of 
the house of Judah shall yet-again take rcct 
downward; and bear fruit upward. 

31 For out oi Jerusalem shall go forth a 
remnant, and they that escape out of mount 
Zi n; the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall 

32 Therefore, Thus saiththe Lord con- 
cerning the king of Assyria, He shall not 
come iato t.\is City,norshowt an arrow there, 
nor come before it with shield, nor cast a 
bank against it. 

33 By the way that he came, by th e same 
shall he return, and shall not come into 
this city, saith the 1. 

For I will defend this city to save it, 
for mine own sake, zfvant Da- 

vid's sake, 

35 1 tme to pass that r. ; 

thatth le Lord went out, and 

e in the camp of the Assyrians an 
and five thousand : and 
when they arose early in the morning, be- 
hold, they mere all dead corpses. 

herib king of Assyria de- 
parted, and went and returned, and dwelt 

. I it came to pass, as he wi 
shipping his god, 

that Adr mm bis sons 

naddon his son rei pied in his stead* 
CHAP. 

Uh lus l,f, ., 

vardfor 

. 

II I 



340 Ifezekiah's recovery* 11. 3 

4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah-was 
gone out into the middle court, that the 
word of the Lord came to him, saying, 

5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the cap* 
tain of my people, thus saith the Lord, the 
God of David thy father, I have heard thy 
prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I 
will heal thee : on the third day thou shalt 
go up unto the, house of the Lord. 

6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen 
years : and I will deliver thee and this city 
out of the hand of the king of Assyria ; and 
I will defend this city for mine own sake^ 
and for my servant ^David's sake. 

7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. 
And they took and laid it on the boil, and 
he recovered. 

8% AndHezekiah said unto Isaiah,What 
shall be the sign that the Lord will heal 
me, and that i shall go up into the house 
of the Lord the third day ? 

' And Isaiah said, This sign -shalt thou 
have of the Lord, that die Lord will lo tl i 
thing ,: \ t ... hath sp >keri : Shall the shad- 



eicd, 




rctun 






cried unto 


. 


sliadowten 


hich i 


t had gone 



12 At that i - nan, the 
son of Baladan, kint sent let- 
ter?: and a presc nt un ■ : for he 
alad heard that Hezekis ih lis tl be in sick. 

13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, 
and shew ed \ hem all the house of his pre - 
cious things, the silver, and the gold, and 
the spices, and the precious ointment, and 
all the -house- of his armour, and afi that 
was found in";.'': t si i >s: tl srewasn th- 
ing in his howse^ior in all hi - 
Hezekiah shewed them m 

14Then 
king He, 



&1N G S. Manassetis wicked i -eign, 

J * 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from 
i thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they 
j takeaway; and they shall be eunuchs m 
I the palace of the king of Babylon. 

19 Then said'Hezekiah unto lsaiah,Gocd 
j is the word of the Lord which thou hast 
| spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if 
j peace and truth be in my days t 
I 20 *\} And the rest of the acts of Hezeki- 
I ah, and ad his might, and how he made a 
| pool, and a conduit, and brought water in- 
to the ( ity, A) ethey notwi itten-Mi the book 
of the Chronicles ofthe kings of Judah ? 

21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers : 
and IVianasseh his son reianed in his stead. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Manasseh's reign* 3 i lisgrt at idolatry, 
;:\: wicked reig .-/ 23 lis being 

MANA&OEH was twelve years old 
when he began to reign, and reigned 
fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his 

2 And he did that w/tic/i wuas evil ih the 
sight of the Lord, after the abominations 
of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out be- 
fore the children of Israel. 

3 % For he built up again the high places 
which Hezekiah his father had destroyed ; 
and tie reared up altars for Baal, and made 
a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel ; and 
worshipped ail the host of heaven, and 
served them. 

4 And he built altars in the house of the 
Lord, of which the Lord said, in Jerusa- 
lem will I put my name. 

5 And he buiit altars tor all the host of 
heaven in the two courts of the house ofthe 
Lord. 

6 And he made his son pass through the 
fii e, and observed times,- anduscd enchant- 
ments, and dealt withfamuiar spirit* and 
wizards: he wrought much wickedness 
in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to 
anger. 

7 And he seta graven image ofthe grove 



flsrael 


, hi :. I 


1 have 


>ai! the 


nanded 



!(1 Mi 



- >al] . 



Manasse/i's go^d reign. 



Chap. xxii. 



Jonah?* good reign. 341 



11 Bee g of Judah hath 

done these abominations, and hath done 

wickedly above nil that the 

which i atb made 

idols: 

U '1 ... ., the Lord Gcd 

of Israel, Behold, lam biingu ^ «*cZ e.ii 

upon J.. Jodah, that whosoe- 

ver hea ... bis ears shall tingle. 

13 Andl will stretch ever Jerusalem 

mmei oi 

: and I will wi] t Jeru- 

ivipingt/, 

. 

the remnant cf 

mine ii . . nd deliver them into 

. to all their cn- 
emii >« ; 

ive dene that which 
provoked 
day their fathers came 
i igj pt, even unto this da;/. 

. nasseh shed innocent 

■ ry much, till in. had iilled Jerusa- 

lem in in one end to another ; besides his 

• i ewith he made Judah tosin, in do* 

.-.._.. .a tHe sight of the 

Lord* 

: the actsof yKinasseh, 
that lie did, and his sin that he ■-):.- 
ii- t written in the i. 
Chronii 

3 Amon 
his son reigne I in h 

,andhe reigned 

. ghter of 

Haiti/, i I 

• . : Mai as- 

leh dul. 
21 An 

: 

father.-,, and walked in t in 

- 
the king m ins 

■ 



CHAP. XXII. 

1 Jotfah'* good reign. 3 He tcketh care 

for the repair of the temple. t> Hilkiah 

findeth the Look of the tow. 15 Huldah 

t ruction ofJerusak m% 

JOblAHtWM eight years o.d when he 
to reign, and he reigned thirty 
pud me years in Jerusalem. And his 
mother's name ires Jedidah, die daughter 
of Adaiah of Boscatb. 

2 And he did that which ires right in 

t of the Lord, and walked in all the 
wa) ( I David his father, and turned not a- 
side to the right hand or to the left, 

3 1 And it came to pass in the eighteenth 
j ear or King Jodah, that the king scntSha- 

e sen of Azaliah, the son ofMe- 
. the scribe, to the house of the 

J Big, 

p to Hilkiah the high prie! t, that 
er which is br< 
to the house of the Lord, which the keep- 

. dooi have gathered oi th 
pie : 

5 And iet them deliver it into the hand 
ot the doers of the work, that have the c- 
versight of the house of the Lord : and let 
them give itto the doers of the work which 
is in the bouse ot the Lord, to repair the 
the bleaches of the house, 

Unto carpenters, and builders, and 
masons, and to buj timber and hewn stone 
to repair the hi use. 

7 Howbeit, there was no reckoning made 
with them ot the monej that was deli verr 
ed into their hand, because the\ dealt faith- 
iully. 

8 1f And HBkiah the high priest said un- 
to Shaphan the ive fi und me 
!'■ < ^ i : ■ v ( i the Lord* 
Ana Hilkiah gave the I ooktoShaj 

ad it. 

to the 

I ; again, 

i reu the 

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. i I th< ill 

j 

• i deliv- 
han read it be* 
• king. 

'.uel.iv. . 

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I 

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342 Jerusalem's destruction foretold. Ii. KINGS. JosiaJi destroy eth Idolatry. 

perform the words of this covenant that 



for great is the wrath cf the Lord that is 
kindled agaistus, because cur fathers have 
not hearkend unto the words of this book, 
to do according unto all that which is 
written concerning us. 

14 oo Hihiiaii the priest, and Ahikam, 
and Achbor, and Shaphan, and A\ 
went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wile 
of Shallum the sen of Tikvah, the son of 
Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she 
dwelt in Jerusalam in the college) ; and 
they communed with her. 

15 if And sue said unto them, Thussaith 
the Lord God of Israel, 1 ell the man that 
sent you to me, 

16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
bring evil upon this place, and upon the in- 
habitants thereof, even all the words of the 
book which the king of Judah hath read : 

17 Because they have forsaken me, and 
have; burnt incense unto other gods, that 
they might provoke me to anger with all 
the" works of their hands; therefore my 
wrath shall be kindled a gainst this place, 
and shall not be quenched. 

18 But to the king of Judah which sent 
you to inquire of the Lcrdthos shall ye say 
to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, 
As touching the words which thou hast 
heard ; 

19 Because thine heart was tender, and 
thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, 
when thou heardest what 1 spake against 
this place,and against the inhabitants there- 
of, that they should become a desolation and 
a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept 
before me ; 1 also have heard thee, saith the 
Lord. 

20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee un- 
to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered 
into thy grave in peace ; and thine e) es 
shall not see all the evil which 1 will bring 
upon this place. And they brought the 
king word again. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1 Josiah cause i h the book of the law to be 
read. 3 He reueweth the covenant of 
the Lord-, 4 and destroy eth idolatry. 

AND the king sent, and they "gathered 
unto him all die elders of Judah and 
ot Jerusalem. 

2 Aivi the king went up into the house 
ot the Lord, and a 1' the men of Judah and 
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem v 
and the priests, and the prophets, and all 
the people, both small and great : and he 
read in their ears ah the words ol the book 
6£the covenant which was found in the 
Rouse of the Lord. 

3% And the king stood by a pillar, and 
made a covenant before the Lord, to walk 
after the Lord, and to keep his command- 
ments and hi< 
with all their heart and all their soul, to 



were written in this book. And all the peo - 
pie stood to the covenant. 

4 *[ And the king commanded Hilkiah 
the high priest, and the priests of the se- 
cond order, and the keepers of the door, to 
bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all 
the vessels that were made for Baal, and 
for the grove,* and for all the host of hea- 
ven : and heburnt them withootJerusalem in 
the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes 
of them unto Bethel. 

5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, 
whom the kings of Judah had ordained to 
burn incense in the high places in the cities 
of Judah, and in the places round about Je- 
rusalem ; them also that burnt incense un- 
to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to , 
the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 

6 And he brought out the grove from the 
house or the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto 
the brook Kidron,and burnt it at the brook 
Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, 
and cast the powder thereof upon thegraves 
ol the children of the people. 

7 And he brake down the houses of the 
Sodomites,that wen • by the house of the Lord 
where the worsen wove hangings for the 
grove. 

8 And he brought all. the priests out of the 
cities of Judah, and defiled the high places 
where the priests had burnt incense, from 
Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the 
high places of the gates that were in the 
entering in of the gate of Joshua the gover- 
nor of the city, which were on a man's left 
hand at the gate of the city. 

9 Neverthelessjthe priest s of the high pla- 
ces came not up to the altar of the Lord in 
Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleav- 
ened bread among their brethren. 

10 And lie defiled Topheth, which is in 
the valley of the children ofHinnom that no 
man might make his son or his daughter to 
pass through the lire to Molech. 

11 And he took av/ay the horses that the 
kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the 
entering' in of the house of the Lord, by the 
chamber ofNathanmelech the chamberlain 
which was in the suburbs, and burnt the 
chariots of the sun with fire* 

12 And the altars that were on the top 
ofthe upper chamoer of Ahaz, which the 
kings of Judah had made, and the altars 

] anassehhad made in the two courts 
. of the house of the Lord, did the. king beat 
down, and brake them down from thence, 
and cast the dust o: them into the brook 
Kidron. 

13- And the high places that were before 
Jerusalem, which were on the right hand 
of the mount of Corruption,which Solomon 
the king of Israel had ! mildcd for Ashto.- 
reth the abomination i^ the Zidonians,aHfl 



His zeal an.i rtjor m C ' 

for Chcmosh the aborai 

the child i' 

- 
anc! i 

men. 

- at Ee- 

'. burnt the 
nail to pow- 

. 
. turned himself, lie 

SJ>M 

ind burnt th 

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:t hiirl%lonc : 

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allhi ; whhall his 

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p.ruv. 



'/ i& -i.'alp. tout bwrit d. 34 1 



■ g, the Lord turned 

• m rath, 

against 

the provocate nsthat 

3 provoked nim withal. 

L rd .said, 1 will ren 

•" Fmy sight, as Lhave remov* 

; off this fir, .' 
, 1 have chosen, and the I 
My name shall be I 
: die acts i 
and all that he aid* . ire they not written, 
ik of the Cronicles of the kings 

his days Pharaoh wrhoh king of 
■ th< kinej f A 
to the vi . 

lim ; and he slew him at Mc« 
him. 
irried him in a 
m Megiddo, ami 

: buried him in his 

Vnd the people of the 

i t Josiah, and 

. idehim *ing in his 

father's i 

31 Ji hoalia i was twenty and three years 
old when | and he raign- 

Ferusalem. And his 
t [amutal, the i 

• heC&that which was evil in 
pding to all that 

hohnnthimin hinds 
t 
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talents of 

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344 JehoiakinVs rebellion. 



dug of 
of fi- 
at per- 



came his servant three years : then he 
turned and rebelled against him. 

2 And the Lord sent against him bands 
of the Ghaklees, and bands of Syrians, 
and bands of the Moabites, and bands of 
the children of Amnion, and sent them a- 
gainst Judah to destroy it, according to 
the word of the Lord, which he spake by 
his servants the prophets. 

3 Purely at the "commandment of the 
Lord came this upon Judah,to remove them 
out of his sight, tor the sins of Manasseh, 
according to all that ke did ; 

4 And also for the innocent blood that 
he shed : forheniied Jerusalem with inno- 
cent blood \ which the Lord would not 
pardon. 

5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, 
and all that he did, Are they not written in 
the book of the, Cronicles ofthe kings of 
Judah? 

6 So Jehoiakim slept with his Fathers : 
and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 

7 And the king ofE::vpt came not as;? in 
any more out of his land: fc 
Babylon had taken from fefe 
gvpt unto the river Faiphratc- 
iained to the king of Egept, 

8 Jehoiachin ivas eighteen years old 
when he began to reign,' and he reigned 
in Jerusalem three months. And his moth- 
er's name TOasNehushta, the daughter of 
EInathan of Jerusalem. 

9 And he did that which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord, according to all that his 
father had done- 

10 % At that time the servants of Nebu- 
chadnezzar king of Babylon came up a- 
gainst Jerusa!em,andthe city was besieged. 

11 And Nebuchadnezzar' king of Baby.- 
lon came against the citj^, and his servants 
did besiege it. 

12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah 
went out-to the king of Babylon, he, and his 
mother, and his servants, and his princes, 
and his ofjicers : and the king of Babylon 
took him in the eighth year of his reign. 

13 And he carried out thence all the 
treasures of the house of die Lord, and the 
treasures ofthe king's house, and cut in 
pieces al' the vessels" of gold which Solo- 
mon king of Israel had made in the tem- 
ple of the Lord, as the Lord had said. 

14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, 
and all the princes, and all the mighty 
men of valour, evenien thousand captives, 
and all the craftsmen and smiths : none 
remained, save the poorest sort ofthe peo- 
ple of the tend. 

15 And he carried away Jehoiac 
Babylon, and the king's mother, and the 
king's wives, and ni3 officers, and the 
mighty of the land, those carried he into 
Captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 



ii. KINGS. Jcrusalemis besieged. 

16 And all the men of might, even seven 
thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a 
thousand, all that, were strong anda.pt for 
war, even them the king of Babylon 
brought captive to Babylon. 

171; And the king of Babylon made Mat ~ 
taniah his father's brother king in his stead 
and changed his name to Zedekiah. 

13 Zedekiah was twenty and one years 
old when he began to reign, and he reign- 
ed eleven years in Jerusalem. And his 
mother's name was Hamutal, the daugh- 
ter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 

19 And he did that which was evil in 
the sight ofthe Lord, according to ali that 
Jehoiakim had done. 

20 For through the anger of the Lord it 
came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until 
he had cast them out from his presence, 
that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of 
Eabvlon. 

CHAP. XXV. 

1 Jerusalem is besieged : Zedekiah taken, 

his spns slain, and his eyes put out 

AND it came to pass in the ninth year 
of his reign, in the tenth month, in 
the tenth day of the month, that Nebu- 
chadnezzar iimg of Babylon came, he, and 
alt his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched 
against it ; and they built forts against it 
round about. 

2 And the city was besieged unto the e- 
leventh year of king Zedekiah. 
3 And on theninth day ofthe fourth month 
the- famine prevailed in the city,and there 
was no bread for the people ofthe land. 

4 Ii And* the city was broken up, and 
ail the men of war fled by night by the way 
of the gate between two walls, which is by 
the king's garden (now the Chaldees were 
against the city round about) : and the 
king went the way toward the plain. 

5 And the army ofthe Chaldees pursued 
after the king, and overtook him in the 
plains of Jeviti iO,and ail his army were scat- 
tered from hi in, 

6 So they took the. king and brought him 
up to the king of Babylon to Riblah ; and 
they gave Judgment upon him. 

7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah 
before his eyes, and put out the eyes of 
Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of 
brass and carried him to Babylon. 

8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh 
day of the month, which is the nineteenth 
year ofking Nebuchadnezzar king of Bab- 
ylon, came Nebuzaradan captain of the 
guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, 
unco Jerusalem : 

9 And he burnt the house of the Lord, 
and the king's house, and all the houses 
of Jerusalem, and every great man's house 
bun : he \s ith fire. 

10 And all the army ef the Chaldees that 



The C 

were tuiik the 

1 1 Now the 
left in the city, and I 

- the king of Babylon, with the 
remnant 

dan the captain otth 

.1 left of 
the poor of the *ersand 

13 And the pillars of brass that nv?re in 
~e ot the Lord, and the ba 
the tr l 

ieces,and 

It And the pots, and th< 

. 
L, in gold,andof 
a I — pt lof tlu 

16 T 

- 
of the Lord ; the br , 
. -ight. 
.o heith otthe one pillar oraeigh- 
teen cubits, and the chapiter up- ;n it was 
and the height of the 
: id the wre it 
poniegr the chapiter round a- 

and like unto these 
reathen work. 
ird took 
. -lie chieft priest, ai 
the second pr: 

. ! out of the citv he took an ofti- 
•_t over the n 
five men of them thai 

the principal scribe of the h 
tered the peoj md three- 

score m nd, that 

~aptain of the 
H 



\ssLzin. £4-5 

and slew r : in the land 

cut of 
ind. 

the people th it remained 
facjah, whom Nebuchadnez- 
ion had leit, even over 
: ade Gedaliah the son of Aliikam, 
than, ruler. 
23 And when aUthecaptauisciftho armies, 
their men, heard mat the . 
had made Gcdaliah governor, 
there came to Gedaliah to & 
Isiimael I 
the son oft oah the son of 

niahtheson of a Maachathlte, d ! 
men. 

.'. Gedaliah sware to them . 
their men, and said unto them, Pe 
to be me servants of the Cha 
in the land, and si 
n ; and it sh tU 

25 But it came to pass in the sevcr.th 
. - FNethaniahj 

ma, of tlie secdroyal, came, 
and ten men. with him, and smote Ge 
lews and theC 
e i ithhim at Mizpah. 

26 And all the people, !r >th small and 
I the captains of the armk \ 

and came to E 
lees, 
d it came to passin die seven and 
thirtieth year of the captivity of ] 
ang of Judah, in the I 
month, on the seven and twe 
the month, that Evilmerodach 

didlirt up the head of Jehnfarhin long of 

i son : 

; ike kindly to him, and set 

throne of die kings 

. 'on : 

. ! changed his prist n garments: 

and he d d contmually before 

a continual a! - 
i him of the king, 
day, all the da; 



77;- First Book of the Chronic 



.i. 

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- 'eel,Jered, 



3 Henoch, Met) 

•4 Noah, Shem,H un,and Japfa 

> * I ■ ; beta , (i >mcr, and 

I Tubal, 
I chenaz, 

hah, and 

i', andD'-d 



245 The sons of Shorn. I. CHRONICLES. 

8f The sons of Ham ; Cush, and Miz- 
raim,Put, and Canaan. 

_ 9 And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Ha- 
vilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabte- 
cha. And the sens of Raamah ; Sheba,and 
Dedam. 

10 And Cush begat Nimrod : he began 
to be mighty upon the earth. 

11 And Mizraim begat Ludim and An- 
amim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 

12AndPathrusim, and Casluhim, (of 
whom came the Philistines) and Caph- 
thoiim. 

13 And Canaan begatZidon his first born, 
and Heth, 

14 The Jcbusite also, and the Amorite, 
and the Girgaslute, 

15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and 
the Sinite, 

16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, 
and the Hamathite. 

17 % The sons of Shem ; Elam, and As- 
shur, andArphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, 
and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mesh- 
ech. 

18 And Avphaxad begat Sheiah, and 
Sheiah begat Ebcr. 

19 And unto Eber were born two sons : 
the name ofthe one was Peleg ; because in 
his days the earth was divided : and his 
brother's name was Joktan. 

20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and She- 
leph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 

21 Hadoram also, andUzal, andDiklah, 

22 And Ebal, and Abimae!, and Shcba. 

23 And Ophir, and Havilali, andJobab, 
All these were the sons of Joktan. 

24 % Shem, Arphaxad, Sheiah, 

25 Eber, Peieg, Reu, 

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 
27Abram ; the same is Abraham. 

28 The sons of Abraham ; Isaac, and 
Ishmael. 

29 % These are their generations : The 
first bora of Ishmael, Nebaioth ; then Ke- 
dar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam. 

30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Ha- 
dad, and Tema, 

31 Jetur, Naphish,andRedemah. These 
are the sons of Ishmael. 

321[ Now the sons of Keturah, Abra- 
ham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and 
Jokshan,and Medan, and Midian, and Ish- 
bak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan ; 
Sheba, and Dedan. 

33 And the sons of Midian ; Ephah,and 
Eph er, and Henoch, and Abida, and El- 
£aah . All these are the sons ot Keturah. 

34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons 
of Isaac ; Esau and Israel. 

35 The sons of Esau ; Eliphaz, Rcuel, 
and Jeush, and Jaalain, and Korah. 

36 The sons of Eliphaz ; Teman, and 
Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and 
Timna, and Amalek. 



The sons of Israel. 

37 The sons of Reuel ; Nahath, Zerah, 
Shammah, and Mizzah. 

38 And the sons ofSeir ; Lotan,and Sho- 
bal. and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, 
and Ezar, and Dishan. 

39 And the sons of Lotan ; Hori, and 
Horaam : and Timna was Lotan's sister. 

40 The sons of Shobal ; Aiian, and Ma- 
nahath, and Ebal. Shepbi, and Onam. And 
the sons of Zibeon ; Aiah and Anah. 

41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the 
sons of Dishon ; Amram, and Esliban, 
and Ithran, and Cheran. 

42 The sc :s of Ezer ; Bilham, and Za- 
van and Jakan. The sons of Dishan ; Uz, 
and Aran. 

43 Now these are the kings that reigned 
in the land of Edom before any king reign- 
ed over the children of Israel : &ela the 
son of Eeor ; and the name of his city was 
Dinhabah. 

44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the 
son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 

45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham 
of the land of the Temanites reigned in his 
stead. 

46 And when Hir:ham was dead. Ha- 
dad the son of Bedad, which smote Mid- 
ian in the field of Moab, reigned in his 
stead : and the name of his city was Avith. 

47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah 
of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 

48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of 
Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 

49 And when Shaul was dead, Baaihan- 
. an the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 

50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Ha- 
dad reigned in his stead : and the name of 
his city was Pai : and his wife's name was 
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the 
daughter ofMezahab. 

51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of 
Edom were, duke Timnah. duke Aiiah, 
duke Jetheth, 

52 Duke Aholibamah, dukeElah, duke 
Fin on, 

53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke 
Mibzar, 

54 DukeMagdiel,duke Irani. These are 
the dukes of Edom. 

CHAP. II. 
1 The so?is oj Israel. 3 The posterity of 
Judah. 13 The children of Jesse. 18 
Caleb's posterity. 21 Hezron'sjwsterity. 
25 JerahmceVs posterity. 

THESE are the sons of Israel ; Reuben, 
Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, 
and Zebulon, 

2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, 
Gad, and Asher. 

3 f The sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, 
and Sheiah : which three were bora unto 
him of the daughter ol Shuah theCanaan- 
itess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was 



The children of Jesse. Chap, 

evil in the sight <_:' the Ixrd ; and he slew 
him. 
4 And 

mul. 

; Zimri, and 
I 

. 

i ; Achar, the 
■ 
thing 

. d the sons oi I 

..ma, and Sal- 

«gat Obed, and Obed be- 

13 i A : -t his first bcrn Eliab, 

1 .ddai the fifth, 

veic \ 

- 

I 

i 
. 

are him 

on went in to 

i 

■ 

■ 

■ 
l 

I 

* 

m iis of Ram the first iiwnof 



meePs posterity, 34T 

Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and 
Eker. 

! the sons of Onam were, Sbam- 

iofShamnuu ; 

Hshor. 

29 And the name of the wife of Abishur 

ihail, and she bare him Ahban and 

oU .\nd die sons of Nadab ; Seled, and 
Appaim ; but Seted died without children. 

31 And Appaim; Ishi. And 

the sons of Ishi ; bhe^han. And the chil- 
dren of Shed 

id the sons oi Jada the brother of 
Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan; andJe- 
ther died witliout children. 

3J And the sons of Jonathan ; Feteth, 
./.:... These v. ere thesGnsof Jerah- 

w Sheshan had no sons, but daugh- 
ters. AndSheshanl 

_ : 1a. 

r to Jar- 
re him 
Attai. 

id Attai begat Nathan, ai 

Z bad, 
Id Zabad begat Ephlal, and Eph- 
- Obed, 
38 And (Joe J begat Jehu, and Jehu begat 
Azariah, 

i Azari. ih begat Helez, and IIc- 
kz begat Eleasah, 

.mai, and Sis- 

illuiH, 

41 And Shallum begat Jekami.Ji, and 

I 

a fir^t l>orn, 
Qph: and the 
' bron. 
.- ih,and 
a i. 
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: ■ . ... 

I 

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348 The sons of David. L CHRONICLES. The posterity ofJuhah. 

Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Neda- 
biah. 

19 And the sons of Fedaiah were Zerub- 
babel, and Shimei : and the sens of Zerub- 
babel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and 
Shelomith their sister : 

30 And Hashubah, andOhel, andBere- 
chiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. 

21 And the sons of Hananiah ; Pelati- 
ah, andJesaiah : the sonscf Rephaiah,the 
sons of Aman,the sons of ObadiiJi, the sons 
of Shechaniah. 

22 And the sons oi Shcchaniah ; She- 
maiah : and tlie sons of Shemaiah ; Hat- 
tush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neari- 
ah, and Shaphat, six. 

23 And the sons of Ne~ar?ah ; Eiioenai, 
and Hezekiah, and Azrikam three. 

24 And the sons of Elicenai were, Hoda- 
iah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Ak- 
kub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, 
seven* 

CHAP. IV. 
1, 11 2 Vie posterity ofJudah by Caleb the 
son of Hur. 5 UfAshur theposthu- 
?nous son of Htzron. 9 Of Jabez, and 
Itisptayer. 21 The posterity of Shelctu 
24 a?ict of Simeon. 39 Their conquest 
of Gedor, life. 



52 And Shbbe! the father of Kirjathjea- 
rim had son? ; Haroeh, and half of the 
Manahethites. 

53 And the families of Kirjathjearim ; 
the lthritesj andjthePuhites, and tlie Shu- 
mathites, and the Mishraites; of them 
came the Zareathites,andtheEditaulites-. 

54 Tlie sons of Salma ; Bethlehem, 2 nd 
the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of 
Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the 
Zorites. 

55 And the families of the scribes which 
ftweltat Jabez ; theTirathiles,theShim- 
eaihites, and buchathites. These arc tlie 
Ker.ites that came of Hemath, the father 
or tlie house of Rechab. 

CHAP. III. 
1 The sons of David. 10 ITis line to Zed- 
rkiah. \7 The successors ofJeconiah. 

NOW these were the sons of David, 
which were bom unto him in Hebron ; 
the first born Amnon,of AhinoamtheJcz- 
rcelitess : the second, Daniel, of Abigail the 
Carir.elittss : 

2 The third, Absalom the son of Maac- 
hah the daughter ofTahnai king of Gesh- 
ur : the fourth, Adonijah the sen of Kag- 
gith : 

< 3 Tlie fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the 
sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 

4 These six were born unto him in He- 
brcn ; and there he reigned seven years 
and six months : and in Jerusalem he reign- 
ed thirty and three years. 

5 And these were born unto him in Je- 
rusalem ; Shimea,andShobnb,andNathnn, 
and Solomon, lour, of Bathshua the daugh- 
ter of Ammiel: 

6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliph- 
elet, 

•7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 

8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliph- 
elet,nine. 

9 These were all the sons of David, be- 
side the sons of the concubines, and Tamar 
their sister. 

10 1 And Solomon's son nvas Rehobo- 
am, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaph&t 
his son, 

1 1 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash 
his son, 

12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, 
Jotham his son, 

13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Ma- 
aassehhieson, 

14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 

15 And the sonsof Josiah ?w re, the first 
born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the 
third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 

16 And the sons of Jehoiakim : Jeccniah 
his son, Zedekiah his sen. 

17 ^i And the sons of Jeccniah ; Assir, 
Salathielhis son, 

18 Malchiram also, and Psdaiah, and 



THE sons of Judah ; Pharez, Hezron, 
and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 

2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat 
Jahath ; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and La- 
had. These are the families oi the Zorath- 
ites. 

3 And these were o/thefatherof Etrm ; 
Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash : and the 
name of their lister was Hazelelponi : 

4 And Penuei the lather ot Gedor, and 
Ezer the lather oi Hushah. These are the 
sons of Hnr , the first born of Ephratah, the 
father of Bethlehem. 

5 T And Ashur the father of Tekoa had 
two wives, Helah and Naarah, 

6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and 
Hepher, and Teraeni, and Haahashtari. 
These were the sons of Naarah. 

7 And the sons ot Helah, %vere Zereth, 
and Jezoar, and Eth.nan. 

8 And Coz begat Anub,and Zobebah.and 
the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 

9*"; And Jabcz was more honorable than 
his brethren: and his mother called his 
name Jabez, saying, Because 1 bare him 
with sorrow. 

10 And Jabez called en the God of Israel, 
saying, Oh that thou wonkiest bless me in- 
deed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine 
hand might be with me, and that thou woul- 
dest keep me from evil, that it ma}' not 
grieve me! and God granted him that 
which no requested. 

11 U And Chelub the brother of 
begat Mehir, which was the father of Esh- 
tcn. 



Chap, 

12 And E 

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r 

- m of Jf- 

b 

i 2 Jeied 

I 

eth, and 

. - 
. And 

g 

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I 

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Line am! hat )/JRi ub eh . 349 

and 

. These 
ny. 
Vnd Meshobab, and Jamlech,and J'c- 
leiah, 
35 . nd Jehu the son of J< sibi- 

.. the son of A.- id, 
. . and Jaakobah, and fe- 
nd Adiel, and Jc- 

son of Shiphi, the son of 
. i i. the son of Shun* 
i.ih; 
ed by thi ir names 
• families: and the 
Increased greatly. 
t to the entrance of 
Geaor, < . he val« 

- ire for their .' 

1 good* 
and the land was wide, and qu:f 

j.: Ham 4 had dwelt 

: written by name came in 
: king of Jud il 
. the h ibitatii 

.cm ut- 
Idweltintheii . 
- Lure there t 

• of them, even of :' 

i 

the rest of I 

; dwelt 
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CH \P. v. 

Nl 

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I 



350 The chiefs of Gad, I. CHRONICLES. 

8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of 
Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aro- 
er, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon : 

9 And eastward he inhaoited unto the 
entering in of the wilderness from the riv- 
er Euphrates: because their cattle weie 
multiplied in the land of Gilead. 

10 And in the days of Saul they made 
war with the Hagarites, who fell by their 
hand : and they dwelt in their tents through- 
out all the east landoi Gilead. 

11 H And the children of Gad dwelt o- 
ver against them in the land of Baashan 
unto Salcah. 

12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, 
and Jaanai,and Shaphat in Bashan. 

13 And their brethren of the house of 
their fathers were, Michael, and Meshul- 
lam and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and 
Zia, and Heber, seven. 

14 These are the children of Abihail the 
son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of 
Gilead, the sen of Michael, the son of Jes- 
hishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz ; 

15 Ahi the son of Abdiel,the son of Gu- 
ni, chief of the house of their fathers. 

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, 
and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of 
Sharon, upon their borders. 

17 All these were reckoned by genealo- 
gies in the days of Jotham king ot Judah, 
«nd in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 

18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, 
and half the tribe of Manasseh, of yaiiapt 
men, men able to bear buckler and swoi d, 
and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, 
were four and forty thousand seven hun- 
dred and threescore, that went out to the 
war. 

19 And they made war with the Hagar- 
ites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Notfab. 

20 And they were helped against them, 
and the Hagarites were delivered into 
their hand, and all that were with them : 
for thej/ cried to God in the battle, and he 
was entreated of them ; because they put 
their trust in him. 

21 And they took away their cattle; of 
their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep 
two hundred and fifty thousand, and of as- 
ses two thousand, and of men an hundred 
thoiis: ,*d. 

22 For there fell down many slam, be- 
cause the war was of God. And they dwelt 
in their steads until the captivity. 

23 And the children of the half tribe of 
Manasseh dwelt in the land : they increas- 
ed from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Se- 
niv, and unto mount Hermon. 

24 And these were the heads oi the house 
of their fathers, even Epher, and ishi, and 
Eliel, and Azricl, and Jeremiah and Hoda- 
viah, aadJabdiel, mighty "men oi" valour, 
famous men, and heads of the house of 
of their iathers. 



The S072S o/Levi t 

25 And they transgressed against the 
God of their fathers, and went a whoring 
after the gods of the people of the land, 
whom God destroyed before them. 

26 And the God of Israel stirred up the 
spirit otFul king of Assyria, and the spirit 
of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he 
carried them away, even the Reubenites, 
and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Ma- 
nasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and 
Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan 
unto this day. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The sons of Levi, 4 The line of the 
priests, 49 The office of J nron^andhi.^ Line, 

THE sons of Levi ; Gershon, Kohath, 
and Ivierari. 

2 And the sons of Kohath ; Amram, Lz- 
hah, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 

3 And the children of Amram ; Aaron, 
and Mo.<-es, and Miriam. The sons also of 
Aaron ; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and 
Ithamar. 

4 % Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas 
begat Abishua, 

5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki 
begat Uzzi, 

6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zera- 
hiah begat Meraioth, 

_ 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Ama- 
riah begat Ahitub, 

8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok 
begat Ahimaaz, 

9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Ad- 
rian begat Johanan, 

10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it 
is that executed the priest's office in the 
temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem), 

11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and 
Amariah begat Ahitub, 

12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok 
begat Shallum, 

13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hil- 
kiali begat Azariah, 

14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Se- 
raiah begat Jehozadak, 

15 And Jehozadak went into cafuivity, 
when the Lord carried away Judah aud Je- 
rusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 

16 The sons of Levi ; Gershom,Cohath, 
and Merari 

17 And these be the names of the sons of 
Gershom ; Libni, and Shimei. 

18 And the sons of Kohath were, Am- 
ram, and izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 

19 The sons of Merari ; Mahli, and 
Mushi. And these are the families of the 
Levites according to their fathers. 

20 Of Gershom ; Libni his son, Jahath 
his son, Zimmah his son, 

21 Joali his soa, Iddo his son, Zerah his 
son, Jeateraihis son, 

22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab 
his son, Koran his son, Assir his son, 



Chap. 
23 Elkanah his son, and Abiasaph his 

. Uriel his son, Uzzi- 
ah b 

. 

his son, 

lij Libni 
- on, 
th his son, A- 

. I : 
the house of the 
• 

h e dwell - 

congre- 

►mon had built 

\ k -m ; and 

ited on their office accord- 

• 

. - a re they that waited with 

. 

i anger, the son ot Jo*i,the 
fSht nuel, 

nah, the son of Jero- 
Poah, 

z 

phaniah, 
[ rah, 

raeL 

of lina- 

ith, tl*r sou 

F Mera- 



vi. Of'.ce cfJaron end hi* cms. 351 



■ i 

- 

appointed onto all m 

49 1i But A 
ni the altar of the burnt a&rinj 



die altar of incense, and were a/.; 
for all the work of the place most holy, 
and to make an atonement t 
cording to all that Moses I 

God had commanded. 

50 And the.-c are the sons of Ami- m ; 
> son, Phinehas his son, A 

51 Bukki hisson,Uzzi his son, Z: *» 
his son. 

52 Mcraioth his son, Amariah his son, 
..son, 

! idok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 

54 Now these atc their dwelling | 
throughout their castles in their coasts, oi 
the sons of Aaron, of the famihesofthc Kc- 
hathites : for their' s was the let. 

55 And they gave them Hebron in the 
land ct Juda'h, and the suburb* thereof 
round about it. 

5G But the fields of the city, and the vil- 
lages thereof , they gave to Caleb the son 
'inch 
57 And to tUe sons of Aaron !hey gave 
the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the 
. and Libnah with her sub- 
urbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their 

5S And HDen with her suburbs, Debir 
with hei suburbs, 

in with her suburbs, and 
ler Buburbs: 
-■ I And oat of the tribe of B> 
i with her suburbs, and AJemeth with 
ber suburbs, and Anathoth wkh her sub- 
All their cities through, ut their 
r thirteen cities. 
6] And unto tlfe sons of Kohativ tnMeA 
--.• i. left of the family of that tribe, 
>en out of the haif tribe, 
baXtriotat Manasehyb) lctten 

iothc Bons < f Gershao through- 
out their f.imi lies, cut ot the tribe ot Issa- 
ch ir,and out <•! the tribe of Asher, and <>ut 
.ii, and out of the tribe 
h in, thirteen i 
I x 
i-\ lot, throughout their fkmiOeS) out of the 
n, and out "t the trilw of 
i <ait otihetnl>eoiZebulun, twelve 

pnt to 
-; with their i 

e tribe 

ifldren d Juoah, and out otthe 

t] e< bildren of Simeon, and oat of 

in! IVnjamimthebe 

uics. 

1 1 i'k- families at the 
\ oh. ith, had cities oflhcir coasts 
he tribe of Ephralau 
. I theygavcunto them, o/theci- 
aoedsem in mount Ej 



352 The sons cf Issachar, 



I. CHRONIC 



7 } he sons cfBtvja 



oi Gershom were given 

t'i i e ha If tri be of Manas- 



with her suburbs ; they gave also Gezer 
with her suburb?, 

68 And Jokneam with her suburbs, and 
Bethhoron with her suburbs^ 

69 And AS&lOn with her suburbs,' and 
•Gathrirnmcn with her suburbs : 

73 And out of tiie hal f tribe of Manasseh ; 
Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam, with 
her suburbs, for the family of the rem- 
nant oi the sons of Kohath. 

71 Unto th 
out of the far 
seh, Golian in Bashan with her suburbs, 
and Ashtarpth with her suburbs ; 

72 And out of the tribe of Issachar ; Ke- 
desh with her suburbs, Daberath with her 
suburbs, 

73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and 
Anern with her suburbs : 

74 And out of the tribe of Asher ; Mar- 
shal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her 
suburbs, 

75 And Ilukok with her suburbs, and 
Rehoh with her suburbs : 

76 And out of the tribe oi Naphtali ; 
Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and 
Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjath- 
aim with her suburbs. 

77 Unto the restot the children of Me- 
rari were given oat of the tribe of Zeb- 
ulun, Rimmon with lier suburbs, Tabor 
with her suburbs : 

78 And on the other side Jordan, by Je- 
richo, on the east side of Jordan, were giv- 
en them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer 
in the wilderness with her suburbs, and 
Jahzah with her suburbs, 

79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and 
Mephaath with her suburbs: 

80 And out of the tribe of Gad ; Ramoth 
inGilead with her suburbs, and Mahana- 
im with her suburbs, 

81 And Heshbon widiher suburbs, and 
Jazer with her suburbs. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 The sons ofTssachar 9 6 of Benjamin, 13 

ofNaphiah, 14 of Manassdh, 20 and 

JEftfiraim. 
"VTOW the sons of Jssachar npere y Tola, 
Jd^ andPuah, Jashub, arid Shimron,four. 

2 And the sons of Tola ; Uzzi, and Rep- 
haiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,aBd Jibsam, 
andShernu'el, heads of their father's house 
to wit, vu'l '■''< •: la : ' h y were valiant men of 
rhightintl ■ l1 ; ts; whosenu-o:r 
was in the da :y ol David two and twenty 
thousand arid 

3 And the s 
the e 

diah, and Jo< 
chief men, 

4 And with thorn, by their generations, 
after the house of their fathers, w fve bands 
of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand 



i Uzzi ; Izrahiah : and 
h : Michael, and Qba- 
diiah, five : all of them 



ilies of Issachar were \ 


raliant n 


reckoned in all by the 


r ejer.e; 


score and seven thousj 


md. 


6 % The sons of B 


snjamia 


Becher, and Jediael, t 


hree. 


7 And the sons of Be 




zi, and. Uzziel, ar.o Je 




heads of the House oi i 




men of valour. ; and 




their genealogies tv, 


enty ar 



Bela and 



Jon: 



oth, and A 


jameth. 


All tl 


cf Becher 






9Andt 


he numbt 


IV Of t 1 


genealogy 


by their 


gener 


the house 


of their f 




valour, was tw entv 


rtious; 


dred. 






10 The 


sons als 


o of J 


and the sc 






jamimanc 






than., and 






ii Ail 


these the 


sons o 


heads oft 


ieir rathe 


rs, mi 


our yvuere 


sevenceei 


i thous 


dred soldi 


ersj fit to 


go out 



IZe- 



at- 



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;Cr 



oi th 



12 Shi . _ 
dren of Jr, awc/Husbhn, tire 

13 *|j Tiie sons ofNaphta 
Guni, and Jezer, and Shall) 
Bilhah. 

14 % The sons of Mana 
whom she bare (but his 
AramitessbareMachir the i 

15 And Machir tool; to v 
HuppimanciShuppim,whe 
was Maachah) ; and the i 
cond was Zelophehad : and Zelophehad 
had daughters. 

16 And Maachah the wife of Machir 
bare a son, and she called Iris name Peresh ; 
and the name of his brother was Sheresh; 
and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 

17AndthesonsofUIam ; Bedan. These 
were the sons of Gilead, the son of Ma- 
chir, the son of fvlanasseh. 

18 And his sister Hummoleketh bare 
Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 

19 And the sons of Shemidah wereA- 
hian, and Shechem, andLikhi, andAniam. 

20 *fi And tire sons of Ephraim : Shuthe- 
lah, and Bered his son. and Tahath his son 
and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 

21AndZ:bad his son. and Shuthelah 
his son, iirid Ezer, and Elead whom the 
men ot Gath that were born in tliat land 
slew, because they came down to take a- 
way tlieir cattle. 



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and 

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li. 

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I 
am, ir lilt Uao, and Lod, 

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the inhabit 

14 A [eretn &, 

16 An . 

m, and 

1 Jc7.ii th, and Jo- 

idShim- 

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354 The Israelite* genealogies. I. CHRONICLES. 

and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 

36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah ; and Je- 
hoadah begat Alemeth,and Azmaveth, and 
Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 

37 Moza begat Bmea : Rr;pha was his 
son, Eieasah his son, Azel his sen : 

33 And Azel had six sons, whose names 
are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and lshmeai, 
and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Haiian. 
Ail these were the sons of Azel. 

39 And the sons of Eshek his brother 
were, Dlam his firstborn, Jehash the se- 
cond, and Eliphekt the third, 

40 And the .sons of U lam were mighty 
men of valour, archers, and had ma-y 
sons, and son's sons, an hundred and fifty. 
Ail these ere of the sons of Benjamin. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 The original of Israel's and Judah 's gen- 
ealcg'us. 27 The charge of certain Lc- 
I'iies. S3 Saul's and Jonathan's stock. 

SO all Israel were reckoned by geneal- 
ogies ; and, behold, thev were written 
in the book of the kings of Israel and Ju- 
dah, who were carried away to Babylon 
for their transgression. 

2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in 
their possessions in their cities were, the 
Israelites, the priests, Levites, and theiSe- 
thinims. 

3 And in Jerusalem dwelt the children 
of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, 
and of the children of Ephraim, and Ma- 
ilasseh ; 

4 Uthai the son sf Ammihud, the son of 
Omri, the son of lmri, the son of Bani, of 
the children of Pharez the son of Judah. 

5 And of the Shilonites ; Asaiah the first- 
born and his sons. 

6 And of the sons of Zerah ; Jeuel, and 
their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 

7 And ofthe sons of Benjamin ; Sallu the 
son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the 
son of Hasenuah, 

8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and 
Eiah the son of Uzzi, tlie son of Ivtichri, 
and Meshullam the son of Shephatf uah 
the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah ; 

9 And their brethren,accordiag to their 
generations, nine hundred snd fifty and six. 
Ail these men were chief of the fathers in 
the house of their fathers. 

10 And of the priests ; Jedaiah, and Je- 
hoiarib, and Jachin, 

11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the 
sonofMeshuiiam, the sen of Zadok, the 
son ot Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ru- 
ler of the house of God ; 

12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the 
son of Pashur, tae son cf Malchijah, and 
Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahze- 
rah,theson of Meshullam, the son ofMes- 
hillemith,thesonof lnimer 



Charge of certain Levites. 

house of their fathers, a thousand and sev- 
en hundred and threescore ; very able men 
for the work ot the service of die house of 
God. 

14 And ofthe Levites ; Shemaiah the 
son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son 
cf Hashabiah, ot the sons ofMerari ; 

15 And Bakbakkah,Heresh,and Galal, 
and M.attaniah the son of Micah, the son 
of Zichri, the son of Asaph ; 

16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah 
the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun and 
Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of El- 
kanah, that dwelt in the villages oftheNe- 
tophathites. 

17 And the porters were, Shallum, and 
Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and 
their brethren : Shallum was the chief : 

18 Who hitherto waited in tlie king's 
gate eastward : they were porters in the 
companies ofthe children of Levi. 

19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son 
of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his 
brethren, of the house of his father, the 
Korahites, were over the work of the ser- 
vice, keepers ofthe gates ofthe tabernacle : 
and their fathers, being over the host ofthe 
Lord, were keepers ofthe entry. 

20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar 
was the ruler over them in time past, and 
the Lord was with him. 

21 And Zechariah the son of Meshele- 
miah was porter of the door ot the taber- 
nacle of the congregation. 

22 All these which were chosen to be 
porters in the gates were two hundred and 
twelve. These were reckoned by their gen- 
ealogy in their villages, whom "David and 
Samueithe seer did ordain in their set office. 

23 So they and their children liad the 
oversight ofthe gates of tlie house ofthe 
Lord, namely ', the house of the tabernacle, 
by wards. 

24 In four quarters were the porters to- 
ward die east, west, north, and south. 

25 And their brethren, which were in 
their villages, were to come after seven 
days from time to time widi them. 

26 For these Levites. tlie four chief por- 
ters, were in their set office, and were o- 
ver the chambers and treasuries #;f the 
house of God. 

27 1[ And they lodged round about the 
house of God, because tlie charge was up- 
on them, and the opening thereof every 
morning pertained to them. 

23 And certa'n of thern had the charge 
of the ministering vessels, that they should 
bring them in and out by tale. 

29 -Seme of them also were appointed to 
to oversee the vessels, and all the instru- 
ments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, 
and the wine, and the oil, and the frankin- 



13 And their brethren, heads of the I cense, and the spices. 



Saul and his sons slain. 



Chap. x. xi. 



Davie! :r;arft kbit 



355 



30 And some of the sons cf the" priests 
made the ointment ot the spices 

31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, 
•who was the firstborn oiShallum the Ko- 
ruhite had the set oSce over the things 
that were made in the pans. 

32 And other oi their brethren of the 
sons of the Kohathites^Yvr over die shew - 
bread, to prepare*/ every Babbath. 

33 And these are the' singers, chief of 
the fathers ot the Levitts, who remaining 
in the chambers-were tree : for the, were 
emptoyedin/AaJ work day and night. 

34 These chief fathers of the Levites 

at dieir generations; 
these dwelt at Jerusalem. 

151 And in Gtoeon dwelt the father of 
. Jehiel, whose wile's name was 

.ihis firstborn son Abdon, then 
[ ., and Baal, and ^Ner, and 

ul Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecha- 
. kloth. 
doth begat Slwmeam. And 
t with their brethren at Je- 
p against their brethren, 
begat Ki>h ; and Kish begat 
nd Mal- 
Esh aal. 
.1 the son ot" Jonathan was Me- 
. : and MeribbaaJ begat Micah. 
41 And me sons ot Micah u>enr, Phhon, 
and Tahrea, and.lhuz. 

I J. a- ih ; and Jarah 
. emeth^and Azmaveth, and Zira- 
:;d Zunh begat Moza; 

'. Binea ; and ' 
iah hi* 84 n, Eieasah his son, 

44 And Axel had li names 

arc these, A/.i eru, and Ish- 

and Obadiah, and 
v^el. 
X. 
and death, 

■ hi itl. 11 Ju- 
. d Cu /US 

rat'. 

. slain in 
mount < 

- 

: ndthe archershithim, an 1 

Draw th 
. 
trie. Buthisarrnou 

not : 1< i 

a sword, and fell 



5 And when his armonrbearer saw that 

Saul was dead, he fell likew ise on the 5 word, 
and died. 

6 bo Saui died, and his tlirec sons, and 
all his h use died together. 

7 And when all toe men ef Israel that 
Were in the valley saw that they fled, and 
that Saul and his sons were dead, then they 
forsook their cites, and fled : and the Phil- 
istines came and dwelt in them. 

8 % And it came to pass on the morrow, 
when the Philistinescame Jo strip the slain, 
that they found Saul aud his sons fallen in 
mount Guboa. 

9 And when they had stripped him, they 
took his head, and his armour, and sent in- 
to the land of the Philistines round about, 
to carry tidings unto theii idols and to the 
people. 

10 And they put his armour roth 
of Uieir gods, and fastened his heai I 
temple of Dagon. 

Ill And wlien all Jabeshgilead heard 
all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 

12 They arose, all the valiant mi ' 

took away the body of Saul, and the bodies 
of his sons, and brought them to J 
and buried their bones under the oak in Ju- 
besh, and fasted se\ en da) s. 

13 So Saul died tor his t n which 

he committed against the Lord, rvaiu- 
gainst the word of tl le Lord, which he kept 
Sec, and also for asking counsel oi one that 
hud a familiar spirit^ to inquire 

14 And inquired n . i there- 

fore he slew him, and turned tne Irii 
unto David the son of Jesse. 
Cil \l'. XI. 
1 David made king* -1 tie winneth the 

casiie "J Zionfi om the Jt 

ab's vat^ .:r. 1 . 1 ; atal iuge oj ■' . 

Tlve ito 
l).i\ id. unto Hebn i h< Id, 

wean 

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: ot die 

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6 And David said, whosoever . 
the Jebusites first shall be ( hiefandcaptaia, 
SoJoabthe son ofZeruiah went first up, 
and was chief. 

7 And David dwelt in the castle ; there- 
fore they called it the city ot David. 

8 x\nd he built the city round about, e- 
ven from Milio roundabout : and Joab re- 
paired the rest ot the city. 

9 So David waxed greater and greater : 
for the Lord of hosts tvas with him. 

10 *\\ These also are the chiei of the migh- 
ty men whom David had, who strengthen- 
ed themselves with him in hi&kingdooj,««cl 
with all Israel, to make him king, accor d- 
ingto the word of the Lord concerning Is- 
rael. 

11 And this is the number of the mighty 
men whom David had; Jashobeam^ an 
Hachmonite the chief of the captains-: he 
lifted up his spear against three hundred 
slain by him at Onetime. 

12 And after him was Eleazar the son 
of Dodo, the Ahobite, who was one oi the 
three mighties. 

13 He was with David at£asgammini, 
and there the Fhoktv.c:, v. ere gathered to- 
gether to battle, where was a parcel of 
ground full of barley : and the people Bed 
from before tiie Philistines. 

14 And they i(X themseh es in the midst 
of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew 
the Philistines ; and the Lord saved them 
by a great deliverance. 

15 Nov/ three of the thirty captains went 
down to the rock to David, into the cave of 
Adullam : and the host of the Philistines 
encamped in the valley ot Rephaim. 

16 And David was then in the hold, 
and the Philistines' gammon was then at 
Bethlehem. 

17 And David longed, and said, Oh 
that one would give me drink of the water 
of the wellbfBethlehem,.thati* at the gate 1^ 

18 And the three brake through the host 
of the Philistines, and di ew water out of the 
well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, 
and took it\ and brought it to" David : but 
David would not drink o/ it, but poured It 
out to the Lord, 

19 And said. My God forbid it me, that 
I should do this thing: shaiil drink the 
blood of these men that have put their lives 

ipardy ' For with thvjeojiardy o/'their 
1 i \ es they brought it. Therefore he would 
net drink it. These tilings did these three 
mightiest. 

20 And Abishai the brother of Jcab, he 
was chief oi the three : for lifting up his 

again: t three hundred, he.; lew them y 
m< ■■.■■■ the three. 

21 Of the three, he was more honorable 
ti the two ; tor he was their captain : 
h beit, he attained net to Haejlvgt three. 



L klEkONICLTkk Ximnf* mighty mm. 

h the :on of Jehoiada,the son of 

it man ofKabzeeLwho had done 

many acts; he slew two lionlike men of 

Moab : also he went down and slew a lion 

in a pit in a snowy day. 

23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of 
great stature, five cubits high : and in the 
Egyptian's hand -fas a spear like a wea- 
ver's beam ; and he went down to him 
with a staff, and plucked the sjiear cut of 
the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with 
his owf\ spear, 

24 These things did Eenaiahthe son of 
Jehoiada, and had a name among the three 
mighties. 

25 Behold, he was honorable among the 
thirty, but attained not to the first three : 
and David set him over his gaurd. 

26 Also the valiant mervof the armies 
were, Asahel the brother of joabj Eihanan, 
the son of Dodo of Bettriehem, 

27 Shammoth the llarorite, Helez the 
Pel'. like, 

28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekcite, 
Abiezer the Antothite,. 

29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Aho- 
hite, 

30 MaharaitheNetophathite,Heted the 
son of Baanah the Netopadare, 

31 lthaitheson ofKibai, of Gibe?.h, that 
pertained to the children of Benjamin, Be- 
naiah the Pirathonite, 

32 Hurai of the brocks of Gaasli, Abie! 
the Arbathite, 

33 Azmaveththe Baharumite, Ehahba, 
the BhaaJboirite, 

34 The sons of Hashem the Gizcnite, 
Jonathan the son of Shage the Hat 3 rite. 

35 Ahiam the son ot Sachar theHarai ite, 
Eliphal the son of Ur, 

56 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the 
Peionite, 

67 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son 
of Ezbai, 

38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar 
the son ofliaggeri, 

39 Zelek the Ammonite, Nah'arai the 
Berothite, the armourbearer of Jo^b the 
son ofZeruiah, 

40 Ira the h'vY':. Gar< ! • the lthrife, 

41 Uriah the Iiktite, Zabad the son of 
Ablai, 

42 Aclina the son ofShizameReubenHe, 
acaptainoi ihei .eubenites, ana thirty with 
him, _ 

43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Jcsh- 
thni :, 

zia the Ashterathite, Shama and 
ihesons of Hothan the Avuerite, 
45 Jediael the son of Shiniri, and Mia 
' zite, 

tvite, and Jeribai, and 
Josh<aviah', t he sons ofElnaanv, and Ithuiali 
abite, 



The comfiarue* that came Chap, 

47 Eliei, and ©bed, and Jasiel the Meso- 
baite. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 The companies that came to David at 

Ziklag. 20 1 he armies that came lu him 

at Hebron. 

NOW these are they that came to Da- 
vid to Ziklag, while he j ct kept him- 
self close because of Saul die boh of Kish : 
and tlicy were among the mighty men, 
helpers of the war. 

2 They were aimed with bows, and 
could use both the right hand and the left 
in hu. arrows cut 
of a L»o vs , e brethren of Benja- 
min. 

3 The chief was Ahiczer, then Joash, the 
sons of She. e; and Je- 
ziel, and Pelct, the sons of Azmaveth ; and 

;u the Antothke. 
\ lsmalah the Gibeonite, a mighty 
man among die thirty) andoverthethirtj ; 
and Jeremiah, and Jehaziel, and Johanan, 
lute, 
i Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and 
Sheno iali die Haruphite. 

oah, Jesiah, and Azareel, and Jo- 
. and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 

7 ;\nd Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of 
Jeroham of G 

8 And of the Gadites there separated 
themselves unto David into the hold to the 
wilderness men of might, and men of war 
fit for the battle, that could handle shield 
and bu< kler^ \.lr 

i swift as the 
open the mount 

the first, Obadiah the second, E- 
liahthe third, 

die fourth, Ji remiah 
ftb, 
1 1 Attii the sixth,. ! \ snth, 

ith,Elzabad the ninth, 
l ; Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai thee- 
lev • 

I .e sons of Gad, cap- 

an hundred. over a thou- 

15 TK I iver Jor- 

dan ; I over- 

alliArmofi 

and I 

hold unto David. 
17 And 1) . Ct thctn, 

and i into them, U 

come peac * 

eome to beb 

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KU. to meet David at Ziklag. 537 

who was chief of the captains, and he said, 

Thine are we, David, and en thy side, thou 

son of Jesse : peace, peace be unto thee, and 

to thine helpers; lor thy God 

helpeththee. Then David received them, 

ide them captains of the band. 

19 And there tell some of Manasseh to 

David, when he came with the Philistines 

against Saul to battle: but they helped 

them not: tor the lords of the Philistines 

upon advisement sent him away, saying, 

He will fall to his master Saul to thejcoji- 

ardij of oar heads. 

ie v. ent to Ziklag, there fell to him 
of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozubad, and Je- 
diael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Eli- 
hu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands 
that were of Manasseh* 

21 And ihe\ helped David against the 
band of the rovers : for they were all migh- 
ty men of valour, and were captains in the 
host. 

22 For at that time day by day there 
came to David to help him, until it was 
a great host, like the host of God. 

23 * And these are the num'xn-softhe 
the bands that were ready armed to the 
war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn 
the kingdom of Saul to him, according to 
the wort of the Lord. 

24 The children of Judah that bare shield 
and si ear were six thousand and 
hundred, ready armed to the war. 

2.5 Of the children of Simeon, 
men of valour for the war, seven thousand 
and one hundred. 

26 of the children of Levi tour at] 
and six hundred* 

37 And Jehoiada was the leader of the 
Aaronites, and with him were thn 

sand and seven hundred ; 

38 And/, [oka young man mi 
valour, and <>t ... 

two captains. 

d of the children of Benjamin, the 
kindn d cA Saul, three th< usand : i< r hith 
ertothe gre teal part < I them to d kept the 
e I S mi. 

i 
',i hundred, mighty 

! < t the h 

ikI, whi< h w 

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353 David fetcheth the ark, Isfc, I. CHRONICLES. Hiram's kindness to David* 



34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, 
and with them with shield and spear thir- 
ty and seven thousand. 

35 And of the Danites expert in war 
twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. 

36 "And of Asher, such as went forth to 
battle, expert in war, forty thousand. 

37 And on the other side of Jordan, of 
the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the 
half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of 
instruments of war for the battle, an hun- 
dred and twenty thousand. 

38 All these men of war, that could keep 
rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, 
to make David king over all Israel: and 
all the rest also of Israel were of one heart 
to make David king. 

39 And there they were with David three 
days, eating and drinking: for their breth- 
ren had prepared for them. 

40 Moreover, they that were nigh them, 
even unto Issachar,andZebulun,and Naph- 
tali, brought bread on asses, and on cam- 
els, and en mules, and on oxen, and meat, 
meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, 
and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep a- 
bundantly : for there was jov in Israel. 

CHAP. Xil'l. 
1 David fetcheth the ark from. Kirjathjea- 
rirn. 9 Uzza being smitten,the ark is 
left at the house of Obededom. 
A ND David consulted with the cap- 
jljl tains of thousands and hundreds, and 
with every leader. 

2 And David said unto all thecongregation 
of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and 
that it be ef the Lord «aur God, let us send 
abroad unto our brethren every where, 
that are left in all the land of Israel, and 
with them also to the priests and Levites 
which are in their cities and suburbs, that 
they may gather themselves unto us : 

3 And let us bring again the ark of our 
God to us : for we inquired not at it in the 
days of Saul. 

4 And all the congregation said that they 
would do so : for the thing was right in the 
eyes of all the people. 

5 So David gathered all Israel together, 
from Shihor ol Egypt even unto the enter- 
ing of Hemath, to' bring the ark of God 
from Kirjathjearirn. 

6 And David went up, and all Israel, to 
Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearirn, which 
belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the 
ark of God the Lord, th?.t dwelletti be- 
tween the cherubims, whose name is call- 
ed on it. 

7 And they carritd the ark of ,Gcd jna. 
new cart out of the house of Abinadab : 
and Uzza and Aliio drave the cart. 

8 And David and all Israel played be- 
fore God with all their might, and with 
singing, and wkhharps, and with psalte- 



ries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals,, 
and with trumpets. 
9 % And when they came unto the thresh- 
ing floor of Chidon,Uzza put forth his hand 
to hold the ark ; for the oxen stumbled. 

10 And the anger of the Lord was kin- 
dled against Uzza,and he smote him, be- 
cause he put his hand to the ark ; and 
there he died before God. 

11 And David was displeased, because 
the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza : 
wherefore that place is called Perezuzrza to 
this day. 

12 And David was afraid of God that 
day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of 
God home to me ? 

13 So David brought not the aik home 
to himself to the city of David, but car- 
ried it aside unto the house of Obededom 
the Gittite. 

14 And the ark of God remained with 
the family of Obededom in his house three 
months. And the Lord blessed the house j 
of Obededom, and all that he had. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Hiram's kindness to David, 2 David's 
felicity in people, wives, and chidr en* 8 
tfis two victories, 

NOW Hiram king of Tyre sent mes- 
sengers to David, and timber ot ce- 
dars with masons and carpenters, to build 
him an house. 

2 1 And David perceived that the Lord 
had confirmed him king over Israel, for 
his kingdom was lifted up on high be- 
cause of his people Israel. 

3 And David took more wives at Jeru- 
salem : and David begat more sons and i j 
daughters. 

4 Now these are the names of his chil- 
dren which he had in Jerusalem ; Sham- 
inua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 

5AndIbhar,and Elishua, and Elpalet, 

6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 

7 And EJishama, and Beeliada, and 
Eliphalet. 

8*[[ And when the Philistines heard 
that David was anointed king overall Is- 
rael, all the Philistines went up to seek 
David. And David heard of it, and went 
out against them. 

.9 And the Philistines came and spread 
themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 

10 And David inquired ot God saying, 
Shall i. go up against the Philistines ? and, 
Wi It thou deliver them., into mine hand ? 
.And the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I 

will deliver them into thine hand* • 

11 .So they came up to Baalperazim : 
andDavid smote them there. Then David 
said. God hath broken in upon mine enemies 
by mine hand like the breaking forth of 
waters ; therefore they called the name of 
that place Eaaiperassics . 



The ark brought from Obededom. 

12 And when they had left their gods 
there, David gave a commandment, and 
they were burnt with fire. 

13 And the Philistines \et again spread 
themseivewtbroad in the valley. 

14 Therefore David inquired again ot 
God': and God said unto him, Go not up 
after them, turn away from them, and 
come upon them over against the mulber- 
ry tn 

15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear 

otgoing in the tops of the mulber- 
ialt go out to bat- 
tle: for God is gone forth before thee 
le Philistines. 
.id therefore did as God com- 
him : and they smote the host ot 
the Philistinesfrom Gibeon even to Gazer. 
17 And the fame of David went out into 
-; and the Lord brought the fear 
of him upon all nations. 

CHAP. XV. 
" : ; order about bringing the ark 
from Obededom. 25 He fierfbrmeth it 
j. 29Michal desjuset/ihim. 

AND David made him houses in the 
city of David, and prepared a place 
for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 

2 Then David said, none ought to carry 
the ark of God but the Levitts ; for them 
hath the Lord chfsen to carry the ark of 
God, and to minister unto him for ever. 

3 And David gathered all Israel togeth- 

rusalem, to bring op the ark of the 
to his place, which he had prepa- 
red for it. 

4 And David assembled the children cf 
Aaron, and the Levites : 

5 Ofthesonsof Kohath ; Uriel the chief, 

brethren an hundred and twenty: 

is of Merari : Asaiah the 

chief, and his brethren two hundred and 

7 ( )f the sons of Gershom ; Joel the chief, 
and thirty : 
is of Eliz Lphan ; SI 
iren two hum 
. I iron ; Eliel til 
i -ij : 

. Amminad ib 
b 

led for Zad >k 

i 

Uri( 

Israel unto the /dace that I h 

13 For because ye 

the Lord our God made 



Chap. xv. Bavid'sjoy at bringing it. 35$ 

for that we sought him not after the due 
order. 

14 So the priests and the Levites sancti- 
fied themselves to bring up the ark ot the 
Lord God of Israel. 

15 And the children of the Levites bare 
the ark of God upon their shoulders with 
the staves thereon, as Moses commanded 
according to the word of the Lord. 

16 And David spake to the chief of the 
Levites to appoint their brethren to be the 
singers with instruments of musick, psalte- 
ries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, by 
lifting up the A-r.ice with joy. 

17 So the Levites appointed Heman the 
son of Joel ; and ot his brethren, Asah the 
sonofBerechiah ; and ofthesonsof Merati 
their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah ; 

18 And with them their brethren of the 
second d< .^T.\Z:chariah.Ber.,and Jaaziel^ 
and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, 
Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and 
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, andMikneiah, 
and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. 

19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and 
Ethan, were afifioinfedto sound with cym- 
bals of brass ; 

20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and She- 
miramoth, and Jehiel,and Unni, and Eliab, 
and Maaseiah, and Lv.naiah,vvith psalteries 
on Alamoth ; 

21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and 
Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and 
Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to 
excel. 

22 And Chenaniah, chief ot the Levites, 
/ : he instructed about the song, 

because he was skilful. 

. Vnd Berecliiah and Elkanah, ivere 
doorkeepers tor the ark. 

24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat,and 
Nethancel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, 
and Benaiah, and Etiezer, the prw 
blow with the trumpets before the ark of 
God: and Obededom and Jehiah were 
doorkeepers forthe ark. 

► David, and -Israel, 

and the captains over thousands, went to 

bring up •' ot . tJie 

LordoutofthehouseofObededomwitlijoy. 

I it c \wr to pass, whenG idhelp- 

• liit bare the ark ot the cov- 

rd, that they offen 

mis. 

ied with a root 
( ffineline i, ind all the Levites th 

t ; with the 

upon hira an ephod of linen. 

brought up the ark of 

L> w\ with shouting, 

nd with 

s . (a noise 

1 i irps. 



360 David appointeth I. CHRONICLES. * thanksgiving. 

19 When ye were but few, even a few, 
and strangers in it. 

20 And when they went from nation to 
nation, and from one kingdom to another 
people ; 

21 He suffered no man to do them wrong : 
yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 

22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, 
and do my prophets no harm. 

23 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; 
shew forth from day to day his salvation. 

_ 24 Declare his glory among the heathen ; 
his marvellous works among all nations. 

25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to 
be praised : he also is to be feared above 
all gods. 

26 For all the gods of the people are idols : 
but the Lord made the heavens. 

27 Glory and honor are in his presence : 
strength and gladness are in his place. 

28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of 
the people, give unto the Lord glory and 
strength. 

29 Give unto the Lord the glory due un- 
to his name : bring an offering, and come 
before him : worship the Lord in the beau- 
ty of holiness. 

" 30 Fear before him, all the earth : the 
world also shall be stable, that it be not 
moved. 

31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the 
earth rejoice, and let men say among the 
nations, the Lord reigneth. 

32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness there- 
of ; let the fields rejoice,and all that is there- 
in. 

33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing 
out at the presence of the Lord, because he 
cometh to judge the earth. 

34 O give thanks unto the Lord : for he 
is good j for his mercy endureth for ever. 

35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our 
salvation, and "gather us together, and de- 
liver us from the heathen, that we may 
give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in 
thy praise. 

"36 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for 
ever and ever. And all the people said, 
Amen, and praised the Lord. 

37 So he left there before the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord Asaph and his breth- 
ren to minister before the ark continually, 
as every day's work required : 

38 And Obededom with their brethren, 
threescore and eight : Obededom also the 
son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters : 

39 And Zadok the priest, and his breth- 
ren the priests, before the tabernacle of the 
Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon, 

40 To offer burnt offerings unto the Lord 
upon the altar of the burnt offering contin- 
ually morning and evening, and to do ac- 
cording to all that is written in the law of 
the Lord, which he commanded Israel ; 



29 % And it came to pass, as the ark of 
the covenant of the Lorcfcame to the city 
of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul, 
looking out at a window, saw king David 
dancing and playing : and she despised him 
in h(J heart. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 David's festival sacrifice. 4 He order* 

eih a choir to sing thanksgiving. 7 The 

ftsalm of "thanksgiving. 

SO they brought the wrkof God, and set 
it in the midst of the tent that David 
had pitched for it : and they offered burnt 
sacrifices and peace offerings before God. 

2 And when David had made an ead of 
offering the burnt offerings and the peace 
offering, he blessed the people in the name 
of the Lord. 

3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, 
both man and woman, to every one a loaf 
of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a 
fiagono/'wzTze. 

4 % And he appointed certain of the Le- 
vites to minister before the ark of the Lord, 
and to record, and to thank and praise the 
Lord God of Israel : 

5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zech- 
ariah, and Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Je- 
hiel, and Mattithiah, and Elia'o, and Be- 
naiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with 
psalteries and with harps :' but Asaph made 
a. sound with cymfcffs ; 

6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests 
with trumpets continually before the ark 
of the covenant of God. 

7 % Then en that day David delivered 
first this psalm to thank the Lord, into the 
hand of Asaph and his brethren. 

8 Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon 
his name, make known his deeds among 
the people.. 

9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, 
talk ye oiali his wonderous works. 

.10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the 
heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 

1 1 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek 
his face continually. 

12 Remember his marvellous works 
that he had done, his wonders, and the 
judgments of his mouth ; 

13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye 
children of Jacob, his clicsen ones. 

14 He is the Lord our God; his judg- 
ments are in all the earth. 

15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; 
the word which he commanded to a thou- 
sand generations ; 

5 6 jSvep oft he covenant which he mad£ 
with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac ; 

17 And hath confirmed the same to Ja- 
cob for a law, and to Israel/cr an everlast- 
ing covenant. 

18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the bnd 
of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; 



.Yuthan's message' to JDcx^d. 

41 And wich them Heman andJeduthun, 
and the rest that were chosen) who were 
expressed by name, to give thanks to the 
i tcv endureth for ever; 

42 A:. • n Heman and Jedu- 
thunwkh trumpet* and cymbals for those 

!. and with mu- 

. :ts of God. And the sons 
of Jed a 

aopk departed every 
..ad David returned to 

■ 

;p. xvii. 

\ an house 



Chap. xvii. xviii. David's xncJorirs. 351 

12 He shall build me an house, and I will 
bis throne for ever. 

13 1 will be his father, and he sh all be my 
son : and I will not take mv mercy away 
from him, a;, I took it from him that was 
before diee: 

1 1 But i will settle hi a i in mi:- 
and in my kingdom forever: and his throne 
shall be established for c\ ermore. 

l j Ace |] these words, 

cording to all this vision, so did - 
onto David. 

16 tf And David the king came 
before the Lord, and said. Who am I, O 



rd God, an- 1 ■ v house, mat 



:rul thar.ksg 

NOW 
id to Nathan 
an house ofce- 
I the covenant of the 
■ :h under curtains. 

i I unto David. Do all 

in thine heart ; for God U with thee. 

.id it came to pass the same night 

that the word ot God came to Nathan, say- 



thou hast brought mc 

\7 A' mall thing in 

thine eyes, O God: foi oAo spo- 

ken of thy servant's hoi at while 

to come, and bat o >rding 

to the estate of a man of high deg 
Lord God. 

18 What can David afieak more to thee 
for the honor of thy servant.'' Fur thou 
knowest thy servant. 

19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake and 
according to thine own heart, hasi 

saith the Lord, Thou shaltnot build me an J done all this greatness, in making ki. >•. <\ 






nd tell David my servant, Thus 



to dwell in: 
5 For I have not dwelt in an house since 
the day that I brought up Israel unto this 
it have gone from tent to tent, and 
from one tal>ernacle to another. 

eresoever I have walked w ith all Is- 

I to any of the judges 

of Israel, whi i iced my 

. Why have \c not built me 

iltthou say unto 
tith the L >.d 
from the she 
fven from following the sheep, I 

ilerovermv pe pie Israel : 

. with thee whitherso- 

ut off all 

thine en and have 

- ae of the 

, a place for my peo- 

.; will plant them, and they 

shall dwell in their place, and shall be mov- 

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all these great things. 

20 O Lard, there is none like thee, n • - 
theru there any God beside thee, accord- 
ing to all that we have heard with our ears. 

2i And what one nation in the earth M 
like thy people Israel, whom God went to 
redeem to be his own people, to make thee 
a name of greatness and terrible] 
driving o>u nations from before tin 
whom thou hast redeemed out of Eg) pt I 

22 For thy people Israel didst th 

thine own people for ever ; and thou, Lord, 
becamest their God, 

23 Tneretore now, Lord, let the tiling 
that thou hast spoken concerning thy ser- 
vant) and concerning his house, Ik 
lis'ned for ever, and do ai thou hast said. 

a Ik: established, that thy 
name may Ik.- magnified for ever, sayinr, 
The Lord oi h 

David th j 

thou, mj (-> '., bast told thy 

servant th It thou wilt build him BO 

therefore t hy se rvant hath found 
thee. 

odhast 

M I'vant : 

O L rd] 

. and the 



352 Toucongralulcteth David. I. CHRONICLES. 

TVTOW after this it came to pass, that 
-L^i Darid smote the Philistines, and sub- 
dued them, and took Gath and her towns 
out of the hand of the Philistines. 
. 2 And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites 
becameDavid's servants, and brought gifts. 

3 ^ And David smote Hadarezer king 
of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stab- 
lish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 

4 And David took from him a thousand 
chariots, and seven thousand "horsemen, 
and twenty thousand footmen : David also 
houghed aH the chariot /zorses, but reserv- 
ed of them an hundred chariots. 

5 And when the Syrians of Damascus 
came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, 
David slew of the Syrians two and twenty 
thousand men. 

6 Then David put garrisons in Syriada- 
rnascus ; and the Syrians became David's 
servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord 
preserved David whithersoever he went. 

7 And David took the shields of gold 
that were on the servants of Hadarezer, 
and brought them to Jerusalem. 

8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from 
Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David 
very much brassywherewith Solomon made 
the brazen sea, and die pillars, and the ves- 
sels of brass. 

9 Now when Ton king of Hamath heard 
how David had smitten all the host of Ha- 
darezer king of Zobah ; 

m 10 He sent Hadorain his son to king Da- 
vid, to inquire of his welfare, and to con- 
gratulate him, because he had fought against 
Hadarezer, and smitten him (for Hadarez- 
er had war withTou); and with him all man- 
- ner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 

11 Them also king David dedicated un- 
to the Lord, with the silver and the gold 
that he brought from all these nations ; 
from Edom, and from Moab, and from the 
children of Amnion, and from the Philis- 
tines, and from Amalek. 

12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah 
slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt 
eighteen thousand. 

13 And he put garrisons in Edom ; and 
all the Edomites became David's servants. 
Thus the Lord preserved David whither- 
soever he went. 

14 So David reigned over all Israel, and 
executed judgment and justice among all 
his people. 

15 AndJoab the son of Zeruiah ivas c- 
ver the host ; and Jehoshaphat the son of 
Ahilud, recorder. 

16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and A- 
bimeiech the son of Abiathar, 'were the 
priests ; and Shavsha was scribe ; 

17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ivas 
ever the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; 

(he sons of David were chief about the 
king. 



Hanutfs ungratefulness. 

CHAP. XIX. 

1 David's messengers sent to comfort Ha- 
mm are disgracefully entreated. 6 The 
Ammonites are overcome. 

NOW it came to pass after tins, that 
Nahash the king of the children of 
Ammondied,andhissonreignedin his stead. 

2 And David said, I will shew kindness 
unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his 
father shewed kindness to me. And David 
sent messengers to comfort him concer- 
ning his father. So the servants ot David 
came into the land of the children of Am- 
nion to Hanun, to comfort him. 

3 But the princes ot the children of Am- 
nion said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that Da- 
vid doth honor thy father, that he hath sent 
com forters unto thee ? Are not his servants 
come unto thee for to search, and to over- 
throw, and to spy out the land ? 

4 Wherefore Hanun took David's ser- 
vants, and shewed them, and cut off their 
garments in the midst hard by their but- 
tocks, and sent them away. 

5 Then there went certain, and told Da- 
vid how the men were served. And he sent 
to meet them : for the men were greatly a- 
sharoed. And the king said.Tarry atJericho 
until your beards be grown,and then return. 

6*j[ And when the children of Ammon 
saw that they had made themselves odious 
to David, Hanun and the children of Am- 
mon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire 
them chariots and horsemen out of Meso- 
potamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and 
out ot Zobah. 

7 So they hired thirty and two thousand 
chariots, and the king of Maachah and his 
people ; who came and pitched before Me- 
deba. And the children of Am men gath- 
ered themselves together from their cities, 
and came to battle. 

8 And when David heard of it, he sent 
Jcab, and all the host of the mighty men. 

9 And the children of Ammon came out, 
and put the battle in array before the gate 
of the city : and the kings that were come 
were by themselves in the field. 

10 Now when Joab saw that the battle 
was set against him before and behind, he 
chose out of all the choice of Israel, and 
puU/zemin array against the Syrians. 

11 And the rest of the people he deliv- 
ered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, 
and they set themselves in array against 
the children of Ammon. 

12 And he said, If the Syrians be too 
strong for me, then thou shalt help me : 
but if the children of Ammon be too strong 
for thee, then I will help thee. 

13 Be of good courage, and let us behave 
ourselves valiantly for our people, and for 
the cities of our God : and let the Lord do 
that which is good in his sight. 



Bahab besieged and taken. Chap. 

14 So Joab and the people that ivere 
•with him drew nigh before the S\ rians un- 
to the battle ; end ther fled before him. 

15 And when the children of Amnu n saw 
that tiit- wise fled 
before A teredinto 
theeitv. Then 

16 Ai 
were put to tl. 
sent mes 

i \x\ tne river : and 
Shophach the captain of the host of Had- 
. 

David ; andhegath- 
i 

set the battle in 

n David had 

. against the Syrians 

a fled before Israel; 
ft . 
h fought in chari< 

uen, and killed Wie- 
the host, 
ly And when the servants oiHadarezer 
were put to the worse la - 
made peace witliDavid,and 
: . ithi . dtheSy- 

hildrenofAmmonany more. 
C HAP. XX. 
hiabemegedby Joab, f /idled by 
he fieqfue tortured. 4 Three 

ANDii came to | r the 

ie that 
I tea* forth the 

renoi Amm 
and bea 

andd< 

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| ad it to 

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xx. xxi. David numbereth the fleo/ile. 363 

where was a man of great stature, whose 
fingers and toes Bene four and twent\ . six 
on each hav.d, and six en eachfoot : aid lie 
also was the sen of the giant. 

7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the 

sen of Shimea David's brother s'ew him* 

8 These were born unto the gjaat in 

Gath, and they fell by the hand of David, 

and by the hand of his Ben 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 David numbei t/de. 8//>?r- 

.■ pestilence, 

AND S p against Israel, and 

David to number Israel. 
2 And David said to Joab and to the 
the people, On, number Israel 
fpom Beersheba even to u in : and bring 
the number of them to me, that I may 
know it. 

And Joab answered, The Lord make 
his people an hundred times so ma: . 

as they be : but, my lord the kii 
they Dotal! my lord's servants ?Wh 
doth my lord require this tlrng I Why VI ill 
he be a cause oi trespass to Israel I 

4 Neverthek 

ed against Joab. Wheretore Joab depar- 
ted, and went throughout all Israel, and 
came to Jerua 

5 And Joab gave the sum of the number 
of the people unto Da\ id. And all they of 
brael were a thousand thousand and an 
hundred thousand men that drew sword : 
andJudali wai tour hundred thn 

word* 

6 Hut Levi and Benjamin counted ha 

. ,'s word was 

ed with this 
b% Aii I have 

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saith the 

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564 The three days' pestilence. L CHRONICLES. 

of the Lord : for very great are his mer- 
cies but let me not fall into the hand of man. 

14 So the Lord sent pestilence upen Is- 
rael : and there fell of Israel seventy thou- 
sand men. 

3 5 And God sent an angel unto Jerusa- 
lem to destroy it : and as he was destroy- 
ing, the Lord beheld, and he repented 
him of the evil, and said to the angel that 
destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine 
hand. And the angel of the Lord stood 
by the threshing floor ol Oman the Jebu- 
site. 

16 And David lifted up his eyes, and 
saw the angel of the Lord stand between 
the earth and the heaven, having a drawn 
swerd in his hand streached out over Je- 
rusalem. Then Da\id and the elders of 
Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell 

their T c :ces. 

17 And David said unto Gcd, Is it not 
I f hat commanded the people to be num- 
bered : E\ en I it is that have sinned and 
cVne evil indeed ; but as for these sheep, 
What ha\ e they done ? Let thine hand, I 
pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and 
on my lather's house ; but net on thy peo- 
ple that they should be plagued. 

IS Then 'the angel of the Lord com- 
manded Gad to say to David, that David 
shcuYigo up and setup an altar unto the 
Lord in the threshing floor oi Oman the 
Jebusite. 

19 And David went up at the saying of 
Gad, which he spake in the name of the 
Lord. 

20 And Oman turned back, and saw the 
angel ; and his four sens with him hid 
themselves. NowOrnan was threshing 
wheat. 

21 And as David came to Oman, Or- \ 
nan looked and saw David, and want out i 
of the threshing floor, and bowed himfelf to 
David with his face to the ground. 

22 Then David said to Oman, Grant me ' 
the place of this threshing floor, that 1 may I 
build an altar therein unto the Lord : thou J 
shalt grant it me for the full price : that j 
the plague may be stayed from the people. 

23 And Oman said unto David, Take it ; 
to thee, and let my lord the king do that \ 
which is good in his eyes : lo, 1 give thee ' 
the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the 
threshing instruments for wccd ? and the i 
wheat for the meatoffering ; Igrve it all. 

24 And king David said to Oman, Nay ; 
cut 1 will verily buy it Icr the full price : 
fori will not take that which is thne for 
the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without 

25 So David gave to Oman for the place 
bix hundi ed ^LekeL, of gold by v e 

26 And David built there an altar unto 
the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and 



David mstructtth Solomon. 

peace offerings, and called upon the Lord j 
and he answered him from heaven by fire 
upon the altar of burnt offering. 

27 And the Lord commanded the an- 
gel ; and he put up his sword again into 
the sheath thereof. 

28 At that time when David saw that 
the Lord had answered him in the thresh- 
ing floor of Oman the Jebusite, then he 
sacrificed there. 

29 For the*tabernacie of the Lord, which 
Moses made in the wilderness, and the al- 
ta r of the burnt offering, were at that sea- 
son in the high place at Gibeon. 

30 But David could not go before it to 
inquire of Gcd : for he was afraid because 
oi the sword of the angel of the Lord. 

CHAP. XXII. 

1 David jireftareih j or the building of the 

temple. 6 He instructeth Sokmon. 

THEN David said, This is the house 
of the Lord God, and this is the al- 
tar of the burnt offering for Israel. 

2 And David cemmanded to gather to- 
gether the strangers that were in the land 
of Israel : and he set masons to hew 
wrought stones to build the house of God. 

3 And David prepared iron in abundance 
for the nails for the doors of the gates, and 
icr ihe joinings ; and brass in abundance 
without weight ; 

4 Also cedar trees in abundance : for the 
Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much 
cedar wood to David. 

5 And David said So'omon my son is 
young and tender, and the house that is 
to be btiilded for the Lord must be exceed- 
ing magnifical,of fame and of glory through- 
cut all the ccuntnes : I will therefore 
now make preparation for it. So David 
prepared abundantly before his death. 

6 *ft Then he called for Solomon his son, 
and charged him to build an house for the 
Lord God oflrael. 

7 And David said to Solomon, My sen ; 
as lor me, it was in my mind to build an 
heme unto the name of the Lord my God : 

8 But the word of the Lord came tome, 
saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, 
and hast made great wars ; thou shait 
not build an house unto my name, because 
thou hast shed much blood upon the earth 
in my sight. 

9 Behold, a sen shall be born to thee, 
who shall be a man of rest ; and I will give 
him rest from ail his enemies round a- 
bout : for his name shall be Solomon, and 
I wiil give peace and quietness unto Israel 
in his days. 

10 He'shall build an house for my name ; 
and he shall be my son, andl will be bis 
father ; and 1 will" establish the throne of 
his kingdom over Israel for ever. 

Jl Now.iuv son, theLoiti j yvkhihee 



Chap, 
and pros] 

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'.ftheL'-Vi.'i. ::> 
. i^rshon, 

' m,and 

ofLaadan; the chief tra# 
td Joel, three, 
mei ; Sbekmuth^ and 

Laadan. 

Jahath, 
Beriah. TTw 

the chief, ?n.l Zizah 
ft had not 

in one 

. 

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: ur« 

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!, th.it 

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unto him, and 

■ -man of 

: 

te sens of Closes iverr, Gershcm, 

- . 

as of Gershom, Shebud -i'as 
the chief* 

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' iuir; Shcloniith tiie 

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the new 

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32 Andthatttiey; ie charge 

i :le ofthec 

of me sen : As r their tee : e 

aan ice of the 

1 j 

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f Aara " : Na- 

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S The . 

jamin. 

to Abijah, 

to She- 

;eleve ... I.:...'...:, the - 

15 The thirteenth to Huppah, the four- 

\ 

16 Th( liab,, the 

17 The one and ft e 

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Deiaiah, 

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ling to their mam : 

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urth. 
office. 

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the : 

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t,one sort 

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riah. 

Zactor, and Ibri. 
f Mahli a had no 

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29 C 

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against 

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y lot. Chap. 

of the sons of Asaph, and ofHeman 
Jeduthun, who shook] 

s, and u ith cymb tls : and the 
nurtiber 

2 Of < ; Zaccur, and 

Joseph. i lah, the 

the hands ol 

be order 

of" t he 

Jcduthun : the sons of Jeduthan ; 

< i, Hasha- 

the hands 

. ho prophesied 

s and to praise 

fit-man ; Buk- 

.; li, Gid- 

th : 

iters. 

.e Lord, 

, for the 

ording to 

m, i nd 

ith their 

th tor A- 

le third to Zaccur, 
1 1 The fourth t-> I/ri, he, his 

, he, his sons, 
and hb 

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l 

. /.v, bis 
H 

and bisbrethj 



>:xvi. The di v. 567 

21 The fourteenth to M ttithfch, fo,his 
sons, ^nd his brethren, id 
i to J 

../: ah, /:. , his 

and His brethren, «u r* twelve: 

24 The seventeenth I bah, fc, 
his sons, and hi^ brethren, were twelve: 

25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he*, hi3 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

26 The nineteenth toMallothi, &?,bis 
nd his brethren, «we twelve : 

27 The twentieth to Eliath ib, he, his 
sens and his brethren, were twelve : 

23 The c-ne and i\\ i i thir, he, 

andhisbreth dve: 

29 The two and t\\ entieth to Giddalli, he, 

i w\ his brethren, were twelve: 

30 The three and twentieth to M 

his sons, and his brethren. 
twelve : 

31 The four and twentieth to Romamti- 
ezer, he, his sons, and his brethre . 
twelve. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 T/te division ; ' 

. > The Levii 
had the charge of (he treasures. 29 Of- 
■ 

Ci msofthepor- 
ters: of the Korhitefrvwu Meshelerai- 

;saph» 

2 And the son* ot Mesne 

rn,Jediael the second, 
ii the third, Jathniel the fourth, 
n the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, 
ventn. 
A Moi • vckweri 

ar the fourth) 
and N( 

niel the sixth, Issachar the 

edhim* 
re sou 
born,thai 

valour* 

rethren 

. 

i a, able 

V mi : 

i though 

■ 

.- -Hah the third 

re thirteen. 

te dhriskmS) of 
voi among On 



368 Treasurers of the temple. I. CHRONICLES. 

having wards one against another, to min- 
ister in the house of "the Lord. 

13 ^f And they cast lots as well the small 
as the great, according to the house of their 
fathers, forevery gate. 

14 And the let eastward fell to Shele- 
miah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise 
counsellor, they cast lots : and his lot came 
out northward. 

15 To Obededom southward ; and to his 
sons the house of Asuppim. 

16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came 
forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, 
by the causeway of the going up, ward a- 
gainst ward. 

17 Eastward were six Levites, north- 
ward four a day, southward four a day, and 
toward Asuppim two and two. 

18 At Parpar westward, four at the 
causeway, and two at Parpar. 

19 These arc the divisions of the porters 
among the sons of Kore, and among the 
sons of Merari. 

20 1 And of the Levites, Ahijah wao o- 
ver the treasures of the house of God, and 
over the treasures of the dedicated things. 

21 As concerning the sons of Laadan ; 
the sens of the Gershonke Laadan, chief 
fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonke, 
were Jehieli. 

22 The sons of Jehieli ; Zetham, and Jo- 
el his brother, which were over the treas- 
ures of the hour:eof the Lord. 

23 Of the Amramites,^72^ che Izharites, 
the Hebronites, and the Uzzielke- : 

24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom the 
son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. 

25 And his brethren by Eiiezer ; Reha- 
biah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Jo- 
ram his son, and Zichri his son, and She- 
lomith his son. 

26 Which Shelomith and his brethren 
•were over all the treasures of the dedica- 
ted things, which David the king, and the 
chiet father z, the captains over thousands 
and hundreds and the captains of the host, 
had dedicated. 

27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they 
dedicate to maintain the hou:-:eoi the Lord. 

28 And all that Samuel the Seer, and 
Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of 
Ner,and Joabtheson of Zeruiah, had de- 
dicated; and whosoever had dedicated a- 
ny thing, it was under the hand of Shelo- 
mith, and of his brethren. 

2911 Of the Izharites. Chenaniah and his 
sons were tor the outward business over Is- 
rael, for officers and judges. 

30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah 
and his brethren, men of valour, a thou- 
sand and seven hundred were officers a- 
mong them of Israel on this side Jordan 
westward, in ail the business of the Lord, 
and in the service of the king. 



The twelve captains. 

31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah 
the chief, even among the Hebronites, ac- 
cording to the generations of his fathers. 
In the fortieth year of the reign of David 
they were sought for, and there were found 
among them mighty men of valour atJazer 
ofGilead. 

32 And his brethren, men of valour, were 
two thousand and seven hundred chiet fa- 
thers, whom king David made rulers over 
the Reabenites, the Gadites, and the half 
tribe of Manasseh, for every matter per- 
taining to God, and affairs of the king. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
2 The twelve captains for every several 
month. 16 The princes of the twelve 
tribes. 

NOW the children of Israel after their 
number, to wit, the chief fathers and 
captains of thousands and hundreds, and 
their officers that served the king in any 
matter of the courses, which came in and 
went out month by month throughout all 
the months of the year,of every course were 
twenty and four thousand. 

2 Over the first course for the first month 
was Jeshobeam the son of Zabdiel : and 
in his course we re twenty and four thou- 
sand. 

3 Of the children of Ferez was the ehtef 
of all the captains of the host for the first 
month, 

4 And over the course of the second 
month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his 
course was Mikloth also the ruler : in his 
cou rse likewise were twenty and four thou- 
sand. 

5 The third captain of the host for the 
third month wax Benaiah the son of Je- 
hoiada, a chiet priest : and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

6 This is thai Benaiah, who was mighty 
among the thirty., and above the thirty ; 
and in his course tc,7-> Arnizabad his son. 

7 The fourth captain for the fourth month 
was Asahel the brother of Jo b, and Zeba- 
diah his son after him : and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

8 The fifth captain tor the fifth month 
was Shamhuth the Izrahite : and in lhs 
course were twenty and four thousand. 

9 The sixth captain for the sixth month 
was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekohi.te : 
and in his course were twenty and four 
thousand. 

10 The seven th captain for the seventh 
month was Helezthe Pelonite, of the chil- 
dren of Ephraim : and in his course were 
twentv and four thousand. 

11 The eighth captain for the eighth 
month was Sibbecai the Hushathite of the 
Zarhitcs: and in his course were twenty 
and four thousand. 

12 Th» ninth eaptain for the ninth month 



Davie: Chap 

four til u 
13 The 

. 
Kites: and in hi »ty and 

tour tlv 

■ . 

is 
fitain for the twelfth 
the Netoph 

twenty 

Uezerthe 

• th the s mil: 

■ son of 

•,Omri the son of Mi- 
ni fchmaiah the son of Oba- 

• 

eofMa- 

i Ped ii ih : 

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li. - . 360 

« rjas 0')il the 
1004 Jeh- 
dte: 
31 And 
. 

hich wo* king Daui 

i 
counselh i scribe : and 

Jehiel the s>on of Hachmoni WflW with the 
king's sons : 

3 J And Ahithophel nvas the king's coun- 
sellor : and Husbaj the Archite mu the 
king's companion : 

34 And after Aliithophel was Jelioiada 
the son oi Beaaiah, and Abiathar : and the 
general of the king's armv was Joab. 

CHAP. XXYlli. 
1 David exhort e'.h toft ar God. 9, 20 Fie 
encoprageth Solomon to build thetemfile, 

AND David assembled nil the princes 
of Israel, the princes of the tribes and 
the captains of the companies that 
teredto the king by course, and I 
tains over thousands, and c 
the hundreds, ai over ill 

andofhissons, • rs, and with 

the mighty men, and with ail the valiant 
men, unto Jerus tie n. 

J Then David the king stood up upon his 
feet, and said, Hear me, naj brethren, and 
my pe >ple : A 

heart to built an . I lor die ark of 

: 1 for the foot- 
stool of - 
the building : 

• ) me, thou sh 

use thou 
■ 

1 1 chose 
m 

. of the 

■ 

the kingd< m ol the I <ord i 

. ■ d thy 

. i 
for l h i 

1 will Ik- hii I. ifn ' . 

7 Mon r< p, I will< ' ibli hhu k 

(Its and lm j 

8 No* ' 

. 

God : that 



370 David chargetk Solomon. I. CHRONICLES. . He caiiseth the people to offer. 

and leave z? for an inheritance for ycur 
children alter you forever. 

" And thou, Solomon my son, know 



thou the God of thy father, anil serve him 
with a perfect heart and with a willing 
mind ; For the Lord searcheth all hearts, 
and understandeth all the imaginations of 
the thoughts : if thou seeK him, lie will be 
found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he 
will cast thee off for ever. 

10 Take heed now ; for the Lord hath 
chosen thee to build an house for the sanc- 
tuary : be strong, and doit. 

11 Then David gave to Solomon his son 
the pattern of the porch, and of the houses 
thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and 
of the upper chambers thereof, and of the 
inner parlours thereof, and of the place of 
the mercy seat, 

12 And the pattern of all that he had bv 
the spirit, ofthe courts of the bouse of the 
Lord, and of all the chambers round about, 
ofthe treasuries of the house of God, and 
of the treasuries of the dedicated things : 

13 Also for the courses of the priests 
and the Levites, and for all the worker 

> the service ofthe house of the Lord, and 
for all the vessels of service of the house 
of the Lord. 

14 He gave of gold by weight for things 
of gold, for all the instruments of all man- 
near of service ; silver also for all instru- 
ments of silver by weight, for all instru- 
ments of every kind of service : 

15 Even the weight for the candlesticks 
of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by 
weight for every candlestick, and for the 
lamps thereof : and for the cao.-'lesiic-;^ of 
silver by weight, both for the candlestick, 
and also for the lamps ■ here r'-', according 
to the use of every c mdlestick, 

16 And by weight he gave gold for the 
tables of shewbread, for every table ; and 
likewise silver for the table 1 ? of silver : 

17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, 
and the bowls, and the cups : and for the 
golden basons he gave gold by weight for 
every bason ; and likewise silver by weight 
for every bason of silver : 

18 And for the altar of incense refined 
gold by weight ; and gold for the pattern 
ofthe chariot ofthe cherubims, that spread 
out their wings, and covered the ark of 
the covenant of the Lord. 

19 All this, said David, the Lord made 
me understand in writing by his hand up- 
on me, even all the works of this pattern. 

20 •[ And David said to Solomon his son, 
Be strong and of good courage, and do it : 
fear not, wor be dismayed : for the Lord 
God, even my God, will be with thee ; he 
will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until 
thou hast finished all the work for the ser- 
vice of the house of the Lord. 



21 And, behold, the courses or the priests 
and the Levites, tv en they shall be with 
thee for all the service of the house of God: 
?nd there shall be with thee for all man- 
ner of workmanship every willing skilful 
m.3n, for any manner of service : also the 
princes and all the people will be wholly at 
thy commandment. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 Dccvidby his example caiiseth the fir??:- 
ces and the people to offer. 10 His 
thanksgiving. 25 Hisrhgn and death. 

FURTHERMORE, David theking said 
unto all the congregation, Solomon 
my son, whom God alone hath chosen, is 
yet young and tender, and the work is 
great : for the palace zVnot for man, but 
tor the Lord God, 

2 Now I have prepared with all my 
might for the house of my God, tae gold tor 

gold, and the silver 
for things of silver, and the brass for 
things of brass, the iron for thing? of iron,' 
: 3 for things of wood ; onyx stonesj 
and stones to be set, glistering stones, and 
of divers colours, and all manner of pre- 
cious stones, and marble stones in abun- 
dance. 

3 Moreover, because I have set my aftec- 
tion fco the house of my God, I have of 
mine own proper good, of gold and silver, 
which I have given to the house of my 
God. over and above all that I have pre- 
pared for the holy house, 

; three thousand talents of gold, 
of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand 
talents of refined silver, to overlay the 
walls of the houses withal : 

5 The gold for things of gold, and the 
silver for things of silver, and for all man- 
ner of work to be -made by the hands of ar- 
tificers. And, Who then is willing to conse- 
crate his service this day unto the - Lord ? 

6 Then the chief of the fathers andprin- 

e tribes of Israel, and the captains 
of thousands and of hundreds, with the 
rulersof the king's work, offered willingly, 

7 And gave for the service ofthe house 
of God, of" gold five thousand talents and 
ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thou- 
sands talents, and of brass eighteen thou- 
sand talents, and one hundred thousand tal- 
ents of iron. 

8 And they with whom precious stones 
were found gave them to the treasure of 
the house of the Lord, by the hand of Je- 
hiel the Gershonite, 

9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they 
offered willingly, because withperfect heart 
they offered willingly to the Lord ; and 
David the king also rejoiced with great joy. 

10^[ Wherefore David blessed the 
Lord before all the congregation : and 
David said, Blessed be theu, Lord God of 



Dei'id's tha* P»i« /; '« r ^ ; 

Israel cur futher, fcr ever : r.d ever. -.he congregation blc^ed d 

the pov. ^ awl worshipped ihe Lord, 

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2 And Solomon told cut threescore arid 



made, he put before the tabernacle of 
the Lord : and Solomon and the congre- 
gation sought unto it. 

6 And Solomon went up thither to the 
brazen altar before the Lord, which was 
at the tabernacle of the congregation, and 
offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. 

7 % In that night did God appear unto 
Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what 1 
shall give thee. 

8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou 
hast shewed great mercy unto David mv 
father, and hast made me to reign in his 
stead. 

9 Now O Lord God, let thy promise 
unto Da\id my father be established : for 
thou hast made, me king over a people 
like the dust ofthe earth in multitude. 

10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, 
that I may go cut and come in before 
this people : for, Who can judge this thy 
people, that is so great I 

11 And God said to Solomon, because 
this was in thine heart, and thou hast not 
asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor tho 
lite of thine enemies, neither yet hast ask- 
ed long life ; but hast asked wisdom and 
knowledge for thyself, that thou may est 
judge my people, over whom I have made 
thee king : 

12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted un- 
to thee ; and 1 will give thee riches, and 
wealth and honor, such as none of the 
kings have had that have been before thee, 
neither shall there any after thee have the 
like. 

13 % Then Solomon cam efro?n his jour- 
ney to the high place that was at Gibeon 
to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle 
ofthe congregation,and reigned over Israel. 

14 And Solcmcn gathered chariots and 
horsemen : and he had a thousand and four 
hundred chariots, and twelve thousand 
horsemen, which he placed in the chariot 
cities, with the king at Jerusalem. 

15 And the king made silver and gold 
at Jeruselem as plenteous as stones, ana ce- 
dar trees made he as the sycamore trees 
that are in the vale for abundance. 

16 And Solomon had horses brought out 
of Eg) pt, and linen yarn : the king's mer- 
chants received the linen yarn at a price. 

17 And they fetched up, and brought 
forth cut of Egypt a chariot ior six hundred 
shekels of silver, and an horse for an hun- 
dred and bftj : and so brought they out 
horses lor all the kings ot the Hittites, and 
for the kings of Syria, by their means. 

" CHA t '. 11. 
1, 17 Xolomoris labour er& for die building 
oj ■ In temple, 3 his message tv Hy/i at. i . 
11 Huram's kind answer* 

A Solomon determined to build an 
house for the name oi the Lord, and 
and an house for his kingdom. 



ten thousand men to bear burdens, and 
fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain. 
and three thousand and six hundred to o- 
verseethem. 

3 % And Solomon sent to Huram the 
king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal 
with David my father, and didst send 
him cedars to build him an- house to dweii 
therein, even so deal with me* 

4 Behold, 1 build an house to the name 
of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, 
and to burn before him sweet incense, and 
lor the continual shew bread, and for the 
burnt offerings morning and evening on 
the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on 
the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. 
This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 

5 And the house which 1 build is great : 
for great is our God above all gods. 

6 but who is able to build him an house, 
seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens 
camu t contain him .' Who am I then, that 
1 should buiid him an house, save only to 
burn sacrifice before him ? . 

7 Send me now therefore a man cunning 
to work in gold, and in silver, and in 
brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in 
crimson, and blue, and that can skill to 
grave with the cunning men that are with 
me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom Da- 
vid my father did provide. 

8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees and 
algum trees out of Lebanon : for 1 know 
that thy servants can. skill to cut timber in 
Lebanon ; and, behold, my servants shall 
be with thy servants, 

9 Even to prepare me timber in abun- 
dance : for the house which I am about to 
build shall be wonderful great. 

10 And, behold, 1 will give to thy servants, 
the hewers that cut timber, twenty thou- 
sand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty 
thousand measures of barley, and twenty 
thousand baths of wine, and twenty thou- 
sand baths of oil. 

11 % Then Huram the king of T\ re an- 
swered in writing, which lie sent to Solo- 
mon, Because the Lord hath loved his peo- 
ple he hath made thee king over them. 

12 riorum said moreover, Blessed ke 
the Lord God of Israel, tint made heaven 
and earth, who hath given to David the 
king a wise son, endued with prudence and 
understanding, that might build an house 
fortheLord,andan house for his kingdom. 

13 And now I have sent a cunning man, 
endued with understanding, oi Huram my 
Other's, 

14 The son of a woman of the daughters 
of Dan, and his father v. as a manor Tyre, 

work in gold,aud insilver,in brass, 
iniron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, 
inblue^ *.nti iii hue linen, and in crimson ; 






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The ark brought nf\. 



6 *T He made also ten lavers, and put five 

land, and five on the left to 
wash, in thenv: such things as they offer- 
ed for the burnt offering they washed in 
them : but the sea was for the priests to 
wash in. 

7 Ar . 3i candlesticks of gold 

ding to their form, asd set theni # 
the temple, live on the righj hand, and fiv ^ 
on the left. 

made also ten table?, and placed 
them in the temple, live on the i 
and five on the left. And he mi i e anhun- 
sons of gold. 

9 Furthermore, he made the court of the 
priests, and the great court, and i 

the court, and overlaid the doom ot them 
v ith bras?. 

10 And he set the sea en the right side 
of the cast end, ever against the south. 

11 And Huram made the potts, and die 
shovels, and the basons. And Huram fin- 
ished die work that he was to make tor 
king Solomon for the house of God ; 

12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pom- 
mels, and the chapite re on the 

top of the two piilai . * wre 

to cover die two pommels 

which were on the top of the p 

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the i wo wreaths ; two rows ot pomegran- 
ates or. each pom- 
mels of the chapiters' . : upon the 

pillars. 

14 Ke msde also base:, and lavers made 
he upon the . 

15 Ons sea and twelve oxen under it. 

16 The pots also, and the shovels, and 
the Beshhooks, and ail their instruments, 
did Huram his father make to king bolo- 
men for the house of theLord pfbright brass. 

17 In the plain of Jordan did the king 
cast them, in the clay ground between Sua- 
ccth and Zeredathah. 

18 Thus Solomon . ese ves- 
sels in great abundance : for the weight of 

dd not be found our. 
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altar also, and die tabk he shew- 

bre 1 

20 Moreoyer,thecandlesdckswith their 

that they should burn afte i 
net before the oracle, of pureg 

21 And the fiowe , he lamps, 
and the tongs, made 

gold ; 

22 And the snuffers, and the basons, ar J 

and the entry of the 1 1 
for the most 
the house of th« 

CHAP. V. 

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of the ark of the covenant. 11 
G ot I being J-raitL d e n of his 

- ur. 

> ail the work chat Solomon made 

for the liou&e of the Lord was finish- 
ed : and Solomon brought in a/the tilings 
furcated; and 
the silver, and the g lie instru- 

ments, put he among die treasures of die 
house of God. 

. hen Solomon assembled the elders 
of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, 
the chief of the fathers of the children of 
Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark 
of the covenant of the Lord out of the city 
of David, winch is Zicn. 

3 Wherefore all the men of Israel as- 
sembled themselves unto the king in the 
feast winch was in the seventh month. 

4 And all the elders ct Israel came: and 
the Levitts took up the ark. 

5 And they brought up the ark, : 
tabernacle- of the congregation, and all the ■ 

els that were in the tabernacle, 
these did the priestsowrftheLevitesbTingup. 
k ail the congre- 
gation of Israel that were assembled anto- 
uim before the ark, sacrificed sheep and 
oxen, which could not.be told nor number- 
ed for multitude^ 

7 And the pi iest 5 brought in the ark of 

the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to 

e ot the house, into the most holy 

'en under the wings of the che"- 

rubi ns: 

lerubims spread forth their 

wings ever the place oi the ark, and the 

the ark and the staves 

. rew out the staves of the 
the staves were seen 
from the a e oracle: but they 

were not a. And there it is un- 

to this 

1U Thtrc was nothing in die ark save 

tables which Moses put therein at 

Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant 

w ith the children of Israel, when they came 

out oil" 

11 U And it came to pass when the priests 

ne out of the holy place (tor a!! 

the priests that were present wei e sancti- 

i ' did not then wait by com se : 

12 Also theLevites which were the sing- 

I i hen i of Asaph, of Heman, of Je- 

3 and their brethren, 

being arrayed in white linen, having cyro- 

psaiteries and harps, stood 

.n hun- 
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Lord : and when they lifted up r' 

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1 4 And said, O 1 .ord Go ! 
?? no God like thee in the heaven nor in the 
si covenant, an 

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fore thee w ith all their hearts : 

tkept with thy ser- 
vantD . 

pakest with thy mouth 

• fulfilled rf with thine hand, asit 

. 

16 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, 

keep with thy servant David my lather 

thatwhi promised him, ^ ..y- 

II not fail thee a man In my 

sight to sit upon the th dj \ct 

to wallPli my law, as thcu b 

■ then, O Lord God of Tsrae!, let 
thy wordbe verified, which thou hast spok- 
en unto • 

18 But, Will d dwell 

th? Behold, i 

and the heaven oi heavens • 
thee ; How much less this huu^e 
uilt ! 
19 Have respect therefore to tit. : 

rvant, and to his supplication, 
I 

ripen upon this 
house day and nignviponth* 
of thou hi ' put thy 

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thee ; yet if they pray toward this place, 
and confess thy name, and turn from their 
sin, when thou dost afflict them ; 

m 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and for- 
give the sin of thy servants, and oi thy peo- 
ple Israel, when thou hast taught them the. 
good way, wherein they should walk ; ,and 
send rain upon thy land, which thou hast 
given unto thy people for an inheritance. 

28 If there b& dearth in the land, if there 
be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mil- 
dew, locusts, or caterpillars ; if their ene- 
mies besiege them in the cities of their land ; 
whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness 
there he : 

29 Then what prayer or what supplica- 
tion soever shall be made of any man, or 
of all thy people Israel, when every one 
shall know his own sore and his own grief 
and shall spread forth his hands in this 
house : 

30 Then hear thou from heaven thy 
dwelling place, and forgive, and render 
unto every man according unto all his ways, 
whose heart thou knowest (for thou only 
knowest trie hearts of the children of men) : 

31 That they may fear thee, to walk in 
thy ways, so long as they live in the land 
which thou gavest unto ©ur fathers. 

32 Moreover, concerning the stranger 
which is not of thy people Israel, but is come 
from a far country for thy great name's 
sake, and thy mighty hand,and thy stretch- 
ed out arm ; if they come and pray in this 
house ; 

33 Then hear thou from the heavens, 
even from thy dwelling place, and do ac- 
cording to all that the stranger calleth to 
thee for; that all people of the earth may 
know thy name, and fear thee, as cloth thy 
people Israel,and may know that this house 
which 1 have built is called by thy name. 

34 If thy people go out to war against 
their enemies by the way that thou shalt 
send them, and they pray unto thee toward 
this city which thou hast chosen, and the 
house which I have built for thy name ; 

35 llien hear thou from the heavens 
their prayer and their supplication, and 
maintain their cause. 

36 If they sin against thee (for there is 
no man which sinneth not), and thou be 
angry with them, and deliver them over 
before their enemies, and they carry them 
away captives unto a land far offer near ; 

37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the 
land whither they are carried captive, and 
turn and pray unto the. in the land of their 
captivity, saying, We have sinned,we have 
done amiss, and have dealt wickedly : 

38 If they return to thee with all their 
heart, and with all their scul, in the land of 
their captivity, whither they have carried 
them captives, and pray toward their iand, 



His solemn sacrifices t 

which thou g&vest unto their fathers, and 
toward the city which thou hast chosen, 
and toward the. house which I have built 
for thy name : 

39 Then hear thou from the heavens, e- 
ven from thy dwelling place, their prayer 
and their supplications, and maintain their 
cause, and forgive thy people which have 
sinned against thee. 

40 Now my God, let, I beseech thee, thine 
eyes be open, and let. thine ears be attent 
unto the prayer that is made in this place. 

41 Now therefore, arise, O Lord God, 
into thy resting place, thousand the ark of 
thy strength : let thy priests, O Lord God, 
be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints 
rejoice in goodness, 

42 O Lord God, turn not away the face 
of thine anointed : remember the mercies 
of David thy servant. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Godgtuing testimony to Solomon 'spray- 
er ', the fieople worship Mm. 4 Solomon's 
sacrifice. 

NOW when Solomon had made an end 
of praying, the fire came down from 
heaven, ancl consumed the burnt offering 
and the sacrifices ; and the glory of the 
Lord filled the house. 

2 And the priests could not enter into the 
house of the Lord, because the glory of the 
Lord had filled the Lord's house. 

3 And when all the children of Israel saw 
how the fire came down, and the glory of 
the Lord upon the house, they bowed them- 
selves with their faces to the ground upon 
the pavement, and worshipped, and prais- 
ed the Lord, saying, For he is good j for 
his mercy endureth for ever. • 

4 f Then the king and all the people of- 
fered sacrifices before the Lord. 

5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice 
of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an 
hundred and twenty thousand sheep : so 
the king and all the people dedicated the 
house cf God. 

6 And the priests waited on their offices : 
the Levites also with instruments of musick 
of' the Lord, Which David the king had 
made to praise the Lord, because his mer- 
cy endureth for ever, when David praised 
by their ministry ; and the priests sounded 
trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. 

7 Moreover, Solomon hallowed the mid- 
dle of the court that was before the house 
of the Lcrd : for there he offered burnt of- 
ferings, and the fat of the peace offerings, 
because the brazen altar which Solomon 
had made was not able to receive the burnt 
offerings,andthe meatofferings.and the fat. 

8 Also at the same time Solomon kept 
the feast seven days,and all Israel with him 
a very great congregation, from the enter- . 
ing in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt* * 



The house cfthe Lord, &c. finished. Chap. viii. Solomon's yearly sacrifices. 3*77 



9 And in the eighth day- they made a 
solemn f they kept the dedi- 
cation of the ■ j i, and the feast 
seven 

10 And on the three and twentieth day 
of the seventh m nth he sent the ; 

nay into their tents, glad and n 

r the goodness that the Lord had 
shewed unto D-tvid 5 and to Solomon, and to 
Israel his pe 

11 Tb finished the house of 
the Lot se ; and all that 

ke in the 
I lis own house, 

Lord appeared to Solomon 
bv ni^ht, and . I have heard 

. nd have chosen this place to 
rifice. 

13 If 1 i :t there be no 
rain, or I che locusts to devour 

:. or if I send pestilence among my 

14 If my people, which are called by my 

i ill humble themselves, and prav, 

; -; my faccand turn from their wick- 

s ; then will 1 hear from heaven, 

jive their sin, and will heal 

their i 

l s N m mine eyes shall he open, and 
mine ears attent unto the prayer that is 
in this place. 
l6Fof I rhosen and - 

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have command- 

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worshipped them, and oerved them : there- 

i he brought all this evil upon them. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 Solomon's bid Jmtiles made 

vrisycwrhy sacrifices. 

AND k came to pass at the end of twen- 
ty years, wherein Solomon had built 
the boose of the Lord, and his own house, 

2 That the cities which Huram had re- 
stored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and 
caosedthe children of Israel to dwell tiiere. 

3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobdh, 
and prevailed a gainst it. 

4 And he built Tadmor in the wilder- 
ness, and all the store cities, which he built 
in Hamath. 

5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, 
and Beuhhoron the nether, fenced cities, 
with walls, gates, and bars : 

6 And Baaiath, and ail the store cities 
that Solomon had, and all the chariot ci- 
ties, and the cities of the horsemen, and all 
that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, 
and inLebanon, and throughout all the land 
of his dominion. 

7*1 As for all the people that were left 
of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the 
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebu- 
sites which were not of Israel, 

8 B ut of their children, who were left: 
after them in the land, whom the children 
or Israel consumed not, them did Solomon 
make to pay tribute until this day. 
9 But of die children of Israel did Solomon 
make no servants for his work ; but 1 1 . 
men ot war, and chief of his Captains, and 
captains of his chariots and horse 

10 And the chief of ki 
mon\ officers, even two hundi ed and fifty, 
that bare rule over the people. 

11 And Solomon brought up the daugh- 
ter of Pharaoh out of the city of Dai 

to the house that he had built for her : tor he 
-,i ill not dwell in the house 

or? holy, w hereunto the ark of the Lord 

19 1 TiicnSolomr"' I ofilr- 

theLotd on the altar oft] 

I built before 

hnentqF 

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^8 The Queen ofShcba's visit. 

15 And they departed not from the 
commandment of the king unto the priests 
and Levites, concerning any matter, or 
concerning the treasures. 

16 Now all the work of Solomon was pre- 

Eared unto the day of the foundation of the 
ouseof the Lord, and until it was finished. 
So the house of the Lord was perfected. 

1 7 Then went Solomon to Ezionge'ier, and 
to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. 
18 And Huram sent him by th P hands 
of his servants, ships, and servants that had 
knowledge of the sea ; and they went with 
the servants of Solomon to Ophir , and took 
thence four hundred and fifty talents of 
gold, and brought them to king Solomon. 

CHAP, IX. 
1 The queen of ' Skcbaadiidreih Solomon's 
wisdom. XSSoiomorCs riclies. %9His death. 

AND when the queen of Sheba heard 
of the tame of Solomon, she came to 
prove Solomon with hard questions at Je- 
rusalem, with a very great company and 
camels that bear gpices, and gold in abun- 
dance and precious stones : and when she 
was come to Solomon she communed with 
him of all that was in her heart. - : 

2 And Solomon told her all her questions : 
and there was nothing hid from Solomon 
which he told her not. 

3 And when the queen of Sheba had 
seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house 
that he had built, 

V \ And the meat of his table, and the 
sitting of his servants, and the attendance 
of his ministers, and their apparel ; his cup- 
bearers also, and their apparel; and his 
ascent by which he wentup into the house 
of the Lord; there was no more spirit In her. 

5 And she said to the king. It wa% a 
true report which 1 heard in- mine own 
land, of thine acts, and of thy wisdom ; 

6 Howbeit, I believed not their words 
until I came, and mine eyes had seen it : 
aad, behold, the one half of the greatness 
of thy wisdom was not told me : for thou 

that I heard. 
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are 
which stand contiually 
bt I hear thy wisdom. 

the Lord thy God, which 

' - 1 in thee to set thee on hi s throne^o 

J thy God ; because 

l-1, to establish them for 

ever, therefore made he thee king over 

fchem, to do judgment and justice. 

gave the king an hundred 

and twenty talents of gold,, and of slices 

v e, and precious stones : 

iry such spice as the 

.-. king Solomon. 

10 a... >of Huram, and 

omon, winch brought 

gold from Opl ler, brought algura trees, and 

precious stone ;. 



II. CHRONICLES. Solomon's riches. 

11 And the king made of the algUnT 
trees terraces to the house of the Lord, 
and to the king's palace, and harps and 
psalteries for singers: and there were none 
such seen before in the land of Judah. 

12 And king Solon ion gave to the queen 
of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she as- 
ked, beside that which she had brought 
unto the king. So she turned and went a- 
way to her own land, she and her servants. 

13 II Now the weight of gold that came 
to Solomon in one year was six hundred 
and threescore and six talents of gold ; 

14 Beside that which chapmen and mer- 
chants brought. And all the kings of Ara- 
bia and governors of the country, brought 
gold and silver to Solomon. 

15 And king Solomon made two- hun- 
dred targets o/'beaten gold : six hundred 

!• beaten gold went to one target. 

16 And three hundred shields made he' of 
beaten gold : three hundred shekelsxA gold 
went to one shield. And the king put them 
in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 

irMoreover, the king made a great 
throne of Ivory, and overlaid it with pure 
gold. 

18 And there were six steps to the throne, 
with a footstool of gold, which were fas- 
tened' to the throne, and stays on each side 
of the sitting place, and two lions stand- 
ing bv the stays ; 

"'19 And twelve lions stood there on the one 
side and on the other, upon the six steps. 
There was not the like made in any king- 
dom. 

20 And all the drinking vessels of king 
Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels 
of the house of the forest of Lebanon were 
o/pure gold : none were of silver ; it was 
not any thing accounted of in the days of 
Solomon. 

21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish 
with the servants of Huram: every three 
years once carne the ships of Tarshish 
bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes 
and peacocks. 

22 And king Solomon passed ail .the 
kings of die earth in riches and wisdom. 

23 And ail the kings of the earth sought 
the presence of Solomon, to hear his wis- 
dom, that God had put in his heart. 

24 And they brouglit every man his pres- 
ent, vessels of silver, and vesselsof gold,' and 
raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and 
mules, a rate year by yeajr. 

25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls 
for horses, and chariots,and twelve thousand 
horsemen ; whom he bestowed in the chari- 
ot cities, andwith the king at Jerusalem. 

26 And he reigned over all the kings, 
from the river even unto the land ot the 
Philistines, and to the border of Kgypt. 

27 And the king made silver in jerosa- 



• 



€hap. x. xi. 



IJeJieeth to Jerusalem. 3T9 



. B6 stones, and cedar trees mac;- I 

hat are jn the low 

.tuntoSoloraon horns 

cut 

ol Solo- 
-. ritten 

gainst jerc- 

1 in Jerusalem 
• 

« fathers, 

.. (I lii.s 

ls .-■ n rd ;ned 

, X. 
cold men's counsel 

Ahechem : tor 
iiie to 
j. king. 

whith- 

, that Jeroboam returned 

.11. So 
ike to 

: 

I 
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: 

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I 

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1 1 For whereas my father put a heavy 
■ n you i will put m«re to your 
er chatised yc u with whips, 
but 1 will ct 

toReho! 

. 
third i 

13 And the king snswerd 'hem r 

and king Reh< boatn forsook the counsel of 
men, 

14 And answered them after the advice 
of the jrouiig n I • father made 

thereto: 
b whips, but 
I will (./. . 

15 So I I hot unto the 

l-.atthe 
Lord might pei 

loll Andwl v that the 

i n unto them, tJ 

- 
tkmhavewe in David? And we nave 
none inheritance in the 

; farad : and now, 
David, sec to thineown house. So all Israel 

n i f Israel that 

dwelt in the cities oi Judah, Rehoboam 
. 
18 If Then king Rehoboam sent 
ram that was over the tribute : 
the children of Israel stoned him with 
stones, tha 

■ >\ him up to ma chariot to 

gainst the hcuse 

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380 Rehoboam's wives. 



II.- CHRONICLES. 



His reign and death. 



6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, 
andTekoa, 

7 And Bethzur, and Sheco, and Adullum, 

8 And Gath, and Maresbah, and Ziph, 

9 Ami Adcraim, and Lachish, and Aze- 
kah, 

10 AndZorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, 
•which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fen- 
ced cities, 

11 And he fortified the strong holds and 
put captains in them, and stare of victual, 
and of oil and wine. 

12 And in every several city he put 
stiieids and spears, and made them exceed- 
ing strong, having Judah and Benjamin on 
his side. 

13 And the priests and. the Levites that 
were in all Israel resorted to him out of all 
their coasts. 

14 For the Levites left their suburbs send 
tfeeir possession, and came to Judah and 
Jerusalem : for Jeroboam and bis sons had 
cast them offfrom executing the priest's 
office unto the Lord : 

15 And he ordained him priests for the 
high places, and for the devils, and for the 
calves which he had made. 

16 And alter them out of all the tribes 
of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the 
Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to 
sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. 

1/ So they strengthened the kingdom of 
Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Sol- 
omon strong, three years : for three years 
they walked in the way of David and Solo- 
mon. 

18 % And Rehoboam took him Maha- 
lath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of 
David to wife, and Abihail the daughter 
of Eliab the son of Jesse ; 

19 Which bare, him children ; ,Jeush, and ' 
Shamariah, and Zaham. 

20 And after her lie took Maachah the 
daughter of Absalom ; which bare him A- 
bijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 

21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the 
daughter of Absalom above all his wives 
and his concubines (for he took eighteen 
wives, and threescore concubines : and be- 
gat twenty and eight sons, and threescore 
daughters). 

22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son 
of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his 
brethren : for he thought to make him king. 

23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of 
ail his children throughout all the countries 
of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced 
city : and he gave them victuals in abun- 
dance. And he desired many wives. 

CHAP. XII. 

1 Rehoboam forsaking God, is punished 

by Shishak* 13 His reign, and death. 

AND it came to pass, when Rehoboam 
had established the kingdom, and had 



strengthened himself, he forsook the law of 
the Lord, and all Israel with him. 

2 And it came to pass that in the fifth 
year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of 
Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because 
they had transgressed against the Lord, 

3 With twelve hundred chariots, and 
threescore thousand horsemen: and the 
people were without number that came 
with him out of Egypt ; the Lubims, the 
Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 

4 And he took the fenced cities which 
pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 

5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to 
Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, 
that were gathered together to Jerusalem 
because of Shishak, and said unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, 
and therefore have I also left you in the 
hand of Shishak. 

6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and 
the king humbled themselves ; and they 
said, The Lord is righteous. 

7 And when the Lord saw that they 
humbled themselves, the word of the Lord 
came to Shemaiah, saying, They have hum- 
bled themselves ; therefore 1 will not des- 
troy them, but I will grant them some de- 
li verence; andmy wrath shall not be pour- 
ed out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shi- 
shak. 

8 Nevertheless, they shall be his servants : 
that they may know my service, and the 
service of the kingdoms'of the countries. 

9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up a- 
gainst Jerusalem, and took away the treas- 
ures ol the house of the Lord, and the treas- 
ures of the king's house, he took all : he 
carried away also the shields of gold which 
Solomon had made. 

10 Instead of which kingRehcboam made 
shields of brass, and committed them to the 
hands oftheehietof the guard that kept the 
entrance of the king's house. 

11 And when the king entered into the 
house of the Lord, the guard came and 
fetched them, and brought them again into 
the guard chamber. 

12 And when he humbled himself, the 
wrath of the Lord turned from him, that 
he would not destro}^ him altogether : and 
also in .ludah things went well. 

13 If So king Rehoboam strengthened 
himself in Jei-usalem, and reigned: for 
Rehoboam was one and forty years old 
when he began to reign, and he reigned 
seventeen years in Jerusalem,the city which 
the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of 
Israel to put his name there. And his mo- 
ther's name was Naamali an Ammoniless. 

14 And he did evil, because he prepared 
not his heart to seek the Lord. 

15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and 
last, Are they not written hi the book of 



Abij ih warreth withJercbiam. Chap. 

Sheroaiah the prophet, and oflddo the 
seer concerning genealogies ? And f h*re 
were wars between Rehuboun and Jero- 
boam continually. 

16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, 
and was buried io the otv of David j and 
Abij ah his soil reigned in his steadi 

CHAP. XIII. 
iJtbijah 'against 

J 

Nteenth year 
■cjjan Abijah to reign over 
Judah. 

rusalem. 

His in > . • Michaiah the 

daughte h. And there 

tijah and Jeroooam. 

.ii set the battle in array with 

an arm nen of war, t 

. and chosen men : Jeroboam 
tde in arrayagainst him with 
ind chosen mendting 
I >ur. 
i d up upon mount Ze- 
t Ephraim, and 
am, and aJl Is- 
rael; 

know that the Lord 

(Jhe kingdom over ls- 

. to J urn and to 

ait ? 

l of Nebat, the 
the son of David, isris- 
led against I 

. unto him vain 
i i d, and have 

. 
U ted) and couid 
not withstand 
8 And now ye think to w ithstand the 
ij j of the 
. it multi- 
you golden calves, 
,i for gods. 

Levites, 

• 

ir God, 

■ rd, or <r 

■ 

■ i every 



iii, xiv. He overcomcth hurt. J3i 

keep the charge of the Lord our God : but 
ye have forsaken him. 

12 And, behold, God himself is with us 
for Tttr capUin, and his priests witli sound- 
ing trumpets 60 cry alarm against you. O 

f Israel, "fight j e not against the 
Lord God of your fathers ; for ye shall not 
prosper. 

13 * But Jeroboam caused an ambush - 
ment to come about behind them : so they 
were be;- re Ju [ah, and the ambushment 
«u& behind them. 

14 And when Judah looked back, behold, 
the battle and behind ; and they 
cried unto the Lord, and the priests sound- 
ed with the trumpets. 

15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout : 
and as the men of Judah shouted, it came 
to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and ail 
Israel before Abijah and Judah. 

16 And the children of Israel fled before 
Judah : and God delivered them into their 
hand. 

17 And Abijah and his people slew them 
with a great slaughter : so there fell down 
slain of Israel live Hundred thousand cho- 
sen men. 

13 Thus the children of Israel were 
brought under at that time, and the chil- 
dren ( i Judah prevailed, beou. e (hey re- 
lied upon the Lord God of their fathers. 

19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, 
and took cities from him, Bethel with the 
towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns 
thei^o^and£phraim with the tbwnsthereof^ 
therdid Jeroboam recover strength 
again in the days of Abijah : and the Lord 
struck him, a<id iie died. 

21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and mar- 

been wives, and begat twenty and 

two sous, and sixteen daughters. 

22 And UW rest ot the a:ts< -i" Abijah, 
and bis ways, and hi written 
In the story of the prophet I 

CHAK XIV. 

2 Ma fturcrri t 

. 

• 

S') Abij I 

uried him in 

■ d m iik m . 

i tl\e* land v> 

right in the < 

oi the 

I wn the 

■ 



352 The Ethiopians smitten. 

6 And he built fenced cities in Judah : for 
the- land had rest, and he had no war in 
those years ; because the Lord had given 
him rest. 

7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us 
build the-'- cities, and make about than 
waits, arscL towers, gate:*, and bar:;, while 
the land is vet before us ; because we have 
sought the Lord our God j we have sought 
him, and he hath given us rest on every 
side. So they built and p rospered. 

8 And Asa had an army of men that bare 
targets and spears, out of Judah three hun- 
dred thousand ; and out of Benjamin, that 
bare shiefcis and drew bows, two hundred 
and fou rscore thousand: all these were 
mighty men of valour. 

9 "If And there came out against them 
Zerah the Echiopian with an host oi a thou- 
sand thousand, and three hundred chari- 
ots; and came unto Mareshah. 

10 Then Asa went out againt him and 
they set the battle in array in the valley of 
Zephathah at Mareshah. 

11 And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, 
ajid said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to 
help, whether with many, or with them 
that have no power: help us, O Lord our 
God ; for we rest on thee, and in thy name 
we go against this multitude, O Lord, thou 
art our God; let not man prevail against 
thee. 

12 So the Lord smote the Ethiopians be- 
fore Asa, and before Judah j and the E- 
thiopians fled. 

• 13 And Asa and the people that were 
with him pursued them unto Gerar : and 
the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they 
could not recover themselves ; for they 
were destroyed before the Lord, and be- 
fore his host : and they carried away ve- 
ry much spoil. 

14 And they smote all the cities round 
about Gerar ; for the fear of the Lord came 
upon them ; and they spoiled ail the cities; 
for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 

15 They smote also the tents of cattle, 
and carried away sheep and camels in a- 
bundance, and returned to Jerusalem. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 ' Asa, moved by Azc^iak, maketh a sol- 
emn covenant with God. 16 He putteth 
down Maachah his mother for idolatry, 

AND the spirit of God came upon A- 
zi i iah the son of Oded : 

2 And he went cut to meet Asa, and 
said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and ali 
Jud-ih and Benjamin : the Lei d is with you 
while ) e be with him ; and it ye seek him, 
he will be found of you; but if ye forsake 
him he will forsake you. 

3 Now for a long season Israel hath been 
without the true God, and without a teach- 
ing priest, and without law. 

4 But whom they in their trouble did turn 



II. CHRONICLES. Maachah put down for idolatry. 

unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought 
him, he was found of them. 

5 And in those times there was no peace 
to him that went out, nor to him that came 
in, but great vexations were upon all the 
inhabitants of the countries. 

6 And nation was destroyed of nation, 
and city of city ; lor God did vex them 
with all adversity. 

7 be ye strong therefore, and let not your 
hands be weak : for your work shall be re- 
warded. • . 

8 And when Asa beard these words, and 
the prophesy of Oded the prophet, he took 
courage, and put away the abominable idols 
out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, 
and out of the cities which he had taken 
from mount Ephraim, and renewed the 
altar of the Lord, that was before the porch 
of the Lord. 

9 And he gathered all Judah and Benja- 
min, and the strangers with them out of 
Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Sime- 
on : tor they tell to him out of Israel in abun- 
dance, when they saw that the Lord his 
God was with him. 

10 So they gathered themselves togeth- 
er at Jerusalem in the third month, in the 
fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 

11 And they offered unto the Lord the 
same time, of the spoil which they had 
brought, seven hundred oxen and seven 
thousand sheep. 

12 And they entered into a covenant to 
i.eek the Lord God of their, fathers, with 
ail their heart and with all their soul ; 

13 That whosoever would not seek the 
Lsrd God of Israel should be put to death, 
whether small or great, whether man or 
woman. 

14 And they sware unto the Lord with 
a loud voice and" with shouting, and with 
trumpets, and with cornets. 

15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: 
for they had sworn with all their heart, 
and sought him with their whole desire ; 
and he was found ot them : and the Lord 
gave them rest round about. 

16 ^| And also concerning Maachah the 
mother of Asa the king, he removed her 
from being queen, because she had made 
an idol in a grove : and Asa cut down her 
idol, and stamped it, and burned it at the 
brook Kklron. 

17 But the high places were not taken 
away out of Israel : nevertheless, the heart 
ot Asa was perfect all his days. 

18 And he brought into the' house o$ God 
the things that his father had dedicated, 
and that he himself had dedicated, silver, 
and gold, and vessels. 

19 And there was no more war unto the 
five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Asa,tnjthe aid of the Syrians, diverteth 



Jsa*s death. Chap, 

Baasha from bui/ding of Ramah. 11 
Me stth th not to God fits dutmse, but to 
th • ftiusiciah*. 13 Hift dtu th ar>id buriaL 

IN the six and thirtieth year of the reign 
ol Asa, Baasha lung of Israd came up 
against Judah, and built Ramah, to the in- 
tent that he might let none go out or come 
Bg of Judah. 
n Asa brought out silver and gnld i 

_ house of the Lord 

»k I ". .. m . and scnttolknha- 

dad king 1 1 Syria, that dweit atjfemas- 

leagne between me and thce> , 
flul w tcu my father and thy | 
Id, 1 h \e sent thee silvei 

break thy league with B 
king of i-rad, that hema) departfrom me. j 
..did hearkened unto king : 
. rid sent the captains of his armk 

I rael ; and they smote 

. and Abdmaim, and all the 

htali. 

id it came to pass, when Baasha 

ft building ot Ramah, 

D Asa the kin*; took all Judah ; and 
rriedaway the stones of Ramah, 

and th<. 

was buikhng : and he built therewith Geba 

. at that time Hanani the seer came 
to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, 
relied on the king of Sy- 
lied on the Lord th 

of the king ot' Syria 
hand. 

ins and the Lu- 
ll very man) chariots 
and ho - ! I becauaethou i 

dvered them into thine 
- 

the Lord run to and 
fro throughout the whole earth, to shew 
- in behalf of them whose 
t toward him. Herein thou 
fore, from bence- 
• 
was wroth with the seer, 
and put him in a pri* r /// iva.i 

c with, him I .• £i thing* 

And A 
same ' 

v sa, first 
written in the book 

. 

■ I . 
until hi 

ratio ;■• 
but I 

131 And Ask slqjt with his father*, 
and died in the CJM ■iwlliHisSJi JSSjil of hia 



xvii. Jchcehafiha: auccetdelh /.. 

14 And they buried him in his own se- 
pulchre, which he had made lor himsesf, 
m thecity of David, and laid liim in ihe 
bed which was filled with sv eet odours 
and divers kinds of prices prepared by the 
apothecaries' art : and they made a very 
great burning for him. 

CHAP. XVil. 
phot rcig-ntth rvelt, and firc&fier- 
cth* 7 HcsaiJeih Levites tc tedck Judah. 
12 Hu greatness, cafiiains, and armies. 

AND Jehoshaphat his 9c-n reigned in 
his steadj and strengthened himself 
agkinflt Israel. 

2 And he placed forces in all die fenced 
cities of Judan, and set garrisons in the 
land of Judah, and in the Cities o; Ephraim, 
which Asa his father had taken. 

3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, 
because he waiked in the first ways of liis 
father David, and sought not unto Baalim ; 

4 but sought to the Lord God of his 
father, and walked in his commandments, 
and not after the doings oflstvd. 

5 Therefore the Lord established the 
kingdom in his hand : and all Judah 
broughtto Jehoshaphat presents ; and he 
had riches and honor in abundance. 

6 And » : s heart was lifted up in the 
ways of ti«t Lord :moreover f he took away 
the high places and groves out of Judah* 

7 T, Also in the «hii\l year of his rciym 
he sent te bis princes, even to 1.. 

and to Obadiah,and toZachariah, and to 
Nuth .ineel, and to Michaiah, to teach in 
tin- cities of Judith. 

8 And with them he .sen' Lc\ itcs, cvni 

Shemaiah, and Nethaxuah, and Zi 

and A-.dici, and t) cn:ir:unoth, andJei o- 

nathanysnd A(\< nijab^and Tobyah, . 
badonijah, Le\ites : and witli them Llisha- 
nia andJehoram, pi 

9 Ai dthe) taught in }udah t and fauftbe 
book of the la. w ot the Lord with th 

at all the cities ol Ju- 
tthe people. 

10 And the (ear < rthe Lord fell open 
all the kfassdomi of the lands that swtfc 

'hat they made no 

Jchi diaphai presents, and tribute silver j 

■even thousand an 1st irenhundn dfa 
l ■ * Ai 

kilt in Judah 

... d much business in the oi- 
ofwar> mighty 

I -.alcm. 

i f tlvcm 
according to th iers: <>t 

Ju»lah, the capuui U IhottMinSn ; Adnata 



334 Mate false prophets. II. CHRONICLES. 

the chief, and with him mighty men of 
valour three hundred thousand. 

15 And next to him was Jehohanan the 
captain, and with him two hundred and 
fourscore thousand. 

16 And next him was Amasiah the son 
of Zichri, who willingly offered himself un- 
to the Lord ; and with him two hundred 
thousand mighty men of valour. 

17 And of Benjamin ; Eliada a mighty 
man of valour, and withhizn armed men 
with bcw and shield two hundred thousand. 

18 And next him was Jehozabad, and 
with him an hundred and fourscore thou- 
sand ready prepared for the war. 

19 These waited on the king, besides 
. those whom the king put in the lenced ci- 
ties throughout ail Judah. 

"CHAP. XVIII. 
1 Jehoshaphat goet.h with Ahab against 
Ramothgilead. 4 Ahab seduced by false 
prophets is slain, 

NOW Jehoshaphat had riches and hon- 
or in abundance, and joined affinity 
with Ahab. 

2 And after certain years he went down 
toAhao to Samaria." And Ahab killed 
sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and 
for the people that he had w:„, him, and 
persuaded him to go up with kkn to Ra- 
mothgilead. 

3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Je- 
hoshaphat king ot Judah, wilt thou go 
with me to Ramothgilead i A-nd he an- 
swered him, I am as thou art, and my 
people as thy people ; and we will be with 
thee in the war. 

4 % And Jehoshaphat said unto the 
king oi Israel, inquire, I pray thee, at the 
word of the Lord tc -day. 

5 Therefore the king" of Israel gather- 
ed together of prophets four hundred 
men, and said unto them, Shall we go to 
Ramothgilead to baetie ? or, Shall 1 for- 
bear ? And the>- said, Go up : for God 
will deliver/* into the king's hand. 

6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not 
here a prophet of the Lord besides, that 
we might inquire of him ? 

7 And the king oi Israel said unto Je- 
hoshaphat, There is yet cne man by 
whom we may inquire of the Lord : but "I 
hate him ; tor he never prophesied) good 
unto me, but always evil : the same is 
Micaiah & - son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat 
said, Let not the king say so. 

8 And the king of° Israel called for one 
ofhh officers, and said, Fetch quickly 
Micaiah the son of Imla. * 

9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat 
king of Judah sat either of them en his 
throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat 
in -i void place at the entering'in of the gate 
or bamaria : and all the prophets pit \ he- 
fcied before them. 



Micaiah'' s prophecy 

10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah 
had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus 
saith the Lord, With these thou shaitpush 
Syria until they be consumed. 

1 1 And all the prophets prophesied so, 
saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and pros- 
per :tcr the Lord shall deliver it into the 
hand of the king. 

12 And the messenger that went to call 
Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the 
words oime prophets declare good to the 
king with one assent ; let thy word, there- 
fore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and 
speak thou good. 

13 And Micaiah said, As the Lord li- 
vetli, even what my God saith, that will I 
speak. 

14 And when he was come to the king, 
the king said unto him, Micaiah, Shall we 
go to Ramothgilead to battle I or Shall I for- 
bear I And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, 
and they shall be delivered into your hand. 

15 And the king said unto him, How ma- 
ny times shall I conjure thee that thcu 
say nc ■thing but the truth to me in the name 
ot the Lord I 

16 Tnen he said, I did see all Israel scafc. 
tered upon the mountains, as sheep that 
have no shepherd : and the lira said. 
These have no master ; let them return 
therefore every man to his hou-e in peace. 

17 And the king of Israel said to Jehosh- 
aphat, Did I not tell thee that he would 
not prophesy good unto me but evil ? 

la Again he said, Theretore hear the 
word of the Lord ; I saw the Lord sitting 
upon his throne, and all the host of heaven 
standing on his right hand and on his left. 

19 And the Lord said, Who shall entice 
Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up 
and tall at Ramothgilead ? And one spake, 
saying after this manner, and another say- 
ing atter that manner. 

20 Then there came out a spirit, and 
stood before the Lord, and said, 1 will en- 
tice him. And the Lord said unto him, 
Wherewith I 

21 And he said, I will go out, and be a 
lying spirit in the mouth of all liis prophets. 
And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice 
/fo>?;,and thou shalt also prevail ; go out, 
and do even so. 

22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord 
hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these 
thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken 
evil against thee. 

°23 Then Zedekiah the son Chenaanah 
came near, and smote Micaiah upon the 
cheek, and said, Which way went the spir- 
it of the Lord from me to speak unto thee ? 

24 And Micaiah said, Behold thou shalt 
see on that day when thousha.t go into an 
inner chamber to hide '.uyhl-it. 

25 Then the kmgoi brad said, Take 



Jeh'j&hafihai vuitetb bti kingdom. Chap. : 



monthe . o Jo~~h 

26 An 

this fellow in 
witti bread o: .... 
affliction, unt 

return in peace, men hati. 
spoken b\ me. 
j e people. 

Israel and Jebos 

. unto Je- 
hosiiaphat, 1 witi ui»guL>e n 

. on thy robes, 
bo the king 
and the 

j . . ladcommand- 

- 

j, It!* the idngo; Is 

ed about Lim I 

helped him ; *md God moved them t r j de- 

•Sat when the 
captains of the chariots perceived that it 
was not the king of Lrael, they turned 
back again from pursuing him. 

. I a ctrioin man drew a bow at a 
the ki:.^ of Israel be- 
■ harness : t 
he said to hjsciai ict man, Turn t: 

in creased that day: 
sta\ ed luimclf 
up iii/w* chai if 

timeoi the sun 

m. 5 I /is 

■ 

• Jeru- 

found ii . 

* I 
and he 
from B< 
brought 

dthen. 



He *. a fimU 3d 

rOUgh- 

s: city. 
6 And said to the jun 

. 

" \ . ..i 

. re 
cl, nor 
. .ior taking o: j 
over, in Jerusalem did J 
phat 9et -riests, 

and of the Israel, for 

the judgment of the L r contro- 

versies, when they re . 

9 And he charge 

i L .; J.iailu.Ui- 

■ ..cart. 

10 And what cause soever shall come to 
you of your brethren ti 

ties, between bl< « xi and Uon . 

and commandment, sututes 

not against the Lord, and m \,i*utii some 
i and upon your brethren: tlus 
do. and ye shall i>ot tre 

1 1 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest 
13 ever you in all matters of the Lord ; and 

. the s< n of lbhmacl, die ruler of 
me house of Judah, for all til 
ters : also^tne Levites shall be officers oe- 
icre vou. Deal courageously, and die Lord 
shall be with the good. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Jehoshafihat proclaancth a fust. 5 His 
ftraycr, 22 The ruer t kr&n fhiaenc- 
Bteti Zl tiis reign. 

IT came to pass i fter this also, 
children otMoab, and the children oi 
. and with them oiht r k 

; .inst khoshaphtfl to 

2 Then there came some that told Je- 

. the *ca 
• ,., behold, they Aril 

I 1 

the coi- 

i, in the 

. 

6Aih1 fathers, 

i EUileat 

I 

owith- 

wko didst drive 

.... 



3j56 JaJiazieVs profihecy. 



people Israel, and gavestit to the seed of 
Abraham thy friend forever ? 

8 And they dwelt therein, and have built 
thee a sanctuary therein, for thy name, say- 
ing* 

9 If, when evil cometh upon us as the 
sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, 
we stand before this house, and in thy pres- 
ence (for thy name is in this house), and 
cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou 
wilt hear and help. 

10 And now, behold, the children of Am- 
nion, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom 
thou wouldest not let Israel jnvade, when 
they came out of the land of Egypt, but they 
turned from them, and destroyed them not"; 

11 Behold, I say* how they reward us, to 
come to cast us out of thy possession, which 
thou hast given us to inherit. 

12 O our God,Wilt thou not judge them ? 
For we have no might against this great 
company that cometh against us ; ' neither 
know we what to do : but our eyes are up- 
on thee. 

13 And ail Judah stood before the Lord, 
with their little ones, their wives, and their 
children. 

14 % Then upon Jahaziel the son ofZe- 
chariahjthe son ot Benaiah, the son of Je.- 
iel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the 
sons of Asaph, came the spirit of the Lord 
in the midst of the congregation ; 

15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah 
and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou 
king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord un- 
to you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by rea- 
son of this great multitude ; for the'battle 
is not your's, but God's. 

16 To-morrow, go ye down against them: 
behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz ; 
and ye shall find them at the end of the 
brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 

17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle : 
set yourselves, stand ye stilly and see the 
salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah 
and Jerusalem : fear not, nor be dismayed ; 
to-morrow go out against them : for the 
Lord will be with you. 

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head 
with Ms face to the ground : and all Judah 
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before 
the Lord, worshipping the Lord. 

19 And the Levites, of the children of the 
Kohathites, and of the children of the Kor- 
hites, stood up to praise the Lord God of 
Israel with a loud voice on high. 

20 And they rose early in the morning, 
and went forth into the wilderness of Te- 
koa : and as they went torth, Jehoshaphat 
stood and said, Sear me, O Judah, and ye 
inhabitants of Jerusalem ; Believe in the 
Lord your God, so shall ye tje established : 
believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 

21 And when he had consulted wtfh 



II. CHRONICLES. Jehoshaphat^ reign. 

the people, he appointed singers unto the 
Lord, and that should praise the beauty of 
holiness, as they went out before the army 
and to say, Praise the Lord ; for Ills mercy 
endureth for ever. 

22 *[ And when they began to sing and to 
praise, the Lord set ambushments against 
the children of Amnion, Moab, and mount 
Seir, which were come against Judah ; and 
they were smitten. 

23 For the children of A romon and Mo- 
ab stood up against the inhabitants of mount 
Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them : and 
when they had made an end of the inhabi- 
tants of Seir, every one helped to destroy 
another. 

24 And when Judah came toward the 
watch tower in the wilderness, they look- 
ed unto the multitude, and, behold, they 
were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and 
none escaped. 

25 And when Jehoshaphat and his peo* 
pie came to take away the spoil of themy 
they found among them in abundance both 
riches with the dead bodies, and precious 
jewels, which they stripped off for them- 
selves, more than they could carry away : 
and they were three days in gathering of 
the spoil, it was so much. . 

26 And on the fourth day they assembled 
themselves in the valley of Berachah ; for 
there they blessed the Lord ; therefore the 
name of the same place was called, The 
valley of Berachah, unto this day. 

27 Then they returned, ever)- man of Ju- 
dah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the 
Ibrefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem 
with joy ; for ihe Lord had made them to 
rejoice over their enemies. 

28 And they came to Jerusalem with 
psalteries, and harps, and trumpets, unto 
the house of the Lord. 

29 And the fear of God was on all the 
kingdoms of those countries, when they 
had heard that the Lord fought against the 
enemies of Israel. 

30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was qui- 
et : for his God gave him rest round about. 

31 ^ And Jehoshaphat reigned over Ju- 
dah ; he was thirty and five years old when 
he began to reign, and he reigned twenty 
and five years in Jerusalem. And his moth- 
er's name was Azubah the daughter of 
Shilhi. 

32 And he walked in the way of Asa his 
father, and departed not from it, doing that 
which was right in the sight of the Lord. 

33 Howbeit, the high places were not 
taken away : for as yet the- people had not 
prepared their hearts unto the God of theiy 
fathers. 

34 Now th# rest ct the acts ot Jehosha- 
pbnt, first and last, behold, they are writ- 
ten in thebook of Jehit the sob ofHanani, 



Jehorant's wicked reign. 



Chap, xxi, XxfL 



Ahaziah made king. 38? 



who it mentioned in the boek of the kings 
of Israel. 

35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king 

of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king 01 

wickedly : 

35 And he joined himself with him to 

make ships to ih: and they 

made the ships in L 

r'Dodavah of 
Mareshah prcphesie- shaphat, 

because th< ed thyself 

with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken* thy 
| s were broken, that 
they were not able iish. 

CHAP. XXI. 
•am succcedeth Jehohhafihat. 5 His 
I reign. 18 His incurable disease, 
and burial* 
J^t I 1 - . -.. -...-. ept with hisfa- 
XN thers, and was buried with his fathers 
in die city or" David. And Jehoram his sen 
reigned in Ids stead. 

2 And he had brethren the sens of Je- 

I ihiel,andZecb.* 

, and Michael, and 

bhephatiah : all these were the sons of Je- 

- : - 

rgave diem great gifts 
r gold, and of precious things 
•ed cities in Judah: but tin 
toJehcram ; because 
. 
w when Jehcram was risen up to 
■ 

. 

.o»years 
.e reign- 
em. 
, the way of the. Zings 

•.er of Ahab 

. David, and as 
.^ him and to his 

8 In 1 

•d made 

iliisprin- 
I 



mountains of Judah, and caused the inhab- 
itants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, 
and compelled Judah thereto. 

12 And there came a writing to him from 
Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord God of David Lhv Bather, Because 
diou hast not walked m the ways of Je- 
hoshaphat thy father, ncr in the' ways of 
Asa king of J 

13 But aast walked in the way of the kings 
ot Israel, and hast made Judah and the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like 
to th6 whoredoms of the house of Ahab, 
and also hast slain thy brethren of thy fa- 
ther^house which were better than thyself: 

14 Behoid, with a great plague will the 
Lord smite thy people, and thy children, 
and thy wives, and all thy goods : 

15 And thou shall have great sickness 
by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels 
fall out by reas n i fti ie sickness day by day. 

16 Moreover, theLord stirred up 
Jehoram the spirit of the Philistine -. 

tire Arabians, that were near the Ethio- 
pians : 

17 And they came up into Judah, and 
brake into it, and earned away ail the sub- 
stance that was found in th<i king's house, 
and his son s also, and his wives: so that 
there was :u.\ cr a son ieft him, save Jehoa- 

ingestofhis sons. 
181 And ar.er all this the Lord smote 
him in hL bowels with an incui\. 

19 And it came to pass that in process 
..iter the tnd of two years, nisbow- 
elsfell out by re..s n ot liis sickness ! 
diedofsoredise peoplemadeno 

burning for him, iiKe the burning • 
thers. 

2 J Thirty and two years ok! was he wlicn 
n Jeru- 
salem eight years, and dec 
being desired. Howbeit, tbey buried hira 

• • of David, b 
clires oft 

XAhaiia 

5 tft 

AND- 

■ 
■ 

- 
■ 

! 
5 



Ig&Athaliah slay eth the seedroyal II. CP1RONICLES. 



4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of 
ehe Lord like the house of Ahab : for they 
were his counsellors, alter the death of his 
father, to his destruction. 

5% He walked also after their counsel, 
and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab 
king of Israel to war against Hazael king 
of Syria at Ramothgiiead : and the Syrians 
smote Joram. 

6 And he returned to be healed in Jez- 
reel because of the wounds which were giv- 
en him at Ranuih, when he fought with 
Hazael king. of Syria. And Azariah the 
son of Jehorarn king of Judah went down 
to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, 
because he was sick. 

7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of 
God by coming to 3oram : for when he was 
come, he went out with Jehoram against 
Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had 
anointed to cut otF the house of Ahab, 

& And it came to pass, that when Jehu 
was executing judgment upon the house of 
Ahab, and lound the princes of Judah, and 
the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that 
ministered to Ahaziah he slew them. 

9 And he sought Ahaziah ; and they 
caught him (for he was hid in Samaria), 
and bi ought him to Jehu : and when they 
had slain him, they buried him : Because, 
said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who 
sought the Lord with all his heart. So the 
house of Ahaziah had no power to keep 
still the kingdom. 

10 ^j But when Athaliah the moiherof 
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she 
arose and destroj'ed &11 the seed royal of the 
house of Judah. 

11 BuUehoshabeaththe daughter of the 
king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and 
stole him from among the king's sons that 
were slain, and pat him and his uurse in a 
bedchamber. SoJehoshabeath, the daugh- 
ter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada 
the priest (for she was the sister of Ahazi- 
ah). hidhirn from Athaliah, so thatslieslew 
him not. 

12 And he was with them hid in the 
house ofGod six years : and Athaliah reign- 
ed over the land. 

CHAF. XXIII. 
1 Jehoiada maketh Joash king. 12 Athali- 
ah is slain, 16 Jehoiada rcstore'th the 
wors'tufiofGitd. 

AND in the seventh year Jehoiada 
strengthened hiniselt, and took the 
captains pi huhdrecfeiAzariab the son of Je- 
horam and Ishmael the son oflehohanan. 
fend Azariah the sen ofObed, and Mfca- 
Seiahthesbhof Adaiah,ant^£.Hshaphatthe 
sen of Zichri, into co\ enant with him. 

2 And thej went about Jo Jud^U and 
gathered the'Levites out of all the cities 6l 
Judah, and the chief of the fathoi s ofl&tiiel, 
and they eamt to $ei usaleiri. 



Joash made king. 



3 And all the congregation made a cov- 
enant with the king in the house of God. 
And he said unto them, Behold, the king's 
son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of trie 
sons of David. 

4 This is the thing that ye shall do ; A 
third part of you entering on the sabbath, 
of the priests and of the Levites, shall be 
porters of the doors ; 

5 And a third part shall be at the king's 
house ; and a third part at the gate of the 
foundation : and all the people shall be in 
the courts of the house of the Lord. 

6 But let none come into the house of the 
Lord, save the priests, and they that min- 
ister of the Levites ; they shall go in, for 
they are holy : but all the people shall keep 
the watch of the Lord. 

7 And the Levites shall compass the king 
round about, every man with his weapons 
in his hand; and whosoever else cometh 
into the house, he shall be put to death % 
but be ye with the king when he cometh in ? 
and when he goeth Out. 

S So the Levites and all Judah did ac- 
cording to all things that Jehoiada the priest 
had commanded, and took every man his 
men that were to come in on the sabbath. 
with them that were to go out on the sab- 
bath : for JUioiada the priest dismissed not 
the courses. 

9 Moreover, Jehoiada the priest deliv- 
ered to the captains of hundreds spears, and 
bucklers, and shields, that had been king 
David's which rjcre in the house of G.d. 

10 And he set ail the people, every man 
having his weapon in Ins hand, from the 
right side of the temple to the left side of 
the temple, along by the altar ana" the tem- 
ple, by the king round about. 

11 Then they brought out the king's son, 
and put upon him the crown, and gave him 
the testimony, and ru ade him king. And Je- 
hoiada and his sons anointed him, and said 
God save the king. 

12 f Now when Athaliah heard the noise 
of the people running and praising the king 
she came to the people into the house of 
the Lord. 

13 And she looked, and, behold, the king 
stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the 
princes and the trumpets by the king : and 
atithepeopleofthe land rejoiced, and sound- 
ed with trumpets, also the singers with in- 
struments of musick, and such as taught to 
sing praise. Ihen Athaliah rent ! ier clothes 
and sy.id, Treason ! Treason ! 

14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out 
the captains of hundreds that were set o- 
yer the host, and said unto them, Have her 
forth o» the ranges: and whoso followed* 
her, let him bo slain with the sword. For 

. stikt, Slay her not in the houseof 
theLorfi . 



/JMutftZi .. Chap. 

15 So they laid hand;, on her ; and when 
she ,. he entering of the horse 

gateb) - use,they slew her there. 

io % Ana Jenoiada in..cic a covenant be- 
. people, and 
between the king, that the) should be the 
Lore. 

17 Then a li the people went to the house 

of baai. and « n, and brake his 

altars and hi • and slew 

re the altars. 

of the house of the Loi d by the hand of the 
priesis the Levites,whom David had dis- 
tribute! use of the Lord, to offer 
of the Lord,as tt is w rit- 
, with rejoicing and 
with singing*, a* it was ordamedby David, 
{.oners at the gates 
of the house of ttie Lord, that none which 
ny thing should enter in. 
i I he took the captains of hundreds, 
the nobles, and the governors of the 
the land, and 
ight down the king from the house of 
c through the high 
the king's house, and set the king 
upon the throne e: the ku gdom. 

nd rejoiced : 
, w as quiet, after that they hud 
h witn the sword. 

veil all the days c/Jehcia- 
.id, 17 Joash 
I i 16' slam, 

J .d \\ hen he be- 

bere gned forty years 
j mother's name also was 
. 

it which was right in 
. tlte Loid ail the days of Jehoi- 
tdt 

• 1 1 took forhimtwo wives ; 
nd daughters. 

iter this, that 
. to i epairthe hou_«,e of "die 

.'acred together the priests 

i d gather of 
ii your 
hat ye 

i :da the 

< t Ji. 

. and of the 



Kxiv. Hefalleth to idolatiy, 339 

and also all the dedicated things of the house 
of the Lord did the) oe.-tov* upon Baalim. 
8 And at the king's commandment they 
made a chest, and set it without the gate 
or the house of the Lord. 
9 And they made a proclamation through 
Ju«J'.-h and Jerusal m, to bring in to tne 
Lord the cc flection thai Moses the servant 
of God laid vpon Israel in the wilderness. 

10 And all the princes and all the people 
rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the 
chest, until th) had made an end. 

11 Now it came to pass, that at what 
time the chest was brought unto the king's 
office by the hand of the Levites, and when 
they saw that thtre was much money, the 
king's scribe and the high priest's officer 
came and emptied the chest, and took it, 
and carried it to his pk.ee again. Thus 
they did day by day, and gathered money 
in abundance. 

12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to 
such as did the work of the service of the 
house of the Lord, and hired masons and 
carpenters to re pair the house of the Lord, 
and also such as wrought iron and brass to 
mend the house of the Lord. 

13 So the workmen wrought, and the 
work was perfected by them, and they set 
the house of God in his state, and strength- 
ened it. 

U And when they had finished //,they 
brought the rest of the money before the 
king and Jehoiada, whertoi' were made 
vessels for the house of the Lord, tvtn 
\ es els to minister, and U ', and 

spoons, and vessels of gold and Silver. And 
they offered burnt offerings in the house of 
the Lord continually ail the da) s of Jeho- 
iada. 

15 «[ Rut Jehoiada waxed old, and was 
full oi l he died ; an Inl- 
and thiity years old tto« fewhen lie died. 

16 And thej buried him in the city oi Da- 
vid an isehi had done 

h .id ( .< it and to- 

17 ' v - death of Jehw 
came me prin< es of Judah, and 

Then the king I 
I 

i of the Lord 

.u for this thi 

IB) to 

. btth< m: but 

1 -oid, 



3S0 Amaziah's reign* 



II. CHRONICLES. 



The Edomites smitten* 



that ye cannot prosper? Because ye have 
forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken 
you. 

21 And they conspired against him, and 
stoned him with stones, at the com- 
mandment of the king, in the court of the 
house of the Lord. 

22 Thus Joash the king remembered 
not the kindness which Jehoiada his father 
had dene to him, but slew his son. And 
when he died, he said, The Lord look up- 
on it* and require it. 

. 231 And it came to pass, at the end of 
the year, that the host of Syria came up a- 
gainst him : and they came to Judah and 
Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of 
the people from among the people, and 
sent ail the spoil of them unto the king of 
Damascus. 

24 For the army of the Syrians came 
with a small company of men, and the 
Lord delivered a very great host into their 
hand, because they had forsaken tire Lord 
God of their fathers. So they executed 
judgment against Joash. 

25 And when they were departed from 
him (lor they left him in great diseases ) 
Ins own servants conspired against him for 
the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, 
and slew him on his bed, and he died : 
and they buried him in the city of David, 
but they buried him not in the sepulchres 
of the kings. 

26 And these are they that conspired a- 
gainst him ; Zibad the son of Shimeath 
an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of 
Shimrith a Moabitess. 

27 Now [concerning his sons, and the 
greatness of the burdens laidupon him, and 
the repairing of the house of God, behold, 
they are written in the story ol the book of 
the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in 
his stead. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 Amaziah beginneth to reign well. 3 He 
executeth justice on the traitors. 5 Hav- 
ing hired an army of the Israelites a- 
gainst the Edomites* at the word of a 
prophet he loseth an hundred talents, 
and dismisseth them. 11 He overthrow- 
eth the Edomites. 17 Hejirovoketh Jo- 
ash to his overthrow. 25 His reign. 27 
He is slain by a conspiracy. 

AMAZIAH was twenty and five years 
old when he began to reign, and he 
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of 
Jerusalem. 

2 And he did thai which was right in 
the sight of the Lord, but not with a per- 
fect heart. 

3 " Now it came to pass, when the king- 
dom was established to him, that he slew his 
se] \ unts that had killed the king his father. 



4 But he slew not their children, but did 
as it is written in the law in the book of 
Moses,where theLord commanded, saying, 
The fathers shall not die for the children, 
neither shall the children die for the fathers, 
but eveiy man shall die for his own sin. 

5 m \ Moreover, Amaziah gathered Judsh 
together, and made them captains over 
thousands, and captains over hundreds, 
according to the houses of their lathers, 
throughout all Judah and Benjamin : and 
he numbered them from twenty years old 
and above, and found them three hundred 
thousand choice men. able to go forth to 
war, that could handle spear and shield. 

6 He hired also an hundred thousand 
mighty men of valour out of Israel for an 
hundred talents of silver. 

7 But there came a man of God to him, 
saying, O king, let not the army of Israel 
go with thee ; tor the Lord is not with Israel, 
to wit* with all the children of Ephraim. 

8 But if thou wilt go, do it* be strong 
for the battle : God shall make thee fall 
before the enemy : for God hath power to 
help, and tocast'down. 

9 And Amaziah said to the man of 
God, But, What shall we do for the hun- 
dred talents which I have given to the ar- 
my of Israel i And the man of God answer- 
ed, the Lord is able to give thee much 
more than this. 

10 Then Amaziah separated them, to 
wit* the army that was come to him out 
of Ephraim, to go home again : wherefore 
their anger was greatly kindled against Ju- 
dah,and they returned home in great anger. 

11 1i And Amaziah strengthened himself, 
and led forth his people, and went to the 
valley ol salt, and smote the children of 
Seir ten thousand. 

12 And other ten thousand left alive 
drd the children of Judah carry away cap- 
tive, and brought them unto the top of the 
rock, and cast them down from the top of 
the rock,that they all were broken in pieces. 

13 But the soldiers of the army which 
Amaziah sent back, that they should not 
go with him to battle, fell upon the cities 
of Juciah, from Samaria even unto Beth- 
horon, and smote three thousand of them, 
and took much spoil. 

If Now it came to pass, after that A- 
maziali was come from the slaughter of 
the Edomites, that he brought the gods of 
the children of Seir, and set them tip to be 
his gods, and bowed down himself before 
them, end burned incense unto them. 

15 Wherefore the anger of the Lord was 
kindled against Amaziah, and he §eiit unto 
him a prophet, which said unto him, Why 
hast thou sought after the gods of the 
people, which could not deliver their own 
people out of thine hand ? 



Amaziah slain. Chap, 

16 And it came to pass, as he talked 
with him, that the king said unto him. Art 
thou made of the king's council I Forbear ; 
Why shouldest thou be smitten ? Then the 
prophet forbare,and said, I know that God 
hath determined to destroy thee, because 
thou bast done this, and hast not hearken- 
ed unto my council. 

17 *i\ Then Amaziah king of Judah took 
advice, and sent to Joavh, the son of Jehoa- 
haz, the s m oi Jehu, king of Israel, sa> ing 
Come, let us see one another in the face. 

h king of Israel sent to Am- 
aziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle 
in Lebanon sent to the cedar that 
that was in I^ebanon, saying, Give thy 
r to my son to wife : and there pas- 
sed by a w i d beast that waif in Lebanon, 
■\ down the thistle. 
19.Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the 
Edomitcs ; and thine heart lifteth theeupto 
tide new at home ; Why shouldest 
ti v///V?rhnrt, that thou should- 
thou, and Judah with thee i 
t Amaziah would not hear ; for it 
came ofGod, that he might deliver them 
into the hand of their enemies, because 
mght after the gods of Edom. 
Joash the king of Israel went up : 
and they saw one another in the face, both 
he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth- 
sheme-h, which bekmgeth to Judah. 

- ! Judah was put to the worse before 

iid they iHed every man to his tent. 

1 Joash the king of Israel took Am- 

ii gofJudah,thesoriofJoash,theson 

of Jehoahaz, at 1'ethshemesh, and brought 

him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall 

ilem From the gate of Ephraim to 

tr hundred cubi s. 
: 1 he took all the gold and tlie sil- 
ver, and all the vessels that were found in 
rod with Obededom, and the 
- of the king's house, the hostage 
-! returned to Samaria. 

m of Joash kin,-: 
of Judah, lived after the death of Joashson 
Israel, fifteen 
• the acts of A 
•'■»i-ild.y/,vtiiev not written in 
. of Judah and Israel ? 
4 > that Amaziah 

did turn a wa) Fi the Lord, they 

in Jerusa- 
h : but the) s( n 
toLachi a there. 

n hora -:, 
and buried hi 

ty of J i 

. and is t/natm 
' ■ ■ /. 22 at diethy unci J^i/ncn 
auciccddh him. 



xxv i. Uzzi 'all's reign. 591 

THEN all tlie people of Judah took Uz- 
ziah, who was sixteen years old, and 
made him king in the room' of his father 
Amaziah. 

2 He built Eloth,and restored it to Judah, 
after that the king slept with his fathers. 

3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when 
he began to reign, and he reigi ed fifty and 
two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name 
also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 

4 And he did that which was right in th3 
sight of the Lord, according to aU that his 
father Amaziah did. 

5 And he sought God in the days of Ze- 
chariah, who had understanding in the vis- 
ions of God: and as long as he sought the 
Lord, God made him to prosper. 

6 And he went forth and warred against 
the Philistines, and brake down the wall 
of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh,and the wall 
of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, 
and among the Philistines. 

7 And God helped him against thePhil- 
istraes, and against the Arabians that dwelt 
in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. 

8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uz- 
ziah : and his name spread abroad even to 
tlie entering in of Egypt ; for he strength- 
ened //z'7/2Sf//exceedingly. 

9 Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Je- 
rusalem at the corner gate, and at the val- 
ley gate, and at the turning of the wail and 
fortified them. 

10 Also he built towers in the desert,and 
digged many wells : for he had much cat- 
tle, both in the low country, and in the 
plains: husbandmen alco, and vine dres- 
sers in the mountains, and in Carmel ; for 
he loved husbandry. 

11 Moreover, Uzziah had an host of 
fighting men,that went out to war by bandsj 
accordingto the number of their account 
\>\ the hand ofJeiclthe scribe and M lasei- 

e ruler, under the hand of Han; ;.,, 
the king's captains. 
■• whole number of £ne chief ( fthe 
fathers of the mighty men of va 
two thousand and six hundreds 

13 And under their hand was ai rmy, 
three hundi i \ rid 

andfive'hundred,th it made war w ith si 

14 And ed t r them 

tlirou ;1 ears, 

and helmets, an I 

. 

n the bulwai ir- 

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i 
i 
16" 

I -j 1 up to ///.. 4< itr ictii d i . he 



392 Jotham's good reign. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



Ahaz J s wicked reign. 



transgressed against the Lord his God, and 
went into the temple of the Lord to burn 
incense upon the altar of incense. 

17 And Azariah the priest went in af- 
ter him, and with him fourscore priests of 
the Lord, that were valiant men : 

18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, 
and said unto him, It afifierlaineth not unto 
thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord 
but to the priests the sens ot Aaron, that 
are consecrated to burn incense : go out of 
the sanctuary ; for thou hast trespassed ; 
neither shall it be for thine honor from the 
Lord God.. 

19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a 
censer in his hand to burn incense: and 
while he was wroth with the priests, the le- 
prosy even rose up in his forehead before 
the priests, in the house of the Lord, from 
beside the incense altar. 

20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all 
the priests, looked upon him, and, behold 
he was leprous in his forehead, and they 
thrust him out from thence ; yea, himself 
hasted also to go out, because the Lord had 
smitten him. 

21 And Uzziah the king was a leper un- 
to the day of his death, and dwelt in a sev- 
eral house, being a leper ; for he was cut 
efffrom the house of the Lord : and Jotham 
his son was over the king's house, judging 
the people ot the land. 

22 If Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, 
first and last, did Isaiah the prophet,, the 
son of Amoz, write. 

23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and 
they buried him with his fathers in the field 
of the burial which belonged to the kings : 
for they said, He is a leper : and Jotham 
his son reigned in his stead. 

^CMAP. XXVII. 
1 Jotham reigning well firosficreth. 5 He 
subdueth the Ammonites, 7 His reign. 
9Ahazsucceede/h him. 

JOTHAM was twenty and five years old 
when he began to reign, and he reign- 
ed sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's 
name also was Jerushah, the daughter of 
Zadok. 

2 And he did that wiiich was right in the 
sight of the Lord, according to all that his 
father Uzziah did: howbeit, he entered 
not into the temple of the Lord. And the 
people did yet corruptly* 

3He built the high gate of the house of the 
Lord , and on the wall oiOpl t el he built much. 

4 Moreover, he built cities in the moun- 
tains oi Judah, and in the forests he built 
castles and towers. 

5f He fought also with the king of the 
Ammonites, and prevailed against them. 
And the children of Amnion gave him the 
same year an hundred talents of silver, and 
ten thousand measures of wheat. 



thousand of barley. So much did the chil- 
dren of Ammon pay unto him, both the 
second year, and the third. 

6 So Jotham became mighty, because he 
prepared his ways before the Lord his God. 

7 If Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, 
and ail his wars, and his ways, lo, they are 
written in the book of the kings of Israel 
and Judah. 

8 He was five and twenty years old when 
he began to reign,and reignea sixteen years 
in Jerusalem. 

9 If And Jotham slept with his fathers, 
and they buried him in the city of David : 
and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 Ahaz, reigning wickedly, is afflicted by 
the Syrians. 26 He dying,Hezekiah suc- 
ceeded him. 
AHAZ was twenty years old when he 
began to reign, and he reigned six- 
teen years in Jerusalem : but he did not 
that which was right in the si^ht of the 
Lord, like David his father : 

2 For he walked in the ways of the kings 
of Israel, and made also molten images tor 
Baalim. 

3 Moreover, he burned incense in the 
valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned 
his children in the fire, after the abomina- 
tions of the heathen whom theLord had cast 
out before the children of Israel. 

4 He sacrificed also and burned incense 
in the high places, and on the hills, and un- 
der every green tree. 

5 Wherefore the Lord hisGod delivered 
him into the hand oithe king of Syria ; and 
they smote him, and carried away a great 
multitude of them captives, and brought 
them to Damascus. And he was also de- 
livered into the hand of the king of Israel, 
who smote him with a great slaughter. 

6 For Pekah the son oi Remaliah slew 
in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand 
in one day, which were all valiant men ; 
because they had forsaken the Lord God 
of their fathers. 

7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim 
slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrik- 
am the governor of the house, and Elka- 
nah that was next to the king. 

8 And the children of Israel carried a- 
way captive of their brethren two hundred 
thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and 
took also away much spoil from them, and 
brought the spoil to Samaria. 

9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, 
whose name was Oded : and he went out 
before the host that came to Samaria, and 
said unto them, Behold, because the Lord 
God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, 
he hath delivered the*! into your hand, and 
ye have slain them in a rage that reach* 
eth up unto heaven. " 



Ahaz's g^eat impiety. Chip. 

10 \i: rpose to keep under 
the children of Judah and Jerusalam for 
bondmen and bondwomen onto you: but, 
.-' 

, your God? 

11 Now hear me therefor e , and deliver 
the capti c taken 
captive iren : for the fierce 
wrath of the i^ord I 

12Ti.« 'the chil- 

dren of £ a of Jo- 

han;.n, Bern ' illemoth, 

lalhim, and A- 
od up against 
I 
13 And said i . shallnotbring 

i hither : fi r wh« 

: the Lord already, 
ye inter, re to our sins and to 

'our trespass : tor out eat, and 

th against Israel. 
I 

nd all the 
i 

en "which were expressed 
up, and took the captives, 
. 

d diem, 

d them, and carried 

the_\ returned to Sa- 
• 

king Ahaz send un- 
to help him. 

ihad come and 
• 

ided the 
■ 

-h, and 
with the 
Timnah, v 

- 

■ im, but 

■ 
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xxix. Hezekiah'sgood reign. 395 

that they may help me. But they were the 
rain of him, and of all Israel. 

vnd Ahaz gathered together the ves- 
sels of the house of God, and cut in \. I 
the vessels of the house ot God, and shut 
up the doors of the h use of the Lord, and 
he made him altars in every corner t 
rusalem. 

25 And in every several city of Judah he 
made high places* to burn incense unto o- 
ther gods, and provoked to anger the Lord 

: s fathers. 

26 ■ Now the rest of his acts and of all 

behold, thev art 
written in the book ot the kings of Judah 
rael. 

27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and 
they buried him in the city, even in J< ru- 
salem : but they brought him not into tin* 
sepulchres of the kings of Israel : andliez;- 
ekiah his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
I Herekiah'8 good reign. 3 lie rest orrrh 
religion. 12 The house ofGodtleam 

HEZEKIAH began to reign when tie 
wan five and t went) years old, and h e 
reigned nine and twenty j ears in Jerusalem . 
And his mother's name ivas Abijah, thei 
daughter ofZechariah. 

2 And he did that which was right in thet 
sight of the Lord, accordingto all that Da- 
vid bis father had done. 

3 * He in the first )ear of his reign, ii 
the first month, opened the doors of tin J 
house of the Lord, and repaired them. 

4 And he brought in the priests and the 

I garnered them together into 
street) 

5 And said unto them. Hear me, yc Lt»- 

ind s inctity 
the bouse of the Lord God of \ our fathers, 
irry forth the I . of the holy 

/Jure. 

6 For our fathers nave trespassed, an d 

il in thee} ea ofth e 
■ -d, and havefi trsaken him, an- 3 
have ' 

cks. 

7 V 

I 

■ L 

9 For, 

■ 

LJ Ins 
: from us. 



S94 Rouse of God demised. 

him, to serve him, and that ye should min- 
ister unto him, and burn incense. 

12 t Then the Levites arose, Mahath 
the son of Amasai,and Joel the son of Aza- 
riahjofthe sons of theKohathites; and of the 
sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and 
Azariah the son of Jehalele] : and of the 
Gershonites ; Joash the sen of Zimmah, 
and Eden the son of Joah : 

13 And of the sons of Elizaphan : Shim- 
ri, and Jeiel : and of the sons of Asaph ; 
Zechariah, and Mattaniah : 

14 And of the sons of Heman ; Jehiel, 
and Shimei : and of the sons oi Jeduthun, 
Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 

15 And they gathered, their brethren, 
and sanctified themselves, and came, ac- 
cording to the commandment oi the king, 
by the words of the Lord, tp cleanse the 
house of the Lord. 

16 And the priests went into the inner 
part of the house or the Lord, to cleanse it, 
and brought cut all the uncleanness that 
they found in the temple of the Lord into 
the court of the house of the Lord. And the 
Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into 
the brook Kidron. 

17 Now they began on the first day of 
the firsftnonthto sanctify ,and on the eighth 
day of the month came they to the porch 
of the Lord : so they sanctified the house 
of the Lord in eight days : and in the six- 
teenth day of the first month the)' made an 
end. 

18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the 
king, and said, We have cleansed all the 
house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt 
offering, with ail the vessels thereof, and 
the shewbread table, with all the vessels 
thereof. 

19 Moreover, all the vessels, which king 
Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his trans- 
gression, have we prepared and sanctified, 
and. behold, thev are before the altar of the 
Lord. 

20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, 
and gathered the rulers of the citj , and 
■went up to the house of the Lord. 

21 And the-' brought seven bullocks, and 
seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he 
goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, 
and for the sanctuary, and for Jug ah. And 
he commanded the priests the sons of Aa- 
ron to offer them on the altar of the Lord. 

22 So they killed the bullocks, and the 
priests received the blood, and sprinkled it 
<?n the altar : likewise, when they had kil- 
led the rams, they sprinkled the blood up- 
•n the altar: they killed also the lambs, 
and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 

23 And they brought forth the he goats 
for the sin offering before the king and the 
congt egation j and they kid their hands 
upon them : i 



II. CHRONICLES. Hezekiah's sacrifice. 

24 And the priests killed them, and they 
made reconciliation with their blood upon 
the altar, to make an atonement for all Is- 
rael : for the king commanded that the 
burnt offering and the sin offering should be 
made for all Israel. 

25 And he set the Levites in the house 
of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, 
and with harps,according to the command- 
ment of David, and ot Gad the king's seer, 
and Nathan the prophet : for so -was* the 
commandment of the Lord by his prophets. 

26 And the Levites stood with the instru- 
ments of David, and the priests with the 
trumpets. 

27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer 
the burnt offering upon the altar. And 
when the burnt offering began, the song of 
the Lord began also with the trumpets, 
and with the instruments ordained by Da- 
vid king of Israel. 

23 And all the congregation worshipped, 
and the singers sang, and the trumpeters 
sounded : and all this continued until the 
burnt offering was finished. 

29 And when they had made an end of of- 
ering,the kingand all that were present with 
him bowed themselves, and worshipped. 

30 Moreover, Hezekiah the king and 
the princes commanded the Levites to sing 
praise unto the Lord with the words of Da- 
vid, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang 
praises with gladness, and they bowed their 
heads and worshipped. 

31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, 
Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto 
the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices 
and thank offerings into the house of the 
Lord. And the congregation brought in 
sacrifices and thank offerings ; and as ma- 
ny as were of a free heart, burnt offerings. 

32 And the number of the burnt offerings, 
which the congregation brought,was three- 
score and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, 
and two hundred lambs : all these were 
for a burnt offering to the Lord. 

33 And the consecrated things were six- 
hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 

34 But the priests were too tew, so that 
they could not slay all the burnt offerings : 
wherefore their brethren the Levites did 
help them, till the work was ended, and 
until the other priests had sanctified them- 
selves : for the Levites were more upright 
in heart to sanctity themselves than the 
priests. 

35 And also the burnt offerings were in 
abundance, with the tat of the peace of- 
ferings, and the drink offerings for eve?i/ 
burnt offering. So the service of the house 
of the Lord was set in order. 

36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the 
people, that God had prepared the people : 
for the thing was dene suddenly. 



Htzekiah tircclaimeth a passover : Chap 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 Hezekiah firocluimtth a fiatwer. ISThe 
assembly des ■ trs of 'idolatry. 

AND Hezekiah : cnt to all Israel and 
Jud J be letters also to E- 

phraim and Manasseh, that they should 
come to the ltoik>e of the Lord at Jerusalem 
to keep the passover unto the Lord God 
of Israel. 

2 For the king had taken counsel, and 
hfe princes, and all the congregation in Je- 
rusalem, to keep the passover in the se- 
cond month. 

3 For they could rot keep it at that time, 
because the priests had not sanctified them- 
selves sufficiently, neither had the people 

- 1 get! ler to Jerusalem. 
I the thing pleased the king and all 
me congregation* 

5 So they established a decree to make 

proclamation throughout all Israel, from 

m to Dan, that they should 

keep the passover unto die Lord 

brad at Jerusalem : tor they had 

B long time in such sort as it 

the jjosts went with the letters from 
the king and his princes through! ut all Is- 
rad and Judah, and according to t 
mandment of the k'. children 

i Loi (i God of 

d lie will 

I are es- 

d of the kings of As- 

■ 1 be not ye like your fathers, and 

■ 

1 tatkm, as 

. 

\tiflhccked, as your fa- 
thers were,butyk\6 yourselves unt 

i mctuary, which 
: and serve the 
God, that thefiercen* 
., you. 
it ye turn a; 

t. 

* n into this 
i unto him. 

; but the) laugh- 

l i N ,n- and 



xxx. It /* soltnvily kept, 395 

13 *f And there assembled at Jerusalem 
much people to keep the least of unleav- 
ened bread in the second month, a very 
great congregation. 

1-4 And they arose and took away the 
altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the 
altars for incense took they away, and cast 
them into the brook Kidron. 

15 Then diey killed .die passover on the 
fourteenth day of the second mondi : and 
the priests and the Levites were ashamed, 
and sanctified themselves, and brought in 
the burnt offerings into the house of the 
Lord. 

15 And they stood in their place after 
their manner, according to the law of Mo- 
ses the man of God: the priests sprinkled 
the blood, which they received of the hand 
of the Levites. 

17 For there were many in the congre- 
gation that were not sanctified : therefore 
the Levites had the charge of the killing of 
the passover for every one that was not 
clean, to sanctity- them unto the Lord. 

18 For a multitude of the people, even 
many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar 
andZebulun, had not cleansed themselves, 
vet did they eat the passover otherwise 
"than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed 
for them, saying, The good Lord pardon 
every one 

19 That prepareth his heart to seek God 
the Lord Gixl of his fathers, though he be 
not cleansed according to the purification 
of the sanctuary* 

20 And the Lord hearkened to Hezeki- 

healed the people. 

21 And the children of Israel that were 
present at Jerusalem kept the least of un- 
leavened bread seven days with great glad- 
ness: and the Levites ana the pneststirais- 
cdthe Lord day by day ^ singing with loud 
instruments unto the L i'.. 

22 And Hezekiah spake J un- 
to all the Levites that taught the B 
know '■ Loid : and the} die 
througlu ut the feast se\en days, offering 

. ,1 to 

the Lor ' .r fathers. 

\nd the whole assembly I 

. 
ifjudah did gi\<" 
to the coni 
and sei 

bullo< !vs and ten I eps and .< 

■ ■-in 
. 

• J 

with I 



S3 5 Idolatry destroyed, 

26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem : 
for since the time of Solomon the son ot 
D avid king of Israel there was not the like 
in Jerusalem. 

27 Then the priests the Levites arose 
and blessed the people : and their voice was 
inward, and their prayer came up to his ho- 
ly dwelling place, even unto heaven. 

chap, XXII. 

1 The people J 'orwar din destroying idola- 
try. 11 Hezekiah appointeth officers to 
dispose of the nthes, 20 His sincerity* 

NOW when all this was finished, all Is- 
rael that were present went out to the 
cities of Judah, and brake the images in 
pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw 
down the high places and the altars out of 
all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also 
and Manasseh until they had utterly de- 
stroyed them all* Then all the children of 
Israel returned, every man to his posses- 
sion, into their own cities. 

2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses 
of the priests and the Levites after their 
courses, every man according to his ser- 
vice, the priests and Levites icr burnt of- 
ferings and for peace offerings, to minister 
and to give thanks, and to praise in the 
gates of the tents of the Lord. 

3 He appointed also the king's portion 
of his substance for the burnt offerings, to 
•wit, for the morning and evening ournt of- 
ferings, and the burnt offerings for the sab- 
baths,and for the new moons,and for the set 
feasts,as it is written in the law of the Lord. 

4 Moreover, he commanded the people 
that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion 
of the priests and the Levites, that they 
might be encouraged in the law of the Lord. 

5 And as soon as the commandment came 
abroad, the children of Israel brought in 
abundance the first fruits of corn, wine, 
and oil, and honey, and of all the increase 
of the field ; and the tithe of all things 
brought they in abundantly. 

6 And concerning the children of Israel 
and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, 
they also brought in the tithe of oxen and 
sheep, and the tithe of holy things which 
were consecrated unto the Lord their God, 
and laid them by heaps. 

7 In the third month they began to lay 
the foundation of the heaps, and finished 
them in the seventh month. 

8 And when Hezekiah and the princes 
came and saw the heaps, they blessed the 
Lord, and his people Israel. 

9 Then Hezp.kkh questioned with the 
priestsandtheLevitesccncerningtheheaps. 

10 And Azariah the chief priest, of the 
house of Zadok, answered him, and said, 
Since the people began to bring the offer- 
ings into the house of the Lord, we have 
had enough to . eat, and have left plenty : 



II. CHRONICLES. Hezekia/i's sincerity, 

for the Lord hath blessed his people : and 
that which is \titis this great store. 

11 *ji Then Hezekiah commanded to pre- 
pare chambers in the house of the Lord j 
and they prepared them, 

12 And brought in the offerings and the 
tithes and the dedicated things fanhfullv : 
over which Cor.oniah the Levite Was ru- 
ler, and Shimei his brother was the next. 

13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, 
and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, 
andEliel, andismachiah, andivlahath, and 
Benaiah, were overseers under the hand 
ot Cononiah and Shimei Ins brother, at the 
commandment of Hezekiah the king, and 
Azariah the ruler of the house of God. 

14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Le- 
vite, the porter toward the east, was over 
the freewill offerings of God, to distribute 
the oblations of the Lord, and the most ho- 
ly things. 

15 And next him were Eden, and Min- 
iamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Ama- 
riah, and Shechaniah, in the cities of the 
priests, in their set office, to give to their 
brethren by courses, as well to the great 
as to the small : 

16 Besides their genealogy of males, from 
three years old and upward, even unto ev- 
ery one that entereth into the house of the 
Lord, his daily portion for their service in 
their charges according to their courses ; 

17 Both to the genealogy of the priests 
by the house of their fathers, and the Le- 
vites from twenty years old and uy ward 5 
in their charges by "their courses ; 

18 And to the genealogy, of all their lit- 
tle ones, their wives, and" their sons, and 
their daughters, through all the congrega- 
tion : for in their set office they sanctified 
themselves in holiness : 

19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, 
which were in the fields of the suburbs of 
their cities, in every several city, the men 
that were expressed by name, to give por- 
tions to all the males among the priests, 
and to all that were reckoned by genealo- 
gies among the Levites. 

20 If And thus did Hezekiah throughout 
all Judah, and wrought that which was 
good and right and truth before the Lord 
his God. 

21 And in every work that he began in 
the service of the house of God, and in the 
law, and in the commandments to seek his 
God, he did it with all his heart, and pros- 
pered. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
1 Sennacherib nivadeth Judah. SUn an- 
gel destroyeth the Assyrians. 24 Heze- 
iaalCs sickness and recovery. 32 He 
dyings Manasseh succedeth him. 

AFTTER these things, and the establish- 
ment thereof, Sennacherib king of As- 



Chap, 

i ito Jodah, and 

. ed cities, and 

tSenna- 
c . | nrposed 

. 

; rinces and 

ters of the 

the city : 
. 

I h people 
. the fountains, 

i . the kings 

elf, and 

. . br ken, and 
I 

in the 

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DDi His sons slary him. 397 

ner, neither yet believe him : for no god of 

any nation or kingdom was able to deliver 

e out oi mine hand, and out of the 

my fathers : How much Jess shall 

your God deliver you cut o: mine hand ? 

.: his servants epake yet more a- 
. L, rd God. and against his ser- 
vant He , 

Jso letters to rail on the Lord 
God of Israel, and to speak against him, 
i the gnds of the nations • I 

• e roc deli t eicd their people ouc 
ofmine hand, so shaN not theGodofHeze- 

• i • le ouc ofmine hand. 

i iih a loud voice in 
. ; i unto the people of Jerusa- 
lem that tffiightthem, 
and to trouble diem ; that they might take 
die city. 

19 And they spake against thf I 
Jerusalem, as against the gods of the i teo- 
ple of the earth, rJdch xvere the work of 

And fcv this cause Hezekiah the king, 
and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, 
and cried to heaven. 
21 •' \ndthe Lord sent an angel, which 

cut off all the mighty me;: . and 

the leaders and the captains in thecampcf 
the king of he returned With 

j to his own land. And when 
. e into the housed t : 
that ( ; his own bowels slew 

him there with the sword. 

r tusthe Lord saved Hezekiah and the 
todoi 

the h , and guided them on 

ide. 
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to J< ;iah 

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398 Manasseh' s wicked reign, XL CHRONICLES. 



29 Moreover, he provided him cities, 
and possessions of flocks and herds in a- 
bundance: for God had given him sub- 
stance very much. 

30 riiis same Hezekiah also stopped the 
upper water course of Gihon, and brought 
it straight -down to the west side of the 
city of David. And Hezekiah prospered 
in all his works. 

Si Howbeit,in the business of the ambassa- 
dors ofthe princes of Babylon, who sent unto 
him to enquire ofthe wonder that was clone 
in the "land, God left him, to try him, that 
he might know all that was in his heart. 

32 *1l Now the rest of the acts of Heze- 
kiah, and his goodness, behold, they are 
written in the vision of Isaiah the proph- 
et, the son of Amoz, and'm the book of the 
kings of Judah and Israel. 

33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, 
and they buried him in the chiefest of the 
sepulchres of the sons of David : and all Ju- 
dah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did 
him honor at his death. And Manasseh 
his son reigned in Ins stead. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
1 Manasseh' s wicked reign. 11 Nets car- 
ried into Babylon. 12 if /ion his fir ay er 
he is released. 20 Amon succeedeihhim. 
21 He being slain by his own servants^ 
25 Josiah succeedeth him. 

MANASSEH was twelve years old 
when he began to reign, and he 
reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem : 

2 But did that which was evil in the 
sight ofthe Lord^ikeunto the abominations 
of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast 
cut before the children of Israel. 

3 For he built again the high places 
which Hezekiah his father had broken 
down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, 
and made groves, and worshipped all the 
host of heaven, and served them. 

4 Also he built altars in the house of the 
Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Je- 
rusalem shall my name be for ever. 

5 And he built altars for the host of hea- 
ven, in the two courts of the house of the 
Lord. 

6 And he caused his children to pass 
through the lire in the valley of the son of 
Hinnom : also he observed times, and used 
enchantrftents, and used witchcraft, and 
dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wiz- 
ards : he wrought much evil in the sight 
ofthe Lord, to provoke him to anger. < 

7 And he set a carved image, the idol 
which he had made in the house of God, 
of which (rod had said to David and to 
Solomon his son, in this house- and hi Jeru- 
salcm, which I have c&osen beifore ail the 
trib' s pf lsrael,will I pun rny name for ever: 

8 Neither will 1 any more remove the 
foot oflsr.'tel from out ol the land which I 



Amon succceceth him* 

have appointed for your fathers ; so that 
they will take heed to do ail that I have 
commanded them, according to the whole 
law and the statutes and the ordinances by 
the haud of Moses. 

9 So Manasseh made Judah and the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do 
worse than the heathen, whom the Lord 
had destroyed before the children of Israel. 

10 And the Lord spake to Manasseh, 
and to his people : but they would not hear- 
ken. 

11 % Wherefore the Lord brought upon 
them the captains of the host of the king 
of Assyria, which took Manasseh among 
the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and 
carried him to Babylon. 

12 H And when he was in affliction, lie 
besought, the Lord his God, and humbled 
himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 

13 And prayed unto him : and he was 
entreated of him, and heard his supplica- 
tion, and brought him again to Jerusalem in- 
to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew 
that the Lord he was God. 

14- Now after this he built a wall without 
the city ol David, on the west side of Gihon, 
in the valley, even to the entering in at the 
fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and 
raised it up a very great height, and put 
captains of war in ail the fenced cities of Ju- 
dah. 

15 And he took away the strange gods, 
and the idol out of the house of the Lord, 
and all the altars that he had built in the 
mount oi the house of the Lord, and in Je- 
rusalem, and cast them out of the city. 

16 And he repaired the altar ofthe Lord, 
and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and 
thank offerings, and commanded Judah to 
serve the Lord God of Israel. 

17 Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice 
still in the high places, yet unto the Lord 
their God only. 

18 Now the rest -of the acts of Manas- 
seh, and his prayer unto his God, and the 
words of the seers that spake to him in the 
name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, 
they are written in the book ot the kings 
of Israel. 

19 His prayer also, and how God was 
entreated of him, and all his sins, and his 
trespass, and the places wherein he built 
high places, and setup groves and graven 
images, before he was humbled: behold, 
they are written among the sayings of the 
sseers. 

20 % So Manasseh slept with his fathers, 
and they buried him in his own house ; and 
Amon his son reigned in his stead. 

21 "jf Amon was two and twenty years- 
old when he began to reign, and reigned 
two years in Jerusalem. 

22 But he did that which was evil in the 



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men in..: had the vers 
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mend the house: 

11 R\en to the artificers and I 
e they ft, to buy hc.> 

; ber for coupling- . 

12 And the men did the work faithfully ; 

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i and other oj the Levites, all that coulu ikill 
J of instruments - 

13 . . ra of 
burdei that 

.. in any mat.'. 

14 And when they brought out the mo- 
ney that was brought into the b 

Lord, Hflkiah the priest four. i . 

.. ofthe J (Ord given 

15 And Iiiiki ih id to 

of the law in the h: use of the Lord, And 
Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphao. 

16 And Shaphan carried the Lrx.k: to 
the king, and brought the king word 
again, saying, All that was committed to 
thy servants, they < 

17 And the) have gathered together the 

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i and to the hand of the 
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400 The covenant renewed. II. CHRONICLES. 



24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
bring evil upon this place, and upon the 
inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that 
are written in the book which they have 
read before the king of Judah : 

25 Because the) have forsaken me, and 
have burned incense unto other gods, that 
they might provoke me to anger with ail 
the works of their hands ; therefore my 
wrath shall be poured out upon this place, 
and shall not be quenched. 

2(5 And as for the king of Judah, who 
sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye 
say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel concerning the words which thou 
hast heard ; 

27 Because thine heart was tender and 
thou didst humble thyself before God, when 
thou heardest his words against this place 
and against the inhabitants thereof, and 
humbledst thy self before me, and didst rend 
thy clothes, and weep before me ; I have 
even heard thee also, saith the Lord. 

28 Behold, I will gatherthee to thy fa- 
thers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy 
grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see 
all the evil that 1 will bring upon this place, 
and upon the inhabitants of the same. So 
they brought the king word again. 

29 % Thenthe king sent and gathered to- 
gether all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 

SO And .the king went up into the house 
of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and 
the inhabitantsof Jerusalem, and the priests 
and the Levites, and all the people, great 
and small : and he read in their ears all 
tho words of tire book of the covenant that 
was found in the house of the Lord. 

31 And the king stood in his place, and 
made a covenant before the Lord, to walk 
after the Lord, and to keep his command- 
ments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, 
with all his heart, and with all his soul, to 
perform the words of the covenant which 
are written in this book. 

32 And he caused all that were present 
in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. 
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did ac- 
cording to the covenant of God, the God 
of their fathers. 

33 And Josiah took away all the abomi- 
nations out of all the countries that pertai- 
ned to the children of Israel, and made all 
that were present in Israel to serve even 
to serve the Lord their God. And all his 
days they departed not from following the 
Lord, the God of their fathers. 

CHAP. XXXV. 
1 Josiah kcepcih a Solemn passover. 20 
He, provoking PharaolraechoJs slain at 
M grddo. 25 Lamentation fjr him. 

MOREOVER, Josiah kept a passover 
unto the Lord in Jerusalem : and 
they killed thep -issover on the fourteenth 
day of the first month. 



JosiafSs solemn passover. 

2 And he set the priests in their charges, 
and encouraged them to the service of the 
house of the Lord, 

3 And said unto the Levites that taught 
all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, 
Put the holy ark in the house which Solo- 
mon the son ot David king of Israel did 
build ; it shall not be a burden upon your 
shoulders : serve now the Lord your God, 
and his people Israel, 

4 Ana prepare yourselves by the houses 
of your fathers, after your courses, accor- 
ding to the writing of David king of Israel, 
and according to the writing of Solomon 
his son. 

5 And stand in the holy place according 
tojhe divisions of the families of the fathers 
of your brethren the people, and after the, 
division of the families of the Levites. 

t So kill the passover, and sanctify your- 
selves, and prepare your brethren,' that 
they may do according to the word of tha 
Lord by the hand of Moses. 

7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the 
nock, lambs and kids, ail for the passover 
offerings, for ail that were present, to the 
number oi thirty thousand, and three thou- 
sand bullocks : these were of the king's 
substance. 

8 And his princes gave willingly unto 
the people, to the priests, and to the Le- 
vites: Hilkiah and Zechariah andJehjel 
rulers of the house of God, gaye unto the 
priests for the passover offerings two thou- 
sand and six hundred small cauleand three 
hundred oxen. 

9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Ne- 
thaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and 
Jeiel and Jozabad 3 chief of the Levites, gave 
unto the Levites for passover offerings five 
thouaBndsmallcattlei,SiTid nvehundred oxen. 

10 So the service was prepared, and 
the priests stood in their place, and the 
Levites in their courses, according to the 
king's commandment. 

11 And they killed the passover, and 
the priests sprinkled the blood from their 
hands, and the Levites flayed them. 

12 And they removed the burnt offer- 
ings, that they might give according to the 
divisions of the families of the people to of- 
fer unto the Lord, as it is written in the 
book of Moses. And so did they with the 
oxen. 

13 And they roasted the passover with 
fire according to the ordinance : but the 
other holy offerings sod they in pots, and 
in chaldrons, and in pans, and divided 
them speedily among all the people. 

14 And after ward they made ready for 
themselves, and for the "priests : because 
the priests the sons of Aaron were bu- 
sied \n offering of burnt offerings and the 
fat until night ; therefore the Levites pre- 



pared i e priests 

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\xxvi. Jchoahaz defused. 401 

CHAP. XXXVI. 
Uehoakaz u deposed by tharaoh. 5Je- 

..'is carried unto Ba- 
■ 
dekiah'sillreign. 22 Tlicprocla 
of Cyrus. 

TKLN the people of the land took Je- 
h .z the son of Josiah, and . 
him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 
2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three j curs 
old when he began to reign, and he reign- 
ed three months in Jerusalem. 
3 And the king of Egypt put him down at 
.i, and condemned the land in an 
hundred talents ot silver and a talent of gold. 

4 And the king of Egypt made J [ 
his brother king over J uda hand Jerusalem 
and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And 
ok Jehoahaz hi? brether, and car- 
imto Eg; pt, 
5 1 Jehoiakim woftwenty and five years 
old when he began tu reign, and lie reign- 
■ i : and he aid 
. h was evil in the sight of die Lord 
ins God. 

inst him came up Nebuchadnez- 
zar kiug of Babylon, and bound him in fet* 
. him to Babylon* 
7 Nebuchadnezzar Is carried off tbt 
vessels o the bouse ol the Lord to Babylon 
.hem in his temple at Babj 
b Now the rest of l: 

abominations which he did, and 

that which was found in him, behold, they 

an \s ritten in the book of t e 

rael ana Judah: an this sen 

in his stead. 

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months and ten and tie 

old (hue which u it of the 

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402 The proclamation oj Cyrus, E Z R A. He restore th the vessels of the temple. 



15 And the Lord God of their fathers 
sent to them by his messengers, rising up 
betimes, and sending ; because he had com-., 
passion on his peopie, and on his dwelling 
place : 

16 But they mocked the messengers of 
God, and despised his words, and misused 
his prophets, until the wrath of the. Lord 
arose against his people, till there was no 
remedy. 

17 Therefore he brought upon them the 
king of the Chaldees, who slew their young 
men wkh the sword in the house oi their 
sanctuary, and had no compassion upon 
young man or maiden, old man, or him 
that stooped for age : he gave them all in- 
to his hand. 

18 And all the vessels of the house of 
God, great and small, and the treasures oi 
the house of the Lord, and the treasures 
of the king, and of his princes; all these 
he brought to Babylon. 

19 And they burned the house of God, 
£nd brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and 
burned all the palaces thereof with fire, 



and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 

20 And them that had escaped from die 
sword carried he away to Babylon : where 
they \vere servants to him and his sons un- 
til the reign of the kingdom of Persia : . 

21 To fulfil the word of the Lord by the 
mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had en- 
joyed her sabbaths : for as long as she lay 
desolate she kept sabbath, to iulfii three- 
score and ten years. 

22 If Now in the first year of Cyrus king 
of Persia, that the word oi the Lord spo- 
kenbythe mouth of Jeremiah might be ac- 
complished, the Lord stired up the spirit 
of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a 
proclamation throughout all his kingdom, 
and put it also in writing-, saying, 

23 Thus saith Cyrus king "of Persia, All 
the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord 
God oi heaven given me ; and he hath 
charged me to build him an house in Je- 
rusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there 
among you of all his people ? The Lord 
his God be with him, and let him go up. 



EZRA. 



CHAP. I. 

1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the build- 
ing of the temple. 5 '1 he peopce provide 
for their return. 7 Cyrus rest or eth the 
vessels of the temple to tiheshbazzar. 

NOW in the first j ear of Cyrus king of 
Persia, that the word oi the Lord by 
the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 
the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king 
of Persia, that he made a proclamation 
tfc i ougjhout all his kingdom, sn&ftut it also 
in writing, saying, 

2 Thus saidi Cyrus king of Persia, The 
Lord God of heaven hath given me all the 
kingdoms oi the earth ; and he hath charg- 
ed me to build him an house at Jerusalem, 
t» !uich is in Judah. 

3 Who is there among you of all his peo- 
ple ? His God be with him, and let him go 
uj t > to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and 
build thehcuse of the Lord God of Israel 
(jheza the God), which is in Jerusalem. 

4 And whosoever remaineth in any place 
w here he sojourneth,iet the men of his place 
help him with silver, and with gold, and 
with goods, and with beast?, besides the 
freewill offering tor thehouseoi God that is 
iu Jerusalem. 

& % Then rose up the chief cf the fathers 
of Judah andBenjamm, and the priests, and 
theLevites, with&lUhem wfaosespiritGod 
had raised, to go up to build the house of 
the Lord which is in Jerusalem* 

6. And all they that were about them 



strengthened their hands with vessels of 
silver, with gold, with goods, and with 
beasts, and with precious things, besides all 
that was willingly offered. 

7 If Also Cyrus the king brought forth 
the vessels of "the house of the Lord, which 
Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of 
Jerusalem, and had put them hi the house 
of his gods ; 

8 Even those did Cyrus king of Per- 
sia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath 
the treasurer, and numbered them unto 
Slieshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 

9 And this is the number of tl\em : thir- 
ty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers 
of silver, nine and twenty knives, 

10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons 
of a second sort four hundred and ten^aud 
other vessels a thousand. 

11 All the vessels oi gold and of silver 
were five thousand and tour hundred. All 
these did Sheshbazzar bring up with t/i*m 
of the captivity that were brought up from 
Babylon unto Jerusalem. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Who returned from Babylon. 64 Their 
number and substance. 68 Their oblations. \ 

NOW thesearre' the children oi the \ m v- 
ince that went up out of the capti 
of those which had been can if 
whom Nebuchadnezzar the 
Ion had carried away untc 
come again uiito*ferusaleni 
ry one unto his city ; 



The number oftho&e 

2 Which came to Zerubbabel : Jeshua, 
Miihemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, 
Hshan,M]zpar,Bigvai, Re; um, Baanah. 
The number of me men of me people of 
Israel : 

3 The children ofParosh, two thousand 
an hunched -. 

4 The vee hun- 
dred seve •.:_. 

5 The children of Arah, seven hundred 
leventy and iv. e. 

6 The Pahathmoab, of the 

j two thousand 
eitht hundred 

7 The L.ara, a thousand two 

fcundre >ur. 

en el' Zattu, nine hundred 

9 The children of Zaccai seven hundred 

men of Bani, six hundred 
1 I two. 

k Iren of Bebai, six hundred 
I 

12 T oof Azgad, a thousand 

t ^vo. 

13 The ikam, six hun- 
I 

thousand 
fifty and six. 

15 The children of Adin, four hundred 

16 The children ^f Ater ol He: 

ItTht i, three hundred 

I 

•-, an hundred 

two hun- 

ir, ninety and 
fire. 

iree. 

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Chap. ii. ivho returned fr^m Zfabylan.403 

33 The children of Lod, Hadid, andOno 
seven hundred twenty and hve. 

34 The children of Jericho, three hun- 
dred forty and five. 

35Tne children of Seenah, three thou- 
sand and six hundred and thirty. 

36The priests: the children of.ledaiah, 
of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred sev- 
enty and three. 

o7 The children of Immer, a thousand 
fifty and two. 

38 The children of Pashur, a thousand 
two hundred forty and seven. 

39 The children of Harim, a thousand 
and seventeen. 

40 The Levites : the children ofJemua 
and Kadmiel, of die children of liodaviah, 
seventy and four. 

41 The singers : the children of Asaph, 
an hundred twenty and eight. 

42 rhe children of the porters: thechil- 
shalhim, the children of Ater, the 

children ofTalinon,the children of Akkub, 
the children ofHatka, the children of Sho- 
bai,zw ail an hundred thirty and nine. 

43 The Nethmims : the children of Zi- 
ha,the children of Hasupha, the children 
ofTahbaotli, 

44 The children of Keros, the children 
of Siaha^the children oi Padon, 

45 The children of Lebanah, the chil- 
dren of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 

46 Tlie children of Hagab, the children 
r n ffiianan, 

47 The child] I, the children 

48 Th« children of Rezin, tne children 
ofNekoda, t I Gaszam, 

49 The children ofUzza, the children of 
n ol Besai, 

50 The children of Asnah, the children 
ot Mehunirn. the children of Nephusjm, 

. 
of Hakuphn. the children of Hu 

52 Tm ■ 
of Mehida, the ch. 

en of Solon , 
mi of Ami. 



NtBt lip 

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404 The altar set ufi. 

their father's house, and their seed, wheth- 
er they were of Israel : 

60 The children ot Delaiah, the children 
of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six 
hundred fifty and two. ' 

61 And of the children of the priests: 
the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz 
the children of Barzillai : which took a 
wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gii- 
eadite, and was called after their name : 

62 These sought their register among 
those that were reckoned by genealogy,but 
they were not found : therefore were they 
as polluted, put from the priesthood. 

63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, 
that they should not eat of the most holy 
things, till there stood up a priest withU rim 
and with Thummim. 

64 If The whole congregation together 
was forty and two thousand three hundred 
and threescore^ 

65 Besides their servants and their maids, 
cf whom there were seven thousand three 
hundred thirty and seven : and there were 
among them two hundred singing men and 
singing women. 

66 Their horses were seven hundred 
thirty and six ; their mules, two hundred 
forty and five ; 

67 Their camels, four hundred thirty 
and five ; their asses, six thousand seven 
hundred and twenty. 

68*j| And some of the chief of the fathers 
when they came to the house of the Lord 
which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for 
the house of God to set it up in his place : 

69 They gave after their ability unto the 
treasure of the work threescore and one 
thousand drams of gold, and five thousand 
pound cf silver, and one hundred priests' 
garments. 

70 So the priests, and the Levites, and 
some of the people, and the singers, and 
the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in 
their cities, and all Israel in their cities. 

CHAP. III. 
1 The altar is set up. 4 Offerings ^ frequen- 
ted* 8 Thefounda tions of the temple laid,' 
AND when the seventh month was come 
and the children of Israel were in the 
cities, the people gathered themselves to- 
gether as one manto Jerusalem. 

2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Joza- 
dak, and his brethren the priests, and Ze- 
rubbabel the son ol Shealtiel, and his breth- 
ren, and builded the altar of the God of Is- 
rael, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is 
written in the law of Moses the man of God. 

3 And they set the altar upon his bases : 
for fear was upon them because of the peo- 
ple of those countries : and they offered 
burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, e* 
■ven burnt offerings morning and evening. 

4 f They kept also the feast of taberna- 



EZRA. The foundation* cf the tcmpk laid* 

cles, as it is written : and offered the daily 
burnt offerings by number, according to the 
custom, as the duty of every day required ; 

5 And afterward offered, the continual 
burnt offerings, both of the new moons, and 
of all the set feasts of the Lord that were 
consecrated, and of every one that willing- 
ly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord, 

6 From the first day of the seventh month 
began they to offer burnt offerings unto the 
Lord. But the foundation of the temple of 
the Lord was not yet laid. 

7 They gave money also onto the masons, 
and to the carpenters ; and meat and drink, 
and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of 
Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon 
to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant 
that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. 

8 ^J Now in the second year of their com- 
ing unto the house of God at Jerusalem in 
the second month, began Zerubbabel the 
son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Joz- 
adak, and the remnant of their brethren 
the priests and the Levites, and all they 
that" were come out of the captivity unto 
Jerusalem ; and appointed the Levites, 
from twenty years old and upward, to set 
forward the work of the house of the Lord. 

9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and 
his brethren, itadmiel and his sons, the 
sons of Judah, together, to set forward the 
workmen in the houseu>f God : the sons of 
Henadad, with their sjhs and their breth- 
ren the Levites. 

10 And when the builders laid the foun- 
dation of the temple of the Lord, they set 
the priests in their apparel with trumpets, 
and the Levites the sons of Asaph with 
cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the or- 
dinance of David king of Israel. 

11 And they sang together by course in 
praising and giving thanks unto the Lord ; 
because he is good, for his mercy endure ih 
forever toward Israel. And all the peo- 
ple shouted with a great shout, when they 
praised the Lord, because the foundation of 
the house of the Lord was laid. 

12 But many of the priests and Levites 
and chief of the fathers who were ancient 
men, that had seen the first house when the 
foundation of thishouse was laid before their 
eyes, wept with a loud voice and many 
shouted aloud tor joy : 

13 So that the people could not discern 
the noise of the shout of joy from the noise 
of the weeping of the people j for the peo • 
pie shouted with a loud shout, and the 
noise was heard afar off. 

CHAP. IV. 

1 The building hindered, 7 The letter to 

Artaxerxes* 17 His decree. 

NOW when the adversaries of Judah 
and Benjamin heard that the children 
of the captivity builded the temple unto 
he Lord God of Israel : 



The building hindrcd. Chap 

2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and 

to the chief of the fathers, and said unto 

et us build with ycu : lor -we seek 

nd we do sacrifice un- 

oce the days ot Esarhaddon king 

. which br ught us up hither. 

Zerubbabel and Jeshua, and the 

he chief of the fathers ot Israel, 

fai unto them, Ye haven< rthing to do with 

d an hoflse unt i ar God ;but we 

f « irse \ o^ \< »get d unto die Lord 

G d of Israel, asking Cyrus the king of 

fticora uuedus. 

4 Then iht land weakened 

e people of Judah, ana tronb- 
i in building, 

5 And niredcpunsellors against them, 
to frusfwfte dfl^urpose, all the days of 

. . even until the reign 
of Darius ting of Persia. 

. in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the 

:,, wrote thej unto him 

an accusation againisttheinliabitantsof Ju- 

-. 

7 *' And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote 

r ibeel, and the rest 

txerxes king 

o wutine of the letter was 

rjpftiPgue, and inter- 

prett tinn tongue. 

8Rehnmthe and Shimshai 

the scribe wro'e^ttter against Jerusalem 
to AvuverxestapiHgin this sort : 

9 Then w^^ehuva the chancellor, and 

Shimshai thWBfce. and the rest of their 

■ anions; tlu eApharsath- 

chites, the I .'-■ Arphai sites, the 

Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susan- 

chites, the] - •. 'the El unites, 

U And therestof thenations whom he 

' and noble Asnappar brought over, 

and set in the ci ria, and the 

\hat arc on this side the river, and at 

i -line. 

is is the copy of the letter that they 
es the 
! the men on this side 

such a time. 

ito the king, that the 
• C tine lip from thee to us are 
lem, buildii 

tin the 

;ing, th it, 

tfthi set up 

t( 11, tribute, 

and ousti ;. shalt endamage 

H N inteosnee 

it meet 

: . therefore 

king; 

the book 

•fthe rec r Isoftlr, kit icra : so shalt th a 

C 3 



v. Artaxerxcf decree. 405 

find in the bock of the records, and know 
that this city » a re! eliiouscity, and hurtful 
unto kings and pro\inces,ai :d that they have 
m >ved sedition within die same ofo d time : 
for which cause was this city destroyed. 

16 We certify the king that, if this itv 
be buiided again, and the walls thereof set 
up, by this means thou shah nave no por- 
tion on tills side the river. 

17 % Thi ;. g an answer unto 
Rehum the c' cellor, and to Shimshai the 
scribe] and to the ret of their companions 
that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest be- 
yond the river, Peace, and at such a time. 

IBTne letter which ye sent unto us hath 
been plain!; read before me. 

19 And 1 commanded, and search hath 
been made, and it is found that this city ot 
old time hath made insurrection against 
kings, and that rebellion and sedition have 
betn made therein. 

20 There have been mighty kings also o- 
ver Jerusalem, which have ruled over all 
countries beyond tie river; and toll, trib- 
ute and custom, was paid unto them. 

21 Give ye now commandment to cause 
these men to cease, and that this city be not 
buiided, until another commandment shall 
be given from me. 

22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do 
this: Why should damage grow to the 
hurt of the kings? 

23 Now when the copy cf kingArtaxcrx- 
es's letter was read before Rchum, and 
Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, 
they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto 
the Jews, and made them to cease by force 
and power* 

24 Then ceased the work of the house of 
God which is at Jerusalem* So i r ceased 
unto the second year of the reign of Darius 
king of Persia. 

CHAP. V. 
Zerubbabel and Jeahua ■:■■ t forwat-d the 
build 

T.. laggai the proph- 
et, and Z son ot Iddo, 
hesi< d nan the Jev - m Ju- 
dah andJerusalem in the name of die God 
, even : >::. i 
2 The 
Shealtii :. 

d which 

■ re the 

In m, 

- 
I 

to build this h i - | th wall? 

4 Th D 

\ I the men 

5 but die e) e of dieu G d was upon the 



4O6 Tainai's letter to Darius. EZRA. Dariws advanceth the building 

r T\IIEN Darius the king made a decree, 
A and search was made hi the house cf 



mg, 



elders of the Jews, that they could not cause 
them to cease, till the matter came to Da- 
rius : and then they returned answer by 
letter concerning this matter. 

6 The copy of the letter thatTatnai.gov- 
ernor on this side the river,and Soetharnoz- 
nai, and his c »mpanions die Apharsachites, 
which were on this side the river, sent un- 
to Darius the king: 

7 The-. 7 sent a letter unto him, wherein was 
wrilten'thusrUntoDariustheking.alipeace. 

8 Be ic known unto the king, that we 
went into the pr< wince of J udea, to the house 
of the great C*od, w'nich is builded with 
great stones, and timber is laid in die walls, 
and this work goeth fast on, and prosper- 
ed in their hands. 

9 Then asked we those elders, and said 
unto them thus, Who commanded you to : 
build this house, and tomake up these walls ? ; 

10 We asked their names also, to certify j 
thee, that we mighi write die names of the | 
men that were the chief of them < 

11 And thus they returned us answer, say- | 
We are die Servants of tl le G< d of htea- 
md earth, and build the house that was 
builded these many years ago, which a 
great king of Israel builded and set up. 
12 But: after that our fathers had provo- 
ked the God oi heaven unto wrath, he garve 
them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the 
king of Baby lor, the Chaldean, whode:-- 
r.----. ed this house, and carried the people 
Vv; - into Babylon. 

IS But in the first year ofCvrus the king 
-' bylon, the same king Cyrus made a 
qe< res to build this house of God. 

14 And the vessels also of gold and silver 
oi .,.■- house oi God, which Nehuchchad- 
nezzar took out of the temple that ipds in 

• ,,, and brought them into the tern - 
\- .= of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king 
take oat of the temple of Babylon, and they 
were delivered unto one, whose nau.e 7ww 
Shesl io az zar, whom he had m-,de governor: 

15 And said unto him, Take the&e ves- 
sels, iro, carry them into the temple that is 
in Jerusalem) and let the house of God be 
builded in his place. 

16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, 
and laid the foundation of the house of God 
which is in Jerusalem : ai id since tliat time 
even until now hath it been hi building, and 
yet it is not finished. 

.' 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the 
king, let there be search made in the king's 
treasure house, which is there at Babylon, 
whether it be so„ that a dec reo w as made of 
Cyrus the king to build this house of God 
a,t Jerusalem, and let the king send ids 
pleasure to us concerning this matter. 

CHAP VI. 
1 Darivsadva:iceih the building. 13 The 
temfde isjtwfccb 16 r J Vie feast of the 
dedication it kept, IS and the fiass&ver. 



the roll's, where the treasures were laid up 
in Babylon. 

2 And there was found at Achmetha, in 
the palace that is in the province of the 
iVIedes, a roll, and thereto uas a record 
thus written: 

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, the 
same Cyrus the king made a decree con- 
cerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let 
the house be builded, the place where they 
offered sacrifices, and let the foundations 
thereof be strongly laid ; the height thereof 
threescore cubits', and the breadth thereoi 
threescore cubits ; 

4 With three rows of great stones, and 
a row of new timber: and let &« expen- 
ses be given rut of tl use ; 

5 And also, let the golden and silver ves- 
sels of the house of God. which $fekjcfoad- 
nezzar took forth of the temple which h at 
Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be 
lestored, and Drought again unto the tem- 
ple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his 
place, and place them in the house of God. 

6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor be- 
yond the river* Shetharboznai, and your 
companions the^tajpjjyjsachites,' which are 
beyond the river We^pj||r from thence : 

7 Let Use work of this house of God a- 
lone ; let the governoijttjLthe Jews and the 
elders of the Jews fJw^Hib house of God 
in his place, 

8 Moreover, 1 maKyBjfbree what ye 
shall do to the elders oHfiese Jews tbr the 
building of this house ofifcod: that of the 
king's goods even of the tribute beyond the 
river, forthwith expenses be given unto 
these men, that the)- be not hindered. 

9 And that which they have need of, both 
young bullocks, and : 1*ams, and lambs, ior 
the burnt offerings of the God oi heaven, 
wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the 
appointment of the priests which are at Je- 
rusalem, let it be given them day by day 
without fails 

10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet 
savours unto the God of heaven, and pray 
for the life of the king, and of his sons. 

11 Also I have made a decree, that who- 
soever shall alter this word, let timber be 
pulled down from his house, and being set 
up, let him be hanged thereon ; and let his 
house be made a dunghill for this. 

12 And the God that hath caused his 
name to dwell there destroy all kings and 
people that shall put to their hand to alter, 
and to destroy this house of God which Is 
at Jerusalem^ I, Darius have made a de- 
cree ; let it be done with speed. 

13 *[ Then Tatnai, governor on'-" ! 

the river. Shetharboznai, and their com- 
panions, according to that which Da 






J ,1- finished. 

■ 

14 Ai'C 

. rough the prophes; - 

of ths G ng to the 

■ 

15 And this house 

third (1 1; 

. 

■ 

17 Jfj0&vi'fffQLL\ . :i of this 

■ 

- 

18 Am eir rth L- 

! 

Loses. 

tptii in- 
I the fourteenth day 

- Jf^m 1| ineduenthe 

,d ^B^< 
rieaT^gm ■ i"c. 

. VII. 

- 

- 
ukki. 



! 

his God ii] d 

bf 

and the "- 

seventh year of Art 

. 
y For upon the first f/<?_y of the first 
• to go up from i< I 

'uv of the fifth ni- nth caj 
Jerusalem, <tcr >i ding to the good hanu of 
I upon him. 

. . | 
to teach in Is 

11 * H 
that the' i 
the priest, the scribe, ■ of the 

le Lord, 
wid • f.i's statutes to J >rael. 

12 AfiHxcrxex, king 
rathe pi ic . tlie law < ; l 
ol heaven, bciivoi //irac?, and at such a 
time. 

13 I make a decree, that all the;, of the 
people ol Israei. and nf\\v& priests 

i 1V(. >. .•. ill to go up to Jerusalem, 
thee, 

14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the 

king, and of his seven com •• 

handierusatei 

■ 

id to carry the id &mf 

- 

n i u Ji r i 

ild th it tli- u 

17 'I ; 

* » \\.\ rmjthren,tod 

fnl for Mi-- h- inn ' 

cuv of ' 



403 The commission of Artaxerxez* EZRA. Those who returned with Ezra m 



21 And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, 
do make a decree to all the treasures 
which are beyond the river that whatso- 
ever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law 
of the God of heaven, shall require of you, 
it be done speedily* 

22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, 
and to an hundrec measures of wheat, and 
to an hundred baths of wine, and to an 
hundred baths of oil, and salt without pres- 
cribing how much. 

23 Whatsoever is commanded by the 
God of heaven, let it be diligently done for 
the house of the Gcd of heaven :" for., Why 
should there be wrath against the reaim of 
the king and his sons I 

24 Also we certify you, that touching a- 
ny of the priests and theLevites, singers, 
porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this 
house of God, it shall not be lawful to im- 
pose to 1 !, tribute, or custom u>x>n them. 

25 And thou Ezra, after the wisdom of 
thy God, that is in thine hand, set magis- 
trates and Judges, which may judge all the 
people that are beyond the river, all such, 
as know the laws "of thy God ; and teach ye 
them that know them not. 

26 And whosoever will not do the law 
of thy God,and the law of the king, let judg- 
ment be executed speedily upon him, whe- 
ther 'it be^ unto death,or to banishment, or to 
confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 

27 % Blessed dethe Lord God of our fa- 
thers, which hath put such a thing as this 
in the king's heart, to beautify the house 
of die Lord which is in Jerusalem : 

28 And hath extended mercy unto me 
before the king, and his counsellors, and 
before all the king's mighty princes. And 
I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord 
my God was upon me, and I gathered to- 
gether out of Israel chief men to go up with 
me. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Ezra's com/ianions from Babylon. 15 
He sendeth to Iddo for ministers of the 
temple, 21 He keefteth a feasU 

THESE are now the chief of their fa- 
thers, and this is the genealogy of 
them that went up with me from Babylon, 
in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 

2 Of the sons of Phinehas ; Gershom : 
of the sons of Ithamar ; Daniel : of the sons 
of David ; Ilattush. 

3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons 
of Pharosh : Zechariah : and with him 
were .eckonedby genealogy of the males 
an hundred and fifty. 

4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab ; Elihoenai 
the sen of Zerahiah, and with him two 
hundred males. 

i 5 Of die sonsof Shechaniah ; the son of Ja- 
haziel, and with him three hundred males. 
6 Of Hie sons also of Adin : Ebed the soil 
ef Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 



7 And of the sons of Elarn ; Jeshaiah the 
son of Athaliah, and with him seventy 
males. 

8 And of the sons of Shaphatiah : Zeb- 
adiah the son of Michael, and with him 
fourscore maleis, 

9 Of the sons of Joab ; Obadiah the son 
of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and 
eighteen males. 

10 And of the sons of Shelomith ; the 
son of Josiphiah,and with him an hundred 
and threescore males. 

1 1 And of the sons of Bebai ; Zechariah 
the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and 
and eight males. 

12 And of the sens of Azgad ; Johanan 
the son ofiiakkatan, and with him an hun- 
dred and ten males. 

13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, 
whose names are these,Eliphelet, Jeiel, and 
Shemaiah,and with them threescore males. 

14 Of the sons also of Bigvai Uthai and 
Zabbud, and with them seventy males. 

15 «[f And I gathered them together to 
the river that runneth to Ahava ; and 
there abode we in tents three days : and I 
viewed the people, and the priests, and 
found there none -of the sons of Levi. 

16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, 
for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for 
Jarib, and for Elnatlian. and for Nathan, 
and for ZechariahJM for Meshu'lum, 
chief men : also for JW|i^and for Elna- 

' than, men of understanttajjjlj 

17 And I sent them with" commandment 
unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, 
and I toid them what they should say un- 
to Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, 
at the pladeCasiphia,thatthey should bring 
unto us ministers for the house of our God. 

18 And by the good hand of our God up- 
on us they brought us a man of understan- 
ding, of the sons of Mahli,the son of Levi, 
the sen ol Israel, and Sherebiah widi his 
sons and his brethren eighteen ; 

19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jesha- 
iah of the sonsof Merari, his brethren and 
their sons, twenty ; 

20 Also of the'Nethinims, whom David 
and the princes had appointed for the ser- 
vice of theLevites, two hundred and twen- 
ty Nethinims : all of them were expressed 
by name. 

21 IF Then I proclaimed a fast there, at 
the river of Ahava, that we might afflict 
ourselves before our God, to seek of him 
a right way for us, and for our little ones, 
and for all our substance. 

22 For 1 was ashamed to require of the 
king a band of soldiers and horsemen to 
help us against the enemy in the way : be- 
cause we had spoken unto the king, saying, 
The hand of our God is upon all them 
for good that seek nim ; hut his. power and 



Ezra kee/ieth a fatt. Clap. iy. Ihs prayer. 4)4 

hiswrathiffagainstaJithem that forsake him. \ ^TOW when these things were done, ths 
23 Sq we tutted and besought our God 1^1 princes came to me, saving, The 

, ar.$ the priests* and the 

r :ted then iselves from 



for this : and he was entreated torus. 

24 Then 1 separated twelve of the chiet 
of the priests, Sherebiah, rlashabiah, and 
ten of their brethren with 

25 And we; ■ . the silver, 
and the g n die of- 
fering ofthe house of our God, which the 
king an I k>rs,aud liis \t 

.(I ; 
ighed unto their hand six 
hundred , oi silver, and 

silver vessels an hundied talents, aadot 
gold an hundred talents J 

ity basons of gold, of a thou- 
tmddn ivesseL of hue cop- 

per, precious as go ci. 

Lid unto them, Ye are holy 
unto the Lord ; the vessels arc holy also ; 
and the silver and die gold are a 
offering unto the Lord Godol .our fathers. 
y*atch c,and keep tJ.<m< until ye 
weigh /Aon before the chief of the priests 
and theLevites, and chief of die fathers 
of Israel, a) Jerusalem, in the chambers of 
Che house of he Lord. 

SOiin ■ riests and the Invites 

ver, and the gold, and 
bring them to Jerusalem un- 
liouseofoUr I 

bed fmm the riser of 

Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month 

to go unto Jerusalem :and the liand ot our 

md he delivered us 

enemy, and of such 

in wait by t lie way. 

) Jerusalem, and a- 
lays. 
■ s on the fourth day was the silver 
andtlv weighed in the 

I rod, by the hand oj ivl 

• : andwith him 

• andwith 
them not J . < .'• ;hua, and 

Binnui, Levites ; 

• oi every 
ml all the v. .litten at 

that had 

'-me ( ut 

tog: all unto the 

or.- 

CHAP. !\. 

fthepeo- 



the people of .the lands, c/.s/w^ according tj 
their tborninarions, even of the Canaanites, 
theHittites, the Pertzzites, the Jebusites, 
the Ammonites, the Moabites the Egyp- 
tians, and the Amori 

2 Forth'.;, have takenof their daughters 
tor themselves, and for their sons : so tlyat 
ihe holy seed have mingled themselves with 
the people of those lands : yea the hand ot 
the princes and rulers hath been chief in 
this trespass. 

3 And when I heard this thing, I rent 
mv garment and my mantle, and plucked 
off the hair of my head and of my beard, 
and sat down astonierL 

4 Then were assembled unto me every 
one that trembled at the words of the God 
of Israel, because of the transgression of 
those that had been carried away: and I 
sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. 

5 % And at the evening sacrifice 1 arose 
up from my heaviness} and ha\ing rent 
my garment aivd my mantle, I tell upon my 
knees, and spread out my hands unto the 
Lord m\ God. 

6 And said,0 my God, T am ashamed 
and blush to lift up my face to thee, mi 
God : for our iniquities are increased -\ - r 
our head, and our trespass is grown up un- 
to the heavei s. 

7 Sir.ce the das of our fathers have we 
beenvn a men trespass unto this day ; and 
for our iniquities have we our kini 

our priests, been delivered into die nandol 
3 of the lands, to the sword, to cap- 
id to a spoil, and to confusion of 

face", as itti this day. 

8 And now t- ra little space grace hath 
been shewed from the Lord our Go d, to 
leave us a remn »ttp escape, and to rare 
us a nail in his holy place, that our God 
may lighten our eyes, and give us a little 

j in our bond ige. 
9Forwefvrre bondmen; yetourGod 
• forsaken as in our bondage, but 
untousmthe 

to set up the h i »odi aad to re- 

pair the desolations there if, and to givcul 
a wall in Judahand inJcrua 

10 And now, O ourG id, v\ h it shall we 
say affcei - ra lh Y 

i\ vvh , inded by thy 

-,, Tlie land 

unclean 

ie people oi the 

lichhava 

rorn one end to another with their 

U1U if U ■ 



410 Ezra's confession. 

12 Now therefore give not your daugh- 
ters unto their sons neither taketheir daugh- 
ters unto your sons, nor seek their peace 
cr their wealth forever : that j e may be 
strong, and eat the good of the" land," and 
leave it for an inheritance to your children 
forever. 

13 And after all that is come upon us tor 
ourevil deeds,and for our greattrespass,see- 
ing that thou our God hast punished us less 
than our iniquities deserve, and hast given 
us such deliverance as this. 

14 Should we again break thy command- 
ments, and join in affinity with the people 
of these abominations ? Wouldest not thou 
be angry with us till thou hadst consumed 
us, so that there should be no remnant nor 
escaping? 

15 O Lord God of Israel, thou art right- 
eous : for we remain yet escaped, as it, is 
this day : behold, we are before thee in our 
trespasses : for we cannot stand before 
thee because of this. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Shechaninh encourageth Ezra to reform 
the strange marriages. 6 Ezra mourn* 
i?ig, assemble th thejieofile. 9 The Jieo/de 
at the e cohort aii'm of Ezra* re/ient* and 
promise amendment. . 18 The names of 
them which had married strange nvivcs. 

NO W when Ezra had prayed, and 
when he had confessed, weeping and 
ea sting himself down before the house of 
God, there assembled unto him out of Isra- 
el a very great congregation of men and 
women and children ; for the people wept 
rery sore, 

2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehieh one 
©f the sonsot Eiam, answered and said un- 
to Eara, We have trespassed against our 
God, and have taken strange wives of the 
people of the land : yet now there is hope 
in Israel concerning this thing. 

3 Nov; therefore, let us make a covenant 
with our God to put away all the"Nvives, 
and such as are born of them, according 
to the counsel ot my Lord, and of those that 
tremble at the commandment of cur God : 
and let it be done according to the law. 

4 Arise ; for this matter bekmgeth unto 
thee : we also ivdl be with thee : be of 
good courage, and no it. 

5 Then afdse Ezra, and made the chief 
priests, theLevites, and ail Israel, to swear 
that they should do according to this word. 
And they sware. 

6 *[ Then Ezra rose up from before the 
house of God, and went into the chamber 
«f Johanan the son of Eliashib : and Vfhen 
became thither, he did eat no bread, nor 
drink water : f« >r he mourned because of 
the transgression of diem that had been ca- 
rted away. 

7 And they made proclamation through- 



EZRA. Thtticofde repent. 

out Judah and Jerusalem unto ail the chil- 
dren of the captivity, that they should ga- 
ther themselves together unto" Jerusalem : 

8 And that whosoever would not come 
within three days, according to the counsel 
ot the princes and the elders* ail his sub- 
stance should be forielted. and himself sep- 
arated from the congregation of those that 
had been carried awav. 

9 % Then all the men ot Judah and Ben- 
jamin gathered themselves together unto 
Jerusalem within three days, it <was the 
ninth month, and the twentieth day of the 
month ; and all the people sat in the street 
of the house of God, trembling because of 
tills matter, and for the great rain. 

10 And Ezra, the priest stood up, and 
said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and 
have taken strange wives, to increase the 
trespass of Israel. 

11 Nov/ therefore,make confession unto 
theLordGod of yd* fathers,and do his pica- 
sure : and separate yourselves from the peo- 
ple of the land, and from the strange wives. 

12 Then all the congregation answered 
and said with a loud voice, As thou hast 
said, so mu^twedo. 

13 But the people are many, and it is a 
time of much rain, and we are not able to 
stand without, neither*'* this a work- of one- 
day or two : for we are many that have 
transgressed in this thing.' 

14 Let now our rulers of all the congre- 
gation stand, and let all them which brave 
taken strange wives in our cities come at 
appointed times, and with them the elders 
ot every city, and the judges thereof, until 
the fierce wrath of our God for this matter 
be turned from us. 

15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and 
Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employ., 
ed about this matter: and Meshuiiam and 
Shabbethai, the Levite, helped them. 

16 And the. children or the captivity did 
so. And Ezra, the priest, <wth certain chief 
of the fathers,after the house of their lathers 
and all otthem by their names were separa- 
ted^nd sat down m the lirst day of the tenth 
month to examine the matter. 

17 And they made an end with ail the 
men that had taken strange wives by the 
first day of the first month. 

18 % And among the sons of the priests 
there were found that had taken strange 
wi\es : namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son 
of Jozj.dak, and his brethren ; Maaseiah, 
and Eliezer, and Jar ib, and Gedaliah. 

19 And they gave their hands that they 
would put away their wives; and bang 
gui.ty, they offered a ram of the flocfe for 
their trespass. 

20 And of the sons oflmmcr ; Hanani, 
and Zebadiah. 

2i And of the sous of Harim ; Maseiah, 



Tht name* r j:h<m which Cn: 

and Elijah, and Sbezaaiah, asd Jthie!. 
Uzziah. 

And ot'the I onai, 1 

Maaac 4, and i 

Jo s ; Jc?.abad, and j 

.- 

bib : and of , 
the- j;- L'r;. 

..cir- 
ah, and Mia od M<Ul;u- 

■' I 

lere- 

. : Elioenai, | 
iah, and Jer« .. 

.nan, 

. 

. .. 

s of Pahathmoab ; . \ 



p. i. ii. /iadmarn'dtfrcjngtiLrfes, 411 

and Chelal, Den liah.M iasd.ah,Mattaniah. 
Bumui,and Minngnrfc. 

oi And ,/ the toil at Hniiiu; KJiezer, 
Ishij.ih, Malchiah, ^em-Uhohimeen, 

F the sons or Hasbom; Mattaam 
EJipheiat, J«emai, 

.•iei. 

34 Ot th* suns of Baui ; Maadai, Am- 
ram. and 

35 too h.Chellu'i, 
.y6 Vaniah, Meve raofca, Eliashib, 

.'.en ii, and Jaasau, 
J . .. ad Binwi,Shmm, 

. Nathan, and 

40 Alachnadebai.S'yjOvti, Sharai, 

41 Azareel, . :uriah. 

- 
4J Oi ti lattithi- 

ad, ZebSoa, J .Lei, Be- 

44 A0 these had tabes strangi 

U1X.3. 



77/t» Book &/Nehemiah. 



Tche son of 

'••i.c.ime 

- 
; 

I 1 llOU'd 

- 



of the children of Israel, which \vc have 

aned. 
7 W'e have dealt very corrupt 1 ) 

- 
r itutes,nor the judgments, which 
i . 
h Rfem i the word 

saving, fj 

\£ utter- 

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I 
I 



412 JNehemkth mit t&JeriiAafeni. jNEHEMIAH. 



He viewcth the ruins. 



AND it came to pass in the month Ni- 
san, in the twentieth year of Artax- 
erxes the king, (hat wine was before him : 
and I took up the wine, and gave it unto 
the king. Now I had not been be foretime 
sad in his presence. 

2 Whereiore the king said unto me, 
Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou 
art not sick ! Thisw'nothinge/sebut sorrow 
of heart. Then 1 was very sore afraid, 

3 And said unto the king,Let the king live 
for ever : Why should net my countenance 
be sad, when the city, the place of my fa- 
thers' sepulchres lieth waste, and the gates 
thereof are consumed with fire ? 

4 Then the king said unto me, For what 
dost thou make request i So I prayed to 
the God of heaven. 

5 And I said unto the king, It it please 
the king, and if thy servant have found fa- 
vour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send 
me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' 
sepulchres, that I may build it. 

6 And the king said unto me (the queen 
also sitting by him), For how long shall thy 
journey be ? and, When wilt thou return *? 
So it pleased the king to send me ; and 1 
set him a time. 

7 Moreover, I said unto the king, If it 
please the king, let letters be given me to 
the governors beyond the river, that they 
may convey me over till I come into Judah ; 

8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper 
cf the king's forest, that he may give me 
timber to make beams for the gates of the 
palace ydiich appertained to the house, 
and for the wall of the city,and for the house 
that I shall enter into. And the king grant- 
ed me according to the good hand of my 
God upon me. 

9 Then I came to the governors beyond 
the river, and gave them the king's lecters. 
(Now the kinghad sent captains of the army 
and horsemen with me). 

10 When Sanbailat the Horonite, and 
Tobiahthe servant, the Ammonite, heard 
of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there 
was come a man to seek the welfare of the 
children of Israel. 

11 So 1 came to Jerusalem, and was 
there three days. 

121 And 1 arose in the night, 1 and some 
few men with me ; neither told I any man 
what my God had put in my heart to do at 
Jerusalem, : neither w&s there any beast 
with me, save the beast that 1 rode upon. 

13 Arid Invent out by night by the gate 
of the valley, even before the dragon well, 
and to the dung port, anf. viewed the walls 
of Jerusalem, which were broken down, 
and the gates thereof were consumed with 
fire. ' 

141 h< i : mit onto tito gataoi tbefoun- 
fc0in,and to the kiiig'jb pool : bill there teas 



no place for the beast that was under me 
to pass. 

15 Then went I up in the night bv the 
brook, and viewed the wall, and turned 
back, and entered by the gate of the val- 
ley, and so returned. 

16 And the rulers knew not whither I 
went, or what I did ; neither had I as 
yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, 
nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to 
the rest that did the work. 

_ 17 1 Then said I unto them, Ye see the 
distress that we are in, howJerusalem lieth 
waste, and the gates thereof are burned 
with fire : come,and let us build up the wail 
of Jerusalem, that we be no move a re- 
proach. 

18 Then I told them of the hand of my 
God which was good upon me; as also the 
king's words that he had spoken unto me. 
And they said, Let us rise up and build. 
So they strengthened their hands for this 
good 'work* 

19 But when Sanbailat the Horonite, and 
Tobiahthe servant, the Ammonite, and 
Geshem theArabian,heard it ; they laugh- 
ed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, 
What is this thing that ye do ? Will ye re- 
bel against the king ? 

20 Then answered I them, and said un- 
to them, The God of heaven, he will pros- 
per us ; therefore, we h ; > servants will a- 
rise and build : but ye have no portion, nor 
right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. 

OHAP. 111. 
The names and order of them that build- 
ed the wall. 

THEN Eliashib the high priest rose up 
with his brethren the priests, and they 
builded the sheep gate ; they sanctified it, 
and set up the doors of it ; even unto the 
tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the 
tower of Hananeel. 

2 And next unto him builded the men of 
Jericho. And next to them builded Zac- 
cur the son of Imri. 

3 But the fish gate did the sons cf Has- 
senaah build, who also laid the beams there- 
of, and set up the doors thereof, the locks 
thereof, and the bars thereof. 

4 And next unto them repaired Mere- 
moth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. 
And next unto them repaired Meshullam 
the son of Berechiah, the son of Mesneza- 
l>eel. And next unto them repaired Zadok. 
the son of Baana. 

5 And next unto them the Tekoites re- 
paired ; but their nobles put not their necks 
to the work of their Lord. 

6 Moreover, the old gate repaired Je- 
hoiada the son Paseah, and Meshullam the 
son of Il?sodeiah : they laid the beams 
thereof, and^et up the doors thereof arid 
the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 



. me* and order of 

7 And next i 
ah the ( j 

tllitC, t!i<. 

into the throne of tiie . i this iide 

i r. 
rt unto him v> 

. N xt unto 

■ 

• Repha- 
khc hall 
I 

I unto them repaired Jedai- 

r against 

him. repaired 

rim, and 
| > epaired 

>wer of tiie fur- 
i 

him repaired Shallum 
the half 
I 

'. nun, and 
■ ' 

u- 

. 

pan of 

- 1 iit it, and k 

■ 

• e fountain i 

.e lock^ 

• i 

the hall 






c 



Chap, iv, :;'/. 413 

. :• even 
to the end of the houi 
22 And after him repaired the pricsts ; 
I 

. . : . repairedBenjamin and Ha* 
eir house. Alter him 
on oi IVJaaseiah the 
s nol Ananiah by hjjs house. 

E fcired binui the son of 
Henadad anoi I m Uie house ot 

Unto the corner. 

i 9 rner against 

die turning oj and tiie tower 

which Ik . the kirig*s high house, 

:. Alter 

him P< 

dwelt in 
Onhel, imtothe filace the wa- 

it, and the tower that 
lieth out. 

er them the TYkoites repaired 
anothf r | 

..n the wall ofQphel. 
28 From above the horse gate | 
thepriests^everj insthishouse. 

tm repaired Zadok the son 
. After 
• sou of 
Sbechaniah, the keeper of the eai I 
er nim repaired Eiananii h 
oaiah, and Hanun the sixth son of 
\ ter him repair- 
ullam tiie sen of Berechia 
;.i.-, chamber. 

31 After him repaired Malchiah the gold- 
o the place of tlieNethiniras, 
bants, over against the gate 

Miphkad,; .nd to the | ,< ting up of the corner. 

32 Ai • going up oi 
ner unto ; 
smiths ana the 

CHAP. 

... v!u 

I 

Wiat do 
W ,.! they 

u 



414 Ne^ihmmHs fir aver, 

5 And cover not their iniquity and let 

not their sin beblcttecl out from before thee : 
tor they have provoked thee to anger be- 
fore the buiider?. 

6 3o built v^e the wall ; and all the wall 
w^s joined together unto the half thereof: 
for the people had a mind to work* 

7 *\\ But it came to pass, that when Sny- 
bailat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and 
the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard 
that the walls of Jerusalem were made up. 
andthat the breaches began to be stopped 
then they were very wroth.. 

8 And conspired all of them together to 
Gbrne andto tight against Jerusalem, and to 
hinder it, 

9 Nevertheless, we made our prayer un- 
to our God, and set a watch against them 
day and night, because of then). 

13 AndJuJah said, the strength of the 
bearers of burdens is decayed, -mid there h 
much rubbish ; so that we are not able to 
build the wall. 

11 And our adversaries sanh They h ill 
not know; neither see, till a. e c< me in the 
midst among them, and say them, and 
cause the Work to cense, 

12 And it came to pass, that when this 
Jews which dwelt by them Came, the said 
unto us ten times, From all places whence 
ye s! tall return unto usthey will be upon you, 

13 Therefore set I in the lower places 
behind the wail, and on the higher places, 
I even set the people alter their families 

- with their swords, their spears, and their 
bows, 

14 And I looked, and rose up, and said 
unto the nobles, and to the riders; and to 
the rest of the people, be not ye afraid of 
them : remember the Lord, which is great 
and terrible, and fight for your bre'tb n : 
your sons, and your daughters; your wives, 
and your houses. 

15 And it came to pass, when our ene- 
mies heard that it was known unto us, and 
God had brought their counsel to nought, 
that we returned all of us to the wall, eve- 
ry one unto his work. 

" 16 And it came to pass from that time 
forth thai I my servants wrought 

in the v.nnnn and the ctlier half of them 
heldboth the spe ~ the shields, and the 
bows, and the haberec ins ; ai ithe rulers 
were behind all the hou 

17 They which buili all, and 

they that bare burdens, with those that 
laded every one with one of his hands 
wrought in the work, arid with the other 
Hand held a weapon. 

13 For the builders,' every one had his 
sword girded by his side, and so builded. 
And 1 le'tl int sounded the trumpetttY/mv me. 

19 And 1 said unto the nobles, and to the 
rulers, and to the rest of the people, The 



KEHE$HAH. He reformeth usury, 

work n great and large, and we are sepa- 
l ated upon the wall, one far from another*. 

20 In what place, therefore, ye hear the 
sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither un- 
to us ; our God shah fight for us, 

21 So Ave "laboured in the work: and 
half of them held the spears from the rising 
of the morning till the stars appeared. 

22 Likewise; at the same time said I un- 
to the people, Let every one with his ser- 
vant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the 
night they may be a guard to us, and labour 
on the day. 

*23nk) neither I,nor my brethren,nor my ser- 
vahts,northe men of tlie guard which follow- 
ed me,nohe of us put oft our clothes,aex»zW 
that every one put them off for washing. 

CHAP. V. 

1 The Jews complain of their debt- morU 
gage, and' bondage, 6 Nehemiah eauseth 
restitution* 14 tleforbeareth.his own 
athivance^and keepclh hon/d'ality, 
A ND t tei e was a great cry of thepeo- 

X »- i ie, • nd 61 their wives; again.-t their 



. 2"F r there were that said, We, our 
sonsjand bur daughters, are many : there- 
i'i ■ e take up corn/or iftemjhaX we may 
eat, and live. 

3 Some also there were that said, We 
have mortgaged our land', vineyards, and 
houses, that we might buy corn, because of 
the dearth. 

4 There were also that said, We have 
borrowed money for the king's tribute, 
and that ufion our lands and vineyards. 

5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of cur 
brethren, our children as their children : 
and-, 3o, we bring into bondage our sons 
and our daughters to he servants, and some 
ojVur : v; ;'■•■■:. rs ore brought unto bondage 
already ; neither is it in our power to re- 
nt ; lor ether men ha\ e our lands 

and vineyard^, 

6% And I was very angry when I heard 

their cry and these words. 

7 Then J consulted with myself, and I 

the r t :s, and the ru-ers, and 

them, Ye ex act usury, every (Hie 

ct his brother. And I set a great assembly 

unto them, We after our 
ability ive redeemed our brethren the 

re sold unto the heathen; 

ill ye even sell your brethren ? or, 

. , be sold unto us I Then held they 

o, and ft und nothing to a?isiver» 

9 Also i said, It is not good that ye do : 

ye not to walk in the 'ear of our God 

because of the reproach of the heathen cur 

enemies i 

10 1 likewise, and my brethren, and my 
servants, might exact 'of them money and 
ecru : I prayyou,!«tU6 leave off this usury 



i 

the wine 
13 i . 

i 

13 Ale 

lis hou c. 

■ 

:o this promise. 

.en imto 

d of the 

that had 
2 tintotlie 

iivcr ; j ea, 

pie : but 

work of 

hither un- 

. 

- 

- 
- 

- 

■ 

3 



, Put they th< ughtto do n 

t em, s'.t)* 

. the w< rk 

. ».. i .. tst L leave itj^mdeune ciowa t* 

4 Yet they se::t unto roe four times after 
11 alter the 

lut h's servant unto 
6 Wherein was v. rit en, It is re 

xm dig to 

1 1 

lis take 
tier. 
8 Tho ing, there are 

no such ' 

; .est them out of thine own heart, 
they all road ■. Baying, 

. oed from the 
work, that it be not clone. Now t- i 
. :\ hands* 
10 Ait. aeunto the house of 

' ih the goo of 
hut up ; and 1 

. - ( t God, 
i doors of 

ycMjn ti. 

e to save his 
that ( 

: 

- - 

■ 



416 A register of those that 

17 % Moreover, in tlir.se days the nobles 
cf Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, 
and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. 

18 For there Were many in Judah sworn 
unto him, because he was the son in law 
of Shechaniah the son of Arah ; and his 
son Johanan had taken the daughter of Me- 
shullam the son of Berechiah. 

19 Also they reported his good deeds be- 
fore me, and uttered my words to him. 

• And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. 
CHAP. VII. 
lA'ehemiah committeth the charge of Je- 
rusalem to Hanani and Hananiah. 5 A 
register of the genealogy of them which 
ca?ne at the first out of Babylon, 8 of 
the^ec/rfe, 39 of thefiricsts. 43 of the Le- 
vite- , 46 of the JVethinims, iZe. 

NOW it came to pass, when the wall 
was built, and 1 had set up the doors 
and the porters and the singers and the 
Levies were appointed, 

2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and 
Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge 
eve.- J t\ usalern : for he was a faithful man, 
and feared Qod above many. 

3 And 1 said' unto them. Let not the 
gates ofjerusalem be opened until the sun be 
hot ; and whale they stand by, let them shut 
the doorsjf&id bar them ; and appoint watch- 
es of the inhabitants , of Jerusalem^ every 
one in his watch, andeveiy one to be over 
against his house. 

4 Now the city was large and great : but 
the people were few therein, and the hous- 
es were not builded. 

5 % And my God put into mine heart to 
gather together the n " he rulers, 
and the people, that they might be reckon- 
ed by genealogy. And '1 found a register 
of the genealogy of them which cai$e up 
at the first, and found written therein, 

6 These are the children of the province, 
that went up out of the captivity, of those 
that had been carried away, whom Nebu- 
chadnezzar the king of Babylon hud carri- 
ed away, and came again to Jerusalem and 
to Judah, every one unto his city ; 

7 Who came with Zerrnbbabel, Jeshua, 
Nehemiah, Azarhh, Raami:;h,Nahamani, 
Mordeeai, Bilshan,Mispereth, Bigvai, Ne- 
hum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the 
men of the people cf Israel, ivas this ; 

8 % The children of Parody two thou- 
sand an hundred seventy and two. 

9 The children of Shephatiah, three hun- 
dred seventy and two, 

10 The children of Arah, six hundred 
rjiVancltwo. 

il The children of Fahathmoab, of the 
children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand 
and eight hundred and eighteen. 

12 Tne children cf EJam, a thousand 
two hundred fifty and.four. 



NEHEMIAH. returnedfrom Babylon. 

13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred 
fortv and five. 

14 The children of Zaccai,seven hundred 
and threescore; 

15 The children cf Binnui, six hundred 
forty and eight. 

16 The children of Bebai, six hundred 
twenty and eight. 

17 The children of Azgad, two thousand 
three hundred twenty and two. 

18 The children of Adonikam, six hun- 
dred threescore and seven. 

19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand 
threescore and seven. 

20 The children of Adin, six hundred fif- 
ty and five. 

21 The childrenofAter of Hezekiah 5 mne- 
ty and eight. 

22 The children of Hashum, three hun- 
dred twenty and eight. 

23 The children of Bezai three hundred 
twenty and four. 

24 The children of Hariph, an hundred 
and twelve. 

25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and 
five. 

26 The men of Bethlehem and Neto- 
phah, an hundred fourscore and eight. '. 

27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred 
twenty and eight, 

28 The mem of Bethazmaveth, fortv and 
two. 

29 The men of Kirjatkjearim, Cher hi - 
rah, andBeroth, seven hundred forty and 
three. 

30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six 
hundred twenty- and one. 

Si The men of Michmas, an hundred 
and twenty and two. 

32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hun- 
dred twenty and three. 

33 The men of the other Neho, fifty and 
two. 

34 The children of the other Eiam, a 
thousand two hundred fifty and four. 

35 The children of Harim, three hundred 
and twenty. 

36 The children of Jericho, three hundred 
fortv and five. 

37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and O- 
no, seven hundred twenty and one. 

_ 38 Thechildren otSenaah,three thousand 
nine hundred and thirty. 

39^f The priests : the children of Jedai- 
ah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred 
seventy and three. 

40 The children of Immer, a thousand 
fifty and twp. 

41 The children of Pashur, a thousand 
two hundred forty and seven. 

42 The children of Harim, a thousand 
and seventeen. 

43 ^ The Levites : the children cf Jesh- 
ua, of Kadiiiiel, a: A of die children of Ho- 



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45 'l 

1 

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f 

I 

! 

_";iildrea 
::on, 

children 

. 

..he children of 

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- 

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ood. 



sand thrve hundrsd and 

67 Beside their mans- heir 

m h m then - 
. ■ 

• 
-ing v, omen . 
-o en hundred thirty 
ihc: their males, two hundred 
i and fl 

■ ; r camels four hundred thirty 
! and five: sixth >ub.*nd -even hundred and 
. 

70 And some of the chief of tin 

. I 
le treasure a: 

- . i\\ e hundred and thirty p I 
garments. 

71 And s-jme of the chief of the fathers 
gave to the 

thousand d rami, l . » thousand 

and tao hundred pound c-\ 

72 And thai which the rest of the peo- 

...» twenty Aooaand 
gold, and two thousand 
l and threescore and sever. icnts. 

D I the l.c\itei.. and 
• the J (".infers, an 

the :iims. and . 

dwelt in. their Cities : and when the 
' seve- . 
•urrc in their cuics. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 The m . 

'!aoerna / 'le< 

Aiered them- 
ito the 
e ; nnd 
• 

! i of men and 
women, th un- 

i 

■ 

nnpul- 

| 

■ 
: all the 



418 The people make merry \ NEHEftllAH, 



6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great 
God. And all the people answered, Amen, 
Amen, with lifting up their hands ; and 
they bowed their heads, and worshipped 
the Lord with their faces toihe ground. 

7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, Sherebiah, Ja- 
min, Akkub, Shabbathai, Hodijah, Maa- 
seiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Tianan, 
Fclaiah, and the Levites, caused the people 
to understand the law : and the people 
stood in their place, 

8 So they read in the book in the law of 
God distinctly, and gave the tense, and 
caused t/iem to understand tl [Q readmg. 

9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirsha- 
tha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, arid 
the Levites that taught the people, said 
unto ail the people, This day is \\Q\y uiiti i 
the Lord your God : rnoarn not, nor weep. 
For all the people wept when they heard 
the words of the Saw, 

10 Then he said unto them, Go your 
way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet," and 
send porrionsunto them for whom nothing- 
is prepared : for this day is holy unto our 
Lord : neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of 
the Lord is your strength. 

11 So the" Levites stilled all the people 
saving hold your peace, for the day is hod/ ; 
neither be ye grieved. 

12 And all the people went their way 
to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, 
and to make great mirth, because they 
had understood the words that were de- 
clared unto them. 

13 And on the second day were gather- 
ed together the chief of the fathers of ail 
the people, the priests, and the Levites. un- 
to Ezra the scribe, even to understand the 
words of the law. 

14 And they found written in the law 
-which the Lord had commanded by Moses, 
that the children of Israel should dwell in 
booths in the feast of the seventh month : 

. 15 And that they should publish and pro- 
claim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, 
saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch 
©live branches, and pine branches, and 
myrtle branches, and palm branches, and 
branches of thick trees, to make, booths, 
as it is written. 

16 % So the people went forth, and 
brought the?n, and jiade themselves booths ; 
every one upon the roof of his house, and in 
their courts, and in the courts of the house 
ef God, and in the street of the water gate, 
an d in the street of the gate of Ephraiin . 

17 And all the congregation of them 
that were come again out of the captivity 
made booths, and sat under the booths: 
for since the days of Jeshuathe son of Nun, 
unto that day, had not die children of Israel 
done so. And there was very great glad- 
mess. 



A solemn jaM kef it. 

18 Also day by day, from the first day 
unto the last day", he read in the book of the 
law ef God. And they kept the feast sev- 
en days ; and on the eighth day was a solemn 
assembly, according unto the* manner. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 A solemn fast and repentance oftkapeo- 
pie* 4 Tilt- Levites confess God's good- 
ness, and their own vricksdness. 

NOW in the twenty and forth day of 
this month the chikhen of Israel 
w ere assembled widh lasting, and with sack- 
cloth-, and earth upon them. 

2 And the /ecu of Israel separated them- 
selve , i m .- ' Itemgers, and stood and 
c nfessed their sinfe, and the iniquities of 
their fathers. 

3 And they stood up in their place, and 
read in the book of the law of the Lord 
their God one fourth part of due clay ; and 
another fourth part they confessed, ajuj 
worshipped the Lord their God. 

4 i Then stood up upon the, stairs of the 
Levites, Jeshua, andBani, Iiudmiel, Rhe- 
baniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Lam, end Che* 
nam, and cried with a loud voice unto the 
Lord their God. 

5 Then due Levites, Jeshua, and Kad- 
miel,Bani,Hashahniah ; Shereb>uu,Hodiuh, 
Shebaniah,a«d Pethahiah, said, Stand up 
and bless the Lord your God forever and 
ever : and blessed, be thy glorious name, 
which, is exalted above ah blessing and 
praise. 

6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone : thou 
hast made heaven, the heaven of hea- 
vens, with all their host, the earth, and 
all things that are therein, the seas, and all 
that is therein, and thou preservest them 
all ; and die host of heaven worshipped! 
thee. 

7 Thou art the Lord the God, whs 
didst choose Abr a ; r a broughtest him 
forth out ot Ur i zes, and gavest 
him the name of Abr : 

8 Andfoundest his heart faithful before 
thee, and madesta covenant with him to 
give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, 
tiie Amorites, and the Per zziteSj and the 
Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I 
say, to his seed, and ha t preformed thy 
words ; for thou art righteous : 

9 And didst see the affliction of our fa- 
thers in Egypt, and heardesc their cry by j 
the Red sea ; 

10 And shewedst signs and Wonders up- 
on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and oau 
all the people of hi s I n d : r ir tl iou knew- 
estthat they dealt proudly agafcigt them. 
So didst thou get thee a name, as ft is this 
day. 

11 And thou didst divide the sea before 
them, so that they went through the midst 
of the sea on the dry land ; and their per- 



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ceepsj as 

t hem in the 

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for their hunger, 

andpr .Id go iu 

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Iy and hardened the . 

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hey might do with diem as they 

25 And they took strong citier, and a 
hu land, and posse; ed houses full oi all 
goods, vs ehs digged, \ ineyards, and oik e- 
yards, and tru.t trees m abundance; so 
they did eat, and were tilted, and became 
D thy great 
-. 

. erthe?e»,4hey were disobedient, 
and rebelled against thee, and fast thy law 
I their backs, and s'.ew thy prophets 
which ast them to turn them to 

iidthej v. r ughtgi e . ns. 

27 TWreiore thou detiveredst them in- 
to (he hand or their enemies, who vexed 
them : and in the time ot their tr 
they cried unto thee, tliou heai 
from heaven ; and according tothy : 
them ?a\ : 
who saved them out of the hand of t 

t, they did evil 
again before thee': i then 

them in the hand of their enen 
they had the dominion over 

■ they return* ' unto thee, 

thou I en : and 

many times didst thou deliver them accor- 

gahist them, that thou 

fU again UlltiJ th\ I 

ey dealt or . ed not 

..do, ems, but sinned - 

i hardened their neck, and 
. m 

thcu forbear them, 

i t against them 
it in " ; yetwonld the 

,i bit ■ i te 
inds. 

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420 Those who seated tke covenant, NEHSMIAH. 



_ 35 For they have not served thee in their 
kingdom, and in thy great goodness that 
thou gavest them, and in the large and tat 
land which thou gavest before them, nei- 
ther turned they from their wicked works. 

36 Behold, we are servants this day, and 
for the land that thou gavest unto our fa- 
thers, to eat the fruit thereof and the good 
thereof, behold, we are servants in it : 

37 And it yieldeth much increase unto 
the kings whom thou hast set over us be- 
cause or our sins : also they have domin- 
ion over our bodies, and over our cattle, 
at their pleasure, and we are in great dis- 
tress. 

38 And because of all this we make a 
sure covenant, and write it ; and our prin- 
ces Levites, and priests, seal unto it, 

CHAP. X. 
1 The names of than that sealed the cove- 
nant. 29 "1 "he points of the covenant, 
NOW those that sealed were Nehemi- 
ah, the Tirshatha, the sen of Hacha- 
liah, and Zidkijah. 

2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 

3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 

4 Hattush,Shebaniah, Maliuch, 

5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 

6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 

7 Meshullam, Abij>h, Mijamin, 

8 MaaziahjBilgai, Shemaiah, these were 
the priests* 

9 And the Levites ; both Jeshua the son 
of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, 
Kadmiel ; 

10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Ho- 
dijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 

11 Micha, Rehob, Hashbiah, 

12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 

13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu, 

14 The chief oi the people : Parosh Pa- 
hathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 

15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 

16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 

17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, 

18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 

19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 

20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Heziar, 

21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 

23 Hoshea, liananiah, Hashub, 
24Halloiiesh. Pileha, Shobek, 

25 Rehum, Hashabnali, Maaseiah, 
26 And Ahjjah, Haiian, Anan, 
27 4 . Maliuch, Harim, Baanah. 

28 And the rest of the people, the priests, 
the Levites, the porters, the singers the 
Nethinims, and all they that had separa- 
ted themselves trom the people of the 
lands unto the law of God, their wives, 
their sons and their daughters, every one 
having knowledge, and having understan- 
ding. 

29 ^f They clave to their brethren, their 



The points of the covenant, 

nobles, and entered into a curse, and into 
an oath, to walk in God's law, which was 
given by Moses the servant of God, and to 
observe and do all the commandments of 
the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and 
his statutes ; 

33 And that we would not give our daugh- 
tersuntothepeopleof ; theland,nortaketheir 
daughters tor cur sons. 

31 And if "the people of the land bring 
ware or any victuals on the sabbath day 
to sell, that we would not buy it of them on 
the sabdath, or on the holy day : and thai 
v/e would leave the seventh year, and the 
exaction of every debt. 

32 Also we made ordinances for us, to 
charge ourselves yearly with the third 
part of a shekel for the sendee of the house 
of our God ; 

33 For the shewbread, and for the coh- 
tinuai meat offering, and for the continual 
burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new 
moons, lor the set feasts, and tor the holy 
things, and for the sin offerings to make 
an atonement for Israel, and for all the 
work of the house of cur God. 

34 And we cast the lots among the priests, 
the Levites, and the people, for the wood 
offering, to bring it into the house of cur 
God, alter the houses of our fathers, at 
times appointed year by year, to burn 
upon the altar of the Lord cur God, as it 
is written in the law : 

35 And to bring the first fruits of our 
ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of 
all trees, year by year, unto the house of the 
Lord : 

36 Also the firstborn of cur sons, and of 
cur cattle,as it is written in the law,and the 
firstlings of our herds and oi our flocks, to 
bring to the house of our God, unto the 
priests that minister in the house of our 
God: 

37 And that we should bring the first 
fruits' of our dough, and our offerings, and 
the fruit of all manner of trees, oi wine 
and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers 
of the house of our God : and the tithes of 
our ground unto the Levites, that the same 
Levites might have the tithes in all the 
cities of our tillage. 

38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall 
be with the Levites, when the Levites take 
tithes : and the Levites shall bring up the 
tithe of the tithes unto the house ot cur 
God, to the chambers, into the treasure 
house. 

39 For the children of Israel and the 
children of Levi shall bring the ofTering of 
the c iru, of the new wine, and the oil, unto 

tbers, where are the vessels of the 
ry, and the priests that minister, and 
the pollers, and the singers : and we will 
not forsake the bous« oi our God. 



jl'/io dwelt at Jci i - 



Chip, j 



- 
1 

- 

R 

rV&OtSa 

edn ol the 

ildren ct* 

hildren of Judah ; A- 

ofZech- 

thesonofShep- 

leel, of the chil- 

:;ch, the 
I rlazaiah, the 
i 

njatnln ; 

lai, nine 

son of Jo* 

- 



d. xii. «r;rf in the village** 4Sft 

: l ie son of !Bu 

:. of the 

chief of the Levitesj Aad the oversight of 

- haute ot God. 

the son ofMicha, the 

son oi" Zabdl, l ij wtrt the 

giving in pray - 

lie second am 

1. the son ot Jeduthun. 

citj were 

orters, Akkub, Tal* 
b 

I ! luO. 

- priest 5, 
a:;:/ the I 

1 nee. 
ms dwelt in • 
and Ziha and C 
Unfit 

* 
• ni, the 

• 

c the business oi the 
hou'.e ot God. 

23 For it rUai the king's commandment 
concert. ; tat ; i certain | 

■ for the singers, due for every day* 
tiiesoflofM* 
beel, of die children ofZerahwe son oiju- 
at the king's hand Id all matters 

!)lC. 

25 And for tl vith thci r fields, 

the children oi Judah dwelt at Kir? 

■ 
I 



43 J T7te/iriem r s names. • NliKES 

NOW these are. the priests and the Le- 
vites that went up with Zerubbabel 
.toe son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua : Seraiahj 
Jeremiah, Ezra, 

2 Amariah, Mulluch, Hartush, 

3 Shechaniah. Rehum, Ivleremoth, 
4> hide, Ginne'ho, Abijah, 

S Miamin, Maadiah, Bi'gah, 

€ Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 

7 Sa}hi, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These 
vddre the chief of the priests and of their 
brethren in the days of Jeshua. 

8 Moreover, the Invites: Jeshua, Bin- 
nM, Kadmie!, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mat- 
taniah, which was over the thanksgivings 
he and his brethren. 

9 AlsoBakbukiab andUnni, their brethr 
ren, were over ag unst them in the watches, 

10 ^{ And Jeshua begat Jolakhr^ joiakhn 
also begat Sfiashibj and Eliashi j begat Jc- 

" 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jon- 
athan begat laddua. 

12 And in the da- s of Joiakim were j 
priests, the chief of the iathers : or Serai- 
ah, Meraiah ; of Jeremiah, Mananiah ; 

13 Of Ezra, Meshullam j ' of Amariah, 
Jehohanah ; 

14 Of Me'icu, Jonathan ; of Shebaniah, 
Jo:eph ; 

15 Of Hariin, Adna ; cf Meraioth, Kel- 
kai; ,- ^ ■ 

16 Of Iddo, Zecharlah; ofGinnethon, 
Meshullam ; 

17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of 

13 Of Bi ;gah, Shammua; pfShemaiali, 

Jehonathan ; 

19 And of J< ..iiribjMattenai; of Jedaiah, 
U'/zi; 
-20 Of Sallai.Kallai : of Amok. Eber ; 

21 Of Hiikiah, Hashabiah ; of Jedaiah, 
Nethai-eel. 

22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, 
Joiada, andJohanan, and ! '■■'■ 1 1, were re- 
corded chief of the lathers : also the priests, 
to the reign cf Darius the Persian. 

23 The s?ns of Levi, the chiei of thefa- 
thers^w re written in the book of tkeChron- 
ic'es, even until the days oiJohananthescn 
of Eiiashib. 

24 And the chief of the Levites : Hashabi- 
ah, Sfoerebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kad- 
miei, with their breth ren over against them, 
to praise and to give thanks, according to 
. t of David the man of 
God, ward ever against ward, 

25 pattaniahyan ' Bakbukian,Obadiah, 
fcleshullam, Tahnon, Akkub, were per- 
tors keeping the ward at the thresholds of 



f Jozadak, and 
in thedays of Nehemiali the governor, and 
£i Ezrathe priest, the scribe. 



"AH, The walls dedicated. 

27 And at the dedication of the wall of 
Jerusalem they sought the testes out of all 
their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, 
to keep the dedication with gladness, both 
with thanksgivings, and with singings •with 
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps* 

23 And the sons oi the singers gathered 
themselves together, both cut cfthe plain 
c unt ib out Jtru. atem* and from 

the villages of Netophathi; 

£9 Also from thehou.se of Gil gal, and 
out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth : 
tor the singers had buikled them villages 
round about Jerusalem. 

33 And the priests and the Levites pu-, 
rifted themselves, and purified the people, 
and the gates, and the wall. 

31 Then I brought tip the princes of Ju- . 
dah upon the wali, and appointed two great 
comhattie k of them tkcit gave thanks^erc- 
qfoTte went on the right hand upon the wail 
toward the dung gate : 

32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and 
half of the princes of Judah, 

33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshu :1am, 

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, 
ami Jeremiah, 

35 And certain of the priests' sons with 
trumpets ; namely^ Zechariah the son of 
Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of 
Mattaniah, the son of Miehaiah, the son of 
Zaecur, the son of Asaph : 

35 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and A- 
zarael, Milalai,Gilalai, Maui, Nethaneel, 
and Judah, Hanani, with the musical in- 
struments of David the man of God, and 
Ezra the scribe before them. 

37 And at the fountain gate, which was 
over against them, they went up by the 
stairs of the city of David, at the going up 
cfthe wall, above the house of David, e- 
ven unto the water gate eastward. 

38 And the other company of them that 
gave thanks went over against ihem\ and 
i after them, and the half of the people up- 
on the wall, from beyond the tower of the 
furnaces even unto the broad wall ; 

39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, 
and above the old gate, and above the fish 
gate, and the tower of I lananeek and the 
tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate : 
and they stood still in the prison gate. 

40 So stood the two companies of them 
that gave thanks in the house of God, and 
1, and i\\Q half of the rulers with me: 

41 And the priests: E:iakim,Maaseiah, 
Miniamin, Miehaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, 
and Hananiah, with trumpets; 

42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and 
Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and 

ill, and Elam, and Ezer. And the 
singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their o- 
verseer. 

43 Also that day they offered great sac- 



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them rejoice wii 
so and tne 
. joy ot Jl'. .. 
44 Aiiw at d 
ted ( 

aw for 

ed r" : i that 

waited. 

porterr, 

o* th 

. 

I ol the sing< i - 

the Levites ; and the Lc- 
. hi unto the child] 

CHAP. XIII. 

I .*>'■-' ' nudti- 

. 

O: 
erf the peo- 

' ver; 

■ it hi- 
hcxild 
mr God tun e 

parated irom 
. 
41 Ac 

imberoi the 

l ) be 

. 
at Jeru- 

;< ii a me l 

■ 

■ 
, God, 



and r ' ■ . w*. 4>;» 

) Then I Commanded, and they cl 

• u&ht I i - 
eves i 

_ and the'tranUincenJje. 

f 
• ; t'.v 
: '. the singer;-, til t 

t( hi; tiud. 
. ] with the rulers, 

ken f An I them together, and 

:ni in their}/. 
12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of 
the corn, .-, and the oil, 

e tri suries! 

airersbver thf 
uxies, Shelemi ih the ; 

, : ancj 
next tot: 

: for they wer< 

buteunt iren. 

14 Remember me, O my God, concern- 
ingtuis, and wipe not out hY 

that i have done for the bouse of my God, 
. cesihereof. 

15 in those days saw I in Judah utime 

s on the sabbath, and 
. and lading as a 
also wine, gra] ' . 

salem on the sabbath 

16 There dwelt men oi Tyre als< 
in, whichbn ught fish, n I all n 
ware, and W Id on the sabbath \x&to tin 

■ 
\7 Then 1 c< ntei !w! •■ i.h the nobles of 
! said uoto them, \\ h 

> , and proiara die 

181Mdnotyourfathersthus?and,I>idnot 
. :: this evil i 
it\ r Vet ye 1 

' . •' ' 

I ,n the 
! gate i my dark 1 1 

Ithatthevsh* 

kind of 

• . 

j'.if-n 1 testified ag tin I them, lid 
the 

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: 

I 



424 The magnificent j 'easts ESTHER. 

they should come and keep the gates, to 
sr. net: ry the, sabbath day. Remember me, 
O my God, cancer /ring this also, and spare 
me according to the greatness of thy mercy. 

23 In those days also saw I Jews thai had 
married wives of Ashdod, of Amman, and 
oi Mqab ; 

24 And their children spake half in the 
speech ei Ashdod, and could not speak in 
the jews' language, but according to the 
language of each people . 

2.5 And I contended with them, and cur- 
sed them, and smote certain of them, and 
plucked off their hair, and made them 
swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give 
your daughters unto their sons, nor take 
their daughters unto yqur sons, or for 
yourselves, 

26 I)id not Solomon Icing of Israel sin 
by these things ? Yet among many nations 
was there no king like him, who was oelo- 



of Ahasiiervx 

ved of his God, and God made him kingc- 
ver ail Israel : nevertheless, even him did 
outlandish women cause to sin. 

27 Sha)i we then hearken unto you. to do 
ail this great evil, to transgress against our 
God in marrying strange wives f 

23 And one of the sons ot'Joiada, the son 
©f EUashib the high priest, was sen in law 
to Sanballat theficrpnite : therefore I cha ? 
sed him from me". 

29' Remember them, my God, be* 
cause they have denied the priesthood, and 
the covenant of the priesthood, and of the 
Invites, 

S3 Thus cleansed I them from all strati? 
gers, and appointed the wards of the priests 
and the Ley ite,s, every one in. his business; 

31 And for the wood offering, at times 
appointed, and for the first fruits. Re- 
member me, O my God, for good. 



The Book c/\Esthe$, 



C H A P. I, 

1 Ahasuenis maketh royal feasts* 1C Fasft* 

fi's disobedience^ 13 and jiiims anient \ 

N~GWitcame to pa c ; s in the days of 
Ahasuerus (mis fa Ahasuerus which 
reigned from india even to Ethiopia, over an 
hundred and seven and twenty provinces), 

2 That in those days, when the king A- 
hasuerUvc sat on the throne of his kingdom, 
which was \\\ Shushan the palace, 

3 In the third* year of his reign, he made 
a least unto all his princes and his servants : 
the power of Persia and Media, the nobles 
anl princes of the provinces, being bz- 
fore him : 

. 4 When he shewed the riches of his glo- 
rious kingdom, and the honor of his excel- 
L^t majesty, many days, even an hundred 
aha Ibi^score days. 

5 An&wlrnithe-e days were expire^ 
the king madfc a teastunto all the people 
're present fe bhushan the palace, 
to gpreat a; oi small, seven days, in 
rtof the garden of the king's palace ; 
here iPjeve white, green, and blue, 
3 s fastened with cords of fine linen 
-pie to silver rings and pillars of 
; the beds were of gold and silver, 
u a i oavement or red, and blue, and 
v i?i e« and black, marble. 

7 And they gave them drink m vessels of 
gold (the vessels being diverse one from 
another), and royal wine in abundance, ac- 
cording to the sta e of the king. 

8 And the drinking was according to the 
law ; none did compel : for so the king had 
appointed to ajl the oncers of his house ? 



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that they shfrald do according t<5 every 
man's pleasure. 

9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for 
the women in the royaihpuse which bihng- 
ed to the king Ahasuerus. 

10 If On the seventh day, when the heart 
of the king was merry with wine, he com- 
manded Meauman, Eisstha, Harbona, Big- 
tha, and Abagtha, Zcthar, and Carcas, the 
seven chamberlains that served in the pre- 
sence of Ahasuerus the king, 

11 To bring Vashti the queen before the 
king with, the crown royal, to shew the peer 
pie and the princes her beauty : for she 
was fair to look on. 

12 But the queen Vashti refused to come 
at the king's commandment by, his cham.r 
berlasns : therefore was the king very 
wroth and his anger burned in him. 

13 % Then the king s«4d to the wise men, 
which knew the times ( for so was the 
king*s manner toward all that knew law 
and judgment : 

14 And the next unto him was Carshe- 
na, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, 
Marsena,c«tf Mbiuucan, the seven pv|n- 
ces of Persia and Media, which saw the 
king's face,cn^ which sat the first in the 
kingdom), 

15 What shall we do unto the queen Vash- 
ti according to law, because she hath not 
performed the commandment ot the king 
Ahasuerus by the chamberlains ?. 

15 And Memucan answered before the 
king and the princes, Vashti the queen 
hath net done wrong to the king only, but 
also to all the princes, and to all the neo- 



A queen to be 



Clvi p. ii. A lordccai and Esther's affinity, 43$ 



pie that are in all the provinces Of the king 
Abasoei us. 

17 For //;.'•; deed cl the queen shall come 

nds in their eyes, when 

R shaH be rei 2 king Ahasu- 

*is commanded V< eentobe 

ought i - : - not, 

end Media s? r y thisdaj unto all the king's 

('.Ct-u Of 
• 

.\h. 
19 If it • there go a 

V.isnli i 

; give her i 

tterthai) si it. 
. I when the kind's decree 

.■■: published through- 
out all hisempire (for it is great) 

... . :-. honor 

md small. 



ersirto all the 
" {Province a 

lanshould 

'■ 

CHAP. II. 

7* a queen is to 
herti elected. 

A' 
i appeased he 
i, and whal 

nsther. 
/ants that min- 
be fair young 
I 'it for the king: 

it officers in all 

i 

iud tiic 

I 

from Je? 

witli ihca 

. 
•bom 1 • ir the king ( 

lonh mj 



7 And he brought up Hadassah, that 
is Esther, lib unclefs daughter : i r 
had neither father nor mother, . 

maid was fair and beautiful : who I 
deed, when her lather and mother were; 
dead, took for his own daughter. 

B So it came to pass, when the king*! 
commandraent and his decree was lie *rd, 
and when many maidens were, gathered to- 
gether unto Shushan the palace, to the 
DfHegai,thaJ Esther was brought 
also unto the king'shouse,tothe custody of 
Hegai, keeper of the women. 

9 And the maiden pleased him, and she 
obtained kmdnessof him : and he speedily 

■ her things for purification, with 
»gs as belonged to her, an , seven 
maidens, ivhkh were meet to be given her, 
out of the king's house : and he preferred 
her and 'fiQv maids unto the best Jiluce of 
the house oi die women. 

10 Esther had not shewed her people 
nor her kindred: for Mordecai had char- 
ged her thatshe should not shew^. 

11 And Mordecai walked every day be- 
fore the court of the women's house, to 
know how Esther did, and what should be- 
came of her. 

;n every maid's turn wan 
come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after 
that she htd been twelve months according 
to the manner of the women (for so were 
the days of their purifications accomplish- 
ed, to wit fix months with oil of myrrh, 
and six months with sweet odours, and 
with other things for the purifying of the 
women), 

1.3 Then thus came every maiden unto 
the king ; whatsoever she desired was given 
her to go with her out of the house oi the 
women unto the king's houv. 

14- In the evening she went, and on the 
morrow she returned into the second house 
of the women, to the custody of Shaash- 
gaz the king's chamberlain, which kept 
tiie concubines : she came in unto the king 
, except the king delighted in her, 

" were called hv name, 
few when the turn' of Esther, the 
daughter of Abihail theuncli 
who had taken her for his d aighter, was 

come to goin unto the king, she required 

iKrthingbui wli.tt Hegai die king's cham- 
berlain, the keeper oi the women, appoin- 
ted. And Esther obtained favour m the 
: all them that looked upon her. 

16 SO Esther w; is taken unto kin , 
ueius, into his house ro\al, in the tenth 

v. hicn *■•-■ the month Tebethj in the 
seventh year oi nil reign. 

17 And the king loved lUher al)ovc all 

the women, and she obtained n toe and fa* 

vour in his sight more than all the virgins; 

tie set the royal crown upon her 

ht j»ii,Hi:d made her quwen instead ot \ aihli. 



426 Haman advanced by the king. ESTHER. ffcmarfs rage against the Jews 

SAndKarnan said unto king Abasue* 



18 Then the king made a great feast un- 
to all his princes and his servants, even 
Esther's feast ; and he made a release to 
the provinces, and gave gifts, according to 
the state of the king* 

19 And when the virgins were gathered 
together the second time, then Mordecai 
sat in the king's gate* 

20 Esther had mtyet shewed her kin- 
dred nor her people j as Mordecai had 
charged her : tor Esther did the command- 
ment of Mordecai, like as when she was 
brought up with him, 

21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in 
the king's gate, two of the king's cham- 
berlains, Bigthan and Terish, of those 
which kept the door, were wroth, and 
sought to lay hand on the king Ahasnerus. 

22 And the thing was known to Mor- 
decai,who told it unto Esther the queen : 
and Esther certified the king thereof in 
Mordecai's name, 

22 And when inquisition was made of 
the matter, it was tound out ; therefore 
they were both hanged on a tree : and it 
was written in the bock of the Chronicles 
before the kine. 

CHAP, III. 
Hainan advanced by the king, and desfii- 

^ed by Mordecai, aeeketh revenge ufi* 

on all the Jews, 

AFTER these things did king Ahasue-* 
rus promote Haman the son of Ham- 
medatha the Agagite, and advanced him, 
and set his seat above all the princes that 
w<?r*\withhim.' 

2 And all the king's servants, that were 
in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced 
Haman : for the king had so commanded 
concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, 
nor did him reverence, 

3 Then the king's servants, which were 
in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why 
transgressest thou the king's command- 
ment I 

4 Now it came to pass, when they spake 
daily unto him, and he hearkened not un- 
to them, that they told Haman, to see whe- 
ther Mordecai's matters would stand : for 
he had told them that he was a Jew. 

5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai 
bowed not, nor did, him reverence, then 
was Haman lull of wrath. 

6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on 
Mordecai alone : for they had shewed him 
the people of Mordecai : wherefore Haman 
sought to destroy all the Jews that were 
throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasue- 
rus, even the people of Mordecai. 

7 In the first month, that is, die month 
Nisan 5 in the twelfth year of king Ahasue- 
tus, they cast Fur, that is, the lot, before 
Haman from day to day, and from month 
to mtinth, to tl\o twelfth month, that is t the 
month Adar. 



rus, There is a certain people scattered a- 
broad and dispersed among the people, in ' 
ail the provinces of thy kingdom ; ami their 
laws are diverse from ail people ; neither 
keep they the king's laws : therefore it i« 
not for the king's profit to suffer mem, 

9 If it please the king, let it be written 
that they may be destroj ed : and 1 will 
pay ten thousand talents of silver to the 
hands of those that have the charge of the 
business, to bring it into the king's treasures. 

10 And the king took his ring irom his 
hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of 
Hammedatha the Agagite,the Jews'enemv, 

11 And the king said unto Haman, The 
silver is given to thee, the people also, tof 
do with them as ifseemeth good to thee. 

12 Then were the king's scribes called 
on the thirteenth day of the hrst month, 
and there was written according to all that 
Hainan had commanded unto the king's 
lieutenants, and the governors that were 
over every province, and to the rulers of 
every people of every province according 
to the writing thereof and to every peo* 
plo after their language ; in the name of 
king Ahasuerus was it written and sealed 
with the king's ring, 

13 And the letters were sent by posts 
into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to 
kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both 
young and old, little children and women, 
in one &&y,even upon the thirteenth day 
of the twelfth month, which is the month A- 
dar,and to take the spoil of them for a prey. 

14 The copy of the writing for a com- 
mandment to be given in every province 
was published unto ail people, that they 
should be ready against that day, 

15 The posts went cut, being hastened 
by the king's commandment, and the de- 
cree was given in Shushan the palace. And 
the king and Haman sat down to drink ; 
but the city Shushan was perplexed. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Mordecai and the Jews mow n, 15 Est- 
her apfiointeth a fast, 
W'HEN Mordecai perceived all that 
was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, 
and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went 
out into the rnidst of the city, and cried with 
a loud and bitter cry : 

2 And came even before the king's gate : 
for none might enter into the king's gate 
ciothed with sackcloth. 

3 And in every province, whithersoever 
the king's commandment and his decree 
came, there was great mourning among; the 
Jews,and fasting,and weeping, and wailing ; 
and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 

4 So Esther's maids and her chamber- 
lains came and told it her. Then was the 
q\toe« exceedingly grieved ; and she sent 



Esther a/ifi ointetb a fas*. Ch? 

raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take a- 
way his sackcloth from him : but he re- 
cei\ ed it not. 

5 Then called Esther, for Hatach, one 

of the king's <. : , whom he had 

-r, and gave him 

. , i,toknow what 

: forth to Mordecai un- 
■ kiqh vta* before 

the king's g 
7 Aha cold him of all that had 

n of the 
money thai [>' »mised to pay 

. ie Jews, to de- 
stroy t 

. he gave him the copy of thewri- 
( ie decree that \v.u-, given atShu- 

saaii to ■ to shew it unto Est- 

•. 

fayerthat King, to 

to make 
liiinforhei people. 

neanutoid Esther the 
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kow, that 
. in, shall 
. court, 

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j i re tint 

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NOW it cr.meto pass on the third day) 
that Esther put on her ro\ al apparel^ 
and stood in the inner court of the king's 
house, over against the king's house : and 
the king sat upon his royal throne in the 
royal house, over against the gate of the 
house. 

J And it was so, when the king saw Est- 
her the queen standing in the court, that 
she obtained fevour in, his sight : and the 
king held out to Esther the golden ."-ceptre 
in h:s hand. So Esther drew 
. touched the top of the sceptre. 

3 Tnen said the king unto her, What 
wilt th< iu, out en Esther } . and, What is thy 
request I Jt shall he even given thee to 
the half ot the kingd >m. 

4 And Esther answered, If it seem good 
unto the king, let the king and Hainan 
come this day unto the banquet that 1 have 
prepared for him. 

5 Then the king said, Cause Hamad to 
ma ke haste : that lie may do as E ther hath 

i the king andftaman cametothc 
banquet that Esther had prepared. 

6 And the king said unto Esther at the 
banquet of wine, What is thy petition i and 
it shall he granted thee : and, What is lay 

even to" the half of the kingdom it 
performed. 

7 Then answered Esther, and said, My 
petition and my request is ; 

8 It' I have found favour in the sight of 

. and it it please the king, to grant 
mv i etitioh, and to perform my request, 
let the king and Raman come to the ban- 
quet that i shrill prepare for them, and I 
will do to-morrow is the king hath said. 

en went II iman torch that tl 
fill and with a glad heart: but when Ha- 
maii saw Mordecai in the king's gave, that 

: not up nor moved for turn, he was 
cai. 

10 N* \ ledhnr.- 

i 

P his friends, and Zcrcsh hi 

11 And Hainan t 

:hes,andthe rnultitude ofhischif- 
dren, and all "'. I he king 

muted him, an 
ixd Kim i ndservanta of 

reover, Yea, Esther 

.iklithe 

ii i UlM- 
iti r . lli V 

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> rdeeai may ye 



428 Mordecai honoured. 



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hanged thereon : then go thou in merrily 
with the king unto the banquet. And the 
thing pleaded Haman: and he caused the 
gallows to be made. 

CHAP, VI. 

1 Ahasuerus rewardelh Mordecai. 11 

Human dqeth him hcnort, 

ON that night could not the king sleep, 
and he commanded to bring the book 
of records cfthe Chronicles; and they 
were read before the king* 

2 And. it was found written, that Mor* 
decai ha u told of Bigthana and Teresh, two 
of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of 
the door, who sought to lay hand en the 
king Ahasuerus. 

3 And the king said, What honor and 
dignity hath been clone to Mordecai for 
this 'i 'Then said the king's servants that 
ministered unto him, There is nothing done 
for him. 

4 And the king said. Who is in the court ? 
Now Hainan was come into the outward 
court oi the king's house, to speak unto the 
king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that 
he had prepared for hinm 

5 And the king'&servants said ufito him, 
Behold, Hainan standeth in the court. And 
the king said, Let him come in*. 

6 So Hainan jca me in. And the king 
said Unto him. What shall be done unto 
the man whom the king ilelighieth 

or? New Haman thought in his heart, 
To whom would "the king etelight to do 
honor more than to myself: 

7 And Haman answered the king, For 
the man whom the king delighteth to honor, 

8 Let the royal apparel be brought which 
the king useth to wear, and the horse that 
the king rideth upon, and the crown royal 
which is set upon his head : 

9 And let this apparel end horse be de* 
livered to the hand of one of the king's most 
noble princes, that they may array the man 
withal whom the kingdelighteth to heftor, 
and bring him on horseback through the 
street oi the city, and pice: aim before him, 
Thus shall it be done to the man whom the 
king dfeiighteth to honor. 

10 Then the k'ng said to Hainan. Make 
fatfe,0ritf take the apparel and 1% horse, 



orse, and 
ht him on 



HER. Esther suethfor herself and Jieofde. 

and all his friends every ttfthg that had be* 
fallen him. Then said his wise men and 
Zeresh his wile unto him, if Mordecai be 
oi the seed of the jews, before whom thou 
hast begun to fall, tiiou shalt not prevail a- 
gainst him, but shalt surely fall before him. 
14 And while they were yet talking with 
him, came the king's chamberlains, and 
hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet 
that Esther had prci^ccs. 

.CHAP. VII. .. 
1 Esther suethfor her own life, and her 
fieople. 7 The^ king ccmseth Haman to 
he hanged, on his own gallows* 

SO meting and Haman came to ban* 
quet with Esther the queen. 

2 And the king said again unto Esther 
on the second day, at the banquet of wine I 
What is thy petition, queen Esther I And 
it shall be granted thee : and, What is thy 
request? and it shall be performed, even 
to the half of the kingdom* 

3 Then Esther the queen answered and 
said. If 1 have found favour in thy sigirt, 
O king, and if it please the king, let my Hie 
be given me at my petition, and my peo« 
pie at my request : 

4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be 
destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But 
if we had been sold for bendmen and bond* 
women, I had held my'tougue, although the 
enemy oould.net counter vaihhe king's dam* 

5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered 
and said unto Esther the queen, Who is 
he, and where is he, that durst presume 
in his heart to do so i 

6 And Esther said, the adversary and 
enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Ha* 
man was afraid before the king and the 
queens 

7 "if And the king arisinc from the ban- 
quet of wine in his wrath wcnt'mto the pal- 
ace garden • and Hainan stood up to make 
request for his hie to Esther the queen: 
for he saw that there wa^cvll determined 



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fallen upoi 


nquetof 

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a ■■ h pacified* 



Mordecai £ ndvancement. 



Chap, viii, ix. 



ard honour. 429 



CHAP. VIII. 
1 Mordecai advanced. 7 Jhasuerns grant- 
eth to the Jews to defend themselves, 15 
Mordecai' s honor ', and the Jews' joy. 

ON that day did the king Ahasuerus 
give the house of Hainan the Jews' 
enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mor- 
decai came before the king ; ibrEsther had 
told what he wus unto her. 

2 And the king took oil his ring which he 
had taken from Harnan, and gave it unto 
Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over 
the house of Hainan. 

3 And Esther spake yet again before the 
kins* and fell down at his feet, and besought 
him with tears to put away the mischief of 
Haman the Agagke, and 'his device that 
be ha i devised against the Jews. 

4 Then the king held cut the golden scep- 
tre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and 
stood before the king. 

5 And said, If it please the king, and if I 
have found favour in his sight, anu the tiling 
seem light before the king, and i be p.eas- 
ing in hi=> eyes, let it be written to reverse 
the letters devised by Haman, the son of 
Ilammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote 
to destroy the Jews which are in all the 
king's provinces : 

6 For,How can I endure to see the evil that 
shall come unto my people ? or, How can 
I endure to see the destruction of my kin- 
di ed ? 

7 Tj Then the king Ahasucrus said unto 

Esther the queen and tpMordecai the Jew, 

Behold, 1 have given Esther the house of 

Haman, and him they have hanged upon 

the gallows, because he laid nil hand upon 

the Jews. 

ii Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh 

. in the' king's name, and seal it with 

the king's ring : for the writing which is 

to in the king's name, and sealed with 

the king's ring, may no man reverse. 

y Then were the king's scribes called at 

that time in the third month, that rv, the 

. on the three and twentieth 

<&z^ thereof j audit was written according 

to all that . mmanded unto die 

. . the lieutenants, and the depu- 

i , which u, e 

d India unto Ethiopia, an hundred 

twenty and seven provinces, unto every 

og to the writing thereof, 

eoplc after their language 

iccordingto their writing, 

■ 

ng ihasuerus's 

uid a posts on horseback, and 

. imels, and young drome- 

11 Wherein the king granted the Jews 
dch were in every city to gather them- 



selves together, and to stand for their life, 
to destroy, to slay,and to cause to perish,all 
the power of the people and province that 
would assault them, doth lirtle ones and wo- 
men.and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 

12 Upon one day in all the provinces of 
king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thir- 
teenth day of the twelfth month, which is 
the month Adar. 

13 The copy of the writing for a com- 
mandment to be given in every province, 
was published unto all people, and that the 
Jews should be ready against that day to 
avenge themselves on their enemies. 

14 So the posts that rode upon mules owe? 
camels went out, being hastened and press- 
ed on by the king's commandment. And 
the decree was given at Bhushanthe palace. 

15 ! And Mordecai went cut from the 
presence of the king in royal apparel of blue 
and white, and with a great crown of gold 
and with a garment of fine linen and pur- 
ple : and the city of Shushan rejoiced and 
was glad. 

16 The Jews had light, and gladness, 
and joy and honor- 

17 And in every province, and in every 
city, whithersoever the king's command- 
ment and his decree came, the Jew s had 
joy and gladness, a least and a good day. 
And many of the people of the land Iiecame 
Jews : for the fear of the Jews fell upon them . 

CHAP. IX. 
1 The Jews slay their enemies, with the 
ten sons of Haman. 20 The two days of 
Hurim are made festival* 

NOW in the twelfth month, that is, the 
month Adar, on the thirteenth day of 
the same, when the king's commandment 
and his decree drew near to be put in exe- 
cution, in the day that the enemies of the 
Jews hoped to have power over them 
(though it was turned to the contrary, that 
the Jew s had rule over them that hated 
them), 

2 The Jews gathered themselves togeth- 
er in their ciiii b throughout all the provin- 
ces oi the king Ahasix rus, to lav hand on* 

sought their hurt: and Oft man 
o uld v. ithltand them ; for the tear ol them 
fell upon all pe< t le. 

3 And all the rulers of the provinces, 

and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and 
officers oi the king, hdi ed the Jews ; be- 
cause the fear < ( Mordecai fell upon them* 
ai in the king's 
i d his lame went out throughout 
all the provinces: f r this man Mordecai 
i eater nd greater, 
the Jews unote a!! their enemies 
with the • iw< rtLandsJ 

id what the) would 
UntOthOf them. 

Q Aud in Shttthan die palace, Uic J»*w* 



430 The Jews slay their enemies, ESTf 



slew and destroyed five hundred men. 

7 And Parshandatfaa^ and IJalphon, and 

Aspatha, 

8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Arida- 
tha, 

9 And Parma shta, and Arisai, and Ari- 
dai, and Vajezatha, 

10 The ten sons of Ham an the son of 
Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew 
they ; but on the spoil laid they not their 
hand, 

11 On that day the number of those that 
were slain in bhushan the palace was 
brought before the king. 

12 And the king said unto Esther the 
queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed 
jive hundred men in Shushan the palace, 
and the ten sons of Haman ; What have 
they done in the rest of the king's provin- 
ces"? Now, What is thy petition I and it 
shall be granted thee : or, What is thy re- 
quest further ? and it shall be done. 

13 Then said Estheiylf it please the king, 
let it be granted to the Jews which arem 
Shushan to do to-morrow aiso according \ u ; - 
to this day's decree, and let Hainan's ten 
sons be hanged upon the galiow r s. 

14 And the king commanded it to be 
done : and the decree was given at Shu- 
shan ; and they hanged Hainan's ten sons. 

15 For the Jews that were in Shushan 
gathered themselves together on the four- 
teenth day also of the month Adar, arid 
slew three hundred men at Shushan ; but 
on the prey they laid not their hand. 

16 But the other Jews that • were in the 
king's provinces gathered themselves to- 
gether, and stood for their lives, and had 
rest from their enemies,and slew of their toes 
seventy and five thousand, but they laid not 
their hands on the prey : 

17 On the thirteenth day of the month 
Adar ; and on the fourteenth day of the 
same rested they, and made it a day of 
feastmg and gladness. 

13 Bat the Jews that were at Shushan 
assembled together on the thirteenth day 
thereof j and on the fourteenth thereof; 
and an the tivocntu day of the same, they 
rested, and made it a day of feasting 'and 
gladness. 

19 Tl lerefee the Jews of the villages that 

dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the 

four:eo;],h [lay of the month Adar a day of 

ting, and a good day, and 

pfsej dii g ] t'|ion$one to another. 

ca i wrote these things, 

-.-.■ unto all the Jews that were 

in all 'he provinces of the king Ahasuerus, 

bo'-'i ■'■ 

21 T<> scabiisii this among them, that 
they should keep the fourteenth el 

■ iir, and the fifteenth day oi the 
same, 3 



HER. with the ten sons of Haman* 

22 As the days wherein the Jews rested 
from their enemies, and the month which 
was turned unto their, from sorrow to joy, 
and from mourning into a good day : that 
they should make them days of feasting and 
joy, and of sending portions one to another, 
and gifts to the poor. 

23 And the jews undertook to do as they 
had begun, and as Mordecai had written 
unto them ; 

24 Because Haman the son of Hamme- 
datha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the 
Jews, had devised against the Jews to de- 
stroy them, and had cast Pur, thatw, the 
lot, to consume them, and to destroy them ; 

25 But when Esther came before the 
king, he commanded by letters that his 
wicked device, which he devised against 
theJews, should return upon his own head, 
and that he and his sons should be hanged 
on the gallows. 

26 Wherefore they called these days Pu- 
rim after the name of Pur. Therefore, for 
all the words ot this letter, and of that 
which they had seen concerning this mat- 
ter, and which had come unto them, 

27 The Jews ordained, and took upon 
them, and upon their seed, and upon all 
such as joined themselves unto them, so as 
it should not fail, that they would keep 
these two days according to their writing, 
and according to their afifiointed time e- 
vervyear; 

28 And that these days$&8fc& T £e remem- 
bered and kept throughout every genera- 
tion, every family, every province and eve- 
ry city; and that thete days of Purina 
should not fail from among tfie Jews, nor 
the n sensorial of them perish from their 
seed. 

29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter 
of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote 
with all authority, to confirm this second 
letter of Furim. 

30 And he sent the letters unto all the 
Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven 
provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, 
with words of peace and truth, 

31 To confirm these days of Purim in 
their times appointed* according as Mor- 
decai the Jew and Esther the queen had 
enjoined them, and as they had decreed for 

es and for their seed, the matters 

and their cry. 

of Eisfcher confirmed 
those matters of Purim ; ana it was writ- 
ten in the hook. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Ahasuerutfs greatm s. 3 Mordecai'f 
advancpm 

AND the king Ahasuerits laid a trib- 
ute upon the land, and u/ion the isle* 
oirh'. 
J And all the acts 01 his power and of 



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432 Job stnitten with boils , 

before the Lord, and Satan came also a- 
mong them to present himself before the 
Lord. 

2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From 
whence comest thou ? And Satan answer- 
ed the Lord, and said, From going to and 
fro in the earth, and from walking up and 
down in it. 

3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast 
thou considered my servant Job, that there 
is none like him in the earth, a perfect and 
an upright man, one that feareth God, and 
eschew eth evil ? And still he hoideth fast 
his integrity, although thou movedst me a- 
gainst him, to destroy him without cause. 

4 And Sa^an answered the Lord, and 
said. Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath 
will he give for his life. 

5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch 
his bone and his flesh, and he will curse 
thee to thy face. 

6 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, 
he is in thine hand ; but save his lite. 

7 *h So went Satan forth from the pres- 
ence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore 
boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown, 

8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape 
himself withal ; and he sat down among 
the ashes. 

9 If Then said his wife unto him, Dost 
thou still retain thine integrity ? Curse God, 
and die. 

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest 
as one of the foolish women speaketh. 
What ! Shall we receive good at the hand 
of God, and, Shall we not receive evil ? In 
all this did not Job sin with his lips, 

11 Now when Job's three friends heard 
of all this evil that was come upon him, 
they came every one from his own place ; 
Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shu- 
hite, and Zophar theNaamathite : for they 
had made an appointment together to come 
to mourn with him, and to comfort him. 

12 And when they lifted up their eyes a- 
far off, and knew him not, they lifted up 
their voice, and wept : and they rent eve- 
ry one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon 
thsar heads toward heaven. 

13 So they sat down with him upon the 
ground seven days and seven nights, and 
none spake a word unto him : for they saw 
that his grief was very great. 

CHAP. III. 

1 Job curzeth the day and services of his 

birth. 13 The ease of 'death, 

AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and 
cursed his day. 

2 And Job spake and said, 

3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, 
and the night in which it was said, There 
is a man child conceived. 

4 Let that day be darkness ; let net God 
regard it from above, neither let the light 
shine upon it. 



JOB. sfieaketh of the ease of death, 

5 Let darkness and the shadow of death, 
stain it ; let a cloud dwell upon it ; let th« 
blackness of the day terrify it. 

6 As for that night, let darkness seize 
upon it : let it not be joined unto the days 
of the year, let it not come into the number 
of the months, 

7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joy- 
ful voice come^therein. 

8 Let them curse it that curse the day, 
who are ready to raise up their mourning. 

9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be 
dark ; let it look for light, but havewowe ; 
neither let it see the dawning of the day : 

10 Because it shut not up the doors of my 
mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine 
eyes. 

11 Why died I not from the womb ? 
Why <Jid I not give up the ghost when I 
came out of the belly I 

12 Why did the knees prevent me ? or, 
W T hy the breasts that I should suck? 

13 1 For now should I have lain still and 
been quiet, I should have slept : then had 
I been at rest, 

14 With kings and counsellors ofthe 
earth, which built desolate places for them- , 
selves ; 

15 Or with princes that had gold, who 
filled their houses with silver : 

16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had 
not been ; as infants which never saw light. 

17 There the wicked cease fro?n troub- 
ling ; and there the weary be at rest. 

18 There the prisoners rest together ; 
they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 

19 The sntall and great are there ; and 
the servant is free from his master. 

20 Wherefore is light given to him that 
is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul ; 

21 Which long for death, but it comet h 
not : and dig for it more than for hid treas- 
ures ; 

22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are 
glad, when they can find the grave . ? 

23 Why is light given to a man whose 
way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in ? 

24 For my sighing cometh before 1 eat, . 
and my roarings are poured cut like the 
waters. 

25 For the thing which I greatlv feared 
is come upon me, and that which I was a- 
frald of is come unto me. 

26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, 
neither was I quiet ; vet trouble came. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Eliphaz refiroveth Job for want of reli- 
gion, 7 Heteacheth God's judgments to 
be not for the righteous, but for the 
wicked, 12 His fearful vision, to hum- 
ble the excellencies of creatures before 
God. 

THEN Eliphaz theTemanite answered 
and said, 



zteacheth God's judgment*. Chap. 

S //"we assay to commune with thee, I 
;cved I but, WTio can with- ! 
-elf from spe.. 

ithened the weak I 
4 Fhv words have oph Idea him that 
. nid thou hast strength* 

t is come upon thee, and 
icth thee, and thou 
I 

r, thy confidence, thy 

r, Wnere were 
■ 

seen them mat plough 

■ ickedness, reap the 

God they perish, and 
eathot his re they 

. 

he Hon, and the voice 

. . e young 

. 

Bon perisheth for lack of 

ire scat- 

l 

. thing was secretly brought 
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sth on men, 

up : 
it i could n< I 

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ahaU a man be than his 

dwell in 

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V. 

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fa man. 



God to be sought in affliction. 43* 

3 c I have seen the foolish taking root 
but suddeniy leaned his habitation. 

4 H\s children are far i I 
crusted in the gate, i .. 

0] to deliver them. 

. \ est the hungry eatethup, 

and taketh it even out of the morns, and 

*r swailowcth up their substance. 

6 ■' A • .ivough affliction coineth not t'di th 
of the dust, neither doth trouble spring 
out of the ground ; 

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the 
sparks fly upward* 

" S I wtouid seek unto God, and unto G?d 
would I commit my cause : 

9 Which doeth great things und unsearch- 
able ; marvellous things without number : 

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and 
sendeth waters upon the fields : 

11 To set up on high those that below ; 
that those which mourn may be f 

13 He disappointeth the devices of the 
crafty, bo that their hands cannot perform 

rise. 
13 He t.iketh the wise in their own 
- : and the counsel of the froward 
is carried headlong. 

14 They meet with darkness in the day- 
time, and grope in the noonday as in the 
night. 

15 But he saveth the poor from the 
sword, from their mouth, and from the 
hand of the mighty. 

16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity 
stoppeth her mouth. 

171 Behold, happy U the man whom 

God con aotthou 

jtening of the Almighty : 

18 For he roaketh sore, and bindeth up : 

he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 

shall deliver thee in six troubles : 

. Unoevil too 

{ e from 
r from the power of the 
/ sword. 

Vault thou I e 
Beth. 

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..■on. 



434 Jobjustifethhiscomjilaint. 

27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is ; 
hear it, and know thou it for thy good. 

CHAP. VJ. 
1 Job shews th that his complaints are not 
causeless, 3 He wisheth for death, where- 
in he is assured of conifort. 14 He refirc- 
-veth his friends ofunkindness, 

BUT Job answered and said, 
2 Oh that my griet were thoroughly 
weighed, and my calamity laid hi the bal- 
ances together ! 

3 For now it would be heavier than the 
sand of the sea : therefore my words are 
swallowed up. 

4 For the arrows of the Almighty are 
within me, the poison whereof drioketh up 
my spirit : the terrors oi God do set them- 
selves in array against me. 

5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath 
grass I or, Loweth the ox over his fodder I 

6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten 
without salt ? or, Is there any taste in the 
white of an egg ? 

7 The things that my soul refused to 
touch nre as my sorrowful meat. 

8 % O that 1 might have my request ; 
and that God would grant me the thing 
that I long for ! 

9 Even that it would please God to de- 
stroy me ; that he would let loose his hand, 
and cut me off', 

10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, 
I would harden myself in sorrow : let him 
not spare ; for I have not concealed the 
words of the Holy One. 

11 What is my strength that I should 
hope ? and, What is mine end, that I 
should prolong my life r 

12 Is my strength the strength of stones ? 
©r. Is my flesh of brass ? 

13 Is- not my help in me I and, Is wis- 
dom driven quite from me? 

14*j[ To him that is afflicted pity should 
be shewed from his friend ; but he forsa- 
keth the fear of the Almighty. 

15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully 
as a brook, tf^fi as the stream of brooks 

>assaway ; 

16 Which are blackish by reason of the 

i wherein the snow is hid : 

V? What time they wax warm, they 
vanish : when it is hot, they are consumed 
eut of their place. 

IB The paths of their way are turned a- 
iud< ; they go to nothing, and perish. 

19 Toe' troops ofTema looked, the com- 
panies of Sheba waited for them. 

2Q They were confounded because they 
had h< ped ; they came thither, and were 
- Lmed. 

21 For now ye are nothing ; ye see my 
•asting down, an&are afraid. 

22 Du\ 1 say;, Firing unto me ? or, Give 
a reward for me of your substance I 



JOB. Job excuse th his desire oj death, 

23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's 
hand for, Redeem me from the hand of 
the mighty \ 

24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue : 
and cause me to understand wherein I have 
erred. 

25 How forcible are right words \ but, 
What doth your arguing reprove? 

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, 
and the speeches of one that is desperate, 
which are as wind ? 

27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless,and 
ye dig a pit for your friend. 

28 Now therefore, be content, look upon 
me : for it is evident unto you it I he. 

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be ini- 
quity ; yea, return again, my righteous- 
iiess is in it. 

SO Is Caere iniquity in my tongue ? Can- 
npt my taste discern perverse tilings ? 

CHAP. Vil. 
1 Job excusethhis desire of 'death. 12 He 

comfilaineth of his own restlessness, and 

God's watchfulness. 

IS there not an appointed time to ma", 
upon earth ? Are not his days also 
like the days of an hireling ? 

2 As a servant earnestly desireth the 
shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the 
reward oj his work : 

3 So am I made to possess months of 
vanity, and wearisome nights are appoint- 
ed tome. 

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I , 
arise, and the night be gone ? Audi am 
full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning 
of the day. 

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and 
clods of dust ; my skin is broken, and be- 
come loathsome. 

6 My days are swifter than a weaver's 
shuttle, and are spent without hope. 

7 O remember that my life is wind : 
mine eyes shall no more see 

8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall 
see me no more : thine eyes are upon me, 
and 1 am not. 

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanish- 
eth away : so he that goeth down to the 
grave shall come up no more, 

10 He shall return no more to his house, 
neither shall in 1 rim any more. 

11 Therefore, I will not refrain my 
mouth ; I will speals in the anguish of my 
spirit ; Twill complain in the bitterness of i 
mv soul. 

12 "■ Am I a sea or a whale, that thou 
settesl a watch over 

. - bed shall comfort 
me, my couch . complaint ; 

14 Then thou with dre;.ms, 
and terifiest me through visions : 

15 So that n .;. pth strangling 
and death rather than my lite. 



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16 II 
let me 

17 Y\ 

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; i him ? 

\im eve- 
ry in- i 

1 

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rdon my 

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Chap, viii, ix. Job acknmriedgtth God 1 * just ice, 435 

17Hi> ..'X)ut the heap, 

eeththe place of sb <.■ 

18 If he destro) him from his place, then 
erijgf, 1 h ave nut sees 

19 Behold, thi 
t cast away a 

he fill thy mouth with laughing, 
:•. rej icing. 
hate thee shall be clothed 
with shame ; and the dwelling place of the 
.it. 
CHAP. L\. 

' iging God's justic • . 

V'll !/.... 

. cency in not to be condt not- 
ed by afflictions. 









I 



T. 
: a truth: but, I low 
should man be just with God? 
3 It he will amend with bam, he cannot 
.^nd. 
• . 

prospered ? 
5 Which rerooveth the mountains, and 

they knownot : Which ovcrturneth tiiou 
in his;- 

kcth the earth out of her 
able. 
Dj andk 
eth up the stare. 

i i at the heav- 
i I the sea. 

; 

I finding 
Ottt ; yea. and . 

..-72 not: 

. 

'. ho c .u 

ill not withdraw his anger, 
. turn. 

p him, 

. 

[ 

me j 

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436 Ao contending with God. 

20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth 
shall condemn me : if I say ,1 am perfect, 
it shall also prove me perverse. 

21 Though I were perfect yet would I 
not know my soul : I would despise my life. 

22 1 This is one thing, therefore I said 
*7,he destroycth the perfect and the wicked. 

23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will 
laugh at the trial of the innocent. 

24 The earth is given into the hand of 
the wicked : he covereth the faces of the 
judges thereof ; if not,Whereandwho/she ? 

25 Now my days are swifter than a post : 
they flee away, they see no good. 

26 They are passed away as the swift 
ships : as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 

27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, 
I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort 
myself: 

28 1 am afraid of all my sorrows, I know 
that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 

29 If I be wicked, Why then labour I in 
vain ? 

30 It I wash myself with snow water ,and 
make my hands never so clean ; 

31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch 
;tnd mine own clothes shall abhor me. 

32 For he is not a man as I am, that I 
should answer him, and we should come 
together in judgment. 

33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt 
ms, that might lay his hand upon us both. 

34 Let hl'm take his rod away from me, 
and let not his fear terrify me : 

35 Then would I speak, and not fear 
him ; but it is not so with me. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Job, taking liberty of complaint exfiostu- 
latethwith God about his afflictions. 18 
He complaineth oflife,andcraveth a lit- 
tle ease before death. 

MY soul is weary of my life : I will leave 
my complaint upon myself; I will 
speak in'the bitterness of my soul. 

2 1 will say unto God, do not condemn 
me ; shew me wherefore thou contended 
with me. 

3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest 
©ppress, that thou shouldest despise the 
work of thine hands, and shine upon the 
counsel of the wicked ? 

4 Hast thou eyes of iiesh ? or,Seest thou 
as man seeth I 

5 Are thy days as the days of man \ Are 
thy yea:% as man's days, 

6 That thou inquirest after mine iniqui- 
ty, and searchest after my an ? 

7 Thou knowest that! am not wicked ; 
and there is none that can deliver out of 
thine hand. 

8 Thine hands have made me and fash- 
ioned me together round about ; yet thou 
dostYlestroy me. 

9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou 



JOB. Job complaineth of life* 

hast made me as the clay ; and, Wilt thou 
bring me into dust again I 

10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, 
and curdled me like cheese i 

11 Tnou hast clothed me with skin and 
flej-h, and hast fenced me with bones and 
sinews, 

12 Thou hast granted me Hie and favour, 
and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 

13 And these things hast thou hid in thine 
heart : I know that this is with.thee. 

14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and 
thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. | 

15 It I be wicked, woe unto me; rnidif 
I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. 
I am lull of contusion ; therefore see thou 
mine affliction : 

16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me 
as a fierce lion : and again thou shewest 
thyself marvellous upon me. 

17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against 
me, and increasest thine indignation upon 
me ; changes and war are against mc. 

18 % Wherefore then hast thou brought 
me forth out of the womb ? Oh that 1 had 
given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me ! 

19 I should have been as though 1 had 
not been : I should have been carried from 
the womb to the grave. 

20 Are not my days few? Cease then, 
and let me alone, that i may take comfort 
a little, 

21 Before I go whence I shall not return, 
even to the land of darkness and the sha- 
dow of death ; 

22 A land of darkness,as darkness itsetf; 
and of the shadow of death, without any 
order, and where the ligrit is as darkness. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 Zojihar repraveth Job for justifying him- 
self. 5 God's wisdom is unsearchable^ 
13 The assured blessing ofrefni u-h.ce. 

THEN answered Zophar the Naam^ 
tiiite, and said, 

2 Should not die multitude of words be 
answered I and, Should a man fuji of taik 
be justified I 

3 Should thy lies make men hold their 
peace ? And when thou mockest, Shall no 
man make thee ashamed l t 

4 For thou hast said, My doctrine it 
pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 

511 But, Oh that God would speak, and; 
open his lips against thee ; 

6 And that he would shew thee the se- 
crets of wisdom, that they are double t( 
that which is ! Know therefore that GoC 
exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity 
deserveth. 

7 Canst thou by searchingfmdoutGod 
Canst thou find cut the Almighty unto per 1 
fection ? 

8 M is as high as heaven ; What can: 
thcu do ; Deeper than hell ; What cans] 
thou know ? 



o- r. r j r ^j g n - anct% C h r.p. 

9 The measure ti • :.t than 

the earth, a. 

i' gather 
him ( 

• he knowerh vain men : he seeth 

■ 

, though 
. 

— 13 * I 
stretc 

ut it far 
oil In thy 

»hou lift up thy face 
without ait be stedtast, 

i misery, 

- 

. th, thou 
uing. 
t be secure. 

!ig about 

their hope 
aliaLlb jhost. 

— .'I. 

pie, and 

\ well as 
•i : j ea, \\ ho 

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- 
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xii, x!ii. 

12 With the i ; and in 
length ■ 

13 With him is wis ngth,he 

derstanding. 
i f Behi Id, hebreaketh d< 
notbe buiit again : h< 

o opening. 
. tie witnholdeth the \ 
and they dry up • i ideth them out, 

and they overturn the earth. 

16 With him is strength and wisdom : 
■■'■ er arc his. 
eUors away spoiled, 
and m Is. 

13 He looseth the bend of kings, and 

their loins with a girdle. 

19 He feade I ay spoiled, and 
overthrow eth the mighty* 

20 He removeth away the speech of the 

rfrd taketh away the understand* 
fog or the aged. 

21 tie poureth contempt upon princes, 

b the strength otthe i 

■ things out of 
darkness, and bringeth out to'ii^ht the 
ith. 

23 He increaseth the nations,*™! destroy* 

■ Lb the nations, and. 
straiteneth them agatm 

24 He. the heart of tl 
of the pi 

them to wander in a wildernessftftere there 
w no way. 

25 Tup k without ligtyt, 

th mem to stagger like a 
drunken man* 

CHAP. 3011. 
\Job refvrcrveth hia friends of/:., 

14 tie fnofrfiUt ih nis t onfi, 
20 and cntrCQ 

fKcting hirm 

LO, mi;, '.'v, mine ear 

hath heard >A iu 

• do 1 know 
also : J y< u. 

• 

I 
. 111. 
and heaj ke;» 

I 

i 
i 

rch you 

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438 Job's confidence in God. JOB 

12 Your remembrances are like unto 
ashes, your. bodies, to bodies of clay. 

13 Hold your pence, let me alone, that I 
may speak, and let come on me what %vili. 

1 1 % Where! re do I take my flesh in my 
teeth, and put my life in mine hand I 

15 Though he slay me, j et will I trust in 
him : but 1 will maintain mine own wa ; s 
before him. 

16 He also sfiaU be my salvation : for an 
hypocrite shall not come beibre him. 

17 Hear diligently my speech, and my 
..declaration with y< >ur ear^ 

18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause ; 
I know that 1 shall bejustified. 

19 Who is he that will plead with me ? j 
For now, it 1 hold my tongue, 1 shall give ; 
up the ghost. 

20 % Only do not two things unto me : I 
then wilii not hide myself from thee. 

21 Withdraw thine hand far irom me : | 
and let not thy dread make me afraid. 

22 Then call thousand I will answer: I 
er let me speak, and answer thou me. i 

23 How many are mine iniquities and j 
sins ? Make me to know my transgression i 
and my sin. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and 
boldest me for thine enemy ? 

, 25 Wi't thou break a leaf driven to and 
fro t and, Wilt thou pursue the dry stubble i 

26 For thou writest bitter things against 
ane, andihakestme to possess the iniquities 
of my youth . 

27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, 
and iockest narrowly unto all my paths , 
thou settest a print upon the heels of my 
feet. '* 

23 And he, as a rotten thing, ccr.sumefh, 
as a garment that is moth ei tten . 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Job entrentetH God for fawenr y by the 

shortness of life, and ct i 'tain y of death. 

7 Though life once lost t . . :.verablc, 

yet he waitethfor his i ha ;•; » . 16 By sin 

th a crca'nre is subject >:o corruption. 

MAN that is born of a womanzsotfew 
days, and full ot trouble. 

2 He cometh furth like a flower, and is 
cut down: be fleeth also as a shadow, and 
continueth not. 

3 And dost then open '.hire eyes upon or with 
such an one, ana bringest me intojudg- good 
ment with thee ? 

4 Who can bring a cie an thing out of 
ah unclean: Not one. 

5 Seeing his days ate determined, the 
sumbei oi his ..... . t t e, th a 



He entrcateth God for favour. 

8 Though the rOot thereof wax old In 
the earth, and the stock thereof die in the 
ground ; 

9 Yet through the scent oi water it will 
bud and bring tbrth boughs like a plant. 

: man dieth, and wasieth away : 
yea,i»an giveth up the ghost, and, Where 
is he . ? 

11 As the waters fail from the sea, and 
the flood decayetn and drieih up : 

12 bo man lieth clown, arid riseth net : 
till tl ie heavens oe no more, they shall not 
awake, nor be raised cut ot their sleep. 

13 O that thou wonkiest hide me in the 
grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, 
un; i: th wrath be past, that tiiou wculdest 
appoint me a set time, and rememoer me I 

14 If a man die, Shall he live again ? AH 
| the days of my appointed time will 1 wait 
| till my change come. 

15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer 
j thee : thou wilt have a desire to the work 
I of thine hands. 

i 16 % For now thou numberest my steps : 
j Dost thou not watch over my sin I 

1 7 My transgression is seaied up in a 
bag, and thou sewest'up mine iniquity. 

18 And sure v the mountain tailing com- 



ught, and the rock is removed out 



eth to no 
of his pi- ce. 

19 The waters wear the stones : thou 
washes-, away the things which grow out 
oi the dust of the earth ; and thou destroy - 
est the hope oi man. 

20 Fliou prevaiiestfor ever against him, 
and hepasseth: thou changest hiss counter 
nance, and sendest liim awaj 

21 His sons come to honor, and he know- 
„• i nd they are brought low, but 

22 But! shallhavepain, 
and his soul witl i mourn 

CHAP. XV. 
1 EUfdiaz rtfi: ovclhJob of impiety in jus 



tifyivig himself* 
diiion '■: 



17 



by tra- \ 



ue x eman- 



jl ite, anq si 

2 should a w: 
doe, and fill his 



hist appointed hio unuiids that he cannot 
pass ; 

6 Turn irom him, that he may rest, till 
lie shall accomplish^ >s n ijreliug, has day. 

7 e ; For there e, if it he 

cut down, that in, and that 

ider branch thei oof will not cease. 



ian utter vain kncwl- 

\v .'. the east wind:' 

id he reason with unprofitable taik, 

speeches wherewith he can do no 

ha, thou castest off tear, and restrain- 
■'. er before Gog. 

or thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, 
i u cho< ses the tongue qi the crafty, 
hii ::. own mouth condemueth thee, 
ct I : , ea, thine own lips testify a- 
. thee. 
Irt thou the first man that was born i 

ou made before the hills? 
fast thou heard the secret ct God 
i and. Dost thou restrain wisdom tothyseH 



JSM/J... : 

I ■ 
not : 11 
not in vis i 

.;-<» both the grayheaded and 
ren aet 

s 

. words go out of thy 

■ 

i 

Me and 
man, 

\-t ; and 

■ 

rth was 
ngthem. 

. 

. 1 /* in liis i 

on Ida 

i 

! 

imlby 

. 

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vi. Job rcfrraveth hufriend* -o? 

;t offbis flower > 
the olive. 

For the congregation of 1 
.shall be desoj 

. . 
forth ^ anity, and their belly pre | 
ceit. 

CHAP. XVI. 

n --so. r . 
his - . 
. 

Tnswered an'' 

e all. 

or, 
What 

j our 

. I i 

lip VH 

5 I rangthen you ■• . my 

- 

w he hath made n - 
th ;i 
8 And thou hist fitted me w il 

. 

I th me in his 
j teth me: 1^* gnasheth 

< 
Mie. 

1 1 upon me -w ; 
;n uth ; 
cheek re] 

li c; i 
lv, unci turned .. 
'.cd. 
• 

by im 

h upon 



449 Job. appealeih from men to God, 



-• 19 Also now, behold, my witness is in 
heaven, and my record is on high. 

20 My iriends scorn me; but mine eye 
poureth out tears unto God. 

SI O that one might plead for a man 
with God, as a m&iipleadeth lor his peigfef 
hour J 

22 When a few years are come, then I 
shall go the way -v'ltnce I ^haiinot return. 
CHAP. XVli, 

■i ?y Sod 8 77/e 
unmerciful d: aling fr^en ivkh the afflic- 
ted may astonish but not discourage the 
righteous^, 11 Job's hope is net in />/£, but 
in death* 

MY breath is corrupt, my days are ex- 
tinct, the graves are ready forme, 

2 Are there not mockers with me ? and, 
Doth not mine eye continue in their prov- 
ocation ? 

3 Lay down now, put trie in a surety with 
thee; Who is he that will strike hifods 
with me ? 

4 For thou hast hid their heart from 
understanding: there-ore shalt fclicu not 
exalt /v^o;;?, 

5 He that speaketb flattery to Ms firiendis, 
esrenthg eyes ofhis children shall .'fail. 

v T ii He hath, made rne also a by word of 
the people ; and aforetime I was as a ta- 
blet* 

7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of 
sorrow, and aU nay members c:v as a shad- 
ow. 

8 **!' Upright 7;2« a ?z shall beastqnie#atthis, 
and the innocent shall stir up hirnseif a- 
gainst the hypocrite; 

9 The righteous also shall hold on Iris 
way, and he that hath clean hands shall be 
gfcrdngeu and stronger. 

10 But as for you, all, do ye return and 
pojne now : for I cannot find one wise man 
Magog you. 

21 ^f My days are past, my purposes are 
broken off, even the thoughts of rny heart. 

12 They change the night into day : the 
light is short because of darkness, 

13 If! wait, the grave is mine house : I 
have made my bed in the darkness. 

14 I have said to corruption, Thou art 
my father : to the worm, Thou art my 
mother, arid my sister. 

15 And, Where is. now my hope ? As for 
my hope, Who shall see it I 

16 They shall go down to the bars of the 
p;t when our rest together is in the dust. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 B'ddad reproveth Job of pre. < 

and impatience, 5 The calamities of the 
ivicked. 

THEN answered Bildad the Shuhke, 
■ and said, 
2 How 1 ng 'mill it be rreye make an end 
of words? Mark, and afterwards we will 
speak. 



JOB, The calamities of the wicked, 

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, 



and reputed vile in your sight \ 

4 Heteareth himself in his anger : Shall 
the earth be forsaken for thee ? and, Shall 
the rock be removed out of his place i 

5. 1 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be 
put out, and the spark of his fire shall not 
shine. 

6 The light shall be dark in his taberna- 
cle, and his candle shall be put cut with 
him. 

7 The steps of his strength shall be 
straitened, and his own counsel shall cast 
him down. 

8 For he Is cast into a net by his own 
feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 

9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and 
the robber shall prevail against him. 

, 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, 
and a trap for him in the way, 

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on e- 
very side, and shall drive him to his feet. 

12 1 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and 
destruction shall be ready at his side, 

15 T: .hall devour the strength of his skin : 
t ven the firstborn of death shall devour his 

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of 
his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the 
king oi terrors, 

15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle;, be- 
cause ii is none of his: btfiinstotie shall be 
scattered iroon his habitation, 

16 His root 1 : shall be dried up beneath, 
and above shall his branch be cut off. 

17 His remembrance shall perish from 
the eapth, and he shall have no name in the 
street. 

18 He shall be driven from light into 
darkness, and chased out of the world. 

19 lie shall neither have son nor neph- 
ew among his people, nor any remaining 
in his dwellings; 

20 They *hat come after him shall be as- 
toniecl at his day, as they that went before 
were affrighted, 

21 Surely such ere the dwellings of the 
wicked, and this is the place of him that 
knoweth not God, 

CHAR XIX, 
1 Job, complaining of his friends' cruelly, 
sheweth there is misery enough in him 
to feed their cruelly, 21 He craveth 
pity. 25 He believe th the resurrection. 
Hp HEN Job answered and said, 
JL 2 How. long will ye vex my soul, 
and break me in pieces with words ? 

3 These ten times have ye reproached 
me: ye are not ashamed \hat ye make 
yourselves strange to me. 

4 And be it indeed thai I have erred, 
mine error remaineth with myselt. 

5 If, indeed, ye will magnify yourselves 
against me, and plead against me my re- 
proach : 






9 He I i nv glory, and 

: ■ - 

and 1 j 

11 He 1 hi- wrath a- 

. iut unto him 



. 



- 
upthei: 

\ l- f .iled, an ! my fa- 

15 They Ihat dwell in mine hou 

.: ; lam 



I for the children 



ime; I 

itrd me: 
and the 

1 am escapee: 
eth. 

ite me as God, 

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. 441 

31ha\eheardihc 

4Koowes • 

was j 

> i 

. 

6 Though! ■ mount up I 

heavens,aiu: ; 

7 y 

own; 

; here is he? 
k shall fiyawa] , 

notbeiound: yea, he- 
at. 

9 The e\ e I ,y<? 
/;i//i no more ; neitiier shall his | 

more behold 

10 Hi, children shall seek top!e.i-:c the 
poor,imd his hands shall i\ - 

11 His bones are full of the am ol 
youth, o h'.di M,ail lie down with him in t» w 

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his 
mouth, though he hide It under his tongue ; 

13 TJwugh he spare it, an 

it stih within km month : 

. ::ed, 
. him. 
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and 
he shall vomit them up a^ain: God shall 
vlly. 
me poison ot a==ps : 
turn. 
\7 . the floods, 

the br i be r. 

tie laboured for shall he 
tflowtfdnwn : 

•tu- 
and he shall no: rt-i 
K he hatho; ; 

tat he ham 

■'ihuuuiiJ- 

"ic>s inhii 
hat which hede- 

eatbe left ; 

. . 

he 
.the wick- 

. 

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442 Job shcwcth cause for his grief. JOB 

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon. 
CTzithc bow ot steel shall strike him through. 

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the 
bod} ; yea, the glittering sword cometh 
cut ol his gall : terrors are upon him. 

26 All darkness shall be hid in liis secret 
places : a fire not blown shall consume 
him ; it shall go ill with him that is left in 
his tabernacle, 

27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity ; 
and the earth shall rise up against him. 

28 The increase of his house shall de- 
parr, and his goods shall How away in the 
day ci his wrath. 

29 Tills is the portion of a wicked man 
Irom God, and the heritage appointed un- 
to him by God. 

CHAP. XXL ..■ 
1 Job sheweth that even in the judgment 
of man he hath reason to he grieved. 7 
Sometimes the rdeked do so prosper as 
they despise God. 16 Sometimes their 
destruction is manifest. 23 The happy 
and the unhappy alike in death. 

BUT Job answered and said, 
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let 
this be your consolations. 

3 Suffer me that 1 may speak ; and af- 
ter that I have spoken, mock on, 

4 As for me, Is my complaint to man ? 
And if it were so, Why should not my spirit 
be troubled I 

5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay 
ycn.tr hand upon your mouth. 

6 Even when 1 remember I am afraid, 
and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. 

7 % Wherefore do the wicked live, be- 
ccme old, yea, are mighty in power ? 

8 Their seed is established in their sight 
with them, and their offspring before their 
eyes. 

' 9 Their houses ar% safe from fear, nei- 
ther is the rod of God upon them. 

10 Their bull gendereth, and faiieth not, 
their cow calveth, and eastern, not her calf. 

11 They send forth their little ones like 
a flock, and then- children dance. 

12 They take the timbrel and harp, and 
rejoice at the sound of the organ. 

13 They spend their days in wealth, and 
in a moment go down to the grave. 

14 Therefore they say unto God, De- 
part from us; for we desire net the knowl- 
edge of thy wa\ s, 

15 What is the Almighty, that we should 
serve him ? and, What profit should we 
have, if we pray unto. him? 

1 6 % Lo, their good is not in their hand : 
the counse] of the wicked is far from me. 

17 How ofc is the candle of the wicked 
put out :' and, Jww oft cometh their de- 
struction upon them ? God distributed 
sorrows in his anger. 

13 They are as stubble before the wind, 



The happy and unhappy alike in death* 

and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 

19 Godlayeth up his iniquity for his chil- 
dren : he rewardeth him, and he shall 
know it. 

20 His eyes shall see his destruction and 
he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 

21 For, What ] ileasure hath he in his 
house alter him, when the number of his 
months is cut oftin the midst \ 

22 Sh?li any teach God knowledge? see- 
ing he judgeth those that are nigh. 

23 *f One dieth in his full strength, being 
wholly at ease and quiet. 

24 His breasts are full of milk , and his bones 
are moistened with marrow. 

25 And another dieth in the bitterness of j 
his soni , and never eateth with pleasure. \ 

26 They shah lie down alike in the dust, 
and the worms shall cover them. 

27 Behold, 1 know your thoughts, and 
the devices which ye wrongfully imagine a- 
gainst me. 

28 For ye sav. Where is the house of 
the prince? and, Where are the dwelling 
places of the wicked? 

29 Have ye not asked them that go by 
the war ? and, Dove not know their tokens, 

30 That the wicked is reserved to the 
day of destructi< >n I They shall be brought 
forth to the day of wrath. 

31 Who shall declare his way to his face ? 
and, Who shall repay him what he hath 
done? 

32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, 
and shall remainln the tomb. 

33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet 
unto him, and every man shall draw after 
him, as there are innumerable before him. 

34 How then comfort ye me in vain, see^ 
ing in your answers there rem aineth false- 
hood ? 

CHAP. XXII. 

I Eliphaz sheweth that ma??s goodnrss 

prcfiieth not God. 5 He accuseth Job 

of ui vers sins. 2i He cxhorteth Mm to 

rrfientance, with promises of mercy. v 

THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answer- 
ed and said, 

2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as 
he that is wise may be profitable unto him- 
self ? 

3 Isit&wy pleasure to the Almighty, 
that thou art righteous ? or, J* it gain to 
him, that thou makestthy ways perfect ? 

4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee ? 
Will he enter with thee into judgment ? 

5 % Is not thy wickedness great, and 
thine iniquities infinite ? 

6 For thou hast taken a pledge from 
thy brother tor nought, and stripped the 
naked of their clothing. 

7 Thou hast not given water to the 
weary to drink, and thou hast withholds 
bread from the hungry. 



Job accused of A vert CI I ap . >: a 

8 But as J or the mi 
| 

in it. 

9 Th u hast empty, 
and the arms of the ivebeen 

(i about 
- 
11 O. 

13 I . 

And beh 

13 An 

I 
c 

» *n him, 
. i i the 
circuit ol beaven. 

15 H o'.d way which 

Id VV :i out of time, 

- 

30 W re ts our $ 

dice, the 1 

- 
and the 

unt..! . 
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;ii, xxiv. Ik kmgeth to see God. 443 

CHAP. W !:. 

1 Job langeih to afi/iear before God, 6 in 

confidence of/ua m rcy. o God, vrho u 

terveth our ways. 11 Job's 

w u. 13 God I vimuta- 

TURN Job answered ands kid) 
my compl lint bit- 
my groan- 

3 ( )\\ that 1 knew where I might find 
him ! thai 1 might con tus seat i 

io him, 
ao L fill n 

o 1 w rich he 

would answer me, a indwhat 

unto me. 

b % \ . st me with bis 

\ but he v,„uld put 

strength in me. 

re the righteous might dispute 
with him ; so should 1 be delivered fore- 
ver from myjudge. 

Behold 1 go forward, but he is not 
i .', but 1 cannot per- 
nim : 

9 On lie left hand, where he doth work, 
but 1 c..:. i . a : he hide 

cannot see him : 

10 but he knoweth the way that I 

- hath tried me, 1 shall come forth 
Id. 

Ay foot hath held his steps, his 
aed. 
; >ne back from the 

ed the words of his mouth more than my 
.. 
13 V But be is im i !, Who 

desireth, 
.: he doeth. 

me: and many siu. 
jj 



444 A judgment for the wicked. 



5 Behold, w wild asses in the desert go 
they forth to their work ; rising betimes 
for a prey : the wilderness yietdeth tood 
for them and for their children. 

6 They reap every cne his com in the 
field : and they gather the vintage of the 
wicked. 

7 They cause the naked to lodge without 
clothing, that they have no covering in the 
cold. 

S They are wet with the showers of the 
mountains, and embrace the rock for want 
ot a shelter. 

9 They pluck the fatherless from the 
breast, and tnke a pledge of the poor. 

1G They cause him to go naked without 
clothing, and they take away the sheaf 
the hungry ; 

11 Which make oil within their walls, 
rmd tread their winepresses, and suffer 
thirst* 

12 fv.Ten groan from out of the city, and 
the soul of the wounded crieth out : yet 
God layeth not folly to them, 

13 They are of those that rebel against 
the light ; they know not the ways thereof, 
nor abide in the paths thereof. 

14 The murderer rising with the light 
kilieth the poor and me&f, and in the 
night is as a thief. 

15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth 
for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see 
me : and disguiseth his lace. 

16 In the dark they dig through houses, 
which they had marked lor themselves in 
the day time : they know not the light. 

17 *i\ Fcr the morning is to them even 
as the shadow of death : Hone know them, 
they are in the terrors of the shadow of 
death. 

18 Hez's swift as the waters ; their por- 
tion is cursed in the earth : he beholdeth 
not the way of the vineyards. 

19 Drought and htat consume the snow 
waters : so cloth the grave those which 
have sinned. 

20 The womb shall forget him ; the worm 
shall feed sweet] y on him ; he shall be no 
move remembered ; and wickedness shall 
ken as a tree. 

21 He evil entrcatcth the barren that 
beafeth not : and doth not good to the 
- 

22 lie draweth also the mighty with his 
power: he rise th up, and no man is sure 
of lite. 

25 Though it be given hirfl to be in safety, 
v peon he resteth ; yet his eyes are up- 
on their ways. 

34 They are exalted for a little while, 
I low ; they are ta- 

ken out oi the way as all othei , and cut oil 
ii foe • em. 

25/okdii'it be net so now, V. 



JOB. Man cannot be justified before God* 

make me a liar, and make my speech 
nothing worth ? 



CHAP, XXV. 
Bildad shetveth that man cannot be justi- 
, fed befyre God. 

THEN answered Bildad the Sfcuhite, 
and said, 

2 Dominic* and fear are with him, he 
maketh peace in his high places. 

3 Is there any number of his armies ? 
and, Upon whom doth no?: his light arke ? 

4Kow then can a man be justified with 
God ? or, How can he be clean that is bora 
of a woman i 

5 Behold, even to the moon, and it shi- 
neth not : yea, the stars are not pure in his 
sight. 

6 How much less man, that is a worm ; 
and the son of man, which is a worm I 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 Job reproving the uncharitable sfdrit tf 
Bildad, 5 acknowledged the power of 
God to be h finite and unsearchable . 

BUT Job answered and said, 
2 How hast thou helped him that is 
withcut power I Now savest thou the arm 
that hath no strength l 

3 How hast thou counselled him that 
hath no wisdom ? and, How hast thou plen- 
tifully declared the thing as it is ? 
4 To whom hast thou uttered words ? and, 
Whose spirit came from thee I 

5 "if Dead things are formed from under 
the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 

6 Hell is naked before him, and destruc- 
tion hath no covering. 

7 He streteheth out the north over the 
empty place, and hangeth the earth upon 
nothing. 

8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick 
clouds ; and the cloud is not rent under 
them. 

9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, 
cwrfspreadeth his cloud upon it. 

10 He hath compassed the waters with 
bounds, until the day and night come to 
an end. 

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and 
are astonished at his reproof* 

12 He divideth the sea with his power, 
and by his understanding he smiteth through 
toe proud. 

" 13 By his spirit he hath garnished the 
heavens ; his hand hath formed the crook- 
ed serpent. 

- hese are part'-, of his Ways : but. 

How iittie a portion is heai d oi him I But 

der of his power, who canundei- 

:CHAP. XXVII. 

incerity. & The hyfio* 
cnte is without hofie. 11" The blessings 

. ive ere turned into 
. .„ ... 



Job protesteth Char, 

MORI ued his par* 

■ ' . : 
not remove ;. 

:ed, and 

i .is cry when 
delight himself in the AP 

lrselveshave 

I 

U uot be 

List shall 
n ide the 

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■gift* 445 
rth, and 

\ness, and 
Qesof 

Lketh out rrom i\x. in- 

!1 Of 

■■.:.• ' 

kj out oi it t 

t 

of sap- 

. i 
. 

I 

>y it. 
9Heputteth id upon the 

•s by 
the rootSi 

■ 

11 He biOdeth the floods fi 

'. 
the place of ui 

neither is it found in ihc landofthi 
14 T: 

' nv , 
I5ltc; 

16 It i lued with the | 

Ophir, v. XJDttt onyx, 

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445 Job bemoaneth his former prosperity. JOB. 

fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ; and to 
depart from evil is understanding. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
Job bemoaneth himself of his former pros- 
perity and honor. 
MOREOVER, Job continued his par- 
able, and said, 

2 Qh that 1 were as in months past, as 
in the days when God preserved me ; 

3 When his candle shined upon my 
head, and when by his light 1 walked 
through darkness ; 

4 As I was in the days ot my youth, when 
the secret ot God was upon my taberna- 
cle ; 

5 When the Almighty was yet with me, 
when my children were about me ; 

6 When I washed my steps with butter, 
and the rock poured me out rivers of oil : 

7 When I went out to the gate through 
the city, when I prepared my seat in the 
street ! 

8 The young men saw me,and hid them- 
selves : and the aged arose and stood up. 

9 The princes refrained talking, and 
laid their hand on their mouth. 

10 The nobles held their peace, and 
their tongue cleaved to the roof of their 
mouth. 

11 When the ear heard me, then it 
blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it 
gave witness tome : 

12 Because 1 delivered the poor that 
cried, and the fatherless, and him that had 
none to help him. 

13 The blessing of him that was ready to 
perish came upon me : and I caused the 
widow's heart to sing fbrjoy. 

14 1 put on righteousness, and it clothed 
me : my judgment was as a robe and a 
diadem. 

15 1 was eyes to the blind, and feet was 
I to the lame. 

16 I was a father to the poor : and the 
cause which! knew net I searched out. 

17 And I break the jaws of the wicked, 
and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 

18 Then I said, 1 shah die in my nest, 
and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 

19 My root was spread out by the wa- 
ters, and the dew lay all night upon my 
branch. 

20 My glory was fresh in me, and my 
bow was renewed in my h;md. 

21 Onto me : men gave ear, and waited, 
and kept silence at my counsel, 

22 '.'terrav woids' they spake not a- 
gain ; and my speech dropped upon them. 

23 And they waked for me as for the 
rain ; and they opened their mouth wide 
as for the latter rain. 

24 If\ laughed on them, they believed 
& not; and the Light of my (Countenance 
they cast not down. 



His prosperity turned into calamity. ■ 

25 1 chose out their way, and sat chief, 
and dwelt as a king in the army, as one 
that comforted) the mourners. 
CHAP. XXX. 

1 Job's honor is turned into extreme con- 
t em fit ; 15 his prosperity into calamity. 

BUT now they that are younger than I, 
have me in derision, whose fathers I 
would have disdained to have set with the 
dogs of my flock. 

2 Yea, whereto might the strength of 
their hands profit me, in whom old age 
was perished I 

3 For want and famine they were soli- 
tary ; fleeing into the wilderness in former 
time desolate and waste. 

4 Who cut mallows by the bushes, and 
juniper foots/or their meat. 

5 They were driven forth from among 
men ; the} 7 cried after them as a fter a 
thief; r 

6 To dwell in the cliffs of the vallies, in 
caves of the earth, and in the rocks. 

7 Among the bushes they brayed ; un- 
der th e nettles they were gathered together. 

8 7 liey were children of fools, yea, chil- 
dren of base men : they were viler than 
the earth. 

9 And now am I their song, yea, I am 
their byword 

10 They abhor me,_ they flee far from 
me, and spare not to spit in my face. 

11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and 
afflicted me, they have also let loose the 
bridle before me. 

12 Upon my right kcend rise the youth ; 
they push away my feet, and they raise up 
against me the ways of their destruction. 

13 They mar my path, they set for- 
ward my calamity, they have no helper. 

14 They came upon me as a wide break- 
ing in of water's; in the desolation they 
roiled themselves upon me* 

15 Terrors are turned upon me : they 
pursue my soul as the wind : and my wel- 
fare passeth away as a cloud. 

16 And now my soul is poured out upca 
me ; the days of affliction have taken hold 
upon me. ' 

17 My bones are pierced in me in the 
night season : and my sinews take no rest. 

Is By the great force of my disease is my 
garment changed : it bindeth me about as 
the collar of my coat. 

19 He hath cast me into the mire, and 
I am become like dust and ashes. 

20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not 
hear me : 1 stand up, and thou regardest 
me not. 

21 Thou art become cruel to me : with 
thy strong hand thou opposest thyself a- 
gaiiist me. 

22 Thou Kftest me up to the wind: 
thou causest me to ride upon it y and dis- 
salvest my substance. 



J'jb firotesteth his integrity 

23 For fknow ttiat thou wilt bi 

;. and to the house appoin 
all living. 

24 Howbeit, he will n^t stretch out Ms 
hand to the gra 
destnv I 

25 Did not I weep for him that was in 



Chip. xxxi. in several 

16 If I have withheld the, 
- r have caused the eyes 

widow to fail ; 

17 Or have eaten my morsel myself a- 
lone, and the fatherless hath not eaten 

18 ( For from my youth he i 



trouble ? Was not nq he up with] i father, and I have 



'hen I looked tor ^ood then evil 
came unto me: and when I waited for 
light, there c .: 

Z7 My bov pd rested not: 

f affliction prevented roe. 

28 1 went mourning without the sun: I 
stood up, and 1 cried in the congn 

29 I am a brother to drag-' os, and a com- 
i 

I , skin is black upon me, and my 

31 My harp also is turned to mourning, 
organ Into the voiceof them that 

CHAP. XXXI. 
1 Jjb ?/:■ : ofhu 

. n several duties. 

I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; 
should I think open a maid ? 
lion of God is (here 
.id, What inheritance of the 
ity from en high \ 

- ruction to the wicked, rind 
a strange :ersofin- 

my ways, and count 
.Vil my - 

j Ifl 1 1 i\ e walked with vanity, or if my 

<\ in an even balance, 
q know mi:. 

7 If my step hath turned cut ofthe way, 

and itam blot hath cleaved to my hands; 
l< t another eat; 

9 If m ed by a 

10 Then\e\n I unto another, 
u For this 

trurti hi, and would root out all i 

- 

contend 

14 Wh 
■eth Dpi i, What 

■hall lac 

womb n 

iuw us in 



guided her from my mother's womb ) ; 

19 If I have seen any perish tor war/, of 
clothing, or any poor without coveri 

20 11 his loins have not blessed me, and 
if he were not wanned with the fleece of 
my sheep ; 

21 Ifl have lifted up my hand against" 
the fatherless, when I saw my help in the 
gate : 

22 Then let mine arm fell from my 
er blade, and mine arm be broken 

from the bone. 

23 For destruction / ETC* a 
terror I ison of his hi 

•ould not endure. 

24 If I have made gold my hope, or 
have said to the fine gold, 1 hou art my 
confidence ; 

. I rejoiced because my wealth cpos 
great, and because mine hand had gotten 
much ; 

26 It I beheld the sun when it shined, c r 
the moon walking m brightness ; 

27 And my heart hath been sc cretly en- 
ticed, or my mouth hath kisstd my band : 

28 This also were an iniquity to be jmn- 
uhed by the judge : for 1 should pave de- 
i.it :'. ill* God t/uit is above. 

29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of 
i him that hated me, or lilted up D 

when e\ il found him • 

30 Neither have I suffered my mouth 
to sin bj wishing a curse to his soul. 

i [fthe men of my tabernacle said not, 
C)h that we had of his flesh 1 we cannot \>e 
. 

. inger did not lodge in the 

strut : but <■: '':, ors to tlie 

'er. 

crcd my □ as 

- 

Ititude . i r, Did 

I PI if) una that 

\oori 

h^ld, 

: an- 

' • ul- 

: l number 

unto 1 

i that 



443 Elihifs zeal to speak 



with/ 
ers 63 



Ci Job ! 
I I'hh 



\. XXXI!, 
: . .. . th J* and his three 
frienc , 6/,'- -y,. - ■■ far ?:ol 

satisfy u Oj .:. h. 16 Hh zeal to speak. 

SO these three men ceased to answer 
Job, because he, was righteous in his 
own eyes, 

2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu 
the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kin- 
dred of Ram ; against Job was his wrath 
kindled, because he justified himself rather 
than Qod. 

3 Also against hi?, three friends was his 
wrath kindled, because they had found no 
answer, muiyel had condemned Job. 

4 Now Eiihu had waited till Job had 
spoken, because they were elder than he. 

5 When Elihu saw that there was no an- 
swer in tn<? mouth of these three men, then 
his wrath. was kindled, 

6<j| And Eiihu the son of Earache the 
Buzite answered and said, I am young, and 
ye are very old j wherefore I was atraid, 
and durst not shew you mine opinion. 

7 I said. Bays should speak,- and' multi- 
tude ol years should teach wisdom. 

8 ± lit there is a spirit in man : and the 
inspiration of the Almighty giveth them 
understanding. 

9 Great men are not a'huays wise : nei- 
ther do the aged under.-:'.-..;:.; hioyanent. 

10 Therefore I said. Hearken to me; I 
also will shew mine opinion. 

11 Behold,, I waited for your words ; I 
*gavgear to your reasons, whilst ye search- 
ed out what to say. 

12 Yea, I attended unto you, and behold, 
there •■zya.snoneofj'ou that convinced Job, 
or that answered his words ; 

l3Lestj^hoijldsay, We have- found 
out wLdom : £Jod thrustevh him down, 
not man, 

14 Now he hath not directed his words 
against me : neither Willi answer him, 
with your speeches, 

15 They were amazed, they answered 
no more : they left&f* peaking. 

16 % When 1 had waited (for they 
spake not, but stood still, and answered no 
moTe ) ; . 

17 1 said, i will answer algo my part, I 
also ■ nainp opinion. 

13 For 1 -sw. fuil of matter, the spirit 
within me constraineth me. 

19Beho3d,my belly is as wine, which 
hath ftp vent ; it.is ready to burst like new 
bottled, 

, i)j0A ^roay be refreshed: 
I will or Lnd ans wer- 



JOB, He offer eth himself to reason with Job 

21 Let roe not, I pray you, accept any 
an's person, neither let me give flatter- 
g tithes unto man. 

22 For 1 know not to give flattering ti* 
The words ties ; in so doing my Maker would soon 

take me aw ay, 

CHAP. XXXIII. 

1 Elihu ojfercth himself instead of God 
with sincerity and meekness, to reason 
with Job. 8 lie excuseth God from giv- 
ing man an account of his ways^ by his 
greatness, 31 He inciteth Job to attention. 

WHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear 
my speeches, and hearken to all my 
words. 

2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, 
my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. 

3 My words shall be of the uprightness 
of my heart : and my lips shall utter knowl- 
edge clearly. 

4 The spirit of God hath made me, and 
the breath of the Almighty hath given me 
hte. 

5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words 
in order before me, stand up. 

6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in 
God's stead : I also am formed out cl the 
clay. 

7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee 
afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy up- 
on thee. 

8 % Sorely thou hast spoken in mine hear- 
ingyand I have heard the voiceof thy words, 
saying, . # 

9 1 am clean without transgression, 1 
am innocent : neither is there iniquity in 
me. 

10 Behold, he findeth occasions against 
me he counteth me for his enemy : 

11 Fie putteth my feet in the stocks, he 
marketh all my paths. 

12 Behold, in this thou art not just : 1 
will answer thee, that God is greater than 
man. # - 

13 Why dost thou strive against him ? 
For he giveth not account of any of his mat- 
ters, 

14 For God speakctb 'nice, yea twice, 
yet wxawperceiveth it not. 

15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, 
when deep sleep falleth upon men, in 
slumberings upon the bed ; 

16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and 
sealetti their instruction, 

17 That he may withdraw man from 
his pm :■. r , a nd hide pi idefrom man. 

'.\'IZ . o b:iek his soul from the 

: v n * i p- rishing 1 >y the sword. 

; : \ F e chastened ajso with pain upon 

multitude of his bones with, 

strbng/ttzsra : 

20 So that Ins life abhorreth bread, and 
his son! dainty meat. 

21 His flesh is consumed away, that it. 



■ 

unto the 
ers. 

thousand, to 

him,and saith, 

a to the pit : 

- 

I 

Btedme not ; 

I 

. 

man, 

the pit, 

, 

hold thy 

a^m. 
.iV. 

. 
be u;j 

.'■mouth 

: 

■ 

- 



cannot re unjust, 44$ 
will the Almighty pervert judg- 

13 Who hath given him a charge over 
the eaith ? <,y, Who hath disposed the 

le se: his heart upon man, //lie 

, slfhisspintandhisbreathi 

U All flesh shall perish together, and 

i. .11 turn again unto dust. 
16 It now fAcz/?mf understanding, hear 
this : hearken to the voice of my words* 

U even he that hateth righ 
em ? and, Wilt thou condemn him that is 
just? 
IS /s it Jit to say to a king, Thzu art 
ungodly ? 
that accepteth 
not the per- Ithe 

rich more than the poor : Fur they ail arc 
the work of his h.i: . 

i moment shall they die, and the 

people shaB l>e tn night, and 

..way: and t.. | .ken 

r his eyes are upen the ways of 
man, and he seeth all his goings. 

22 There is no d v of 

death, where the w> rkers oi iniquity may 
hide themselves. 

For he w ill not lay upon man more 
than right ; that he should enter intojudg- 
ment with God. 

I Ic shall break in pieces mighty men 
at number, and set others in their 
stead. 

Fhcelbre he knoweth their works, 
> • overturncth them in the night, so 

. .'. men in 

se they turned back from him, 
a ays : 
So that they caw poor 

e cry 
flicted, 
\\ benhi giveth quietness, Whothon 
can n n lie bideth 

. v. bold him? wheth- 

osta 
man < nh : 

I it the h\ rKKrrite reign not, lest the 
. 

I nave ban t of- 

. rt ; 

♦ hthoume: 

If I 

mind f . 

' . 

I understanding tell me, 
hearken unto me* 

and hi. .; an. 



450 J\fo comparison to be made with God. JOB. 



36 My desire is, that Job may be tried 
unto the end, because of his answers for 
wicked men. 

37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, 
he clappeth his hands among us, and mul- 
tiplied* his words against God. 

CHAP. XXXV. 

1 Cqmfiarisonis not to be made ivith God, 

because our goodcr evilcannot extendun- 

to him* 9 Many cry in their afflictions, 

hut are not hear a for %vanl of faith, 

ELIHU spake moreover, and said, 
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that 
thou saidst, My righteousness is more than 
God's? 

3 For thou saidst, What advantage will 
it be unto thee i and, What profit shall 1 
ha.xe,iflbe cleansed from my sin ? 

4 I will answer thee, and thy compan-* 
ions with thee. 

5 Look unto the heavens, and see ; and 
behold the clouds which are higher than 
thou. 

6 If thou sinnest, What dcest thou against 
him ? or, If thy transgressions be multipli- 
ed, What doest thou unto him ? 

7 It thou be righteous, What gi vest thou 
him ? or,What receiveth he of thine hand ? 

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as 
tl iou art ; and thy righteousness may prof t 
the son of man. 

9 *H By reason ol the multitude of op- 
pressions they make the ofijiressedXa cry : 
they cry out by reason of the arm of the 
mighty. 

10 But none saith, Where is God my 
Maker, who giveth songs in the night; 

1 1 Who teacheth us more than the beasts 
ct the earth, and maketh us wiser than the 
fowls of heaven ? 

12 There they cry, but none giveth an- 
swer, because oi the pride of evil men. 

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, nei- 
ther will the Almighty regard it. 

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not 
see him, ^judgment zsbefore'him ; there- 
fore trust thou in him. 

15 But now, because it is not so he hath 
visited in his anger ; yet he knoweth it 
not in great extremity ': 

16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in 
rain ; he multipiieth words without knowl- 
«dge. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 
1 Rlihu sheweth how God is just in his 
ways, 16 and how Job's sins hinder 
God's blessings. 24 God's works are 
to be magnified. 

ELIHU also proceeded, and said, 
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew 
thee that I have yet to speak on God's be- 
half. 

3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, 
and will ascribe righteousness to my Ma- 
ker. 



God's works are to bemagnifrd. 

4 For truly my word sliall not be false : 
he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. 

5 Behold, God is mighty, anddespiseth 
not any : he is mighty in strength am wis- 
dom. 

6 He preserveth not the life of the wick- 
ed : but giveth right to the poor. 

7 He withdraweth not his eyes from 
the righteous : but with kings are they on 
the throne ; yea, he doth establish them for 
ever, and they are exalted. 

8 And if they be bound in fetters, andbt 
holden in cords of affliction ; 

, 9 Then he sheweth them their work and 
their transgressions that they have exceed- 
ed. 

10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, 
and commandeth that they return from in- 
iquity. 

11 If they obey and serve him, they shall 
spend their days in prosperity, and their 
years in pleasures. 

12 But if they obey not, they shall perish 
by the sword, and they shall die without 
knowledge. 

13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up 
wrath : they cry not when hebindeth them. 

14 They die in youth, and their liie is 
among the unclean. 

15 He delivereth the poor in his afiliction, 
and oper.eth their ears in oppression. 

16 f Even so would he have removed 
thee out of the strait into a broad place, 
where there is no straitness: ancl that 
which should be set on thy table should be 
lull of latness. 

17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment 
of the wicked : judgment and justice take 
hold on thee. 

18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he 
take thee away with his stroke: then a 
great ransom cannot deliver thee. 

19 Will he esteem thy riches ? No, not 
gold, nor all the forces of strength. 

20 Desire not the night, when people are 
cut off in their place. 

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for 
this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. 

22 Behold, God exalteth by his power : 
Who teacheth like him ? 

23 Who hath enjoined him his way ; or 
Who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity ? 

24 % Remember that thou magnify his 
work, which men behold. 

25 Every man may see it ; man may 
behold it afar off. 

25 Behold, God is great, and we know 
hi?n not, neither can the number of his 
years be searched out. 

27 For he maketh small the drops of 
water : they pour down rain according to 
the vapour thereof : 

28 Which the clouds do drop and distil 
upon man abundantly. 



God to bef eared for his works. Chap, xxxv: 

• 29 Also, Can any understand the spread- 
ing of the clouds, or the noise of his taber- 
nacle i 

30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon 
it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. 

31 For by them judgeth he the people ; 
he giveth meat in abundance. 

32 With clouds he covereth the light ; 
and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud 
that cometh betwixt. 

33 Toe noise thereof sheweth concern- 
intr it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. 

CHAP. XXX VII. 
1 God is to bejearedfor liis great works. 
15 Hie wisdom is unsearchable in them. 

AT this also my heart trembleth, and is 
meed cut of his place. 

2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, 
and the sound that goeth out of his mcuth. 

3 He directeth it under the whole heav- 
en, and his lightning unto the ends of the 
earth. 

4 After it a voice roareth : he thunder- 
eth w ith the voice oi his excellency ; and 
he will not stay them when his voice is 
heard. 

5 God thundereth marvellously with his 
voice ; great things doeth he which we can- 
not comprehend. 

6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on 
the earth ; likewise to the small rain, and 
to the great rain of his strength. 

7 He sealed) up the hand of every man : 
that all men may know his work. 

8 Then the beasts go into dens, and re- 
main in their places. 

9 Out of the south cometh the whirl- 
wind : and Gold out of the north. 

10 By the breath of God frost is given : 

breadth of the waters is strata ncd. 
1 1 Also by watering he wearieth :be thick 
■ hescattereth his bright cloud : 

12 Audit is tinned round about by his 

t they may do what 
. them ujton the lace of the 
earth. 

13 He causeth it to come, whether for 

i r for mercy. 
. unto this, O Job: stand still 
the wondrous v. irks of God. 
J 5 - Dostthou know when God 
edthem. I the light oi his cloud 

to shiner ' 

i thou know the balancin] 

. of him which 

17 II' .'its (ire wai i 

out the 
*kv, m<i. andsasLvad 

lo Teach us whal we shall sa} untohim; 
for we cannot oroe] 
of darknes*. 



ii, xxxvni. God caileth Job to answer. 451 

20 Shall it be told him that 1 speak ? If 
a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed 
up. 

21 And now men see not the bright light 
which is in the clouds : but the wind pass- 
eth, and cleanseth them. 

22 Fair weather cometh out of the north : 
with God is terrible majesty. 

23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot 
find him out : he is excellent in power, and 
in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he 
will not afflict. 

24 Men do therefore tear him : he re- 
specteth not any that are wise of heart. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 
1 God chaltengeth Job to answer. 4 God 
by his mighty words, convinceth Job of 
ignorance, 31 and of imbecility. 

THEN the Lord answered Job out of 
the whirlwind, and said, 

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by 
words without knowledge ? 

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for 
I will demand of thee, and answer thou me, 

4 If Where wast thou when I laid the 
foundations oi the earth I Declare, if thou 
hast understanding. 

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, 
if thou knowest I or, Who hath stretched 
the line upon it I 

6 Whereupon are die foundations there- 
of fastened i or, Who laid the corner stone 
thereof; 

7 When the morning stars sang togeth- 
er and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? 

8 Or, Who shut up the sea with doors, 
when it brake forth, as if it had issued out 
of the womb ? 

9 When I made the cloud the garment 
thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling- 
band tor it, 

10 And brake up for it my decreed/jfocc, 
and set bars and doors, 

11 And said, Hitherto shaltthou come, 
but no further : and here shall thy proud 
waves be stayed? 

12 Hast thou commanded the morning; 
since thy days, and caused the daysprihg 
to know his place ; 

13 That it might take hold of the end of 
theearth, that the wicked might be shaken 
out of it ? 

14 It is turned as clay to the seal : and 
they stand as a garment. 

15 And from the wicked their light is 
v» ithhoklen, and the high arm shall be brok- 
en. 

• fU entered into the springs of 
or,H ast tk< >u walked in the search 
i 

oed 
untotl 

B 



452 God convince th Job of imbecility, JOB. 

the earth ? Declare if thou knowest it all. 

19 Where is the way wfiereH^ti 
eth ? And as for darkness, Where is the 
place thereof, 

20 That then shouldest take it to the 
bound thereof,and that thou shouldest know 
the paths to the house thereof? 

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast 
then born ? or, Because the number of thy 
days is great ? 

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures 
of the snow ? or. Hast thou seen the treas- 
ures of the hail, 

23 Which I have reserved against the 
time of trouble, against the day of battle 
and war ? 

24 By what way is the light parted, 
which scatterefh the east wind upon the 
earth ? 

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for 
the overflowing of waters, or a way for the 
lightning of thunder ; 

26 To cause it to rain en the earth, 
where no man is, on the wilderness where- 
in there is no man : 

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste 
ground; and to cause the bud of the tender 
herb to spring forth ? 

28 Hath the rain a father ? or, Who 
hath begotten the drops of the dew ? 

29 Out of whose womb came the ice ? 
And the hoary frost of heaven, Who hath 
gendered it ? 

30 The waters are hid as with a stone, 
and the face of the deep is frozen. 

31 % Canst thou bind the sweet influen- 
ces of Pleiades, or loose the band of Orion ? 

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in 
his season ? or, Canst thou guide Arctu- 
rus with his sons ? 

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heav- 
en ? Canst thou set the dominion thereof 
in the earth ? 

34 Canst thou lilt up thy voice to the 
clouds, that abundance of waters may cov- 
er thee ? 

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they 
may go, and say unto thee, Here we are ? 

3(5 Who hath put wisdom in the inward 
parts ? or, Who hath given understanding 
to the heart ? 

3? Who can number the clouds in w T is- 
dorc ? or, Who can stay the I jottles of heavei i , 

38 When the dust groweth into hard- 
ness and die clouds cleave fast together? 

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion ? 
Or fill the appetite bfthe young lions. 

40 When they couch in their dens, and 
abide in the covert to lie in wait ? 

41Whoprovi h forth ravephisfood? 
When his young ones cry unto God, they 
wander ifor lack of meat, 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
1 Of the wid gopts* 'and hinds, B of the 



by his wise disposition of things, 

9 the unicorn, 13 the peacock, 
ostrich, T~ 
hawk, 27" the eaete. 



stork, a?id ostrich, 19 the horse, 26 the 

97 the Pncela 



17 NOWEJ-Tr "thou the time when the 
3b* wild goats of the rock bring forth ? or, 
Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 

2 Canst thou number the months thai 
they fulfil ? or, Knowest thou the time 
when they bring forth ? 

3 They bow themselves, they bring forth 
their young ones, they cast out their sor- 
rows* 

4 Their youhg ones are in good liking, 
they grow up with corn ; they go forth, 
and return not unto them. 

5 *j[ Who hath sent cut the wild ass free? 
or, Who hath loosed the bands of the wild 
ass? 

6 Whcse house I have made the Wilder* 
ness,and the barren land his dwellings. 

7 He scometh the multitude of the city, 
neither regardeth he the crying of the 
driver. 

8 The range of the mountains is his pas- 
ture, and he searcheth after every green 
thing. 

91 Will the unicorn be willing to serve 
thee, or abide by thy crib ? 

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his 
band in the furrow? or, Will he harrow 
the valleys after thee ? 

11 Wilt thou trust him, because his 
strength is great ? or, Wilt thou leave thy 
labour to him? 

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will 
bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy 
barn ? 

13 1 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto 
the peacocks ? Or wings and leathers unto 
the ostrich ? 

14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, 
and warmetb them in the dust, 

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush 
them, or that 'die wild beast may break 
them. 

16 She i3 hardened against her young 
ones, as though they were not her's : her 

is in vain v h:i utiear ; 

17 Because God hath deprived her of 
2r hath he imparted feo her 

18 What time she lifteth up herself on 
high, shescorneth the horse and his ■ ider. 

19 *il Hast thou given the horse strength ? 
Hast thou clothed iris neck with thunder ? 

inst thou make him afraid as a 
grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils/* 
terrible. 

21 He pa\veth in the valley, and rejoic- 
ed}, in hU strength : he goeth on to meet 

: ned men, 

22 lit: mocketh at fear, and is not af- 
; neither turned* he back Irom 

. >rd« 



■'■'.J. 

ar anddfee scie id- 
le :<pfcund with fiercp- 
h he that 
nd of the trumpet. 

1 [a, ha ; 
hetbun- 
- 

- 
man: 1 ., and mfeke her nts\ on ii.eU r 

nd abided) on the rock, 
A the rock, and th 

| 

.lie prey, 
c/ra' her eyes behold afar off. 

- also suck up blood : 
an 1 v 'she. 

CHAP. XL. 
vmblttk himai 
re. h 

. 

MER, the Lord answered Job, 

the Al- 
migl '■■■■'.' He that reproveth 

n answer it. 

j answered the Lord, and 

am vile; What shall I an- 

ind upon my 

5 Once have I sj> I ..ill not 

ice ; but l will proceed no 

Lord unto Job 

' man : 1 
: e thou unto 

annul my ju< 
•-. that tliou .i 

brii 

J 1 3 



j, xH. , God's great f:wurr. 453 

ed together.* 
p eces ot brass; 

u ;.' ■ UAt 

• ' . his sword to 

the mountains bring 

21 Ke lietl hady frees, ha the 

covert of the rei 

: eshady trees© rer him rAthx\ Mr 
s of the brook ccinpass 

up a river, end 
that he can draw 
his in ruth. 
24 He taketh it 
bierceth throegh shares. 

GHAP< XlAi 
Of Q In theUniatfied?. 

Ct thou draw Out leviathan with 
an hook \ Or his tongue with a cord 
which thou lettest dor ri r 

thou put an hook into his nose ? 
Or bore his jaw through with a thorn ? 

3 Will he make manv supplitati • 
thee ? "Will he speak soft words unto thee? 

4 Will he make a covenant "with thee * 
Wilt thou take him for a servant lor ever i 

5 Witt thou play with him as with 
or, Wilt thou bind him for 1 1 

6 Shall thy companions mi 
of!iim ? Shall the) part him amoi 
merch n 

7 Canst thru fill his skin 
in ns? Or his head with fish sp 

8 Lay thine hand uj lembqr 
i no more. 

of him is In 
ont be cast down even at ci\-* 

ne is so nerc 
up : Who then is able t 

i th t 1 should 

i 

• 

i< n. 

i 
. 

: 

it upto- 



454 Ji,b submitteth himself unto God. PS. 

20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out 
bfa seething pot or caldron. 

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame 
goeth out\>f his mouth, 

22 In !iis neck remair.eth strength, and 
sorrow is turned int< e him. 

23 The flakes ot his flesh are joined .to* 
either : they are firm in themselves ; they 
cannot be moved. 

24 Mis heart is as firm as a stone ; yes, 
as hani as a piece ot the nether millstone. 

25 When he raiseth up himself, the migh- 
ty are afraid: by reason oi -breakings they 
pnnty themselves. 

26 The sword of- him that layeth at him 
cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the 
haixrgeon. 

27 lie esteemeth iron as straw, and brass 
as rotten wood. 

28 The arrow cannot make him flee: 
siingstones are turned with him into stub- 
bie., 

29 Darts arc counted as stubble: he 
laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 

30 Sharp stones arc under him: he spread? 
etli sharp pointed things upon the mire. 

31 He maketh the deep/ to boil like a pot : 
he tnaketh the sea like a pot ot ointment. 

3~ tie maketh a path to shine after him ; 
one would think the deep to be hoar}*. 

33 Upon earth tnere is not his iike, who 
is made without fear. 

34 fie beholdeth all high things : he in 
a kins over a ^ tiie children oi pride. 

CHAP. XL11. 
i Job submit l "in himself unto God. 7 God, 
prefer] ing Job's cause. maketh Ins friends 

submit themselves, and accefUeth him. 10 

He magnifieth and bleasciii Jul). 1 6 Job's 

aye anddath. 
HpHKN Job answered the Lord, and 

JL said, 

2 I know that thou canst do every thing, 
and thai no thought can be withholden from 
thee, 

3 Who is he that hideth counsel with- 
out knowledge I Therefore have i. uttered 
th it 1 understood not ; tilings too wonderful 
for roe, which I knew not. 

4 ;io a\ 1 beseech thee, and 1 wiii speak : 
1 v, Li! demand of dice, and declare thou un- 
to rnc. 

5 i have heard of thee by the hearing of 



>ALIV 



$. 



Job's age and death. 



the ear : but now mine eye seeth thee. 

6 Wherefore i ab^' m V^J\ and repent 
in dust ana ashjgA 

7 % And it was 59, that after the Lord 
had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord 
s*id to I,>:o\'iaz ae Temamte, My wraoi 
is kindfed against tbfee, and against thy two 
iii-.. is : for ye save no: spoken of rite the 
th. ig that is rig :.;, as mv ;,zrvd& lob hath. 

8 Theieloie. ; •:-. v,< seven 



bullocks,and se<. en ^arns,ana^o to my ser 
offering: and my servant Jcb^Stiall pray 



ant Job, .s 



oiler up tor yoj*jfckes a burnt 



not spok* 
like i 
9 c 
thee- 



for you : for him will I ag^pt : lest I deal 

with you after your follyMJ^ tfifat }e have 
!>i'; .\c thing iviihii is right, 

fc, and Eildad 
nd Zophar the tfaamathite 
wei t, and a"id according as the Lord com- 
manded them : the Lord also accepted Job. 

10 1| And the Lord turned the captivity 
of Job, when he prayed for Ins friends ; al-% 
so the Lord gave Job twice as much as he 
had before. 

11 Then came there unto him all his 
brethren, and all his sisters, and ail they 
that had been ol' ! his acquaintance before, 
and did eat bread with him in his house : 
and they bemoaned him, and comforted 
him over all the evil that the Lord had 
brought upon him : every man also gave 
Him a piece of money, and every one an 
earring of gold. 

12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of* 
Job more than his beginning ; for he had 
fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand 

and yoke oi oxen, and 

13 He had ajso seven sons and three - 
daughters, 

14 And he called the name of the first 
Jemima ; and the name of the second, Ke- 
zia ; and the name of the third, Kerenhap- 
puch. 

15 And in all the land were no women 
found so fair as the daia; iters of Job : and 
their father gave them inheritance among 
theii brethren. 

* 6 -\ After this lived Job an hundred and 
forty years, and saw Ins sons antPhis sens' 
sons, even four generations. 

17 So Job dieu, being old and full of days. 



The Book of Psalms. 



PSA L. L j deth in the wav of sinners, nor sitteth in the 

1 The hafifime&sof the godly. 4 77;e un- j seat of the scornful. 

hapfdncss (ftlie wgc d r. 2 But his delight is in the law of the 1 ,erd ; 

BLESSED fr'tha roan thatwaiketh not i and in his law'doth he meditate day and 
in Uis counsel ofthe ungodly, nor stan- ! night. 



'theungodly. P 

tree planted by 

forth his 
iVuit in 1. 
wither ; 

4 The I are like 

h'thfewlnd drlvtth away. 

. 
:congre- 



/' - thfbr audimcc. 4 



: 



t^KhOwcth the way of the 
ungodly shall 



L. II. 

1 The kirgdr.i^jiL 'hrh . 

WHY : i the 

rag r 

lis anointed, 

. .cr, and 

ens shall 
. shall have thein in de- 

- m in his 

•ijv.n my holy 

_ 

- 
- like 

. rath is 

are ail they 

— i\ A I.. 

A }',, from 

II 

elah. 

■* ; ih, 

I 
6 . 



61 u-iilnot \k afraid often thou- 
that have set ttn . 
me ro 

• vd; save rnc. O nr 
bitten all mine 
'•: bone ; thou hastbroken tl 

th unto the 
thy blessing is upon thy people. Selab. 
P8AL. IV. 

. 6 
Afarte haftfdnesa is in God**Javoui\ 
To use chief Musician on Neginoth, A 
m of David. 

H£AR oat , O God of my 

trged 
i 
upon me, and hear i 
2- O ye sons of men, How Jang will yt 

. r leasing ? Se- 
lah. 

e Lord hath set apart 
hkn that is j;odl> for himself : th 
en 1 call unto him. 

I sin not : commune 
d, andbt 
still. Sel . 

• the sacrifices of 
and put your trust in the J. 

, Who will 

: l thou up the 
■a us. 

in my he. at, 
their com and 

ill both laj me down in peace, ami 
slei:p: for thou, Lord, only makest me 
d\»cilin 

' PSAL. V. 
'. 
infirayer. 4 God favoureth , 

t d. 7 1 \ 

■ 
I 
To tlie chin' •-.. luioth, 

'ii i)t i) \n!. 

G.r to m\ w< rdsjO Lord, o n- 
ition. 
2 1 1c 1 1 1 
king^and my God : lor unto thee will 1] >ra> . 

tag, GL 

4 For tbouai 

7 Bui us for me, 1 will come jflft tlit 



t 6 I^avid's comfdaint in his skfcness. PSALMS. The destruction of hU enemies. 



-or.se in the muAitude of thy mercy; and 
in thy fear will 1 worship toward thy holy 
temple. 

8 Lead rne, O Lord, in thy righteous- 
ness because of mine enemies ; make thy 
way straight bete re my face. 

9 For there in no faithfulness in their 
mouth ; their inwarcl part fsvery wicked- 
ness : their throat is an open sepulchre ; 
they flatter with their tongue. 

10 Destroy thou them,Q God ; let them 
fall by their own counsels; cast them out 
in the multitude cf their transgressions; 
for they have refuelled against tlv,'e. 

11 But let all those that put their trust 
jn thee rejoice : let them ever shout tor joy, 
bee vise tiiou defendest them: jet them 
also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 

12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the right- 
eous: with favour wilt thou compass him 
as iiith a sliield. 

PSAL, p. 

1 Dqfiuid's compJaint in his sickness* 8 By 

failh he triiemhheth ever his . rwmies. 



To the chief Musician on Ku, 



iD 



upon 



le not in \ hine anger, 
me in thy hot dis- 



lam w 


Uordj he il me 


; for my 


tones a 


re. vexed. 




3-M.j 


• soul is also sore vexed : 


but thou, 


Q Lotx 


1 How long: 


soul: Oh 


S;: \ 






5 F) 


r in death there is no rem 


embrancc 


of thee 


: in the grave, Who so a i 


give thee 


thanks 


i 





6 A am weary with my groaning ; all the 
night make I my bed to swim ; 1 water 
my couch with my tears. 

X Mine eye is consumed because of grief ; 
it waxeth old because of all mine enemies- 

B Depart from rne, all ye workers of in- 
iouiiy ; for the Lord hath heard the voice 
q£ my weeping. 

9 The Lord hath heard my supplica- 
tion i the Lord will receive my prayer. 

10 Let all mine coemics be ashamed and 
sore ve>cd : let them return and be asham- 
ed suddenly " 

PSAL. VIT, 

I David firayr/h against the malice of his 

enc;.;d*s,fircfiS--iiig his innocency. 10 by 

faith he seeth his defence^ and the. dc- 

; ot David, which he sang unto 
the Lord, com '.e ruing the words of Cush 
the Benjan.ite. 

OLOR13 my God, in thee do I put my 
trust : save me from all th$m that 
persecute me, and deliver me : 
2 Lest he tear my SQttl like a lion, rend- 



ing it in pieces j while there is none to de- 

3 O L^rd my God, if I have done this ; 
if there, be iniquity in my hands ; 

4 ill have rewarded evil unto him that 
was at peace with me (yea, 1 have deliver- 
ed him that without cause is mine enemy) : 

5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and 
take it; }. ea.'cthim tread down my liie 
upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the 
dust. Selah. 

6 Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up 
thvself because of the rage of mine enemies : 
and awake for me to the judgment that 
thou hast commanded. 

7 So shall the congregation of the people 
compass thee about : for their sakes there- 
fore return .thou on high. 

8 The Lord shall judge the people: 
judge me, O Lord, according to my righ- 
teousness, and according to mine integrity 
that, ism me. 

9 On let the wickedness of the wicked 
come to an end ; but establish the just: for 
the righteous God trieih the hearts and 
reins. 

10 My defence is of God, which saveth 
the upright in h«jart. 

liGudjudgeth the righteous, and God 
is angry with the wicked every day. 

12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword ; 
he liath bent his bow, and made it ready. 

13 He hath also prepared for him the 
instruments of death ; he ordaincth his ar- 
rows against the persecutors. 

14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, 
an I hath conceived mischief, and brought 
forth falsehood. 

15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is 
fallen into the ditch ivhic/ih€ made. 

li His mischiei shall return upon his 
own heads and his violent dealing shall 
come down noon ins own pate, 

IX I will praise the Lord according to 
his righteousness : and will sing praise to 
the name of 'the Lord most high. 

PSAL. Vill. 

God'sgloi y is magnified by his works, and 

by his love to. man. 

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, 

A Psalm of David. 

OLORD our Lord, how excellent is 
thy name in all the earth ! who hast 
set thy glory above the heavens* 

2 Out of the mouth of babes and suck- 
lings hast thou ordained strength because 
of thine enemies, that thou mightest still 
the enemy and the avenger. 

3 \Vhen I consider thy heavens, the 
work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars 
which thou hast ordained : 

4 What is man, that thou art mindful 
of him, and the son of man, that thou vis- 
itest iiim ? 



ffateidfirtdseth God, 

thou hast made him a little lower 
I hast crowi 
•with - r nor. 

o\cr tiu 
■ 

and the 



ep arid 

fi>h of 
through 

9 <> ^rd i w excellent is 

thv name 

PSAL IX. 

■ 

. thlabben 

I WILL praise fA .-, O Lord, with my 
. .:• ; I will shew forth all thy 

will sing praise to thv nanicyO th >u M st 

.en mine enei 

. perish at thj 

lined my right 

right. 

heathen, thou 
h tst destroyed thj t put 

out their name foi vei . 

6 ( » 1 1 1 
to a perpetual end : and 

: .its : their memoi ial is peri ihed with 
them. 

he hath prepared hist! 

i 
Cou • to the 

e for the 

. id th<-' that kin w thy n i 

11 S Lord, which 

ll I'll it 1 n 

- 
that the) 
hidistheii ken. 



PSALMS. Me uunjdwntthef 7/ 

16 The Lord is known by the judgment 

i 
beiah. 

17 The wicked shall i>c turned : 
and all the nations th it forget ( J . 

X8 For the needy shall not alw ty befor-i 

ever. 

: let not man prevail: 

let tlpL h thy si ;hc 

20 Pa- .-.-, O Lord : thai the 

. >w themselves to be but 
men, Selah. 

■ 

. : . 
remedy, 16 H 

WHY 
\\ "hy hidest thou //;y.\r.yiif tim 
trouble j 1 

2 The wicked in his pride doth, 
cute the poor: let them be taken in the 
that they have imagined. 
' he w icto d boasteth of his heart's 
desire, ai e covetous, wfto/n the 

Lord abhorred*. 

4 The wicked, through the pride of his 
countenance, will not .seek after God : God 
is not in all his thoughts. 

His ways are always grievous ; thy 

• ts arc far above out of his sight : 

a»Jor all his enemies, he pufieth at them. 

6 He hath said in his heart. I .shall not 

ed: for IshaU never be in adver* 



mouth is full of cursing and deceit 
and fraud: under his tongue is mi 
•i.itv. 

i,teth in the lurking places of the 
places doth he mur- 
der the innocent : his ejjes arepri 
poor. 

9 He lieth in wait 'secretly as a Ii« t » in 

he lieth in wait to catch t!. 
c ach die poor wheu he di 
him into his net, 

10 lie croucheth andhumbleth ' 

: 

11 lie hath said in his heart, G 

i : he bideth his face ; he will ne- 

ee it. 

Lord; OG d, lifl uj 

re doth the wicked 4 

I le hath said in bis heart, Tkou wilt 

i it j for thpul 

himself 

ij ]., e wicked 

kednesf 
. find n dc 



ASB Providence and justice of G-od. PS/ 

16 The Lord is King; for ever and ever : 
the heathen are perished out cf his land. 
* 17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of 
the humble : tnou wilt prepare their heart, 
thou wilt cause thine ear to hear : 

18 To judge die fatherless and the op- 
pressed, that the man of the earth may no 
more oppress. 

PSAL. XI. 
1 David cnconmgeth himself in God a- 

gainst his enemies* 4 The providence 

and justice of God, 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

IN the Lord put I my trust : How say 
ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your 
mountain ? 

2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, 
they make ready their arrow upon the 
string that they may privily shoot at the 
upright in heart. 

3 11 the foundations be destroyed, What 
can the righteous do I 

4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the 
Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes be- 
hold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 

5 The Lord trielh the righteous : but 
the wicked and him that loveth violence 
his soul hateth. 

6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, 
fire and brimstone, and an horrible tem- 
pest : this shall be the portion of their cup : 

7 For the righteous Lord loveth right- 
eousness ; his countenance doth behold the 
upright. 

PSAL. XU. 

1 David, destitute cf hitman comfort, crav- 
eth help of God, 3 He com forte Ih him- 
self with God's judgments on the wicked, 
and eonfidt nt e in God'n f; iedforo?nises. 

To the chic upon cheminitli. 

HELP, ] .■' -ird ; for the godly man ceas- 
eth ; for the faithful ib.il from among 
the children of men. 

2 They spealj vanity, every one with his 
neighbour : with flattering lips and wiih | 
a double heart do they speak. 

3 The Lord shall cut off all. flattering 
lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud 
things : 

4 Who have said, With our tongue will 
we r^vaii ; our lips are our own : Who 
isY vcvus? 

5 For the oppression of the poor, for the 
sighing of the needy, now will 1 arise, 
saith the Lord ; 1 will set him in safety 

from him that puffeth at him. 

6 The words of the Lord are pure words: 
as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purifi- 
ed seven tiroes. 

7 Thou <:halt kee-; tbem,0 Lord, thou 
shaft preserve then) from this generation 
forever. 

8 The wicked walk on every side, when 
the vilest men are exalted. 



3ALM5. David's complaint., tfc. 

PSAL. XIII. 

1 David complaineth cf delay in help. 3 
He pray eth for preventing grace. 5 He 
boast eth of divine mercu. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

HOW long wilt thou torget me,0 Lord? 
For ever ? How long wilt thou hide 
thy face from me ? 

2 How long shali I take counsel in my 
soul, having sorrow in my heart daily J 
How long shall mine enemy be exaltedo- 
ver me'f 

3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my 
God : lighten mine eyes, iest I sleep the 
sle-i-p cf death ; 

4 Lest mine enemy say,I have prevailed 
against him ; and those that trouble me 
rejoice when I am moved. 

5 But I have trusted in thy mercy ; my 
heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 

6 1 will sing unto the Lord, because he 
hath dealt bountifully with me. 

PSAL. XIV. 

1 David describeth the corruption of a nat- 
ural man; 4 convinceih the wicked by 
the light of their conscience ; 7 ghrieth 
in the salvaliori of God. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm oW?.\k\. 

THE fool hath saicl in his heart, There 
is no God. They are .corrupt, they 
have done abominable works, there is none 
that doethgood. 

2 The Lord looked down from heaven 
upon the children of men, to see if there 
were any that did understand, and seek, 
God. 

3 They are all gone aside, they are all 
together "become filth}' : there is none that 
dceth good, no, not one. 

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no 
knowledge ? Who eat up my people </•* they 
eat bread, and call not upon the Lord. 

5 There were they in great fear : for 
God is in the generation oi the righteous. 

6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the 
poor, because the Lord is bus reJuge. 

7 O that the salvation of Israel mere 
come out of Zion I When the Lord bringeth 
back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall 
rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 

PSAL. XV. 

David describe! h a citizen of Zion. 

A Psalm of David. 

LORD, Who shall abide intlw teberaa- 
cle I Who shali dwell in the" holy hill ? 

2 He that walketh uprightly, and work- 
eth righteousness, and speaketh the truth in 
his heart. 

3 He //w^ backbite* h not with liistengoc, 
nor doeth evilto his neighbour, nor taketh 
up a reproach against his neighbour. 

4 In whose eyes a vile person is (fon- 
tcmned ; but he honoreth them that fear 
the Lord. Iff that sweareth to lis ctvu 
hurl, and changeth not. 



7 






PSALMS. The pride, Ifc. of his enemies. 439 



5 He that putteth not out his r 
isurv, nortaketh reward against the in- 
\g9 shall 
iever be ini>ved. 

Kl» XVI. 
I David. t merit^and '. . 

- 

/ ever- 
-'• 

of David. 

Pre;-: m thee 

. vuicl into t*i: 
Lord: my goodness 
: to thee ; 

re in the earth, 
Heat, in whom is all my de- 

4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that 

■ i gcd: their* 
of blood will 1 not offer, nor take 
- my lips. 

5 The Lord is the portion of mhe in- 
hentarxeand of lay cap : thou m 

ire fallen unto me in pleas- 
■ 
r'i will I less the Lord, who h. »t1 
me o unsel : n * nie in 

ays before me : 
hand, 1 shall 

9 Tlkretore ray heart is glad, and my 
Jso shall rv.it in 

. ilt not leave my soul in 
h'-ll ; neither wik tin a buffer thine Holy 
One b don. 

i of life : 

r joy ; at thy 

and there arc pleasures for ever- 

\ Lm XVII. 
1 David in c 

. 

A P 

H- 

from thy 
\e things 

1 ; th u 



5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, thai 
my footsteps slip not. 

'6 1 have called upon tV.ee, for thou v. 3t 
hear me,OG*.xi : incline thine ear unto 
me, and hear my speech. 

lew my marveBous loving kindness. 
O thou that savest by thy right hand them 
which pat t . thee tram those 

them. 

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide 

wings. 

9 From the wicked that oppress me, 

my deadly enemies, wfyi compass me 
about. 

10 They are inclosed in their own tat : 
with their mouth they speak proudly. 

11 They have now compassed us in our 
steps : they have set their eyes bowing 
down to the earth ; 

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his 
prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in 
secret places. 

13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast 
liimdown : deliver my soul from the wick- 
ed, which is thy sword : 

14 From men which are thy hand, O 
Lord, from men of the worldj which have, 
their portion in this life, and whose belly 
tin mi idlest with thy hid treasures: they 
arc full of children, and leave die rest of 
their substance to their babes. 

15 As for me,l will behold thy face in 
righteousness : 1 shall be satisfied, when I 
awake, with thv likeness. 

PSAL. XVIII. 
David firatseth God fir his manifold and 

marvellous blessings* 
To the chief Musician, JtPsabn of David, 
the servant of the Lord, who spake unto 
the Lord the w ords of this song in the day 
rActfthe Lord delivered him from the 
hand of all his enemies, and from the 
hand of Saul: and he said, 

I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength. 
2 The I /jrd m my reck, and raj I 
and mydefiverer : my God, my strength 
; 1 will trust; my buckler, 

l lower. 
I call upon the Lord, who ia wor- 

mpassed me, 
and the floods i 

. 
: n I my 



460 David '/iraiseth God/or PS 

trite, and fire out of his mouth devoured: 
coals were kindled by it. 

9 He bowed the heavens also, smd came 
down : and darkness was under his feet. 

10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did 
fly : yea, he did fiy upon the wings of the 
wind. 

11 He made darkness his secret place : 
his pavilion round about him were dark 
waters and thick clouds of the skies. 

12 At the brightness that was before 
him his thick Clouds passed, hail stones and 
coals of fire. 

13 The Lord also thundered in the hea- 
vens, andthefjighest gave his voice ; hail 
ttont-s and coals of fire. 

14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scat- 
tered them ; and he shot out lightnings, and 
fliscomfitecl them. 

15 Then the channels of waters were 
seen!, and tiie foundations of the world were 
discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the 
blast of the breath ot thy nostrils. 

16 He sent from above, he took me, he 
drew me out of many waters-. 

17 He delivered me from my strong en- 
emy, and from them which hated me : for 
they were too strong for me. 

18 They prevented me in the day of my 
calamity : but the Lord was my stay. 

19 He brought me forth also into a large 
place ; he delivered me, because he de- 
lighted in me. 

20 The Lord rewarded me according to 
my righteousness ; according to the clean- 
ness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, 
and have not wickedly departed from my 
God. 

22 For all his judgments were before me, 
and I did not put away his statutes from me. 

23 I was also upright before him, and I 
kept myself from mine iniquity. 

24 Therefore hath the Lord recompen- 
sed me according to my righteousness, ac- 
cording to the cleanness oi my hands in his 
eve sight. 

' 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thy- 
self merciful ; with an upright man thou 
wilt shew thyseit upright ; 

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself 
pure ; and with the froward thou wilt 
shew thyseU froward. 

27 For thou wilt save the afiiicted peo- 
ple : but will bring down high looks. 

28 For thou wiit light my candle : the 
Lord vny God will enlighten' my darkness. 

29 For by thee I have run through a 
troop ; and' by my God have I leaped over 
a wall: 

30 y>s for God, his way is perfect : the 
word of the Lord is tried": he it a buckler 
to all those that trust in him. 

31 For, Who is (Jod save the Lord ? or, 
Who is a rock save our God I 



ALMS. hts manifold blessings, 

32 It is God that girdeth me with 
strength, and maketh my way perfect. 

33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, 
and setteth me upon my high places. 

34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that 
a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 

35 Thou hast also given me the shield 
of thy salvation : and thy right hand hath 
holden me up, and thy gentleness hath 
made me great. 

36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under 
me, that my feet did not slip. 

27 I have pursued mine enemies, and 
overtaken them : neither did I turn again 
till they were consumed.' 

38 1 have wounded them that they were 
not able to rise : they arc fallen under my 
feet. 

39 For thou hast girded me with strength 
unto the battle : thou hast subdued under 
me diose that rose up against me. 

40 Th( u hast also given me the necks 
of mine enemies ; that I might destroy 
them that hate me. 

41 They cried, but there was none to 
save them : even unto the Lord, but he an- 
swered them not. 

42 Then did I beat them small as the 
dust before the wind : I did east them out 
as the dirt in the streets. 

43 Then hast delivered me from the striv- 
ings of the people and thou hast made me 
the head of the heathen : a people whom I 
have not known shall serve me. 

44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall 
obey me : the strangers shall submit them- 
selves unto me. 

45 The strangers shall fade away, and 
be afraid out of their close places. 

46 The Lord liveth ; and blessed he my 
rock : and let the God of my salvation be 
exalted •< 

47 7* it God that avengeth me, and sub- 
dueth die people under me. 

48 He delivereth me from mine ene- 
mies : yea, thou liftest me up above those 
that rise up against me : thou hast deliver- 
ed me from the violent mau. 

49 Therefore will 1 give thanks unto 
thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing 
praises unto thy name. 

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his 
king ; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, 
to David, and to his seed for evermore. 

PSAL. XIX. 
1 The creaf ures shew God's glomj : 7 the 

word, his i^race. 12 David firayeth 

for grace. 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm ol David. 

THE heavens declare the glory of God, 
and the firmament sheweth his han- 
dy work. 

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and 
night unto night sheweth knowledge. 



The creature* shew God's glory* l ! 

3 There is no speech nor language, where 
their voice is not he u d» 

'4 Their line is g oghall tlie ; 

earth, and their wofda to the end of the 

world. In them bath lie set a tabernacle 
for th€ 

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming cut ■ 
ot Ins chamlxr, and reju;ceth as a s i 
man to run a r?ce. 

6 His - s from the end of the i 
heaven, and his circuit unto the ends ot jt : 
and there is nothing hid Horn the heat j 
thereof. 

7 The law of the Lord ia perfect, con- 
vertmgtl le soul : the testimony of the Lord 
i«surt ethe simple. 

8 The statutes of the Lord arc right, re- 

the heart: the commandment of 
.re, enlightening the eyes. 
I the Lord n clean, enciur- 
6 . er : the judgments of the Lord 
.-■ us altogether. 
. ed are ihey than gold, 
yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also nun 
nd the honey comb. 
toreover, by them is thy - 
i and in keeping of them there u- 

12 Who can understand his errors? 

u me from secKtJaulta. 

13 Keep b >ck thy servant also from pre- 
sumptuous an*; let them not have domin- 
ion over me : then shall 1 be upright, and 
1 shall be innocent from the great trans- 

on. 
• ■ the words of my mouth, and the 
eart, be acceptable in 
■ ., OLord, do) strength and my re- 
deemer* 

1 The church bleaaeth the king in his ex- 
God's succour. 

oi l)a\ id. 

1< /I trou- 
ble ; the name ofthe Qodoi Jacob de- 
fend ■ 
3 Seiidihi ehelp from the sanctuary, and 

Ut Ol /,:(■! I. 

r al 1 th) offerings, and ac- 

ilune own 

. 

'.sin rejoice in tlij s Ival i n, and 

will set op our 

fulfil all thy petitions. 

iveth his 

n his hoi) 

T Sou 

i i the name 

• 1 .(I. 



1 Thunks^ivh:^ for vie lory. 461 

9 Save, Lord i let tin king hear us when 
we eaht 

P3AL. \M. 

7 CoHJi- 
dence offu rt her at 
To the ch i, A Psaim ofDavkU 

THE king shall joy in thy strength, O 
. ; andmthj salvaaon how greats 
1 he rejoice j 

■ him his heart's de- 
hast n t whhholden the request 
■" -!ah. 
S For thnu prevefctest him with t) i 
sings of goodness : tl\ou settestaci 
id on his he 

it him, even icngih of days for evei 
ver. 

5 His glory is great in thy salvation: 
honor and majesty hast th< u had upon him. 

6 Pot bbou bast i 

forever: thou hast ma reeling 

h thy o untenancei 

7 For die king trusted! in the Lord, and 
through the mercy o: the .Most High he 
shall not be moved. 

8 Thine hand shall find out all thine ene- 
mies : thy riglit hand shall find out those 

-thee. 
Thou shaft make them as a fiery oven 
in the time ot thine anger : the Lord shall 
swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire 
shall devour them. 

10 Their fruits shalt thou destroy from 
the earth, and their seed from among the 
children of men. 

11 i'ur they intended evil against thee: 
glued a mischievous device, wltich 

they are not able tofierformi 

reforesh; tthou m.ike them turn 
their back, when thou shalt make ready 
thine arrows upon thy strings against the 
face of them. 

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own 
strength : so will we sing and prai 

PS \L. XXITj 

1 David com/i 

/tray eth m great atatress* 

Tothechi : Musici 
har, A 

MV(= Last thou for* 

WfOnd/rom I 
ingi 

me, bat 
thnu heai season, 

:uh1 am not si 

■ Bui \ '. inlub- 

•i ( Nil . tee •. the) trus- 



4B2 David's prayer in distress. 

eied: they trusted in thee, and were not 
confounded. 

6 But 1 am a worm, and no man : * re- 
proach of men, and despised of the j e; pic. 

7 AU they that see me. laugh me to so m : 
they shoot out theiip, they shake the head, 

8 He trusted on the Lord that he would 

deliver him : let him deliver him, seeing i e 
delighted in him. 

9 But thou uri he that took me out of 
the womb : thou didst make me hope when 
I was upon my rhothi r's breastr. 

rascast upon thee from ihe womb : 
the n art my Gcd from my mother's bell}-. 

1*1 Be not far from me ; for trouble is 
near ; for there is none to help. 

12 Many bulls have compassed me: 
strong bulls' of Eashan have be* et toe round. 

13 ""They gaped upon me with their 
mouths, as a ravening and a roaring Hon. 

14 I am p< urea out like water, aiidall 
my bones are out of joint : my heai 
w: ; x ; it is melted in the midst can:-. 

15 My strength is dried up like a- pot- 
s' lerd s and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws ; 
and thou hast brought me into the dust of 
death. 

16 For dogs have compassed me : the 
assembly of the wipked have inclosed me: 
they pierced my hands and my feet. 

17 1 may tell all my bones : they look 
and stare upon me. 

18 They part my garments among diem, 
and cast lots upon my vesture. 

19 But be not thou Far from me, O Lord : 
O my strength, haste tnee to hep ihe. 

20 Deliver my soul from the sword ; ray 
darling from the power of the dog. 

21 Save me from the lion's mouth: \or 
thou hast heard me from the hems of the 
unicorns. 

22 1 will declare thy name unto i . 
ren, in the midst of the congregation will 
I praise thee. 

23 Ye that fear the Lord, prnise him ; 
all ye die seed of Jacob, glorify hi a; and 
fear him, all ye the seed ot Israel. 

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred 
the affliction of the afflicted ; neither hath 
he hid his face from him ; buc when le cri- 
ed unto him, he heard. 

25 My praise sta^eoftheein die great 
congregation: 1 will \ s before 
them that fear him. 

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied : 
they shall praise the Lord that seek him: 

heart shall live fore 

27 All theendsofthe world shall remem- 
ber and turn unto the Lord: and all the 
kindreds of the nation, shall worship be- 
fore thee. 

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's : and 

K governor among the nations. 



PSALMS. His Confidence in God's grace. 

29 All they that be fat upon earth shall 
eat and worship : all they that go down to 
the dust shall bow before him : and none 
can keep alive bis own soul. 

30 A seed shall serve him ; it shall be 
accounted to the Lord lor a generation. 

31 They shall come, and shall declare 
his righteousness unto a people that shall 
be born, that he hath d< ne this. 

FSAL. XXIII. 

David's cenjidt nee in God V grace. 

A lasalm of David. 

THE Lord U my shepherd ; I shall not 
want. 

2 He maketh me to lie down in green 
pastures : he leadeth me beside the stiil 
waters. 

3 He restoreth my sail; he leadeth me 
in the paths of righteousness for his name's 
sake. 

4 Yea, the ugh I walk through the val- 
ley of the shadow of death, I will fear no 
evil: for thou arp with me; thy rod and 
thy staff they comfort me. 

5 Thou preparest a table before me in 
the presence of mine enemies : thou anoin- 
lest my head with oil ; my cup runneth o- 
ver. 

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall fol- 
low me ail the days of my lite : 'and 1 will 
dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 

PSAL. XXIV. 
, 1 God's lordshipin the world. 3 The citi- 
: his spiritual kingdom. 7 An ex- 
hort ation to receive him. 

A Psalm of David, 
HP HE earth is the Lord's and the fulness 
JL thereof; the world; and they that 
dwell therein* 

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, 
; < ished it upon the floods. 
o shall ascend into the hill of the 
Lord ? and, Who shall stand in his holy 
pi: ice ? 

4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure 
heai t ; who hath not "lifted up his soul unto 
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 

5 He shall receive ihe blessing from the 
Lord, and righteousness from the God of 
bis salvation. 

6 This is the generation of them thnt 
seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Se- 
iah. 

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and 
up, ye everlasting doors : and the 

tall come m. 

8 Who r's this Kingof glory? The Lord 
strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in 
battle". 

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even 
life them up, ye everlasting doors; and the 
King of glory shall come in. 

10 Who isthis Kingoi t§lory ? The Lord 
of hosts, ke it the Ring of glory, feekh. 



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U: up mv 

is* in thee: let me not 

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J'JDGE me, I 
in mine integrity : I 

: -cfirc \t\ .. 
nine me, O L 
try mv reins and nv. 

in thy truth. 

- OS, vei- 
: i with dissem 
5 ] have h ttedthe n of evil 

v icked. 
- 
Jtar»0 

i 

■ 

I my soul with sinners, ncr 
• i .en : 

lief, and their 

• me, I witl walk in n 
tcgrity: 

Mirkthinaneveny. 

XXYH. 

. 
God, 9 and by prayer, 

THE Lord is my fight and mv sai va- 
in shall 
1 he Lib 

i mine enemies 
•n me to cut up my 
ud fell. 
• host should encamp 

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Lord, 
dwell in 
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454 David blesseth God. 



PSALMS. 



Praise td God for deliverance. 



9 Hide not thy face far fram me ; put 
not thy servant away in anger: thou hast 
beer, my help; feave me not s neither for- 
sake me, O G< d of my salvation, 

1 c ."',".. er and my mother for- 
sake nv I ■ : ■ hthe Lord will take me up. 

11 Teach methj way, Lord, and lead 
me in a plain path 5 because of mine ene- 
mies. 

12 Deliver me not over unto the will of 
mhie enemies:, for false witnesses are ris- 
en up against me, and such as breathe out 
cruelty. 

13 I had fainted, unless I had believed 
to see the goodness of the Lord in the land 
ol the living. 

14 W' it on the Lord : be of good cour- 
age, and he shall strenghten thine heart ; 
wait, I say, on the Lord. 

* PSAL. XXVIII. 
1 David p-ayeth against his enemies f 6 
He blesseth God. 9 Heprayelhfor the 
people. 

4 Pmlm of David, , 

UNTO thee will I cry,Q Lord my rock ; 
be not silent to me" : lest, if thou be si- 
lent to me, I become like them that go down 
into the pit. 

2 Hlear the Voice of my supplications 
when i cry unto thee, when 1 lift up my 
hands tov;ard thy holy oracle. 

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, 
and with the workers ofinjjquity, which 
speak peace to iheir neighbours, but mis- 
chief is in their hearts. 

4 Give them according to their deeds, 
and according to the wickedness of their 
endeavours : give them after the work of 
their hands; render to them their desert. 

5 Because they regard not the. works of 
the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, 
he shall destroy them, and hot build them 
up. 

6 Blessed be the Lord, because he hath 
heard the voice of my supplications. 

7 The Lord is my strength and my shield ; 
my heart trusted in him, and I am helped : 
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and 
with my song will I praise him. 

8 The Lord is their strength, and he is 
the saying strength of his anointed. 

9 Save thv people, and bless thine inher- 
itance : feed them also, and lift them up for 
ever, 

PSAL, XXIX. 
1 David exhoreih princes to give glory to 
God, 3 by reason of 'his power -, Hand 
protection of his people. 

j-i Psalm of David. 

GIVE unto the Lord, O ye mighty, 
give unto t< ie Lord glory and strength. 
z Give unto the Lord the glory due un- 
to his name ; vvoi ship the Lord in the beau- 
ty oi holiness. 



3 The voice of the Lord is upon the wa- 
ters : the Qod of glory thundereth : the 
Lord is upon many waters. 

4 -The voice of the Lord is powerful ; 
the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the 
cedars: yea the Lord breaketh the cedars 
of Lebanon. 

6 He maketh them also to skip like a 
calf ; Lebanon and Sirion like a young uni- 
corn. 

7 The voice of the Lord divideth the 
flames ot fire, 

8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wil- 
derness ; the Lord shaketh the wilderness 
of Kadesh. 

9 The voice of the Lord maketh the 
hinds to calve, and discovered! the forests : 
and iri his temple doth every one speak of 
his glorv* 

10 The Lord sitteth upon the flood ; 
yea, the Lord sitteth king forever. 

11 The Lord will give strength unto 
his people ; the Lord will bless his people 
with peace. 

PSAL 9 XXX. 

1 David firaisdh Godfor his deliverance : 

4 he cxhorteth others to praise him by 

the example of God's dealing with him. 

A Psalm and Song at the dedication oi the 

house of David. 
T WILL extol thee, O Lord ; for thru 
X hast lifted me up, and hast not made 
my fcesto rejoice over me* 

2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, 
and thow hast healed me. 

3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul 
from, the grave : thou hast kept me alive, 
that I should not go down to the pit. 

4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, 
and give thanks at the remembrance of 
his holiness. 

5 For his anger endureth but a moment ; • 
in his favour zYlife: weeping may endure 
for a nigiit, but joy comet h in the morning. 

6 And in my prosperity 1 said, I shall 
never be moved. 

7 Lord, by thy favour thcu hast made 
my mountain to stand strong : thou didst 
hide thy face, and I was troubled. 

8 I cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto the 
Lord 1 made supplication. 

9 What profit is there in my blood, 
when 1 go down to the pit I Shall "the dust 
praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth i 

10 Hear, O Lord, and have mere)' up- 
on me : Lord, be thou my helper. 

11 Thou hast turned for me my mourn- 
ing into dancing : thou hast put oft my 
sackcloth, and girded me with gladness ; 

12 To the end that my glory may sing 
praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord 
my God, i will give thanks unto thee for 
ever. 



G.J'*/: re;. ., 466 



in God'* mercy. PSALMS. 

■ thy presence from the 

.-.it keep them secretly in apaviuonfrcoi 



th in his 
fnity. 19 
He / 

David. 

I my trust; let 

me r.<. -„ r me in 

. ear to me; deliver 
mespe-.*- rock, for 

an house oftte e me. 

my for- 
ake lead 
. me, 

- le net that they have 
nie: torthouo 

5 Into thine handl commit my spirit: 

Lord God of 
truth. 

6 1 have hated them that regard lying 

7 I will he gb . 'js. in thy mer- 

red my trouble; 
soul in adversities ; 
D it shut mc up into the hai d 

•^emy : thou hast set my feet in a 

cy upon me, O Lord, for I 
am in t: medwjth 

ent with grief, and 
■ - with agbinjr: mj - 

D I my Dunes are 

M 1 was a reproach among all mine 

v neigh- 

. untance: 

is a dead man out of 

r o( ma- 

I 

life. 
14 Bo: > Lord: I said, 

: deliver 

rsecute me, 

; >n thy 

• 

I 

c silent in the 

men ! 



tne strife of tongues. 

the Lord: for he hath 
shewed mc his marvellous kindness in a. 
city, 

i said in my haste, I am cur off 
from before mine eyes: nevertheless 
heardest the voice of cay sup;..: 
when 1 cried unto lice. 
23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints ifjr 
leJaithfo 1 an 
ti fully r _ • ; >roud doer. 

~4 Be ofgoc ;.nd he shafl 

strengthen your - that hope in 

the Lord. 

PSAI 
1 Blessedness cansisteth in 

sins. 5 Conf I .use to 

vtcience. 8 (. a bring 

JPsatmotTkiv] ! 

BLE^ED is he whose transgression is 
. en, w i -■." an u c vered. 

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the 
Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose 
spirit rhere is no guile. 

3 When 1 kept silence, my l>cnes wax- 
ed eld through my roaring all the day long. 

4 For day and night thy hand was la_\i\ y 
upon me : my moisture is turned into the 
drought of summer. Selah> 

5 1 acknowledged ray sin unto thee, 
and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, 
1 will confess o ; -ions, unto the 
Lord ; and thou' forgavest the iniquity of 
mj sin, ' 

"6 For this shall every one that is godly 
be when thoumayest 
be found : surel real wa- 

ters the. shall not come nigh unto him. 

og place ; thou shalt 
preserve me trom trouble; thou shalt 
compass me about with songs of deliver* 
ance. Selah. 

... instruct thee and teach thee m 
which thou shalt go: 1 \. ill guide 

e not as the horse, or as the mule, 
which have no understanding: 
m uth must be held in with bii and bridle, 
r n to thee. 

ed : but i i d, mer- 

cy shall compass him 
' 11 be glad inl 
righteous; and Bhout 

1 

& 

■> be placed in 
fur praise \m 



thers thereto by his experience. 8 I Key 
are blessed that trust in God. line 
exhort eth to the fear of God. 
A F saint of David, when he changed his 
behaviour before Abimelech ; who drove 
him away, and he departed. 

I WILL bless the Lord at all times : his 
praise shall continually be in my mouth* 
2 My soul shall make her boast in the 



466 Godis to be praised. PSALMS. 

2 Praise the Lord with harp ! sing unto 
him with the psaltery and an instrument 
often strings. 

3 Sing unto him a new song; play skil- 
fully with a Joud noise. 

4 For the word of the Lord is right ; and 
all his works are done in truth. 

5Heloveth righteousness and judgment : 
the earth is full of the goodness oftheLord. 

6 By the word o't the Lord were the 
heavens made ; and all the host of them by 
the breath of his mouth. 

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea to- 
gether as an heap : he layeth up the depth 
in storehouses. 

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all 
the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of 
him. 

9 For he spake, and it was done ; he 
commanded, and it'stood fast. 

10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the 
heathen to nought : he maketh the devi- 
ces of the people of none effect. 

11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for 
ever, the thoughts of his heart to all gene- 
rations. 

32 Blessed is the nation whose God is the 
Lord ; and the people whom he hath cho- 
sen tor his own inheritance. 

13 The Lord looketh from heaven ; he 
beholdeth all the sons of men. 

14 From the place of his habitation he 
looketh upon all the inhabitants of the 
earth. 

15 He fashioneth their hearts alike ; he 
considereth all their works. 

16 There is no king saved by the mul- 
titude of an host : a mighty man is not de- 
livered by much strength. 

17 An horse is a vain thing for safety : 
neither shall he deliver any by his great 
strength. 

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon 
them that fear him," upon them that hope 
in his mercy ; 

19 To deliver their soul from death, and 
to keep them alive in famine. 

20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord : he is 
»ur help and our shield. 

2i For our heart shall rejoice in him, be- 
cause we have trusted in his holy name. 

22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, 
according as we hope in thee. 
PSAL. XXXI V. 
1 David firaiseth God, and exhortelh o- 



Covfdence to befilacedin God. 



Lord : the humble shall hear thereof and 
be glad. 

3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let 
us exalt his name together. 

4 1 sought the Lord, and he heard me, 
and delivered me from ail my fears. 

5 They looked unto him, and were light- 
ened : and their faces were not ashamed. 

6 This poor man cried, and the Lord 
heard him, and saved him out of all his 
troubles. 

7 The angel of the Lord encampeth 
round about them that fear him, and de- 
livered! them. 

8 O taste and see that the Lord is good : 
blessed z'sthe man that trusteth in him. 

9 O tear the Lord, ye his saints : for 
there is no want to them that fear him. 

10 The young lions do lack, and suiTcr 
hunger ; but they that seek the Lord shall 
not want any good thing. 

11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me : 
I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 

12 What man is /^/Wdesirethlife,*wf/ 
loveth many days, that he may see good f 

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy 
lips from speaking guile. 

14 Depart from evil, and do good ; seek 
peace, and pursue it. 

15 The eyes of the Lord arc upon the 
righteous, and his ears are open unto their 
cry. • 

16 The face of the Lord is against thern 
that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of 
them from the earth. 

17 The righteous cry, and the Lord 
heareth, and "aelivereth them out of all 
their troubles. 

18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are 
of a broken heart ; and savelh such as be 
of a contrite spirit. 

19 Many are the afflictions of the righ- 
teous: but the Lord deiivereth him out of 
them ail. 

20 He keepeth all his bones : not one of 
them is broken. 

21 Evil shall slay the wicked : and they 
that' hate the righteous shall be desolate. * 

22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his 
servants: and none of them that trust in 
him shall be desolate. 

PSAL. XXXV. 
David pray eth for his own safety, and 
his enemies 1 confusion. 11 He complain- 
eth of their wrongful dealing. 22 There- 
by he inciteth God against them. 
AFsabnoilHvvl. 

PLEAD my cause. O Lord, with them 
that strive with me: fight against 
them that fight against me. 

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and 
stand up for mine help. 

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the 
way, against them that persecute me : say 
unto my soul, 1 am thy. salvation. 



Davi.1 complaineth oj his enemies. PSALMS. Grievous s!a!e of the wicked. 457 



4 Let tliem be confounded and put to 
name that seek after my soul: let tliem 
be turned back and brought to confusion 
that devi.se my hurt. 

5 Let them be as chaff be h re the wind: 
and let the angel ofthe Loi*d chase them, 

6 Lei their way be dark and slippery : 
and iet tl I the Lord persecute 

without cause hove they hid for 
q a pit, r.diich without cause 
1 r my .soul. 
8 Let destruction come upon him at un- 
aware*: and let his net that he hath hid 
catch himself: into that very destruction 
let him 

1 1 nv sou] shall be joyful in theLc rd : 
it shall rejoice in his salvation. 

10 All tH say, Lord, Who is 
like unto thee, which deliverest the poor 

tn that is too strong for him, yea, 
and the needj B ora him that spoil-" 

11 Fa - did rise up ; they 

. chai ge things that I knew not. 
I me evil for good, to 
soul. 

they were sick, 
ckcknth : I humbled 
I my prayer re- 
m. 

though he had 

beenm- ed dawn 

. tb/&l A^nioth- 

t] 

thanks in the 
< e thee among 

j her let 

newith- 

ice: hut they 
!■ in ii'h wide 

i 

- 

■:, O Lord my God, accord- 



ing to thy righteousness : and let them 
not rejoice oyer me. 

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, 
so would we ha\ e it : let them not 

have swallowed him up. 

26 Let them be shamed and brought to 
contusion together that rejoice at mine 
hurt ; let them be clothed with shame and 
dishonor that magnify themselves again*; 
me. 

27 Let them shout tor joy, and be glad, 

ir my righteous cause: yea, lee 
them say continually, Let the Lord be mag- 
nified, which hath pleasure in the pros- 
perity oi his servant. 

28 And my tongue shall speak ot thy 
righteousness and of thy praise all the day 
long. 

PSAL. XXXVI. 

1 The grievous state ofthe ivicked. 5 The 

txceUency of God's mercy. 10 David 

firayethjlr favour to God's children. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David 

the servant ofthe Lord. 

THE transgression of the wicked saith 
within my heart that there isuo fear 
ot God before his eyes. 

2 For he flattereth himselt in his own 
eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hate- 
ful. 

3 The words of his mouth are iniquity 
and deceit : he hath left off to be wise,a/;ii 
to do good. 

4 liedeviseth mischief upon his bed ; he 
setteth himself in a way toot is not good ; 

l evil. 

5 Thy me i cy , < > 1 aordj is in the heavens ; 
and thy faithfulness r cache th unto the 

6 Thy riehte asness w like the great 

tis: thy judgments are a great 
deep: Lord, thou preservest man and 

"( Hom thy loving kindness, 

OGod! rherefbre ti e children of men 
put their trust under the shadow of thy 

with the fatness of thy house;' an 

te them drink ofthe river of thy 

cs: 

. 

ss unto 
them thai I 

J I i .. ■ ; 

be able to 

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-463 Lavidpersuadelh tofiaiience-, 

dence in God, by the different estate of 
the godly and the ivicked. 

A Psulm of David, 

FRET not thyself because of evil doers, 
neither be thou envious against the 
m orkers of iniquity. 

2 For they snail soon be cut down like 
the grass* and wither as the green herb. 

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so 
shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily 
thou shalt be fed. 

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and 
he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord : trust 
also in him ; and he shall bring it to pass. 

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteous- 
ness as the light, and thy judgment as the 
noonday. 

7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently 
for him : fret not thyself because of him 
-who prospeieth in his way, because of the 
man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : 
fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 

9 For evil doers 'shall be cut off': but 
those that wait upon the Lord, they shall 
inherit the earth. 

10 For yet a little while, and the wicked 
shall not be,: yea, thou shalt diligently con- 
sider his place, and it shall not be. 

11 But the meek shah inherit the earth : 
and shall delight themselves in the abund- 
ance of peace. 

12 Tne wicked plotteth against the just, 
and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 

13 The Lord' shall laugh at him : for he 
seeth that his day is coming. 

14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, 
and have bent their bow, to cast down the 
poor and needy, and to slay such as be of 
upright conversation. 

15 Their sword shall enter into their own 
heart, and their bows shall be broken. 

16 A little that a righteous man hath is 
better than the riches of many wicked. 

17 For the arms of the wicked shall be 
broken : but the Lord upholdeth the righ- 
teous. 

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the 
upright : and their inheritance shall be lor 
ever. 

19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil 
time : and in the days of famine they shall 
be satisfied. 

20 But the wicked shall perish, and the 
enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of 
lambs : they shall consume ; into s*ioke 
shall they consume away. 

21 The wicked borroweth, and paj etli 
not again : but the righteous shew eth mer- 
er, and givcth. 

22 For such as be blessed of him shall 
inherit the earth ; and they t/utt be cursed 
of him shali be cut off. 



PSA3LMS. end sorjidence in God- 

23 The steps of a good man are ordered 
by the Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 

24 Though he fell, he shall not be ut- 
terly cast down : for the Lord upholdeth 
him with his hand. 

25 I have been young, and now am old ; 
yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, 
nor his seed begging bread. 

26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth ; 
and his seed is blessed. 

27 Depart from evii, and do good j and 
dwell lor evermore. 

28 For the Lord loveth judgment and 
forsaketh not his saints; they are pre- 
served for ever : but the seed of the wick- 
ed shall be cutoff. 

29 The righteous shall inherit the land, 
and dwell therein for ever. 

30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh 
wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judg- 
ment. 

31 The law of his Gcd is in his heart j 
none of his steps shall slide. 

32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, 
and seeketh to slay him. 

33 The Lord will not leave him in his 
hand, nor condemn him when he isjudged. 

34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his Way, 
and he shall exu.lt thee to inherit the land : 
when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt 
see it. 

35 1 have seen the wicked in great power, 
and spreading himseli like a green bay 
tree. 

35 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was 
not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be 
found. 

27 Mark the perfect man, and behold the 
upright ; for the end of that man is peace. 
38 But the transgressors shall be destroy- 
ed together : die end of the wicked shall be 
cut off. 

39 But the salvation of the righteous it 
of the Lord: he is their strength in the 
time of trouble. 

40 And the Lord shall help them, and 
deliver them : he shall deliver them from 
the wicked, and save them, because they 
trust in him. 

PSAL XXXV11I. 
David moveth God to take compassion cj 

his pii{ful case. 
A Psalm of David to bring to remembrance. 

OLORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath : 
neither chasten me in thy hot dis- 
pleasure. 

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and 
thy hand presseth me sore* 

3 There is no soundness in my flesh be- 
cause of thine anger ; neither /.s there any 
rest in my bones because of my sin. 

4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine 
head : as an heavy burden they are too hea- 
vy for me. 



JUavufs care of his thoughts. 



PSALMS. The hew Jit of confidence in God. 459 



5 My wounds stink and are corrupt be- 
cause of niv foolishness. 



6 1 am trouUed . 
greatly ; Igo mourning all the day long 

7 For my loins are tilled with a l<athsome 
disease : and there is no soundness in rav 
|esh< 

8 1 am feeble and sore broken : I have 
reared by reason of the disquiemes* of my 
heart. 

9 Lord, all my desire is before thee ; 
and mi not hid from thee. 

10 My heart panieth, my strength tail- 
eth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it 
also is gone from nie. 

11 My loi ti - -ids stand aloof 
from my sure ; and my kinsmen stand afar 
eft". 

13 They also that seek after my life lay 
Wttaresfor me ; and they that seek m\ hurt 
speak mischievous things, and imagine de- 
ceits all the da\ 

1.3 But 1, as a deaf man, heard not ; and 
J was as a dumb man that opcnetll not 
his mouth. 

1 1 Thus I wis as a man that heareth 
. in whose mouth are no reproofs. 
Lord, dol hope: thou 
wilt hear, ( ) I^ord my God. 

16 For 1 said, J/mr me*, lest otherwise 

irer me : when my 
foot slippeth, they magnify themselves a* 
gains! 

17 For 1 am ready to halt, and my sor- 
row is continually before me. 

re mine iniquity; I 
will be sorry t< r my sin. 
Li But mmeenenuesorr lively, am/they 
ng : and they that hate me wrong- 
plied. 
20 They also that render evil for good 
es j because I follow 
dis* 

t, O Lord : O my 
C not tar iron: mo. 

help me, OLord my 
lion. 

JAL, XXXIX. 
t's cure of his thoughts* 1 Ilia rnri- 
aiioncf the brevity and vanity of 
d's judgments) 

n to Jeduthun, 
David. 

Ii : i tak< heed to m 
: I will 
. b nrkh a bridle, while the 
ie. 

d ; and my sorrow 

in me, while I 
ifeamusingt!,' : then ifpskel 

nith mv lungr.e, 

I 



4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and 

I the measure of my days, what it i# , 

I am bowed down ' that 1 may know how frail lam. 



5 Leho.d, thou hast made my days OfflB 

.oth ; and mine age is as nodiing 
before thee : verily every man at his best 
altogether vanity. Selah. 
r everj aanwalketh in a vain 
shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : 
he heapeth up richesfmd knpweth not who 
shuil gather them. 

7 And now, Lord, What Trait I for I 
My hope is in thee. 

8 De;i\ or me from all my transgressions : 
make me not the reproach of the foolishu 
9 i was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; 
because thcu didst it, 

10 Homo-, e thy stroke awavfrommetl 
am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 

11 When thou with rebukes dost correct 
man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty 
to consume away like a moth : sUrely eve- 
ry man is vanity. Selah; 

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give 
ear unto my cry ; hold not thy peace at my 
tears ; for 1 am a stranger with thee and a 
sojourner, as all my fathers were : 

1 J () spare me that 1 may recoverstrength 
betore 1 go hence, and be no more. 

PSAL. XL* 
1 The benefit <f confidence in God. 6 Obe- 
dience is (he besi sacrifice* 11 The sense 
of David's evils inflatneth Msftrayer* 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm ol David. 

I WAITED patiently for the' Lord; 
and lie inclined unto me, and heard my 
cry. 

2 He brought me up also out of an hor- 
rible pit, out of the miry clay, and set 
my feet upon a rock, an J established my 
goings. 

3 And he hath put a new song in my 
mouth, even praise unto our God : many 
shall m--c /V, y.nd fear, and shall trust in the 
Lord. 

4 BtatSstd is that man that maketh the 
Lord his trust, and respecteth net the 
proud, nor suoh as turn aside to lies. 

I) .OLord my (iod, err thy won- 
derm) Workl Which tb<<n bast done, and 
thy thoughts Vt/tit h are to us ward j they 
cannot be n do ned up in order unto 
thee: (/"J would declare and speak of 
rArm,they are iriore than can be numbered. 

6 Sacrifice and oAering thou didst not 
desire ; mineean bast thou opened ; burnt 

>■ thou not ic- 
qinrecL 

; Th: D said i I J in die vol- 

PflM "I the h : -iie. 

8 I delight to doth) will, o mf (id- 

yca,th\ i;iw is withhl my I 

- ill the 
J have not ic 
Irainediny -^». o L >*c*t. 



4T0 God's care of the pur. 



10 I have not hid thy righteousness 
within my heart ; 1 have declared thy 
faithfulness and thy salvation : 1 have net 
concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth 
from the great congregatic n. 

1 1 Withhold not the u hy tender mercies 
from me, O Lord : let thy loving kindness 
and thy truth continually preserve me. 

12 For innumerable evils bave com- 
passed me about : mine iniquities have t i- 
ker ho i upon me, so that 1 am not able 
to look up ; they are more than the hairs of 
mine head : therefore my heart faileth me. 

13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me : 
O Lord, make haste to help me. 

14 Let them be ashamed and confound- 
ed tegether that seek after my soul to de- 
stroy it ; let them be driven backward and 
put to shame that wish me evil. 

15 Let them be desolate for a reward of 
their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. 

16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and 
be glad in thee : let such as love thy salva- 
tion say continually, the Lord be magni- 
fied; 

17 But I am poor and needy ; yet the 
Lord thinketh upon me : thou art my 
help and mv deliverer ; make no tarrymg 

mv God.' 

PSAL. XLI. 

1 Gcd's care cfthe poor. 4 David com- 

plaineth of Ms enemies' treachery. 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

BLESSED is he that considered! the 
poor : the Lord will deliver him in 
time of trouble. 

2 The Lord will preserve him and keep 
him alive ; and he shall be blessed upon the 
earth : and thcu wilt not deliver him unto 
the will of his enemies. 

3 The Lord will strengthen him upon 
the bed of languishing ; thou wilt make ail 
his bed in his sickness. 

4 I said, Lord Idc merciful unto me : heal 
my soul : lor 1 have sinned against thee. 

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When 
shall he die, and bis name perish I 

6 And ii he come to see me, he speak- 
eth vanity : his heart gathereth iniquity to 
itself ; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 

7 All that hate me whisper together a- 
gainst me : against me do they devise my 
hurt. 

8 An evil disease, say *Aey,cleaveth fast 
unto him : and now that he lieth he shall 
rise un no more. 

9 \ea, mine own familiar friend, in 
whom 1 trusted, which did eat of my 
bread, hath lilted up his heel against me. 

10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto 
me, and raise me up, that 1 may requite 
them. 

11 By this 1 know that thou favourest 
me, because mine enemy dotia not triumph 
•ver nit* 



PSALMS. David encourageth his sot>i t 

12 And as for me, thou upholdest me iu 
mine integrity, and settest me before thy 
face for ever. 

13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel 
from everlasting,andto everlasting. Amen, 
and Amen. 

PSAL. XLII. 

1 David's zeal to serve God in the temple. 

5 He encourageth his soul totrust in God. 

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the 

sons of Korah. 

AS the heart panteth after the water 
brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 
G God. 

2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the li- 
ving God : When shall 1 come arid appear 
before God ? 

3 My tears have been my meat, day and 
night, while they continually say unto me, 
Where is thy God ? 

4 When 1 remember these things^ 1 
pour out my soul in me : for I had gone 
with the multitude, 1 went with them to 
the house of God, with die voice ot joy 
and praise, with a multitude that kept ho- 
lydaY. 

o Why art thou cast down, O my soul I 
and, Why art thou disquieted in me? Hope 
thou in God : fori shall yet praise himydr 
the help of his countenance. 

6 O my God, my soul is cast down with- 
in me : therefore will I remember thee 
from the Land of Jordan, and of theHer- 
monites, from the hill Mizar. 

7 Deep caileth unto deep at the noise of 
thy waterspouts : all thy waves and thy 
billows are gone ever me. 

8 Yet the Lord will command his lov- 
ing kindness in die day time, and in the 
night his song shall be with me, and my 
prayer unto the God of my liie. 

91 will say unto God my rock, Why 
hast thou forgotten me ? Why go I mour- 
ning because of die oppression of the ene- 
- mv? 

10^s with a sword in my bones, mine 
enemies reproach me ; while they say daily 
unto me, Where wthy God ? 

11 Why art thou c'astdown,0 my soul I 
and. Why art thou disquieted within me ? 
Hope thou in God : for 1 shall yet praise 
him, whoistke health of my countenance, 
andmv God. 

PSAL. XLIII. 

1 David praying to be restored to the tem- 

ple-fpromfseth to serve God joy fully. He 

encourageth his soul to trust in GaI. 

JuDGE me, O God, and plead my cause 
against an ungodly nation : O deliver 
me from the deceitful and unjust man. 

2 For thou art the God of nay strength : 
Why dost thou cast me offf Why go I 
mourning because of the oppression of the- 
enemy ? . 



■.filuineih ofc-iil*. 1 ' 

3 O send out thy fight and thy 
t them bring 

• 

i upon the 
II praise thee,0 God n 
iy ait thou c tstdown, () 
. hou disquietc 

:prs 
e health of raj countenance, and 
' jod. 
; I.. XL1V. 

vrmtrfa- 

: 
. ahefer- 
. 
To the chid for the sons of Kc- . 

ail. 

WEfa 

esofold. 
• n ; hov) 

n ; U:*. thy i i 

■ 

:us. 

.neither 

from our ene- 
mies, an ' dvat ha- 
ng, and 
put us to 

:k from 

- 

I >st not iucp 

i to r,nr 

them 

- 



The grace cf Christ's kiftgdom. 471 

eth and blasphemeth ; by reason of the en- 
emy and aveneer. 

17 Ail this is come ■poo us ; yet have 
thee, uet.her iuive we 
in thy covenant. 
13 Oar heart is not turned bxk, neither 
have our steps declined from thy way. 

19 Though thou hast sore broken us in 
the pi ntj and covered us with 

n the name of cur 
Goth at our hands to a strange 

21 Shall not God search this out ? For 
! 
sake are we kilted all 
the day long ; we are counted as sheep tor 
. 

.0 Lord ? 
•er. 

Ucc % and 
forge) atari 

25 I is bowed down to the 
lir betly c:eaveth unto the earth. 

26 r help, and redeem ut 
for thv mercies' sake. 

. L. XLV. 
'grace of Christ's king- 
. . . '.he church, and 

- "'-.oshnnnim 
for i , A Song 

. 

M- a good matter : I 
tk ofthe things which I nave 
king : my tongue is the 
pen • er. 

to in the children of 
men : Bi ..ere- 

ever. 

mi- 

. 

i in the heart 
' ofth< 

. 
I 

. it a 
. 

. hath 

I 



4fZ The church's confidence in God. 

and incline thine ear: forget also thine 
DWn people, and thy father's house ; 

11 So shall the king greatly desire thy 
beauty : for he is thy lord ; and worship 
thou him. 

12 And the daughter of Tyre shall he 
there with a gilt; even the rich among the 
people shall entreat thy favour, 

13 The king's daughter is all glorious 
within : her clothing is of wrought gold. 

14 She shall be brought unto the king in 
raiment of needlework : the virgins her 
companions that follow her shall be brought 
unto thee. 

15 With gladness and rejoicing shaR 
they be brought : they shall enter into the 
king's palace, 

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy 
children, whom thou mayest make princes 
in all the earth. 

\7 1 will make thy name to be remem- 
bered in all generations : therefore shall 
the people praise thee for ever and ever. 

PSAL. XLVI. 
1 The confidence which the church hath 
in God, 8 An exhortation to behold his 
•works. 
To the chief Musician for the sons of Ko- 
ran, A song upon Alamoth. 
GOD is our refuge and strength, a ve-r. 
ry present help in trouble. 

2 Therefore will not we fear, though the 
earth be removed,andthoughthe mountains 
be carried into the midst of the sea, ; 

3 Though the waters thereof roar and 
be troubled, though the mountains shake 
with the swelling thereof. Selah. 

4 Tii>e re is a river, the streams whereof 
shall make glad the city of God, the holy 
place of the tabematies'of the Most High, 

5 God is in the midst of her ; she shall 
not be moved : God shall heip her, and 
that right early. 

6" The heathen raged, the kingdoms were 
moved: he uttered his voice, the earth 
melted. 

7 The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God 
of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 

8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, 
what desolations he hath made in the earth. 

9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end 
of the earth : he breaketh the bow, and 
cutteth the spear in sunder; he burnetii 
the chariot in the fire, 

10 Be still, and know that 1 am God : I 
will be exalted among the heathen, I wi,li 
be exalted in the earth. 

U The Lord ot'hosts. is with, us; the 
God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 

PSAL. XLVII, ^ 
The nations are exhorted cheerfully to en- 
tertain the kingdom, ofCnrini. 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm tor the 
sons of Korah. 



PSALMS, The ornaments of the church, 

OCLAP your hands, all ye people J 
shout unto God with the voice of tri* 
umph. 

2 For the Lord most high is terrible ; he 
is a great king over all the earth, 

3 He shall subdue the people under us, 
and the nations under out feet. 

4 He shall choose curinheritanceforus, 
the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. 
Selah. 

5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord 
with the sound oi a trumpet. 

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing 
praises unto our king, sing praises. 

7 For God is the King of all the earth : 
sing ye praises with understanding. 

8 God reigneth over the heathen : God 
sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 

9 The princes of the people are gathered 
together, even the people of the God of A- 
hraham : for the shields of the earth belong 
unto God : he is greatlv exalted. 

PSAL. XLVia 
The ornaments and. privileges oj the 

church. 
A Song and Psalm ior the sons of Korah. 

GREAT is the Lord, and greatly to be 
praised in the city of our God, in the 
mountain of his holiness, 

2 Beautiful for .situation, the joy of the 
whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of 
the north, the city of the great king. 

3 God is known in her palaces for a ref- 
uge. 

4 For, lo,the kings were assembled, they 
passed by together. 

5 They saw it, and so they marvelled ; 
they were troubled, and hasted away. 

6 Fear took hold upon them there, ani 
pain, as of a woman in travail. 

FThou breakest the ships of Tarshish 
frith an east wind. 

8 As we have heard, so have we seen in 
the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of 
our God : God will establish it for ever. 
Selah. 

9 We have thought of thy loving kind- 
ness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 

10 According to thy name, 'O God, so is 
thy praise unto the ends of the earth : thy 
right hand is full ot righteousness. 

11 I^et mount Zion rejoice,let the daugh- 
ters of Judah be glad, because of thy judg- 
ments. 

12 Walk about Zion, and go round a- 
hout her : tell the towers thereof. 

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider 
her palaces : that ye may tell it to the 
generation following. 

14 For this God is our God for ever and 
ever : he will be our guide even unto death. 

PSAL. XLIX. 
1 yin earnest persuasion to build the fat th 
of the resurrection, not en worldly flow- 



ThefraHty of (Jung % in 'his life 
rr, but m God. 16 Woridhfftn 

UP... 

To the 

HEAi: car, all 

ye i. 
2 Both taw ^ poor, to- 

gether. 

mouth shall - 'u ; aid 

the meditation oi my heart shaU ( 
iing. 
.1 incline mine ear* 

harp. 

am the iniquity of my i. 

6 They that trust in their weJth, anu 
boast diemselves in the n. 

e of them can by anv means re- 
■ brvxher, nor gh c to Gud a ran- 
som tcr him : 
8^ For the redemption of their soul/a 

. -f_th for ever): 
9 That he >' . . ver, ar.d 

■ . . 

: wise men die, like- 
h jxn-son perish 
and leave their wealth lo 

hat their 
hou-ses ihuil contmu mf their 

| places to all ge< 

::ne<. 
honor a- 
bwieth i 

poster 

: 

death shall teed on them : and the upright 
diem in the 
■■■In'., consume 

in the m 

W Bu mv doul from 

the pr a 

• - 

.•uitlteglor s increas- 

altrrhiiru 

hw soul ; ana 
thou does* well tot! 

itolAatu'mh 

eth rr \ 



PSALMS. God"* t church. 4"3 

Jm of Asaph. 

THE might}- God, even the Lord, hath 
ben, and called the earth fraoa 
i 
thereof. 

don of beauty, 
God h . 

T.e, and shall not keep 

..-mpestuous i 
.'.n. 
4 He shall c ill to the heavens from above, 
and to the earth, that he may ju 

therm? saints together unto me: 

B made a covenant with me 
ifice. 

6 And die heavens shall declare 1 . 

7 Hear, () my people, and [will 

Israel, and I will test I 
aril God, even thy God. " 

s I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifi- 
ces or thy burnt offerings, ta have been 
continually before me. 

9 1 \s ill take no bullock out of thv house 
nzr he goats out of*.'. 

1 Fc r every beast of ti ie forest Is mine ; 
and the cattle upon a than 

11 1 know all the fowls of the mo 
vild beasts of the fit 
i were hungry, I would not tell 
thee : for the • 

13 Will I eat the flesh of Ms, or 
the blood of g 

i God thank 

}\ : 

15 And call Q] rftron* 

1 k : 1 \s ill deliver thee, and thou si . 
rify me. 

16 But unto the wicked G 

1 1 shouldest I 

rds behind thee. 

een par- 
mouth to evil, and 

D moth- 

, and I 

I kept 

. 

'lure 

rebe 
- : ■ -. praise jjlorinethnic: 



47 4 David'sjzrayerjar saKctificaiim. PSALMS. He prcphesieth Doeg's destruction, 

JDceg\ firophesieth his destruction. <5 
The righteous shall rejoice at it. 
To the chief Musician, Maschil,^ Psalm 



and to him that ordereth his conversation 

aright will I shew the salvation of God. 
PSAL. LI. 

1 David pray eth for remission of sins, 
thereof 'hemakeih a dee 'fi confession, 6 
Meprayethfor sanedfeaticn. 16 God 
delighieth not in sacrifice, but in sincer- 
ity. 18 David jirayeth for the church. 

To the chief musician, A Psalm of David, 
whenNathanthe prophet came unto him, 
after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, accord- 
ing to thy loving kindness : according 
unto the multitude of thy tender mei ch s 
blot out my transgressions. 

2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniqui- 
ty, and cleanse meirommy sin. 
* 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions : 
and my sin is ever before me. 

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, 
and done this evil in thy sight : that thou 
mightest be justified when thou speakest, 
end be clear when thou judgest. 

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and 
in sin dkl my mother conceive me. 

6 Etliojd,\hou de:irest truth in the in- 
ward parts: and in the hidden fiart thou 
tlialt make me to know wisdom. 

7 Purge me witB hyssop, audi shall he 
clean : wash me, and 1 shall be whiter 
than- show. 

8 Iv: like me to hear joy and gladness ; 
tJioi the bones eafeciS thou hast broken may 
rejoice. 

9 Hide thv fare from my sins, and blot 
©ut all mine iniquities. 

20 Create ins use a clean heart, O God : 
and renew ?. r ; c,ht *pirit within me. 

11 Cast me not away from tin,- presence 3 
and tare not thy holy spirit from me. 

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy sal- 
W.iov; ; an d upheld me iviththy free spirit. 

13 Thfti wiH I teach transgressors thy 
ways : and sinners sfiaU be converted un- 

14 Deliver me from blond guiltiness, O 
God, thou G^d of my salvation : and my 
tcrar.olaa'.i slog aloud of thy righteousness. 

13 GL':rd, open thru my lips ; and my 
ESCWtii shall Mitu jorth thy praise. 

Ifi For ( ■ r. d: anqst not ssfciifice : else 
wpwW i give i£; thou delightest not in 



r-fsirx* : 
Ge&tl 

18.0 



sacrifices of God are a broken 
brrfc.cn and a contrite heart, O 



r--:0. ';.■■'■ -. •; 1 i pleasure unto Zi- 
llv v the v alb of Jerusalem. 
19'l'hc»*h& ; ]s thoirbe pleaded with the 
sacrifises of righteousness, with burnt of- 
Bd whcvef.nrritf.iTering : then shall 
fllr bollocks uppn thine altar. 
PSAL. Lil. 
.' eeasV mnwg the spUrfubicss of 



iusician, iviaschii,, 
of David, when Doegthc Edomite camo 
and told Saul, and said unto him, David 
is come to the house of Ahimelech. 

WHY boastest thou, thyself in mischief, 
O mighty man ? The goodness of 
God endureth continually 

2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs ; like a 
sharp razor, working deceitfully. 

3 Thou Iovest evii more than good ; and 
lying rather than to speak righteousness. 
Selah. 

4 Thou Iovest all devouring words, O 
thou deceitful tongue. 

5 God shall likewise destroy thee for c- 
ver, he shall take thee away, and pluck 
thee out of thy dwelling place, and root 
thee out of the land of the living. Selah. 

G The righteous also shall see, and fear, 
and shall laugh at him : 

7 Lo, this is the man that made not God 
his strength ; but trusted in the abundance 
of his riches, and strengthened himscif in 
his wickedness, 

8 But I am like a green olive tree in the 
house of God : I trust in the mercy of God 
forever and ever. 

9 1 will praise thee forever, because 
thou hast done it : and 1 will wait on thy 
name ; for it is e,ocd before thy saints. 

PSAL. LIU. 
1 JDavid describeth ihe currufuion of a 
natural man. 4 He convinceth the rack- 
ed by the light of their own conscience, 

6 He gloritth in the **dvaiion of God. 
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, 

M aschil, A Psalm of David, 
np HE fool hath said in his heart, There 
A is no God. Corrupt are they, and 
have done abominable iniquity ; there is 
none that doeth good. 

2 God looked down from heaven upon 
the children of men, to see if there were 
any that did understand, that did seek 
God. 

3 Every one of them is gore back : they 
are altogether become filthy ; there is 
none that doeth good, no, not one. 

4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowl- 
edge ? Who eat. up my people as they eat 
bread : thev have not called upon God. 

5 There were they in great fear, where 
no fear was : for God hath scattered the 
bones of him tbatencampeth against thee : 
thou hast \MUhcm to shame, because God 
hath despised them. 

6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were 
come out of '/ion I When God bringeth 
back the captfvity of his people, Jacob shall 
rejoice, ana Israel shall be glad. 

PSAL. LIV. 
1 David, complaining of ihe Ziphims,pmy- 



Dcntul prayeth against /its enemies. PSALMS. E ml 471 

cth jor sate a'ic . 

rjice. 
To the chie: ft I 

- 
me and sai . 

QAV:. 



• 



'/; 



. a man mine equal, 
e,and u MB c ac 

15 id upon them, 

them go down quick into be . 

. 
16 As for me, ponQod; and 



; give ear to . the Lord shall save me. 



3 For strangers are risen up a . 

is wiih them I 

5 He shall lewai d e\ i. unto mine ene- 
mies : I 

;othee: I will 
a gcod. 
i . ered me c . 
: and mine e\e bath 
sire upon mine eix a 

PSAL. LV. 
1 David in hisfirah th of his 

. 

i '.reach- 
nforteth 

egmoth, Mas- 
David. 

Gl; and 

mdhear me: 1 mourn 
in DM omplaint, and make a :.oi?e ; 

- 
cau>e ol 

_n me, and in 

..in me: 
! terrors of 

. r: illness an/I ' re come 

■ponme, and inrroi 

I 

..ouid 1 hy a.. 

7 Lo, then would I 

from the 
w'mdv storm q 
9 beatro/, O Lord, a 

- 

I it upon 
the wa! 

' ckedness « in the n 

i 

- 
■ 1 me ; then I i 

magnify him*- 



17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, 
-iloud : and .. 
.. 

I peice 
oattle that ■:. WBi for 

. me. 
hear, and afflict them, e- 
ven he that abideth ot old. S 

r.ot'God. 

hath put forth his lund* 
sash as be hi V 

21 Th . were smootli- 

itter, but warroa*:n bis 
I were softer than oil, ye* 
they dr.iwn s * 

. upon the Lord, am! 
he sha.i - 

- xis to be moved. 

g them 
down into the pit of destruction ; 
anddeceitiul men shall not live out us.: 
their davs ; but 1 will trust in thee. 

PSAL. LVJ. 
1 David} 

mm. 9 
He firofesseth his confidence in 
■.raise him. 
a Jonathelem- 

BK ma . Cod : for man 

wou; oe up; he ;: 

- many mat 

. I will trust io 

word, in God 

r my trust; 1 will not fea 

rest my w. 






evil. 

I 
mark naj 



■ 

In thine 
' ! xl. 
i r. nil 



476 David prayeth unto God 



PSALMS. to be delivered from his enemies \ 



10 In God will I praise his word ; in the 
Lord will I praise his word. 

11 In God have 1 put my trust : I will 
not be atraid what man can do unto me. 

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God : I 
will render praises unto thee. 

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from 
death : Wilt not thou deliver my feet from 
falling, that 1 may walk before God in the 
light of the living I 

PSAL. LVII. 

1 David, in prayer, fleeing unto God, com* 
plaineth of his dangerous case* 7 He 
encourageth himself' to praise God, 

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Mich- 
tarn of David, when he fled from Saul 
in the cave. 

BE merciful unto me, O God, be mer- 
ciful unto me : lor my soul trusteth in 
thee : yea, in the shadow of thy wings will 
I make my refuge, until these calamities be 
overpast. 

2 1 will cry unto God most high ; unto 
God that performeth all things lor me. 

3 He shall send from heaven, and save 
rviQ.fr om the reproach of him that would 
swallow me up. Selah. God shall send 
forth his mercy and his truth. 

4 My souk's among lions: and I lie e- 
ven among them that are set on fire, even 
the sons ol men whose teeth are speers and 
arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the 
heavens ; let thy glory be above all the 
earth. 

6 They have prepared a net for my 
steps : my soul is bowed down : they have 
digged a pit before me, into the midst 
whereof they are fallen themselves, Se- 
lah. 

7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart 
is fixed : I will sing and give praise. 

8 Awake up, my glory ; awake, psal- 
tery and harp : I myself will awakeearly. 

9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among 
the people : 1 will sing unto thee among 
the nations. 

10 For thy mercy is great unto the heav- 
ens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 

11 Be tliou exalted, O God, above the 
heavens : let thy glory be above all the 
earth. 

PSAL. LVIII. 
1 David reproving 'wicked judges, 3 de- , 
scribelh the nature of the wicked, 6 and 
devoteth them to God's judgments, 10 
whereat the righteous shall rejoice. 
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Mich- 
tarn of David. 
DO ye indeed speak righteousness, O 
congregation '■ Do ye judge upright- 
ly, O ye sons of men ? 

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness ; ye 
weigh the violence of ycur har.ds in live \ 
e.irtfi. 



3 The wicked are estranged from the 
womb : they go astray as soon as tliev be 
born, speaking lies. 

4 Their poison is like the poison of a 
serpent : they are like the deaf adder that 
stoppeth her ear ; 

5 Which will not hearken to the voic* 
of charmers, charming never so wisely; 

Break their teeth, O God, in their 
mouth : break out the great teeth of the 
young lions, O Lord. 

7 Let them melt away as waters which 
run continually : when hebendeth his bow 
to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in 
pieces. , 

8 As a snail which melteth, let every 
one of them pass away : like the untimely 
birth Of a woman, that they may not see the 
sum 

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, 
he shall take them away as with a whirl* 
wind, both living, and in his wrath. 

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he 
seeththe vengence : he shall washliis icet 
in the blood of the wicked* 

11 So that a man shall say, Verily there 
is a reward for the righteous : verily h« 
is a God that judgeth in the earth* 

PSAL. L1X. 

1 David prayeth to be delivered from his 
enemies, 6 He comfilaineth of their cm - 
elty, & He trusteth in God. 11 He pray- 
eth agairtst them* 16 He praiseth God, 

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Mich- 
tam of David; when Saul sent, and they 
watched the house to kill him. 

DELIVER me from mine enemies, O 
my God : defend me from them that 
rise up against me. 

2 Deliver me from the workers of ini- 
quity, and save me from bloody men. 

3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul : 
the mighty are gathered against me ; not 

for my" transgression, nor for my sin, O 
Lord. 

4 They run and prepare themselves 
without my fault : awake to help me, and 
behold. 

5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, 
the God of Israel, awake to visit all the 
heathen : be not merciful to any wicked 
transgressors. Selah. 

6 They return at evening : they make 
a noise like a dog, and go round about the 
city. 

7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth : 
swords are it their lips: tor, Who, say they, 
doth hear f 

8 Entthoti,OLord, shalt laugh at them ; 
thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 

9 Because ofh-s strength will 1 wait up- 
on thee : for God is my defence. 

10 The God of my mercy shall prevent 
me : God shall let me see my devire upon 
mice enemies. 



David fircyeth for 4 

God we shall do valiantly : 
shall tread down I 

PSAL. LXI. 



11 Slay the. n '. iorget: 
scatter them b) th} ; 
down, O Lord our - 

12 7 •" • and the 
words of their lips, let them even betaken 
in their pride: and for coring ai 
which they i-peak. 

13 Consume them 

them, th let them 

. in Jacob unto the ends 
■ 

14 And at evening let them retu: 

.1 dog, and go 
. 
1 j Ia ler up and d 

I 
16 But i will BDg 1 . 

mercy in the morning : 
oce and refuge 

ito thee, O my strength, will Ising: 
e, and the G^d oi my 

PSAL. La. 

ttertiofiefiray- 

nghim- 

.' . premises, he craveth thai 

. 

To the v haneduth, 

Mkhtam of David, to teach; when he 

im and withA- 

ramzobah, 

tit twelve 

O cast us 0$ thou hast 

: hast been c: 
ed ; () turn 

rth to tremble; 
ken it : heal the 1. 
thereof ; for it ah 

wed tliy people hard 

us to drink die 

. 

4 Thou er to them that 

Ibecause 

. 

livered ; 

... n in lib to 

otli. 

! . ■ 

the strong 
rAnadst 



•cr ex- 
. 4 - : ' r/iclual ser- 

1 because ofh 
To the chief Musician ujxm Neginah. 

./ Pschi of David. 

Hry, O God; attend unto 
my pi 

. Brth wffl I cry 
unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed : 
I the rock thai is higher than 1. 

3 For iclter for mc, 

the enemy. 

4 I will abide in th) forever: 

ye covert of thy wings, 
luh. 

5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows : 

I given me the heritage of these 
1 thy name : 

wilt prolong the kind's life ; and 
irs as many generations. 

7 lie shall abide before God for ever : 

• e mercy and truth, which may 
e him. 

8 So will 1 sing praise unto thy name for 
ever, diat 1 may dailv perform my vows. 

VL.' LX1I. 
1 David, fir of easing his confidence in God, 
ragcth his enemies. 5 In the same 
encuurageth the godly. 9 

.'•J things. 11 

( / M. 
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. 
n of David. 

TRULY my soul waiteth upon God; 
tram I 
2 He only is my r 

long will ye imagine mi.- 

l11 of you 2 
1 ..J shall yehe t 

■ 
from bis . thej delight 

•. 

I iod; for 

list in him at all tin 1 



478 David's thirst for God. 



10 Trust not in oppression, and become 
not vain in robbery : if riches increase, set 
not your heart upon them. 

11 God hath spoken once: twice have 
I heard this : that power belongeth unto 
God. 

12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth 
mercy ; for thou renderest to every man 
according to his work. 

PSAL. LXIII. 
1 David's thirst for God. 4 His manner 
of blessing God. 9 His confidence of his 
enemies' destruction, and his own safety. 
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wil- 
derness of Judah. 
OGOD, thou art my God ; early will I 
seek thee : my soul thirsteth for thee, 
my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirs- 
ty" land, where no water is ; 

2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as 
I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 

3 Because thy loving kindness is better 
than life, my lips shall praise thee. 

4 Thus will I bless thee while I live : 1 
will life up my hands in thy name. 

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with mar- 
row and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise 
thee with joyful lips : 

6 When I remember thee upon my bed, 
and medicate on thee in the night watches. 

7 Because thou hast been my help, there- 
fore in the shadow of thy wings will 1 re- 
joice. 

8 My soul followeth hard after thee : thy 
right hand upholdeth me. 

9 But th^se that seek my soul to destroy 
it, shall ^o into the lower parts of the earth: 

10 They shall fall by the sword : they 
shall be a portion for foxes. 

11 But the king shall rejoice in God : 
every one that swearech by him shall glory ; 
but the mouth of them that speak lies shall 
be stopped. 

PSAL. LXIV. 

1 David prayeth for deliverance, com- 
plaining of his enemies. 7 He promis- 
eth lumself to see such an evident de- 
struction of them that the righteous shall 
rejoice at it. 

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 

HEAR my voice, O God, in my pray- 
er : preserve my life from feur of the 
enemy. 

2 Hide me from the secret council of the 
wicked ; from the insurrection of the work- 
ers of iniquity ; 

3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, 
andbend their bows to shoot their arrows, 
even bitter words ; 

4 That they may shoot in secret at the 
perfect; suddenly do they shoot at him, 
and fear not. 

5 They encourage themselves in an evil 
matter: thev commune of laying snares 
privily ; they say, Who shall see them ? 



PSALMS; Hefiraiseth God for his grace. 

6 They search out iniquities : they ac- 
complish a diligent search : both the in- 
ward thought of everyone of them, and the 
heart is deep. 

7 But God shall shoot at them with an 
arrow ; suddenly shall the}' be wounded. 

8 So they shall make their own tongue 
to fall upon themselves : all that see them 
shall flee awayj 

9 And all men shall fear, and shall de- 
clare the work of God ; for they shall wise- 
ly consider of his doing. 

10 The righteous shall be glad in the 
Lord, ana shall trust in him ; and all the 
upright in heart shall glory. 

PSAL. LXV, 

1 David praiseth God for his grace. 4 

The blessedness of God's chosen* 5 His 

general providence. 

To the chief Musician; A Psalm and Song 

of David. 

PRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Zi- 
on : and unto thee shall the vow be per- 
formed. 

2 O thou that nearest prayer, unto thee 
shall all fle^h come. 

3 Iniquities prevail against me : as for 
our transgressions, thou shalt purge them 
away. 

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choos- 
est, and causest to approach unto thee that 
ne may dwell in thy courts : we shall be sat- 
isfied with the goodness of thy house, even 
of thy holy temple, 

5 "By terrible things in righteousness wilt 
thou answer us, O God of our salvation ; 
who art the confidence of all the ends of 
the earth, and of them that are afar off up* 
on the sea : 

6 Which by his strength setteth fast the 
mountains : being girded with power : 

7 Whicli stilleth the noise of the seas, the 
noise of their waves, and the tumult of the 
people. 

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost 
parts are afraid at thy tokens : thou makest 
the outgoings of the morning and evening 
to rejoice. 

9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest 
it: thou greatly enrichestit with the river 
of God, which is full of water : thou pre- 
pares! them com, when thou hast so pro- 
vided for it. 

10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof a- 
buhdantly : thcu settlest the furrows there- 
of : thou makest k soft with showers : thou 
blessest the springing thereof. 

11 Thou crownest the year with thy 
goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. 

12 They drop ufion the pastures of the 
wilderness : and the little hiils rejoice on e- 
very side. 

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks ; 
the valieys also are covered over with corn; 
they sHoul for joy, they also sing. 



David exhort eth tofirahc Gzd. 

PSAL LXVI. 
1 David exhorteth : . \ 5 to oh- 

tcrot ' : 

wcthfor 
'.. 16 He 
.-. rial go'j(kie8& tohim- 
self. 

: ng or Psalm. 

MAKE a joyful ncia* unto G^d, 331 \ e 
lands: 

tlie honor of liis name : 
mak^ . 

onto God, How terrible art thou 
ugh the greatness of 
thine enemies suomit 
thee. 

4 A:! the e rth shall worship thee, and 

; they bhall sing to thy 
. 

5 Come and see the works of God : he 

. >ing toward the chil- 
dren of men. 

6 He turned the c ea into dry land : they 

ne flood on foot : tuere did 
wc ivi. ice 1U him. 

7 He ru'eth by his power for ever j his 
res behold the nations: let not the rebel - 

xalt themselves. Selah. 
.sO ble-s our God,ye people, and make 
the \ r ise to !^e heard : 

9 Which h ul in life, and 
tufiereth n red, 

10 For thou, O G - ed us : 
thou hast tried ns tied. 

11 Thou brightest us into the net; thou 
t affliction upon oui 

; men to ride over 
rur h t through lire and 

; : but thou brough 
:cr. 
131 will go into thy h u -with burnt offer 
ows, 
i' ii n i \ lip^ have uttered, and my 
. trouble. 
thee burnt sacrifices 
- 
will ' Her bulk cks \ 

n't declare what he 

uth, and 

IB If 1 regard iniquity in mj heart, Che 

Lord 

me ; he 
. 

I- 
* 
ntc. 
\YII. 



PSALMS. A prayer for God's kingdom. 479 

Psalm or Song. 

GOD be merciful unto us. and bless us ; 
and cause his tace to shine upon us. 



2 That thy way may be known upon 
earth, thy saving health among ah nations* 

3 Let the people praise thee, O God : let 
all the people praise thee. 

4 O let the nations be glad and 

joy : lor thou shalt judge the people righ- 
teously, and govern the nations upon earth. 
Selah.' 

5 Let the people praise thee ; O God, 
let ah the people praise thee. 

6 Then shall the earth yield her increase ; 
ant/God, even cur own God, shall bless u«. 
7G<d shall bless. us ; and all the ends ot 
the earth shall tear him. 

PSAL. LXVI11. 
1 A prayer at the removing of the ark. 4 
jin Exhortation to praise God for his 
merries, 7 for his cure of the church, 19 
and for his great works. 
To the chiei Musician. A Psalm or Song 
of Davi& 

LET God ari?e, let his enemies be scat- 
tered : let them also that hate him 
„ee before him. 

2 As smoke is driven away, so drive 
them away : as wax melteth before the fire, 
so let the wicked pei ish at the presence ot' 

3 But let the righteous be glad ; let them 
rejoice before God : yea let them exceed- 



ingh iej< ice 
4 Sir 



ig unto God , sing praises to his name : 
extel him that rideth upon the hu 

l e JAH. and rejoice before him. 
ther of the fatherless, and a judge 
of the widows, r* God in his holy habitation. 

6 G od setteth the solitary in families; 
he bringeth i ut those which are bound whh 
chains ; but the rebellious dwell in a dry 
(and. 

7 ( ) God, when thou wentest forth be- 
fore thy people, when thou didst 

.. the wilderness ; Selah : 

8 The 

ved at the presence of God, 

rain, wheretr th o dii 

1 1 . 

therein : 

- 

11 The Lord 

a 



480 God is to be praised for hisworks. PSALMS. David complaineth of his affliction. 



' 14 When the Almighty scattered kings 
in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. 

15 The hill of God is as the hill of Ba- 
shan ; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. 

16 Why leap ye, ye high hills ? This is 
the hill which God ' desireth to dwell in ; 
yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever. 

17 The chariots of God are twenty thou- 
sand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is 
among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 

IS Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast 
led captivity captive : thou hast received 
gifts for men ; yea,/ar the rebellious also, 
that the Lord God might dwell among 
them. 

19 Blessed he the Lord, who daily load- 
eth us with benefits, even the God of our 
salvation. Selah. 

20 He that is our God, is the God of 
salvation ; and unto God the Lord, belong 
the issues from death. 

21 But God shall wound the head of his 
enemies, and the hairy scalp of .such an 
one as goeth on still in his trespasses. 

22 The Lord said, I will bring again 
fr omBashan, 1 will bring my people again 
from the depths of the sea ; 

23That thy foot may be dipped in the 
blood of ihine enemies, and the tongue of 
thy dogs in the same. 

24 They have seen thy goings, O God ; 
even the goings of my God, my King, in 
the sanctuary. 

25 The singers went before, the players 
on instruments followed after ; among 
them were the damsels playing with tim- 
brels. 

26 Bless ye God in the congregations ; 
even the Lord, from the fountain of Is- 
rael. 

27 Their is little Benjamin with their 
ruler, the princes of in&ahand their coun- 
cil the princes of Zebulun, 0720" the princes 
ofNaphtali. 

28 Thy God hath commanded thy 
strength : strengthen, O God, that which 
thou hast wrought for us. 

29 Because ot thy temple at Jerusalem 
shall kings bring piesents unto thee. 

30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, 
the multitude of the bulls, with the calves 
of the people, till every one submit him- 
self with pieces of silver : scatter thou the 
people that delight in war. 

31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; E- 
thiopia shall soon stretch out her hands un- 
to God. 

32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the 
earth ; O sing praises unto the Lord ; Se- 
lah : 

33 To him that rideth upon the heavens 
of heavens, which were of old ; !o, he doth 
send out his voice, and that a. mighty voice. 

34 Ascribe ye strength unto God : his 



excellency is over Israel,and his strength k 
in the clouds. 

35 O God thou art terrible out ot thy ho- 
ly places : the God of Israel » he that giv- 
eth strength and power unto his people. 
Blessed be God. 

PSAL. LXIX. 
1 David comfilaineth of his affliction. 13 
He pray eih for deliverance. 22 He dx- 
voteth his enemies to destruction. 30 He 
praiseth God with thanksgiving. 
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim. 
A Psalm of David. 

SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are 
come in unto my soul. 
21 sink in deep mire, where there is no 
standing : I am come into deep .waters, 
where the floods overflow me. 

3 1 am weary of my crying : my throat 
is dried : mine eyes fail while 1 wait for my 
God. 

4 They that hate me without a cause 
are more than the hairs of mine head : 
they that would destroy me, being mine e- 
nemies wrongfully, are mighty : then I 
restored that which 1 took not away. 

5 O God thou knowest my foolishness ; 
and my sins are not hid from thee. 

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O 
Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my 
sake : let not those that seek thee be con- 
founded for my sake, O God of Israel. 

7 Because for thy sake I have borne re- 
proach ; shame hath covered my face. 

8 I am become a stranger unto my bre- 
thren, and an alien unto my mother's chil- 
dren. 

9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten 
me up ; and the reproaches of them that 
reproached thee are fallen upon me. 

10 When 1 wept, and chastened my soul 
with fasting, that was to my reproach. 

11 1 made sackcloth also my garment ; 
and I became a proverb to them. 

12 They that sit in the gate speak a - 
gainst me: and I was the song of the 
drunkards. 

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, 
O Lord, in an acceptable "time : O God, 
in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in 
the truth of thy salvation. 

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let 
me not sink : let me be delivered from 
them that hate me, and out of the deep 
waters. 

15 Let not the waterfiood overflow me, 
neither let the deep swallow me up, and 
let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 

16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy loving 
kindness is good : turn unto me according 
to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 

If And hide not thy face from thy ser- 
vant ; f®r 1 am in trouble : hear me speedily. 
18 Draw nigh unto my soul and redeem 



PSALMS. He firci;e:h against hii enemit! 

verme because of mine cr.emies. 

19 Thou hast known raj 

- 
vers irk 

20 R« 
I am full 

■ ie ; and 

I tor my meat ; 
and in v.. 

table I^ecome a snare before 

Id have been for 

. 

d, that 

not ; and moke their loins con- 

ar.d let thy wi . take hold of 

25 Let their habitation !>e desolate; 
and let none dwell in their tents, 
persecute him wh : 
rtten ; and they talk to the grief of 
those whom thou hast wounded. 

iky unto their iniquity : and 
• 

i be bloned out of the 
of the living, B 

rrowful: tetthy 

:.;gh. 
d with a 
song, and will magnj 
• 

rd better 
•dlock that . 

: 

. 

ncl will 

ill : that th< 

i 

P 

dwell th* 

1 

I 

my hurt. • 

■ 
el th«ir sJiau ' 



4 Ix.*t all those that see!; thee rejoice and 
be glad in thee ; and itt such as love thy 

.i bay continually, LetGodbemBg- 

5 But I am noor and needy : nv k 
unto me, OGod; thou a r't my help and 
my deliverer ; O Lord, make no tai 

PSAL. LXXI. 

. r of faith, and ex- 
fierien favour^ ftray 

. se //, and against theenem 

icy. 17 
He fn\ rsevtrancc. 19 He 

VKth tO do it 

IN thee, Lord, do I put my trust: let 
• 
vet me in thy righteousness, and 
to escape: incline thine ear unto 
me, and save me. 

5 Be thou my strong habitation, where- 
unto 1 may continually resort ; thou hast 
given commandment 1 1 sai e me ; for thou 
aft my rock and my fbrti ess; 

4 Deliver me, () my God, out of the 
hand of the w icked, out of the hand of the 
unrighteous and cruel man. 

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God : 
thou art my trust from my youth. 

6 By thee have 1 been holdcn up from 
the womb, thou art he that took me out 
of my mother's boweb: my praise shaUbe 
continually of 

7 1 am as a w onder unto many ; but thou 
art my strong n 

rOT/Athypraise 

, ; ! the day. 

9 Gas-, i inie of old age; 

faSeth. 

lu For mine u .^t me; 

and they that lay wait VX my soul take 

forsaken him: per- 
'■■ him ; 6 r there wnone te 
. 
1J OGod, be not far from me : () my 
Ci d, make haste for my help. 

13 Let them be confound I 
med th .* 

mem be coven acn and dis- 

honor that seek m\ hurt. 

14 But 1 will hope continually, and will 

i.) My mouth sh iD shew forth thi 
ktktt all the (. 

l know not the numb 

{'. xl : I will n 

I thine only. 
17 O God, tl 
youth: and hitherto I <-d thy 

wondr 

- 
I not, until 1 



482 David's confidence in God. PSALMS. 

have shewed thy strength unto this gener- 
ation, and thy power to every one that is to 
come. 

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is ve- 
ry high, whohastdone great things : O God, 
Who is like unto thee 1 

20 Thou, which hast si wed me great 
and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, 
and shalt bring me up again from the depths 
of the earth. 

21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and 
comfort Hie on every side. 

22 I will also praise thee with the psal- 
tery, eve?i thy truth,0 my God : unto thee 
will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One 
ci Israel. 

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I 
sing unto thee ; and my soul, which thou 
hast redeemed. 

24 My tongue also shali talk of thy righ- 
teousness ail the day long : for they are 
confounded, for they are brought unco 
shame, that seek my hurt. 

- PSAL. LXXII. 
1 David ', praying for Solomon, shetveth the 
goodness and glory of his kingdom in 
type, and oj Christ in truth. 18 Mebles- 
seth God. ' 

A Psalm for Solomon. 

GIVE the king thy judgments, O Gcd, 
and thy righteousness unto the king's 
son. 

2 He shall judge thy people with right- 
eousness, and thy poor with judgment. 

3 The mountains shall bring peace to the 
people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 

4 He shall judge the poor oi the people, 
he shall save the children of the needy, and 
shall break in pieces the oppressor. 

5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun 
and moon endure, throughout all genera- 
tions. 

6 He shall come down like rain upon the 
mown grass : as showers that water the 
earth. 

7 In'his days shall the righteous flourish ; 
and abundance of peace so long as the moon 
endureth. 

8 He shall 'have dominion also from sea 
to sea, and from the river unto the ends of 
the earth. 

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall 
bow before him ; and his enemies shall lick 
the dust. 

10 The Idsi.gs of Tars': \-A\ and of the isles 
shajl' bring presents: the kings ofSheba 
and Seba shall offer gifts. 

11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before 
him : ail rations shall serve him. 

12 For he shall deliver the needy when 
he crieth ; the poor also, and him that hath 
so lie per. 

13 He shall spare the poor and needy, 
and shall save the souls of the needy. 



His temptation*. 

14 He shall redeem their soul from de- 
ceit and violence ; and precious shall iheir 
blood be in his sight. 

15 And he shall live, and to him shall be 
given of the gold of Sheba prayer also 
shall be made tor him continually ; and dai- 
ly shall he be praised. 

16 There shall be an handful of corn in 
the earth upon the top of the mountains ; 
the fruit thereof shah shake like Lebanon: 
and they of the city shall flourish like grass 
of the earth. 

17 His name shall endure for ever : his 
name shall be continued as iong as the sun : 
and men shall be blessed in him ; all na- 
tions shall call him blessed. 

18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of 
Israel, who only dceth wondrous th h gs. 

19 And blessed he his glorious name Cor 
ever : and let the whole earth befiiied with 
his glory ; Amen, and Amen. 

20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse 
are ended. 

PSAL. LXXIII. 
1 The prophet prevailing in a temptation^ 
2 shetveth the occasion of it, the posteri- 
ty of the tricked ; 13 the wound given 
thereby, diffidence ; 15 the victory over 
it, knowledge of God's purpose in des- 
troying oft he wicked,and sustaining the 
righteous* K 

A Psalm of Asaph. 

TRULY God?'* good to Israel, even 
to such as are bf a clean heart. 

2 But as for me, my feet were almos^ 
gone; my steps had well nigh slipped : 

3 For 1 was envious at the foolish, when 
I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 

4 For there are no bands in their death : 
but their strength is firm. 

5 They are not in trouble as other men ; 
neither are they plagued like other men. 

6 Therefore'pride compassem them a- 
bout as a chain ; violence covereth them 
as a garment : 

7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: 
they have more than heart could wish : 

8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly 
concerning oppression : they speak loftily: 

9 They set their mouth against the heav- 
ens, and their tongue walketh through the 
earth. 

10 Therefore his people return hither : 
and waters of a full cup. are wrung out to 
them. 

11 Ant', they say, Kow doth God know ? 
and, Is there knowledge in the Most High ? 

12 Behold,thesefl:n?the ungodly ,who pros- 
per in the world : thev increase in riches. 

13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in 
vain, and washed my hands in innocency. 

14 For all the daylong have I been pla- 
gued, and chastened every morning. 

15 Ifi say, 1 will speak thus; GshoM> 



The prophet complaineth to, PSALMS. 

I should offend against the generation of 
thy children. 

■16 When I thought to know this, it ivas 
too painful for me, 

17 LV he sanctuary of God, 

then understood 1 thei I 

18 Surely thou em in-slippery 
■aces uito des- 
truction. 

19 How are they brought into 
:. ! i icy - 

20 Asa dream who one awaketh, *o, 

when tin u uwakest, thou shak 
•heir image. 

heart was grieved, and 1 
waspricked in nay reins. 

1, and ignorant, I 
ethee. 
i ertheless, 1 am continually with 
thee: tb -en me by mv right 

k guide me with thy counsel, 
and aftet w ai d receive me to glory. 

.en but thee ? 
.* irththat 1 desire 

thee. 

• v heart faileth : but 
neart, and my 

that e 

Gad :1 have put mj l iordGod, 

tl\atl may declare all 
' PS 

1 The i 

to h ij 

Wofh .fhuchil* 

ilrcn, u?i" 

Ooff for 
i moke 

ii, which 
thou hast purchased of old ; the rod of 
■ 
ed ; thi rein thou halt 

. set up dicir 

work thereof at once with 

■ cast fire intot 

they hart denied by cutting dovnibit Uvs «ii- 



mnd blesseth Gk 



ing place of thy name to the ground. 

said in their hearts. Let us des- 
troy them together : they have burned up 
all tht- sj nag*, gues of God in the to 

9 We see not our signs : there is no more 
any prophet : neither is there among usa- 

long. 

10 O God, How lung shall the . 
oach ? Shall the enemy blaspheme 

"ll Why Withdrawest thou thy hand, e- 
ven my right hijnd I Huck it out of th] bo- 
som. 

12 For God is mv king of old, working 
in the midst 

13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy 
strengtn : thou breakest the heads of the 
dragons m the \ 

MTnoa breakest the heads of leviathan 
in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to 
the people inhabiting the wilder- ■ 

15 Tnou didst cleave the fount 
I: thou driedstup might 

16 The day is thine, the night 
thine : tiiou hast prepared die light and 
the sun. 

17 Thou hast set all the borders of the 
earth: thou hast made summer and 

18 Remember tin*;, that the enemy hath 
:J the foolish 

19 O deliver not the j turtle* 
dove unto the multitude of the w 
forget not the congregation ol thy poor for 
ever. 

20 Have respect unto the covenant : for 
the dark places of the earth are fun of the 
habitations of cruelty. 

21 O let not the oppressed return asha- 
• the poor and needy praise thy 

n cause: 
ler how the foolish manreproach- 

rgetnotthevoke of thine enemtej: 
. ilt of those that rise op against thee 
increaseth continually. 

1 The //rnfihi .\ 

-judge uprightly. 4 Hi 

/ ( 2 .j 

. 
I 

that th) qame ii i works 

ivethecongn 

its there- 

. i . \ 



484. An exhortation to serve Gcd, 



and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn ; 

5 Lift not up your horn on high : speak 
apt with a stiff neck, 

6 For promotion cometh neither from 
me east, nor from the west, ncr from the 
south. 

7 But God is the judge : he putteth down 
one, and setteth up another. 

8 For in the hand of the Lord there is 
a cup, and the wine is red: it is full of 
mixture ; and he poureth out of the same : 
but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the 
earth shall wring themovX, anddrmk them, 

9 But 1 wili declare for ever ; I will sing 
praises to the God of Jacob. 

10 All the horns of the wicked also will 
I cut off ; but the horns of the righteous 
shall be exalted. 

P S A L. LXXYI. 

1 A declaration of God's majesty in the 

church, 11 An exhortation to serve him 

reverently. 

To the chief Musician on Neginoth. A 

Psalm or "Song of Asaph. 

IN Judah is God known : his name is 
great in Israel. 

2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and 
his dwelling place in Zion. 

3 There break he the arrows ol the bow, 
the shield, and the sword, and the battle. 
Selah. 

4 Thou or* more glorious and excellent 
than the mountains of prey. 

5 The stout hearted are spoiled, they 
have slept their sleep: and none of the 
men of might have found their hands. 

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both 
the chariot and horse are cast into a deep 
sleep. 

7 Thou, even thou ar no be feared : and, 
Who may stand in thy sight when once 
thou art angry I 

8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard 
from heaven ; the earth feared and was 
still, 

9 When God arose to judgment to save 
all the meek of the earth . Selah . 

10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise 
thee : the remainder of wrath shalt thou 
restrain. 

1 1 Vow and pay unto the Lord your Gcd : 
let all that be round about him bring pre- 
sents unto him that ought to be feared. 

12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: 
he is terrible to the kings of the earth. 

PSAL. LXXV1I. 
1 Thepsahnut sheweth what 'fierce combat 

he had with diffidence. 10 The victory 

which he had by consideration of God's 

great and gracious works. 
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A 
Psalm of Asaph. 

I CRIED unto God with my voice, even 
unto God with my voice ; 'and he ^ave 
ear unto me. 



PSALMS. The Psalmist's victory. 

2 In the day oi my trouble I sought the 
the Lord : my sore ran in the night, and 
ceased not : 'my soul refused to be com- 
forted. 

3 i remembered God, and was troubled : 
I complained, and my spirit was over- 
whelmed. Selah. 

4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking : I 
am so troubled that I cannot speak. 

5 1 have considered the days of old, the 
years of ancient times. 

6 Icall to remembrance my song in ths 
night : 1 commune with mine own heart : 
and my spirit made diligent search. 

7 Will the Lord cast off forever? and, 
Will he be favourable no more ?, 

8 Is his mercy clean gone forever ? Doth 
his promise fail for evermore i 

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? 
Hath, he in anger shut up his tender mer- 
cies ? Selah. 

10 And I said, This is my infirmity : 
but I will remember the years ot the right 
hand of the Most High. 

11 1 will remember the works of the 
Lord : surely 1 will remember thy wonders 
of old. 

12 1 will meditate also of all thy work 
and talk of thy doings. 

13 Thy Avay O God, is in the sanctuary : 
Who is so great a God as our God ? 

14 Thou art the God that doest wonders 
thou hast declared thy strength amongthe 
people. 

15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed 
thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. 
Selah. 

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the wa- 
ters saw thee ; they were afraid : the 
depths also were troubled. 

17 The clouds poured cut water : the 
skies sent out a sound : thine arrows also 
w T ent abroad. 

18 The voice of thy thunder was in the 
heaven : the lightnings lightened the world: 
the earth trembled and shook. 

19 Thy w r ay is in the sea, and thy path 
in the great waters, and thy footsteps are 
not known. 

20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock 
by the hand of Moses "and Aaron. 

PSAL. LXXV1II. 
1 An exhortationbotli to learn and to fir each 
the law of God.- 9 Tiic story of Gad's 
wrath against the incredulous and diso- 
bedient. 67 The Israelites being reject- 
ed^ God chose Judah, Zion^and David, 
Maschii of Asaph. 

GIVE ear, O my people, to my law : 
incline your ears to "the words of my 
mouth. 

2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I 
will utter dark sayings of old : 

3 Which we have heard and known, and 
©ur fathers Ivu e' t»! 1 us; 



Horn the 5 n PSALMS. 

4 We v, ill net hide them from tl.eir chil- 



dren, shewmg to the generation to come the 
praise^, of the Lord, -'th> and 

his wonderful works that he hath done. 

5 For he establish ny in Ja- 
cob, and appoin . which he 
commanded our fat:, should 
make them k: ren : 

6 Tnat the g 
know them, even the • 

be born; vethem 

to their chiidien : 

7 Th I settheirhopt 
and not I 

his command:: 

8 And might net be us their fathers, a 
stubbor:. 

eration thai set not th ight, and 

ist with God. 
.n, Ac/Farm- 
ed, and carrying bows, turned back in the 

pt not the covenant of God, 
and re: . in his law ; 

11 And fbrgat his works, and his won- 
ewed them. 
.^s did he in the sight 
., in the land of Egypt, in die 
i 
\j ilt- divided the sea, and caused them 
■i ; and he made the waters 
'. »6 an heap. 
14 In the dai lime also he led them with 
a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 

1.5 II' 
and gave them U of the great 

16 If ut of the 

rock, a: run down like 

IF All 
him bj ost High in the 

wiidet 

I 
• 

od ; they 
in the wif- 

c the rock, that the 
. and the strean 

lowed ; (J :n he 

I 

) 
of ht .i 

•oin i 



provoked God to auger. 466 

25 Man did eat angels' food : he sent 
j it to die lull. 

26 He caused mi east wind to blow in 
the heaven : and by his power he brought 
in the south v 

27 He rained flesh also upon them as 
dust, and feathered fowls like as th 
olthe 

28 And he let it tall in the midst of their 
camp, round about their habitations. 

they did eat, and were well filled : 
for he ^ave them their own desire ; 

. were m t estranged from their 

. . while their meat was yet in their 
moulta , 

3 1 The wrath of God came upon them, 

. -.-test of them, and smote 
down the chesen nun of Israel. 

32 For ail tins they sinned still, and be- 
lieved not for lus wondrous works. 

33 Therefore their days did he consume 
in vanity, and their years in trotl 

34 When he siew them, then they sought 
him : and they returned and inquired ear- 
ly after God 

35 And they remembered that God was 
their reck, and thehigh God their redeem- 
er. 

36 Nevertheless, they did flatter him 
widi their mouth, and they lied unto him 
with their tongues. 

37 For their heart was not right with 
him, neither were they stedfast in his cov- 
enant. 

38 Hut he, being*fa\\ of compassion, for- 
gave their iniquity, and destroyed them not : 
yea, many a time turned he his anger a- 

d did not stir up all his wrath. 

39 For he remembered that they were 
but flesh ; a wind that paseeth away, and 
cometh not again. 

40 1 low OR did they provoke him in the 
wilderness and grieve him in the desert ! 

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted 

I limited the Holy Oneoflsrai 1. 

embered not his hand, nor 

them from tlie 

m lie had WT ttS in E - 

gyjjt, and h.s wonders in the field 
44 And had turned their i iven otobtood; 

' drink, 
< it divei 

id trog-s, 
edth* in. 

tmto the 
od their labour unt 

i Ji hail, 

i to lie 
rb 1*.. 

- 



486 God's justice to his people. 



PSALMS. Theprophet prays for deliverance. 



ble, by sending evil angels among them. 

50 He made a way to his anger ; he spa- 
red not their soul from death, but gave their 
lite over to pestilence ; 

51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt: 
the chief of their strength in the taberna- 
cles of Ham : 

52 But made his own people to go forth 
like sheep, and guided them in the wilder- 
ness like a flock. 

53 And he led them on safely, so that 
they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed 
their enemies. 

54 And he brought them to the border 
of his sanctuary, even to this mountain. 
\vhich his right hand had purchased. 

55 He cast out the heathen also before 
them, and divided them an inheritance bv 
line, and made the tribes of Israel to d\\ ell 
in their tents. 

56 Yet they tempted and provoked the 
most high God, and kept not his testimo- 
nies: 

57 But turned back, and dealt unfaith- 
fully like their fathers : they were turned 
aside like a deceitful bow. 

53 For they provoked him to anger with 
their high places, and moved him to jeal- 
ousy with their graven images. 

59 When God heard this, lie was wroth, 
and greatly abhorred Israel : 

60 S"> that he forsook the tabernacle of 
Shiloh, the tent ivliich he placed among y 
men ; 

61 And delivered his strength into cap- ; 
tivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand, j 

62 He gave his people over also unto the 
sword ; and was wroth with his inherit- 
ance. 

63 The fire consumed their young men : 
and their maidens were not given to mar- 
riage. 

64 Their priests fell by the sword ; and 
their widows made no lamentation. 

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of 
sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth 
bv reason of wine. 

" 66 And he smote his enemies in the hin- 
der parts : he put them to a perpetual re- 
proach. 

67 Moreover, he refused the tabernacle 
of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Eph- 
raim : 

68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the 
mount Zion which he loved. 

69 And he built his sanctuary like high 
palaces, like the eai\h which he hath es- 
tabiishectfor ever. 

70 He chose David also his servant, and 

heepfokfc : 
rom following the ewes great with 
yopsgj he brought him to teed Jacob his 
and Israel his inheritance. 

aa according to the in- 



tegrity of his heart; and guided them by 
the skilfulness of his ha mis. 

PSAI, LXXIX. 

1 The psalmist compluineth of the desola- 
tion of Jerusalem. 8 Heprayeth for de- 
liverance, 13 and promiseth thankful- 
ness. 

A Psalm of Asaph. 

OGOD, the heathen are come into 
thine inheritance: thy holy temple 
have they defiled ; they have laid Jerusa- 
lem en heaps. 

2 The dead bodies of thv servants have 
they given to be meat unto'the fowls of the 
heaven, the fiesh of thy saints unto the beasts 
of the earth. 

3 Their blood have they shed like water 
round about Jerusalem; and there ivas 
none to bury them. 

4 We are become a reproach to our 
neighbours, a scorn and derision to them 
that are round about us. 

5 How long, Lord, Wilt thou be angry 
for ever ? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire* ?- 

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen 
that have not known thee, and upon the 
kingdoms that have not called upon thy 
name. 

7 For thy have devoured Jacob, and 
laid waste his dwelling place- 

8 O remember not against us former ini- 
quities : let thy tender mercies speedily pre- 
vent us : for we are brought very low. 

9 Kelp us, O God of our salvation, for 
the glory of thy name : and deliver us, and 
purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. 

10 Wherefore should tlie heathen say, 
Where is their God? Let him be known 
among the heathen in our sight by the re- 
venging of the blood of thy servantsw/«'c/m 
shed. 

11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come 
before thee ; according to the greatness of 
thy power preserve thou those that are ap- 
pointed to die ; 

12 And render unto our neighbours sev- 
enfold into their bosom, their reproach, 
wherewith they have reproached thee, O 
Lord. 

13 So we thy people and sheep of thy 
pasture will give thee thanks for ever : we 
will shew forth thv praise to all generations. 

PSAL. LXXX. 
1 Thepsalmist, in his prayer, complaineth 
of the miseries of' the church. 8 God's 
former favours are turned into judg- 
ments* 14 He prayethfor deliverance. 
To the chief Musician upon Shashannim 
Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. 

GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou 
that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou 
that dwellest between the cherubims, shine 
forth. 

2 Before Ephraim, and Benjamin , and 



Miterie* of the church eowfiUdned r f. PSALMS. An exhortation to prqfrt God. 487 



M ma: « Oigth and come 

ands^x 
J Turn u mse thy 

4 

angry against the praj er c: 
pie I 

5 Thou feedest them wit 

'id givest r . ilriiik in 

i strife unto our neigh- 
ugthem* 

7 Turn usagain, O God of hosts, and 
line; and we shall be 
i 

\ ir.e out of E- 
gypt: tl then, and 

before it, and 
I it tilled 

with the 

s thereof were 
■ 
11 Mi- r ixnighs unto the sea, 

tf thou then broken down 
her bed ; they whk - | 

IS The ixv:: ) 

it, and the wild beast cf the field doth de- 

i 

I behold, 

bran h that 
elf. 

n of thy 
m thee: 

■ 

- 

:ob. 

. 2 Tak therthe 



op the trumpet in the r.ew moon, 
in the time appointed, on our solemn feast 
day. 

4 For this bum a statute for Israel, and 

Jacob. 

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testi- 
nu m , when he went out through die land 

1 heard a language that 
I understood a 

6 1 removed his shoulder from the bur- 
den:hishands w eiv delivered from the pots. 

7 Thoucalledst in trouble, and ldehver- 

i answered thee in the secret place 
i 

8 liar, my people, and I wfll testify 
unto thee : O Israel) it thou wilt hearken 
unto me ; 

I e shall no strange god be in thee ; 
ihalt thou worship an; 

v God, which ; r 
thee out of the land of Egypt; open toy 
mouth wide, and I will i\Y: it. 

11 Hut my people would not hearken to 

my voice ; and Israel would none of me: 

• them up unto their own 

hearts 1 lust : and they walked in their own 

counsels. 

13 O that my people had hearkened un- 
to me, and Israel had walked 'unity ways ! 

14 1 should toon have subdued their en- 
emies, and turned my hand against their 
adversaries. 

15 The haters of the Lord should have 
submitted themselves unto him ; but their 
time sir old have endured for e\ ST. 

16 lie should have fed them also with 

of the wheat: and with honey 
out of the rock should 1 have satisfied thee. 
I'SAI, LXXXIL 

rrtedtkejudg' 
heir negligence ) s 
firayeth Gc 

■ Isapha 

G( )1) jtandethintheo ngregatii n of the 
m'ght) ; he judgeth am 

■ 
poor and fath< ri< bs : doju - 
. 

A (hem 
the wicked* 

will the} un- 
walk on in 
■ 

id all of 

I ii^h. 

..tll iikr 

ih: tor 

-III. 

htm that 



48S A complaint for the church. PSALMS. 



David fir ay eth for mercy* 



A Song or Psalm of Asaph. 

KEEP not thou silence, O God : hold 
not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 

2 For, lo', thine enemies make a tumult : 
and they that hate thee have lifted up the 
head. 

3 They have taken crafty counsel a- 
gainst thy people, and consulted against thy 
hidden ones. 

4 They have said, Come, and let us cut 
them off from being a nation ; that the 
name of Israel may be no more in remem- 
brance. 

5 For they have consulted together with 
<Mie consent : they are confederate against 
thee: 

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ish- 
maelites ; of Moab, and the Hagarenes ; 

7 Gebal, and Amnion, and Amatek; 
the Fhilistines with the inhabitants ot 'Tyre ; 

8 Assur also is joined with them : they 
have holpen the children ct Lot. Selah. 

9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites ; 
as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Ri- 
sen : 

10 Which perisheth at Endcr: they be- 
came as dung for the earth. 

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and 
like Zeeb : yea, all their princes as Ze- 
bah, and as Zalmunna : 

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves 
the houses of God in possession. 

13 Omy God, make them like a wheel ; 
as the stubble before the wind. 

14 As the iice burnetii the wood, and as 
the flame setteth the mountains on fire ; 

15 So persecute them with thy tempest, 
and make them afraid with thy storm. 

16 Fill their faces with shame; that they 
may seek thy name, O Lord. 

17 Let them be confounded and troubled 
for ever ; yea, let them be put to shame, 
and perish : 

18 That men may know that thou, whose 
name alone is JEHOVAH, art the Most 
High over all the earth. 

PSAL. LXXXIV. 
1 The prophet ^ longing for the communion 
of the sanctuary, 4 sheweth how blessed 
they are that dgvell therein. 8 Hefiray- 
eth to be restored unto it. 
To the chief Musician upon Gittith. A 
Psalm for the sons of Koran. 

HOW amiable ere thy tabernacles, O 
Lord of hosts I 

2 My sou! longeth, yea, even faintcth for 
the courts of the Lord : mv heart and my 
flesh crieth out for the living God. 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found anhouse, 
ar>d the swallow a nest for hen-elf, where 
she may lay her young, even thine altars, 
O Lord of hosts, 'my King, and my God. 

4 Blessed arethey that dwell in thy bouse : 
they will be still praising thee. Selah. 



5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in 
thee ; in whose heart are the ways of 'them. 

6 Who, passing through the valley of Ba- 
ca, make it a well ; the rain also nlleth the 
pools. 

7 They go from strength to strength, e- 
very one of them in Zion appeareth be- 
fore God. 

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : 
give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 

9 Behold, O God our shield, and look 
upon the face of thine anointed. 

10 For a day in tliy courts is better than 
a thousand* 1 had rather be a doorkeep- 
er in the house of my God, than to dwell in 
the tents of wickedness. 

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield : 
the Lord will give grace and glory: no 
good thing will he withhold from them that 
walk uprightly. 

12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man 
that trusteth in thee. 

PSAL. LXXXV. 
1 The psalmist, out of the experience of 
former mercies pi ay eth for the contin- 
uance thereof. 8 Be fironriseth to wait 
thereon out of confidence of God's good- 
ness. 
To the chief M usic^an. A Psalm for the 
sons of Koran. 

LORD, thou hast been favourable unto 
thy land : thou hast brought back the 
captivity of Jacob. 

2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy 
people, thou hast covered ail their sin. Se- 
lah. 

3 I'll on hast taken away all thy wrath : 
thou hast turned thyself from the fierce- 
ness of thine anger. 

4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and 
cause thine anger toward us to cease. 

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever i 
Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all gen- 
erations I 

6 Wilt thou not revive us again : that 
thy people may rejoice in thee ? 

7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant 
us thy salvation. 

8 1 will hear what God the Lord will 
speak : for he will speak peace unto his 
people, and to his saints : but let them not 
turn again to folly. 

9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that 
fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. ■ 

10 Mercy and truth are met together ; 
righteousness and peace have kissed each 
other. 

11 Truth shall spring out of the earth ; 
and righteousness shall look down from j 
heaven. 

12 Yea, the Lord shall give that which 
is good;; and our land shall yield her in- 
crease. 

13 Righteousness shall go before him ; 
and shall set us in the way of his steps. 



David aire ngiht nt th his fi rayer, PS A I . 

P - \ I. 

: d strengthen* • by his 



A'comf 



4S§ 



■ 
craveth 

A I : 

BOW I Lord, hear 

me : 

thou DM 
eth in I 
3 Be :, ) Lord : for 1 

servant : for 
unto ti < 

(I, and ready 
. od plenteous in mercy unto 
all them that call upon thee. 

. ( ) I j. id, unto my prayer ; 
end to the voice of my supplica- 

thedayof my trouble I will call 
upon 1 u wilt answer me. 

e gods there w none like un- 
ither are there any 

9 Alio n r hou hast marie shall 

dice, O Lord : 
:<ame. 
r thou art great, and dcest won- 

11 Te I Id rd ; 1 will 

walk in thy truth : unite my heart to fear 
thy n 

ill praise thee, O Lord pn 

.aid 1 will glorify th) 
■ 

mercy toward me : 
and thou hast delivered my soul from the 
hell. 
Godyjthe proud are 

men have 
! have not set 

tthou,0 Lord, art a God full of 
suffering, 

•ruth. 

lave mercy up- 

. 

i, aid. 

■! ; that 

. and bea- 

. : . 

Ml. 

i hurch, 4 I 

. 



3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O 
• 

tion of Rahab and 
i '.du.ni that know me : 
, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this 
man was born I 

5 And of Zion it shall lx> said, This and 
that man was bora in her : and the High- 
est himi her. 

6 The Lord 

uptheiH v, as born there. 

Selah. 

■■■» 11 the singers as the pi- 
instruments ehallbe there: all my s] 
ure'm thee* 

PSAL, LXXXVItt. 

us complaint. 

As;<>ng or Psalm for the sons of Koran, 

to the chief Musician upon Mahalath 

Leannoth, Maschjlof Hemanthe Ez- 

rahite 

OLORD God of my salvation, I have 
cried day and night before t, i 

2 Let my prayer come before thee : in- 
cline thine car unto my cry ; 

3 Form;, soul is full of troubles, and 
my lite draweth nigh unto the grave. 

4 1 am counted with them' that go down 
into the pit : I am as a man that hath no 
strength : 

5 Lice among the dead, like the slain 
that lie in the grave, whom thou remem- 
berest no more : and they are cut off from 
thy hand. 

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, ia 
darkness, in the deeps. 

7 l'u\ wrath licth hard upon me, and 
thou hast afflicted me With all thy I 

. 

8 Thou hast put away mine ac 

ance far from me ; thou hast made mean 
abomination unto them : I um shut up, 
innotcomei 

9 Mine eye mournediby reason of af- 
fliction: Lord, 1 have called (Lil\ upon 

thee, 1 have stretched out my hands ante 

io Wilt thou shew wonder 
Shall the dead arise 

lah. 

ll Shall tie lovinj kindin 

fa] the . ' '. faithfulness in des- 

i .' Shall thy wonders be known in the 

ss in the land 
■ 
i ! But unto tin ehave 1 cried, ( ) Lord ; 
and in the morning shall im prayer pre* 
vent ti 

, offnn soul ? 

ev to die (mm 
ii 'i-i I 
:.in disti - 



490 Thankfulness for God's mercies. PSA 

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me ; 
thy terrors have cut me off. 

17 They came round about me daily 
like water ; they compassed me about to- 
gether. 

18 Latter and friend hast thou put far 
from me, and mine acquaintance into 
darkness. 

PSAL. LXXX1X. 
1 The psalmist praiseth God for his cov- 
enant, 5 for Jus wonderful power, 15 for 
hiscare of his church, 19 and for his fav- 
our to- the kingdom of David. 38 Then 
complaining of contrary events, 46 he 
expiosiidaieih.pro.yelh, andblesseth God. 
Maschil ot Ethan the Ezrahite. 

I WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord 
for ever : with my mouth will 1 make 
known thy faithfulness to all generations. 

2 For l'have said, mercy shall be built 
up for ever : thy faithfulness shalt thou 
establish in the very heavens. 

3 I have made a covenant with my chos- 
en, I have sworn unto David my servant, 

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and 
build ud thv throne to all generations. Se- 
lah. 

5 And the beavenssballprai.se thy won- 
ders, O Lord : thy faithfulness also' in the 
congregation of the saints. 

6 For, Who in the heaven can be com- 
pared unto the Lord I Who among the 
yens of the mighty can be likened unto the 
Lord I 

7 God is greatly to be feared in the as- 
sembly of the saints.ahd to N be had in rev- 
ert nceof all them that are about him. 

8 O Lord God of hosts, Who?'.? a strong 
Lord like unto thee I Or to thy .faithful- 
ness round afaont thee ? 

9 Thou rules'.- the raging of the sea : 
when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest 
mem. 

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, 
as one that is slain ; thou hast scattered 
ihinc enemies with thy strong arm. 

1 1 The heavens are thine, me earth al- 
so is thine.: as for the world and the ful- 
ness thereof, thou hatt founded them. 

12 The norih and the south thou hast 
created them : Tabcr and Hermon shall 
rejoice in thy name. 

13 Thou hast arm: strong is 
thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 

14 Justice and judgment are the habita- 
tion or thy tftrone : mercy and truth shall 
go before' thy face. 

15 Blessed is the people that know the 
joyful sound : they shall walk, O Lord, in 
the light of thv countenance. 

16 in thy name shall they rejoice all the 
day : and in thy righteousness shall they 
be exalted. 

17 For thoucrt the glory of their strength: 



LMS. David's complaint and prayer. 

and in thy favour our horn shall be exal- 
ted. 

18 For the Lord is our defence ; and 
the Holy One of Israel is our king. 

19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy 
Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help up- 
on one tliat is mighty ; lhave exalted one 
chosen out of the people. 

20 1 have found David my servant : with 
my holy oil have 1 anointed him : 

21 With whom my hand shall be estab- 
lished : mine arm also shall strengthen 
him. 

22 The enemy shall not exact upon him ; 
nor the sen of wickedness afflict him. 

23 And I will beat down his foes before 
his face, and plague them that hate him. 

24 But my faithfulness and my mercy 
shall be -w\i\\ him : and in my name shall 
his horn be exalted. 

25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and 
his right hand in the rivers. 

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my 
father, my God, and the rock of my sal- 
vation. 

27 Also I will make him my firstborn, 
higher than the kings of the earth. 

28 My mercy will I keep for him for e- 
vermore, and my covenant shall stand last 
with him. 

29 His seed also will I make to endure 
for ever, and his throne as the days of 
heaven. 

30 If his children forsake my law, and 
•walk not in my judgments ; 

31 If they break my statutes, and keep 
not my commandments ; 

32 Then will I visit their transgression 
with the rod,and their iniquity with stripes. 

33 Nevertheless, my loving kindness 
will I not utterly take from him, nor suf- 
fer my faithfulness to fail. 

34 My covenant will I not break, nor 
altar the thing that is gone out of my lips. 

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, 
that I will not lie unto David. 

36 His seed shall endure for ever, and 
his throne as the sun before me. 

37 It shall be established for ever as the 
moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. 
Selah. 

38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, 
thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of 
thy servant : thou hast profaned his crown 
by casting it to the ground. 

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedg- 
es ; thouhast brought his strong holds, to 
ruin. 

41 All that pass by the way spoil him : 
he is a reproach to his neighbours. 

42 Thou hast set up the right hand of hie 
adversaries ; thou hast made all his ene- 
mies to rejoice. 



Human j 

43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his 

I 

44 Tb u ha-t mad 

a short- 
ened: thou hast covered hi 

Selah. 
46 II 

ath burn 
like fire 2 

Liveth, and shall 

iiver his soul 

hi thy tr 

roach of 
ar in my bosom 

51 Wherewith th:. 

Lord for evermore. 



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PSALMS. J ■.. H 

11 Who knoweth the power of thine 
anger f Even according tu I 

: ah. 

12 So teach us to number our da 
.<.)• hearts unto v. isdom. 

13 lietuni/O Lord, How long ? And let 
■ concerning ti 

14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy ; 
and be giad all our 

. fording to the days 
.Uicted us, and the 
seen evil. 
16 Let thy \ unto thy ser- 

tinto their children, 
t) of the Lord our 
God be upon i tlish thou the 

work of cur hands ea, the 

work of ctir hands establish thou it. 
AL. XCI. 

. il 'i'liilr ft ■ 
; •with the eft 
them all, 

HE that dwelleth in the secret pi 
the Ah st High shall abide under the 
ghty. 
2 I wiil say ol the Lord, Me is m 
sand my fortress : my God ; in him will 1 
trust. " 

ly he shall deliver thee from the 

snare oi the fowler, and beam the noisome 

nee. 

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, 

and under his wings shaft then trust: his 

r hy shield and buckler. 

e afraid for the ter- 
ror by night : ner§at the ... row thai llieth 

for the pestilence that walketh in 

- for the destructi' I 

thy side, and 
• hand j but it 

It thou lxrhold 
t High? 



492 An exhort aiion to praise God. PSALMS. 



15 Ke shall call npon me, and I will an- 
swer him : I willbe with him in trouble ; 
I will deliver him, and honor him. 

1 6 With long life will I satisfy him, arid 
shew him mv salvation. 

PSAL. XC1I. 

1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God, 
A- for his great works ; 6 for his judg- 
ments on the wicked, 10 and for his 
goodness to the godly. 

A Psalm or Song for "the Sabbath day. 

IT is a good thing to givethanks unto the 
Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name 
O Most High: 

2 To shew forth thy loving kindness in 
the morning, and thy faithfulness every 
night : 

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and 
upon the psaltery ; upon the harp with a 
solemn sound. 

4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad 
through thy work : 1 will triumph in the 
works of thy hands. 

5 O Lord, how great are thy works ! 
and thy thoughts are very deep. 

6 A brutish man knoweth not ; neither 
doth a fool understand this. 

7 When the wicked spring as the grass, 
and when all the workers of iniquity do 
flourish ; it is that they shall be destroyed 
for ever : 

8 But thou, Lord, art most high for e- 
vermore. 

9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for lo, 
thine enemies shall perish ; all the workers 
of iniquity shall be scattered : 

10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the 
horn of an unicorn : I shall be anointed 
with fresh oil. 

11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on 
mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear 
my desire of the wicked that rise up a- 
gainst me. 

12 The righteous shall flourish like the 
palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in 
Lebanon. 

13 Those that be planted in the house 
of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of 
«ur God. 

14 They shall still bring forth fruit in 
©Id age : they shall be fat and nourishing : 

15 To shew that the Lord is upright : 
he is my rock, and there is no unrighte- 
ousness in him. 

PSAL XCIII. 

The mpjesty.power.pna holiness cf Chris? s 

kingdom. 

THE Lord reigneth, he is clothed with 
majesty; the Lord is clothed with 
strength, wherewith he hath gilded him- 
self: the world also is established, that it 
cannot he moved. 

2 Thy throne is established of old : thou 
art from e\ erlastingt 



The blessedness of affliction. 

3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord> the 
floods have lifted up their voice ; the hoods 
lift up their waves. 

4 The Lord on high is mightier than 
the noise of many waters, yea, than the 
mighty waves of the sea. 

5 Thy testimonies are verv sure : holi- 
ness becometh thine house, O Lord for e- 
ver. 

PSAL. XCIV. 
1 The prophet, calling for justice, com- 
plaineth of tyranny and impiety. 8 He 
teacheth God's providence. 12 He 
shewelh the blessedness of affliction: 
16 God is the defender of the afflicted. 

OLORD God, to whom vengeance be- 
iongeth : O God, to whom vengeance 
belongeth, shew thyself. 

2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth : 
render a rev/aid to the proud. 

3 Lord, How long shall the wicked, how 
long shall the wicked triumph ? 

4 How long shall they utter and speak 
hard things ? And all the workers of ini- 
quity boast themselves I 

5 They break in pieces thy people, O 
Lord, and afflict thine heritage. 

6 They slay the widow and the stranger, 
and murder the fatherless. 

7 Yet they say, the Lord shall not see, 
neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 

8 Understand, ye brutish among the 
people : and ye fools, When will ye be 
wise ? 

9 He that planted the ear, Shall he not 
hear ? He that formed the eye, Shall he 
not see I 

10 He that chastiseth the heathen, Shall 
not lie correct ? He that teacheth man 
knowledge, Shall not he know ? 

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of 
man, that they are vanity. 

12 Blessed is the man whom thouchast- 
enest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy 
law ; 

13 That thou mayest give him rest 
from the days of adversity, until the pit be 
digged for the wicked. 

14 For the Lord w ill not cast off' his peo- 
ple, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 

15 but judgment shall return unto right- 
eousness : and ail the upright in heart 
shall follow it. 

16 Who will rise up for me against the 
evil doers f or, Who will stand up for m« 
against the workers of iniquity ? 

17 Unless the Lord had been my help, 
my soul had almost dwelt in silence. 

18 When I said, My foot siippeth ; thy 
mercyO Lord, held me up. 

19 In the multitude of my thoughts with- 
in me, thy coin. oils delight mv soul. 

20 Shall the throne ot iniquity have fel- 
lowship with thee, which framed* mis- 
chiefby a Law ? 



to be praised. 



21 They gather themselves together 
against the soul of the . and con- 
demn the innocent Wood. 

22 But the Lord is my defence; and 
my God is the rock of my refuge. 

23 And he shall bri m their 
own iniquity, and shall cut them offin their 
own wickedness ; yea, the Lord our God 
shall cut diem off. 

V L. XCY. 
1 An exhortation to praise God, 3fcr hh 
g r e atne sSf 6 and J or frit goodness ; S and 
'cm fit him. 

OCOME, let us sing unto the Lord : 
let u . ful noise to the rock 

ot our talva 

as come before his presence with 
i\ ing, and ni<ike a jo) ful noise un- 
to him with psalms. 

the Lord is a great God, and a 
great King above all gOGs- 

4 In his hand arc the deep places of the 
earth : the strength of the hills /s- his, alsc. 

5 The sea z# his, and he made it; and 

ds formed the dry land. 

■ us worship and bow down : 

let us kneel before the Lord our maker ; 

7 For he is < ur God ; and we are the 

people of his pasture, and die sheep of his 

r his voice, 

l j our heart, as in the provo- 

<••.' the day of temptation in 

the v . 

. a your fathers tempted me, prov- 
ed uii . and saw my 

ed with 
eratjon, and saw , /.' is a 
rrin their heart, and they have 
.ii mj ways: 
11 Into whom I swear in ray wrath 
mat they should not enter intonr . 
PSAL. \< 

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gdom y 11 and 

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-ing unto tin. ! i arth. 

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PSALMS. 7 he majesty if God's kingdom. 493 

9 O worship die Lord in the beauty of 
holiness : fear before him, ail the earth* 

lu Say among the heathen that the 
(gpeth : the world alsc shall be es- 
tablished that it shall not be moved : he 
shall judge the people righteously. 

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the 
earth be glad ; let die sea roar, and the 

12 Let the fieH be joyful, and all that 
is therein : then shall all the trees of the 
wood rejoice 

13 Before the Lord : for he cometh, 
a the earth : he shall 

.; with righteouoiettj and 
the people with bis truth. 

yL. \CViI. 

ft/am. 7 The 
church rejoit eth at (j nts ufi- 

on idolaters, lu An exhortation to god* 
iness. 

TiiL Lord reigneth ; let the earth re- 
joice ; let the multitude of isles be 
glad thereof. 

2 Clouds and darkness are round about 
him : righteousness and judgment arc the 
habitation of his throne. 

3 A fire goeth before him, and burnetii 
up his enemies round about. 

4 His lightnings enlightened the world : 
the earth saw, and trembled. 

5 The hills melted like wax at the pres- 
ence of the Lord, at the presence of the 
Lord of the whole earth. 

6 The heavens declare his righteousness, 
and ail the people see his gierv. 

7 Confounded I e all they that' serve grav- 
en images, that boast themselves of idols : 

. him, all ye y<d*. 
b Zion heard, and was glad ; and the 
daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy 
judgments, 1 1 

thou, Lord, a/vhigh above all the 
earth: tl 

10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he 

: he de- 
lis ercth the in outol the hand ot the \ 

11 Ligl us, and 

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494 Forefathers* example set forth. PSALMS. 



The prayer of the afflicted. 



3 He hath remembered his mercy and 
his truth toward the house of Israel*: all 
the ends cf the earth have seen the salva- 
tion of our God. 

4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all 
the earth : make a loud noise, and rejoice, 
and sing praise. 

5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp ; 
•with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. 

6 With trumpets and sound ot cornet 
make a joyful noise before the Lord the 
King. 

7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness there- 
of : the world, :md they that dwell therein. 

8 Let the goods clap their hands : let the 
hills be joyful together., 

9 Before the Lord ; for he cometh to 
judge the earth : with righteousness shall 
he judge the world, and the people with 
equity. 

PSAL. XCIX. 
1 The prophet, setting forth the kingdom 
of God in Zion, 5 exhortethall, by the ex- 
ample of their forefathers , to worship 
God at his holy hill, 

THE Lord reigneth : let the people 
tremble : he sitteth between the cher- 
ubims ; let the earth be moved. 

2 The Lord is great inZion ; and he is 
high above all people. 

3 Let them praise thy great and terri- 
ble name. : for it is holy. 

4 The king's strength also loveth judg- 
ment : thou dost establish equity, thou ex- 
ecutest judgment and righteousness in Ja- 
cob. 

5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and wor- 
ship at his footstool ; for he is holy. 

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, 
and Samuel among them that call upon 
his name : they called upon the Lord, and 
he answered them. 

7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pil- 
lar : they kept his testimonies, and the or- 
dinance that he gave them . 

8 Thou answerest them, O Lord our 
God: thou wast a God that forgavest 
them, though thou tookest vengeance of 
their inventions. 

9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship 
at his holy hill : for the Lord our God is 
holy. 

PSAL. C. 
1 An exhortation to praise God cheerful- 
ly r , 3 for his greatness, 4 and for his power, 
A Psalm of praise. 

MAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, 
all ye lands. 

2 Serve the Lord with gladness : come 
before his presence with singing. 

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God : it 
is he that hath made us, and not we our- 
selves: we are his people, and the sheep 
©f his pasture. 



4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, 
and into his courts with praise : be thank- 
ful unto him, and bless his name. 

5 For the Lord is good ; his mercy is 
everlasting ; and his truth endureth to all 
generations. 

PSAL. CI. 

David's vow and prop ession of godliness, 

A Psalm of David. 

I WILL sing of mercy; and judgment : 
unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. 
2 I will behave myself wisely in a per- 
fect way. O, When wilt thou come unto 
me? lwill walk within my house with a 
perfect heart. 

3 1 will set no wicked thing before mine 
eyes : I hate the work of them that turn 
aside-; it shall not cleave to me. 

4 A froward heart shall depart from 
me : I will wot know a wicked person, 

5 Whoso privily slandereth his neigh- 
bour, him will I cut ofT: him that hath an 
high look and a proud heart will not I suf- 
fer. 

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful 
of the land that they may dwell with me : 
he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall 
serve me. 

7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell 
within my house : he thattelleth lies shall 
not tarry in my sight. 

8 1 will early destroy all the wicked of 
the land ; that I may cut off all wicked 
doers from the city o"f the Lord. 

PSAL. Gil. 
X The prophet in his prayer maketh a 
grievous comfilaint, 12 He taketh com- 
fort in the eternity and mercy of God, 
18 The mercies of God are to be record- 
ed, 23 He sustaineth his weakness by 
the unchangeableness of God. 
A prayer of the afflicted, wh~nhe is over- 
whelmed and poureth out his complaint 
before the Lord. 

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my 
cry come unto thee. 

2 Hide not thy face from me in the day 
when I am in trouble ; incline thine ear 
unto me : in the day when I call, answer 
me speedily. 

3 For my days are consumed like smoke, 
and my bones are burned as an hearth. 

4 My heart is smitten, and withered like 
grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. 

5 By reason of the voice of my groaning 
my bones cleave to my skin. 

6 lam like a pelican of the wilderness: 
I am like an owl of the desert. 

7 1 watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon 
the house top. 

8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day ; 
and they that are mad against me are 
sworn against me. 

9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and 



The mercies of God to be recorded. PSALMS. 



God to be prat ^ed. 495 



mingled my drink with weeping, 

10 Because of thine indignation and thy 
wrath : for thou hast lifted me up, and cast 
me down. 

11 My days are like a shadow that de- 
clineth ;and I am withered like grass. 

12 Hut thou, (J Lord, shalt endure for e- 
ver ; and thy remembrance unto all gene- 
rations. 

13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy 
upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, 
the set time is come. 

14 For thy servants take pleasure in her 
Stones, and favour the dust thereof. 

15 So the heathen shall fear trie name 
cf the Lord, and all the kings of the earth 
thy e'< 

16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, 
he shall appear in his glory. 

17 He will regard the prayer of the des- 
titute, and not despise their prayer. 

18 This shall be written for the genera- 

sand the people which shall 
iled shall praise the Lord. 
1 J For he hath looked down from the 
height of his sanctuary ; from heaven did 
Lord behold the earth ; 

, iear the groaning of the prisoner ; 
those that are appointed to death ; 
declare the name ot the Lord in 
and bis praise in Jerusalem ; 
2 2 When the people are gathered togeth- 
er, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. 
weakened, my strength in the 
: lie shortened my days. 

id, () my God, take me not away 

in the midst of my days : thy \ears are 

|] generati ins. 

old hast thou laid the foundation 

rth : and the heavens art- the work 

c; thy h;-.i ids: 

B) shall perish but thou shalt en- 
dure : yea, all oftnem shall wax old like a 
vesture shalt thou change 
and they shall be changed : 
■ thenar; the same, and thy years 
snail have no end. 

e children of thy servants shall 
•, and their seed shall be establish- 
re thee. 

PSAL. cm. 

God for his 
7/itrcu, 16 an . Honey (hereof. 

BSthe Lord, (> my soul; and all 
that is within me, bleu his holy name. 
>my soul, and 
not allhisbcnehts; 

.i Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; 
aleth all th; diseases ; 
% 4 Who rcdeemeth thy lite from destrue- 
rowneth thee with loving 

: merries ; 
kOsatkfiethth) muuth with £♦**! 



things ; bo tliat thy youth is renewed like 
the- eagle's. 

6 The Lord executeth r'ghteous-nessand 
judgment for all that are oppressed. 

7 He made known his ways unto Moses, 
his acts unto the children of Israel. 

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, 
slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 

9 He wiilnot always. chide : neither will 
he keep his anger for ever. 

10 He hath not dealt with us after our 
sins ; nor rewarded us according to our in- 
iquities. 

1 1 For as the heaven is high above the 
ear Lh, so great is his mercy toward them 
th t fear him. 

U A- for as the east is from the west, 
so far hath he removed our transgressions 
from us. 

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, 
so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

14 For- he knoweth our frame j he re- 
membereth that we are dust. 

15 As for man, his days are as grass : 
as a flower of the held, so he flourished!. 

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it 
is gone ; and the place thereof shall know 
it no more. 

1 7 But the mercy of the Lord is from 
everlasting to everlasting upon thcin that 
fear him ; and his righteousness unto chil- 
dren's children : 

18 To such as keep his covenant, and to 
those that remember bw commandments to 
do them. 

19 The Lord hath prepared his throne 
in the heavens ; and his kingdom ruledi 
over all. 

20 Bless thel^ord, ye his angels, that ex- 
cel in Strength, that do his command- 
ments, hearkening unto the voice ol his 
word. 

21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts ; 
ye minis ers of his, that do his pleasure* 

22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all 
places of his dominion : bless the Lerd,0 
my soul. 

PSAL. CIV. 
1 .'lmedita'ionufvm the mighty j\onver, 7 
and wondt rful providence of Cod, 31 
God's glory is eternal. 33 J 'he prophet 

th flcTpCtUaUu to /irai-se Q I. 

BLESSthe Lord,0 my soul, () Lord 
mj God, thou art ver) gro t : thou 
art clothed with honorand majesty: 

2 Whoooven si '■ • ffiti b light 
a garment : who stretchest out tne heavens 
like a curtain i 

j Who Kayeththc beams of his chain- 
bers in the waters: who maketh the 

clouds hisch iriot : who w.ilketh Upon the 

ftlie wind : 
A Whom kethhfs angels spirits ; his 
minister. B flaming DTt : 



496 The mighty fiever, PSALMS. 

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth 

that it should not be removed for ever. 

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as 
•with a garment : the waters stood above 
the mountains. 

7 At thy rebuke they fled ; at the voice 
of thy thunder they hasted away. 

8 "They go up by the mountains ; they 
go down by the valleys unto the place which 
thou hast "founded for them. 

9 Thou hast set a bound that they may 
not pass over ; that they turn not again to 
cover the earth. 

10 He sendeth the springs into the val- 
leys, which run among the hills. 

11 The)- give drink to every beast of the 
field : the wild asses quench their thirst. 

12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven 
have their habitation, which sing among 
the branches. 

13 He watereth the hills from his cham- 
bers : the earth is satisfied with 'the fruit of 
thy works. 

14 lie causeth the grass to grow for the 
cattle, and herb for the service of man : 
that he may bring forth food out of the 
earth. 

15 And wine that makelh glad the heart 
of man, and oil to make his face to shine, 
andbread-iy/.'zc/; strengthened! man's heart. 

16 The trees of the Lord are lull ofsafi ; 
the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath 
planted. 

17 Where the birds make their nests : as 
for the stork, fir trees are her house. 

18 The high hills are a refuge for the 
wild goats ; and the rocks for the conies. 

19 He appointed the moon for seasons : 
the sun knoweth his going down. 

20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night : 
■wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep 
forth. 

21 The young lions roar after their prey, 
and seek their meat from God. 

22 The sun ariseth, they gather them- 
selves together, and lay them down in 
their dens. 

23 Man goeth forth unto his work, and to 
his labour, until the evening. 

24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! 
in wisdom hast the; made them all : the 
earth is full of thy niches. 

25 So is this great and wide sea, where- 
in are things creeping innumerable, both 
small and great beasts. 

26 There go the ships : there is that 
leviathan, whom thou hast made to play 
therein. 

27 These wait all upon thee, that thou 
mayest give them their meat in due season. 

2*8 That thou givest them, they gather : 
thouopenest thine hand, they are filled 
with good. 

29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troub- 



and providence of God. 

led : thou takest away their breath, they 
die, and return to their dust. 

30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they 
are created : and thou renewest the face 
of the earth. 

31 The glory of the Lord shall endure 
forever : the Lord shall rejoice in his works 

32 He looketh' on the earth, and it trem- 
bleth : he toucheth the hills, and they 
smoke. 

33 1 will sing unto the Lord as long as I . 
live : I will sing praise to my God while I 
have my being. 

34 My meditation of him shall be sweet : 
I will be glad in the Lord. 

35 Let the sinners be consumed out of 
the earth, and let the wicked be no more. 
Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise 
ye the Lord. 

PSAL. CV. 
1 An exhortation to firaise God, and to 
seek out his works. 7 The story of 
God's firovidence oxer Abraham, 16 o- 
ver Josefih, 23 over Jacob in Egypt, 26 
over Moses delivering the Israelites, 37 
over the Israelites brought out of E- 
gyfctyfed in the wilderness, and plant- 
ed hi Canaan. 

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord ; call 
upon his name : make known his 
deeds among the people. 

2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him : 
talk ye of his wondrous works. 

3 Glory ye in his holy name : let the 
heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 

4 Seek the Lord, and his strength : seek 
his face evermore. 

5 Remember his marvellous works that 
he hath done ; his wonders, and the judg- 
ments of his mouth; 

6 O ye seed of Abraham, his servants, 
ye children of Jacob, his chosen. 

7 He is the Lord our God : his judg- 
ments are in all the earth. 

8 He hath remembered his covenant 
for ever, the word which he commanded 
to a thousand generations. 

9 Which covenant he made with A- 
braham, and his oath unto Isaac ; 

10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob 
for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting 
covenant ; 

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the 
land of Canaan,the lot of your inheritance : 

12 When they were but a few men in 
number ; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 

13 When they went from one nation to 
another, frcm 'one kingdom to another 
people : 

14 He suffered no man to do them 
wrong : yea, he reproved kings for their 



15 Saying, Touch not mine anoinfc 
and do my prophets no harm. 



fhufs/trovidence over Joseph, i?c. P& 

16 Moreover he called for a famine up- 
on the land : he brake the whole staff uf 

17 He sent a man before them, even 

tit : 

18 Whose feet they hurt with tetters : he 

id in iron : 

il the time that his word came : 
the word of the Lord tried hirn. 

.. king sent and loosed Kim : even 
the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 

21 He made him lord of his Ik hi 

nee: 

22 To bind his princes at his pleasure ; 
and teach his senators wisdom. 

came into Egypt ; and Ja- 
imed in the land ofriam. 

24 And he increased his people greatly ; 
and made them stronger than their ene- 

25 He turned their heart to hate his 

J subtilly with his servants. 
sent Moses his servant ; and Aa- 
;n he had chosen. 
ey shewed his signs among them, 
and wonders in the land otHam. 

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark ; 
and they rebel *J not against his word. 

29 He turned their waters into blood, 
and slew their fish. 

30 Their iand brought forth frogs in a- 

:e, in the chambers of their kings. 

31 He spake, and there came divers 

B vs. und lice in all their coasts. 

lem hail for rain, and fla- 
mii igftre in their land. 
3j He smote their vines also, and their 
s ; and brake the trees of their 

and the locusts came, and 
nd that without number, 
i did eat all the herbs in their 
■ ed the fruit of their ground. 
lithe firstborn in their 
;ei oi all their strength. 
light them forth al 
silver and gold : and there was not one 
their tribes. 

parted: 
n fell upon them. 

in the night. 
.' d, and he 

... 

prom- 

. int. 
rouglit forth hi 

them the Ian I 

ritedtbe labour of the 

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A.LMS. 7 ne people?* rebeiti 

45 That they might observe his statutes, 
and keep his laws. Praise \ e the Lord. 

PSAL. CV1. 
1 Thcfifidlmifit exhorteth to praise d. 4 
He prayethfbr pardon of sin. 7 'J Vie 

i \ he People?* rebellion, an 
mercy, 47 He concludcth with 
raise. 

PRAISE \ethe Lord. O give 
unto the Lord ; for he is gi A d : £ >v his 
mercy < ndurt th for ever. 

2 Who can utter the mighty- acts of the 
Lord I Who can shew forth 

3 Blessed are they th itkeej 
andhc tbatdoeth righteousne 

4 Remember me, O Lord, with 
vour that thou bearei 
visit me with thy salvati >n ; 

5 That I may see the good of thy i 
that I may rejoice in 1 f 
nation, that 1 may glory with thine i 
a lire. 

o" We have sinned with ur fathers, we 
have committed iniquity, we have done 
wickedly. 

7 Our fathers understood not thy won- 
ders in Egypt ; they remembered not the 
multitude ol thy mercies; but provoked 
him at the sea, even at the Red sea* 

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his 
name's sake, that be might make his migh- 
ty power to be known. 

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it 
was dried up: so he led them through the 
depths, as through the wilderness. 

10 And he saved them from die hand 
of him that hated them, and redeemed mem 
from the hand of the enemy. 

11 And the red their ene- 
mies : there f . them left. 

12 Th they his words; they 
sang his praise. 

13 They soon forgot his works: they 
waited i 

14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilder- 
ness, and tempted < lod in the desert* 

15 And he gave them their request ; but 
less into their sou!. 

16 They envied Mo esals inthecamp, 
ran, the saint of the Lord. 

17 The earth o] i oed and swalfc 
of Abi- 

i I a fire was kindled in thj 
pany ; the Bamebuj i 

lo Tin i ! wor- 

shipped the molten i 

pj into 
itude of an ox th it i 

, which 

had dm . , pt , 

9 J Th 



498 God's mercy. 

stroy them, had not Moses his chosen, stood 
before him in the breach, to turn away his 
"wrath, lest he should destroy them, 

24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, 
they believed "not his word : 

25 But murmured in their tents, and 
hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. 

26 Therefore, he lifted up his hand a- 
gainst them, to overthrow them in the 
wilderness : 

27 To overthrow their seed also among 
the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. 

28 They joined themselves also unto Baal- 
peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 

29 Thus they provoked him to anger 
with their inventions: and the plague brake 
in upon them. 

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and execu- 
ted judgment : and so the plague was stay- 
ed. 

31 And that was counted unto him for 
righteousness unto all generations forever- 
more. 

32 They angered him also at the waters 
of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for 
their sakes : 

33 Because they provoked his spirit, so 
that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 

34 They did not destroy the nations, con- 
cerning whom the Lord commanded them : 

35 But were mingled among the hea- 
then, and learned their works. 

36 And they served their idols : which 
were a snare unto them. 

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and 
their daughters" unto devils, 

38 And shed innocent blood, even the 
blood of their sons and of their daughters, 
whom they sacrificed unto the idols, of Ca- 
naan : and the land waspoluted with blood. 

39 Thus were they defiled with their 
own works, and went a whoring with their 
©wn inventions. 

40 Therefore, was the wrath of the Lord 
kindied against his people, insomuch that 
he abhorred his own inheritance. 

41 And he gave them into the hand of 
the heathen : and they that hated them ru- 
led over them. 

42 Their enemies also oppressed them, 
and they were brought into subjection un- 
der their hand. 

43 Many times did he deliver them ; but 
they provoked him with their counsel ; and 
were brought low for their iniquity. 

44 Nevertheless, he regarded their af- 
fliction, when he heard their cry : 

45 And lie remembered for them his 
covenant, and repented according to the 
multitude of his mercies. 

46 He made them also to be pitied of all 
those that carried them captives. 

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gath- 
er us from among the heathen, to give 



PSALMS. David exkorteth top-raise God. 



thanks unto thy holy name, and feo triumph ■ 

in thy praise. 

48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel 

from everlasting to everlasting : and let all J 

the people sav, Amen. Praise ye the Lord. I 
'PSAL. CVII. 

1 The fisalmisi exhort eth the redeemed in 1 
praising God, to observe his manifold I 
providence, 4 over travellers, 10 over I 
captives, 17 over sick men, 23 over sea- \ 
men, 33 and in dive?^s varieties of 'life. 

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord', for he | 
is good: for his mercy endureth for ! 
ever. 

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, 
whom he hath redeemed from the hand of 
the enemy ; 

3 And gathered them out of the lands, 
from the east, and from the west, frawi the 
north, and from the south. 

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a 
solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in. i 

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted I 
in them. \ 

6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and he delivered them out of their ! 
distresses. 

7 And he led them foi\h by the right 
way, that they might go to a city of habit- 
tation. 

8 Oh that men would praise the Lord 
for his goodness, and for his wonderful 

works to^the children of men ! 

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and 
filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 

10 Such as sit in darkness and in the 
shadow of death, being bound in affliction 
andiron; 

1 1 Because they rebelled against the words 
of God, and contemned the counsel of the 
Most High ; 

12 Therefore he brought down their 
heart with labour; they fell down, and 
there was none to help. 

13 Then they cried unto the Lord in 
their trouble, and he saved them out of 
their distresses. 

14 He brought them out of darkness and 
the shadow of death, and brake their bands 
in sunder. 

15 Oh that me n would praise the Lord 
for his goodness, and for his wondtrful 

works to the children of men ! 

16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, 
and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 

17 Fools, because of their transgression, 
and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 

13 Their soul abhorreth all manner of 
meat ; and they draw near unto the gates 
of death. 

19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and. he saveth them out of their dis- 
tresses. 

20 He sent his word, and healed them, 



tiod's manifold goodness. 

and delivered them from their destructions. 
21 Oh that men would praise the Lord 
for his goodness, and/> his wonderful 
works to the children of men ! 

12 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices 
of thanksgiving, and declare his woi ks with 
rejoicing. 

23 They that go down to the sea in ships, 
that do business in great waters ; 

24 These see the works of the Lord, and 
his wonders in the deep. 

25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the 
stormy wind, which lifteth up die waves 
thereof. 

26 They mount up to the heaven, they 
go down again to the depths: their soul is 
melted because of trouble. 

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like 
a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. 

2d Then they cry unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and he bringeth them out of their 
cli^trc- 

29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that 
the waves thereof are still. 

30 Then are they glad because they be 
quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desi- 
red haven. 

3 1 Oh that men would praise the Lord 
for his goodness, and for his wonderful 

works to the children ot men ! 

32 I^et them exalt him also in the con- 
gregation c : the people, and praise him in 
the assembly of the elders. 

33 He tu'meth rivers into a wilderness, 
and the writer springs into dry ground ; 

\ fruitful land into barreness, for the 
v ickedoess of them that dwell therein. 

35 He turneth the wilderness into a stand- 
ing watcr.and dr\ ground intowatersprings. 

36 And there he maketh the hungry to 
dwell, that they may prepare a city for 
habitation ; 

37 And sow the fields, and plant vine- 
yards, which may yield fruits of increase. 

-ah them also, so that they 
are muh tly; and suffereth not 

flieir rattle . 

J-J Again, they are minished and brought 
low through oppression, affliction, andsor- 
* 

>t upon pi inces 
erin the wilder- 
ness, 
41 Yetsetu 

flock. 

and aUmiqutt ha 

4 ; \\ . 
things, even .! the lov- 

ing kindness 

th him \elf to / raise 
God* SfiefiraycthforGodsat . • 



PSALMS. Confidence in God's kelp. 455 

1 1 His con- 



according to his promise* 
fidence in (rod's help. 

A Song or Psalm of David. 

OGOD, my heart is fixed ; I will sing 
and give praise, even with my glory. 

2 Awake, psaltery and harp : I myself 
will awake early. 

3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the 
people: and 1 will sing praises unto thee 
among the nation?. 

4 For thy mercy is great above the hea- 
vens: and thy truth reacheth unto the 
clouds. 

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the 
heavens : and thy glory above all the earth ; 

6 That thy beloved may be delivered : 
save with thy right hand, and answer me. 

7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I 
will tvjoice, 1 will divide Shechem, and 
mete out the valley of Succoth. 

8 Gilead is mine ; Manasseh is mine ; 
Ephraim also is the strength of mine head ; 
Judah is my lawgiver ; 

9 Moab is my washpot; over Edora 
will I cast out my shoe ; over Phiiistia will 
1 triumph. 

10 Who will bring me into the strong 
city ? Who will lead me into Edom i 

11 Wilt not thou* O God, sr/to hast cast 
us off? -and, Wilt not thou, O God, go forth 
with our hosts ? 

12 Give us help from trouble : for vam 
is the help of man. 

13 Through God we shall do valiantly : 
for he it is iliat shall tread down our ene- 
mies. 

PSAL. CIX. 

1 David* compluirdng of his slanderous en- 
emies*under the person Of Judas* dvvo- 
tclhlhnn. 16 He sheweih their sin. 21 
Complaining of his own misery* hepray- 
eth for help. 30 He promise th thankful- 
nets. 

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 

HOLD not thy peace, O God of my 
/raise ; 

2 For the mouth of the wicked and the, 
mouth of the di i 

me: they have spoken against me with a 
I) ing i' ogne. 

3 They comppassed me about also with 
words of hatred; and sought against me 

use. 
,ii_\ love thej 

rayer. 
rewarded me 

. 
i m: n over him : and 
■ hand. 

becon- 

De sin. 

■aother 

v Lei b 

n 



300 David devcieth his enemies. 



10 Let his children be continually vaga- 
bonds, and beg : let them seek their bread 
also out of their desolate places. 

11 Let the extortioner catch all that he 
hath ; and let the stranger spoil his labour. 

12 Let there be none to extend mercy 
unto him : neither let there be any to favour 
his fatherless children. 

13 Let his posterity be cutoff; and 'in 
the generation following let their name be 
blotted out. 

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be re- 
membered with the Lord ; and let not the 
sin of his mother be blotted out. 

15 Let them be before the Lord contin- 
ually, that he may cut off the memory of 
them from the earth. 

16 Because that he remembered not to 
shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and 
needy man, that he might even slay the 
broken in heart. 

17 As he loved cursing, so let it come un- 
to him : as he delighted not in blessing, so 
let it be far from him. 

18 Ashe clothed himself with cursing like 
as with his garment, so let it come into his 
bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 

•19 Let it be unto him as the garment 
which covereth him, and for a girdle 
wherewith he is girded continually. 

20 Let this be the reward of mine ad- 
versaries from the Lord, and of them that 
speak evil against my soul. 

21 But do thou for me, O God the Lord, 
for thy name's sake : because thy mercy is 
good, deliver thou me. 

22 For I am poor and needy, and my 
hear: is wounded within me. 

23 I am gone like the shadow when it de- 
clineth : I am tossed up and down as the 
locust. 

24 My knees are weak through fasting ; 
and my flesh faileth of fatness. 

25 1 became also a reproach unto them : 
when they looked upon me they shaked 
their heads. 

26 Help me, O Lord my God : O save 
me according to thy mercy : 

27 That they may know that this w thy 
hand ; that thou, Lord, hast done it. 

28 Let them curse, but bless thou : when 
they arise, let them be ashamed ; but let 
thy servant rejoice. 

29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with 
shame, and let them cover themselves with 
their own confusion, as with a mantle. 

30 I will greatly praise the Lord with 
my mouth ; yea,! will praise him among 
the multitude. 

31 For he shall stand at the right hand 
of the poor, to save him from those that 
condemn his soul. 

PSAL. .CX. 

1 The kingdom, 4 the priesthood, 5 the 

conquest, 7 andthepasdon of Christ. 



PSALMS. The kingdom of Christ. 

A Psalm ot David. 

THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou 
at my right hand, until 1 make thine 
enemies thy footstool. 

2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy 
strength out of Zion : rule thou in the midst 
of thine enemies. 

3 Thy people shall be willing in the day 
of thy power, in the beauties of holiness 
from the womb of the morning : thou hast 
the dew of thy youth. 

4 The Lord hath sworn, and will not re- 
pent, Thou art a priest for ever after the 
order of Melchizedek. 

5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike 
through kings in the day of his wrath. 

6 He shall judge among the heathen, he 
shall fill the places with the dead bodies : he 
shall wound the heads over many coun- 
tries. ,91 

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way : 
therefore shall he lift up the head. 

PSAL. CXI. 
1 77/(? Psalmist, by his example, exciteth % 
others to praise God for his glorious^ 
5 and gracious works. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. I will praise the 
Lord with my w 7 hole heart, in the as- 
sembly of the upright, and in the congre- 
gation. 

2 The works of the Lord are great, 
sought out of all them that have pleasure 
therein. 

3 His work is honourable and glorious : 
and his righteousness endureth for ever. 

4 He hath made his wonderful works to 
be remembered : the Lord is gracious and 
full of compassion. 

5 He hath given meat unto them that 
fear him : he will ever be mindful of his 
covenant. 

6 He hath shewed his people the power 
of his works, that he may give them the 
heritage of the heathen. 

7 The works of his hands are verity and 
judgment : all his commandments arc 
sure. 

8 They stand fast for ever, and ever, and 
are done in truth and uprightness. 

9 He sent redemption unto his people: 
he hath commanded his covenant for ever : 
holy and reverend is his name. 

10 The fear of the Lord is the begin- 
ning of wisdom ; a good understanding have 
all they that do his commandments; his 
praise endureth for ever. 

PSAL. CX1I. 
1 Godliness hath the promises of this life, 
4 and of the life to come. 10 The pros- 
perity of the godly shall be an eyesore to 
the wicked. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed & the 
man that feareth the Lord, that de- 
iigftteth greatly in h^cGimr.oudmcnts. 



."6 of godliness. 



...J. IS. 



Confidence m God. 501 



2 His seed shall be mighty upon 
the generation of the upright sjiali be bies- 

.3 Wealth and riches shall be in his h< >use : 
and his righteousness endureth forever. 

ariseth light in 
the darkness: be is gracious, and hnlof 
compassion, and righte 

5 A | ur, and 
lendeth : he will guide hi.s affairs with cis- 

6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever : 

hieous shall be in everlasting remem- 

7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : 

: t is fixed) trusting in the Lord. 

8 H: ; > lablished, he - 

:.i, until he ste his desire upon his 
enemies. 

9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to 
the poor; his righteousness endureth for 

«s horn shall be exalted with honor. 

10 The wicked sha I be griev- 
ed ; he bhaii : his teeth, and 

>ire or the wicked shall 
perish. PSAL C 

i .7i.o fi rime God for his ex- 
ctt- tic:/, 7 and for Ms mercy. 

PRAISE ye the L , O ye 

rots of die Lord, praise the name 

■ the name of the Lord from 
this time forth and for evermore. 

. 1 1 ti le rising of the sun unto the gc- 
e same the Lord's name is to 

is high above all nations, 
e ivens. 
to the Lord our God, 
wh" d 
6 \\ . ! •■' to behold the 

■■.at a -e in heaven,; u< 

out of the dust, 

unghill ; 

him with princes, e- 

. to keep 
mother of chil- 
• e the Lord. 
■ 

in file uf i nun'.' 
. 
117 1 ; pt, the 

VV i 

5 \\ h 
I 



6 Ye mountains, tha 1 3 e skipped like 
rams; and yeiittle hills, like lambs i 

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence 
of the Lord, at the presence of die God of 
- 

•ch turned the rock into a standing 
water, the Hint into a fountain of waters* 

F6AL. CXV. 
1 Because God is truly glorious, 4 and idols 
arevm fiautmist eochorteih to 

Confidence in God* 12 God is to be 
ifor his blessings. 

NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, 
but unto thy name give glory, ior thy 
mercy, and for thy truth's sake.' 

- should the heathen say, 
Whei e /* now their God ? 

3 But our God is in the heavens : he 
hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 

4 Their idols are silver and gold, the 
work of men's hands. 

5 They have mouths, but they speak not : 
eyes have the}-, but they sec not. 

6 They have ears, but they hear not : 
noses have they, but they smell not : 

7 They have hands, but they handle not : 
feet have they, but they walk not: neither 
speak they through their throat. 

8 They chat make them are like unto 
them ; sort every one that trustedi in them. 

9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is 
their help and their shield. 

10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord : 
he is their help and their shield. 

11 Ye that lear the Lord, trust in the 
Lord : he is their help and their shield. 

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us : 
he will bless us: he will bless the house of 
Israel ; he will bless the house of Aaron. 

13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, 
both small and great. 

14 The Lord shall increase you more 
and more, you and your children. 

15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which 
heaven and earth. 

16 The heaven, even me heavens, are 
the Lord's: but the earth hai 

17 The dead praise not the Lord, nei- 

ilence. 
• the 1 .ord from folia 
rmore, Pr; 

Lord. 

II 

r 



502 An exportation to praise God. PSALMS. 



4 Then called 1 upon the name of the 
Lord ; O Lord, I beseech thee, deiivjer my 
soul. 

5 Gradcus is the Lord,, and righteous : 
yea, oar God is merciful. 

6 The Lord preserved! the simple : I 
was brought low, and he helped me, 

7 Return unto thy reat, O my scul ; for 
the Lord hath dealt' bountifully with thee. 

8 For thou hast delivered my soul from 
death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet 
from falling. 

9 I will walk before the Lord intheland 
oi the living. 

10 I believed, therefore have I spoken : 
I was greatly afflicted : 

11 1 said in my haste, All men a*e liars. 

12 What shall I render unto the Lord 
for all his benefits toward me? 

13 I will take the cup of salvation, and 
call upon the name of the Lord. 

14 I w'ul pay my vows unto the Lord 
now in the presence "of all his people. 

15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is 
the death of his saints. 

16 O Lord, truly 1 am thv servant : I am 
thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid : 
thou hast loosed my bonds. 

17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of 
thanksgiving, and will call upon the name 
oi the Lord." 

IS 1 will pay my vows unto the Lord 
now in the presence of all his people, 

19 In the courts oi the Lord's 'house, in 
the midsts of thee, G Jerusalem. Praise 
ye the Lord. 

PSAL. CXVil. 
An exhortaiion to praise God for his mer- 
cy and truth. 
O PRAISE the Lord, all ye nations: 
praise him all ye people. 
2 For his merciful kindness is great to- 
wards us : and die truth of the Lord uidu- 
eth for ever. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSAL. CXYILi. 
1 An exhortation topraise God for Jus mer- 
cy. 5 The psalmist sJieweih-hcap good 
it is to trust in God. 19 The coming of 
Chrisr's kingdom typified. 

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord: hv he 
is good : because his mercy endweth 
for ever. 

2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy tn- 
durelh for ever. 

3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that 
his mere} endured for ever. 

4 Let them now that fear the Lord, say, 
that his mercy endyreth 

5 I called upon the Lord in distress : the 
Loid answered ;ne, and set me in a large 

6 The Lord h or. my side ; I will net 
fear: What can man do unto me I 

7 The Lord takcih my part with (hem 



Chnst's kingdom foreshe%un, 

that help me : therefore, shall I see my de- 
62>eupon them that hate me. 

8 it is better to trust in the Lord than 
to put confidence in man, 

9 It is better to trust in the Lord than 
to put confidence inprinces. 

IQ All nations compassed me about: bnt 
in the name ottheLord will 1 destroy them. 

11 They compassed me about; vea, 
the . compassed me abcut : but in the name 
oi: the Lord 1 will destroy them. 

12 They compassed me about like bees ; 
they are quenched as the fire oi thorns : 
for in the name of the Lord I will destroy 
them. 

13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I 
might tall : but the Lord helped me. 

14 The Lord is my strength and song, 
and is become my salvation. 

15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation 
is in the tabernacles oi the righteous : the 
right hand of the Lorddeeth valiantlv. 

16 The right hand of the Lord is exalt- 
ed : the right hand of the lx>rd doeth val- 
iantly. 

17 I shall not die, but live, and declare 
the works of the Lord. 

18 The Lord hath chastened me sore : 
but he hath not given me over unto death. 

19 Open to me die gates of righteous- 
ness : 1 will go in to them, andl will praise 
the Lord : 

_ 20 This gate of the. Lord, into which the 
righteous shall enter. 

21 1 will praise thee : for thou hast heard 
me, and art beccme my salvation. 

22 The stone which the builders refused 
is become the head stone of the corner. 

23 This is die Lord's doing ; it is mar- 
vellous incur eyes. 

24 This is the day which the Lord hath 
made : we will rejoice and be glad in it. 

25 Save now, 1 beseech thee, O Lord : O 
Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 

26 Blessed he he diat cometh in the name 
of the Lord : we have blessed you cut of 
the house of the Lord. 

27 God is the Lord, which hath shewed 
us light : bind the sacrifice with cords, ev- 
en unto the herns oi the altar. 

28 Thou art my G< d, and I will praise 
thee : thou at t my Gcd, I wilhexalt thee. 

29 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he 
is good : for his mercy endureth ibr ever. 

PSAL/ CX1X. 

This Psalm containeth sundry prayers y 

praises, and professions oi obedience. 

AEEPH. 

BLESSED are the undefined in the way, 
who walk in the law of the Lord. 

2 Blessed are they that keep his testimo- 
nies, ami that seek him with the whole 
heart. 

3 They also do no iniquity : they walk is 
hk way:*. 



Dai id's meditation*. 

4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy I 
precepts diligentiy. 

5 that nay ways were directed tc 
keep thy statute \ 

6TLc. e ashamed, when I 

have respect ~ aroraandmeuts. 

7 I will praise thee wi'h uprightness of 
heart, \ ftve learned . 

teous judgments. 

S I will keep thy statutes : O forsake me 
not utterly. I'-iETH. 

9 Who r.gmri clean<e 

: By taking heed thereto according 
to thy word, 

10 With my whole heart hare I sought 
thee : O let me not wander Iron, 

have I hid in mme heait, 

... O Lord: te< 

vel declared all the 

in the way of thy 
• -fane it ak m all riches-:. 

in thy precepts, and 

151 .': hi thy statutes: 

I will not forget th\ 

u:l. 

lrDeal bountifully with thy servant, 
I may live, and keep thy word. 

eyes, tliat 1 may be- 

■ of thy law. 
in the earth : hide not 
s from me. 

the longing that 
... ■■ - at 

iked the proud that 
err from thy con> 
■ nits. 

■• e reproach and con- 

k against 

•: did meditate in thy 

. ilso are my deljglit, 

lh unto the dost : 
\ eacenrding to thy word, 
nd thou 

a- ay of 
. lis. of thy won- 
. 

Iteth for bet 

strengthen thou nie according unto thy 

rr::)meth< \ 
SO I have ch , <t truth: thy 

O Lord] pot iue not to shame- 



PSALMS. David** firayrr* SC$ 

38 T will r.n the nay of thy command - 
hen thou shall cnlaree mv heart. 
HE. 
S3 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy 

statutes ; and J shall keep \tw.:ot}}c end. 

34 Give me understanding, and I shall 

keep thy lav. : yea, I shall obser\ e it wi|h 

.erae to go in the mth of thy 
ihnents ; for therein ao I delight. 
iue my heart onto dry testimo- 
nies, and not to covetousness. 

/mine eyes from behold- 
; and quicken thou me in thy 

oSStabii.-:h thy word unto thy servant, 
. 
rny reproach which I fear : 
v i -rood. 

by pre- 
;hteoosnesh. 

4IIjettIvv mercies come also in 

atkm, according to 
thy word. 

herewith to answer 
him that reprcacheih mc : tcr 1 I 
thy word. 

d take not thy word of truth lat- 
terly cut of in v mouth ; for 1 bavi 
in thyjudgments, 

44 So shall 1 keep thy Law continually 
for ever and ever. 

45 And 1 will walk at liberty : for I seek 
thy pre 

46 1 w ill speak of thy testimonies also be- 
fore kings, and v.iii not beashamed. 

47 And I wiH dehght nwsetf in thy com- 
mandments, which 1 have loved. 

I lift up unto thy 
h 1 have loved ; ;.nd 
1 will meditate in thy statutes* 

■/S\y. 

49-Remcfnber the -.vcixi □ 

chthouhasl caused me to 
hope. 

50 'flu's m myromfort in mv affliction : 
forthv word haih <(v. 

j\ 'ill- thr in de- 

have I not d< 
ncmbetedtl 

: th taken hold anon me be- 
cause of ? thy few. 

5J Ti.' 

■ 

- 

56 This 1 ha 
.I'll. 

57 Then a ' n. O Lord : 1 

With my whnlc 

heart: l>e merciful u , ruing to 

thy wurd. 



504. The benefits of&jJUction. 

59 I thought on my ways, and turned my 
feet unto thy testimonies. 

60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep 
thy commandments. 

61 The bands oi the wicked have rob- 
bed me : but 1 have not forgotten thy law. 

^ 62 At midnight I wUl rise to give 
thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous 
judgments. 

631 am a companion of all them -that fear 
thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 

64 The earth, Q Lord, is i all ui thy mer- 
cy : teach me thy statute . 

"TETli. 

65 Thou hast dealt well with thy ser- 
vant, O Lord, according unto thy word. 

66 Teach me good judgment and knowl- 
edge: for I ii^ve believed thy command- 
ments. 

67 Befor I was afflicted I went astray : 
but now have I kept thy w-ord. 

68 Thou art good, and doest good j 
teach me thy statutes. 

69 TL.. j :. fta\ le against 
i v.Li feeep ... g with mu 



urease 



but 



me : but i v, 
whole heart. 

70 Their heart is as fat 
I delight in thy law. 

71 U is good for me that! have been 
afBicted : that I might learn thy st 

72 The law of thy mouth h . 
methan thousands) i goldand silver. 

JOD. 

73 ihy hands 'nave made me and fash- 
ioned me: give me u] jg ? that 1 
may learn thv commandments, 

74 They that fear thee will be glad 
when the) see me ; because I have hoped 
in thy word. 

75 I know 7 , Lord, that thy judgments 
are right, and tliat thou ::; i„ith:haieaL, hast 
afflicted me, 

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kind- 
ness be tor my camfort, according to thy 
word unto thy servant. 

77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, 
that I may live : for thy law is my delight. 

78 Let the proud be ashamed : for they 
dealt perversely with me without a cause : 
but 1 will meditate in thy precepts. 

79 Let those that fear thee turn unto 
ine, and those that have known thy testi- 
monies. 

80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes ; 
that 1 be not ashamed. 
CAPH. 

81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation : 
but 1 hope in thy w-ord. 

82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, 
When wilt thou comfort me ? 

83 For I am become like a bottle in the 
""smoke ; yet do I not forgot thy statutes. 

84 How many are the days "of thy ser- 
vant i When wilt thou execute judgment 
B em that persecute me ' 



PSALMS. David's delight in God's law. 

85 The proud have digged pits for me, 
which are not after thy law. 

86 All thy commandments are faithful : 
they persecute me wrongfully : help thou 
me. 

87 They had almost consumed me upon 
earth : but I forsook not thy precepts. 
. 83 Quicken me after thy loving kindness ; 
so shall Ikeep the testimony ofthy mouth. 

LAMED.' 

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is set- 
tled in hea\ en. 

90 Thy faithfulness is unto all genera- 
tions : thou hast established the earth, and 
it abideth. 

91 They continue this day according to 
thine ordinances : for ail are thy servants. 

92 Unless tht law Vmdzbjeen my cjejights, 
I should then have perished in mine af- 
fliction. 

93 i will never forget thy precepts : for 
whhthem thou hast qoickned me, 

94 I am thine, save me : for I have 
sought thy precepts. 

95 The wicked have waited for me to 
me : but i will consider thy testi- 
monies. 

; _^6l have seen an end of all perfection : 
but thy commandment zs exceeding uroach 

MEM. 

97 O how love 1 -thy law I It is my med- 
,J1 the day. 

98 Thou through thy commandments- 
hast made me wiser than mine enemies : 
for they are ever with me. 

99 I have more understanding than all 
my teachers ; for thy testimonies are my 
meditation. 

100 1 understand more than the ancients, 
because 1 keep thy precepts. 

101 1 have refrained my feet from every 
evil way, that 1 might keep thy word. 

102 I have not departed* iron! thy judg- 
ments : for thou hast taught me. 

103fJH'6\v sweet are thy. words unto my 
taste 1 Yea-) sweeter than honey to my 
mouth I 

104 Through thy precepts 1 get under- 
standing: therefore 1 hate every false way. 

NUN. 

105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 
and a light unto my path. 

106 1 have sworn, and 1 will perform 
fry that L- will keep fhy righteous judg- 
ments. 

107 1 am afflicted very much : quicken 
me, () Lord, according unto thy word, 

108 Accept, 1 beseech thee, the freewill 
cfieriugs of my mouth, O Lotd, and teach 
me thy judgments. 

109 My soul is continually in my hand : 
yet do I not forget thy law. 

110 The wicked have laid a snare for 
me : yet 1 erred not from thy precepts. 



v delight 



PSALMS. 






I taten as fin 137 Righteous art thou. O Lord, .. 
;ht are th; j 



1 1 



leart. 

: : to per- 

j the end. 

. 



11-iT und my 

I ers : for 
I will kt 

- 
that In - asham- 

lope. 

i shaB be 

11 them 
their de- 

r tear of thee ; 

justice : 
.• gprd : 

- 
under- 

i 

I- 

: 

. 
t 

light; it 

. 

i- 
I 

I 4 

I 



- 
I 

L£l 1. do not 

. law U the ti 
14,; Ti 

hteousness of thy I 
ing,andl aha] 

KJl cried vv - ; ]\ear 

... 

nir, and I 

147 1 prevented the dawning of the 
ordU 

ches, 
.'- meditate in t 

it"> thy 
Inesti : O Lord, quicken me 
neat. 

| 
misch i . 

151 'i' . I 

152 C 

':era 
. 

I deliv- 

word. 

merits. 

■ ■ 

■ 

thy 

l i ■ 

: 

M ih.N. 

1611 
wth great i>i^oil. 



SOS David prayeth against Doeg. PSALMS. 



His jay for the church. 



163 I hate and abhor Ijnng ; but thy 
law do I love. 

164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, 
because of thy righteous judgments, 

165 Great peace have they which love thy 
law : and nothing shall offend them. 

166 Lord, I have hoped for thy salva- 
tion, and done thy commandments. 

167" My soul hath kept thy testimonies: 
and I love them exceedingly. 

168 1 have kept thy precepts and thy 
testimonies : for all my ways are before 
thee. 

TAIL 

169 Let mv cry come near before tliee, 
OLord: give me understanding accord- 
ing to thy word. 

170 Let my supplication eomebeforethee :, 
deliver me according to thy word. 

in My lips shall utter praise, when 
thou hast taught me thy statutes. 

IT'S My tongue shall speak of thy word : 
for all thy commandments arc righteous- 
ness. 

173 Let thine haW help me ; for I have 
chosen thy precepts. 

1741 have longed for thy salvation, O 
Lord ; and thy law is my delight. 

175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise 
thee ; andletthyjndgmentshelpme. 

176 1 have gone astray like a lost sheep; 
seek thy servant ; for 1 do not forget thy 
commandments. 

PSAL. CXX. 

1 David, praying against Doeg^ 3 re- 

proveth his tongue. 

A Song of degrees. 

YN my distress 1 cried unto the Lord, and 

A he heard me. 

2 Deliver my s®nl, O Lord, from lying 
ftps, and from a deceitful tongue. 

3 What shall be given unto thee I or, 
What shall be done "unto thee, thou false 
tongue I 

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals 
of juniper 

5 Wee is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, 
(hat } dwell in the ten!* of Kedar * 

6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that 
hateth peace, 

7 1 am for- peace : but when I speak, 
they are for war. 

PSAL. CXX.T. 

The great safety of the godly, who put 

ilicCr itiist tii G'jd'?: jiroicction. 

A Song of degrees. 

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, 
from wheixecomethrny help. 

2 My help comei'h from the Lord, which 
»jade heaven and earth. 

3 He will not suffer thy toot to be moved : 
he that keepeththce will not slumber. 

4 Behold, he that fceepeth Israel shall 
neither slumber nor sleep. 



5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is 
thy shade upon thy right hand. 

'6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, 
nor the moon by night. 

7 1 he Lord shall preserve thee from all 
evil : he shall preserve thy soul. 

8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out 
and thy coming in, from this "time forth, 
and even for evermore, 

PSAL, CXXII. 
1 David professcih hh joy for the churchy 

6 and prayeth far the peace thereof 

A Song or degrees of David. 

I WAS glad when they said unto me, 
Let us go into the house of the Lord. 

2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, 

Jerusalem. 

3 Jerusalem is buikled as a city that is 
compact together % 

4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes 
of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, 
to give thanks unto thenameof m% Lord. 

5 For there are set I h rones cf judgment, 
the thrones of the house of David. 

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they 
shall prosper that love thee. 

7 Peace be within thy walls, and pros- 
perity within thy palaces. 

8 For mv brethren and companions* 
sakes, I \vi -1 now si-ty. Peace he within thee. 

& Eeeause of the houte of the Lord our 
GGgl I will seek thy eond, 

PSAL. CXXI11. 

1 The godly prrjess their confidence in 

God, 3 and pray to be delivered from 
contempt. 

A Song of degrees. 

UNTO thee lilt 1 up mine eyes. O thou 
that dwellest in the heavens. 

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look 
unto the hand of their m asters, and as the 
eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mis- 
tress ; so our eyes iffedt upon the Lord our 
God, until that he have mercy upon us. 

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have 
mercy upon us : tor we are exceedingly 
filled with contempt, 

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the 
scorning of those that are at ease, and with 
the contempt of the proud. 

PSAL. CXXIV. 

The church bless eth God for a miracji- 

ioits deliverance. 

A Song of degrees of David. 

XF it had nc&been the Lord who was o» 
our side, now may Israel say ; 

2 If it had not been the Lord who was 
on our side, when men rose up against us : 

3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, 
when their wrath was kindled against us : 

4 Then the waters had overwhelmed 
us, the stream had gone over cur soul : 

5 Then the proud waters had gone over- 
our soul. 



A prayer fur the godly. PSALMS. Blest,: rgjlr these who fear God. 507 

6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not 
gi«. tn usu-jii j .: teeth. 

7 Our soul is otofthe 
snare o; tare is broken, 

H Our help is in the name of the Lord, 
who n trth, 



I iG •/• 4 

A prayer far the g'Jihj, and age 

A Song of degrees. 

THEY that trust in the Lord shall be 
.>b mount Z i which cannot be ie- 

n </>. x or. 

the mount tins are i caad a! 

■ n round about tiis 
people n rth, even forever. 

icked shall not 
rest up F the righteous; lest 

the righteous put forth their hand.; unto 

4 Do good, O I^ord, unto t hose that be 
xat are upright in their 

ch as turn aside unto their 
hall lead them 

Israel. 
L. CXXYL m J. 

1 The church. ht r Incredible 

I f;rayt'h /'.r, 
ucces* ihft'J. 
. 

Win the 
Lethem 
. 

lied withlaugh- 

eat things for 

.•pihity, O Lord, as 
uth. 

I :eap in 

'With 

I . :, Chil- 

I 

I 



4 As arrows are in the hand of a migh- 
ty man ; so are children of the youth. 

5 Happy u the man that ham his quiver 
full ot them: they shall not be ashamed, 

but they shall speak with the enemies in 

PSAL. CXXVIII. 
The sundry Metang* nvhick follow them 
tfem God. 
A Song of degrees 

BLESSED Ay every one that feareth the 
Lord ; that walked in his ways. 
9 For tiii d shah eat the labour or thine 
hands : happy tludt thou be, andit s/uili be 
well with thee. 

3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine b? 
the sides ofthine house : thy children like, 
olive plants round about thy table. 

4 Behold, that thus shu"ll the man be 
blessed mat ieaieth the Lord. 

5 The Lord shall bless thee out ofZfl n : 
and tliou shalt see the good ot Jerusalem 
ail the days of thy life. 

6 Yea, thou shaft see thy children's chil- 
dren, and peace upon Israel. 

PSAL. CXXIX. 
1 An exhortation to J hraUe God for sav- 
ing Israel in their great afflictions. 5 
The haters of the church are curst d. 
A bong of degrees. 

MANY a time have they afflicted me 
from my youth, may Israel now 

2 Many a time have they afflicted me 
from my youth : yet they have not pre- 
vailed against me. 

3 The ploughers ploughed upon my 
back : they made long their f< re 

4 The Lord it righteous : he hath cut 

the cords of the wicked. 

5 Let them all be confounded and tum- 

61>et them !>e as the grass ufion the 
| Bj which withereth afore it grow- 
eth up : 

7 Wherewith the mower fiUeth not his 

hand ; nor he that bindcth sheaves his 

c bfes 

- 

Od unto 

• 
I 

I 
3 1ft 

I 



508 A repetition of God's promises. PSALMS. 

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, 
and in his word do 1 hope. 

6 My soul ivaiteth for the Lord more 
than they that watch for the morning : / 
say more than they that watch for the 
morning. 

7 Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with | 
the Lord there is mercy, and with him U i 
plenteuis redemption. 

8 And he shali redeem Israel from all 
his iniquities. 

PSAL. CXXXI. 
1 David, professing his humility, 3 ex- 
honeih Israel to hope in God. _ 
A bong of degrees of David. 

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor 
mine eves lofty : neither do 1 exercise 
myself in great maimers, or in things too 
high for me. 

2 Surely I have behaved and quieted 
myself, as a child that is weaned of his 
mother '. my soul is even as a weaned child. 

3 Let Israel hope in the Lord from 
henceiorth and for ever. 

PSAL. CXXXIL 
I David in his prayer, i c mfk c'nclcth un- 
to God the religious care he had for the 
ark. SIiis player at the removing of 
tlit ark, 11 with a repetition of God's 
premises. 

A Song of degrees. 

LORD, remember David, and all his 
afflictions : 
- 2 How he sware unto the Lord, and 
vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob: 

5 Surely I will not come in; o the taber- 
nacle of my hcuse, nor go up into my bed ; 

4 1 will not give sleep to mine eyes, or 
slumber to mine eyelids, 

5 Until 1 hnd out a place for the Lord, 
an habitation tor the mighty God of Jacob. 

6' Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah : we 
found it in the fields oi the wood, 

7 We will go into his tabernacles : we 
will worship at his footstool* 

8 Arise, Q Lord, into thy rest ; then, 
and the arkol thysti 

9 Let thj priests be clothed with righte- 
ousness ; i nd let thy saints shout tor joy. 

10 For thy servant EJayiti's sake turn 
n< r away the face oi thine anointed. 

11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto 
Dai id: he will not fcimi from it. Of the 



An exli&rt&tion to bless God, 



16 1 will also 
vation : and fi* 



tests with sal- 
1 shout aloud 



17 There will I m: 



their chile 


i en sll 


ill also sit upon thy throne 


icreverm 


;re. 




13 For | 




3 h ith chosen Zion ; he 


hath ties.' 




)itati6n. 


14 This 




ev cr : here will 


I dv eil : i 


v I hi 


ve desired if. 


15 1 will 




intly b:ess her 'provisions 



I will sati&iy her poor with breach 



? hoiti of Da- 

v - ; ; )j: id: 1 haveoi dained a lumpier mine 

■ I clothe with shame : 
but upon hims'd :rbwn flourish. 

psAl, cxxxiii. 

The blcc crimes of union among brethren. 
A Seng of degrees of David. 

BLHOLD, how good and how pleas- 
ant it is lor brethren to dwell togeth- 
er in unity i 

2 It is like the precictts ointment upon 
the head, that ran down open the beard, . 
even Aaron's beard : that went down to 
the skirts of his garments ; 

3 As the dew of Hermcn, and as the 
dew that descended upon the mountains 
of Zicu r for there the Lord commanded 
the blessing, eve n life for evermore. 

PSAL. CXXXIV. 
An exhortation m Mm God. 

BEHOLD, blesfye lhe°Lord\ all yc ser- 
vants of the Lord, Which by night 
stand in the house of the LorcL 

2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary 
and bless the Lord, 

3 The Lord that made heaven and earth 
bless thee out of Zion. 

PSAL.CXXXV. 
1 An exhortation to praise God for his 
mercy, 5 for his power, Sand for his 
judgments*. 15 The vanity oj "idols. 19 
An exhortation to bless God. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the 
name of the 1 
servants of the L 

2 Ye that static 
in the courts of ti 

3 Praise the Lg 
sing praise: 
ant. 

4 For the Lordhajtli 
himself, and Israel ic 



,ord; praise him, O ye 

in the house of the Lord, 
e house of bur God. 
td ; for the Lord i s good : 



unto his name; for it is 



herb unto 
i^r txeas- 



Fot I know that th 



•d 



great, 



6Whats ever th< 
did he in ] bin ei ftn, in the seos, 

-ep place , 

7 He causeth the vapours to ascend 
from the ends of the earth ; he hlaketh 
lightnings for tfie rain; he brin&eth tlie 
wind onto! his treasures. 

8 Who smote the firstborn oi Egypt, 

• i and beast; 

9 Wh r-,d wonders into the 

thee, O EgVpt, upon Phuraeh, 
. 

10 Who smote great nations, and slew 

kings: 



Exhortation (ogive thanks to God* 

11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og 
king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of 
Canaan : 

13 And gave their land for an heritage, 
an heritage unto Israel his people. 

13 Thy n ime, O L< rd, endureth for e- 
ver : m'dxhy memorial, O Lord, through- 
out all generations. 

14 For the Lord will judge his people, 
and he will repent himself concerning his 
servants. 

x idols of the heathen art silver 
and gold, the work ol men's hands. 

lbThey ha. but they speak 

not ; e not ; 

17 They have ears , but they hear not ; 

»reath in their mooths. 

1811] kethem are like unto 

them j one that trusteth in 

15 Bless the Lord, O house of Israel : 
b'.e^s the Lord,0 hcu>e of Aaron : 

house of Levi : ye 
d, bless the L 
:Xi the lx>rd out of Zion, 
which dueJleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

PSAL. CXXXYL 

An exhortation to give thanks to God for 

particular tnerei -s. 

OGIV1 Lord; for//c 

U good : lor iiis mercy endureth tor 
c\ er : 

2 () gi\ - the God of gods : for 

his mere) endureth for e\er. 

3 () give thanks to the Lord of lords : 
for his mercy endureth forever* 

4 To him whoalons doeth great won- 

: r his mercy endureth forever. 

5 To him that by wisdom made the 

his mercy endurdh for, e- 

I .im that stretched i ut the earth a- 
e waters; fur his mercy endureth 
for < 

ide great lights : for 

: for hi- mer- 

it, i;.( ir 
rutwuth tor e- 

14 At 



PSALMS. Sews' constancy in cafitix-ity. 509 



15 Eut overthrew Pharaoh and his host 
in the Red sea : for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

16 To him which led his people through 
the wilderness : for his mercy endureth 
fur ever. 

17 To him which smote great kings: 
lor his mercy endureth for ever : 

18 Aral slew famous kings : forhismer- 
■.': for ever : 
' ly Bmon king of the Amorites : for his 
mei oy endureth for e\ er. 

20 And Og the king of Bashan : for his 
mercy endureth for ever : 

21 And gave their land for an heritage : 
for his mercy endureth far ever : 

rt an heritage unto Israel his ser- 
vant : for his mercy endureth lor ever. 

Zo Whs remembered us in our low es- 
tate : for his men - ;, endun th for ever : 

24 And hath redeemed us from ( ur en- 
emies: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

25 Who giveth fbod to all flesh : for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

J6 (_) give thanks unto the God of heav- 
en : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

PSAL. CXXXV1I. 
1 The constancy oj the Jews in cafithity. 
7 The krofthei curseth Edom and Ba- 
bel. 
BY the rivers of Babylon, there we sat 
down, yea, we wept,when we remem- 
bered Zion." 

2 We handed our harps upon the wil- 
lows in die midst thereof. 

3 For there they that carried us away 
captive required of us a song ; and diey 
that wasted us required of 'ua mirth, nay- 
tng t Sing us one or the songs oi Zion. 

4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a 
strange laud? 

51* J forget thee, () Jcnralem, let my 
right hand forget her em o t ing * 

6 If I do not remember thee, let my 

le .\e to the rod of my mouth ; u 
not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 

7 Remember, () Lord, tl 

i the day ofJe 

ndation 
. 

who art to be 
I US. 

. .' be he that taketn and 

dashelh I 

h of fat 

. . . 
I 

I| w h. lc 

- 



510 God's all-seeing p.; evidence. PSALMS, 

pie, and praise thy name for thy loving 
kindness and for thy truth : for tllou hast 
magnified thy word above all thy name. 

3 In the day when 1 cried thou answer- 
edst me, and strengthenedst me with 
strength in my soui. 

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise 
thee, O Lord, when they hear the words 
of thy mouth. 

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the 
Lord : for great is the glory of the Lord. 

. 6 Though the Lord be high yet hath he 
respect unto the lowly : but the proud he 
knoweth afar off. 

• 7 Though I walk in the midst of trou- 
ble, thou wilt revive me : thou shalt stretch 
forth thine hand against the wrath of mine 
enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 
8 The Lord will perfect that which con- 
cerneth me : thy mercy O Lord endur- 
£ih for ever : forsake not the works of 
thine own hands. 

PSAL. CXXXIX. 
David praiseth God for his all-seeing 

providence. 
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 

OLord, thou hast searched me, and 
known me. 

2 Thou knowest my downsetting and 
mine uprising, thou understandest my 
thought afar off. 

3 Thou compassest my path and my 
lying down, and art acquainted mthaM my 
ways. 

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, 
butylo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogetii- 
er. 

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, 
and laid thine hand upon me. 

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for 
me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? 
or, Whither shall I flee from thy presence ? 

8 If 1 ascend up into heaven, thou art 
there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, 
thou art there. 

9 lf\ take the wings of the morning, 
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea : 

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, 
and thy right haod shall hold me. 

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall 
cover me ; even the night shall be light 
about me. 

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from 
thee ; but the night shineth as the day : 
the darkness and the light are both alike 
to thee* 

13 For thou hast possessed my reins : 
thou hast covered me in my mother's 
womb. 

14 I will praise thee ; for I am fearful- 
ly and wonderfully made: marvellous are 
thy works ; and that my soul knoweth 
.light well. 



David pr ay eth for deliverance. 

15 My substance was not hid from thee 
when I was made in secret, and curious- 
ly wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet 
being imperfect ; and in thy book all my 
members were written, which in contin- 
uance were fashioned, when as yet there 
was none of them. 

17 How precious also are thy thoughts 
unto me, G God ! How great is the sum 
of them ! 

18 If I should count them, they are 
more in number than the sand : when I 
awake, 1 am still with thee. 

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O 
God depart fro: q me therefore, ye bloody 
men. 

20 For they speak against thee wickedly, 
and thine enemies take thy name in vain. 

21 Do not 1 hate them, O Lord, that 
hate thee? and, Am not I grieved with 
those that rise ap against thee ? 

22 I hate them with* perfect hatred : I 
count thern mine enemies. 

23 Search me, O God, and know my 
heart : try me, and know my thoughts ; 

24 And see tt there be any wicked way 
in me, and lead me in the way everlast- 
ing. PSAL. CXL. 
David firaycth to be delivered from Saul 

and Docg. 
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 

DELIVER me, O Lord, from the e- 
vil man : preserve me Irom the vio- 
lent man ; 

2 Which imagine mischiefs in their 
heart ; continually are they gathered tc- 
gethei -for war. 

3 They have sharpened their tongues 
like a serpent; adders' poison is under 
their lips. Selah. 

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of 
the wicked ; preserve me from the vio- 
lent man ; who have purposed to over- 
throw my goings. 

5 The proud have hid a snare for me, 
and cords ; they have spread a net by the 
wayside; they have set gins forme." Se- 
lah. 

6 1 said unto the Lord, Thou art my 
God : hear the voice of mv supplications, 
O Lord. 

7 O God the Lord the strength of my 
salvation, thou hast covered my head in 
the dav of battle. 

8 Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the 
wicked ; further not his wicked device ; 
lest they exalt themselves. Selah. 

9 As for the head of those that compass 
me about, let the mischief of their own 
lips cover them. 

10 Let burning coals fall upon them : 
let them be cast into the fire; into deep 
pits, that they rise not up again. 



David ftrayeth for sincerity, PSALMS. 

11 Let not an evil speaker be established 
in the earth : evil shall hunt the violent 
man to overthrow him. 

121 know that the l^ord will it 
the cause of the afflicted, and the right of 
thepoi r. 

ely the righteous shall give thanks 
untothv name : the upright shall dwell in 
tin presence. 

PSAL. CXLI. 
1 Df.vid ftrayeth that his mat maybe or- 
mtcere, 7 and 
/.■if* life 

ka of I) tvid. 

Lthee: makehaste on- 
to i ar unto my voice, 
] cry unto thee. 

te ret forth before 
the lifting up of my 
:ftce. 
. »rd, before my mouth: 
r < fmviips; 

t tny heart to any evil thing, 

ickeo works with men that 

iquity : and let me not eat cf their 

s smite me ; it sJiall 
n reprove me ; 

lyer also 
ghaii 1 1 iii theii 
6 When tin ; 
stony places, they 

■ grave's 
(''id 
ich thev 

■ 

I, 



him ; 1 shcw< 

within me,t 

In the 

I I said, 



and fir favor and judgment. 511 

Thou art my refuge and my portion in the 
land of the living. 

6 Attend unto my cry : for I am brought 
very low: deliver me from my \ ■. 
tors : for they are stronger than 1. 

7 Bring my soul out of prjst n, that T 
may praise thy name : the righte u 
Campass' me about ; for thou shaltdeal 
bountifully with me. 

PSAL. CXLIII. 
1 David firayeth f/r favour end judg- 
ment. 3 He comjilaineth of his griefs, 7 
He firayeth for grace, 9 for A hcerance, 
iOfor stmcttfcationj l2Jorthe destruc- 
tion of Ids enemies. 

A Psalm of David, 

HE \R my pra; er, ( ) Lord, give oar to 
my supplications: in thyfaithfuHiess 



answer me, and in thy righteousness. 

2 And enter not into judgment with thy 
servant: for in thy sight shall no man liv- 
ing !>e justified. 

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my 
soul ; he hath smitten my life down to the 
ground : he hath made me to dwell in 
darkness,as those that have been longdead. 

4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed 
within me; mv heart within me is deso- 
I it . 

5 I remember the days of old ; I mtdi- 
11 thy works ; I mu.se on the v. t i k 

ofthi i 

G 1 itretqh forth my hands unto thee: 

my soul thirtieth after thee, as a thirsty 

land. Se 

7 lieu mespeedily,0 Lord : my spir- 

not t'ny face from me, lest 

•into them that go down into the 

pit. 

1 a mg kindness 

. r in tin** do I trust : 

ie to know the way wherein 1 

for 1 lift up my scul unto 

er n.e, () Lord, from m'me ene- 

od ; lead me 

E bring 
uble. 

all them th 

IV. 






512 David blesseth God for his mercy, PSALMS. 



2 My goodness, and my fortress ; my 
high tower and my deliverer ; my shield, 
and he in whom 1 trust ; who subdueth 
my people under me. 

3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest 
knowledge of him * Or the son of man, 
that thou makest account of him ! 

4 Man is like to vanity : his days arc as 
a -shadow that passeth away, 

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come 
down : touch the mountains, and they shall 
smoke. 

6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them : 
shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. 

7 Send thine hand from above ; rid me, 
and deliver me out of great waters from 
the hand of strange children ; 

8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and 
their right hand is a right hand of false- 
hood. 

9 1 will sing a new song unto thee, O 
God : upon a psaltery and an instrument 
often strings willl sing praises unto thee. 

10 It is he that giveth salvation unto 
kings : who delivereth David his servant 
from the hurtful sword. 

11 Rid me, and deliver me from the 
hand of strange children, whose mouth 
speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a 
right hand of falsehood : 

12 That our sons may be as plants 
grown up in their youth ; that our daugh- 
ters may be as corner stones polished af- 
ter the similitude of a palace : 

13 That our garners may be full, afford- 
ing all manner of store ; that our sheep 
may bring forth thousands and ten thou- 
sands in our streets : 

14 That our oxen may be strong to la- 
bour ; that there be no breaking in, nor 
going out ; that there be no complaining 
in our streets. 

15 Happy is that people, that is in such 
a case: yea, happy is that people, whose 
God is the Lord. 

PSAL. CXLV. 
1 David firaiseth God for his fame, 8 
goodness, 11 kingdom, 14 providence, 17 
andfor his saving mercy. 

David's Psalm of praise. 

I WILL extol thee, my God, O king ; 
and I will bless thy name for ever and 
ever. 

2 Every day will I bless thee ; and I will 
praise thy name for ever and ever. 
« 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be 

E raised ; and his greatness is unsearcha- 
le. 

4 One generation shall praise thy works 
to another, and shall declare thy mighty 
acts. 

5 1 will speak of the glorious honor of 
thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 
6 And men shall speak of the might of 



and praiseth him for hisgoodness. 

thy terrible acts : and 1 will declare thy 
greatness. 

7 They shall abundantly utter the mem- 
ory of thy great goodness, and shall sing 
of thy righteousness. 

8 The Lord is gracious, and full si com- 
passion ; slow to anger,and of great mercy. 

9 The Lord is good to all : and his ten- 
der mercies are over all his works. 

10 All thy works shall praise thee, O 
Lord : and thy saints shall bless thee. 

_ 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy 
kingdom and talk of thy power ; 

12 To make known to the sons of men 
his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty 
of his kingdom. 

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting king- 
dom, and thy dominion endure th through- 
out all generations. 

14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 
andraiseth up all those that be bowed down. 

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee : and 
thou givest them their meat in due season. 

16 Thou openest thine hand, and sat- 
isfiest the desire of every living thing. 

17 The Lord is righteous in all his 
ways, and holy in all his works. 

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that 
call upon him, to all that call upon him in 
truth. 

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that 
fear him : he also will hear their cry, and 
will save them. 

20 The Lord preserveth all them that 
love him : but all the wicked will he de- 
stroy. 

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of 
the Lord : and let all flesh bless his holy 
name for ever and ever. 

PSAL. CXLVI. 
1 The psalmist vowcth perpetual prais- 
es to God. SHeexhorteth not to trust 
in man. 5 God for his power, justice, 
mercy, and kingdom, is only worthy to 
be trusted in. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, 
O my sou!. 

2 While I live will I praise the Lord : I 
will sing praises unto my God while I have 
any being. 

3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in 
the son of man, in whom there is no help. 

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth 
to his earth ; in that very day his thoughts 
perish. 

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Ja- 
cob for his help, whose hope is in the 
Lord his God : 

6 Which made heaven, and earth, the 
sea, and all that therein is : which keep- 
eth truth for ever : 

7 Which executeth judgment for the 
oppressed : which giveth food to the hun- 
gry. The Lord iooseth the prisoners : 



lat are 
; loveth the 



bowed d< 

i eth the fatherless and widow : but 
of the wicied he tuniedi upside 

(., 

Praise ye the Lord. 

* care of the flower, 

Samdku n:r:\u ; 7/orhu/trcruidence; 

**y 19 
-ch. 

Pv,eLord: t 
sing praise r^d ; lor it i* 

pleasant ; and praise is c 
Lord dotb buikl 
■getherthe 

.ealeth the 
Undeth up their wounds. 

the number ot the stars ; 
be caleth them all by their names. 

jr Lord, ai 
t 

' 6 The Lord iiiteth up the meek : he 
the wicked down to the ground. 
7 aing unto the Lord wfch thanksgiv- 
ing ; sing praise upon die harp unto cur 
God : 

-> corereth the heaven with clouds, 
who prepareth ram tor the earth, who 
raaketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 

9 He giveth to the 
to the vcunj* ravens whic 

dehghtetb not in tl 
the horse : he takeU: 
legs of a man. 

■c in ks 

use the Lord, O Jerusalem ; Praise 
/ion. 

ngthencd the bars of 
children 
i*e. 
14 He maketh pc 
•nrffilV e wheat. 

sendeth forth h*» c mmaixhrnn* 
hfton earth : TOy. J 

^iveth snc.v like wool : :. 
tereth the rv-ar h-v>t like ashes. 

:->rscls: | 
oi stand before hbcoid '. 
18 He sendeth out his word, an 
• ' em : he causeth his wind to 
astf the waters I w. 

^heweth his word onto Jacob, his ' 
Statutes and ins judgment unu> lsrae.. 



PSAL 

20 H; 
zndasfr fas they haye not 

known mem. Praise 

1 Thefi'. ttiaLT 

the te 

fur 

- 

mccn : praise 

us^md 

ens. 
r.ame of tlie 
X mmanded, and the 

6 He ':. 
and ever: he he 

-. 

rod vapour: 
.. tains, and a.. 



people ; 

. and maidens; old 
men »i 

:• otV.e Lr rtl : 
nt ; hL> glcry 
.ven. 

- 



Pthe Lord. 5 
»JH is 
the congregaticn cf saints. 

: Zwn be jov ■ 
j their 1 - 

imc "m the dance : 
:a the 

lonnire in his 
| people: he *ill 

5 Let the saints be jn\ ful in glory let : 
them sing all « 

6 I^et the high f.raite* of < 
mouth, and a two edged sword i 



M4 The use of the pr -overbs. PROVERBS, 

then, and punishments upon the people ; 

8 To bind their kings with chains, and 
their nobles with fetters of iron ; 

9 To execute upon them the judgment 
written: this honor hire -ail his saints. 
Praise ye the Lord. 

PSAL. CL. 

1 An exhortation to praise God, 3 with 

all kinds of instruments. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in 
hi* sanctuary : praise him in the fir- 
mament of his power. . 



W isdom.com plains qf 'contempt '. 

2 Praise him for his mighty acts *. praise 
him according to his excellent greatness- 

3 Praise him with the Fcijftd of the trum 
pet : praise him with the psaltery and ha'-p. 

4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance : 
praise him with stringed instruments and 
organs. 

5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals : 
praise him upon the high sounding cym- 
bals. 

6 Let everything that hath breath praise 
the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. 



The Proverbs. 



chap. I. 

1 The use of the proverbs. 7 An exhorta- 
tion to fear God, and believe his w-crd ; 
10 to avoid the enticings of sinners. 20 
JVisdom comptaineth of her contempt : 
24 she threateneth her contemners. 

THE Proverbs of Solomon the son of 
David, king of Israel : 

2 To know wisdom and instruction ; to 
perceive the words ofunderstandipg : 

3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, 
justice, and judgment, and equity : 

4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the 
ycung man knowledge and discretion. 

5 A wise man will hear, and will in- 
crease learning ; and a man of understand- 
ing shall attain unto wise counsels : 

6 To understand a proverb, and the in- 
terpretation ; the words of the wise, and 
their dark sayings. 

7% The fear of the Lord is the begin- 
ning of knowledge : but fools despise wis- 
dom and instruction. 

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy 
father, and forsake not the law of thy mo- 
ther : 

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace 
unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 

10 *,i My son if sinners entice thee, con- 
sent thou not. 

11 If they say, Come with us, let. us lay- 
wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the in- 
nocent without cau:?e : 

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the 
grave; and whole, as those that go down 
into the pit : 

13 We shall find all precious substance, 
we shall fill our houses with spoil : 

14 Cast in thy lot among us ; let us all 
have one purse : 

15 My son walk not thou In the way with 
them. ; 'refrain thy foot from their path : 

15 For their feet run to evil, and 'make 
haste to shed blood. 

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in 
Hie sight of any bird. 



13 And they lay wait for their ovju, 
blood ; they lurk privily for their own lives, 

19 So are the ways ol every one th.it is 
greedy of gain : which taketh away the life 
o; the owners thereof 

20 % Wisdom crieth without ; sheut- 
tereth her voice in the streets : 

21 She crieth in the chief place of con- 
course, in the openings ol the gates : in 
the cky she uttereth her words, saying, 

22 Sow long, ye simple ones, wfil ye 
love simplicity I And the scorners delight 
in their scorning, ai&d fools hate knowl- 
edge ? 

23 Turn ye at my reproof : behold, I 
will pour out my spirit unto you, I will 
make known my words unto you. 

24 € ,i Because I have called", and ye re- 
fused ; I have stetched out my hand, and 
no man regarded ; 

25 But ye have set atnought all my coun- 
sel, and would none of my reproof:" 

25 1 also will laugh at your calamity ; 
I will mock when your fear comcth ; 

27 WiLen your fear cometh as desola- 
tion, and your destruction cometh as a 
whirlwind ; when distress and anguish co- 
meth upon you : 

28 Then shall they call upon me, but 
I will not answer : diey shall seek me ear- 
ly, but. they shall not find me : 

29 For that they hated knowledge, and 
did not choose the lear of tlie Lord : 

30 They would none of my counsel: 
they despised all my reproof : 

31 Therefore, shall they eat of the fruit of 
tftWrcwn way, and be filled with their own 
devices. 

32 For the turning away of the simple 
shah slay them, and the prosperity of fools 
shall destroy them. 

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall 
dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear 
of evil. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Wisdom promise- h godliness to her chil- 



W u dom firomisetfi taft tyfrc m evil, Chs p. ii, iii 

dnriy 10 and safety from evil compa 
20 anadtrection in good ways. 

MY son, it thou wilt receive my words, | 

audi a with J 

tliee : | 

2So that thcu inc v : intowis- | 

dom, and apply - understand- I 



tentedr.eas, 
wicked, 



An exhortation to obedience, 515 

33 The cursed state oj the 



Yea, it thcucrie.t after knowledge, and 
fittest up ng; 

4 lfthou seekest her as silv er, and search- 
ed tor her ao^cr hid treasures ; 

5 Then fthalt thou understand the fear of 
the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. 

6 Fo r the Lord givei : < art of 1 us 
mouth cometh . »d understand- 
ing. 

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the 

s : he is a buckler to them that 

1 1 tl le paths of judgment, and 
ofhissamts. 
.,; sha t thoa understand righteous- 
and equity ; yea, eve- 
i 

10 • When wi-dom entereth into thine 

ge is pleasant unto thy 
S'. u! ; 

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, under- 

. keep khee : 

• from the way cl'tlie 
e\il mm tketh frc- 

13 Who leave the paths af upr ightness, 

ot darkness: 

14 Who t« 

15 Wl ire crooked, sn&thwy 

16 To deliver thee 

man, even from thesti 'i fiatter- 

ttli with her \vi rds ; 

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her 
youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her 

r her house inclineth unto death, 

thsunto the dead. , 
ae that go unto her return again, 
ths or life. 

j the paths of the 

the land, 

iff from 
I i shall be 

ruAcdi.ut ot it. 

' \ P. III. 

. 

7 tOK ;, 11 to 

■ 



MY sen, forget not my law ; but let 
ihine heart Keep my commandments : 

2 For length of days, and long lite, and 
peace,, shall they add to thee. 

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee 3 
bind them atx «t thy neck ; write them up- 
on the table or thine heart : 

4 So shaltthou find :av our and good un- 
derstanding in the sight of God and man. 

5 «t Trust in the Lord with all thine 
heart ; and lean not unto thine own under- 
standing. 

o In ail thy ways acknowledge him, and 
he shall direct thy paths. 

7 ~i Ee not wise in thine own eyes : fear 
the Lord, and depart from evil. 

8 It shall be health to thy navel, and mar- 
row to thy bdhes. 

9 *f Honor the Lord with thy substance 
and with the first fruits of ail thine increase : 

10 So shall thy bains be filled with plenty, 
and thy presses shall burst out v.itn new- 
wine. 

11 8 J My son, despise not the chastening 
ot the Lord ; neither be weary of his cor- 
rection : 

12 For whom the Lord lovcth he cor- 
recteth ; even as a father the son in ivliom 
he del*<ghteth. 

13 *il Happy is the man that ftndcth wis- 
dom and the man r//ar gettcth understand- 
ing. 

14 For the merchandise of it is better 
than the merchandise of silver, and the 
gain thereof than fine gold. 

15 Shew more precious than rubies: and 

things thou canst desire are net to 
be compared unto bcr. 

16 Le> . in her right hand ; 
and in her left and honor. 

ways of pleasantness, 

18 She is a trc2 ot life to them that lay 
hold upon her: and happy M i 

h her. 

19 « The Lot 

the earn. rstanding hath he es- 

. cl the heave 
l J0 By his kn 
ken up, and the* 

t fr< m 
tl ine ej • 

lifcuntothj b 



516 Solomon persuades to obedience ; PROVERBS. 



and recommends wisdo?n. 



26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, 
and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 

27 If Withhold not good from them to 
whom it is due, when it is in the power of 
thine hand to do it. 

28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and 
come again, and to-morrow 1 will give : 
when thou hast it by thee, 

29 Revise not evil against thy neigh- 
bour, seehig he dwelleth securely by thee. 

30 1 Strive not with a man without cause, 
if he have done thee no harm. 

31 If Envy thou not the oppressor, and 
choose none of his ways. 

32 For the froward is abomination to 
the Lord ; but his secret is with the right- 
eous. | 

33 If The curse of the Lord is in the 
house of the wicked : but he blesseth the 
habitation ol the just. 

34 Surely he scorneth the scorners : but 
- he giveth grace unto the lowly. 

35 The wise shall inherit glory: but 
shame shall be the promotion of fools. 

CHAP. IV. 
t Solomon, to persuade to obedience, 3 
shelve th what instruction he had of his pa- 
rents, S to study wisdom, 14 and to shun 
the path of the wicked. 20 He exhor- 
eth to faith, 23 and sanctif cation. 

HEAR, ye children, tne instruction of 
a father, and attend to know under- 
standing. 

2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake 
ye not my law. 

3 % For I was my father's son, tender 
and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 

4 He taught me also, and said unto me, 
Let thine heart retain my words : keep 
my commandments, and live, 

"5 % Get wisdom, get understanding: 
forget it not; neither decline from tne 
words of my mouth. 

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve 
thee : love her and she shall keep thee. 

7 Wisdom is the principal thing ; there- 
fore get wisdom : and with ail thy getting 

get understanding. 

8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; 
she shall bring thee to honor, when thou 
dost embrace her. 

9 She shall give to thine head an orna- 
ment of grace : a crown of glory shall she 
deliver to thee. 

10 Hear, () my son, and receive my say- 
ings ; and the years of thy life shall be many. 

11 1 have taught thee in the way of wis- 
dom ; I have led thee in right paths. 

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not 
be straitened : and when thou runnest,thou 
shalt not stumble. 

13 lake fast hold of instruction ; let her 
not go: keep her; for she is thy life, 

14 *Si Enter not into the path o"f the wick- 



ed, and go not in the way of evil men : 

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, 
and pass away. 

16 For they sleep not, except they have 
done mischief ; and their sleep is taken a- 
way, unless they cause some to fall. 

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, 
and drink the wine of violence. 

18 Kut the path of the just is as the shi- 
ning light, that shineth more and more un- 
to the perfect day. 

19 The way of the wicked is as dark- 
ness : they know not at what they stumble. 

20 «f[ My son, attend to my words ; in- 
cline thine ear unto my sayings. 

21 Lei: them not depart from thine eyes ; 
keep them in the midst of thine heart. 

22 For they are life unto those that find 
them, and health to all their flesh. 

23 If Keep thy heart with all diligence ; 
for out of it are the issues ol life. 

24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, 
and perverse lips put far from thee. 

25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let 
thine eyelids look straight beiore thee. 

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let 
all thy ways be established. 

2? Turn not to the right hand nor to the 
left : remove thy foot from evil. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Solomon exhorteth to the study of wis- 
dom. 3 He sheweth the mischief of whore- 
dom and riot. 1 5 He exhorteth to content - 
ed?icss, liberality, and chastity. 22 The 
wirkedare overtaken with their own sins. 

MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and 
bow thine ear to my understanding : 

2 That thou mayest regard discretion, 
and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 

3 "|i For the lips of a strange woman drop 
as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smooth- 
er than oil : 

4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, 
sharp as a two edged sword. 

5 Her feet go down to death ; her steps 
take hold on hell. 

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path 
of lite, her ways are moveable, that thou 
canst not know them, 

7 Hear me now, therefore, O ye chil- 
dren, and depart not from the words of my 
mouth. 

8 Remove thy way far from her, and 
come net nigh the door of her house : 

9 Lest thou give thine honor unto oth- 
ers, and thy years unto the cruel : 

10 Lest strangers be filled* with thy wealth 
and thy labours be in the house of a stran- 
ger ; 

11 And thou mourn at the last, when th} 
flesh and thy body are consumed, 

12 And say, llow have 1 hated instruc 
tion, and mv' heart despised reproof; 

13 And have not obeyed the voice of nr 



Against idleness* 



Chap. 



r to them | 

14 1 . "he mids: 

15 •. Drink 
tern, 

16 Let I ..broad, 
and rivers i 

own, and not 
i thee. 

i te blessed : and re- 
rejoice 

ind and 
pleasant roe ; let her :. thee 

■ 

. bcrav- 
ished ..! id embrace 

.^er : 

are before the 
Lord, "and he pondereth all Ids 

■ .ke the 
ind he shall be b 

h out instruction ; and 
: shall go as- 

- *uretLsfu/i, ' ,12 and 

i 



last stricken thy hand with 

mouth. 

on, and deliver thy- 

adt 'he hand of 

If, and make 

. rslum- 

5 a roe from t 
>ird from the 

- 

: 

in the summer, 

■ 

one that 

« 
l . * 



Tk<> :. 517 

in his heart ; hedevi- 
-chier continually ; he scwethdib- 

15 Tnerefore shall his calamir i 

: . ...only shall he be brok : 

15 These ±\x tftir.gs dcth the Lord hate: 
yea, seven arr an abomination unto him : 
: ng tongue, and liands 
that she ba *xi, 

:seth wicked imag- 
it beswilt in runningto mis- 
chief, 

- thai speaketh lies, 
that soweth discord among breth- 

Keep thy fathers command- 
ment, and forsake not the lawofth 
er: 

tine heart 

and tk thy neck. 

':, it shall lead thee; 
when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and 
%vhenx\v .-ilk with thee. 

23 Fur the commandment U 
and the law is light ; and reproof ct in- 
struction arc the way of life : 

keep thee from the evil woman, 
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange 
woman. 

25 • Lust not after her beauty- in thine 
heart ; neither let her take thee' with her 

" 26 For by means of a whorish woman 

<:to a piece of bread : and 

the adulteress will hunt for the precious lite. 

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and 

I be burned ? 

p o hot coals, and his 
feet not be burned i 

itgoethintohi 

wife; v. 
be inti' C 

ise a thief, if he Meal 

- 

; 
and his 

\ ;\ vn. 

i 



518 The folly of a dt\. ', PROVERB: 



11 UUU«<IOVCUlxuug ''-j o.!iC.iv.mcuj ^ 

bat they may Keep thee from the 
: woman, hum the stranger -vhich 



the desfirrate folly cf a deluded youth, 
24 fit dissuade (h'fr 077i rurh wickedness. 

MY son, keep my words, and lay up 
my commandments with thee. 
2 Keep my commandments, and live; 
and my law as the apple cf thine e- e. 

3 Bind themupuittn fingers, write them 
upon the table ui thine heart. 

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister ; 
and call understanding */fy kinswoman ; 

5 Tin, 
strange 
ftxttereth with her words, 

6 ' For at the wind* w of my house I 
looked through my casement. 

7 And beheld among the simple cues, I 
discerned among the youths, a >oung man 
void of understanding, 

8 Passing through the street near her 
corner ; and he went the was to her house, 

9 In the twilight, in die evening, in the 
black and dark night : 

10 % And, behold, there met him a wo- 
man mth the attire ofan harlot, and subui 
of heart. 

11 (She is leud and stubborn ; her feet 
abide not in her house : 

12 Now is she Vf ithout, now in the streets, 
and lieth in wait at every corner). 

13 bo she caught him, and kissed him, 
and with an impudent face said unto him, 

14 I have peace offerings with me ; this 
day have 1 payed my vows. 

15 There:; re, camel forth to meet thee, 
diligently to seek thy face, and I have found 
thee. 

16 1 have decked my bed with coverings 
cf tapestry, with carved works y with fine 
linen o + Efgypt. 

17 1 have uertumed my bed with myrrh, 
aloes, and cinnamon. 

18 Come, let us take cur fill of love un- 
til the morning : let us solace ourselves v ; th 
loves. 

19 For the good man is net at home, he 
is gone a long journey : 

20 He hath'taken a bag cf money with 
him, and will come home at the day ap- 
pointed. 

21 With her much fair speech she cens- 
ed him to yie'.d, with the nattering ofher 
lips she forced him. 

22 * He gpeth after her straightway, a* 
an rx gpeth to the slaughter, or as a foci 
to the correction of the stocks; 

23 TBI a dart sti ike through his Uver ; 
as a bird hasteth to the snare, and know eth 
n t th it it is for hi: 

Hearken unto rne now then 
; .en, and attend to the words oi my 
mr uth. 

et not thine heart decline to her 
W a - - : . go not astray in her paths. 
20 For she hath cast down man; 



Tlic excellency of \ 

ed . yea, many strong r.ien have be 
by her. 

27 Her house is the way to hell, going 
down to the chambers of death, 

CHAP. " 
1 Thefdrne^ Sand evidence 
Theexcelknci 15 . ire^lothefimc- 

er, 18 theriefu. 

DOTH i cry, and t 

>ut forth her voice? 

2 fche stahdeth in the top of high places, 
by the way in the places ot the paths. 

3 She crieth at the gates at the entry of 
the city, at the c; mine n at the doors. 

4 Unte ycu. d ten, I call ; and my voice 
is to the sons of man. 

5 O ye simple, understand wisdom : and, 
ye fools., be ye of an understanding heart. 

6 % Hear ; fcr I will speak of excellent 
things : and th e opening o: my lips ah g~ I b c 
right things. 

i For my mouth shall speak truth: and 
wickedness i± an abomination to my lips. 

8 All the words ot my mouth are in right- 
eousness j there is nothing (reward or per- 
verse in them. 

9 They are all plain to him that uhder- 
standeth, and right to tiiem that find knowl- 
edge. 

10 a Receive my instracticn, and not sil- 
ver ; and knowledge rather than choice 
gold. 

11 For wisdom is better than rubies ; 
and all the things that may be desired are 
not to be compared to it. 

i 2 c I wisd( >m dwell with prudence, and 
find cut knowledge of witty inventions. 

13 The tear ot the Lord is to ha'.e e\ il : 
pride, and arrogancy, and the evii way, 
and the froward mouth, do I hate. 

14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom : 
I am understanding; 1 have sue: - . 

15 1 By me kings i eign, and princes de- 
cree justice. 

16 By me princes rule, and nobles, e- 
ven all the judges of the ea 

17 Ilovethei .ie; and those 
that seek me early shall find me. 

18*" Riches and honor are v. th mc ; 
yeas <auvs'.j e riches and righteous! 

19 My fruitis better than gold, yea, than 
fine gold ; and my revenue than choice sil- 
ver. 

20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in 
the midst of the paths of judgment: 

21 J ■-.; 1 n ay z use those that love me 
to inherit substance ; and 1 will till their 

. res. 

: I rrd pessessed me in the be - 

: . isWOl 

• as set up from everlasting, from 
the beginning, or ever the earth was. 

ere no depths, I was 
were no. feu m 
funding with water. 



The tk 



Chap. 



25 Before the mountains 
before the hii^, was i brought forth : 

2 While as yet he had not mace the 

earth, nor the fields, m r the highest part et 

if the world. 

27 When he prepared the heavens, I 

CM* there: when he set a compass upon 

;he depth : 

I i he clouds a- 
Dgtbened the fountains 

e gave to the sea his decree, 
i 

. the foun- 
i arth : 

::3 one brought 
him: and I 'was daily his 

.icing in the irtof his 

ji the sons 

. hearken unto me, O 
-.:& arc they i'. 

i se, and re- 
it heareth me, 
% waiting; a: the 

ne findeth life. 

Lord, 

- 
I 

CH \ P. 

- 

her wine ; she hath also harni li- 
ed her table. 

:s : she 

pon the highest place oi the city, 

e, ;e: him turn in hi- 
ll for him that wanteth under- 

>him, 

I, and driuk oi 

I 

in the 

iketh a 
h 

I he hate 

h :. just 7/ifin, 

■ 

I 

. lvi shall be multiplied, 
-• thj Lfe shall bein 



a x. The blessings cf the just. 51t 

12 If thou be wise, thou shah be wise 
for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou a- 
lone sbakbearzV. 

A ibciish woman w clamorous: she 
is simple, and kfhoweth nothing. 

li For she sitteth at the door of her 
house, on a seat in the high places of the 

13 To call passengers who go right on 
their wa\ s : 

16 1 Whoso is simple let him turn in 
hither : and c for him that wanteth mi- 
nding she saith to him, 
17 Stolen waters are sweety and bread 
. secret is pie:- -.ant.. 

13 But he knoweth not that the dead 
are there ; and that her guests are in the 
d.ptlis of hell. 

CrTAP. X. 

r and twenti- 
eth are sundry observations of moral 
"virtue* M traryTtcest, 

THE ] A vise 

son maketh a glad father : but a 
foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. 
ZTreas ires tfwickedness profit nothing: 
but ri^teousnessdelrvereth from death* 

3 The Lord wi;l not suffer the soul of 
the righteous to famish : hut he casteth a- . 

substance of the wicked. 

4 He bee >raeth poor that deuleth with a 
slack hand : but the h .nd of the diligent 
maketh rich. 

5 He that g a theret h in summer h a 
wise son : but he that sleepeth in harvest 

- tat causeth shame. 

6 Blessings are upon the head of the 
just : bul rereth the mouth of 
the v. ii 

memory of the just?:- blessed : 
but the name ot the wicked shall rot. 

8 The wise ; : receive com- 
mandments : but a prating fool shall fell. 

9 He that walkfcth uprightly walketh 
surely: but he that perverteth his 

sh ill be known. 

sorrow : but s 

1 1 Toe mouth oi a 
a well of life : I 

: th wicked. 

n that hath i 
standing 

14 Wise men lav u] 

• 
of tlie poor 
poverty . 

I 1 

to U'.e j 



520 Of the righteous PROVERBS. 

17 He is in the way of life that keepeth 
instruction : bat he that reiuseth reproof 
erreth. 

18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, 
and he that uttereth a slander, is a tool. 
. 19 In the multitude oi words there wan- 
teth not sin : but he that relraineth his lips 
is wise. 

29 The tongue of the just is as choice sil- 
ver : the heart of the wicked is little 
worth , 

21 The lips of the righteous feed many : 
but fools die tor want of w 

22 The blessing oi the Lbrdj it maketh 
rich, and"ue aduethno sorrow with it. 

23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief : 
but a man of understanding hath wisdom. 

24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come 
upon him : but the desire of the righteous 
shall be granted. 

25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the 
■wicked no more ; but the righteous is an 
everlasting foundation. 

26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke 
to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that 
send him. 

• 27 The fear of the Lordprolongeth days ; 
hue &£ years of the wicked shall be shor- 
tened, 

28 The hope of the righteous shall be 
gladness : but the expectation of the wick- 
ed shall perish. 

29 The way of the Lord is strength to 
the upright : "but destruction shall be to 
the workers of iniquity. 

30 The righteous shell never be remov- 
ed ; but the wicked shall not inhabit the 
earth. 

31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth 
wisdom: but thefroward tongue shall be 
cut out. 

32 The lips of the righteous know what 
is acceptable : but the mouth of the wick- 
ed sjieaketh frowardness. 

CHAP. XI. 

A FALSE balance is abomination to 
the Lord : but a just weight is his de- 
light. 

, 2 When pride cometh, then cometh 
shame : but with the lowly is wisdom. 

3 The integrity of the upright shall guide 
them : but the perverseness of transgress- 
ors shall destroy them. 

4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath : 
but righteousness delivereth from death. 

5 The righteousness of the perfect shall 
direct his way : but the -wicked shall fall by- 
tes own wickedness. 

6 The righteousness of me upright shall 
• deliver the m : bat transgressors shall be 

taken in their own naughtiness. 

7 When a wicked man dieth, Ids expec- 
tation shall perish: and the hppe oi un- 
just men perisheth. 



and the tricked. 

8 The righteous is delivered cut of trou- 
ble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. 

9 An hypocrite with fus mouth destro) - 
eth his neighbour : but through knowledge 
shall the just be delivered. 

10 When it goeth well with the righteous, 
the city rejoiceth ; and when the wicked 
perish there is shouting. 

11 By the blessing oithe upright the city 
is exalted ; but it is overthrow n by the 
mouth of'the wicked. 

12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth 
his neighbour ; but a man of understand- 
ing lToldeth his peace. 

13 A talebearer revealeth secrets ; but 
he that is oi a faithful spirit concealeth the 
matter. 

14 Where no counsel is, the people fail ; 
but in the multitude of counsellors there is 
safety. 

15 He that is surety for a stranger shall 
smart/ or it : and he that hateth suretyship 
is sure. 

16 A gracious woman retaineth honor ; 
and strong men retain riches, 

17 The merciful man doeth good to his 
own soul ; but he that is cruel troubleth 
his own flesh. 

18 The wicked worketh a deceitful 
work ; but to mm that soweth rigjhteous- 
ness shall be a sure reward. 

19 A> righteousness tendeth to life : so 
he that persueth evil ficrsueth it to his 
own death. 

20 They that are of a froward heart 
are abomination to the Lord ; out such as 
are upright in their way are his delight. 

21 Though handyoffl in hand, the wicked 
shall not be unpunished : but the seed of 
the righteous shall be delivered. 

22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, 
so is a fair woman which is without dis- I 
cretion. 

23 The desire of the righteous is only ' 
good ; but the expectation of the wicked j 
^6' wrath. 

24 There is that scattereth, and yet in- I 
creaseth ; and there is that withholdeth 
more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 

25 The liberal soul shall be made fat ; ! 
and he that watereth shall be watered al- , 
so himself. 

26 He that withholdeth corn, the peo- 
ple shall curse him ; but blessing shall be 
upon the head of him that selleth it. 

2? He that diligently seeketh good, pro- 
cureth favcr ; but he that seeketh mischief 
it shall come unto him. 

23 He that trusteth in his riches shall 
fall ;bat the righteous shall" flourish as a 
branch. 

29 He that troubleth his own house shall 
inherit the wind; and the fbol shall be 
servant to the wise of heart. 



. Ifc. Chap. 

is a tree 
• wise, 
e recom- 
peu 

XII. 

T17H0S0 toveth 

W . . hateth re- 

3 A good man obtaineth 

Lord : ixit a man of wicked devices w ill iie 
lemn. 

shed by 
edne^s: but :eous 

shall not be i . 

irtuous woman u a crown to her ' 
husband: medw 

- -. the righteous are 
: : but the counsels ot the wicked are 

6 The wicked arc to lie in 

tor blood : but the mouth of the up- 
them. 

thrown, and are 
is shall 

8 A man shall be commended accord - 

ing : he that is of a per- 

. 

and hath a ser- 

i bim- 

the lile 
ot his beast : buttlie lender n, 

11 He that tiueth his land -hall be sat- 

- 
1 ot' undei-standing. 

■' 

' by the trans- 
it Lhejustshall 
on: 

- band shall 
him. 

i unto ct un- 

rig 1 ." 

pier- 

for ever: but a 

! them that 



. riches, CsTc, 5!1 

21 I evil happen tothejust : 

but the wicked shall be filled with I 

Lying lips are abomination to the 
Lord : but they that deal truly arc his de- 
light. 

V prudent man cenceakth knowl- 
: but the heart of fools proclaimed! 

I of the diligent shall bear 
. out the slothful shall be under tri- 
bute. 

.viness in the heart of ma 
eth it stoop : but a good word maketh it 
glad. 

26 The righteous is more excellent than 
his neighbour : but the way of the wicked 

• h them. 

27The slothful man- roasteth m 
which he took in hunting: but the sub- 

• of a diligent mar, is precious. 

28 Li the way of righteousness is life: 
and in the pathway thereof there it v.o 

CKAP. XIII. 

A WISE son hearc'h his father's in- 
struction ; but a scornes heareth not 
rebuke. 

2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of 
his mouth : but the soul of the transgres- 
sors shall emt violence. 

5 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth 
his life: but he that openetli wide his lips 
shall have destruction. 

4 lite soul of the sluggard desireth, and 
hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent 

c ovale fat. 

5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a 
v.ickcd man is loathsome, and cometh to 

6 Righteousness keepeth him that is op- 

: but wickedness over- 
th the sinner. 

7 There is that maketh himself rich, 

(thing: there is that maketh 
ffpot r, yet hath great riches. 

- DO of a man's life arc his 

a : but the poor heareth not rebuke. 

\) The light of the righteous rejoioeth: 

but I . ked bhall be put 

I ) ()nl\ by pritle c.cmcth contention: 
but with the well advised ;v wisdom* 

I I Wealth £o//m by vanitj shall be di- 
minished: bui rethby labour 

shall inc. 

m k : but when the di 

life. 

I 

mandment si decL 

e law of the 
life, tu depart from tlu- bmbci of d 



522 Qf-:vixdQm,fGUy, <Jc. 

15 Good understanding giveth favour ; 
but the way of transgressors is hard. 

16 Every prudent man dealeth with 
knowledge; but a fool iayeth cpen his 
folly. 

17 A wicked messenger falleth into mis- 
chief: but a faithful ambassador js health. 

18 Poverty and shame shall be to him 
that refuseth instruction : but he that re- 
gardeth reproof shall be honored. 

19 The desire accomplished is sweet to 
the soul : but it is abomination to fools to 
depart from evil. 

20 He that walketh with wise men shall 
be wise : but a companion of fools shall be 
destroyed. 

. 21 Evil pursueth sinners : but to the 
righteous good shall be repay ed. 

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance 
to his children's children, and the wealth 



oi the sinner i 



) for 1 



aejust. 



23 Much food is in the tillage of the 
poor : but there is that is destroyed for 
want oi judgment* 

24 He that spareth his rod hateth his 
son ; but he that ioveth him chasteneth 
him betimes. 

25 The righteous eateth to the satisfy- 
ing of his soul ; but the belly of the wick- 
ed shall want. 

CHAP, XIV. 

EVERY wise woman buildeth her 
hou'-e ; but the foolish plucketh it 
down wi.:h her hands. 

2 He that walketh in his uprightness 
feareth the Lord ; but he that is perverse 
in his ways despiseth him. 

3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of 
pride ; but the lips oi the wise shall pre- 
serve them. 

4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean ; 
but much increased by the strength of the 
ox. 

5 A faithful witaess will not lie ; but a 
false witness will utter lies. 

6 A scantier seeketh wisdom, orAJind- 
etfi it not ; but knowledge is easy unto 
him that understandeth. 

7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, 
when thou perceivest not in him the lips 
©f knowledge. 

8 The wisdom of the prudent a to un- 
derstand his way ; but the folly of iools is 
deceit. 

9 Fools make a mock at sin ; but among 
the righteous there is favour. 

10 The heart knoweth his own bitter- 
ness ; and a stranger doth not intermed- 
dle with his joy, 

11 The house of the wicked shall be o- 
rerthrown ; b.ut the tabernacle of the up- 
right shall flourish,. 

12 There is a way which seemeth right 
onto a man but the end tbfswrf awe the 
ivays of death. 



PROVERBS. Of wrath, oflfiressiort, ifc. 

13 Even in laughter the heart is sor- 
rowful ; and the end oi that mirth is heav- 
iness. 

14 The backslider in heart shall be fill- 
ed with his own ways-j -and a good man 
shall he sad v fad from himself. 

15 The simple believeth every word ; 
but the prudent man iooketh well to his 
going. 

16 A wise man feareth, and departeth 
from evil : but the fool rageth, and is con- 
fident. 

17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolish- 
ly ; and a man of wicked devices is hated. 

18 The simple inherit folly; but the 
prudent are crowned wim knowledge. 

19 The evil bow before the good; and 
the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 

20 The poor is hated even of his own 
neighbour ; but the rich hath many friends. 

21 He that despiseth his neighbour sin- 
neth ; bu<- he that hath mercy on the poor, 
happy is he, 

22 Bo they not err that devise evil ? 
But mercy and truth shall be to them that 
devise good. 

23 In all labour there is profit ; but the 
talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 

24 The crown of the wi^e is their rich- 
es ; but the foolishness of tools is folly. 

25 A true witness delivereth souls ; but 
a deceitful witness speaketh lies. 

26 In the fear of the Lord is strong con- 
fidence ; and his children shall have a place 
of refuge. 

27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain 
of life, to depart from the snares oi death. 

28 In the multitude of people is thc- 
king's honor ; but in the want of people is- 
the destruction of the prince. 

29 He that is slow to wrath is oi great 
understanding; but he that is hasty of 
spirit exalteth folly. 

39 A sound heart is the life oi the flesh ; 
but envy the rottenness of the bones. 

31 He that oppresseth the poor reproach - 
eth his Maker ; but he that honoreth him 
hath mercy on the poor. 

32 The wicked is driven away in his 
wickedness ; but the righteous hath hope 
in his death. 

33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him 
that hath understanding ; but that which 
is in the midst of iools is made known. 

34 Righteousness exalteth a nation ; but 
sin is a reproach to any people. 

35 The king's favour is toward a wise 
servant ; but his wrath is a gai??st him that 
causeth shame. 

CHAP. XV. 

A SOFT answer turneth away wrath ; 
but grievous words stir up anger. 
2 The tongue of the wise use f h knowl- 
edge aright ; but the mouth cf fools pour- 
fth out foolishness. 



OfU:e Chip, 

are in every ; 
i the good. 

of life: I 
but perverseaes * en in the 

5 A fool deq 'hers instruc- 

tion : but he tba 

.ie house of the rig 

. i ... 

- 
edge: but ti;e heart of the bxiish doetA 

D 

I £* an a- 

. :ai 10 the i. prayer 

t 

t 

is un"o him that 

. 

i 
I 

under- 
Sut the 
:.ess. 

"•cevil : 
- 

: i:tle with '-' 

. trouble 
. ith. 

■ 

- 

- 



yi. 

. n to the Lord: but r/.c 
of the pure are p.euiant v> 

27 He that is greedy of gain tr 
his own house; out he that hatet 
:ve. 

■ heart of the righteous studied* 
to answer; butthe mouth of the 
pottreth cut e 

'.he wicked : 

ous. 

S(/Th- a exes rejoiceth the 

^ixxl report maketli the 
bones 

. ear that hcareth the reproof of 
h among die w i-e. 
oJ He 

L-ord is the ; ; 

CH 

Tl cart in man, 
i'rem 
the Ia 

D in his 

its. 

3 Commit thy works unto the Lord, 
shed. 
ng9 for 
cdLrtheday 
ofevil. 

ry one (hat is proud in heart is an 
ion to the Lord : lAcug 
JLin in hand, be 

6 By mercy andtn > j urg- 

men de- 
. 

- 

r /'* a tittle 

9 A m .lis way: but 

- 
mitwicJ 

- 



524 Of righteousness Justice, tfc. FRCA 7 

than gold ? And to get understanding, ra- 
ther to be chosen than silver ? 

17 The highway of the upright is to de- 
part from evil : he that keepeth his way 
preserveth his soul. 

18 Pride goeth before destruction, and 
an haughty spirit betore a fall. 

19 Better it is to be ot an humble spirit 
■with the lowly, than to divide the spoil 
with the proud. 

20 He that handleth a matter wisely 
shall find good : and whoso trusteth in the 
Lord happy is he. 

21 The wise in heait shall be called pru- 
dent : and the sweetness of the lips increas- 
eth learning. 

22 Understanding is a wellspring of life 
unto him that hath it : but the instruction 
of fools is folly. 

23 The heart of the wise teachcth his 
mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. 

24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb 
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 

25 There is a way that seemeth right 
unto a man, but the end thereof are the 
ways of death. 

26 He that laboureth, laboureth for him- 
self; for his mouth craveth it of him. 

27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil : 
and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 

28 A froward man soweth strife : and a 
whisperer separateth chief friends. 

29 A violent man enticeth his neigh- 
bour, and leadeth him into the way that is 
not good. 

30 He shutteth his eyes to devise fro- 
ward things : moving his lips he bringeth 
evil to pass. 

31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, 
f/itbe found in the way of righteousness. 

32 He that is slow to anger is better 
than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his 
spirit than he that taketh a city. 

33 The lot is cast into the lap ; but the 
whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. 

CHAP. XVII. 

BETTER is a dry morsel, and quiet- 
ness therewith, than an house full of 
sacrifices with strife. 

2 A wise servant shall have rule ever a 
son that causeth shame, and shall have 
part of the inheritance among the breth- 
ren. 

3 The fining pot is for silver, and the 
furnace for gold : 'but the Lord trieth the 
hearts. 

4 A wicked deer giveth heed to false 
lips : and a liar giveth ear to a naughty 
tongue. • 

5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproach- 
cth his Maker : and he that is glad at ca- 
lamities shall net be unpunished. 

6 Children's children arc the crown of 
old men ; and the glory ot children arc 
their fathers. 



ERBS. Use and abuse of the tongue. 

7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool : 
much less do lying lips a prince. 

8 A gift is as a precious stone in the 
eyes of him that hath it : whithersoever it 
turneth, it prosperetn. 

9 He that covereth a transgression ?eek- 
eth love : but he that repeateth a matter 
separateth very friends. 

10 A reproof entereth more into a wise 
man than an hundred stripes into a fool. 

11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion : 
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent 
against him. 

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet 
a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 

■ 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil 
shall not depart from his house. 

14 The beginning of strife is as when 
one letteth out water : therefore leave oif 
contention before it be meddled with. 

15 He that Justified! the wicked, and he 
that condemneth the just, even they both 
are abomination to the Lord. 

16 Wherefore is there a price in the 
hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he 
hath no heart to it ? 

17 A friend loveth at all times, and a 
brother is born for adversity. 

18 A man void of understanding strik- 
ed! hands, and becometn surety in the 
presence of his friend. 

19 He loveth transgression that loveth 
strife : and he that exalteth his gate seek- 
eth destruction. 

20 He that hath a froward heart find- 
eth no good : and he that hath a perverse 
tongue falleth into mischief. 

21 He that begetteth a fool doeih it to 
his sorrow ; and the father of a fool hath 
no joy. 

22 A merry heart doeth good like a med- 
icine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 

23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of 
the bosom to pervert the ways of judg- 
ment. 

24 Wisdom is before him that hath un- 
derstanding ; but the eyesot a fooi are in 
the ends of the earth. 

25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, 
and bitterness to her that bare him. 

26 Also to punish the just is not good, 
nor to strike princes for equity. 

27 He that hath knowledge spareth his 
words : and a man of understanding is of 
an excellent spirit. 

28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his 
peace, is counted wise : and he that shut- 
eth his lips £5 esteemed a mim of under- 
standing. 

CHAP. XVIII. 

THROUGH desire, a man having sep- 
arated himself, seeketh and inter- 
meddleth with all wisdom. 
'2 A fool hath no delight, in understand-! 



.p. MX. 



rxchy &V. 525 



\ er itself. 

eth, t ht ?i ccm- 

.liiny re- 

4 Th< - are as 

I the p erson of 
to overthrow the i 

r into contention, and 

uth is his destrocti 
I 

8 The t are as 

•wounds. down into the inner- 

in his work is 
I 

a strong 
the righteous runneth into it, and 

of man 

l man will susl 



:dent gctteth 
lie wise seek- 

r him, 

- 

pother < ffen 'er to be 

! with 
: and with the in- 
filled. 

L 

. but the 
rli 

keth in 



I : and he that hasteth 

: man pervertethhis 
: and hi* heart iretteth against the 

4 Wealth makcth many friends ; but 
- I irattd from his neighbour. 
iuJl not be unpunish- 
LCth lies shall not es- 

6 Many will entreat the favour of the 

u friend to him 
that gheth gii'ts. 

7 All the brethren of the poor do hate 
him : How much more do hisiriendsgo 
far from him: He pursueth thei 

. 

8 lie, IdSOWQ 

soul: he that keepeth understandii | 

. 
se witness siH ill n t be unpunish- 

speaketh lit 
ight isnetse* ; much 

rule over prin- 

-11 The discretion of a man dc 

r ; and it is his glory to pass oxer 
ion. 
kh u,"s wrath is as the roaring of 
a lion ; but his favour is as dew upon the 

1.j A ioolish son is the calamity of his 
father: and the contentions of a wife arc 
a continu 

14 House and riches arc the inheritance 
. s : and a prudent v> he w rrom the 
Lord. 

teth into adeep sleep ; 
and an idle s* ui shall si 

Lndment 
: bitfhe that 

•,,i pity upon the poor, lead- 
and that which he 

and let i 
tion, that I 

: 

! 
. 

: 

■ 



526 Of Che slothful, l$c. 

25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will 
beware : and reprove one that hath un- 
derstanding, and he will understand knowl- 
edge. 

26 He that wasteth his father, and chas-^ 
eth away his mother, (* a son that causeth 
shame, and bringeth reproach. 

27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruc- 
tion that causeth to err from the words of 
knowledge. 

28 An ungodly witness scometh judg- 
ment: and the" mouth of the wicked de- 
voureth iniquity. 

29 Judgments are prepared for scorn- 
ers, and stripes for the back of ibols. 

CHAP. XX. 

WINE is a mocker, strong drink is ra- 
ging : and whosoever is deceived 
thereby is not wise, 

2 The fear of a king is as the roaring 
of a lion : whoso provokethhim to anger 
sinneth against his own soul. 

3 It is an honor for a man to cease from 1 
strife : but every fool will be meddling. 

4 The sluggai d will not plough by rea- ! 
son of the cold ; therefore shall he beg in J 
harvest, and have nothing. 

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like j 
deep water ; but a man of understanding j 
will draw it out. 

6 Most men Will proclaim every one his \ 
own goodness : but a faithful man, Who I 
can find I 

7 The just man walketh in his integrity : j 
his children are blessed after him. 

8 A king that sittettein the throne of • 
judgment scattered! away all evil with his I 

eyes. 

' 9 Who can say, I have made my heart j 
clean, I am pure from my sin I 

10 Divers weights, and divers measures, \ 
both oi them are alike abomination to the 
Lord. 

11 Even a child is known by his doings, j 
whether his work be pure, and whether 
it be right. 

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, 
the Lord hath made even both of them. 

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to ; 
poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shalt 
be satisfied with bread. 

14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the 
buyer : but when he is gone his way, then 
hebcasteth. 

15 There is gold, and a multitude of ru- 
bies: but the lips of knowledge are a pre- 
cious jewel. 

16 "Take his garment that is surety for 
a stranger : and take a pledge of him for 
a strange woman. 

17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man ; 
but afterwards his mouth shall be filled 
with gravel. 

18 Every purpose is established by ccun- 



PROYER3S. O; weights > and:neacures, ifc, 

sel : anjcl \\ ith good advise make waj*. 

19 He that goeth about an a talebearer 
revealeth secrets : therefore meddle not 
with him that flatteretb with his lips. 

20 Whoso curseth his lather or his 
mother, his lamp shall be put cut in ob- 
scure darkness. 

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily 
at the beginning ; but the end thereof shall 
not be blessed. 

22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil ; 
but wait on the Lord, and he shall save 
thee. 

23 Divers weights are an abomination 
unto the Lord ; and a false balance is not 
good. 

24 Man's goings are of the Lord ; How 
can a man then understand his own way ? 

25 It is a snare to the man who devcur- 
eth that which is holy, and after vows to 
make inquiry. 

26 A wise 'king scattereth the wicked, 
and bringeth the wheel over them. 

27 The spirit of man is the candle of 
the Lord, searching all the inward parts 
ol the belly. 

28 Mercy and truth preserve the king : 
and his throne is upholden by mercv. 

29 The glory of young 'men is their 
strength : and the beauty of old men it 
the gray head. 

30 Tne blueness of a wound cleanseth 
away evil: so do stripes the inward parts 
cl the belly. 

CHAP. XXI. 

THE king's heart is in the hand of the 
Lord, as the rivers of water : he 
turneth it whithersoever he will. 

2 Every way of a man is right in his 
own eyes : but the Lord pondereth the 
hearts. 

3 To do justice and judgment is more 
acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 

4 An high look, and a proud heart, and 
the ploughing of the wicked, is sin. 

5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only 
to plentecusness : but of every one that is 
hasty, only to want. 

6 The getting of treasures by a lying 
tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of diem 
that seek death. 

7 The robbery of the wicked shall de- 
stroy them ; because they refuse to do 
judgment. 

8 The way of man is froward and 
strange ; but as for the pure, his work is 
right. 

9 It is better to dwell in a corner ot the 
housetop, than with a brawling woman ia 
a wide house. 

10 The soul of the wicked desiretn e- 
vil : his neighbour findeth no favour in his 
eyes. 

11 When the scorner is punished, the 



Of a contentious woman. Chap, 

simple is made wise: and when the 
instructed, he receiveth know k 

12#The righteous man wisely consider- 
wicked : out ■ 
yerthrowfeth the wicked for their wicked- 
ness. 

13 W his ears at the cry 

of the poor he also shall cry him 
shall not !jc i. 

l-'r A gift ii, seci et pacifieth anger : and 
i Dg wrath. 
just to do judgment : 
nehaUbeXn the workers of 

■ eth out of the 
tin in the 

de id. 

'be 2. poor 
oil shall 

ill be a ransom for the 
sor for the up- 

t to dwell in the wilder- 
otentious and an an- 

re to he de iired, and 

<>ii jj. the the wise ; buta fool- 

eUi atter righteous- 

■ lie city of the 

. 

mouth and his 
in troubles. 

;• 18 his 
i ah. 
ful killeth him ; 
'. 

thand spared] not. 
I the wicked / 

hebring- 

: '.lit the 

Acb0S4 :i 

* .v md 



, ::xii. The Lord /deadeth for the poor. 527 

5 Thorns and snares are in the \ 

the froward : he that doth keep his soul 
shall be tar tVcm them. 

6 Train up a child in the way he should 
go: ond when he is old, he will not i 
from it. 

rich ruleth overthepoor, and the 
borrower is servant to the lender. 

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap van- 
ity : and the rod of his anger shall tail. 

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be 
blessed ; for he givcth of his bread to the 
poor. 

10 Cast out the scorner. and contention 
shall go cut ; yea, strii'c and reproach shall 
cc\ise. 

11 He that leveth purencs-s ofhcart,/or 
the grace of his lips the king shall be his 
friend. 

12 The eyes of the Lord preserve km wl- 

' ie overthroweth the words ot the 
transgressor. 

13 The slothful man saith, Ther\ 
on without, 1 shall be slain in the sti 

14 The mouth of strange women is a 
deep pit : he that is abhorred of the Lord 
8h ill fall therein. 

15 Foolishness M bound in the heart ofa 
child ; but the rod of correction shall drive 
it far frora him. 

1 6 1 Ie that oppresseth the poor to "p 

v, ana he that giveth to the rich 
shall surely come to want. 

17 BbW down thine ear and heat" the 
words i i' the wise, and apply thine heart 
unto my knowledge ; 

nt thing ifthi u keep 
them within theej they shall withal be fit- 
ted in th\ lips. 

19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, 
i :. tve m ide kn >wn to thee this da] , even 
to thee. 

ive not I written to thee t ', 

21 That 1 might make thee know thi 
certainty oftlie words of truth; that thou 

I 

m unto tin e I 

nei heroppn 

i. 

■ 
7 If 1 

i., fathers hav< 



528 The uncertainty of richer &c. PRO 1 

29 Seest thoa a man diligent in his busi- 
ness ? He shall stand before kings ; he shall 
not stand before mean inert. 

CHAP. XXI II. 

WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler 
consider diligently what is before 
thee : 

2 And put a kniie to thy throat, if thou 
be a man given to appetite. 

3 Be no desirous or his dainties : for they 
onedeceitful meat. 

4 Labour not to be rich : cease from 
thine own wisdom. 

5 Wilt thou -set thine eyes upon that 
which is not? For riches certaimy make 
themselves wings ; they hy away as an ea- 
gle toward heaven. 

6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath 
an evil eye, neither desire diou his dainty- 
meats : 

7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is 
he: Eat and clria^, iaith he to thee, but his 
heart is not with thee. 

8 The morsel which thou hast eaten 
sha:t thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet 
words. 

9 Speak not in the ears of a fool : for he 
will despise the wisdom of thy words. 

10 Remove not the old landmark ; and 
enter not into the fields of the fatherless : 

li For their reedeemee is migl 
sha'd plead their cause with thee. 

12 "Apply thi ae heart unto instruction, 

; worcls of knowledge. 

13 Withhold not correction from the 
child: fori/ thou beatest him with dieted 
he shall not die. 

14 Thou shait beat him with the rod, 
andsny.lt deliver his soul irom hell. 

15 My son if thine heart be wise, my 
heart shall rejoice, even mine. 

16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy 
lips speak right things. 

17 Let not thine heart envy sinners : but 
be thou in the fear ol the Lord all the day 
long: 

18 For surely there is an end ; and chine 
expectation shall not be cut off. 

19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and 
guide thine heart in the way. 

20 Be not among winebibbers; among 
riotous eaters o; flesh : 

21 For thedruukard and the glutton shall 
come to poverty: and drowsiness shad 
clothe a 'man with rags. 

22 Hearken unto thy father that begat 
thee, and despise not thy mother when she 
is old. 

23 Buy the truth and sell it not ; also 
wisdom, and instruction, and understand- 
ing. 

24 The father of the righteous shall 
"" rejoice: an( j he that beget. eth a 

M Have joy of him. 



ERBS. Of drunkenness) envy) Ifc. 

25 Thy father and thy mother shall be 
glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 

25 My son, give me thine heart, and let 
thine eyes observe my ways. 

27 For a whore is a deep ditch : and a 
! strange woman is a narrow pit. 

23 She also liethm wait a -/or a prey, and 
i increaseth the transgressors among men. 

29 Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow ? 
i Who hath contentions? Who hath Bab- 
bling? Who hath wounds without cause? 
Who hath redness of eyes ? 

30 The}- that tarry long at the wine ; 
they that go to seek mixed wine. 

31 Look not thou upon the wine when it 
is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, 
when it moveth itself aright. 

32 At the last it bjteth like a serpent, 
ana stingeth like an adder. 

33 Thine eyes shall behold strange wo- 
men, and thine heart shall utter perverse 
things. 

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth 
down in the midst of the sea, or as he that 
lieth upon the top of a mast. 

35 They have stricken me, f.halt thou 
say, and i was not sick ; they have beaten 
me, and I felt it not : When shall 1 awake i 
I will seek it vet again. 

CHAP. XXIV. 

BZ not thou envious against evil men, 
neither desire to be with them : 

2 F or their heart studieth destruction, 
and their lips talk of 

3 Through wisdom is an house builded ; 
ana by understanding it is established : 

4 And by knowledge shall the chambers 
be tided with all precious and pleasant 
riches. 

5 A wise man is strong ; yea, a man of 
knowledge increaseth strength. 

6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make 
thy war : and in multitude ot couusejjjors 
there is safety. 

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: heo- 
peneth not his mouth in the gate. 

8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be cal- 
led a mischievous person. 

9 The thought oi foolishness is sin : and 
the scorner is an abomination to men. 

10 //"thou faint in the day of adversity, 
thy strength is small. 

11 if thou forbear to deliver them that 
are drawn unto death, and those that are 
ready to be slain ; 

■ 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; 
Doth not he that pondereth the heart con- 
sider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, Doth 
not he know it? and, Shall not he render 
to every man according to his works ? 

13 My son, eat thou honey, becau=e it is 
good ; and the honeycomb, which is sweet 
to thy taste : 

14' So shall the knowledge of wisdom be 



/"err God and honor the king. \ xxw 

unto thy soul : when thou hast found it, 
then there shall be a reward, and thy ex- 
be cut off. 
15 Lv I wicked man, against 

the dwelling of the righto . . 
■ 

r a just man falleth seven times, 
and riseth up again : but the wick, 
fall into mibCi. 

t when thine enemy falleth, 
and let not thine heart be glad when he 
Itnmbkth : 

d he turn away hia wrath from him. 
evil ))um, 
neither the wicked; 



Quarrels to be avoided. 529 

the glory of God to conceal a 
of kings m to search 
out a matter. 

heaven for height, and the earth 
for depth, and the heart of kings is un- 
ble. 

away the dross from the silver, 
and there shall come forth a vessel for the 
fine r. 

5 Take away the wickedyVc?i before 
the long, and his throne shall be establish- 

j ed in righteousness. 

6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of 
the king, and stand not in the place ot 

ntn : 

jetter it is that it be said unto 



. to the ; thee, Come up hither ; than diat thou 



evil man ; the candle of the wick< 

2 1 td) son, fear tliou the Lord and the 
ddle net with d;tm that are 

1'risesuddenlv; 

/hoknoweth the ruin of them both . ; 

. 

I ect ot persons in 

judgr.. 

saith unto the wicked, Thou 
art righteous ; him shall the people curse, 
■ 

shall Ix? 
delight, )lessing shall come up- 

. 

thatgiv- 

ndmake 
tei wards 

- 

him as he hath 

- 

iful, and 
: under- 

- 
it well: 

1 

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I 






sliouldest be put lower in the presence of 
ice whom thine eyes have 

8 *' Go not forth hastily to strive, lest 
thou kn w id there- 
of, when thy neighbour hath put dice to 
shame. 

9 Debate thy cause widi thy neighbour 
h/nseif; and discover not a secret to a- 
notiier : 

10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to 

and thine infamy turn not 

11 A word fitly spoken/* like apples of 
gold in pictures of suver. 

V2Ab an earring ot gold, and an or- 
nament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover 
up n an obedient ear* 

'lie cold of snow in the time of 
enger to them 
that send him : for he rem 
aJ hism 

: ilsegift, 
ind wind without rain. 
15 Bj i ng is a prince per- 

and a soft tongue breaketh the 

tso much 

as insufficient for thee, lest thou be filled 

ith, and vomit it. 

17 Withdr iw thy foot from thy neigh- 

ose ; lest he i>e wear] of thee, 

gainst liis neighbour m a maul, and a 
sw ird, ., : i<>w. 

6 lence in an unfaithful man in 
it like a broken toothj and 
joint. 

:ient in 
r up' hi nitre, 
I I m \n:,\y 

21 If th 
bread to eat ; and if he !* thirsty, give 
ter to drink ; 

rthou ihall heap coals of fire up- 
on h.s head, and the I 

thee. 



530 Gffcols, sluggards, &c. PRGV 

23 r L he north wind driveth away rain : 
so doth an angry countenance a backbi- 
ting tongue. 

24 It is Letter to dwell in a corner of the 
housetop, than with a brawling woman 
And in a wide house. 

25V#scold waters to a thirsty soul, so is 
good hews from a for country. 

26 A righteous man falling down be- 
fore the w ic!icd,w as a troubled fountain, 
and a cnnx;pt - 

27 ii is not good "to eat much honey : 
so for men to search their own glery is not 
glory. 

28 He thai bath no rule over his own 
spirit, /6' like a city r,W is broken down, 
and without v 

CHAP. XXVL 
1 Observations about fools, 13 sh \ 
17 c?zd contentious L>u*yb„diea. 

AS snow in summer, and as rain in har- 
vest^ so lionor is not seemly for a 
fool. 

2 As the bird by wanderb::,as the swal- 
low by fiying, so'the curse causeless shall 
not come. 

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the 
ass, and a rod for the fool's back. 

4 Answer not a fool according to his 
folly, lest thou into him. ». 

5 Answer a (col according to his folly, 
lest he be wise in his o \:i eooeeit. 

6 He that sendetti a message by the 
hand of a tool cutleth off the feet, aid drink- 
eth damage. 

7 The legs <A : tainc are not equal : 
soz'.sa parable in thejnouth afi oJs. 

le that biiicieth a stone in a sling, so 
is he that giveth honor to a fool. 

9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of 
a drunkard, soz'.s a parable in the mouth of 
fools. 

10 The great God that formed all 
things both rewardeth the tool, and re- 
garded) transgres 

11 Asa dog returneth to his vomit, so a 
fool refeisneth to his foliy. 

12Meestthoua man' wise in his own 
is more hope of a fool than of 
him. 

13 f The slothful man&M\,Tbereis2L 

. v ; a lion is in the streets. 

14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, 
so tipth theslothtul upon ins bed. 

15 Tne sloth hand in disbo- 

som ; k grieveth him to bring it again to 
his n , 

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own con- 
ceit than seven men that can render a rea- 
son. 

17 *l He thatpasseth by, and meddleth 
withs... him,zs #£eone 
ihat t . y the ears. 

tan who casteth fire- 
arroM s, and death, 



selfiove, l?c. 

leceiveth his • 
1 iii sport ? 



ERBS. Cfselfove, &c 

19 So is the man that deceiveth 
neighbour, and saith, Am not 1 hi sport 

20 Where no wood is, there the fire 
goeth out : so where there is no talebear- 
er, the strife ceaseth. 

21 As coa's are to burning coals, and 
wood to lire ; so is a contentious man to 
kindle striie. 

22 The word?; of the talebearer are as 
wounds, and they go down into the inner- 
most parts of the belly. 

23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are 
like a potsherd covered with silver dross. 

24 He that hateth, dissembleth with his 
lips, and layeth up deceit within him ; 

teiihespeaketh fair, belieye him 
not : tor there are se ions in 

hishe.it. 

2G PFhcseh&tred is covered by deceit., his 
wickedness shall be shewed 'before the 
whole congregation. 

27 Whosodiggeth a pit shall fail there- 
in: and he tkatrofieth a stone, it v> ill return 
upon him. 

28 A lying •Dngue hateth those that are 

by it ; and a flattering mouth 
workethruln. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
axionsofselflove, 5 of true love, 
llqf care io avoid offences, 23 and of 
the household care. 

BOAST not thyseli of to-morrow ; for 
thou kno west not what a day may 
forth. 

2 Let another man praise thee, and not 
thine own mouth; a stranger, and not 
thine own lips. 

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weigh- 
ty ; but a fool's wrathss heavier than them 
both; 

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outra- 
geous ; buc, Who is able to stand before 
envy ? 

5% Open rebuke is better than secret 
love. 

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; 
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 

7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb ; 
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is 
sweet. 

8 As a bird that wandereth from her 
nest, so is a man that wandereth from his 
place. 

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the 
heart : so doth the sweetness of a man's 
friend bv hearty counsel. 

10 Thine own friend, and thy father's 
friend, forsake not : into thy 
brother's housein the dayoi'th) calamity : 

ter is a neighbour that is near than 
a brother liar off. 

i,' Mvson, be wi^e, and make my 
heart glad, that I may answer bin) that i c- 
proacheth me. 



£hap. xxviii. On . 

8He that by usury an 1 unjust gain in- 



I 

with a 
lour 1 , voic ruing, it 

in a very rainy 
day, and a contentious w< man are alike : 
16 \Y ', hideth the 

lis right hand, 
bewrayethz 
1" It iron ; so a man 

nance ot his friend, 
shall eat 
the fruit thei that waiteth on 

. rrt/i to face, 
so the he 

ire never full ; ' 
so the e 

tool in 
with a'pesth . 

. 
'.] to thy hen 

er : and, Doth ! 

ing, ar.d 
. thy 

CHA P. XXVIII. 

t and rch- 



i him. 






3 Evil n 

S though he bt 



i 
I that will pi. 
9 He that turneth away his car from 
hearing the law, even bis prayer *.UaU be 
ition. 
lpWh us to go 

himself 
into his own pit: but the upright shall have 
good things m | 

11 The rich vn con- 

.. hath umlerstand- 
heth lum out. 

12 When righteous m«? do rejoice there 
is great glory : but when the v. i, L-.u ii i e, 
a man is hid< 

13 He that covereth his sins shall not 

: but whoso confe 

them shall have me: 

.he man that fear* 
way :but he that hardeneth his heart shall 
fall' into mischief, 

15 yh a roaring lion, and a ranging 

is a wicked ruler u\ er ti 
people. 

16 The prince that wantcth un<!> 

ing is also a great oppressor : but he that 
hateth co vetousness shall grolong^w clays. 

17 A man that doeth vioier.ce to the 

any person shall fee to the pit ; 
let no man stay him. 

IS Whoso walked) uprightly shall be 
tat he that is perverse in his ways 
shall fall at I 

19 He that tilleth his land shall have 
plenty of broad : but he that ti 
after vbmfiersona shall have poverty e> 

. faithful mam shall abound with 
: bui he th 

i is not 



i 



J2 Of public government, tyc. PROV 

28 When the wicked rise, men hide 
themselves : but When they perish, the 
righteous increase. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 Observations of public government^ 15 
and of private, 22 Of anger, pride, 
thievery, cowardice, and corruption, 

HE that, being often reproved, harden- 
eth his neck, shall suddenly be de- 
stroyed, and that without remedy. 

2 When the righteous are in authority, 
the people rejoice : but when the wicked 
beareth rule, the people mourn. 

3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his fa- 
ther : but he that keepeth company with 
harlots spendeth his substance. 

4 The king by judgment established! the 
land: but he that received! gilts overthrow- 
cth it. 

5 A man that fiattereth his neighbour 
spreadeth a net forhisieet. 

6 In the transgression of an evil man 
there is a snare : "but the righteous doth 
sing and rejoice. 

7 The righteous considereth the cause 
ef the poor : but the wicked regardeth not 
to know it. 

8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare : 
but wise men turn away wrath. 

9 If a. wise man contended! with a 
foolish man, whether he rage or laugh 
there is no rest. 

10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright : 
but the just seek his soul. 

11 A fool uttereth all his mind : but a 
vthe?nan keepeth it in till afterwards. 

12 if a ruler hearken to lies, all his ser- 
vants are wicked. 

13 The poor and the deceitful man 
meet together : the Lord iighteneth both 
their eyes. 

14 The king that faithfully judgeth the 
poor, his throne shall be established for 
ever. 

151 The rod and reproof give wisdom: 
but a child left to hi?7iself bringeth his mo- 
ther to shame. 

16 When the wicked are multiplied, 
transgression increased! : but the righteous 
shah see their tall. 

17 Correct thy son, and he shall give 
thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto 
thy soul. 

"18 Where there is no vision, the people 
perish : but he that keepeth the law, hap- 
py is he. 

J 19 A servant will not be corrected by 
words : for though he understand he will 
not answer. 

20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his 
words ? there is more hope of a fool than 
erf him. 

21 He that delicately bringeth up his- 
servant from a cliiid, shall have him be- 
come Mi son at the length. 



ER J5. Of anger, pride, bfc, 

22 If An angry man stirreth up strife, 
and a furious man aboundeth in transgres- 
sion. 

23 A man's pride shall bring him low : 
but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. 

24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth 
his own soul ; he heareth cursing, and be- 
wrayeth it not. 

25 The fear of man bringeth a snare : 
but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord 
shall be safe. 

26 Many seek the ruler's favour ; but 
every man's judgment cometh from the 
Lord. 

27 An unjust man is an abomination to 
thejust : and he that is upright in the way 
is abomination to the wicked. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 Agur's confession of his faith. 7 The two 
points of his prayer. 19 The meanest ere 
not to be wronged. 11 Four wicked gen- 
erations. 15 Four things insatiable. 17 
Parents aienot to be despised. 18 Four 
things hard to be known. 21 Four 
things intolerable. 24 Four things ex- 
ceeding wise. 29 Four things stately, 
32 Wrathis to be prevented. 

THE words of Agur the son of Jakeh, e • 
ven the prophecy : the man spake 
unto Ithiel, even unto Ithieland Ucal, 

2 Surely I am more brutish than any 
man, and have not the understanding of 
a man. 

3 1 neither learned wisdom, nor have 
the knowledge of' the holy. 

4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, 
or descended ? Who hath gathered the 
wind in his fists ? Who hath bound the wa- 
ters in a garment? Who hath establishedall 
the ends of the earth ? What is his name, 
and what is his son's name, if thou canst 
tell : 

5 Every word of God is pure : he is a 
shield unto them that put their trust in him. 

6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he 
reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 

7 If Two things have I required of thee ; 
deny me them not before I die : 

8 Remove far from me vanity and lies : 
give me neither poverty nor riches: feed 
me with food convenient for me : 

6 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, 
Who is the Lord i Or, lest I be poor, and 
steal, and take the name of my God in vain, 

10 1i Accuse not a servant unto his mas- 
ter, lest he curse thee, and thou be found 
guilty. 

11 If There is a. generation that cursetk 
their father, and doth not bless their mo- 
ther. 

12 There is a generation that are pure 
in their own eyes, and yet is not washed 
from their filthiness. 

12 There u a generation, O how loft-.' 



its not to bt Chaf), 

ca! and their eyelids are kii 

14 Tfiere is a gene i eeth are 

knives to 
devour the pc or fr th, and the 

men. 
ach hath twodaujh- 
ing, Give, gi \ e. rh si e are three 
that are never satisfied, i 
not, It is enough: 
lo The grave; and the barren womb; 
.ilied with water; and 
the fire that saith not, /ft« enough. 

The eye that mccketh at his father, 

and de spiaeth to obey his mother, the ra- 

. ill pick it cut, and the 

g shall eat it. 

There be three things which are 

t o wonderful for me, yea, four which 1 

19 The way of an eag'e in the air; the 
way ofa serpent upon a jock ; die way of 
a ship in the midst of the sea ; and the way 
ot a man with a maid. 

20 Such is the way of an adulterous wo- 

she e-tteth, and wipeth her mouth, 
ith, I have done no wickedness. 

For three things the earth is dis- 
I, and for four which it cannot bear : 

r a servant when hereigneth ; and 
a fol when ith meat; 

;■ an odious woman when she is 

I ; and an handmaid that is heir to 

Fhere be four things which are 

little upon die earth, but the) are < xceeding 

IThe ants are a people not strong, yet 
their meat in 

: go they 

i I with her hands 

. hich go 

. 

up thyself, nr iftllOU 

up a thy ii.' 
irdj the chin i»ringcd» 

f-Ttli butter, 8i 
: i 

rth strife. 
CHAP. : 

■ii and tem/ie- 
■ 

10 The praise 

■ T -'//' • 

Til! 
ecy that his mother taugl 



. xxxi. Y *n qeel ** i esxim. 5J.3 

2 What, my son I and. What the son 
of .my womb I and, What, the son of my 
vowa I 

3 Give not thy strength unto -women, 
nor thy way* to that which destroyt 

4 It is no: for kings, O Lemuel, it is not 
for kings to drink wine ; nor for princes 
strong o.r'nk : 

5 J. est they drink, and forget the law, 
and pervert the judgment of any of the af- 
flicted. 

6 •' Give strong drink unto him that is 
read\ to perish, and wine unto those that 
be of heavy he 

7 Let him drink and forget his poverty, 

ember his misery no more. 

8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the 
cause of all such as are appointed to de- 
struction. 

9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, 
and plead the cause of the poor and needy. 

10 •; Who can find a virtuous woman I 
For her price is far above rubies. 

1 1 The heart of her husband doth safely 
trust in her, so that he shall have no neeel 
of spoil. 

1 2 She will do him good and not evil all 
the days of her life. 

1 3 She seeketh wool, and flax, and wort- 
eth Willingly with her hands. 

14 She D like the merchants' ships ; she 
bringeth her food from afar. 

15 She riseth also while it is yet night, 
andgiveth meat to her household, and a 
portion to her maidens. 

10' She ensidcreth afield, andbuvcth it : 
with the fruit of her hands she plahtedi a 

1? She girdeth her loins with strength, 

.. tianeth her arms, 
is She perceiveth that her merchandise 
: her candle goeth nut out by night. 
r9 She Uyem her bands tQ the spindle 
and her hands hold the distaff. 

r hi nd to the 
lieth forth her haodfl 

• afraid of the snow for her 
i household or. 

• 

s 

■• 

land 

; 
and in h< 

I 

.'- ii*d Call het 

i 9 



*34 Human courses are vain, ECCLESIASTES. 



The vanity of them. 



blessed ; her husband also, and he praiseth 
her. 

29 Many daughters have done virtuous- 
ly, but thou excellest them all. 
. 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is 



vain : but a woman that feareth the Lord, 
she shall be praised. 

3 1 Give her of the fruit of her hands ; and 
let her own works praise her in the gates. 



Ecclesiastes ; or, the Preacher. 



CHAP. I. 

1 The preacher sheweth that all human 
courses are vain ; 4 because theciea- 
tures are restless in their courses ; 9 
They bring Jorth nothing new, ana all 
old things are forgotten* 

THE words of the Preacher, the sen of 
David, king of Jerusalem. 

2 Vanity of vanities, saith thePreacher, 
vanity cf vanities; all is vanity. 

3 What profit hath a man of all his la- 
bour which he taketh under the sun ? 

4 fi One generation passeth away, and 
another generation cometh : but the earth 
abidethfor ever. 

5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth 
down, and hasteth to hit place where hea- 
rose. 

6 The wind goeth toward the south, and 
turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth 
about continually, and the wind returneth 
again according to his circuits. 

7 All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the 
sea is not full: unto the place from whence 
the rivers come, thither they return again. 

8 All things are full oflabour ; man can- 
not utter it : the eye is not satisfied with 
seeing, nor the ear tilled with hearing. 

"9 I] The tiling that hath been, it is that 
which shall be ; and that which is done is 
that which shall be done : and there is no 
new thing under the sun. 

10 Is there any thing whereof it maybe 
said, See, this is new ? It hath been already 
of old time, which was Ijefore us. 

11 There is no remembrance of former 
things ; neither shall there be a/;?/ remem- 
brance of things that are to come with 
those that shall come after. 

12 1 the Preacher was king over Israel 
in Jerusalem : 

13 And I gave my heart to seek ;>nri 
search out by wisdom concerning all things 
that are done under heaven : this sore tra- 
vail hath God given to the sons of man to 
be excerclsed therewith, 

14 I have seen all the works that are 
dene under the sun ; and, behold, all is van- 
ity and vexation of spirit. 

15 That which is crooked cannot be 
made straight : and that which is want- 
ug cannot be numbered. 

"l6 1 communed with mine own heart, j 



saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and 
have gotten more wisdom than -nil they 
that have been before me in Jerusalem ; 
\ ea, my heart had great experience cf wis- 
dom and knowledge. 

17 And I gave my heart to know wis- 
dom , and to know ma'daess and folly : I per- 
ceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 

18 For in much wisdom is much grief: 
and he that increaseth knowledge inoreas- 
eth sorrow. 

CHAP. II. 
1 The vanity ojljiuman courses in the works 
oj file as lire. 12 Though the ivise be bet~ 
ter than thejool, yet both have one event, 

I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will 
prove thee with mirth, therefore, enjoy 
pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 

2 1 said of laughter, It is mad : aud of 
mirth, What dceth it ? 

3 i sought inn iine heart to give myself 
unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with 
wisdom ; and to lay hold en folly, till I 

' might see what was that good for the sons 
of men, which they should do under the 
heaven all the days of their life. 

4 I made me great works ; I builded me 
houses ; I planted me vineyards : 

5 I made me gardens and orchards, and 
I planted trees in them of all /a/zr/o/ fruits ; 

6 I made me pools of water* to water 
therewith the wood that bringeth forth 
trees : 

7 I got me servants and maidens, and had 
servants born in my house ; also 1 had great 
possessions of great and -small cattle abo\e 
all that were in Jerusalem before me : 

8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and 
the peculiar treasure of kings and of the 
provinces: 1 gat me men singers and wo- 
men singers, and the delights of the sons of 
men, as musical instruments, and that of 
all sorts. 

9 So I was great, and increased more 
than all that were before me hi Jerusalem: 
al-o my wisdom remained with me. 

10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I 
kept net from them, 1 withheld not my 
heart from anyjoj ; for my heart rejoiceth 
in all my labour : and this was my portion 
cf all my labour. 

11 Then I looked on all the works that 
m> hands had wrought, and en the labour 



The vanity of human labour. 



Chap. iii. 



A time for every thing* 535 



that 1 had bhouredto do : and, behold, all 
was , . anity and i | irit, and tture 

no profit under the tun. 

arned m> -elf to behold wi- - 

: for, What 

con them .king? 

1311 

1- . 
l 

1 n.» - 
. one event h: ppeu- 
ethto them alh 

15 Then said 1 in Vs it hap- 

pened I ti- 

i . . . Then 

1 /anity. 

e of the 

ver ; seeing 

is, in the days to come 

{ '-.v dieth the 

w 

;■ alii* vanity and vc - 
.int. 

tated all my labour which 

11.. i der the sun: because 1 

e it unto the man that *hall be 
at*.', r 

eth whether he shall 
he a r a fool I Vet shall behave 

:i 1 hsive la- 
I 

nity. 
at about to c luse my 
I 1 to^k. 

Jl I ■• ' v in 

ge, and in equity ; I bom-, it is the gift of ( iodT 



ity is increa&rd. 11 God's ivcrkft are 
excellent. 16 But us f:r man, God shaM 
judge hu work* hereafter^ i;;:c here he 
ahatt be like a beast, 

TO every thing -h-re is a seas n, and 
a time to every purpose under the 

\ time to be born, and a time I die ; 
y-V-ni. and a time to pluck up 
thai which is planted ; 

3 A time to Kill, and a time to heal ; a 
wn,andatimetobu: dup ; 
4Ati .'.d a time to laugh ; 

a time t ) mourn, and a time to dance: 

5 A time to cast awaj 1 1 at s, and .ttimc 
to gather stones together ; a time to tin- 

md a time to retrain from esnbra- 

6 A time to get, raid a time to lose : a 
time to 1 

7 Vtime to w 
time to keep silence, and a time b 

8 A time to love, . nd a time to hate ; 
a time of war, and a tin 

at h ith he that worketfc in 
that wherein he hbnureth f 

10 I h;t\e seen the travail, which God 
hath given tothe sons of men to be i Kter- 
clsed in it. 

11 % lie hath made every thing beau- 
tiful in his time: also he hat 
in their heart, so that no man can find out 
the work that God maketh from Ibe be- 
ginning to the end. 

1 2 1 know that there is no good i. : i 
but for a /nan to rejoice, and to do good in 
his life. 

J ". And also that every man should eat 
anddvi.nl , and enjoy the good of all his bv 



ed i .ere- 
portion. Tuis 

• 
I all his labour, 
and of tin herein he 

. and his 
I 

. 

i r a man 

■ in his la - 

. 

r, \Mio else can 

. 1 . 

in his ri 

!• be giveth travail, to 

■ . 

. ill. 

m 'o[lirt$svan- 



14 1 know tu-.t v.h itsoever God drcth, 
it shall be for ever : nothing can be put to 
it, nor any thing taken from it : and God 
. that mm should fear before turn. 
\.j That winch hath been is now ; and 
that which is tobe hath already been ; and 
(j d requireth diat which is past* 

lo ' And, more ver, 1 v ;'\- u Kter the 
sun the ; 

. 

there. 
17 1 1 id mmine heart, God ihall judge 
the righteous and the 

a time there far ever} purpose and fare- 
ark* 

• ing the 
<-M men, that < ><<! might 
manifest them, and thai they might tee 
thai th« -. • 

that which befidkth the 

- 
th, an dietn the 
other ; i ith ; so 

th it » man !. ith no | 



536 Of oppression, envy, f&c. ECCLE5IASTES. 

20 All go unto one place ; all are of the 
dust, and all turn to dust again. 

21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that 
goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast 
that goeth downward to the earth I 

22 Wherefore, I perceive that there is 
nothing better, than that a man should re- 
joice in his own works ; for thai is his 
portion : for, Who shall bring him to see 
what shall be after him ? 

CHAP. IV. 

1 Vanity is increased unto men bycpfires- 

. sion, 4 by envy, 5 by IdUness, 7 by cor- 

etousness, 9 by solitariness, 13 by wib 

fulness. 

SO 1 returned, and considered all the op- 
pressions that are done under the sun : 
and behold the tears of such as were op- 
pressed, and they had no comforter ; and 
en the side of their oppressors there was 
power ; but they had no comforter. 

2 Wherefore," I praised the dead which 
are already dead, more than the living 
which are yet alive. 

3 Yea, better is he than both they, which 
hath not yet been, who hath not seen the 
evil work that is done under the sun. 

4 % Again, I considered all travail, and 
every right work, that for this a man is 
envied of his neighbour. Thisw also van- 
ity and vexation of spirit. 

5 % The fool ibldeth his hands together, 
and eateth his own flesh. 

6 Better is an handful with quietness, 
than both the hands full with travail and 
vexation of spirit. 

7 H Then 1 returned, and I saw vanity 
under the sun. 

8 There is one alone, and there is not a 
second ; yea, he hath neither child nor 
brother : yet is there no end of all his la- 
bour ; neither is his eye satisfied with rich- 
es ; neither saith he, For whom do I la- 
bour, and bereave my soul of good i This 
is also vanity, yea, itz's a sore travail. 

9 % Two are better than one ; because 
they have a good reward for their labour. 

10 For if they fall, the" one will lift up 
his fellow : but wee to him that is alone 
when he falleth ; for he hath not another 
to help him up. 

11 Again, if two lie together, then they 
have heat : but how can one be warm a- 
lone ? 

12 And if one prevail against him, two 
shall withstand him ; and a threefold cord 
is not quickly broken. 

13 % Better is a poor and a wise child 
than an old and foolish king, who will no 
more be admonished: 

14 For out of prison he cometh to reign ; 
■whereas also he that is born in his king- 
dom becometh poor. 

15 i considered all the living which 



The vanity of riches. 

walk under the sun, with the second child 
that shall stand up in his stead. 

16 There is no end ct all the people, e- 
ven of all that have been before them : 
they also that come after shall not rejoice 
in him. Surely this also is vanity and vex- 
ation of soipit.i 

CHAP. V. 
1 Vanities in divine service, 8 in mur- 
muring against oppression, 9 and in 
riches. 18 Joy in riches is the gift of 
God. 

KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the 
house of God, and be more ready to 
hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : 
for they consider not that they do evil. 

2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let 
not thine heart be hasty to utter cm/thiog 
before God : for God is- in heaven, and 
thou upon earth : therefore let thy words 
be few. 

3 For a dream cometh through the 
multitude of business ; and a fool's voice 
is known by multitude of words. 

4 When thou vowesta vow unto God, 
defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleas- 
ure in fools : pay that which thou hast vow- 
ed. 

5 Better is it that thou shouldest not 
vow, than that thou shouldest vow and 
not pay. 

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh 
to sin : neither say thou before the angel, 
that it was an error: Wherefore should' 
God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the 
work of thine hands I 

7 For in the multitude of dreams and 
many words there are also divers vani- 
ties : but fear thou God. 

8 % If thou seest the oppression of the 
poor, and violent perverting of judgment 
and justice in a province, marvel not at 
the matter : for he that is higher than the 
highest regardeth ; and there be higher 
than they. 

9 % Moreover, the profit of the earth is 
for all : the king himself is served by the 
field. 

10 He that loveth silver shall not be sa- 
tisfied with silver ; nor he that loveth a- 
bundance, with increase : this is also van- 
ity. 

11 When goods increase, they are in- 
creased that eat them : and, What good 
is there to the owners thereof, saving the 
beholding of them with their eyes ? 

12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, 
whether he eat little or much ; but the 
abundance of the rich will not suffer him 
to sleep. 

13 There is a sore evil which I have 
seen under the sun, namely, riches kept 
for the owners thereof to their hurt. 

14 Eu'. those riches perish by evil tra- 



The vq s- . 

teth a sen, and 
i 

:" his mother's 
turn to go as he 
. 
hand. 

. 

17 All liis days also he i 

d wrath 

he sun, all the 

■ 

ur ; thi> 

- . 

. VI. 

w, 3 of 

. 

undei the 

- 

* • 

1 

- 

rit. 



Chap. vi. vii. Remedies against :....•; . 5 7 

10 That which hath beer 
ready, and it is known that it is ; 

r:u:yhe contend with hina th 
mightier tlran he. 

11 r Seeing there be many things that 
increase vanity, What is man 

12 For, 
\ aui 

is a shadow . 
Y\lio can I bat shall be 

him uodf 

CIi \ P. VII. 
1 Rcme: vqmty y are 

7iatiu\ - .re, 11 

. 

A GOOD name is better i 
ointment : and the day i I 
the day of one's 

is better to go to the 1. 
mourning, than to goto the ' 
ing : for that is the end oi all men ; and 
the living will lay it to his h\ 

.1 Sorrow id letter than laadr 
by the sadness of the countenance the 
made better. 

4 The heart of the wise is in the 
of mourning; but the heart of fools is in 
the house of mirth. 

5 It is better to hear the rebuke cf the 
wise, than tor a man to hear the song of 
fools. 

G For as the crackling of {horns 
a pot, so is the laughter of the fool : this 

7 *' Surely oppression rnakcth a v. i 
mad ; and a . 

8 Better w the end of a thing than the 
!>eginni*g thereof: ontfthe patient inspir- 

. spirit. 

9 Be not hasty in tnv spirit to be 
. 

bu, What is . 
- m re better than 

11 • V ith an inhcrit- 

■ sun. 

- 
i ••: but die « 

k 

them t 1 

I 

can make 

. 

- 



538 King* to he respected. 



ECCLESIASTES. The work cj 'God unsearchable. 



■wicked man that prolongeth his life in his 
■wickedness. 

16 Be not righteous overmuch ; nei- 
ther make thyself overwisc : Why should- 
est thou destroy thyself? 

17 Be not overmuch wicked, neither be 
thou foolish : Why shouldest thou die 
before thy time? 

18 7? is good that thou shouldest take 
hold of this ; yea also, from this withdraw 
not thine hand : for he that ieareth. God 
shall come forth of them all. 

19 Wisdom strengthened the wise more 
than ten mighty men which are in the city. 

20 For there is not a just man upon earth, 
that doeth good, and sinneth not. 

21 Also take no heed unto all words 
that are spoken ; lest thou hear thy ser- 
vant curse thee : 

22 For oftentimes also thine own heart 
knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast 
cursed others. 

23 % AH this have I proved by wisdom : I 
said, 1 will be wise ; but it was far from me. 

24 That which is far off, and exceed- 
ing deep. Who can find it out ? 

25 I applied mine heart to know, and to 
search, and to seek out wisdom and the 
reason of things, and to know the wicked- 
ness of tolly, even of foolishness and mad- 
ness: 

26 And I find more bitter than death 
the woman whose heart z's snares and nets, 
and her hands as bands : whoso pleaseth 
God shall escape from her ; but the sin- 
ner shall be taken by her. 

27 Beheld, this have I found, saith the 
Preacher, counting one by one, to find out 
the account : 

28 Which yet ray soul seeketh, but I 
find not : one man among a thousand have 

1 found ; but . a woman among all those 
have I not found. 

29 Lo,this only have I found, that God 
hath made man upright ; but they have 
sought out mam 7 inventions. 

CHAP. vnr. 

2 Kings are greatly to be respected. 6 
The divine fir evidence is to be observed. 
12 It is better with the gcdiy in adver- 
sity, than with the wkked in prosperity . 
16 The work of God is unsearchable. 

WHO is as the wise man ? and, Who 
knoweth the interpretation of a 
tiring? A man's wisdom maketh his face 
to shine, and the boldness of his iace shall 
be changed. 

2 I counsel thee to keep the king's com- 
mandment, and that in regard of the oath 
of God. 

S Be not hasty to go out of his sight : 
stand not in an evil thing ; for he doeth 
•whatsoever pleaseth hinu 

4 Where the word of a king is, there is 



power: and, Who may say unto him, 
What doest thou ? 

5 Whoso keepeth the commandment 
shall feel no evil thing : and a wise man's 
heart discerneth both time and judgment. 

6 *f Because to every purpose there is 
time and judgment, therefore the misery 
of man is great upon him. 

7 For he knoweth not that which shall 
be : for, Wild can tell him when it sh. 11 be ? 

8 There is no man that hath power over 
the spirit to retain the spirit ; neither hath 
he power in the day of death : and there is 
no discharge in that war ; neither shall 
wickedness deliver those that are giver, to it« 

9 All this have 1 seen, and applied my 
heart unto every work that is done under 
the sun : there is a time wherein one man 
ruleth over another to his own hurt. 

10 And so I saw the wicked buried, 
who had come and gone from the place of 
the holy, and they were forgotten in the 
city where they had so done : this is also 
vanity. 

11" Because sentence against an evil 
work is not executed speedily, therefore 
the heart of the sons of men is fully set in 
them to do evil. 

12 % Though a sinner do evil an hundred 
times, and his dam be prolonged, yet sure- 
ly 1 know that it shall oe well with them 
that fear God, which fear before him : 

13 But it shall not be well with the wick- 
ed, neither shall he prolong his days, which 
are as a shadow ; because he feareth not 
before God. 

14 There is a vanity which is done upon 
the earth ; that there be just men, unto 
whom it happeneih according to the work 
of the wicked ; again, there be wicked 
men, to whom it happeneth according to 
the work of the righteous : 1 said that 
this also is vanity. 

15 Then I commended mirth, because 
a man hath no better thing under the sun, 
than to eat anato drink, and to be merry s 
for that shall abide with him of his labour 
the days of his life, which God giveth him 
under the sun. 

16 "J When I applied mine heart t« 
know wisdom, and to see the business that 
is done upon the earth (for also there is 
thai neither day nor night seeth sleep with 
his eves) : 

17 Then I beheld all the work of God, 
that a man cannot find out the work that 
is done under the sun : because though a 
man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not 
find it ; yea farther ; though a wise man 
think to know it, yet shall he not be able 
to find it. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 Like things happen to good and bad. 4 

There is a necessity oj death unto men* 



God'* providence rideth over all. 

7 Comfort, u all their portion in thu life. 

11 (i .' oil* l j 

• 

IT* Oil all t. b nay heart 

. c\t ie right- 

• 1 tiic.r w< rks an v.\ 
h either 
| e them. 

2 All there is 

«ie evej •' ous,nndtothe wick- 

r i, and to 

I 

I : .at sacrifice- -legood, 

j> er; arid he that sweareth, as 

I 

evil among all things that 
z under the sun, th.it fAtre « one 

? . rise the lieart of the 

? . e\i!, and madness i« 

j e,and after that 

i tithe dead. 

: 1 1 him that is joined to all the !iv- 
,ingdog isbet- 
t . '. lion. 

i the living know that they shall 
r. 4 the dead know not any t; ling, nei- 

t re they any morearewurd; for 

the mem r> of them is forgotten. 

their love, and their hatred, and 
I risbed ; neither nave 

ti n for ever in any 
thing that is d' ne under the sun. 

7 A G eat thy bread with joy, 
and drink th) wine withamerr) heart; 
ior ( I : k's. 

8 Let thy garmenl s white; 
and let thy head lack no ointment. 

m thou 
I 

! thee undc . 
all the days ol thy vj it i* thy 

; :u r/;;.v lite,:.; Iir whicK 

. sun. 

10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do 
do it with thy might : for ' 

nor device, i, 

11 • i 

that the 

) 

the wi- . 

. 
Lime : as 
Iteninanevili 
the bird 
I 
* I ;xin them. 

1 « j 
dei- the ! 

trwtm a liv 
within it; and there came a great king a- 
'■ainstit, and lie&iegcd it, and ol . 
U arks against it ; 



Chap. X. Observations on trisdarn, (ft. 5-3$ 



15 Now there was lound in it a poor 
wiseman, and be by bis wisdom deliver* 
ed the ritj ; yet no man rtmembeieddiat 

II :11. 

ensaid I, Wisdom is better than 

strength : nevertheless, the poor man's win 

.• id his words are not heard. 

17 The words ofwsx nieu are r 

. the cry oi him diat luleta 

18 Wisdom it better than weapons of 
war : but one sinner de str ore th muefrgood. 

C H A P. 

dom andfsllu. 1 6 
. lb dothfulncss, 19 and money. 
. nf* IhtjUg/ii* cf kings otigh: to oc 
rent* 

DEAD flies cause the ointment of die 
eiary to Bend forth a stinking 
savour : so doth a little telly him that is iu 
reputation tor wisdom and honor. 

2 A wise man's heart la at his right 
hand ; but a fool's heart II at his left. 

3 \ ea also, when be that is a foci walk- 
eth by the way, his wisdom tai.cth /nm,and 

. to even one that lie is a tool. 

4 If the spirit ofthe i uler rise up against 

Lve not thy place; lor yielding 
pacinethgreat offences. 

5 There is an evil %ehic h I have seen 
under the sun, ..s an error which pioceed- 
eth fri in the ruler. 

6 Folly is act in great dignity, and the 
rich sit in low place. 
7 1 ha\ e seen servants upon horses, and 
walking as sen ants upon the earth. 

8 lie that diggeth B pit shall fall into it ; 
and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent 
thai] bite him. 

9 Whoso remeveth stones shall be hurt 
therewith ; and he mat ck av et h wood 

laogered thei i 

10 if the iron l>e blunt, and he do not 
whet the edge, then most he put I 

wisdom i» profit . 
Usui 

'• 
l.. The words ofthe 

■ : bOt The : Will 

il uing of die 

■- 

talk m mischievous 

14 A : | 

What shall 
him, \\ iio c 
13 The latx ur ol I 

. 

! 

en thy 

I 

. .: tot- 
al nkonotss ! 



540 Directions for charity. SOLOMON'S SONG. The Creator to be remembered. 



18 % By much siothfulness the building de- 
cayeth ; and through idleness of the hands 
the house droppeth through. 

.19 1 A feast is made for laughter, and 
wine maketh merry : but money answer- 
cth ail things. 

20 % Curse not the king, no not in thy 
thought ; and curse not the rich in thy 
bedchamber : for a bird of the air shall 
carry the voice, and that which hath wings- 
shall" tell the matter. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 Directions/or charity. 7 Death in life, 

9 and the day of judgment in the days 

of youth are to be thought on. 

CAST thy bread upon the waters : for 
thou shalt find it alter many days. 

2 Give a portion to seven, and also to 
eight : for thou knowest not what evil shall 
be upon the earth. 

3 if the clouds be full of rain, they emp- 
ty themselves upon the earth : and if the 
tree fail toward the south, or toward the 
north, in the place where the tree falleth, 
there it'shall be. 

4 He that observeth the wind shall not 
sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds 
shall not reap.- 

5 As thou knowest not what 'is the way 
of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow 
in the womb of her that is with child : e- 
ven so thou knowest not the works of 
God who maketh alh 

6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the 
evening withhold not thine hand : for thou 
knowest not whether shall prosper, either 
this or that, or whether they both shall be 
alike good. 

7 1| Truly the light is sweet,and a pleasant 
thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : 

8 But if a man live many years, and 
rejoice in them all : yet let' him remem- 
ber the days of darkness ; for they shall be 
many. Ail that corneth is vanity. 

9 *H Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; 
and let thy heart cheer thee inthedavsof 
thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine 
heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but 
know thou that for all these things God 
will bring thee into judgment. 

10 Therefore, remove sorrow from thy 
heart, and put away evil from thy iiesh : 
for childhood and youth are vanity. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 The Creator 7 s to be remembered in due 
lime. 8 The preachers care to edify. 13 



The fear of God is the duty of man. 

REMEMBER now thy Creator in the 
days of thy youth, while the evil days 
come not, nor the years draw nigh, when 
thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them ; 

2 While the sun, or the light, or the 
moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor 
the clouds return after the rain : 

3 In the days when the keepers of the 
house shall tremble, and the strong men 
shall bow themselves, and the grinders 
cease because they are few, and those that 
look out of the windows be darkened, 

4 And the doors shall be shut in the 
streets, when the sound of the grinding is 
low, and he shall rise up at the voice of 
the bird, and all the daughters of musick 
shall be brought low ; 

5 Also when they shall be -afraid of that 
which is high, and fears shall be in the 
way, and the almond tree shall flourish, 
and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and 
desire shall fail : because man goeth to his 
long home, and the mourners go about the 
streets : 

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or 
the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher 
be broken at the fountain, or the wheel 
broken at the cistern. 

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth 
as it was : and the spirit shall return unto 
God who gave it. 

8 % Vanity of vanities, saith the preach- ' 
er ; all is vanity. 

9 And moreover, because the preacher 
was wise he still taught the people knowl- 
edge ; yea, he gave good heed, and sought 
cut, and set in order many proverbs. 

10 The preacher sought to find out ac- 
ceptable words : and that which was writ- 
ten was upright, even words of trutn. 

11 The words of the wise are as goads, 
and as nails fastened by the masters of as- 
semblies, which are given from one shep- 
herd. 

12 And further, by these, my son, be 
admonished : oi making many books there 
is no end ; and much study is a weariness 
of the flesh. 

13 "if Let us hear the conclusion of the 
whote matter : Fear God, and keep his 
commandments : for this is the whole du- 
ty of man. 

14 For God shall bring every work into 
judgment, with every secret thing, wheth- 
er itbe good, or whether?/;. Weevil. 



The Song of Solomon. 



chap. I. 

1 The church's love unto Christ. 5 S/iecon- 
fr-sseth her deformity \7 ' and jit ay <cth tj it 
ii:recied tv his flock, &Q* 



Hp HE song of songs, which is Solomon's. 

JL 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of 

his mouth : for thy love is better than wine. 

3 Hecjuse oi the savour of thy good oint- 



The church's confession. Chap. 

merits, thy nam# -is as ointment pot 
forth, therefore do the > i thee. | 

4 Draw me, we v.i;i 
the ttog hath brought me dnto his cb 
bera : we will be glad and rejoice in i 
wt will re 
wine : love thee. 

I ye daugh- | 
ter$ <jf Jerusalem, as the tents of K- 
as the 

1 am black, 

• the sun hath V oked up« n me : my 

mother's children were angry who me; 

they made me the keeper oi the vineyards; 

but mine own vineyard have 1 n 

7 * Tell me, Othou whom my soul lov- 
eth, where thai feedest, where thou ma- 
kest thyjtock to rest at noon: for, Wh) 
should I be as one thatturneth aside by the 
docks of thy companions ? 

8 If thou know not, (J thou fairest a- 
mong women, go thy way tbrth by the 

he Hock, and teed thy kids 

■ te shepherds' tents. 

91 have compared thee, O my love, to 

a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 

nely with rows 

arith chains of gold, 

11 VVe will make thee borders oi gold 

v at his table, 
rth the wneil 

prh is my well belov- 
ed unto II lie all night 
m\ bn 
1 1 M\ bekr i cluster of 

I 
1$ ft ■ : fair im love ; be- 

Iviki ttn 

our bed is green. 
17 Tu ur house are cedar, | 

ami i iir. 

, A P. II. 
utuallove ofC 'hri it and his church. 
h ■/.-, lOandt tiling oj r. 

14 ('/:: ' ,/lr c/itin h. 16 "J'/tf 

IAM\ . and the 19) of 

the i 

ros, so is in) 
I 

ile tree amor 

i '1 among the 

. un und< r ! 

, and his fruit was s 

brought me to the banquetting 

Lis banner • 
5 Stay me with I' fort me 

: for 1 am si< k of I 
lis left hand is under my head, and i 
his right hand doth embrace me* 



ii, iii. Ghmft care of the chur 

7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jeru- 
salem, by the" roes, and by the hinds < t the 

ar net op," nor awa 
love, till he please. 
8 1 The voice of my beloved ! Behold, 
\h leaping u\mi the in< 
skipping upon me hills. 

y My beloved is like a roe, or a young 
hart : behold, he standeth behind our wall, 
i forth at the windows, shewing 
himself through the lattice. 

10 1 My beloved spake, and said unto 
me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and 
come away. 

11 For Id, the winter is past, the rain is 
over and gone ; 

\2 The fiowersappear on the earth ; the 
time of the singing of birds'^ come,an4.the 
voice of the turtle is heard in < ur land ; 

13 The fig tree putteth forth her green 
figs, and the vines with the tender grape 
ghea^-ootf smell. Arise, my love, my 
lair one, and come away. 

11 * O my dove that' art in the clefts of 
the rock, in the secret fdaces of the stairs, 
let me see thy countenance, let me hear 
thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy 
countenance is comely. 

U Take us the foxes, the little foxes, 
that spoil the vines : for our vines have 
tender grapes. 

16 % My beloved?* mine, and lam his : 
he feedeth among the lilies. 

17 i ntil the day break, and the shad- 
ows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be 
thou iike a reeor a young hart upon the 
mountains of Bother. 

CHAP. 111. 
1 The char h*8 fight and victory in ! 'inf- 
lation. 6 The church gioncthzn Christ, 
BY night onm\ bed I sought him whom 
mi sou! loveth : 1 M ugnt him, but I 
found tiln 

! rise now, and go about the city 
. and i i the Broad - I 

will reck h'-in whom inv 

tnd nimn t. 
; watchmen di ; the city 

found me, rota/ ye him 

wliom mj sou] loveth ? 

i Jr was bnl a little that I passed from 
mj soul lov- 
i th: I held him, and - 

r < i her khtt 

."> 1 ( Ih 

s oi die 

. 

. | rfumed 
with myrrh and fi nkii i 
merchant ! 



542 Ckrisf slave to the church, SOLOMON'S SONG. 



A description of Christ: 



7 Behoid, his bed, which is Solomon's : 
threescore valiant men are about it, ot 
the valiant of Israel. 

8 They all hold swords, being expert in 
war ; every man haih his sword upon his 
thigh because of fear in the night, 

9 King Solomon made himself a chariot 
of the wood of Lebanon. 

10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, 
the bottom thereof of gold, the covering 
ofito/purple, the midst thereof being pa- 
ved with love for the daughters of Jeru- 
salem. 

11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and 
behold king Solomon with the crown 
wherewith his mother crowned him in 
the day of his espousals, ana in the day of 
the gladness ot his heart. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Christ setteth forth the graces of the 
church. 8 He shelve th his love to her, 
16 The church prayeth to be made fit 
for his presence, 

BEHOLD thou art fair, my love ; be- 
holdthouartfair : thou hast dove's eyes 
within thy locks : thy hair is as a flock of 
goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 

2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that 
are even shorn, which came up from the 
washing ; whereof every one bear twins, 
and none is barren among them. 

3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, 
and thy speech is comley : thy temples are 
like a piece of a pomegranate within thy 
locks. 

4 Thy neck is like the tower of David 
builded for an armory, whereon there hang 
a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty 
men. 

5 Thy two breasts are like two young 
roes that are twins, which feed among 
the lilies, 

6 Until the day break, and the shadows 
flee away, I will get me to the mountain 
of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. 

7 Thou art all fair, my love ; there is 
no spot in thee. 

8 *l Come with me from Lebanon, my 
spouse, with me from Lebanon : look 
from the top of Amana, from the top of 
Shenir and Hermon, from the lion's dens, 
from the mountains of the leopards. 

9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my 
sister, my spouse ; thou hast " ravished my 
heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain 
of thy neck. 

10 How fair is thy love, my sister my 
spouse 1 How much better is thy love than 
wine '. and the smell of thine ointments than 
all spices I 

" 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the 
honeycomb: honey and milk are under 
thy tongue ; and the smell of thy garments 
tt like the smell of Lebanon* 



12 A garden inciosedf'#my sister, my 
spouse ; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pome- 
granates, with pleasant fruits ; camphire 
with sprkenard. 

14 Spikenard and saffron ; calamus and 
cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense ; 
myrrh and aloes, with all die chief spices : 

15 A fountain of gardens, a well of liv- 
ing waters, and streams from Lebanon. 

16 *[ Awake, O north wind ; and come, 
thou south : blow upon my garden, that 
the spices thereof may flow cut. Let my 
beloved come into his garden, and eat his 
pleasant fruits. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Christ awaketh the church tvith his call- 
ing, 2 The church liaviv.g a taste of 
Chrisfs love* is sick of love, 9 A de- 
scription of Christ by his graces, 
I AM come unto my garden, my sister, 
my spouse : 1 have gathered my myrrh 
with my spice : I have eaten j ny honeycomb 
with my honey ; 1 have drunk my wine 
with my milk : Eat, O friends : drink, yea, 
drink abundantly, O beloved. 

2 % I sleep, but my heart waketh : it is 
the voice of my beloved that knocketh, 
saying, Open to me my sister, my love 
my dove, my undefiled : for my head is fill- 
ed with dew, and my locks with the drops 
of the night. 

3 I have put off my coat ; How shall I 
put it on ? I have washed my feet ; How 
shall I defile them ? 

4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole 
of the door , and my bowels were moved 
for him: 

5 1 rose up to open to my beloved, and 
my hands dropped with myrrh, and my 
fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon 
the handles of the lock. 

6 I opened to my beloved \ but my belov- 
ed had withdrawn himself, and was gone : 
my soul failed when he spake : I sought 
him but I could not find him ; I called him, 
but he gave me no answer. 

7 The watchmen that went about the 
city found me, they smote me, they woun- 
ded me ; the keepers of the walls took 
away my veil from me. 

8 "I charge you, O daughters of Jerusa- 
lem, if ye find my beloved, diat ye tell him 
that I can sick of love. 

9f .What is thy beloved more than a- 
noiher beloved, O thou fairest among wo- 
men ? What is thy beloved more than a- 
nother beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 

10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the 
chiefest among ten thousand. 

11 His head is as the most finef gold, his 
locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 

12 His eyesar^ as the eyes of doves by 
the rivers of waters,, washed with mHfc 
»id fitly set. 



Trie church' s graces. Chap. 

a. arc- as a bed ofrpices, as 
iropping 

' ings set with 
the bay] ibis bellg 

15 Hk /alars of marble, set 

utterance 

a, lie is 
beloved, 
rs of Je- 
_.u. ' CHAP. VI. 

- :hher faith ... 
~4 Chri 

itr, 

Wtgone,Othou 
theris 
thy beloved turned aside : That • 
: ) * ith thee. 

cloved (3 
mire : 

.. (J my love, as 

1 

- from me, for 

f I rUead, 

p which 

v^rannte arc thy tem- 
adfour- 

UtllLUll. 

< 

i A> it were 

VII. 



vi, vil, viii. Her lore to Christ. 543 

thighs are like jewels,:he v*ork of the hands 
of a cunning •■ 
~ Toj nave! . 

. act liquor : thy be. 
ot" wheat set at) out with a 

3 Thy two breasts are 1A. 
roes that are t 

4 Toy neck 11 as a tower of iver 

in H ■ 

- 
which iooiirai toward Du- 

5 Thine head upon thee ?'* like Carme*, 
and the hair of thine b ..pie; the 

, k : ng u held in tlie 

H« isaot art thcu, 

love for deli 

ftatnreisUke I 
and thy breasts to ... . 

b I saic, i will g 1 up tot! 

1 will take hold 

tsts s 
vine, and the smeil « ftbj noselikt 

9 And the roof of d the I* st 

r my beloved, tha 
; causing the hps ol th >e that are 

1 1 1 am my beloved's and! u.-, 

I me. 
11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into 
the held ; let u> lodge in the vilk 
1 . Let us get up earl) I 

. 

■ 
1 3 1 be mandraki - 
tes ore all mani 

►for thee, 

roy Ll 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 / 

big of the 

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. u!<! embrau 

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544 Isaiah's complaint of Judah. . ISAIAH. 

the coals thereof are coals of fire, which 
hath a most vehement flame. 

7 Many waters cannot quench love, nei- 
ther can the floods drown it : if a man would 
give all the substance of his house for love, 
it would utterly be contemned. 

8^ We have a little sister, and she hath 
no breasts: What shall we do for our sis- 
ter in the day when she shall be spoken for ? 

9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her 
a palace of silver: and if she be a door, 
we will inclose her with boards of cedar. 

'10 1 a.m a wall, and my breasts like tow- 
ers : then was I in his eyes as one that found 
favour. 



l¥e exhorteth to repentance. 

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalha- 
mon ; he let out the vineyard unto keep- 
ers, every one for the fruit thereof was to 
bring a thousand faeces of silver. 

12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before 
me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thou- 
sand, and those that keep the iruit thereof 
two hundred. 

13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the 
companions hearken to thy voice : caus$ 
me to hear it. 

14 % Make haste, my beloved, and be 
thou like a roe, or to a young hart upon 
the mountains of spices. 



The Book of the Prophet Isaiah. 



CHAP. I. 

I Isaia h '.? complaint of Judah . 1 He ufi- 
braideth their set-vice. 16 He exhort- 
eth to repentance ', with promises and 
threatenings. 

THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, 
which he saw concerning Judah and 
Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, 
Ahuz, and Hezekiaty kings of Judah. 

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, earth : 
for the Lord hath spoken, i have nourished 
and brought up children, and they have 
rebelled against me. 

3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the 
ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not 
know, my people doth not consider. 

4 Ah sinful nation, a peopie laden with 
iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children that 
are corruptors : they have forsaken the 
Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of 
Israel unto anger, they are gone away 
backward ! 

5 vVhy should ye be stricken any more ? 
Ye will revolt more and more : the whole 
head is sick, ano the whole ht art faint. 

6 From the sole oi the foot even unto the 
head there is no soundness in it ; but wounds, 
and bruises, and putrifying sores: they 
have not been closed, neither bound up: 
neither mollified with ointment. 

7 Your country is desolate, your cities 
are burned with fire : your land, strangers 
devour it in your presence, and it is deso- 
late as overthrown by strangers. 

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a 
cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a gar- 
den or cucumbers, as a besieged city. 

9 Except the Lord of hosts had left un- 
to us a very small remnant, we should have 
been as Sodom, and we should have been 
like unto Gomorrah. 

10 f Hear the word of the Lord, ye ru- 
lers of Sodom ; give ear unto the law of our 
God, ye people of Gomprrah. 



11 To what purpose is the multitude of 
your sacrifices unto me I saith the Lord : 
I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, 
and the fat of fed beasts ; and i delight not 
in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or ol 
he goats. 

12 When ye come to appear before me, 
Who hath required this at your hand, to 
tread my courts i 

13 Bring no more vain oblations; in- 
cense is an abomination unto me ; the new 
moons and sabbaths, the calling of assem- 
blies, I cannot away with ; it is iniquity, e- 
ven the solemn meeting. 

14 Your new moons, and your appoint- 
ed feasts, my soul hateth : they area tvou. 
ble unto me ; I am weary to bear them. 

15 And when ye spread forth your hands, 
I will hide mine eyes from you : yea, when 
ye make many prayers I will not hear : 
your hands are full of blood. 

16 % Wash ye, make you clean ; put a- i 
way the evil of your doings from before 
mine eyes ; cease to do evil ; 

17 Learn to do well ; seek judgment, re- 
lieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, 
plead for the widow. 

18 Come now, and let us reason togeth- 
er, saith the Lord : though your sins be as 
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow ; 
though they be red like crimson, they shall 
be as wool. 

19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall 
eat the good of the land : 

20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be 
devoured with the sword : for the mouth 
of the Lord hath spoken it, 

21 How is the faithful city become an 
harlot! It was full of judgment ; righteous- 
ness lodged in it ; but now murderers. 

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine 
mixed with water: 

23 Xhy princes are rebellious, and com- 



;.hecy of Christ'* kingdom. Chap. 



to fear. 5-iS 



panions of thieves : every one l<n 

I 

the Lord 

i 

wd upcn thee, 

. 

js as at 

- 

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. withjudgment, 

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: sumed. 
iraedoftbeoaks 

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i 

. eastftw, and the 

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I 

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2 And 

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ind say, 

* up to the n 

. 1 ol Ju- 
lie word of the 

.-diet us 

6 ^ ! ken thy 

1 

f NOutil- 

.< Tand 






ther is :.'. 

worship the work of their own han . 
■ :e : 
9 Am. . .-.: i, and 

. rock, and hide tiiee 
i in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and lor 

11 The lorn U oksof man shall I 

bleu, ana th 

. the 1-urd alone shall ba 

K2 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall 
| be n: luity, 

• and upon ei w kited up; ana 

be brought low : 

1J Ai. I cedars of L 

tha' art; high and lifted up, and upon ail 

14 And up '!i all rhe high mountains, and 

all the hills// up, 

14 And lower, andup- 

sd wall, 

16 And upon all the ships of Taj 

17 And the loftiness of man shall be 
bowed down, and the haughtiness 

low : and the Lord aione 

I the idols he bh uiutteih . 
l f J And they shall go into the holes oi the 
rocksy and iutt) theeartA, for 

fear of the Lord, and fort'.. 

sthto shake terribly 

.•h. 

that day b man shall cast his idols 

of silver, and hi Id, which hey 

it h one for himself to worship, to 

21 To go in' 
into die top.sol the ragged i 
(it the L rrd, an 

an he ariaeth te shake terribly 

n ih. 

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itedoH 

: \". in. 

'i hy /tin. 

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thejudgi . 

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546 l"he impudence of the frofile. IS. 

hie man, and the counsellor, and the cun- 
ning artificer, and the eloquent orator. 

4 And I will give children to be their 
princes, and babes shall rule over them. 

5 And the people shall be oppressed, e- 
ve.'-y cue by another, arid every one by his 
neighbour : the child shall behave himself 
proudly against the ancient, and the base 
against the honorable, 

6 When a man shall take hold of his 
brother of the house of his father, saying, 
T bou hast clothing, be thou cur ruler, and 
iet this ruin be under thy hand : 

7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I 
■will not be an healer ; for in my house is 
neither bread nor clothing : make me not 
a ruler of the people. 

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is 
fallen ; because their tongue and their do- 
ings are against the Lord, to provoke the 
eves of his glorv. 

\.®% The shew of their countenance doth 
witness against them ; and they declare 
their i in as Sodom, they hide it not. Wee 
ur.ro their soul \ for they have rewarded 
evil unto themselves. 

10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be 
well with him : for they shall eat the fruit 
of t)?eir doings. 

11 Woe unto the wicked J it shall be ill 
with him : for the reward cf his hands 
shall be given hirn. 

12 1 jds for my people, children are 
their oppressors, and women rule over 
them. O my people, they which lead thee 
cause thee to err, and destroy the way of 
thy paths. 

13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and 
Stancleth to judge the people. 

14 The Lord will enter into judgment 
with the ancients of his people, and the 
princes thereof: lor ye have eaten up 
the vineyard ; the spoil of the poor z'sin 
your houses. 

15 What mean ye that ye beat my peo- 
ple to pieces, and grind the faces oi the 
poor ? saith the Lord God of hosts. 

16 f Moreover, the Lord saith, Because 
the daughters of Zion are haughty, and 
Walk with stretched lorth necks and wan- 
ton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, 
and making a tinkling with their feet": 

17 Therefore the Lord will smite with 
1 scab the crown of the head of the daugh- 
ters oi Zion, and the Lord will discover 
their secret parts. 

IS In that day the Lord will take away 
the bravery of their tinkling ornaments 
about their f^U and ihdr cauls, and their 
round tires nke the moon, 

19 The chains, and the bracelets, and 
the mufflers, 

20 The bonnets, and 4Jie ornaments of 
the legs, and the head bands, and the tab- 
lets, and the earrings, 



AJAH. Christ's kingdom a sanctuary, 

21 The rings, and nose jewels, 

22 The changeable suits of apparel, and 
the mantles, and the wimples, and the cris- 
ping pins, 

23 1 he glasses, and the fine linen, and 
the hoods, and the veils. 

24 And it shall come to pass, that instead 
cf sweet smeil there shall be stinfc& and 
instead of a girdle a rent ; and .instead of 
well set hair baldness ; and instead oi a 
stomacher a girding of sackcloth ; and 
burning instead of beauty. 

25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, 
and thy mighty in the war. 

26 And her gates shall lament and 
mourn ; and she being desolate shall sit 
upon the ground. 

CHAP. IV. 
In the extremity of evils, Christ's king- 
dom shall be a sanctuary. 
AND in that day seven women shall 
take hold of one man, saying, We 
willeatourown bread, and wear our own 
apparel : only let us be called by thy name, 
to take away' our reproach. 

2 In that day shall the branch cf the 
Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the 
fruit of the earth shall be excellent and 
comely for them that are escaped of Israel. 

3 And it shall come to pass, that he that 
is left in Zion, and he that remainelh in 
Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even eve- 
ry one that is written among the living in 
Jerusalem : 

4 When the Lord shall have washed a- 
way the filth of the daughters of Zion, and 
shall have purged the biood of Jerusalem 
from the midst thereof, _ by the spirit of 
judgment, and by the spirit of burning. 

5 And the Lord will create upon every 
dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon 
her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, 
and the shining of a flaming fire by night": 
for upon all die glory shall be a defence. 

6 Andthere shall be a tabernacle for a 
shadow in the day time from the heat, 
and for a place of refuge, and for a covert 
from storm and from rain, 

CHAP. V, 
1 Under the ty/ie of a vineyard OodjustU 
felh his severe judgment. 8 Hisjudg- 
'men ts upon covetousness, 11 ufion las- 
civioumess, 13 upon impiety, 20 and up- 
on in justice. 26 The executioners of God's 
judgments. 

NOW will I sing to my well beloved a 
song of my beloved touching his vine- 
yard. My well beloved hath a vineyard in 
a very fruitful hill : 

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the 
stones thereof , and planted it with the choic- 
est vine, and built a tower in the midst of 
it. and also made a wjne press therein: and 
he looked that it should bring forth grapes, 
and it brought forth wild grapes. 



GocT s judgment on covetouaness. Chap, vi, 

3 And now,0 inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
and men of Jndah, judge, 1 pray >ou, be- 
twixt me and my vim 

4 What c itkl have been done more to 
my vine ne in it? 

. that it should 
brought it forth wild 
grapes i 

.now goto; I will teil you what 1 
ke away 
the hedge mere if, and it shall be eaten 
up ; and break: down die v. ail there- 
of, and it shall be trodden down : 

6 And I will lay it waste : it shall not be 
pmned, nor digged ; but there shall come 

rs and thorns : I will also command 
the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 

7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts 
is the house of Israel, and the men ot Ju- 
dith bis pleasant plant : and he looked for 

i , but behold oppression: for right- 
eousness, but behold a ay. 

8«; Woe unto them 'that join house to 
heme, that lay field to field, till ihvrt be 
i lav be placed alone in 
the midst oi the earth 1 

9 Inn .' the Lord of hosts, 

Of a truth in, my houses shall be I 

. at inhabitant. 

LO Ye i, ten acres of vineyard shall 
lie seed oi an homer 
:ld an ephah. 
11 1 Woe unto them that rise up early 

i.tiuuc until night, rt# wine 

A the harp, and the vial, the tab- 
ret and pipe, and wil ir feasts: 
but they regard not the work of i 

■not his hands. 
' I 

o knowl- 

ind their multitud< 

ir gk»n , and tin it i, 
ir pomp, and he that i ■ 

I 

sn 

With 
P ■ 
l9Tha 



qJ : 'OlA td. 



Iaaiah's viai'on, 547 



hasten his work, mat we may seel 

sel oi the Holy One of Israel 

di aw nigh and oomc,tftat we may k] 

20 * woe unto them that call evil good 
d evilj that put darkness *br hghtj 

fbrdarkness; that put bitter tor 
sweet, and sweet far bi 

21 Woe unto them thai are wise in their 
own ej e-, and prudent in their ow n 

22 woe unto them that are mighty to 
drink wine, and men of strengdi to mingle 
strong drink ; 

33 Which justif, the wicked tor re- 
ward, and take away the righteousness of 
the righteous from him ! 

24 [Therefore, as the tire devoureth the 
stubble, and the flame consumeth the chafl£ 
so their root shall be as rottenu 
their blossom shall go up as dust : I 
they have cast away the law of the Lord 
ot hosts, and despised the word cfthe Holy 
One of Israel. 

25 Theref re, is the anger of the Lord 
kindled against his people, and he hath 
stretched forth his hand against them, and 
hath smitten them : and the hills did trem- 
ble, and their Carcasses were torn in the 
midst of the streets. For all thishis 
is not turned away, but his hand/4 stretch- 
ed out stiil. 

26" *[ And he will lift up an ensign to the 
nations from far, and will hiss unto them 
from the end of the earth: and, behold, 
they shall come vita speed swiftly : 

27 None shall be weary nor stumble a- 
mong them ; iwr* shall slumber nor sleep : 
neither shall the girdle of their loins be 
(oosedj nor the latches of their shoes be 

broken : 
38 Whose arrows are dtarpi and all 
tit, their horses' hoofs shall 
ted like flint, and their wheels like? 
a whirlwind : 

ir roai Ing shall be like a lion* 
, i . 

| ot the prey | 
> safe, and none shall 

30 Vnd in that day the\ sh til roar a> 

■ 

• . . ■ 

ed in t | 

QHAP. VL 

i 
u 

II 

. 
I 

- 



548 Ahaz is comforted* 

3 And one cried unto another, and said, 
Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : the 
whole earth is full of his glory. 

4 And the posts cf the door moved at the 
voice of hjm that cried, and the house was 
filled with smoke. 

5 Then said 1. Woe is me ! for I am un- 
done ; because I am a man of unclean lips, 
and I dwell in the midst oi a people of un- 
clean lips : for mine eyes have seen the 
King, the Lord of hosts. 

6 Then liew one of the seraphims unto 
me, having a live coal in his hand, which 
he had taken with the tongs from off the 
altar : 

7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and 
said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and 
thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin 
purged. 

8 Also I heard the voice ct the Lord, 
saying, whom shall 1 send ? and, Who will 
go for us ? Then said I, Here am I ; send 
me. i. 

9*1 And he said, Go, and tell this people, 
Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; and 
see ye' indeed, but perceive not. 

10 Make the heart of this people fat, and 
make their ears heavy , and shut their eyes ; 
lest they see with their eyes, and hear with 
their ears, and understand with their heart, 
and convert, and be healed. 

11 Then said I, Lord, How long? And 
he answered.Until the cities be wasted with- 
out inhabitant, and the houses without 
man, and the land be utterly desolate, 

12 And the Lord have removed men far 
away, and there he a. great forsaking in the 
midst of the land. 

13 H But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it 
shall return, and shall be eaten : as a tell 
tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in 
them, when they cast their leaves : so the 
holy seed shall be the substance thereof; 

CHAP. \TI. 
1 Ahaz is comforted by Isaiah. 1 4 Christ 
promised. 17 Aliaz's judgment is pro- 
phesied to come by Assyria. 

AND it came to pass in the days of A- 
has the sen oi Jotham, the son of Uz- 
ziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of 
Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliab, king 
of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war 
against it, but could not prevail against it. 

2 And it was told the house of David, 
saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. 
And his heart was moved, and the heart of 
his people, as the trees of the wood are mov- 
ed with the wind. 

3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go 
forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear- 
jsshub thy son, at the end of the conduit of 
the upper pool in the high wav of the fuller's 
field ; 

4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be 



ISAIAH. Christ promised. 

| quiet • fear not. neither be faint hearted ibr 
; the two tails of these smoking firebrands, 
I for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, 
J and of the son of Remaliab. 
j 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son 
I of Remaiiah,have taken evil counsel against 
i thee, saying, 

6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, 
and let us make a breach therein for us, 
and set a king in the midst of it, even the 
son of Tabeai : 

7 Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not 
stand, neither shall it come to pass. 

8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and 
the head of Damascus is Rezin : and with- 
in threescore and five years shall Ephraim 
be broken, that it be not a people. 

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, 
and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. 
If ye will not believe, surely ye shali not be 
established. 

10 Moreover, the Lord spake again un- 
to Ahaz, saving, 

11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God ; 
ask it either in the depth, or in the height 
above. 

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither 
will 1 tempt the Lord. 

13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house 
of David, Is it a small thing for you to 
weary men, but will ye weary my God al- 
so? 

14 •[ Therefore, the Lord himself shall 
give you a sign ; Behold a virgin shall con- 
ceive, and bear a son, and shali call his name 
Immanuel. 

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he 
may know to refuse the evil, and choose the 
good. 

16 For betore the child shall know to re- 
fuse the evil, and choose the good, the land 
that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both 
her kings. 

17 % The Lord shall brirg upon thee, 
and upon thy people, and upon thy father's 
house, days that have not come, from the 
day that Ephraim departed from Judah j 
even the king of Assyria. 

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is 
in the uttermost part of the rivers of fegypt, 
and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria; 

19 And they shall come, and shall rest all 
of them in the desolate valleys, and in the 
holes of the rocks, and upon ail thorns, and 
upon nil bushes. 

20 In the same day shall the Lord shave 
with a razor that is hired, namely* by them 
beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, 
the head, and the hair of the feet : and it 
shall also consume the beard. 

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that a man shall uouriah a j-oung cow, and 
two sheep ; 



radandJwhih'.hr, 



- 

23 A: 
tlial e\ i 

i 
•ad shall 
horns. 

i ; digged 
v "tilth- 

rns: butitsjiall 

- 

A P. VIII. 

t Israel, 5 
; irre- 

■ 

Mito me, 
Take l roH, and write 

rniog Maher- 

2 And I t'><k unto me faithful v 

: ih the priest, and Zechari- 

I Dt unto the prophetess ; and 
■• » . 1 
■ i his name Maber- 

hUd shall have knowl- 
ier, unci my mother, 

.?also unton 

s ol die 
Assyria, and all his 

ver all 

iriah ; he 

ut ot 
land, 

bi 

- 

. to me : 
wi;h i 

w > 



I should n I 

I 

whom this] 

bi fear 3 and let him be 

ball be for a sanctuary ; but 
nd for a rook of 

sj'n and for a snare to the inhabitants or* 

15 And many among them shall stumble, 
ten, and be 

jnd be r 

16 Bind up the testimony, seal the Jaw 

IT Vi.u 1 will wait unco tl 
lnoeth h is face from tne h i 
and 1 wi 1 lock lor him. 

18 Beta 1 1,1 . neo wh m tl e 

I 

m the Lord i I 
whicli dwelletfi in n 

191 And when they shall say ui 
Seek unto diem that fa 
and unto wiz ire's tint j)eep, and that mtit- 
u'.dnota people seek unl 
r the living to the dead ( 
the law and to the testimony: if 
inj» to this w< i 
light in them. 

ly bestead and hungry: and* il 

lung and their (*< d,and look up-.. 
k unto the i 

. CHAP. IX. 

1 What j 

the ; 



530 Judgment ujion Israel. ISA! 

rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Mid- 
ion. 

5 For every battle of the warrior is with 
Gonfased noise, and garments rolled in 
blood; bvXthis shall be with burning etnd 
fuel of five. 

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a 
son is given : and the government shall be 
upon his shoulder : and his name shall be 
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty 
God, the everlasting Father, The Prince 
ot Peace. 

7 Of the increase Cffifa government and 
peace there shall be no end, upon the 
throne of David, and upon his kingdom, 
to order it, and to establish it with judg- 
ment and with justice, from henceforth e- 
ven forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts 
will perform this. 

8 If The Lord sent a word into Jacob, 
and it hath lighted upon Israel. 

9 1 And all the people shall knew, even 
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, 
that sav in the pride and stoutness of heart, 

30 The bricks are fallen down, but we 
will build with hewn stones: Ti:e syca- 
mores are cut down, but we will change 
them into cedars* 

11 Therefore the Lord shall set \\p the 
adversaries of Rezin against him, and join 
his enemies together ; 

32 The Syrians before, and the Philis- 
tines behind "; and they shall devour Israel 
with open moa'fc. For all this his anger is 
not turned away, bnjt his hand is stretched 
out still. 

•13 t For t he peop'e tfirtietfi not unto 
him that smiteth them, neither do they 
seek the Lord of hosts. 

14 Therefore, the Lord will cut off 
from 'Israel head and tail, branch and rush, 
in one day.- 

15 The ancient and honorable, he is 
the head ; and the prophet that teacheth 
lies, he is the tail. 

16 For the leaders of this people cause 
them to -err ; and they thai are led of them 
«/v destroyed. 

17 Therefore, the Lord shall have no 
jov in their young men,, neither shall have 
"mercy en theirfathcr'.ei-s and widows: for 

every one » an hypocrite and an evildoer, 
and every mouth, speaketh folly* For all 
this his anger is not turned away, but his 
hand ?•>• stretched out still. 

18 % For wickedness bnrneth as the 
fire : it shall devour the briers and thai ns, 
and shall kindle in the thickets of the for- 
ests, and they shall mount up like the lif- 
ting up of smoke. 

i'9 Through the wrath of the Lord of 
hosts is the land darkened, and the people 
shall be as the fuel.o£ the fire : no man. shall 
spare his brother. 



AH. Assyria shall be broken, 

20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, 
and be hungry ; and he shall eat on the 
left hand, and they shall not be satisfied : 
they shall eat every man the flesh of his 
own arm : 

21 Manasseh, Ephraim ; andEphraim, 
Manasseh '.and they together shall be a- 
gainst Judah. For all this his anger isnot 
turned away, but his hand is stretched 
out still, "CHAP. X. 

1 The woe cf 'tyrants. 5 Assyria the rod 
of hyfwcictSyfor his firide shall be bro- 
ken . 20 A remnant of Israel shall be saved. 
WOE unto them that decree unright- 
eous decrees, and that write griev- 
ousness which they have prescribed ; 

2 To turn aside the needy tiom judg- 
ment , and to take away the right from 
the poor oi my people, that widows may 
be their prey, and that they may rob the 
fatherless I 

3 And, What will ye do in the day of vis- 
itation, and in the desolation which shall 
come from far ? To whom will ye fiee for 
help I and, Where will ye leave your glory ? 

4 Without me theys-nall bow" down un- 
der the prisoners, and they shall fail un- 
der the slain. For all tin's his anger is 
not turned away, but his hand is stretched 
out still. 

5 % O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, 
and the staff in their hand is mine indigna- 
tion. 

6 1 will send him against an hypocrit- 
ical nation, and against the people of my 
wrath will 1 give him a charge, to take 
the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread 
them down like the mire of the streets. 

7Howbeit, he meaneth not so, neither 
doth his heart think so ; but it is in his 
heart to destroy and cut off nations not a 
few. 

8 For he saith, Are not my princes al- 
together kings? 

9 Is not Call 10 as Carchemish ? Is not 
Ha math asArpad i Is not Samaria as Da- 
mascus I 

10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms 
of the idols, and whose graven images did 
excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria ; 

11 Shall I not. as I have done unto Sa- 
maria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem 
and her idols I 

1 2 Wherefore, it shall come to pass, that 
when the Lord hath preformed his whole 
work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, 
1 will punish the fruit ot the stout heart 
of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his 
high looks. 

13 For he saith, by the strength of my 
hand 1 have done ?/, and by my wisdom; 
for 1 am prudent : and 1 have removed 
the bounds ot the people, and have robbed 
their treasures, and 1 have put down the 
inhabitants like a valiant man : 



.2 ranriant of laratl to be saved. Chap. m. CkrUf^pcpccabU kiqgQ 



14 And my hand hath found as a nest 

pie : and as one gath- 

e I gathered all 

.' ; andthere wiis none that moved 

tiic wing, or evened the mouth, or . 

II against him 
weth therewith : ?r, Shall the saw 
him that shaketh it ? 
r//againstd.em 
that lift, it up, or as if the staff should lift 
/; asifit werenovraad* 
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord 
. send among his fat ones leanness ; 
andundei I - U«a burn- 

ing lite the bin uing of a fire. 

fkrael shall be for a 
tefora Hame : and it 
[devour his thonia and his 
briers in one 

18Andshall consume the glory of his 
ndofhis Iruitiul field, both soul 
and body: and they shall be as when a 
standar wteth. 

i. is forest 
. e them, 
in that 
i 

■ 
21 Tin 

the Ban 

. t\ ii deten 

isaith the Lord God 

of hosts, m\ people that dwclleth m Zi- 

onybenot afraid ot the Assyrian : he sliall 

i a rtxl, and shall lift np his 

r yet a verj little while, and the 

.1 i nine anger 

of hosts shall stir up 
■ rding to the 
.n(':i:.n ;it the ro< k ol Orebj ando* 
so shall he lift 

if' it sh.ill con i i . hat d lj , 

oU thj 

I ud up his 

RC : they 
ikenup their lodging at (• 
niali is afraid , Gibeah eJ r.^.. ; ,i'.«U. 



30 Lift up thy voice, ( I 

Gallim : c;mse it to be heard unto Laish, 

poor Anathoth. 

31 Madmenahis removed ; the inhabi- 
tants of Gebira gather dteraservest 

32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that 
day : he shall shake lis h :A against the 
mount of ihe daughter of Zicn, ute hill of 
jc rus i'. m, 

.33 Behold the Lord, the Lord of ho«ts, 
shall lop the though with tenor: and the 
high ones of stature .shall be hewn down, 
and the haughty shall ix- humbled. 

34 And he shall cut down the duckets 
of the forests \Vith iron, and Lebanon shall 
fall by a mighty one* 

CHAP. XL 

1 The peaceable kingdom of the Branch 
outojthe root of Jesse* 10 The r 

lion of Iarael^and vocation oftheGt 

AND there shall come tortb i rod out 
of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch 
shall grow out of his roots : 

2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest 
upon him, the spirit ot wisdom and un- 
derstanding, the spirit ol counsel and might, 
the spirit of knowledge and ot" the fear of 
the Lord ; 

3 And shall make him of quick undcr- 
standmg in the fear ot the Lord: and he 
shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, 

reprove alter thehearingoi his 
i 

4 But with righteousness shall he judge 

, and i eprove v, ith equity for the 
meeK of the earth : and he shall smite the 
earth with the rod of his month, and with 
tl e bi eatb of his lips shall he sla) the w ick- 
ed. 

5 And righteousness 

(if his loins, and faithfulness the gil 
his reins* 

6 The wolf alip shall dwell with the 
lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with 
the kill ; and d e calf and the youi 

and the fatling together ; andulitdi 
shall lead thi 

7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; 
tin ir young < nes shall lie down ti i 

and the lion shall eat ■ 'raw tike i 

8 And the sui king! hild shall plav on the 
hole ol the ass, and the weaui d i hild shall 
put his hand .«) the fuckatrice'i <\<n. 

'j Thej in all 

ui\ h< It : r the e n iii Khali lx* 

full of the k 

tad in that d 
re ttoj K -. which shall sta 

Hgn "1 die People , tO It shall the ( ■ 

ii Audit shi hat day, 

that the 1/ rd shall set his hai 
JiestqondtUDC tg.-sv. 



3.52 A thanks? 



his people, which shall be left, from As- 
syria, and from £gypt, and from Pathrcs, 
and from Cush, and from Elam, and from 
Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the 
Islands of the sea. 

12 And lie shall set up an ensign for the 
nations, and shall assemble die outcasts ol 
Israel, and gather together the dispersed 
of Judali from the four corners of the earth. 

13 The envy also of Ephraim shall de- 
part, and the adversaries of Judah shall be 
cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, 
and Judah shall not vex Ephraim". 

14 Bui: they shall By upon the shoulders 
of the Philistines toward the west ; they 
shall spoil them, of the eait together ; they 
shall ky their hand upon Eclom and Moab, 
and the children of Amnion shali obey 
them. 

15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy 
the tongue of the Egyptian sea : "and with 

•his mighty wind shah he shake his hand 
over the rivei\and shall smite it in the se ven 
streams, and make men go over dryshed. 
15 And there shah bean highway for 
.the remnant of his people, which shall be 
left from Assyria ; like as it was to Isra- 
el in the day that he came up out of the 
land of Egypt, 

CHAP. XIT. 

A joyful thanksgiving of (he faithful for 

the mercies of God. 

AND in that day thoushalt say, O Lord, 
1 will praise thee : tJiough thou Wast 
angry with me, thine anger is turned away, 
and thou comfortedst me. 

2 Behold, God is my salvation ; I will 
trust, and not be afraid': for the Lord JE- 
HOVAH is my strength and my song ; 
he also is become my salvation. 

3 Therefore, with joy shall ye draw wa- 
ter cut of the wells of salvation. 

4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise 
the Lord, call upon his name, declare his 
doings among the. people, make mention 
that his name is exalted. 

5 Sing unto the Lord ; for he hath done 
excellent things ; this is known in all the 
earth. 

6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of 
Zion : for great is the Holy One of Israel 
in the midst of thee. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 God muster eth the armies of his wrath. 
6 He threateneth to destroy Babylon by 
the Medes. 19 The desolation thereof. 

THE burden of Babylon, which Isaiah 
the son of Amoz did see. 
2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high 
mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake 
the hand, that they may go into the gates 
of the nobles. 

5 1 have commanded my sanctified ones, 
I have also called my mighty ones for mine 



ISAIAH. Babylon threatened. 

anger, even them that rejoice in my high- 
i ness. 

4 The noise of a multitude in the moun- 
; tains, like as of a great people; a tumul- 
tuous noise oi the kingdoms of nations 
gathered together : the Lord of hosts mus- 
tereth the host of the battle. 

5 They come from a iar country, from 
the end oi heaven, even the Lord, and the 
weapons of his indignation, to destroy the 
whole land. 

6 5f Howl ye ; for the day of the Lord 
is at hand ; it shall come as'a destruction 
from the Almighty. 

7 iherei'ore, shall all hands be faint, and 
every man's heai t shall meit : 

8 And fhey shall be afraid : pangs and 
sorrows shall take hold of them : they 
shall be in pain as a woman that travai!"- 
eth : they thali be amazed one at another ; 
their faces shall* be as tiames. 

9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, 
cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, 
to lay the land desolate : and he shali de- 
stroy the sinners thereof ©at of it. 

10 For the stars of heaven and the con- 
stellation: thereof shali not give their light : 
the sun shali be darkened in his going forth 
and the moon shall not cause her light to 
shine. 

11 And I will punish the world tor their 
evil, and tiie wicked for their iniquity ; and 
I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to 
cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of 
the terrible. 

12 I will make a man more precious 
than line gold : even a man than the gold- 
en wedge otOphir. 

13 Therefore, 1 will shake the heavens, 
and the earth shall remove out of her 
place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, 
and in the day of his fierce anger. 

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and 
as a sheep that no man taketh up: they 
shall every man turn to his own people, 
and flee every one into his own land. 

15 Every cne that is found shall be thrust 
through ; and every one that is joined un- 
to them shall fall by the sword. 

16, Their children also shall be dashed 
to pieces before their eyes ; their houses 
shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 

17 Behold,I will stir up theMedes against 
them, which shall not regard silver ; and 
as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 

18 Their bows also shall dash the young 
men to pieces ; and they shall have no 
pity on the fruit of the womb ; their eyes 
shall not spare children. 

19 II AndBaby!on,the glory of kingdoms, 
the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, 
shall be as when God over dire w Sodom 
and Gomorrah. 

20 It shaft never be inhabited, neither 






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Israel. 3 

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- mount of the 

1 1 1 \siil asc .:s oftlie 

: I w ill be like the Moat-High. 
I than shall be brought d 
the sides oil"'. 

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.inflows; 
\7 That made the n oi Id is i « ilc'.erness, 
; that o- 
pened not the ho&e of his prist ners i 

II 
of themj lie in glory, e\ ery one in his own 

±thou art oast out of thy gr 

ot those that are shin, thrust throu 

>down to the stones oi the 
pit; i s b eaj i under feet. 

20 Thou shaft not b joUk i with them 
in burial, because thou uast destroyed thy 
land, arid slain thy people : the seed of evil 
doers shall neverl e rem< ved. 

21 Pri r )'is children 
for the iniquity of their fathers I that the;,' 
do not rise, nor pc ssess the land, nor nil the 

..• world wkh 

ist mem, saitb 
id cut i ii from Bab- 
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rill also make it a i>ossc.\sion for the 
bfttcrnjandpoi 

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Lord ofhMtBa 

Lord of hosts hath swoi 
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cometo-poas; andasJUtave purp 
shall it stand : 
25 That I will bra 

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554 Moab threatened. 



ISAIAH. Syria and Damascus threatened. 



jeetl, and the needy shall lie down in safety : 
and 1 will kill thy root with famine, and 
lie shall slay thy remnant. 

31 Howl, O gate ; cry, O city ; thou, 
whole Palestina, art dissolved : for there 
shall come from the north a smoke, and 
none shall be alone in his appointed times. 

32 What shall one then answer the mes- 
sengers of the nation I That the Lord hath 
founded Zion, and the poor of his people 
shall trust in it, 

CHAP. XV. 
The lamentable state of Moab. 

THE burden of Moab. Because in the 
night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and 
brought to silence; because in the night 
Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to 
silence ; 

2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, 
the high places, to weep : Moab shall 
liow] over Nebo, and over Medeba : on all 
their heads shall be baldness, and every 
beard cut om 

3 In their streets they shall gird them- 
selves with sackcloth : on the tops of their 
houses, and in their streets, every one shall 
howl, weeping abundantly. 

4 And Heshhon shall cry, and Elealeh ; 
their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz : 
therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall 
cry out ; his life shall be grievous unto him. 

5 My heart shall cry out for Moab ; his 
fugitive shalljlee unto Zoar, an heifer of 
three years old : for by the mounting up 
of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up ; 
for in the way of Horonaim they shall raite 
up a cry of destruction. 

6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be de- 
solate : for the hay is withered away, the 
grass laileth, there is no green thing. 

7 Therefore the abundance they have 
gotten, and that which they have laid up, 
shall they carry- away to the brook of the ■ 
willows. 

8 For the cry is gone round about the 
borders of Moab ; the howling thereof un- 
to Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto 
Bee'relim, 

9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full 
of blood : For 1 will bring more upon Di- 
mon, lions upon him that escapeth of Mo- 
ab, and upon the remnant of the land. 

CHAP. XVI. 
% Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to 
Christ's kingdom') 6 and threatened for 
pride. 

SEND ye the lamb to the ruler of the 
land from Sela to the wilderness, unto 
the mount of the daughter ot Zion. 

_ 2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering 
bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters 
©i Moab shall be at the fords of Anion. 

3 Take counsel, execute judgment ; 
ffta^kethy shadow as the night in the midst 



of the noonday : hide the outcasts ; bewray 
not him that wandareth. 

4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, 
Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the 
face of the spoiler : for the extortioner is 
at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppres- 
sors are consumed out ol the land. 

5 And in mercy shall the throne be es- 
tablished : and he shall sit upon it in truth 
in the tabernacle of David, judging and 
seeking judgment, and hasting righteous- 
ness. 

6 11 We have heard of the pride of Mo- 
ab ; he is very proud: ciiep. of his haugh- 
tiness, and his pride, and his wrath : bat 
his lies shall not be so. 

7 Therefore shall Moab howl lor Moab, 
every one shall howl ; for the foundations 
of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn ; surely they 
are stricken. 

8 For the fields of He^hbon languish, 
and the vine of Sibmah : the lords of the 
heathen have broken down the principal 
plants thereof, they are come even unto 
Jazer, they wandered through the wilder- 
ness ; her branches are stretched out, they 
are gone over the sea, 

9 Therefore, I will bewail with the weep- 
ing of Jazer the vine of Sibmah : I will wa- 
ter thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and 
Elealeh : for the shouting for thy summer 
fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 

10 And gladness is taken away, and joy 
out of the plentiful field; and in the vine- 
yards there shall be no singing, neither 
shall there be shouting ; thetreaders shall 
tread out no wine in their presses : 1 have 
made their vintage shouting to cease. 

11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound 
like an harp for Moab, and mine inward 
parts for Kirharesh. 

12 And it shall come to pass, when it is 
seen that Moab is weary on the high place, 
that he shall come to his sanctuary to 
pray ; but he shall not prevail. 

13 1 his is the word that the Lord hath 
spoken concerning Moab since that time. 

14 But now the Lord hath spoken, say- 
ing, Within three years, as the years of 
an hireling, and tlie glory of Moab shall 
be conteinned.with all that great multitude; 
and the remnant shall be very small and 
feeble. CHAP. XVII. 

1 Syria and Israel threatened. 6 A rem* 

nant shall forsake idolatry. 9 The rest 

shall be plagued for their impiety. 

THE burden of'Damascus. Behoid,Da- 
mascus is taken away from being a 
city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken : 
they shall be for fiocks,which shall lie down, 
and none shall make them afraid. 

3 The fortress also shall cease from E- 
phraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, 



The Ethiopian* to be destroy <t :/. Chap. XV 

i the remnant of Syria : they shall be i 
i the glory of the children of Israel, saith 
he Lord of host-. 

4 And in that day it shall come to pass 
mat theglorj i be made thin, 
and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. 

5 And it shall oe as when the harvest 
rm g ..therU'ilhe corn, and reapeth the 
ars with his arm ; and it shall be as he 

thereto ears in the valley of Re- 
phaim. 

i gleaning grapes shall be left in it, 
as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three 
berries in the top of the uppermost bough, 
frvu- or five in the outmost fruitful branch- 
es thereof, said the Lord God ot Israel. 

7 At that day shall a man look, to his 
Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to 
the Holy One ot Israel. 

8 And he shall not look to the altars, the 
work cf his hands, neither shall respect 

Ich his fingers have made, either 
the groves, or the images. 

9*] In that day shall his strong cities he 
as a forsaken an uppermost 

branch, whirr. i ise i if the chil- 

dren oi Israel : and there shall be desolation. 

10 Because thou hast forgotten theGod 
of ih\ *alvati< n, and h ist not been mindful 
of tuerqpk of thy strength, therefore shalt 
thou plant pleasant pi kail set it 
v»i h Strang* 

11 in the day shalt men make thy plant 
to grow, i ii >u make 
Ui\ seed to flourish : but die harvest sna#A<? 
a neap in the day of grief and of di 
Borrow. 

I .\Y' tide of many people, 
which \<* ftheseas: 

i and to the ru>hing of nations, that make a 
mighty waters. 
the rush- 
ing pfn but G -.7 • hall rebuke 
r off", and shall 

. and like a rolling thing oe- 

II \ii'l behold at & 

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ii, xix. The confusUn of Fgti/d. 5.55 

3 All ye inhabitants of the wc rid, and 

dwellers on the earth, see ye, m N i 

eth up an civ.i untainsj and 

w hen lie blowetb a trumpet, hear ye. 

4 For so the Lord said unto me, 1 will 
take my rest, and 1 will consider in my 
dwelling place like a clear heat.upori 

and like a cloud of dew in the heat of har- 
vest. 

5 For afore the harvest, when the bud Is 
perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in 
the flower, lie shall both cut of!" the sprigs 
with pruning hooks, and take away and 
cut down the brandies. 

6 They shall be left together unto the 
fowls of the mountains, ami to the beasts of 
the earth : and the fowls shall summer up- 
on them,and all the beasts ol the earth shail 
winter upon them. 

7 ■R In that time shall the pr< ! 
brought unto die Lord of hosts of i 
scattered and peeled, and from a people 
terrible from their beginning hitherto; a 
nation meted out and trodden under foot, 
whose '.and the rivers have spoiled, to the 
place of the name ol 'the Lord oi hosts, the 
mount Zior. 

CHAP. 
1 The confusion of Egypt n 11 The foot* 
rfirincea. 18 The calling 
of Egypt to the church. 23 The cove* 
i ant oj ' tigyfit) Assyria, and 1 1 

THE burden ot Egypt. Behold, the 
Lord ricleth upon a swift cloud, and 
pt: and the id 
ii be moved at his presence, and 
"- °» Egypt shall meit in the midst 
ot it. 

2 And I will set the Egyptians against 

ptkins: and they shall light every 

one against his brother, and every one u- 

neighbour; city against city, and 

kingdom against kin 

"'. And the spirit Ot Egypt shall fall in the 
midst thereof; and! he coun- 

sel thereof: and they shall seek toth 
and to the charmi i vind to them that bavi 
! to the wiz." 
<■ And the Egyptians wiB I giveovt r in- 
to the hand of a cruel lord ; and 

. i ihh the Lord, 
. •'. ■ t hosts. 

6 Ann the] • 

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556 Calling tf Egypt tc the church* ISAIAH. The fall of Babylon. 

24 In that day shall Israel he the third 



lament, and they that spread nets upon the 
waters shall languish. 

9 Moreover, they that work in fine fiax, 
and they that w eave networks, shall be con- 
founded. 

10 And they shall be broken inthe pur- 
poses thereof, all that make sluices and 
ponds offish. 

11 *H Surely the princes ol Zoan are fools, 
the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pha- 
raoh is become brutish : How say ye unto 
Pharaoh, I am the son ol the wise, the son 
of ancient kings i 

12 Wl icre are they ? Where are thy w ise 
men ? And let them tell thee now, and let 
them know what the Lord of hosts hath 
purposed upon Egypt. 

13 The princesofZean are become fools, 
the princes of Koph are deceived ; they 
have also seduced Egypt, even they that 
are the stay of the tribes thereof. 

14 The Lord hath mingled a 1 perverse 
spirit in the midst thereof: and they have 
caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, 
as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. 

15 Neither shall there be any work tor 
Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or 
rush, may do. 

15 In that day shall Egypt be like unto 
women : and it shall be afraid and tear be- 
cause of the shaking of the hand of the 
Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it. 

17 And the land of Judah shall be a ter- 
ror unto Egypt, every one that maketh 
mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, 
because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, 
which he hath determined against it. 

18 If In that day shall five cities in the 
land of Egypt speak the language of Ca- 
naan, and swear to the Lord of hosts : one 
shall be called, The city of destruction. 

19 In that day shall there be an altar to 
the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, 
and a pillar at the border' thereof to "the 
Lord. 

20 And it shall he for a sign and for a wit- 
ness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of E- 
gypt : for they shall cry unto the Lord be- 
cause of the oppressors, and he shall send 
them a saviouiyand a great one, and he shall 
deliver them. 

21 And the Lord shall be known to E- 
gypt, and the Egyptians shall know the 
Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and 
oblation ; yea, they shall vow a vow unco 
the Lord, and perform it. 

22 And the Lord shall smite Egypt : he 
shall smite and heal it ; and they shall re- 
turn even to the Lord, and he shall be en- 
treated of them, and shall heal them. 

23 % In that day shall there be a high- 
way out ol Egypt to Assyria, and the As- 
syrian shall come into Egypt, and the E- 
gyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians 
shall serve with the Assyrians. 



with Egypt and with Assyria, even a bles- 
sing in the midst of the land : 

25 Whom the Lovd of hosts shall bless, 
saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and 
Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel 
mine inheritance. 

CHAP. XX. 

A ty fie prefiguring the shameful captivity 

of Egypt and Ethiopia. 

IN the year "that Tartan came unto Ash - 
dod (when Sargou the king of Assyria 
sent him) and fought against Ashdod, and 
took it ; 

2 At the same time spake the Lord by 
Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go ancl 
loose the sackloth from off thy loins, and 
put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he 
did so, walking naked and barefoot. 

3 And the Lord said, Like as my ser- 
vant Isaiah hath walked naked and "bare- 
foot three years, for a sign and wonder up- 
on Egypt and upon Ethiopia ; 

4 SO shall the king of Assyria lead away 
the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopi- 
ans captives, young and old, naked and 
barefoot, even with their buttocks uncov- 
ered, to the shame of Egypt. 

5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed 
of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt 
their glory. 

6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say 
in that day, Behold, such is our expecta- 
tion, whither we flee for help to be deliver- 
ed from the king of Assyria : and, How 
shall we escape f 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 The fcdl of Babylon. 11 Edom scorning 
the prophet, is moved to repentance. 13 
The set time of Arabia's calamity. 

THE burden of the desert of the sea. 
As whirlwinds in the south pass 
through ; so it cometh from the desert, 
from a terrible land* 

2 A grievous vision is declared unto me ; 
the treacherous dealer dealelH treacher- 
ously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O 
Elam : besiege, O Media ; all the sighing 
thereof have! made to cease. 

, 3 Therefore arc my loins filled with pain : 
pangs have taken hold upon me, as the 
pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was 
bowed down at the hearing ofit; I was 
dismayed at the seeing ofit. 

4 My heart panted,"iearfufness affright- 
ed me : the night of my pleasure hath he 
turned into tear unto m'j. 

5 Prepare the table, watch in the watch- 
tower, eat, drink: ariie, ye princes, and 
anoint the shield. 

6 For thus hath the Lprd said unto me, 
Go, set a watchman, let him declare what ; 
he seeth. 

7 And he saw achai ' <■ ■ : 



The invasion of Jewry. Chap, 

horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chari- 
ot of camels: and he hearkened diligently 

■with much 1 

8 And he ci i< d, A lion : -My lord, I stand 
continually upon the watchtower in the 
clay time, and 1 am set in my ward whole 
nights : 

9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of 
men, with a couple of horsemen. And he 
answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fall- 
en ; and all the graven images of her gods 
he hath broken unto tke ground. 

10 O my threshing, and the corn of my 
floor : that winch 1 h ive heard of the Lord 
of hosts, the God ol Israel, have 1 declar- 
ed unto you. 

1 1 «■ The burden of Dumah. He calleth 
tomeoutofSeir, Watchman, What of the 
night ? Watchman, What of the night ? 

12 The watchman said, The morning 
cometh, and also the night: if ye will in- 
quire, inquire ye : return, come. 

131 The burden upon Arabia. In the 
forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye trav- 
elling companies of Dedanim. 

14 The inhabitants of the land of Tenia 
brought water to him that was thirsty, they 
prevented with their bread him that fled. 

15 For they fled trora the swords, from 
the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, 
and from the grievousness of war. 

16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, 
Within a \ ear, according to the years of an 
hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 

17 And the residue of the number of arch- 
en, the might) men of the child) en of Ke- 
dar, shall be diminished : for the Lord God 
of Israel hath spoken it. 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 The invasion of Jewry by the Peruana, 

H Then- human wisdom rc/irovcd. 

Till", burden of the valley ot vision. 
What aiieth thee now, that thuu art 
■wh'.liv gone up to the house ps? 

2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumul- 

rty, a joyous city : thy slain men are 
in with the sword, nor dead in bat- 

3 All thy rulers are Red together, they 
are bound by the archers: all that are 
found in thee an bound together, which 
hate Bed from far. 

A llu refi ire said I, Look away lrom me: 
I will weep bitterly, labour not to com- 
fcrtme, because of the spoiling of the 
ter < t my people. 
it m adaj of trouble, and of tread- 
ing down, and of perplexity by the Lord 
1 inthe valle) of vision, break- 

ing do^. and oi crying to the 

mouni 

fl Ai. he quiver with chari- 

ots of men and horsemen, *ud ki, un- 
covered the shield. 



xxii. JLSakinfs honor foreshevm. 537 

7 And it shaH come to pass, that thy 
choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, 
and the horsemen shall set themselves in 
arret) .it the | 

\nd he discovered the covering of 
Judith, and thou didst look in that day to 
the armour of the house of the forest. 

C J Ve have seen also the breaches of the 
city of David, that the) are many : and ye 
gathered together U\e waters of the lower 
pool. 

10 And ye have numbered the houses of 
Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken 
down to fortify the wail. 

li Ve made also a ditch between the two 
walls for the water of the old pool : but ye 
have not looked unto the maker thereof, 
neither had respect unto him that fashion- 
ed it long ago. 

12 And in that day did the Lord God of 
hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, 
and to baldness, and to girding with sack- 
cloth : 

13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying 
oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and 
drinking wine : let us eat and drink ; for 
to-morrow we shall die. 

14 And it was revealed in mine ears by 
the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall 
iu ;t be purged from you till ye die, saidi 
the Lord God of hosts. 

15 Thus saitli the Lord God of hosts, 
Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even un- 
to Shcbna, which U over the house, and 
say, 

16 What hast thou here? and, Whom? 
hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee 
out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth 
him out a sepulchre on high, and that 
graveth an habitation for himself in a rock J 

17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee a- 
way with a mighty captivity, and will 
surel) cover thee* 

18 He will surely violently turn and ton 

thee Uke a ball into a large country : there) 
shaltthou die, and there the chariots of 
thy glory ahull be the shame of tin lord*! 
house. 

VJ And I will drive thee from tin station, 
and from thy State shall he pull llue down. 

30 And ii shall come to pan In that 
day, that I v.ii! call ni\ servant Lliakiiu 
the BOD of Ililkiah : 

21 And 1 will clotho him with thy roix-, 

and strengthen him with thy girdle, and 
1 win commit my government into hit 
hand : and he shall be a Esther to the in- 
habitants oi Jei usatem,and tothe i, 

Judah. 

.' \nd the key of the house of David 

will I lav upon his shouldef ; so Ik shall < 

pen, and none? hall shut ;andhvs.hall shut 
and none shai! 

. fasten hiiu a* a nail in R 



S5S Tyre's overthrow, 

sure place ; and he shall be for a glorious 
throne to his father's house. 

24 And they shall hang upon him all 
the glory of his father's house, the offspring 
and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, 
from the vessels of cups, even to all the 
vessels of flagons. 

25 In that day saith the Lord of hosts, 
shall the nail that is fastened in the sure 
place be removed, and be cut down, and 
fall j and the burden that was upon it shall 
be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it. 

CHAP. XX11I. 

1 The miserable overthrow of Tyre. 17 

Her return. 

THE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of 
Tarshish ; for it is laid waste, so that 
there is no house, no entering in : from 
the land of Chittim it is revealed to them , 

2 Be still, ye inhabitants of t he isle ; 
thou whom the merchants of Zidsn, that 
pass over the sea, have replenished. 

3 And by great waters the seed of Si- 
hor the harvest of the river, is her reve- 
nue ; and she is a mart of nations. 

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon : for the 
sea hath spoken, even the strength of the 
sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth 
children, neither do I nourish up young 
men , nor bring up virgins. , 

5 As at the report concerning Egypt, 
so shall they be sorely pained at the report 
of Tyre. 

6 Pass ye over Tarshish ; howl, ye in- 
habitants of the isle. 

7 Is this your joyous city, whose anti- 
quity is of ancient days f Her own feet shall 
carry her afar off* to sojourn. 

8 Who hath taken this counsel against 
Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants 
are princes, whose traffickers are the hon- 
orable of the earth ? 

9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, 
to stain the pride of all glory and to bring 
into contempt all the honorable of the 
earth. 

10 Pass through thy land as a river, O 
daughter of Tarshish : there is no more 
strength. 

11 He stretched out his hand over the 
sea, he shook the kingdoms : the Lord hath 
given a commandment against the mer- 
chant city, to destroy the strong holds 
thereof. 

12 And he said, Thou shalt no more re- 
joice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter 
cf Zidon : arise, pass over to Chittim ; 
there also shalt thou have no res". 

13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans ; 
this people was not, till the Assyrian foun- 
ded it for them that dwell in the wilder- 
ness : they set up the towers thereof, they 
raised up "the palaces thereof; and he 
brought it to ruin. 



ISAIAH. The Judgments of God for sin: 

14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish ; for 
your strength is laid waste. 

15 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years 
according to the days of one king : after the 
end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an 
harlot. 

16 Take an harp, go about the city, 
thou harlot that hast been forgotten : 
make sweet melody, sing many songs, 
that thou mayest be remembered! 

17 *H And it shall come to pass after the 
end of seventy years, that the Lord will 
visit Tyre, and he shall turn to her hire, 
and shall commit fornication with all the 
kingdoms of the world upon the face of the 
earth. 

18 And her merchandise and her, hire 
shall be holiness to the Lord : it shall not 
be treasured nor laid up ; for her mer- 
chandise shall be for them that dwell be- 
fore theLord, to eat sufficiently, and for du- 
rable clothing. 

CHAP. XXIV. 

1 God's judgments upon the land. 13 A 

remnant shall joyfully praise him. 

BEHOLD, the Lord makelh the earth 
empty, and maketh it waste, and 
turneth it upside down, and scattereth a- 
broad the inhabitants thereof. 

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so 
with the priests ; as with the seavant, so 
with his master : as with the maid, so 
with her mistress ; as with the buyer, so 
with the seller ; as with the lender, so with 
the borrower ; as with the taker of usury, 
so with the giver of usury to him. 

3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and 
utterly spoiled : for the Lord hath spoken 
this word. 

4 The earth moumeth and fadeth away, 
the world ianguisheth cw/fadeth away,the 
haughty people of the earth do languish. 

5 The earth also is defiled under the 
inhabitants thereof ; because they have 
transgressed the laws, changed the ordi- 
nance, broken the everlasting covenant. 

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the 
earth, and they that dwell therein are des- 
olate : therefore the inhabitants of the 
earth are burned, and few men left. 

7 The new wine mourneth, the vine 
languished! all the merry hearted do sigh. 

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise 
of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the ' 
harp ceaseth. 

9 They shall not drink wine with a song; 
strong drink shall be bitter to them that 
drink it. 

10 The city of confusion is broken down: 
eviry house is shut up, that no man may 
come in. 

11 There is a crying for wine in the 
streets ; all joy is darkened, the mirth of 
the land is gone. 



Gzdjiraistd for Mi benefits. Chap. 

12 Inthecr. and the 
gate is smitten" with destruction. 

13 « When thus it sh Jl be in the midst 

re */w// 
Ap as the shaking of an olive tree, avA as 
when the vintage is 
don •. 

14 They shall life up their voice, they 
shall sing tor the majesty of the Lord, they 
shaUcry akJodfron 

15 Wl e the Lord in 
the fire-. /:d God 

of the sea. 

. tost part of the earth 
have we heard songs, even glory to the 
^. But 1 k -ess, my 

leanness, woe unfeo me! Tnc treacherous 
dealer- ' ; yea, 

hen u> dealers have dealt very 
tre:.clii : 

:•, -and the pit, and the snare, are 
■pen diee, () inhabitant of the earth. 

td it shall come p..ss, thai he who 
an the noise o hall fell 

I lit ; and he that cometh up cut 
til be taken in 
r the windows from on high 
:.and the foundations of the earth 

te earth is utterly broken down, 
:, the earth is 

20 The earth shall reel to and frolikc a 
d, and shall lje removal like a 

rt; and it shall fell, and 

Kail come to pass in that 

of the high ones (ha' an on high, and the 

e gathered I 

shall be shut up m ; . nd after 

ill they be vi 
i moon shall be confounded, 

I Un -ii in mount Zion, and in Je- 

CHAP. XXV. 

1 '/'//- / hiaj'udg' 

r, 9 and 

for /./..•-<■<( toriouh ■■ ulvurion, 

OLO! . '. • ; Iwi 

I 

counsels 

Ulltll. 

be built. 

* 
4 For thou hast been a strength to the 



xxv, xxvi. A song inciting Confidence, S59 

r, a strength to the needy in his distress, 
efuge from the storm, a shadow from 
j the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones 
n against the wall. 

5 Thou shalt bring down the i 
strange rs, as the heat in a dry place ; 

the heat with the shadow of a cloud : the 
i 'ranch of the terrible ones shall be brought 
low. 

6 % And in this mountain shall the Lord 
of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat 
thine s,a least ct wines on the lees,of fat things 
full of marrow j of wines on the lees well re- 
fined. 

7 And he will destroy in this mountain 
the face of the covering cast over all peo- 
ple, and the veil that is spread ever all na- 
tions. 

8 Ke will swallow up death in victory ; 
and the Lord God will wipe awaj tears 
from off all feces; and the rebuke of his 
people shall he take away from « ft" all the 
earth: for the Lord hath" spoken it. 

9 «r And ii- shall be said in th it day, Lo, 
j this /.s our God ; we have him, 
; and he will save us : this is the L id ; we 

waited for him, we will be glad and 
• in his salvation. 
LO Porin this mountain shall the hand 
j cf the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden 
down under him, even as straw is trodden 
' down for the dunghill. 
; J 1 And he shall spread forth his hands 
in the midst of them, as he thatswimmeth 
j spreadeth forth his hands to swim : and he 
: shall bring down their pride together widi 
iis of their hands. 
1 2 And the fortress of the high fort of 
thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and 
bring to the ground, cv, n to the dust. 

vi'. \XY1. 
1 Asong inciting to confidencein G 
hortation to wait on him. 

IN th it day shall this sons; be snag in the 
: Jiulah : We have a strong city ; 
n will Gad appoint for walls and 
bulwi 

2 ( )penycthc gates, that the righteou na- 
tion which kecpeth the truth ma) entering 

3 Thou wilt keep him in pt i be t peai <.-, 
wAosemjndM stayed on tfu : be rose lie 

i thee* 

4 Trust \o in the Lord for ever: fur 
indie L'H'l JEHOVAH is everlasting 

IweU 
on high: the lofty city, he layeth it low: he 

- 

i • dust. 

i 

r Th 

M weigh the j. 



S60 An exhortation to wait on God. ISAIAH. 



Efihraim threatened. 



8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O 
Lord, have we waited for thee : the desire 
of our soul is to thy name, and to the re- 
membrance of thee. 

9 With my soul have I desired thee in 
the night ; yea, with my spirit within me 
will I seek thee early : for when thy judg- 
ments are in the earth, the inhabitants of 
the world will learn righteousness. 

10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, 
yet will he not learn righteousness : in the 
land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and 
will not behold the majesty of the Lord. 

11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they 
will not see : but they shall see, and be asha- 
med for their envy at the people; yea, the 
iire of thine enemies shall devour them. 

12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us : for 
thou also hast wrought all our works in us. 

13 O Lord our God, ether lords besides 
thee have had dominion over us : but by 
thee only will we make mention of thy name. 

14 They are dead, they shall not live ; 
they are deceased,they shall not rise : there- 
fore, hast thou visited and destroyed them, 
and made all their memory to perish. 

15 Thou hast increased the nation, O 
Lord, thou hast increased the nation ; thou 
art glorified : thou hadst removed it far un- 
to all die ends of the earth. 

16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, 
they poured out a prayer when thy chas- 
tening was upon therm 

17 Like as a woman with child, that 
clraweth near the time of her delivery, is 
in pain, and crieth out in her pangs ; so 
have we been in thy sight, O Lord. 

18 We have been with child, we have 
been in pain, we have as it were brought 
forth wind ; we have not wrought any de- 
liverance in the earth ; neither have the 
inhabitants of the world fallen. 

19 Thy dead men shall live, together with 
my dead body shall they arise. Awake 
and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew 
is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall 
cast out the dead. 

20 Tf Come, my people, enter thou into 
thy chambers ; and shut thy doors about thee; 
hide thyself as it were for a little moment, 
until the indignation he overpast. 

21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of 
his place to punish the inhabitants of the 
earth for their jniauity : the earth also shall 
disclose her blood", and shall no more cover 
her slain. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 The care of God over his vineyard. 7 
His chastisefnents differ fromjudgments, 
12 The church of Jews and Gerdiles. 

IN that clay the Lord with his core and 
great and strong swerd shall punish le- 
viathan the piercing serpent, even levia- 
than that crooked Serpent : and he shall 
slay the dragon that is in the sea. 



2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vine- 
yard of red wine. 

3 I the Lord do keep it : I will water it 
every moment : lest any hurt it, I will keep 
it night and day. 

4 Fury is not in me : Who would set the 
briers and thorns against me in battle ? 1 
would go through them, I would burn them 
together. 

5 Or let him take hold of my strength, 
that he may make peace with me ; and he 
shall make peace with me. 

6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob 
to take root : Israel shall blossom and bud, 
and fill the face of the world with fruit. 

7 % Hath he smitten him, as he smote 
those that smote him I or, Is he slain ac- 
cording to the slaughter of them that are 
slain by him ? 

8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, 
thou wilt debate with it : he stayeth his 
rough wind in the day of the east wind. 

9Ey this, therefore, shall the iniquity of 
Jacob be purged ; and this is all the fruit 
to take away his sin : when he maketh all 
the stones of the altar as chalkstones that 
are beaten in sunder, the groves and ima- 
ges shall not stand up, 

10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, 
and the habitation forsaken, and left like 
a wilderness : there shall the calf feed, and 
there shall he lie down, and consume the 
branches thereof. 

11 When the boughs thereof are wither- 
ed, they shall be broken off: the women 
come, and set them on fire : for it is a peo- 
ple of no understanding : therefore he that 
made them will not have mercy on them, 
and he that formed them will shew them 
no favour. 

12 % And it shall come to pass in that 
day, that the Lord shall beat on from the 
channel of the river unto the stream of E- 
gypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, 
Oye children of Israel. 

13 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that the great trumpet shall be blown, and 
they shall come which were ready to per- 
ish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts 

; in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the 
I Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem. 
CHAP. XXVIII. 
lEphraim threatened. 16 Christ promised. 
18 7 \he security ofscomers shall be tried,. 
! "IT 7"OE to the crown of pride, to the 
j VV drunkards of Ephraim, whose glori- 
j ous beauty is a fading flower, which are on 
the head "of the fat vallies of them that are 
; overcome with wine ! 

2 Behold the Lord hath a mighty and 
strong one, which as a tempest of hail and 
a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty war 
ters overflowing, shall cast down to the 
earth with the hand. 



Christ promised. Chap. 

S The crown of pride. tfc 

1 be trodden under feet : 
iricti3 beau*; . 
the head liey, shall be a tiding 

flower, arjl as the hasty fruit bd 
■■urn i , which rcAm he I 

eatetl\ 'i 

the Lord of hosts be 

for a cr . !em of 

ue of his people; 

. spirit of judgment to him 

ldgment, and for strength 

to them that turn the battle to the gate. 

E erred throi: 
and through strong drink are out 
•way; the priest, and the prophet have er- 
red thr they are swal- 
lowed up of wine, Ui- the way 

i ; they err in 
they stun 

8 For e fu'.l ot vomit and til- 

thiness. /•» no place ; 

H he teach ki. 
Whom shall he make to understand doc- 
trine ? Them : ,;ed from the 

10 For precept must b e upon precept, pre- 
cept upon precept ; line upon lire, line up- 
on line ; and there a 

i os and anoth- j 

and this is die i 



not hi 

1 3 Hut the word of the Lord l 
them precept upon precept, precept upon 

upen line, .. 
here a little, and there a little ; that they 
might go, and : . and be broken, 

. 
H\\ hereforeheartliewi rd< H 
ye sccr iiile this people which 

far in J 

=aid, \\*e have made 
I .!» death, and with 1k.11 are 

Kxurgt shall pa~s through, H 

unto Us: 

and under fabeliont! 1 1 

<irme % a 
lure <rondati< 

he line, 
v.eou>ne» tt : and 'he 

. 
and the watt. 



renx. God's judgmr • . -t?. 561 

scourge shall pass through, then ye s 
trodden dow: 

19 From the' time that itgeeth 

fee you: far morning by morning 
shall it pass over, by day and by night : 
and it shall be a vexation only to under- 
-.'ie report. 

r the bed is shorter than th I 
can stretch himself on it ; and th - 
ing narrower than that he car 
in i:. 

- 1 For the Lord shall rise up as in mount 
.he shall be wrodi as in the valley 
of Gibeon, that he may do 
strange work ; and bring to pais 
las strange act. 

N - - ye not mockers, lest 

your bands be made- 
heard from the Lord ( - a con- 
sumption, even determined u*"x>n the whote 
earth. 

23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; 
hearken, and hear my speech. 

th the ploughman plough all day 
I i Doth he oi>en and break the clods 
of his ground I 

25 When he hath made plain the face 
thereof. Doth he net cast abroad the fitches, 

er the cummin, and cast in the 
principal wheat and the appointed barley 
and the rye in their place ! 

26 For his God doth instruct him to dis- 
cretion, anddnth teach him. 

• e not threshed with 
a threshing instrument, neither i> 
wheel turned alx>ut upon the cummin : but 
the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and 
the cummin with a rod. 

28 Bread corn is bruised : because he 
will not ever be threshing it, nor break it 
with the wheel of his cart, nor brui- 
■ men. 

m also cometh forth from the Lord 
lerfirin ecu:.- 
iking. 

. P. XXIX. 
1 God's judgments upon Jerusalem. 9 
■TuelcssnesS) 13 and deefi hy/io- 
. 

W where 

David dv.a-lt ! m 

.•!, and there 
sh ill f* heaviness and sorrow : 
be unto me as Ariel. 

i und a- 
l 
. 

. md thy 

tkI thr 

und,andtliv 



562 Senselessness of the Jews, 

5 Moreover, the multitude of thy stran- 
gers shall belike small dust, and the mul- 
titude of the terrible ones shuU be as chaff 
that passeth away : yea, it shall be at an 
instant suddenly. 

6 Thou shalt" be visited of the Lord of 
hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, 
and great noise, with storm and tempest, 
and the flame of devouring fire. 

7 And the multitude ot all the nations 
that fight against Ariel, even all that fight 
against her and her munition and that 
distress her, shall be as a dream of a night 
vision. 

8 It shall even be as when an hungry man 
dreameth, and, behold, he eateth ; but he 
awaketh, and his soul is empty : or as 
when a thirsty man drearaeth,and, behold, 
he drinketh ;' but he awaketh, and, behold, 
he is faint, and his soul hath ax>petite : so 
shall the multitude of all the nations be, 
that fight against mount Zion. 

9 *J[ Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry 
ye out, and cry : they are drunken, but 
not with wine ; they stagger, but not with 
strong drink. 

10 For the Lord hath poured out upon 
you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath clos- 
ed your eyes : the prophets and your rul- 
ers, the seers hath he covered. 

11 And the vision of all is become un- 
to you as the words of a book that is seal- 
ed, which men deliver to one that is learn- 
ed, saying, Read this, 1 pray thee : and 
hesaith, J cannot ; for it is sealed. 

12 And the br.ok is delivered to him that 
is not learned, saying, Read this, 1 pray 
thee : and he saith, I am not learned. 

13^[ Wherefore the Lord said, foras- 
much as this people draw near me with 
their mouth, and with their lips do honor 
me, but have removed their heart far 
from me, and their fear toward me is taught 
by the precept of men : 
* 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to 
do a marvellous work among this people, 
even a marvellous work and a wonder: tor 
the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, 
and the understanding oi their prudent 
men shall be hid. 

15 Woe unto them that seek deep to 
hide their counsel from the Lord, and their 
works are in the dark, and they say, Who 
seeth us ? and, Who knoweth us ? 

16 Surely j-our turning of things upside 
down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay : 
for, Shall the work say of him that made 
it, He made me not ? or, Shall the thing 
framed say of him that framed it, He had 
no understanding ? 

17 Is it not yet a very little while, and 
Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, 
and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as 
a forest I 



ISAIAH. The people threatened. 

18 And in that day shall the deaf hear 
the words of the book, and the eyes of the 
blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of 
darkness. 

19 The meek also shall increase their 
joy in the Lord, and the posr among men 
shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 

20 For the terrible one is brought to 
nought, and the scorner is consumed ; and 
all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 

21 That make a man an offender for a 
word, and lay a snare for him that reprov- 
eth in the gate, and turn aside the just for 
a thing of nought. 

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who 
redeemed Abraham, concerning the house 
of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, 
neither shall his fecenow wax pale. 

23 But when he seeth his children, the 
work of mine hands, in the midst oi him 
they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify 
the" Holy One of Jtacob,and shall fear the 
God of Israel. 

24 The}- also that erred in spirit shall 
come to understanding, and they that mur- 
mured shall learn doctrine. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 The peojde -threatened for their confi- 
dence in Egypt) 8 and contempt cf God's 
ivord. 

WOE to the rebellious children, saith 
the Lord, that take counsel, but not 
of me ; and that cover with a covering, 
but not of my spirit, that they may add sin 
to sin : 

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and 
have not asked at my mouth ; to strength- 
en themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, 
and to trust in the shadow oi Egypt ! 

3 Therefore shalHfte strength of Pha- 
raoh be your shame, and the trust in the 
shadow of Egypt your confusion. 

4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his 
ambassadors' came toHanes. 

5 They were all ashamed of a people 
that could not profit them, nor be an help 
nor .profiljbut a shame,and also a reproach. 

6 The burden of the beasts of the south : 
into the land of trouble and anguish, from 
whence come the young and old lion, the 
viper and fiery flying serpent, they will 
carry their riches upon the shoulders of 
young asses, and their treasures upon the 
bunches of camels, to a people that shall 
not profit thenu 

7 For the Egyptians phall help in vain, 
and to no purpose : therefore have 1 cried 
concerning thisjTheir strength is tositstilL 

8^ Now go, write it before them in a 
table, and note it in a book, that it may be 
for the time to come for ever and ever : 

9 That this is a rebellious people, lying 
children, children that will not hear th« 
law oi the Lord : 



ThefieofJe detfiue God's -vord. Chap, 

1 Which say to the seers, See not : and 
to the propoets^Prophesy not unto us right 
things, speak unto us smooth things, pro- 
phesy deceits : 

11 Get ye cut cf the way, turn aside 
out of the path, cause the Ho'ly One of Is- 
rael to cease from before us. 

12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One 
of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and 
trust in q ixl perversen* 

stay thereon : 

i 3 Therefore, this iniquity shall be to 
you as a brea< ' i . ! ing out 

m a high wail. iking Cometh 

suddenly at an instant. 

14 And he shall break it as the break- 
ingot the potter's vessel that is broken in 
pieces ; lie shall n< t spare : so that there 
shall not be found in the bursting of it a 
sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to 
take water withal out of the pit. 

r thus saith thcLord God, the Holy 
One ot Israel; in returning and rest shall 
ed ; in quietness and in confidence 
shall be your strength, and ye would not. 
16 But ye said, No ; for we will flee up- 
shallyeflee : and We 
will ride upon the swiit ; therefore, shall 
they that pursue y< u be swiit. 
,1T One thousand shell/lee at the rebuke 
I die rebuke of fi\e shall ye flee : 
till yel>e left as a beacon upon the top of a 
.in, and as an ensign on an hill. 
18 And therefore will the Lord wait, 
that he may be gracious unto you.and there- 
fore will he ho exalted, that he may have 
mercy upon you : for the Lord is a God 
of judgment : blessed are all they that wait 
for him. 

-hall dwell in Ziou at 

Jerusalem: tn p no more: he 

will lx- verygracj us unto thee at the voice 

of thy cry ; when he shall hear it, he will 

thee. 

. ,1 though the Lord give you the 

bread of adversity, and the water of afflic- 

ihafl not th. • removed 

into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall 

ye th 

21 And tli!! word be- 

hind ilt« i 
in it, w'.i 

left. 

I 

' : thou 

v ' 

23 Th 

that thou sh tit sow th" 

bread of the increase oi the earth, and it 

ttlefeed in larg» pastures. 
• oxen likewise and the you 



xxxi. Folly of trusting in Efjyfit, 561 

es that ear the ground shall eat clean 
provender, which hath been winnowed 
j with the shovel and with the fan. 

And there shall be upon every high 
i mountain, and upon every high hill, riv- 
I en and streams of waters in the day of the 
! great slaughter when the towers fell. 

26 Moreover, the light of the moon shall 
j be as wie light of the sun, and the light of 
j the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of 
1 seven days, m the day that the Lord bind- 

eth up the breach ot his people, and heal- 
eth the stroke of their wound. 

27 Behold, the name of the Lord Com- 
eth from far, burning with his auger, and 
the burden thereof is heavy : his lips are 
full of indignation, and his tongue as a de- 
vouring fire: 

28 And his breath, as an overflowing 
stre mi. shall reach to the midst of the neck, 
to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity : 
and there aha.ll be a bridle in the jaws of 
the people, causing them to err. 

29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night, 
vjhen a holy solemnity is kept ; and glad- 
ness of heart as when one goeth with a pipe 
to come into the mountain of the Lord, to 
the mighty One of Israel. 

30 And the Lord shall cause his glorious 
voice to be heard, and shall shew the light- 
ing down of his arm, with the indignation 
of Am anger, and with the flame of a de- 
vouring lire, with scattering, and tempest, 
and hailstones. 

31 For through the voice of the Lord 
shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which 
smote with a rod. 

32 A ; id In every place where the ground- 
ed Staff shall pass, which the Lord shall 
lay upon him, it shall be with tabrcts and 
harps: and in battles of shaking will he 
fight with it. 

33 ForTophet /* ordained of old ; yea, 
for the king it is prepared ; he hath made if 
deep and large : tho pile thereof M fire and 
much wood; the breath of the Lord, like 

ti ol brimstone, doth kindle it. 
CHAP. XXXI. 
The prophet th 
. 

Wl 
for h< hp ; and stay on I 
trust in chariots, because they are many ; 
and in hor i 

ft unto the ll"!y 
. • 
2 Yet I 

.;. b tckhis words : but 

. it work i 1 1 — 

men, and not 

I spirit. 

• 



564 Blessings of Christ's kingdom. 15 Al AH . 



hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and 
he that isholpen shall fall down, and they 
all shall fail together. 

4 For thus hath the Lord spoken unto 
me, Like as the lion and the young ^ion 
roaring on his prey, when a multitudejpf 
shepherds is called forth against him, he 
-will not be afraid of their voice, non abase 
himself for the noise of them : so shall the 
Lord oi hosts comedown to fight lor mount 
Zion, and for the hill thereof, 
fc 5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of 
hosts defend Jerusalem :~ defending also 
he will deliver it ; and passing over he will 
preserve it. 

6 Turn ye unto him from whom the 
children of Israel have deeply revolted. 

7 For in that day every man shall cast 
away his idols of silver, and his idols of 
gold, which your own hands have made 
unto you for a sin. 

8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the 
sword, not of a mighty man ; and the 
sword, not of a mean man, shall devour 
him : but he shall flee from the sword, and 
his young men shall be discomfitted. 

9 And he shall pass over to his strong 
hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid 
©f the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is 
in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
1 The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 9 
Desolation is foreshewn. 15 Restora- 
tion is promised to succeed. 
BEHOLD, a king shall reign in right- 
eonsness, and princes shall rule in 
judgment. 

2 And a man shall be as an hiding 
place from the wind, and a covert from 
the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry- 
place, as the shadow of a great rock in a 
-weary land. 

3 And the eyes of them that see shall 
not be dim, and the ears of them that hear 
shall hearken. 

4 The heart also of the rash shall under- 
stand knowledge, and the tongue of the 
stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 

5 The vile person shall be no more called 
liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 

6 For the vile person will speak villany, 
and his heart will work iniquity, to prac- 
tise hypocrisy, and to utter error against 
the Lord, to make empty the soul of the 
hungry, and he will cause the drink of the 
thirsty to fail. 

7 The instruments also of the churl are 
evil : he deviseth wicked devices to des- 
troy the poor with lying w T ords even when 
the needy speaketh right. 

8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things ; 
and by liberal things shall he stand. 

9 Tf Rise up, ye women that are at ease; 
hear my voice, ye careless daughters ; 
give ear unto my speech. 



God's favour towards it, 

10 Many days and years shall ye be 
troubled, ye careless women ; for the vin- 
tage shall fail, the gathering shall not 
come. ^ 

11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease ; 
be troubled, ye careless ones : strip ) e, 
and make ye bare, and gird sackcloth up- 
on your loins. 

12 They shall lament for the teats, for the 
pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 

13 Upon the land of my people shall 
come up thorns and briers ": yea, upon all 
the houses of joy in the joyous city : 

14 Became the palaces shall be forsaken : 
the multitude of the city shall be left ; the 
forts and towers shall be for dens fcr ever, 
a joy of wi:d asses, a pasture ot flocks ; 

15 1 Until the spirit be poured upon us 
from on high, and the wilderness be a fruit- 
ful field, and the fruitful field be counted 
fcr a forest. 

16 Then judgment shall dwell in the 
wilderness, and righteousness remain in 
the fruitful field. 

17 And the work of righteousness shall 
be peace ; and the effect of righteousness 
quietness and assurance for ever. 

18 And my people shall dwell in a peace- 
able habitation, and in sure dwellings, and 
in quiet resting places ; 

19 When it shall hail, coming down on 
the forest ; and the city shall be low in a 
low place. 

20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all wa- 
ters, that send forth thither the feet of the 
ox and the ass. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
1 God's judgments against the enemies of 
the church. 13 The privileges of the godly, 

WOE to thee that spoilest, and thou 
wast not spoiled ; and dealest treach- 
erously, and they dealt not treacherously 
with thee ! when thou shalt cease to spoil, 
thou shalt be spoiled ; a?id -when thou shalt 
make an end to deal treacherously, they 
shall deal treacherously with thee. 

2 O Lord, be gracious unto us ; we have 
waited for thee : be thou their arm every 
morning, our salvation also in the time of 
trouble. 

3 At the noise of the tumult the people 
fled ; at the lifting up of thyself the na- 
tions were scattered. 

4 And your spoil shall be gathered like 
the gathering of the caterpillar ; as the 
running to and fro of locusts shall he run 
upon them. 

5 The Lord is exalted : for he dwelleth 
oh high : he hath filled Zion with judg- 
ment and righteousness. 

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall he 
the stability of thy times, and strength of 
salvation : the fear of the Lord is bis trea- 
sure. 



Privikdgecfihe G 

7 Behold, t!. shall cry 

without : s idors of peace shall 

•weep bitterly. 

8Thf te,the wayfar- 

ing man ceaseth : he hath broken the cov- 
enant, he hath despised the cities, he re- 
. -h no man. 
m earth mourneth o/zdlanguisheth; 
Lebanon is ashamed arid hewn down : Sba- 
..^e a wilderness ; and baslian and 
Cam 

., ss ill 1 rise, saith the Lord ; now 
will 1 be exalted ; now will 1 Hit un my- 
self. 

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall 
bring forth stubble ; your breath, as fire, 
shall devour you. 

12 And the people shall be as the burn- 
ings of lime : as thorns cut up shall they 

at in the fire. 

13 1 Hear, ye that are far off, what I 
have done ; and, ye that are near, ac- 
knowledge my might. 

14 The s'mners in Zion are afraid ; fear- 
fulncbs hath surprised the hypocrites. 
Who among us shall dwell with the de- 
vouring fire I Who among us shall dwell 
with everlasting burning? t 

15 He that walketh righteously, and 
speaketh uprightly : he that despiseth the 
gain ot opp re ssions, thatshaketh his hands 
from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his 

g of blood, and shutteth 
evil ; 

16 He shall dwell on high: his place of 
dele; the munitions of rocks : 
bread shall ; his waters shall 

17 Thine eyes shall sec the king in his 

dl behold the land that is 

.11 meditate terror. 
Where/* I thereceiv- 

ee a tierce \ 
■ ch than thou i 
nering tongue, that 

■ ind. 

, the city of our so- 

ernacle that 

I l 
. 

ken. 

1 will be 

-, nei- 

thc Lord 
a ting ; he 

■otsj tiil ; then is Ui 



Chap, xxxiv. How God rerengeth his church. 565 
great spoil divided; the lame take the 



prey. 

^.nd the inhabitants shall net say, I 
k : the people that dwell therein 
shall be forgiven their iniquit>'. 
I AP. XXXIV. 
1 Twjttdgn . vilh God reveng* 

eth his church. 11 The desolation of her 
enemies* 16 The certainty of the fir o- 
/ihecy. 

COME near, ye nations, to hear ; and 
hearken, ye people; let the earth 
hear and all that is therein ; the world, 
and all things that come forth of it. 

2 For the indignation of die Lord/s up- 
on all nations, and his fury upon all their 
armies : he hath utterly "destroyed them, 
he hath delivered them to the slaughter. 

3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and 
their stink shall come up out of their car- 
casses, and the mountains shall be melted 
widi their blood. 

4 And all the host of heaven shall be dis- 
solved, and the heavens shall be rolled to- 
gether as a scroll : and all their hi I 
fail do wn,as the leaf falleth offfrom the vine, 
and as a failing^/gfrom the fig tree. 

5 For my sword shall be bathed in heav- 
en : behold, it shall come down uponldu- 
mea, and upon the people of my curse, to 
judgment. 

6 The sword of the Lord is filled with. 
Wood, it is made tat with fatness, and with 
the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat 
of the kidneys of rams : for the Lord hath 
a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaugh- 
ter in die land of ldumea. 

7 And the unicorns shall come down with 
them, and the bullocks with the bulls : ant! 
their land shall be soaked with blood, and 
their du^t made fat with fatness. 

8 For it M the day of the Lord's yefl- 

■ of recompenses for 
/ion. 

y .Vnd the streams therei f shall l>o 
turned into pitch, and the dirot ther< 
brimstcne,andthe land thereof shall be- 
trning pitch, 
10 It shall not be quenched night nor 
day; the smoke thereof shall go u 
fer : fr m gi oi onit shall 

e ahall pass througb it for e- 

li m , But tli- 

sh ii! |« 

ven -ii ill dwelli 

aid die 

. re, ami 

all her 

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$68 The Assyrians slain, ISAIAH 

22 This is the word which the Lord hath 
spoken concerning him ; I'he virgin, the 
daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and 
laughed thee to scorn ; the daughter of Je- 
rusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 

23 Whom hast thou reproached and 
blasphemed ; and against whom hast thou 
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes 
on high ? Even against the holy one otlsrael . 

24 By thy servants hast thou reproached 
the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude 
of my chariots am I come up to the height 
of the mountains, to the sides ot Lebanon ; 
and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, 
and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will 
enter into the height of his border, and the 
forest of his Carmel. 

25 I have digged, and drunk water ; and 
with the sole of my feet have I dried up all 
the rivers of the besieged places. 

26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I 
have done it : and of ancient times, that 1 
have formed it . ? Now have I brought it to 
pass that thou shouldest be to lay waste de- 
fenced cities into ruinous heaps, 

27 Therefore, their inhabitants were of 
small power, they were dismayed and con- 
founded : they were as the grass of the field, 
and as the green herb, as the grass on the 
housetops, and as corn blasted before it be 
grown up, 

28 But I know thy abode, and thy going 
out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against 
me, 

29 Because thy rage against rne, and thy 
tumult, is come up into mine ears, there- 
fore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my 
bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back 
by the way by which thou earnest. 

30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye 
shall est this year such as groweth of itself ; 
and the second year that which springeth of 
the same : and in the third year sow ye, 
and reap, and plant yineyards, and eat the 
fruit thereof, 

31 And the remnant that is escaped of 
the house of Judah shall again take root 
downward, and bear fruit upward : 

32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a 
remnant, and they that escape out of mount 
Zion : the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do 
this. 

S3 Therefore, thus saith the Lord con? 
cerning the king of Assyria, He shall not 
comeinto this citv\nor shoot an arrow there, 
nor come before it with shields, nor cast a 
bank against it. 

34 By the way that he came, by the same 
shall he return, and shall not come into this 
city, saith the Lord. 

35 For I will defend this city to save it 
for mine own sake, and for my servant Da- 
vid's sake. 

£6 «5f Then the angel of the Lord went 



Hezekiah' s life lengthened, 

forth and smote in the camp of the Assyri- 
ans an hundred and fourscore and five thou- 
sand : and when they arose early in the 
morning, behold, they were ail dead corpses. 

37 1 So Sennacherib king ot Assyria de- 
parted, and went and returned, and dwelt 
at Nineveh. 

38 And it came to pass, as he was wor- 
shipping in the house of Nisroch his god, 
that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons, 
smote him with the sword ; and they es» 
caped into the land Armenia : and Esar- 
haddon his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP, xxxvm. 

1 Hezekiah hath his life lengthened, 8 

The sun goethten degrees backward/or 

a sign of that promise* 9 Hezekiatis 

thanksgiving, 

TN those days was Hezekiah sick unto 

Jl death. And Isaiah the prophet the son 

of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, 

Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in 

order : for thou shalt die, and not live. 

2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward 
the wall, and prayed unto the Lord. 

3 And said, Remember now, O Lord I 
beseech thee, how I have walked before 
thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and 
have done that which zVgood in thy sight. 
And Hezekiah wept sore. 

4 f Then came the word of the Lord to 
Igaiah, saying, 

5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith 
the Lord, the God ot David thy lather, I 
have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy 
tears : behold, I will add unto thy days fif- 
teen years, 

6 And I will deliver thee and this city 
out of the hand of the king of Assyria : and 
I will defend this city. 

7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from 
the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing 
that the hath spoken ; 

8 f Behold, 1 will bring again the shad- 
ow of the degrees, which is gone down in 
the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees back- 
ward. So the sun returned ten degrees, 
by which degrees it was gone down. 

9 f The writing of Hezekiah king of Ju- 
dah, when he had been sick, and was 
recovered of his sickness : 

10 I saidin the cutting off of my days, I 
shall go to the gates of the grave : I am de^- 
prived of the residue of my years* 

11 1 said, I shall not see the Lord, even 
the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall 
behold man no more with the inhabitants of 
the world. 

12 Mine age is departed, and is remove 
edfrom me as a shepherd's tent : 1 have cut 
off like a weaver my life : he will cut me 
off with pining sickness : from day even to 
night wilt thou make an end of me. 

13 1 reckoned till morning, that } as a Ko« 



Babylonian captivity foretold. Chap, xxxix, xl. Promulgation of the goqfieL S69 



so will he break ail my bones : from day e- 
ven to night wilt thou m<tke an end of me. 
l-t Like a crane or a swallow, so did 1 
chatter : 1 did moun i on ine eyes 

fail with looking up .. ard : '■ ) L rd, 1 am 
oppressed ; undertj ke fi >r n ie. 

15 What sb Mtiispo- 

] me, and himself hath c 

.uterness 

■ 
; 

wilt ti .■ u reo oake me to live. 

• r peace 1 had great bitter- 
u hast in love to my soul de- 
livered ir from the pit of corruption: for 
n\ ba< '-.. 
18 I t praise thee, 

ee: they that go 
pe for thy truth, 
g, the living, he shall praise 
.;. : the father to the 
ivn thy truth. 
y to save me : 
re, we will sing my songs to the 
stringed instruments all the days of our life 
Lord. 
21 For Isaiah, had said, Let them take a 
lump of figs, and lay it for a plaisterupon 
all recover. 
■ 
Bign that 1 shall go up to the house of the 
Lord, 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
•..'•ending to r 

■ 
h (he Babylonian cafuivity. 

AT that tin. .ii) the 

alanking of Babylon, sent 
h ; for he 
had heard that he had been sick, and was 

1 Hezckiah was glad of them, and 

■ 

nent,and all die 
r, and all tl 
found in histr nothing 

in his house, nor in all his dominion, that 
them not. 

prophet unto 
it i him, What 

- me, <- 

in thin k)ah answered, 

Ailtl;.!' 

ires that 

h, Hear 
the word of the Lord ofh< sta : 

.hat all that is 



in thine house, and that which thy 
have laid up in store until this da; 
carried to Babylon ; nothing shall ' 
saith the Lord. 

7 And of thy sons that shall i^sue from 
thee, which thou sbalt beget, sh 
takeaway ; and they shall be eunuchs ia 
the palace of the king of Ba 

8 Then said Isaiah, Good, 
is the word oi the Lord which thou hast 
spoken. He said moreover. For there shall 
be peace and truth in my days. 

C Ii A P. ' XL. 
1 we promulgation of t/ie gos/ifLo The 
preaching of John Baptist. 9 The 
Preaching of the apostles. 

COM FORT ye, comfort ye my people 
saith your ( 

2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, 
and cry unto her, that her warfare is ac- 
complished, that her iniquity is pardoned : 
for she hath received of the Lord's hand 
double of her sins. 

5 % The voice of him that cricth in the 
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the 
Lord, make straight in the desert a high- 
way for our God. 

4 Every valley shall be exalted, and cv- 
ery mountain and hill shall be made low : 
and the crooked shall be made straight, 
and the rough places plain : 

5 And the glory of the Lord shall be re- 
vealed, and all flesh shall see it together : 
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

6 The voice said, Crv. And he said, 

ill 1 cry .' All nesh is grass, and 
all the goodiiness thereof is as a ilowcr of 
the held : 

7 The grass withereth, the flower fad- 
eth : because the spirit of the Lord blow- 
eth upon it : surely the people w grass. 

8 The .grass withereth, the flower fad- 
eth ; but the word of our God shall stand 
for ever. 

9.1 Zion, that bringest good 
get thee up into the high mountain ; ( ) Jo- 
tidings, lift up 
• withstrengt 
afraid ; sai unto the cities of Judah, Be- 
hold your God ! 

10 Behold, the Lord God will come 
with Btrong&ma*, and hi arm ih dl nm 
for him: behold, his • iwth hhn, 

and his workbeti rehim. 

UHe shall I 
herd :be mbs with nil 

titl) leadthi ■<• that • rewithyoung. 
12 Who hath 
the hallow i fhi loul hea- 
ven with the span, and oded tiir 
dust of ti e,and weigh- 
ed the inountai | mdthe hills iu 
a balance ! 



570 Preaching of the apostles. 

13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the 
Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught 
him. 

14 With whom took he counsel, and, 
rjho instructed him, and taught him in the 
path of judgment, and taugiit him know- 
ledge, and shewed to him the way of un- 
derstanding ? 

15 Behold the nations areas a drop of 
a bucket, and are counted as the small 
dust of the balance : i>ehold he taketh up 
the isles as a very little thing. 

16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, 
nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt 
offering, 

17 AH nations before him arc as nothing : 
and they are counted to him less than noth- 
ing, and vanity. 

18 To whom then will ye liken God ? or, 
What likeness will ye compare unto him ? 

19 The workman meiteth a graven im- 
age, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over 
with gold, and casteth silver chains. 

20 He that is so impoverished that he 
hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will 
not rot : he seeketh unto him a cunning 
workman to prepare a graven image that 
shall not be moved. 

21 Have ye not known ? Have ye not 
heard? Hath it not been told you from 
the beginning? Have ye not understood 
from the foundations of the earth ? 

22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of 
the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are 
as grasshoppers : that stretcheth out the 
heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them 
out as a tent to dwell in : 

23 That bringeth the princes to nothing ; 
he maketh the judges of the earth a3 van- 
ity. 

24 Yea, they shall not be planted : yea, 
they shall not be sown; yea, their stock 
shall not take root in the earth : and he 
shall also blow upon them, and they shall 
wither, and the whirlwind shall take 
them away as stubble. 

25 To whom then will ye liken me, or 
shall 1 be equal ? saith the Holy One. 

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and be- 
hold who hath created these things , that 
bringeth out their host by number : he call- 
eththem all by names, by the greatness 
of his might, for that he is strong in power ; 
not one faileth. 

27 W 7 hy sayest thou, O Jacob, and 
speakest,!) Israel, My way is hid from the 
Lord, and my judgment "is passed over 
fi-om my God ? 

28 Hast thou not known ? Hast thou 
not heard, that the everlasting God, the 
Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, 
fainteth not, neither is weary t There i* 
no searching of his understanding. 

29 He givetfa power to the feint : and to 



ISAIAH. God expostulated with his people, 

them that have no might he increaseth 
strength. 

30 Even the youths shall faint and be 
weary, and the young men shall utterly 
fall : 

31 But they that wait upon the Lord 
shall renew their strength ; they shall 
mount up with wings as eagles ; they shall 
run, and not be weary j and they shall 
walk, and not faint. 

CHAP. XLI. 

1 God exfiostulateth with his people about 

his mercies to the church, 10 about his 

promises,?,! and about the vmity of 

idols. 

KEEP silence before me, O islands ; and 
let the people renew their strength : 
let them come near ? then let them speak j 
let us come near together to judgment. 

2 Who raised up the righteous man 
from the east, called him to his foot, gave 
the nations before him, and made him rule 
over kings I He gave them as the dust to 
his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 

3 He pursued them, and passed safely ; 
even by the way that he had not gone 
with his feet. 

4 W T ho hath wrought and done it, call- 
ing.the generations from the beginning ? I 
the Lord, the first, and with the last ; 1 am 
he. 

5 The isles saw it, and feared ; the ends 
of the earth were airaid, drew near, and 
came. 

6 They helped every one his neighbor ; 
and every one said to his brother, Be of 
good courage. 

7 So the carpenter encouraged the 
goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the 
hammer, him that smote the anvil, saying, 
It is ready for the soldering : and he fas- 
tened it with nails, that it should not be 
moved. 

8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob 
whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham 
my friend. 

9 Thou whom I have taken from the 
ends of the earth, and called thee from the 
chief men thereof, and said unto thee, 
Thou art my servant ; I have chosen thee, 
and not cast thee away. 

10 % Fear thou not ; for I am with thee ; 
\ye not dismayed ; for I am thy God : 
I will strengthen thee ; yea, 1 will help 
thee : yea, 1 will uphold thee with the right 
hand of my righteousness. 

11 Behold, all they that were incensed 
against thee shall be ashamed and con- 
founded : thev shall be as nothing ; and they 
that strive with thee shall perish. 

12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not 
find them, even them that contended with 
thee : they that war against thee shall bm 
as nothing, and as a thin£ of nought. 



about Ids mercies to the church. 



13 For 1 the Lord thy God will hold thy 
right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not ; 1 
will help thee. 

14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ve 
men of Israel ; I -will help thee, saith the 
Lord, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of 
Israel. 

15 Behold, I will maketl.ee anew sharp 
threshing instrument having teeth: thou 
shalt thresh the mountains, and beat than 
small, and shalt make the hiUa as chaff. 

16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind 
shall earn' them away, and the whirlwind 
shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice 
in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy- 
One ot Israel* 

17 // 'hen the poor and needy seek wa- 
ter, and there is none, and their tongue 

ir thirst, I the Lord will hear them, 
/the God of Israel will not forsake them. 

18 1 will open rivers in high places, and 
fountains in the midst of the valleys: 1 
will make the wilderness a pool of water, 
and the dry land springs of water. 

19 1 will plant in the wilderness the ce- 
dar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and 
the oiJ tree ; I will set in the desert the !ir 
tree, and the pine, and the \xjx tree to- 

■ 20 That they may, see, and know, and 
consider, and understand together, that 
the hand of the Lord hath done this, and 
lelhath created it. 
21 c ' Produce your cause saith the Lord ; 
bring forth your strong reasons^ saith the 
. 

I them bring them forth, and shew 

us what : let them shew die 

diey .V, that we may 

consider tin in, and know the latter end ot 

them ; or declare us things tor to come, 

ihew the things that are to come 

ter, that we may know that ye are 

1 a, do good, or do evil, that we 

dismayed, and behold it together. 

>f nothing, and your 

work of nougat : an abominauon ia he that 

chooseth \< u. 

25 1 have raised tip ont from the north, 
and he shall come : from the rising of the 
nn shall be c ii up- and he 
shall coi i 

and as the potter tre 

26 \\ ' 
ning, l! 
time, tt; 
Yea, th 

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Chap. xtii. The office of Christ. 571 

sellor, that, when 1 asked of them, could 
answer a word. 

29 Behold, they arc all vanity ; their 
works are nothing : their molten images 
are wind and confusion. 

CHAP. XLII. 
1 The office of Christ. 5 God's firomise to 
him. 10 An exhortation to praise Cod. 



BEHOLD my servant, whom I upholdj 
mine elect, in whom my soul delight - 
eth ; 1 have, put my spirit upon him : he 
shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause 
his voice to be heard in the street. 

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and 
the smoaking flax shall he not quench : he 
shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 

4 He shall not tail nor be discouraged, till 
he have set judgment in the earth : and 
the isles shall wait for his law. 

5 If Thus saith God the Lord, he that 
created the heavens, and stretched them 
out ; he that spread forth the earth, and 
that which cometh out of it; he that giveth 
breath unto the people upon it, and spirit 
to them that walk therein : 

6 1 the Lord have called thee in right- 
eousness, and will hold thine hand, and will 
keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of 
the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; 

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the 
prisoners from the prison, and them that 
sit in darkness out of the prison house. 

8 I am the Lord : that is my name: and 
my glory will 1 not give to another, neither 
my praise to graven images. 

9 Behold, the former things are come to 
pass, and new things do I declare : before 
they Bpring forth 1 tell you of them. 

10 • Sang unto the Lord a new song, and 
his praise; from the end of the earth, ye 
that go down to the sea, ,and all that is there- 
in: the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 

11 Let the wilderness and the cities there- 
of lift up there voice, the villages that (Ce- 
dar dotn inhabit: let the inhabitants otthe 

them shout from the. top of 
the moui) 

12 Let them give glory unto the Lord, 

and declare his praise in the island^, 
l ) The Lord shall go forth as a might? 

ihall stir up jealou 
of War : he Bh ill crj . I 

ii- 1 have long tirm 

elf: ntr.ty 
w ill Icrj ; 1 will 

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2~ The ' i make 



even amonjj tli no coun- 



the pools j 

i in p itha 
i l ■• m makfl 



£72 The church comforted. 



ISAIAH. Babylon's destruction foretold* 



darkness light upon them, and crooked 
things straight. These things will Ijdo un- 
to them, and not forsake them. 

17" They shall be turned back,they shall be 
greatly ashamed, that trust in graven im- 
ages, that say to the molten images, Ye are 
our gods. 

18 Hear, ye deaf j and look, ye blind, 
that ye may see. 

19 Who is blind, but my servant ; Or 
deaf, as my messenger that I sent ? Who 
is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as 
the Lord's servant I 

20 Seeing many things, but thou obser- 
vest not ; opening the ears, but he heareth 
not. 

21 The Lord is well pleased for his right- 
eousness' sake; he will magnify the law, 
and make it honorable. 

22 But this ft ?. people robbed and spoil- 
ed ; they are all of them snared in holes, 
and they are hid in prison houses : they 
are for a prey, and none delivereth ; for a 
spoil, and none saith, Restore. 

23 Who among you will give ear to this ? 
Who will hearken, and hear for the time to 
come ? 

24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Is- 
rael to the robbers ? Did not the Lord be 
against whom we have sinned ? For they 
would not walk in his ways, neither were 
they obedient unto his law. 

25 Therefore he hath poured upon him 
the fury of his anger, and the strength of 
battle : and it hath set him on fire round a- 
bout, yet he knew not ; and it burned him, 
yet he laid it not to heart. 

CHAP. XLIII. 
1 The Lord comforteth the church with 
his promises. 14 He foretelleth Bab- 
ylon's destruction ; 18 and his people' 's 
deliverance. 

BUT now thus saith the Lord that 
created thee, O Jacob, and lie that 
formed thee\, O Israel, Fear not : For I 
have redeemed thee, I have called thee by 
thy name ; thou art mine. 

2 W T hen thou passest through the waters, 
I will be with thee ; and through the riv- 
ers, they shall not overflow thee ; when thou 
walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be 
burnt ; neither shall the flame kindle up- 
•n thee. 

3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy- 
One of Israel, thy Saviour : I gave Egypt 

Jo'r thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 

4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, 
thou hast been honorable, and I have loved 
thee : therefore v/ill I give men for thee, 
and people for thy life. 

5 Fear not : for I am with thee : I will 
bring thy seed from the east, and gather 
th£e from the vest; 

@ I will say to the north. Give up j and 



to the south, Keep not back : bring my sons 
from far, and my daughters from the ends 
of the earth; 

7 Even every one that is called by my 
name : for I have created him for my glo- 
ry, I have formed him ; yea, I have made 
him. 

8 Bring forth the blind people that have 
eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 

9 Let all the nations be gathered togeth- 
er, and let the people be assembled : W T ho ! 
among them can declare this, and shew us 
former things ? Let them bring forth their 
witnesses, that they may be justified : or let . 
them hear, and say, It is truth. 

I 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, 
and my servant whom I have chosen : that 
you may know and believe me, and under- 
stand that I am he : before me there was 
no god formed, neither shall there be after 
me, 

11 1, even I, am the Lord ; and besides 
me there is no saviour. 

121 have declared, and have saved, and 



13 Yea, before the day was, I am he ; and 
there is none that can deliver out of my 
hand : I will work, and, Who shall let it ? 

14 % Thus saith the Lord, your Redeem- 
er, the Holy One of Israel ; for your sake 
I have sent to Babylon, and have brought 
down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, 
whose cry is in the ships. 

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the 
Creator of Israel, your King. 

16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh 
a way in the sea, and a path in the migh- 
ty waters ; 

" 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and : 
horse,the army and the power; they shall lie. 
clown together, they shall not rise : they 
are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 

18 «f Remember ye not the former things, 
neither consider the things of old. 

19 Behold, I will do a new thing ; now 
it shall spring forth ; Shall ye not know it ? 
I will even make a way in the wilderness, 
and rivers in the desert. 

20 The beast of the field shall honor me, 
the dragons and the owls : because I give 
waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the 
desert, to give drink to rny people, my cho- 
sen. 

21 This people have I formed for my- 
self; they shall shew forth my praise. 

22 But thou hast not called upon me, O 
Jacob ; but thou hast been weary of me, O 
Israel. 

23 Thou hast not brought me the small 
cattle of thy burnt offerings ; neither hast 
thou honored me with thy sacrifies. I have 
not caused thee to serve with an offering, -j 
nor Wearied thee with incen&e. 



Ike vanity of idols, and Chap, 

24 Thou hast brought me no sweet cane 
with money, neither hast thou filled me with 
the fat of thy sacrifices : but thou hast made 
me to serve with thy sins, thou hast weari- 
ed me with thine iniquities. 

25 I, even 1, am he that blotteth out thy 
transgressions tor mine own sake, and will 
not remember thy sins. 

26 Put me in remembrance: letusp^ead 
together: declare thou, that thcu mayest 
bejustified. 

27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy 
teachers" have transgressed against me. 

28 Therefore, I have profaned the prin- 
ces of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob 
to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. 

CHAP. XLIV. 
'hurch c o m fo rted, 7 The vanity 
of idoti, 9 and Jolly of idol makers. 

YET now hear, O Jacob my servant ; 
and Israel, whom 1 have chosen. 

2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, 
and formed thee from the womb, ivhich will 
help thee ; Fear not, (J Jacob, my servant ; 
and thou, Jtsurun, whem J have chosen. 

3 For 1 will pour water upon him that is 
thirsty, and floods upon tl le dry ground : 1 
will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my 
blessing upon thine offspring : 

4 And they shall spring up as among the 

is willows by the water courses. 

5 One shall sav', lam the Lord's and a- 
nother shall call himself by the name of Ja- 
cob ; and another shall subscribe with his 
hand unto the Lord, and surname frimself 
by the name of Israel. 

6 Thus tajth the Lord, the King of Is- 

ier, the Lordol hosts ; 
1 am the first, and I am the last ; and be- 
side me God. 
r c And, Who, as I, shall call, and shall 
I set it in order for me, since 1 
appointed the ancient people I And the 
coming, and shall come, let 
-hew unto them. 

from that tinv 
are even my witn< . ; 
me? Yea, there in no 
any, 

all of ti 

; and they a 

- 
imed. 



11 \V 



fthui the 



, xliv. fatty of idol trakers. S:3 

mers, and wovketh it with the strength of 
his arms : yea, he is hungry ,and his strength 
faileth : he drinketh no water, and is taint. 

1 3 The carpenter stretcheth cut 

he marketh it out with aline ; he fitteth it 
with planes, and he marketh it out with the 
, and maketh it after the figure of 
a man, according to the beauty of a man ; 
that it may remain in the hoik,e. 

14 Fie hew eth him down cedars, and ta- 
keth the cypress and the oak, which he 
strengthened) for himself among the trees 
of the forest : he planteth an ash, and the 

h nourish it* 

15 Then shall it be for a man to burn : 
for he will take thereof, and warm himself: 
vea, he kmdleth /.', and baketh bread ; yea, 
he maketh a god, and worshipped! it ; he 
maketh it a graven image, and talleth down 
thereto. 

16 He burnetii part thereof in the fire; 
with part thereof he eateth Hesh ; ! ■ ■ 

eth roast, and is satisfied : yea, he warm- 
eth himself and saith, Aha, 1 am warm, 
1 ha\ e seen the fire : 

17 And the residue thereof he maketh 
a god, even his graven image : he falledi 
dow^i unto it, and worshipped* /7, and pray- 
eth unto it, and saith, Denver me : for thou 
art my god. 

18 They have not known nor understood : 
for he hath shut their eyes, that they can- 
not see ; arid their hearts, diat they can- 
not understand. 

19 And none considered* in his heart, 
neither is there knowledge nor understand- 
ing to say, 1 have burned part of it in the 
fire ; yea, also 1 have baked bread upon 
the coals thereof; 1 ha\ e roasted Hesh, and 
eaten it; and, Shall 1 make the residue 
thereof an abomination ? Shall 1 fall down 
to the stock of a tree ? 

20 Me feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart 
hath turned him aside, that he cannot de- 
liver his , h there not a lie in 
my l ; 

. these, O Jacob and Israel ; 

■ /ant: J have formed 

. mt: O Israel, thou 

. 

: 

! 



574 Cyrus called. ISA! 

25 That frustrateth the tokens of the li- 
ars, and maketh diviners mad ; that turn- 
eth wise men backward, and maketh their 
knowledge foolish : 

26»That confirmeth the word of his ser- 
vant,andperformeth the counsel of his mes- 
sengers ; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt 
be inhabited ; and to the cities of Jadah, Ye 
shall be built, andl will raise up the decayed 
places thereof: 

27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I 
will dry up thy rivers : 

28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shep- 
herd, and shall perform all my pleasure : 
even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be 
built : a'ad to the temple, Thy foundation 
shall be laid. 

CHAP. XLV. 
1 God caileth Cyrus for his church's sake. 
5 He chailengeth obedience. 20 He con- 
vinceth the idols of -vanity. 

THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, 
to Cyrus, whose right hand I have 
holden, to subdue nations before him ; and 
I will loose the loins of Kings, to open be- 
fore him the two leaved gates \ and the 
gates shall not be shut : 

2 I will go before thee, and make the 
crooked places straight: I will break in 
pieces the gates ol brass, and cut in sunder 
the bars ol iron : 

3 And I will give thee the treasures of 
darkness and hidden riches of secret pla- 
ces, that thou mayest know that 1, the Lord, 
which call thee by thy name, am the God 
of Israel. 

4 For Jaccb my servant's sake, and Is- 
rael mine elect, 1 have'even called thee by 
thy name ; I have surnamed thee, though 
thou hast not known me. 

5 % I am the Lord, and there is none 
else, there is no god beside me : 1 girded 
thee, though thou hast not known me : 

6 That they may know from the rising 
of the sun, and from the west, that there is 
none beside me. I am the Lord, and there 
is none else. 

7 I form the light, and create darkness ; 
I make peace, and create evil : I the Lord 
do all these things. 

8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, 
and let the skies pour down righteousness: 
let the earth open, and let them bring forth 
salvation, and let righteousness spring up 
together \ I the Lord have created if, 

9 Woe unto him that striveth with his 
Mr±er I Let the potsherd strive with the 
potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to 
him that fashion eth it, What makest thou ? 
Or thy work, he hath no hands i 

10 Woe unto him ihat saith unto his fa- 
ther, V r hat begettest thou ? or to the wo- 
man, What hast thou brought forth I 

U Tnus saith the Lord, the Holy One 



AH. The vanity ofidoh* 

of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things 
to come concerning my sons, and concern- 
ing the work of my hands command ye me. 

12 I have made the earth, and created 
man upon it : l,even my hands,have stretch- 
ed out the heavens, and all their host have 
I commanded. 

13 1 have raised him up in righteousness, 
and I will direct his ways : he shall build 
my city, and he shall let go my captives, 
nor for price nor leward, saith the Lord 
of hosts. 

. 14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of 
Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and 
of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come 
over unto- thee, and they shall be thine: 
they shall come after thee ; in chains they 
shall come over, and they shall fall down 
unto thee, they shall make supplication un- 
to thee, saying, Surely God is in thee ; and 
there is none else, there is no god. 

15 Verily thou art a god that hidest thy- 
selt, O God of Israel, the Saviour. 

16 They shall be ashamed, and also con- 
founded, all of them : they shall go to con- 
fusion together that are makers of idols. 

17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord 
with an everlasting salvation : ye shall not 
be ashamed nor confounded world without 
end. 

18 For thus saith the Lord that created 
the heavens ; God himsell that formed the 
earth and made it ; he hath established it, 
he created it not in vain, he formed it to be 
inhabited : I am the Lord j and there is 
none else. 

19 1 have not spoken in secret, in a dark 
place of the eardi : I said not unto the seed 
of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain : I the Lord 
speak righteousness, 1 declare tilings that; 
are right. 

20 1 Assemble yourselves and come ; 
draw near together, ye that are escaped 
of the nations : they have no knowledge that 
set up the wood of their graven image, and 
pray unto a god that cannot save. 

21 Tell ye, and bring them near ; yea, 
let them take counsel together : Who hath 
declared this from ancient time I Who hath 
told it from that time ? Have not I the Lord ? 
And there is no God else beside me ; a just 
God and a Saviour ; there is none beside me. 

22 Lock unto me, and be ye saved, all 
the ends of the earth : for I em God, and 
there is none else. 

23 I have sworn by myself, the word is 
gone out of my mouth in righteousness, 
and shall not return, That unto me every 
knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 

24 Surely, shall one say, In the Lord have 
I righteousness and strength : even to him 
shall men come ; and. all that are incensed 
against him shall be ashamed. 

25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel 
be justified, and shall glory. 



Gvd strceth his fieofte. Chap, xlvi, xlvii, xlviii. 

CHAP. XLVI. 
1 Thridckof Babu'ui could n'A save them- 
selves. 3 Godtuveth to 
i 

Bnvethdown, Nebostoopethi their 
- were uj>on the beast*, and upon 
the catde : your carri ivy lind- 

en ; they area burden to the wear 
p, they bow down t 
they could not delivt r the burden, bu: them- 
captivfty. 
3 - ; hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, 
and all : t( f the bouse* 

from the belly, which 

are c 

old age I cm he: and 

- 
will bear; even 1 will carry, 

and wiH( 

nine, and moke 
.1. and compare me, tliat we may 

6 Thev lavish gold out oi the bag, and 
weigh silver in the balance, end hire a 
goldsmith ; and he maketh it a god : they 
■wn, vea, thev worship. 
i v bear hini ujjon die shoulder, they 
ii'n, and set him in his place, and he 
stiindcth ; from his place shall he not re- 
K shall cry unto him, yet can 
he not answer, nor save him out of his tre- 
ble. 

8 Remember this, and shew yourselves 
men : bring it again to mind, O ye trans- 
member the former dungs of old : 
Ise ; lam 
ne like me; 

m the beginning, 
and firou that are 

.all stand, 
and* I will do idl in\ pleasure : 

i from the c;tst, 
: mat executeth my counsel from 
. i have spoken it, I* ill 
, 1 h;uc pui | 



God's judgments. 573 



i unto mc, yc stouthearted, 
' oro righteout 

; it shall 
net be far off, and my salvation shall not 

l in Zion 
■ 

1A1\ \LV11. 

. 

C().\n t,0 vir- 

gin i 

laughter 
r thou shalt no more 
ate. 

a- the mills'' 

eoret I he riven* 



3 Thv nakedness shall be uncovered .yen, 
' thy sliame shall be seen: I will takeven- 
', geance, and 1 will not meet thee as a man. 

4 Aajor our Redeemer, the Lord of 
> it his name, the Holy one of Isn 

5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into dark- 
! ness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for 

thou shalt no more be called, The lady of 
kingd : 

6 •, 1 was wroth with my people,! h . 
luted mine inheritance, and given them in- 
to dune hand : thou didst shew them no 
mercy : upon the ancient hast thou very 
lid thy yoke. 

7 ■ 'And the i saidst, I shall be a lady 
forever : so that thou didst not la}- these 
things to thy heart, neither didst remem- 

C end of it. 

8 Therefore, hear now this, thou that 
art given to pleasures, that dwellest care- 
lessly, that sayest in thit.c heart, I am, and 
none else bes;de me ; 1 shall not sit as a 
widow, neither shall 1 know the loss of chil- 
dren : 

9 But these two things shall come to theo 
in a moment in one day, the loss of chil- 
dren, and widowhood : they shaH come 
upon thee in their perfection Bar the mul- 
titude of thy sorceries, and fcr the great 
abundance of thine enchantments. 

10*| For thou hast trusted in thy wick- 
edness : thou hast said, None seeth me. 
Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath 
perver ted thee ; and thou hast said in thine 
heart, 1 am, and none else beside me : 

11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee ; 
thoa shalt ni t know hrom whence it riseth : 
and mischief shall tall upon thee; thou 
the able to put it off: and desola- 
tion shall come upon thee suddenly, ivhich 
thou shalt not know. 

11! Stand now with thine enchantments, 
and with the multitude of thy sorceries, 
v.hei (in thou hast laboured from thy youth; 
if so be thou Boalt be able to profit, h so be 
thou mayest prevail. 
11 Thou art wearied in the multitude 
i. Let now tin 

r.ihly prog] 

m the** 
ill c\ me up. n thee* 

14 Behold, thej shall be i - 

- 
« rti,. .M elves from th i 

there shall iv A 

. 

15 Thus shall they be unto thee with 

- . 

th : they shall ■■ 

. nlsa\C 

( II \1\ XIA III. 

• ';, ir '.-''- 
. leth his ftrofifk < its. 1 3 He 
:ct!i them to obcdayicc. 



876 God revealeth his jirofihecic*. 



HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob which 
are called by the name of Israel, and 
are come forth out of the waters of Judah, 
which swear by the name of the Lord, and 
make mention of the God of Israel, but 
not in truth, nor in righteousness. 

2 For they call themselves of the holy ci- 
ty, and stay' them selves upon the God of Is- 
rael ; The* Lord of hosts is his name. 

3 I have declared the former things from 
the beginning ; and they went forth cut of 
my mouth, and I shewed them ; I did the in 
suddenly, and they came to pass, 

4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, 
and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow 
brass : 

5 1 have even from the beginning declar- 
ed it to thee : before it came to pass 1 shew- 
ed it thee : lest thou shouldest say Mine 
idol hath done them, and my graven im- 
age, and my molten image, hath command- 
ed them. 

6 Thou hast heard, see all this ; and, 
Will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee 
new things from this time, even hidden 
things, and thou didst noi: know them. 

7 They are created now, and not from 
the beginning ; even before the day when 
thcu heardest them not ; lest thou "should- 
est say, Behold, 1 knew them. 

8 Yea, thou hearde.t not ; yea, thou 
knev/est not ; yea, from that time that 
thine ear was not opened : fori knew that 
thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and 
wast called a transgressor from the womb. 

9 For my name's sake will 1 defer mine 
anger, and for my praise will 1 refrain for 

- thee, that I cut thee not on". 

10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not 
with silver : I have chosen thee in the fur- 
nace of affliction, 

11 For mine own sake, even tor mine 
own sake, will I do z7,fcr, How should ?//?/ 
name be polluted ? And I will not give my 
glory unto another. 

12 1[ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Is- 
rael, my cailed ; 1 am he ; 1 am the first, 
I also dm the last. 

13 Mine hand also hath laid the founda- 
tion of the earth, and my right hand hath 
spanned the heavens : when 1 call unto 
then",,' they stand up together. 

14 Ah ye, assemble yourf-elvesjand hear ; 
Winch among them hail: declared these 

.'' TheLoi'd halh loved him : he will 
■ - on Babylon, and his arm 
s/iu-U-c on the Cki. 

15 I, evcjj 1, have &j okcn ; yea, I have 
.called his i s I haves brought him, and lie 

ehaiW:-.^;;;:, ,.: | I , ■. ' JTGUS. 

nie ye r* r unto me, hear ye this ; 

I })■■■ t spdfc£!i in sefcfjet from the be- 

iVom ne time that it -was, there 

ciinl: an(3 now the Lo^ci God, and his 

Spirit, hath sent me. 



ISAIAH. Christ complavmth of the Jews. 

17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, 
the Holy One of Israel ; I am the Lord 
thy God which teacheth thee to profit, 
which leadeth thee by the way that thou 
shouldest go. 

13 O that thou hadst hearkened to my 
commandments I then had thy peace been 
as a giver, and thy righteousness as the 
waves of the sea: 

19 Thy seed also had been as the sand 
and the offspring of thy bowels like the grav- 
el thereof ; his name should net have been 
cut ofl'nor destroyed from before me. 

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, fiee ye from 
the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing de- 
clare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end 
of the earth ; say ye, The Lord hath re- 
deemed his servant Jacob. 

21 And they thirsted not when he led 
them through the deserts : he caused the 
waters to flow out of the rock for them : 
he clave the rock also, and the waters 
gushed out. 

22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, 
unto the wicked. 

CHAP. XLIX. 
1 Christy being sent to the Jews, complain- 
eth ofthenu 5 He is sent to the Gen- 
tite&. 13 God's love to the church. 

LISTEN, O isle, unto me ; and heark- 
en ye people from far ; The Lord 
hath called me from the womb ; from the 
bowels of my mother hath he made men- 
tion of my name. 

2 And he hath made my mouth like a 
sharp sword ; in the shadow of his hand 
hath he hid me, and made me a polished 
shaft ; in his quiver hath he hid me ; 

3 And said unto me, Thou art my ser- 
vant^ Israel, in whom I will be glorified. 

4-Then I said, 1 have laboured in vain, 
I have spent my strength for nought, and 
in vain : yet surely my judgment is with 
the Lord, and my work with my God. 

5 •% And now, saidi the Lord that form- 
ed me from the womb to be\\is, servant to 
bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel 
be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in 
the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be 
my strength. 

6 And he said, It is a light thing that 
thou shouldest be my servant to raise up 
the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the pre- 
served of Israel : I will also give thee tor a 
light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be 
my salvation unto the end of the earth. 

7 Thus said the Lord, the Redeemer of 
Israel, find his Holy One, to him whom 
man despiseth, to him whom the nation 
abliorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings 
shall see and arise, princes also shall wor- 
ship because of the Lord that is faithful, 
and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall 
choose thee. 



I God's love to the church. 



Chap. 1. Cause of the Jews' dc relied, u. 577 



8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable 
L time have I heai d thee, and in a day of 
I salvation have I helped thee : and I will 

preserve thee, and giyetheefora 
I ot the people, to est earth, to 

cau^c to innerit the desolate hei i 

9 That thou maye i : -oners, 
Go forth; to them that art in darkness. 
Shew v shall teed in the 
■ways, and their pastures shall be\n all high 
places. 

10 They shall not hunger nor thirst ; 
neither shall the heat nor sun smite them ; 
for he thatliath mercy < n them shall lead 
them, even by the springs of water shall 
he guide them. 

1 1 And 1 will make all my mountains a 
way, and my highways shall be exalted. 

12 Behold) these shall come from tar : 
and, lo, these from the north and from the 
west ; and these from the land of Sinim. 

1 J ■' Sing, ( ) heavens ; and be joyful, O 
earth : and break forth into singing, O 
mountains ; for the Lord hath comforted 
his people, and will have mercy upon his 
afflicted. 

14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsa- 
ken me, and ray Lord hath forgotten me. 

15 Can a woman forget her sucking 
child, that she should not h 

on the sen of her womb ? Yea, they may 
. yet will I not forget thee. 

thee upon the 
palms of my hands ; thy walls arc con- 
tinuallv beron 

17 Thy children sh; II make haste: thy 
they that made to. 

tTytmdcome to tnei . 
l»rd, th 

them .,' . and bind 

' eth. 

hall even 

- 

; 



23 And kings shall l^e thy nursing fa- 
thers, and their queens thy nursing moth- 
ers : they shall bow down to tht 
t/u ir face toward the earth, and lick up 
■ Fthy teet ; and thou shaltknow 

t i . the Lord : Tor they shall] 

I that wait for me. 

II the prey be taken 4rom the 
r the lawful captive delivered ? 

I thus saith the Lord, Even the 
captives of the mighty shall be taken away, 
and the prey of the terrible shall be deliv- 
ered : for 1 will contend with him that 
contenclcth with thee, and I will save thy 
children. 

~6 And I will feed them that oppress 
thee with their own liesh, and they shall 
be drunken with their own blood, as v* ith 
sweet wine : and all flesh sluill know that 
I the Lord «w thy Saviour and thy Re- 
deemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 

CHAP. L. 
1 Christ sheweth the cause of the Jems* 

dereliction. 1 j&n e. vhortation to I rust 

in God, and not in oursttoes, 

THUS saith the Lord, Where is the bill 
of j our mother's divorcement, whom 
I have put away ? or, Which of my credit- 
ors is it to whom 1 have sold you ? Be- 
hold, tor your iniquities have ye sold your- 
selves, and for your transgressions is your 
mother put away. 

2 Wherefore, when I came, ivas there no 
man? When 1 called, mas there none to 
Is my hand shortened at all, that 
it cannot redeem I or, Have 1 no power to 
deliver ? Behold, at my rebuke 1 dry up 
the sea, 1 make the rivers a wilderness: 
their fish stinketh, because there is no wa- 
ter, anddieth for thirst. 

3 1 clothe the heavens with blackness, 
and make sackcloth their covering. 

4 The Lord God hath given me the 

tongue of the learned, that 1 should know 

how to speak a word in --".son to him that 

■. he wakeneth morning by morn* 

th mine ear to head as the 

. 

. Qodh tthop< ■ 
and 1 was not rebellious, neither turned 
i ick. 

and my 
i them that p 

I my lacrimal shame and -pitting. 

7 For the Lord God 

i 

• .i Bint, and I 

•'. He is near thai i ; Wha 

- 
( r : Who U mine .. Let him 

me. 

!j) me ; 



J7S An exhortation to trust in God. 

all shall wax old as a garment ; the moth 
shall eat them up. 

101 Who is among you that feareth the 
Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, 
that walketh in darkness, and hath no 
light ? Let him trust in the name of the 
Lord, and stay upon his God. 

11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that 
compass yourselves about with sparks : 
walk in the light of your fire, and in the 
sparks, that ye have kindled. This shall 
ye have of mine hand, ye shall He down in 
sorrow. 

CHAP. LI. 
1 An exhortation, after the pattern ofA- 

braham, to trust in Christ. 9 Christ de- 

fendcih his people from fear. 

HEARKEN to me, ye that follow af- 
ter righteousness, ye that seek the 
Lord look unto the rock whence ye are 
hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye 
are digged.- 

2 Look unto Abraham your father, and 
unto Sarah that bare ycu : for 1 called him 
alone, and blessed him, and increased him. 

3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion : he 
will comfort ail her waste places : and he 
will make her wilderness like Eden, and 
her desert like the garden of the Lord ; 
joy and gladness shall be found therein, 
thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. 

'; 4 Hearken unto me, my people : and 
give ear unto me, O my nation : for a law 
shall proceed from me. and I will make 
my judgment to rest for a light of the peo- 
ple. 

, 5 My righteousness is near ; my salva- 
tion is gone forth, and mine arms shall 
judge the people : the isles shall wait upon 
me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 

6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and 
look upon the earth beneath : for the heav- 
ens, shall.vanish away like smoke, and the 
«arth shall wax old like a garment, and 
they that dwell therein shall die in like 
manner : but my salvation shall be for e- 
yer, and my righteousnes shall not be a- 
bolished. 

7 Hearken unto me, ye that know right- 
eousness, the people in whose heart is my 
law ; fear ye not the reproach ol men nei- 
ther lie ye afraid of their revilings. 

8 For the moth shall eat them up like a 
garment, and the worm shall eat them 
like wool : but my righteousness shall be 
for ever, and my salvation from genera- 
tion to generation. 

9 < 5[ Awake, awake, put on strength, O 
arm of the Lord j awake, as in the ancient 
days, in the generations of old. Art thou 
n<;t it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded 
the dragon ? 

10 Art tliou not it which hath dried the 
sea, the waters oft ne great deep; that hath 



ISAIAH. Christ dcfendelh his people. 

made the depths of the sea a way for the 
ransomed to pass over ? 

lllherefore the redeemed of the Lord 
shall return, and come with singing unto 
Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon 
their head : the)' shall obtain gladness and 
joy ; and sorrow and mourning shall flee 
away. 

12 1, even I, am he that comforteth you : 
Who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid 
of a man that shall die, and of the son of 
mart which shall be made as grass ; 

13 And forgettest the Lord thy maker, 
that hath stretched forth the heavens, and 
laid the foundation of the earth, and hast 
feared continually every day because of 
the fury of the oppressor, as if he -were 
ready to destroy? and, Where is the fury 
of the oppressor I 

14 The captive exile hasteneth that he 
may be loosed, and that he should not die 
in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. 

15 But I am the Lord thy God, that divi- 
ded the sea, whose waves roared : The 
Lord of hosts is his name. 

15 And 1 have put my words in thy 
mouth, and have covered thee in the shad- 
ow of mine hand, that I may plant the 
heavens, and lay the foundations of the 
earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my 
people. 

17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusa* 
;em, which hast diufik at the hand of the 
Lord the cup of his fury ; thou hast drunk- 
en the dregs of the cup of trembling, and 
wrung them out. 

18 There is none to guide her arnon|_ 
all the sons whom she hath brought forth ; 
neither is there- any that taketh her by 
the hand of all the sons that she hath 
brought up. 

19 These two things are come unto thee ; 
Who shall be sorry tor thee ? Desolation, 
and destruction, and the famine, and the 
sword : By whom shall 1 comfort thee ? 

20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the 
head of all the streets, as a wild buli in a 
net : they are full of the fury of the Lord, 
the rebuke of thy God. 

21 Therefore, hear now this, thou af- 
flicted, and drunken, but not with wine : 

22Thussaith the Lord, the Lord, and 
thy God Maf pleadeth the cause of his peo- 
ple, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand 
the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the 
cup of my fury ;ihou shalt no more drink 
it again ; 

23 But I will put it into the hand of their 
that afflict thee ; which have said to thy 
soul, bow down, that we may go over : an 
thou hast laid thy body as the ground, am 
as the street, to them that went over. 

CHAP. LH. 
1 Christ jiervufideik the church to btkevi 



Ch list's free redemption. Chap. 

his free redemption, 7 to receive the 
ministers thereof 9 to joy in the power 
thereof. 

AWAKE, awake ; put on thy strength, 
O Zion ; put on thy beautiful gar- 
ments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for 
henceforth there shall no more come unto 
thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. 

2 Shake thyself from the dust : arise, 
and sit down," O Jerusalem : louse thyself 
from the bands of thy neck, O captive 
daughter efZion. 

3 For thus saith the Lord, ye have sold 
vcurselves for nought : and ye shall be re- 
deemed without money. 

4 For thus saith the Lord God, My 
people went down aforetime into Egypt 
to sojourn there ; and the Assyrian op- 
pressed them without cause. 

5 Now, therefore, What have I here, 
saith the Lord, that my Ipeople is taken 
away for nought ? They that rule over 
them make them to howl, saith the Lord : 
and my name continually eveiy day is 
blasphemed. 

6 Therefore my people shall know my 
name : therefore they shall know in that 
day that I am he that doth speak: behold, 
it is I. 

7! How beautiful upon the mountains 
are the feet ot him that bringeth good ti- 
dings, that pubbsheth peace; that bringeth 
good tidings o£ good, that publisheth sal- 
vation : that saith unto Zion, thy God 
reigneth I 

8 Thy watchmen shall lilt up the voice; 
with the voice together shall they sing: 
for they shall see eye to eye, when the 
Lord shall bring again '/ion. 

'j *i Break forth into joy, sing together, 
ye waste places of Jerusalem : f<>r the 
Lord hath comforted qjs people, he hath 
redeemed Jerusalem. 

10 The Lord hath made bare his holy 
arm in the eyes of all the nations ; and all 
the ends of the earth shall see the salva- 

our God* 

li Depart jre, depart ye, go ye out from 
theme, f ten no unclean thing ; go ye 
out of the midst other ; be ye clean/ that 
bear tfa : the Lord. 

12 For ye shall nd 

. 

iently, he sh 

and be very h 

1 1 As i 

j 
■an, and his form more ih 
men) ; 

15 So shall he sprinkle n 
the kings shaU shut their mouths at him : 



lii, liii. The scandal of the cross excused. 579 

for that which had not been told them shall 

they see, and that which they had not 

heard shall they consider. 

CHAP. LIII. 

1 The prophet excuseth the scandal of the 
cro<s, 4 by (he benefit of Christ's passion^ 
10 and the good success thereof 

WHO hath believed our report ? And 
to whom is the arm of the Lord re- 
vealed i 

2 For he shall grow up before him as 
a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry 
ground : he hath no form nor comeliness"; 
and when we shall see h\m,there is no beau- 
ty that we should desire him. 

3 He is despised and rejected of men : a 
man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 
and we hid as it were our faces from him ; 
he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 

4 1 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and 
carried our sorrows : yet we did esteem 
him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 

5 But he was wounded for our transgres- 
sions, he was bruised for our iniquities : thai 
chastisement of our peace was upon him ; 
and with his stripes we are healed. 

6 All we, like sheep,have gone astray ; 
we have turned every one to his own way ; 
and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity 
of us all. 

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflict- 
ed, yet he opened not his mouth; he is 
brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as 
a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so lie 
openeth not his mouth. 

8 He was taken from prison and from 
judgment : and, Who shall declare his gen- 
eration ? For he was cut off out of the land 
of the living; for the transgression of my 
people was he stricken. 

9 And he made his grave with the wick- 
ed, and with the rich in his death ; because 
he had done no violence, neither- wasany 
deceit in his mouth. 

10 % Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise 
him ; he hath put Awn to grief: when thou 
shaft make his soul an offering for sin, he- 
shall see&s seed, he shall prolong Ai«daj - , 
and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper 
in his hand. 

li He shall see of the tr,r. 
and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge 
shall m. righteous servant justify n 
for he shall bear their biiau 

12 Therefore will 1 divide him apor- 

1 the 

spoil with tl hath 

poui i unto death : and he was 

i 
tor the tra 

'<"[ A '». ' IV. 

4 

(heir -. .. 



580 The Gentiles' deliverance, ktd ISAIAH. ' . The people exhorteth to faith* 

16 Eehold, I have created the smith that 



affliction, 11 their fair edification, 15 
and sure preservation. 

SING, O barren, thou that didst not bear ; 
breakforth into singing, and cry aloud, 
thou that didst not travail with child : for 
more are the children of the desolate than 
the children of the married wife, saith the 
Lord. 

2 Enlage the place of thy tent, and let 
them stretch forth the curtains of thine hab- 
itations : spare not, lengthen thy cords, 
and strengthen thy stakes ; 

3 For thou shalt break forth on the right 
hand and on the left, and thy seed shall in- 
herit the Gentiles, and make the desolate 
cities to be inhabited. 

4 1 Fear not ; for thou shalt not be asha- 
med : neither be thou confounded ; for 
thou shalt not be put to shame : for thou 
shalt torget the shame of thy youth, and 
shalt not remember the reproach of thy 
■widowhood anymore. 

5 For thy Maker is thine husband ; the 
Lord of hosts is his name ; and thy Re- 
deemer the Holy One of Israel ; The God 
of the whole earth shall he be called. 

6 TT For the Lord hath called thee as a 
woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and 
a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, 

■ saith thy God. 

• - 7 For a small moment have I forsaken 

thee I but with great mercies will I gather 

thee. 

8 In a little wrath I hid my face from 
thee for a moment ; but with everlasting 
kindness will I have mercy en thee, saith 
the Lord thy Redeemer. 

9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto 
ine : for as I have sworn that the waters of 
!Noah should no more go over the* earth; 
so have I sworn that I w ould not be wroth 
with thee, nor rebuke thee. 

10 For the mountains shall depart, and 
the hills be removed : but my kindness shall 
not depart from thee, neither shall the cov- 
enant of my peace be removed, saith the 
Lord that feath mercy on thee. 

HHO thou afflicted, tossed with tem- 
pest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay 
thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy 
foundations with sapphires. 

12 And I will make thy windows of ag- 
ates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all 
thy borders of pleasant stones. 

13 And all thy children shati be taught 
of the Lord ; and great shall be the peace 
of thy children. 

14 In righteousness shalt thou be estab- 
lished : thou shalt be far from oppression : 
for thou shalt not fear : and from terror ; 
for it shall not come near thee. 

15 *; Behold, they shall surely gather to- 
gether, hit not by me : whosoever" shall 
gather together against thee shall fall for 
thy sake. 



bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bring- 
eth forth an instrument for his work ; and 
I have created the waster to destroy. 

17 No weapon that is formed against thee 
shall prosper ; and every tongue that shall 
rise against thee in judgment thou shalt 
condemn. This is the heritage of the ser- 
vants of the Lord, and their righteousness 
is of me, saith the Lord. 

CHAP. LV. 
1 The prophet, with the promises of Christ, 
calleth to faith, 6 and to repentance. 3 
The happy state of them that believe. 

HO, every one that thirsteth, come ve 
to the waters, and he that hath no mo- 
ney ; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, 
buy wine and milk without money and with- 
out price. 

2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that 
which is not bread, and your labour for that 
which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently 
unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and 
let your soul delight itself in fatness. 

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me ; 
hear, and yeur soul shall live ; and I will 
make an everlasting covenant with you, e- 
ven the sure mercies of David. 

4 Behold, I have given himjor a witness 
to the people, a leader and commander to 
the people. 

5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thoir 
knowest not, and nations that knew not thee 
shall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy 
God, and for the Holy One of Israel ; for 
he hath glorified thee. 

6 % be^:. ye the Lord while he may be 
found, call ye upon him while he is near ; 

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and 
the unrighteous man his thoughts : and let 
him return unto the Lord, and he will have 
mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he 
will abuntantly pardon. 

8 % For my thoughts re not your thoughts, 
neither are your wavs my wavs, saith the 
Lord. 

9 For as the heavens are higher than the 
earth, so are my ways higher than your 
ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

10 For a-o. the rain eoraeth down, and the 
snow from heaven, and returneth notthith- 
er, but watereth the earth, and maketh it 
bring forth and bud, that it may give seed 
to the sower, and bread to the eater : 

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth 
cut of my mduth : it shall not return unto 
me void, but it shall accomplish that which 
I please, and it shall prosper in tiie thing 
whereto I tent it. 

12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be 
led forth with peace : the mountains and 
the hills shall break forth before you into 
singing, and all the trees of the field shall 
clap tiisir liands. 



An cxlvjritiUon to r. : ,i-c!jica:^?:. Ch^p. lv 

: ..iconic up the 

>ricr shall come 

be to the 

Lading sign 

CM A P. LVI. 
1 Tftefirofiiu I 

■ 

T- 
ice; for my salva- 
audmy iighu.uusue.-s 
to be revealed. 

doeth this, and 

the son o it; that 

keeper; polluting it, and 

tog any evil. 

t'the stranger, 

thathathj ined himself to the Lord, speak, 

The Lord hath utterly separated 

■ , his pe< iple ; neitl^e r ;cl the eunuch 

*ay, Behold, lam a dry nee. 

4 For thus saith the lioru unto the eu- 
nuchs that keep my sabbaths and choose the 
thing* that please'n.e, and take held of m) 

mt ; 

5 Even unto them will I give in mine 

.\A wiu."ii in> wall*, a place and a 
e iter th in ol a as andol daughters : 
i will gi\e them an everlasting name, that 
t ix: cut <.if. 

- : the sons of the stranger, that join 

theLord, to serve trim, ana 

thenameoi iheLord-tobehisser- 

i r«e that Iceepeth the sabbath 

g it, etna uLeth hoid ot rnj 

7 Even them will 1 biing to my holy 
; • ■', and make them joyful mi m< 

: 

ipon mine 

altar : for mine bou ...od an 

. | 

Lord (i d, which gathered) die 

. \ ,i gathei 

. betide those that arc gath- 

i ■ a.m. 

metode- 
. I \e be ivs m die fon . 
men are blind ; th< 
■• are all dumb 

!, tiieyare greed) d 

. 
I even OlielOi 
rter. ' 

say thq/i 1 will fetch wine, 

res with stronj 
. shall be as 
1 move abund 

CHAP. LV1I. 
'effect deuth of t/te rightesm* 6 



i,lvii. Thcfasseddi ath vftherightecus. 531 

The Jews reproved Jot their vfiorish 
:,. 13 Evangelical fin mixes to 
• 

THE rig ktcousperisheth, and no man 
luyetn & to heart : and merciful men 
are taken away, none considering that the 
u » is taken away from tae evil to 

2 He sh dl enter into ])eace : they shall 
rest in their beds, each one walking in his 
uprightness. 

3 1 But draw ne*r hither, ye sons of the 
sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the 
w hore. 

4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? 
Against whom make ye a vvkle mouth, a^c* 
draw cut the tongue ? yfrryenot children 
of transgression, a seed of falsehood, 

5 Inflaming yourselves with idols under 
ever) green tree, slaying the children in 
the valleys, under the clirts of the recks? 

6 Among the smooth i/o/irs of the stream 
is thy portion ; they, they are thy lot : e- 
ven to them hast thou poured a drink ot 
tering,thou hast offered a meat offering. 
Should I receive comfort in these ? 

7 Upon aloft) and high mountain hast 
thou set thy bed": even thither wentestthou 
up to offer sacrifice. 

8 Behind die doors also and the posts hast 
thou set up thy remembrance : for thou 
hast discovered thyself to anothrrihan me, 
and art gone up ; thou hast enlarged thy 
bed, and made thee a covenant with them ; 
th ul. vedst their bed where thou sa west it. 

y And thou wentesttothe king with oint- 
ment, and didst increase tm perfumes, and 
didst send thy mevseogers iarcff,anddids.t 
■ thyself even unto hell. 

lu Thou art wearied in the greatness of 
thy way ; yet s idst dr u not, There is no 
hope : thou hast found the life pi thine hand; 
therefore thou wast not grieved. 

11 And of whom hast thou been afraid 
or teared thai thou hast lied, and hast not 
remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart ? 
I Live not l held mj peace even ol old; and 
thou fearest me not ■ 

13 1 trill declare thy righteousni - 

thy works; for they shall not profit thee. 

i , * \\ hen thou criesi , let tbj 
panies deliver thee ; but the wind shall car- 
ry them . se them: 
bu he that putteth his trust in me ihall pos- 
Kessthe land, and shall inherit m\ holy 
mou 

14 And shall say, Cast ye u 

prepare the \ ay, take up the stumbling 
block outoi the waj f mj i 

15 For thu tsahh the high 

that mhabiteth eternity , whotM a on 

1;. , 1 dwell in the high and bol) /^bc#,whh 

him also (Iha is oj .i contrite and I 
spirit, to ; 
£4 



ISAIAH. 



The odictlS TlLilW 



17 For the Fniquity or his covetousness 

broth, L-.r.cV smote him: I hid me, 

and was wrol ; - md he went en frowardly 

181 have seen his-ways, and will heal 
him : I will lead him also and restore com- 
Icrts unto him, and to his mourners. 

19 I create the fruit of the lips.; Peace, 
peace to him that is far off, and to him 
thai is near, saith the Lord ; and I will 
heal him. 

20 But the wicked are like the troubled 
.sea, When jt cannot rest, whose waters Cast- 
up mire and dirt. 

21' There is no peace, saith my God, to 

the wicked, 

CHAR LvIII, ■ 

1 HypAcricy is refiroved, £ 2 'hef r wis- 
es due to godliness, 13 and to the fceefi- 
ir>g ofthtsahbatk. • 

CHY aloud, spare not, liftup thy s pice 

their sir,?. 

2 Yet they seek, me daily 
know my ways, as a nation th t did 
eOusness, and forsook not the oft 
their God : they asfc^of me the oi i i ;es 
ofjnstice; they take delight in aj^)i 



afflicted o 
edge? Be 
find plea ■ 



ye shall not last as ye do tms day, to make 
your voice to be he* li , 

5 Is it such a fastthat I h rye chosen I A 
day for a man to arihec his a:a;i : is it to 
bow down his head as a bulrush and to 
spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? 
Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable 
day to the Lord I 

6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen, 
to loose the bands of wickedness* to undo 
the heavy burthens, ah :r ressed 
go free, and that ye bre-.k every yoke ? 

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hun- 
gry, and that thou bring the poor that are 
cast oat to thy house ? When thou seest the 
naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou 
hide not thyself from thine own flesh i 

8 If Then shall thy light break forth as 
the morning, and thine health shall spring 
forth speedily ; and thy righteousness shall 
go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall 
be thy rewards 



he Lord 



9 Then shalt thou call, and the i_ 
shall answer; thou shalt cry, ;,nd he shall 
say, Here 1 am. If thou take away from 
the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth 
of the finger, and speaking vanity ; 

10 And z/'thou draw out thy soul to the 
laarayvy, and satisfy the afflicted soul : then; 
shah thy light rite in obscurity, and thy 
darkness be as the noon day : 

11 And the Lord shall guide thee con- 
fr; oa >, m ^'eo- ttij -a u; incaoug"it,,--r,d 
make fat thy bones : and thou shalt belike 
a watered garden, and like a spring of wa- 
ter, whose waters fail not. 

12 And they that shall be of thee shall 
build the old waste places : thou shalt raise 
up the foundations or many generations; 

■ '- haft be called, The repairer of 

the breach ,The restorer of paths to dwell in. 
11 a turn away thy tootjrbm tlw> 
a b La from doingthy pleasure on my'hc- 
ly day ; and : til the sabbath a delight, the 
holy of the Lord, honorable ; andshalthon- 
or hi' line own ways, nor find- 

ing thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine 

14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the 
L . 1 will cause thee to" ride upon 

the high places of the earth, and feed thee 
with the heritage of Jacob thy fadier : for 
the ai-._a.ih ci the Lord hath spoken it. 

C II A P. LIX. 
3 Vhe odious nature of 'sin. 9 Calamity is 
for sin. 15 Salvation is only of God, 
'oi cTionlafthe Redeemer. 
Y> EHOLD, the Lord's hand is not short- 
:■':.. ai :; t it cannot save; neither his 
ear heavy, that it cannot hear : • 

2 But your iniquities have separated be- 
tween you and y our God, and your sins have 
hid his face from you, that he will net hear. 

3 For your hands are defiled with blood. 
and your fingers with iniquity ; your lips 
have spoken lies, your tongue hath mutter- 
ed perverseness. 

4 None caileth for justice, nor any plead- 
eth for truth : they trust in vanity, and ' 
speak lies ; they conceive mischief, and 
bring forth iniquity. 

5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave 
the spider's web: he that eateth of their 
eggs dietb, and that which is crushed break- 
eth cut into a viper. 

C Their vebs shall not become garments, 
neither shall they cover themselves with 
their works : their- works are works of in- 
iquity, and the act of violence is in their 
h?nds. 

7 Their feet run to evil, and they make 
haste to shed innocent hi ood : their thoughts 
are thoughts of iniquity ; wasting and des- 
truction are in their paths. 

8 The way of peace they know not ; and 
there is no judgment in their goings; they 



TL; cwetumt of the redeemer. 



Cha 



- 

- 

11 we ■ mourn 

- 

- 
14 And judgment i ty back- 

: it 

in the street,: 

eth; and he that de- 

1 5 ' . no man, 

■ 

- 

clad with 

■ 

B 

Cil 



Ix. If 

ARI^: is come 1 

1 cover 
the eart 

- , tee, and his 

• • thy 

I .-- 

ther, they 

;:.C from 

: at 

Bow togetht 

: en- 

c of die 9ea 

. 

6 The multitude of camels 
thee, the droniedatic 

ah : all they from i 

) 
shall shew fori I of the Lord. 

7 Ail the Hocks of . ; ;h- 

ogether unto ti 

kinister unto th shall 

ttarj 

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r 

... . thy 

. 

ipc. 
11 '] 

13 i 

die 

sanctuary ; and I will m 

. fllictcd 
i 

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I S -' 

neratMoa. 



5.84 The office of Christ. ISA! 

16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the 
Gentiles, and shalt suck, tlie breast, of kings : 
and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy 
Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One 
of Jacob. 

17 For brass will I bring gold, and for 
iron I will bring silver, and tor wood brass, 
and for stones iron: 1 will also make thy 
seducers peace, aftd thine exactors right- 
eousness. 

18 Violence shall no more be heard in 
thy land, wasting nor destruction within 
thy borders : but thou shalt call thy walls 
Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 

19 The sun shall be no more thy light by 
day ; neither for brightness shall the moon 
give light unto thee : but the Lord shall be 
unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God 
thy glory, 

20 Thy sun shall no more go down : nei- 
ther shall thy moon withdraw itself: for 
the Lord shali be thine everlasting light, and 
the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 

21 Thy people also shall be ail righteous : 
they shall inherit the land for ever, the 
branch of my planting, the work of my 
hands, that I maybe glorified 

22 A little one shall become a thousand, 
and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord 
will hasten it in his time. 

CHAP. LXI. 

1 The office of Christ. 4 The forwardness, 

7 and blessings of the faithful. 

THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon 
me ; because the Lord bath anointed 
me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; 
he hath sent me to bind up the broken- 
hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, 
and the opening of the prison to them thai 
are bound ; 

2 To proclaim the acceptable year oi the 
-Lord, and the day of vengeance of -our 

God : to comfort all that mourn ; 

3 To appoint unto them that mourn in 
Zion, to give unto them beauty tor ashes, 
the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of 
praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that they 
might be called trees of righteousness, the 
planting of the Lord, that he might be glo- 
rified. 

4 1" And they shall build the old wastes, 
they shall raise up the former desolations, 
and they shall repair the waste cities, the 
desolations of many generations. 

5 And strangers shall stand and feed 
your fiocks, and the sons of the alien shall 
be your ploughmen andvour vinedressers. - 

6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the 
Lord : men shall call you the Ministers of 
our God : ye shall eat the riches of the Gen- 
tiles, and in their glory shall ye boast your- 
selves. 

7 % For your shame ye shall have dou- 
ble ; and/br «ontusio» they shall rejoise in 



AH. " The Office of minister*; 

their portion : therefore, in their land they 
shah possess the double : everlasting joy 
shall be unto them. 

8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate 
robbery tor burnt offering; :-myH will di- 
rect their work in truth, audi will make an 
everlasting covenant with them. 

9 And their seed shall be known Among 
the Gentiles, and their offspring among the 
people: all that see them sh til ackrvow!-, 
edge them, that they are the seed -which the 
Lord hath blessed, 

10 1 will greativrejoicemthe Lore?, my 
sou! shall be joyful in my God ; for he hath 
clothed me with the garments °i salvation, 
he hath covered me with the robe of i 'zy.x- 
eousness, as a brkJegrooritjl t^ccke*h /;. ;;■- 
self with ornaments, and as a bride adorn- 
eth herself with her jewels. 

11 For as the earth bringcth forth her 
bud, and as the garden causeth the things 
that are sow., i in it to spring forth ; so the 
Lord God will cause righteousness and 
praise to spring forth bei'nre ail the nations-. 

'CHAP. LXII. 
1 The jivofiiieVs fervent desire to cbafirm 
the church in Goers firoivises. 6 The 
minister's officein fircachmg thegorfr/. 

FOR Zion's S3 ke w ill I not ho'd ray peace , 
and for Jerusalem's sake iwi.il n<t 
rest, until the righteousness thereof go iorth 
as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a 
lamp that burnetii. . 

2 And the Gentiles shall see thy right*. 
eousness, and all kings thy glory : and thou 
shalt be called by anew name, which the 
mouth of the Lord shall name. 

3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in 
the hand oi.the Lord, and a royal diadem 
in the hand of thy God. 

4 Thou shalt no more be termed For- 
saken ; neither shall thy land any more be 
termed Desolate : But thou shalt be call- 
ed Kephzibah, and thy land beulah : for 
the Lord delmhteth in thee, and thy land 
shall be married. 

5 For as a young man marrieth a vir- 
gin, so shall thy sons marry thee : and as 
the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so 
shall thy God rejoice over thee. 

6 *,\ I have set watchmen upon thy walls, 
O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their 
peace day nor night : ye'that make men- 
tion of the Lord, keep not silence, 

7 And give him no rest, till lie establish, 
and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the 
earth. . 

8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand 
and bv the arm of his strength, Surely I 
will no more give thy corn to be meat for 
thine enemies ; and the sons of the Strang* 
er shall not drink thy wine, tor the which 
thou hast laboured : . ., ■ . -.J 

9 But they that have gathered it shall «at 



- 
10 Goi 

i 

i 

WEdom, 
zruh? 

save. 

i 

mine anger, ; n\ mi 

of the I 

- 

flowed 6n us 

- 
a Pot tie s<.id. Sun my pco- 

.ut will not lie : bo he ssa', 

9In;.ll their affliction he 

and tht 

- of old. 
I 



ylv. 
UThe i he r 

theshephci 

tint put hi 
12 i . 

- 
i water 

- 

the Spirit i 

so dki* f . th 

: 
from the habi 
thy glory : Wta 
- 

thy mercies to 
str. lined.' 
16 I) ..;' 
Abraham I k ignorant < 
knowledge us not : tw 

lrO'L u made as tn 

from tfi) 

iake. t • • as. 

IBTHe people rttfth h fin 

- 

1 ; We : tlw<u beye ■ 

irthem; tbej 
thy none. 

• CHAF. 

1 The church f 

. '.v flower] 9 a«d c 
r/bw. 

. that th u * utdest 

. OB : 

2 A. "•// n *!i" me I ng fi I 

f 

nime kn 

■' 
■ ■ 
moontaiiM II \. 

4 For 

i • a. t heard, □ 

. 

5 Ti, 
worketh i 

tbo«t i* 

I 
all our right! ivnci 



SS6 The Gentiles caEed. 



I3AIAH. 



The new Jerusalem. 



smd we all do fade 


as ale 


:if; andourini- 


quities, 'ike the wind. 


have 


aken us av, ay. 


7 And there is ne 


le tha 


t cailein upon 


thy name, that stirret 


hupl 


imselfto take 


hold or thee : for the 




t hid thy face 


from bs, and hast ccn 


>ume< 


u:,, because of 


our iniquities. 






-3 But now, Lcvd 






■we are the clay, and t 






%e alt ore the'vrark c 






9 1 Be not wroth 






neither remember in 






hold, sec. we be£e£cb 




we are all thy 


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Iderness, Zicu 


is ■? wildes ness,~3 






ii but 






where our fathers y,v 






up with iire : sM all 


our p 




are laid waste. 






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Jeriisaletp* 






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not : I'saicV Behold rji 




»id me. 


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thoughts ; 






3 A people that pro 


voketl 


i me to angef 


continually to my race 




sacrificeth in 



i 10 AndSharon shall be a fold offlocks,and 

the valley of Achor a place for the herds 
to iie down in, for my people that have 



ct brick ; 

4 Which remain amongthe graves, and 
lodge in the monuments, whteheat swine's 
SBesh, and broth of ab ngs is in 

their vessels ; 

5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not 
rear to me ; for 1 am holier than thou. 
These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that 
burnetii all the day. 

6 Behold, it is written before me ; I Will 
r.ot keep silence, but will recompense, even 
recompense into their bosom, 

7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of 
your fathers together, saith the Lord, 
which have burned incense upon the moun- 
tains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: 
therefor* will I measure their former work 
into their bosom. 

8 Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine 
is found in the cluster, and one saiih, Des- 
troy it not ; for a blessing is id it : so will 
I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not 
destroy them all. 

9 And 1 will bring forth a seed out of Ja- 
cob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my 
mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, 
and my servant afeall dwell there. 



;00;, 



me. 



it yeanethey which forsake the Lord, 
that forget my holy mountain, that prepare 
a table lor that troop, and that furnish the 
drink offering unto that number. 

12 Therefore will 1 number you to tha 
swoi :i, and ye shall all bow down to the 

filer ; because when i called, ye did 

•0.0 did evil before mine eyes,aiid did choose 
thai wherein I delighted not. 

13 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, 
Behold n ltve shall 

i II drink 
but ye ! h -1 my ser- 

vo; be ashamed: 

14 Behold ftiysen ur.sihali sine for joy 

vt w o; 

-.' for vexation of sprit, 

our name for a 

: for die Lord God 

: til his servants by a- 

1G That he who biesseth himself in the 
o himself m the God of truth ; 
Mid he that sweareth in the earth shall 
swear by the God of truth ; because the 
former troubles are forgotten, and because 
they are hid i'-'orn mine eves. 

17 *ff For, Behold, I create new heavens 
and a new earth. : and the former shall not - 
be rcaKir.bc loci, nor come into mind. 

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever 
in i hat which I create : for behold, 1 create 
Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a 

19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and 
joy in my people : and the voice of weep* 
ingshall'he no more heard in her, nor the 
voice of crying. 

20 There shall be no more thence ar» 
infant of days, nor an old man that hath 
not filled his davs : for the child shall die 
an ho: tdred years old ; but • tlie sinner be* 
ing an hundred years old shall be accurs- 
ed. 

21 And the}- shall build houses, and in- 
habit them ; and they shall plant vineyards, 
and eat the fruit of. them . • 

22 They shall not build, and another in- 
habit ; they shall not plant, and another 
eat : for as the days of a tree,ar<? the days 
of my people, and mine elect shall icne en- 
joy the work of their hands. 

23 They shall not labour in rain, nor 
bring forth for trouble: for they are the 
seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their 
offsprine with them. 

24 Audit shall come to pass, that before 
they call, I will answer ; and while they 
are yet speaking, 1 will he&r. 



- 
saith the Lard. 

Tiven is 
y foot- 

: 
t 

; as if he slew 
■ i a lamb, as // 
he cut ofl a dog's neck ; he . 
I 

' he btessed an 

ey h ive chosen their own 

. ir scul deiighteth in their a- 

« 

did evil 
» thai in which 

• Lord ye that 
■ brethren that 

ined: but 

imecL 

he city, a voice 
L rd that 
nie . 

t broughtibrlhj 
delivered 

S \\ 'i. »? Who 

eartli be 

,ht Forth her chil- 

: 

: 

- 



I, Behold, I 

■ ' 

mother comfortetlfc 
be com- 

If And iw.yo irheartshall 

and your bon< rish hke 

■ rd shall 

id his in- 
aies. 

with furjf, and 

by his sword v.-iil the 
Lord plead with all Besb : and the slain • f 
isha 

that sanctify themselves, ant! 
lemselves in the gardens behind 
one (ree in the midst, eating 
and the abomination, ai 
be consumed together, saith the Lord. 

18 For I know their works an 
thoughts : it shall come, that -will 1 
all nations and tongucsj and they shafl 
come, and see my glory. 

19 And I will set a si£n among them, anrl 
id those that escape ot them unto 

the nations, /oT^rshish, Pu), and Lud, that 
draw the bow, to. Tubal, andJavan to the 
isles at.-r off, that have not h€ 

• my glory among th 
1 they shal 1 brii ig all your bi 
Bering unto the Lord, out of all na- 
id horses, and in chariots, and in 
litters, and upon mu3 
beasts, to my holy mountain Jer 
siikh the 1/ rd, as the children of Israel 
into the 

.kcofthemforpriesti 

iu v. heav( d i 

' (Orel. 

. 
uot die, i 

unto aU 



The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah. 



chaf. I. 

I The CQ&pg 0/ Jen miah. 1 1 Bis vision . 

1 5 His mt stage against Juclah. 17 God 

/■■• oiniacih to ussiso him. 
HJpHE words el- Jeremiah the son ofHil- 

X kiah , oi tl ie priests that were in Ana- 
thoih, in the land of Benjamin: 

2 To whom the word oi the Lord came 
In the days of Josiah the son of Amon king 
cr Judah, in the thirteenth year ofhis reign. 

S it came also in the days oi Jehoiaklm 
the son ofJosiah king ot Judah, unto the 
end of die eleventh year oi Zedekiah the 
son ofJosiah kiBg oi Judah, unto the car- 
rying away of Jerusalem captive in the filth 
month. 

4 Then the word of the .Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

5 Before I formed thee in the belly, 1 
knew thte and before thou earnest forth out 
of the womb, I sanctified thee, and I or? 
Gained thee a prophet unto the nations. 

6 Then said 1, Ah, Lord God I behold, 
1 cannot spe.-,k : for 1 am a child. 

7 But the Lord said onto roe, Say not, I 
am a child : for thou shalt go to ail that I 
shall send ihee ,iy whatsoever; i command 
thee th- u sh it speak. 

S lie not afraid of their faces : for I am 
with thee to deliver thee, saith die Lord. 

9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and 
touched my mouth. Ana the Lord said 
v.nto me, Behold, 1 have put my words in 
ihy mouth. 

10 Fee, ] have this day set thee over the 
nations, and over the kingdoms, to root cut, 
and to pnli down, and to destroy, and to 
throw down, to build, and to plant. 

21 % Moreover, the word of the Lord 
game unto me, saying, Jeremiah, What 
seest thou I And 1 said, I see a rod of an al- 
mond tree. 

12 Then said the Lord unto me. Thou 
hast well seen : for I will hasten my word 
%o perform it. 

13 And the word of the Lord came unto 
me the second time* saying, What seest 
thou ? And I said, I see a seething pot j 
and the face thereof is toward the north. 

14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of 
the north an evil shall break forth upon all 
the inhabitants oi the land. 

15 *jj For, lo, I will call all the families 
©f the kingdoms of the north, saith the 
Lord ; and they shall come, and they shall 
jet every one his throne at the entering ot 
the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the 
walls thereof round about, and against all 
the cities of Judah. 

16 And 1 will utte/ my judgments against 
ahem touching all their wickedness, who 



have forsaken me, and have burned in- 
cense unto other gods, and worshipped the 
works of their own hands, 

17 IF Thou therefore, gird up thy loin& , 
and arise, and speak unto them all that 1 
command thee: be not dismayed at their 
laces, lestl confound thee before them. 

18 For, behold, I have made thee this 
day adelenced city, and an iron pillar, and 
brascn walls against the whole land- against 
the kii igs of Judah, against the princes there- 
of, against the priests thereof, and a- *. 
gainst the people of the land, 

19 And they shall fight against thee ; but 
they shall not prev.ru against thee : for I apt 
with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. 

CHAP. II. 
1 God's expostulation with the Jews token- 
ing their causeless revolt. 14 'J'/iey arc 
tiw ran ^r of tlinr own calamities, 
TV/TOREbyEJi, the word of the Lord 
IV JL came to me., saying, 

2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, 
saj ihg, thus saitR the Lord, I remember' 
thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of 
thine espousals, when thou wentest after 
one in rl'.e wilderness, in aland that was 
not sown, 

o Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and 
the first fruits of his increase : all that de- 
vour him shall ofiend ; evil shall comeup- 
cn (Ik m, saith the Lord. 

4 Hear ye the w-rdot the Lord, O house 
of Jacob, and ail the families of the house 
of Isi'aei : 

5 Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity 
have your fathers found in me, that they 
are gone far from me and have walked 
after vanity, and are become vain ? 

6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord 
that brought us up "out oi' the land of £- 
gypt, that led us through the wilderness, 
thrt -ugh a land of deserts and < >f pits,through 
aland r£ drought, and of the shadow ot 
death, through a land that no man passed 
through, and where no man dwelt ? 

7 And 1. brought you into a plentiful coun- 
try, to eat the fruit thereof, and the good- 
ness thereof : but when ye entered, ye de- 
filed my land, and made mine heritage an 
abomination. 

8 The priests said not, Where is the 
Lord i And they that handle the law knew 
me not : the pastors also trarisgregstd a- 
gainst me, and the prophets prophesied by 
J3aa!, and walked after things that do not 
proiit. 

9 Wherefore, I will yet plead with you, 
saith the Lord, and with your children's 
chUdren wilrlpkad. 

10 For pass over the i.»les of Chittiim ana 



Ch: 

see : and Ben lar, and conr 

[here ijesuch a thing. 
11 Hath a nation I if gods, 

which are yet I at my people 

have ch 
doth i 

; ied, O ye heavens, at this, 
anc. be horribh desolate, 

saitn the Lord. 

13 For toy people have committed two 

•aken me, the fountain 
ot "living water*., and hewed them cut cis- 
terns, broken cisterns, that can hold no wa- 
ter. 

14 % Is Israel a servant ? Is he a home- 
born afav ■■ y Why is he spoiled.'' 

15 Tlie young fkmSi'oared upon him ,dw<f 
yelled, and they made his land waste : his 
cities are buraed without inhabitant. 

16 Also the children of Noph and Tah- 
ap:mes have brtikenthe crown of thy head. 

17 Hast tbeti not procured this iinto thy- 
self, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord 
thy G el, when he led thee by the way I 

13 And now, What hast thou to do in 

i chime die waters of 

Sihor i or, Wh it hast thou to do in the Way 

• la, to dririk the waters of the river I 

19 Thi - a shall correct 

they,andthyb i llreprovethee: 

I see that it is an evii 

thine and bitter, that thcu hast forsaken 

(1, and that roy fear is not 

i the Lord God of hosts. 

.' I have bn 

. 

tree thcu 

ee a noble vine, 
wholly .. then art thou 

ant of a strange 
vine un; 

thee with ni- 

. 

I am not pollu- 
• liiTi t See thy 
way in I 

'i-Ai art a sw;fi dromed 

ne^that 
ftnufieth an the wind 

•. ,i\ '. All 
' rythem- 

they shall find h< r. 

and thv l hirst: butth 

; 
itrangi , will I go. 

len he is 
frund, so is the hi u-e of ! i 
key, thei I 
priftrt * 3 4 



p. iii. Judah' s cxmjfctekce rejected* 5%i 

27 Saying to a stock Thou art mv fa- 
ther : and to a stone, Thou hast brought 
me fordr : lor the) have turned their back 
unti i me, and not their face ; but in the time 
of their jtrouble they wul say, Arise, and 
save as. 

28 But where are thy gods that thou hast 
ma v thee i Let them' arise, if they can 
save thee in the time of thy trouble : for ac- 
cording to the number "of thy cities are thy 
god?, O Judah. 

29 Wherefore will ye pflead with me ; ye 
all have transgressed "against me, saith the 
Lord. 

30 In vain have 1 «mitten your children • 
they received no correction : your own 
sword hath devoured your prophets, like e 
destroying lion. 

31 O generation, see ye the word of the 
Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Is- 
rael \ A land pf darkness ? Wherefore say 
my people, We are lords 5 we will come 
no more unto thee t 

32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or 
a bride her attire i Yetmype pie have, for* 
gotten me, days wkh< ut number. 

33 Why trimmest thru thj way o seek 
lot e \ Therefore ha t th( u also taught the 
wicked ones thy ways: 

34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of 
the souls oi the'poor inno cents : 1 have not 
toned itby secret search, but Upon all these. 

35 Yet th( u sayest, Because I am inno- 
cent, surely his anger shall turn from me. 
Behold, 1 will plead with thee, because thou 
sayest, I have not sinned. 

36 Why gaddest thou about so much to 
chargethy way ? Thou also shaltbe asha- 
med of Egypt, as thou Wast ashamed of As- 

37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and 
thine hands upon thine head : for the Lord 
hath rejected diy Confidences, and thou 
shalt not prosper in them. 

CHAP. JIL 
1 Qod'sgn at mercy in Judah** vile whore- 
dom. 12 The jirommrsoft/ti gospel to 

Tf is wife, 

nothi r manfe, Shall he 1 ier a* 

Shall not that land be greath p 

ted '. But t)/ - t with 

Lord. 

2 Lilt up thin : < j esiinto 

W ith. 

fflg and 

hold 



5£0 Gospel promised to the penitent. 



4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto 
me, My father, thou art the guide of my 
youth l 

5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? 
Will he keep ii to the end I .Behold, thou 
hast spoken and done evil things as thou 
eouldesto 

6 The Lord said also unto me in the days 
ofJosiah the king, Hast thouseenthat which 
backsliding Israel hath doner She is gone 
up upon every .high mountain, and under 
every green tree, and there hath piayed tne 
harlot. 

7 And 1 said after she had done all these 
things. Turn thou unto me. But she re- 
turned not. And her treacherous sister Ju- 
dah saw it, 

8 And I saw, when for all the causes 
whereby backsliding Israel committed a- 
dultery 1 had put her a ^ay, and given her 
a bill of divorce ; yet her treacherous sister 
Judah feared not, but went and played the 
harlot also. 

9 And it came to pass through the light- 
ness of her whoredom, that she deli led the 
land, and committed adultery with stones 
and with stocks. 

10 And yet for all this her treacherous 
sister Judah hath not turned unto me with 
her whole heart, but ieignedh/j saith the 
Lord. 

11 And the Lord said unto me, The back- 
sliding Israel hath justified herself more 
than treacherous Judah. 

12 *l Go and proclaim these words to- 
ward the north, and say, Return, th u back- 
sliding Israel, saith the Lord; and 1 will 
not cause mine anger to tall upon you : for 
I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will 
not keep anger for ever. 

13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that 
thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy 
God, and hast scattered thy ways to the 
strangers under every green tree, and ye 
have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. 

14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith 
the Lord ; for 1 am married unto you : and 
I will take you one of a city, and two of a 
family, and I will bring you "to Ztofi : ■' i 

15 And 1 will give you pastors according 
to mine heart, which shall feed you with 
knowledge and understanding. 

16<And it shall come to pass, when ye be- 
multiplied and increased.!!: the land, in those 
days, saith the Lord v they shall say no more, 
The ark erf the covenant of the Lord : nei- 
ther shall ; :'i shall they 
remember it: neither shall they visit it} 
neither "ve. 

17 At tha shall call Jerusalem 

the throne of th ] • . anefajl ttie nations 
sthaU be gathered unto it, to the 
the Lord." to Jerusalem : neither shall they 
-va& any more, after theimagihation of their 
evil heart. 



JEREMIAH. Israel called to repentance, 

18 In those days the house of Judah shall 



walk with the house of Israel, and thev shall 
come together out of the land of the north, 
to the land that i Have given for an inher- 
it, usee unto your fathers. 

19 ijutl said,How shall I put thee among 
the children, and give thee a pleasant land, 
a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? 
And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father : 
and shalt not turn away from me. 

20 Surely as a wife treacherously depart- 
eth from her husband, so have ye dealt 
treacherously with me, O- house of Israel, 
saith the Lord. 

21 A voice was heard upon the high pla- 
ces, weeping and supplications of the chil- 
dren oi Israel: for they have perverted 
their vm\,and they have forgotten the Lord 
their God. * 

22 Return, ye backsliding children, and 
I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we 
come unto ihee: for thou art the Lord our 
God. 

23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped far 
from the hills, and from the mulitude of 
mountains : truly in the Lord our God is 
the salvation of Israel. 

24 For shame hath devoured the labour of 
our fathers from our youth ; their flock* and 
their herds, .their sons and their daughters.. 

25. We iie down in our shame, and our 
confusion covereth us: for we have sinned 
against, the Lord cur God, we and our fa- 
thers, from our youth even unto this day t 
and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord 
our God. 

CH.A1V IV. . 
1 CiodcaUeth Israel, Sand Judah to repen- 
tance. 19 He lamenteth over Judah, 
IF thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the 
. Lord, return unto me : and if thou wilt 
put away thine abominations out of mr 
sight then shalt thou not lemove. 
: 2 And thou shalt swear, the Lord liveth, 
in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness - r 
and the nations shall bless themselvesin him, . 
and in him shall they glory. 

3 1 For thus saith the Lord to the men 
of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your 
fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 

4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, 
and take away the foreskins of vour heart, 
ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem,: lest my fury come forth like fire, and 
burn that none can quench it, because oi" 
the evil of your doing-,. 

5 Declare \, e in Judah, and publish in Je- 
rusalem ;. and say, blow ye the trumpet in 
the land: cry, gather together, and say, 
Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the 
deienced cities. 

6 Set up the standard toward Zlon : re- 
tire, stay not : for 1 will bring evil from the. 
north; aiid a great destruction. 



•God tamcnteth over 



7 The 

and the i 

way ; he is gone torth from his ; 

maketh. 

be laid 

mer.t an 
Lord is 

9 And 

saith Ihe Lord, : - 1 ie king 

Shall peri , of the princes; 

and the | - , and the 

10 Then said 

■ 

• ad the 
I 

m those places 
shall com ri\\ 1 give 

m. 

I 

. 
14 . ; ue heart from 

that thou m 

: 

- 

n to the nations : be- 

- 
< 

i been re- 
have pro- 

rnpain- 

- 

the sound 

- 

■ 

I 

i 

■ 

. 23 1 beheld the earth, and, 
Gut i'orrn, and void ; 



Chap. v. Judgments agahut the Ji I 

24 I beheld the mountains, and, 

1. and all the lulls moved b 

25 1 beheld, and, lo. there rocs no man, 
and all the birds of tbehea\ 

26 1 beheld, and. lo, the fruitful pi: 
c-;s, and ail thee it \t - 
broken down at the presence of the Lord, 
his fierce anger. 

27 For thus hath the Lord sai< 
whole land shall be desolate ; yet \ 
make a nil end. 

28 For this shall the earth mourn, and 
the heavens above be bbek : be 
have spoken it } 1 hai e purposed it, and w ill 
notrepeu in 1 turnback from it. 

29 Tne whole ,ie noise 
rserhen and bowmen; the 

n cks, e\ i 

j. man dwell t.. - 

... What 
wilt m u do ? Though thou . 
with crimson, though thou dec! i 
with ornaments of tj kL th i 
est thy 1":.. 

; ^elr fair; ih 

. 
r i have heard a v ice as 
manintravaily 

forth her first chi;d, the 

r of Z bewaileth her- 

self, that t, saying , Woe" 

is me now ! tor my soul is wearied i 
ct murderers. 

cm \i\ v. 

Tlie judgments i the Jews for 

r manijbld corruptions* 

R trough the street* 

. know 
i in the broad places there if, U j e 

■ 
mem, that geeketh the tru 

i ir. 

2Andt 

■ 
truth f T 

Grieved ; I 

led toit- 
- poor; 

n 



592 God's judgments on the Jems, JEREMIAH. 

shall he torn in pieces : because their trans- 
gressions are ma»jr ? and their backslidings 
are increased.. - 

7 How shall I pardon thee for this ? Thy 
(Children have forsaken me, and sworn by 
them that are no gods : when 1 had fed' 
them to the full, they then committed adul- 
ter}' • and assembled themselves by trqops 
in the harlots houses. 

8 They were as fed horses in the morn- 
ing: every one neighed after his neigh- 
bour's wife. 

9 Shall I not visit for these things ? saith 
the Lord: and, Shall not my soul be aven- 
ged on such a nation as this ? 

10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy ; 
but make not a full end : take away her 
battlements ; for they are not the Lord's, 

11 For the house qf Israel and the house 
of Judahhave dealt very treacherously a* 
gainst me, saith the Lord. 

12 They have belied the Lord, and said, 
It is not he ; neither shall evil come upon 
us ; neither shall we see sword nor famine ; 

13 And the prophets shall become wind, 
and the word is not in them, thus shall it 
be done unto them. 

14 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord God 
of hosts. Because ye speak this word, be- 
hold I will make my words in thy mouth 
fire, and this people wood? and it shall de- 
vour them. 

15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you 
from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord ; 
it is a mighty nation, it is ail ancient na- 
tion, a nation whose language tlv u know- 
©st not -neither understandest whatthey say. 

16 Thei r qui ve r is as a$ open sepulchre, 
thev are all mighty men. 

17 And thev sh'aH'eat up thine harvest, 
and thy bread, which thy sons and thy 
daughters shpuid eat : they shall eat up 
thy flocks and thine herds : they shall eat 
up thy vines and thy fig trees : they shall 
Impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou 
trusted t, with the sword. 

18 Nevertheless, in those days, saith the 
Lord i will not make a full end with you. 

19 And it shall come to pass, when ye 
shall say. Wherefore doth the Lord our 
Qod all these things unto us ? Then shalt 
th^u answer them, Like as ye have forsa- 
ken me, and serv d strange gods in your 
land, so shall ye serve strangers in, a laud 
Chat is not yours, 

' 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, 
and publish it in Judah, "saying, 

21 Hear' now this, O foolish people, and 
■Without understanding: which have eyes, 
and see not j which have ears, and hear 
iiot : 

22 Fear yen' t me I saith the Lord : Will 
ye not trem6 e at my presence, which have 
placed tiie saadjfar the bound of the sea by 



Their enemies encouraged* 
a perpetual degree, that it cannot pass it s 
and though the waves thereof toss them-* 
selves, yet can they not prevail: though 
thev roar, vet can they not pass over it? 

23 But this people hath a revolting and 
a rebellious heart j they are revolted and 
gone. 

24 Neither say they in their heart, Let 
us now fear the Lord our Gad that giveth 
rain, both the former and the latter, in his 
season : he reserveth unto us the appoint- 
ed weeks of the harvest. 

25- Your iniquities have turned away 
these things, and your sins have withholden 
good things from" you. 
' 26 For among my people are found wick- 
ed men j they lay wait, as he that setteth 
snares ; they set a trap, they catch men. 

2/ As a cage is full of birds, so are their 
hpuses full of deceit : therefore they are oe= 
came great and waxen rich. 

28 They are waxen fat, they shine : yea, 
they overpass the deeds of the wicked : 
they judge not the cause, the cause of the 
fatherless, yet thev prosper : and the right 
of the needy do they not judge. 

29 Shall I not visit for these things? 
saith the Lord : Shall not my soul be aven-? 
ged on such a nation as this? 

30 A wonderful and horrible thing is 
committed in the land ; 

31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and 
the priests bear rule by their means ; and 
my people love to have it so : and, What 
will ye do in the end thereof? 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The enemies sent against Judah, 4 en- 
courage themselves. 6 God setteth 
them on work because of their sins. 

OYE children of Benjamin, gather 
yourselves to fieg out of the midst of 
Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet inTekoa, 
and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem ; 
for evil appeareth out of the north and great 
destruction. 

2 I have likened the daughter of Zioirto 
a comely and delicate woman. 

3 The shepherds with their flocks shall 
come unto her ; they shall pitch their tents 
against her round about ; they shall feed 
every one in his place. 

4 *S Prepare ye war against her; arise, I 
and let us go up at noon, Woe unto us ! for 
tlie day goeth away, for the shadows of the 
evening are stretched out. 

5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let 
us destroy her palace . 

6 «5[ For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, 
Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount a» 
gainst Jerusalem ; this is the city to be vis- 
ited ; she is wholly oppression in the midst 
of her. 

7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, 
so she casteth out her wickedness .* violence 



Gvd '« wrath proclaimed. 

and spoil is heard in her : before me con- 
ly is grief arid wounds. 

8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest 
my soul depart fr *n thee : lest 1 make thee 
desolate, a 1 > ted. 

9 Thui sajrth the L rd of ho^ 

shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Is- 
rael as a vine : turn back thine hand as a 
grapes >therer into the b 

10 To 

warning, that they may h 
their ear is ur.oircumri^ed, and a 
•..hold, the word ct . 
is unto mem a reproach ; the) have no de- 
light in it. 

11 The the fury of. he 
Lord ; j n: I will 
pour it out upr>n the 

men together : 
the wife shall be 
, with him that 18 full of days. 
: be turned un- 
to others 

a out my hand upon the 
,d, saittithe;. 
east of them even unto 
- 
c 

, 
ie hurt of 
the daug 
Peace, peace; when then i 

commit' 

not at a; 

therefore, they shall fail among them that 

fill: at the time thai 1 

be ca 

16 Thus saith the I 

where is the | 

and ye shall find rest 

. 
dsolsel watchmen over \ou, say- 
. 
But they said. We will not hearken. 
18 Therefore hear, yenati< in . and know, 

cvi! una 

1 it. 

I 

| 
I 

Id -a pco- 



1 I ! -iation to rcficntancc. 59$ > 

pie Cometh fir m the north country, and a 
great nation -shall be raised from the sides 
-.rth. 

23 They shall lay hold on bow and 
cue], and have no mere 

v ice r< areth like the sea; and tl 
upon horses, & in array as men ; 
again 1 1 hee, O daughter of Zion. 

24 We have heard the fame t 
air hands wax feeble: anguish hat 

h- Id of us, and pain, as of a woman in tra- 
vail. 

not forth into tlie field, nor walk 
r the sword oi the enemy " 
p 16 on every side. 

26 O daughter of my people, gird thee 
with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in a - 
es : make thee :n v.v::inx.as for an only son, 
moat bitter lamentation : far die spoiler 
shrill suddenly come upon us. 

27 I have set thee for a tower a?; 
people, that then . 

know and try their way. 

28 The)- are all grievous revolters, walk- 
ing with slanders : they are brass and iron ; 
thev are all pi rrupters. 

29 The befiows are burnt, the lead is 
consumed oi the fire ; the founder melteth 
inv&Da: for the wicked are not plucked 

30 Reprobate silver shall mm rallthem> 
because the I ^ord hath rejected them. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 J rendah is sent to call for true refirtte 
tance. 8 He rejecteih thek 

Ti IK word that came to Jeremiah from 
the Lord sa; 

i fthe Lord's 

and sar, 
Lord, all t/ 
dah, that 

i a>rd. 

I 

dwell in this 

4 Trust j 

j 

5 For .. 

'■ 

nocentbl 

■ 
i commit adul- 



594 TheJenmHmpmtmte. * JEREMIAH. 

Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye 
v net ; 

10 And come and stand before me in this 
house, which is called by my name, and 
savyVe are delivered to do ail the^e abomi- 
nation's ? 

11 Is this house, which is called by my 
aarne, become a den of robbers in your 
eyes i Behold, even ihave seen z'/ saith the 
Lord. 

12 But go ye now unto my place -which 
tvas in Shlloh, where I set my name at the 
first, and see what Idid to it for tfie wick- 
edness of my people Israel. 

13 And now, because ye ha*e done all 
these works, saiih the Lord, and I sj^ake 
unto yen, rising up early and speaking, 
but ye heard not \ and I called you, but ye 
answered not ; 

14 Therefore will I do unto this house, 
vvhicb is called by my name, wherein ye 
tru$t,and unto the place which 1 gavetoyou 
and to your father, as 1 have done toihi- 
£oh« , 

;.d I will cast you out cf my sight, 
■ e cast cut all your brethren, cutu 
the whole seed o: Ephraira. 

16 Therefore pray not thou for this peo- 
ple, neither lift up crv nor prayer for their;, 
neither make intercessions tome : forlwiH 
not hear thee. 

IT Seest thou not what they do in the 
. Judah and in the streets c: Jeru- 

13 The children gather wood, and the 
fathers kindle the lire and the women 
:": ugh, to make cakes to the 
fcaeenofheaven,andtx irk offer- 

ings unto other gods, that they fcha? pro- 
voke meteanger. 

29 Do they provoke me to anger I saith 
the Lord : Do they nbtfirovoke themselves 
to the confusion of their own faces/ 

20 Thereto) e thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be 
fxured out upon this place, upon man, and 
upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, 
and upon the fruit of the ground ; and it 
shaft burn, and shall not be quenched 

21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the jGod 
of Israel ; Pet your burnt offerings unto 
your sacrifices, and eat flesh'. 

22 Fur i sp. i ke not unto y our fathers, nor 
commanded them in the day that I brought 
thefts out of the land of Egypt, concerning 
burnt offerings or sacrifices ; 

2.3 But this thing commanded I them, 

saying; Obey m/ voice, and I Will be your 

dvekha f i be my people : and walk 

ye in all the ways that 1 have .commanded 

yemrthatlf may oo v ^-' "Snto y° X] - 

c-ned not, nor inclined 
their t^r, hut walked in the coun 
in the imagination ot their evii heart, and 
v,_.t track vvard, ahd not Sorwai . 



Their calamity*. 

25 Since the day that your fathers came 
forth out ot the land of Egypt, unto this 
day, I have even sent unto you all my ser- 
vants the prophets daily rising up earl}' and 
sending them : 

26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, 
nor inclined their ear, but Hardened their 
r.eck : they did worse than their fathers. 

27 Therefore thou sh alt speak all these 
words unto them ; but they will not hear- 
ken to thee : thou shaft also call unto them ; 
but they will not answer thee. 

28 But thou shalt tar unto them, This' -?» 
a nation that obey eth not the voice of the 
Lord their God, norreceiveth correction: 
truth is perished, and is cut off from 
their mouth. 

29 Cut off thine hair, Jerusalem,&ii<[ 
cast it away, and take up a lamentation on 
high place-" : for the Lord hath rejected 

ken the generation of his wrath. 

r the Children of Judah havedone 

evil in my sight, s-dththe Lord : they have 

set their abominations in the house which 

is called by my name, to pollute it. 

SI And they have built the high places of 

Tophet, which is in the valley oi the son of 

Hinnom, toburh their sons and their daugh- 

aefire ; which I commanded them 

not, neither came it into m> heart. 

33 Therefore, behold, the days eome, 
saith the Lord, that it shall no more be 
called Tophet, nor the valley of the son 
of Hinnom, but the valley oi slaughter: 
for they shall bury i» Tophet, till there 
be no place. 

33 And the carcasses cf this people shall 
be meat f ■ ir the fowl \ of the heaven, and 
for the beasts ot the earth ; and none shall 
tray t hem away. 

34 Then will -I cause to cease from the 
cities : J lah, an :." from the streets of Je- 
rusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice 
Of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, 
and the voice of the bride : for the land 
shall be desolate. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 The Jews' calamity. 4 Their impenti en- 

cy upbraided. 13 Their judgment shew- 

ed. 18 Thtir desperate estate bewailed. 

AT thattime, sakh the Lord, they shall 
bring out the bones of the kings of 
Judah, and the b r >nes of his princes, and 
the bones of the priests, and the bones 
of the prophets, and the bones of the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem, cut of their 

2 And they shall spread them before the 
sun, and the moon, and all the host of hea- 
ven, whom'they have loved, ahd whom 
i he, have served, and after whom they 
ww e « allied, and whom they have sought, 
and whom they have worshipped : they 
shall not be gathered, nor be buried ; they 
lor dung upon the face of the eatth. 



The Jew? judgment shewed. 






The fir \ tetb,S9& 



3 And dead i n rather than 

of this <>- naininall the 

places "whither I have driven them, sakh 
the Loi d of I 

ttothem, 
fell, and 
e : Shall he turn away, and not re- 
turn ■ 

5 Why then is this people of Je 
slidoen back by a p- 

t return. 
6 1 ht 

ht: no man repented him of bis 
wickedness, saj ing, What luve 1 dune I 
<:;,e tunica i rse, as the 

; usheth into I 
?Yea, the stork in tiiehe.tven knoweth 
her appointed time- ; and the turtle, and 
the crane, and the swallow, ob.sv.rve tiic^ 
: :n;n ; i; ; butnv. people know 
nent o. the L 
8 How do \ e say, Weare wise, and the 
• .t!i us ? Lo, certainly 
made he it ; the pen of the scribes 
zor in vain. 

men are ashamed, they arc 
: lo, they have 
ed the word of the Lord ; and, What 
, /* in them ? 

will 1 give their wives unto 
•then, and th 

inherit t ■ from the least 

even in ;■ st is given toe 

•. even unto the priest 

11 For -he hart of the 

i 

. 
U VV ley had 

ley were 
not at all ley blush: 

Lion the) 

I 

. 

I 

14 V. 

- 
I 



17 Fcr beheld I will *«, cock- 

\-char- 
ieLord. 
. 

I .lint in me. 

e voice of the cry of the 

le, because of them 

: Is net the 

Lord in I A her king in her i 

! me to anger 

with their graven images, and with strange 

vanities I 

20 The harvest ie past, the summer is 
ended, and wearenot saved. 

21 For the hurt of the daughter of my 
people am 1 hurt ; I am black; astonish- 
ment hath taken hojd on me. 

22 Is there no balm inGilcad ? ft there 
no physician there i Why then is not the 
health of* the daughter of my people reco- 
vered 

CHAP. IX. 
1 The prophet lamentethfor their manr- 
foldxirus) 9 and judgments. 12 Disobe- 
dience is the cause of their calamity. 
Oil that my head were waters, and 
mine eyes, a fountain of tears, that I 
might weep day and night for the slain ct' 
the daughter ot my people ! 
j 2 that I had m the wilderness a lodg- 
ing place of way fairing men ; that 1 might 
leave my people, and go from them ! tor 
they be all :i assembly of treach- 

erous :. 

1 1 ley bend their tongues like their 
tyowjor lies": but they are not valiant for 
irth ; for they pro- 
ceed from evil to evil, and they know not 
me, siith the Lord. 

4 T o.c j e heed i \ ery one of his neigh- 
ttour, and in any broth 

ipplant, and e- 
vcry neighbour i iders. 

ir, and will I trutlw 

G Thi: i ' of de- 

ceit ; thr 

I ' ■ 



me The Jews' calamity. JEREMIAH, 

a wilderness a lamentation, because 
they are burned up, so that none can p^s 
through them ; neither can men hear the 
voice of the cattle ; both the fowl of the 
heavens and the beast are fled ; they are 
gone; 

11 And 1 will make Jerusalem heaps, 
and a den of dragons ; and 1 will make 
the cities of Judah "desolate, without an in- 
habitant. 

12 *!f Who is the wise man, that may 
understand this I and, Who is he to whom 
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that 
he may declare it, for what the land per- 
isheth, and is burned up like a wilderness, 
that none passeth through ( 

13 And the Lord safth, Because they 
have forsaken my law which I set before 
them, and have hot obeyed my voice, nei- 
ther walked therein ; 

14 But have walked alter the imagina- 
tion of their own heart, and after Baalim, 
which their fathers taught them : 

15 Therefore, thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, the God of Israel ; Behold, 1 will 
feed them, even this people, with worm- 
wood, and give them water of gall to drink. 

16 I will scatter them also among the 
heathen, whom neither they nor their fa- 
thers have known : and I will send a 
sword after them, till I have consumed 
them. 

17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consid- 
er ye, and call fer the mourning women, 
that they may come : and send for cun- 
ning vjomen, that they may cc me : 

18 And let tbem make haste, and take 
tip a wailing for us, that our eyes may run 
down with tears, and our eyelids gush cut 
with waters. 

19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of 
Zion, How are we spoiled I we ate great- 
ly confounded, because we have forsaken 
the land, because our dwellings have cast 
us out. 

20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye 
women, and let your ear receive the word 
of his mouth, and teach your daughters 
wailing, and every one her neighbour la- 
mentation. 

21 For death is come up into our win- 
dows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut 
offthe children from without$a?za! the young 
men from the streets, 

22 Speak, thus saith the Lord, Even the 
carcases of men shall tali as dung upon the 
open field, and as the handful after the har- 
vest man, and none shall gather them. 

23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise 
fnanglpry in/^wisdonyaeither let the migh- 
ty man glory in his might, let not the rich 
man glory in his riches : 

24 But let him that glorieth, glory in this 
that he imderstarideth and knowe 



The vanity of idols, 
thatl am the Lord which exercise Irving 
kindness, judgment, and righteousness, ia 
the earth : for in these things I delight, 
saith the Lord. 

25 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord 
that 1 wU punish all them which are cir- 
cumcised with the uncircumcised ; 

26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and 
the children of Amman and Moab,and all 
that arc in the utmost corners, that dwell 
in the wilderness: lor all these nations" are" 
uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel 
are uncircumcised in the heart. 

CHAP; X. 
1 The unequal comparison of God and 
idols. 19 The spoil of the tabernacle bxj 
fish pastors. 

HEAR ye the word which the Lord 
speaketh unto you, O house of Israel ; 

2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the 
way of the heathen, and be not dismayed 
at the signs of heaven ; for the heathen 
aie dismayed at them. 

3 Fit the customs of the people are vain ; 
for one cutteth a tree out of the torest, the 
work of the hands of the workman, with 
the ax. 

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; 
ten it with nails and with ham- 
mers, that it move not. 

5 They are upright as the palm tree, 
but speak not ; they must needs be borne, 
because they cannot go. Be not afraid of 
them ; for they cannot do evil, neither al- 
so is it in them to do good. 

6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto 
thee, O Lord : thou art great and ttiy name 
is great in might. 

7 Who would not fear thee, O King of 
nations ? For to thee doth it appertain it 
forasmuch as among all the wise \men ot 
the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there 
is none like unto thee. 

8 But they are altogether brutish and 
foolish -. the stock is a doctrine of vanities. 

9 Silver spread into plates is brought 
from. Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the 
work of the workman, and of the hands of 
the ft under : blue and purpie/s their cloth- 
ing : thev are all the work ot cunning men. 

. 10 But". the Lord ia the true God, he is 
g God, and an everlasting king: 
at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and 
the nation^ shall not be able to abide his 
indignation. 

'hus shall ye say unto them, The 
gods that have not ma'de the heavens and 
the earth, even they' shall perish from the 
earth, and from under these heaven; 



12 He hath made the earth by his pow. 
er, he liath established the world by his 
and hath stretched out the heav 
roiion. 
utter€th his voice, there 



I vttmni /- 1 ^claimed. 



Chap.xi. 



Jeremiah firvjihesieth. S9T 



a multitude of waters in the heavens, and 
:th the vapours to ascend from the 
ends of the earth ; lie maketh lightnings 
with rain, and brmgeth forth the wind out 
of his treasures* 

14 £v in Mm knowl- 

I by the 
graven image: tor hi . m< 
; . them. 

■ 
tfion they 

lo Tnerppi Lion 

ig-s ; and 1s- 
i ritance : The 

17 ( ; .. ..,.-:■ im ... wares oat of the land, 

sot the land at 
hem, that they 

I if 60, 

me form} hurt! my wound 
. But I said. Truly thisw a 
ir it. 

e I, and all my 

art not: tin r 
ent any more, and to 
I 

lecome brutish, 
lie Lord: I 
:•, and all the; 

■o! the bruit is come, 

the nor ii 

■ 

ofman 
. in man that 
• 
t me, but wi 
tnger, lest th -u bring 

hjr fury up «l the h 
. nd up >n the 

! 

I \ P. XI. 

. 1 1 tie 
)Come u/ion i 

T\ , Je»t .ui ill 

■ 

- 
ur fatlrcrs in 

$A 



land of Egvpt, from the ircn furnace, say- 
ing, Obey my voice, and do them, accord- 
ing to all wind i 1 command you: - 

,.:,und I will be your God: 
5 That 1 my \>- rform the oath which I 
have sworn unto your fathers, to give t!iem 
a land f. 

this day. Tlien answered L and said, Sj 
Lord. 

\ Pro- 
claim all d the cities oi 
and in the strec i ig, hear 
kxthem. 
I unto your 
•i got theni up 
out of the land ol Egypt, even unto this 
day, risi:. ing, saying, 0- 
hey my voice. 

o • Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined 
their ear, but walked every one in tlie im- 
agination ot their evil heart : therefore, 
1 will bring upon them all the words (i 
this covenant, which] commanded them 
to do ; but they did ihem not. 

9 And the Lord said unto me, A con- 
spiracy is found among tlie men ofJuduh, 
and among the inhabitants ol Jerusalem. 

10 T e are turned back to the iniqui- 

ieir forefathers, which refused to 
near my words ; and they went after other 
gods to serve them : the house of Israel 
and the house of Judah have broken my 

. which] made with their fathers. 

11 • Therefore thus saith the Lord, 
Behold, 1 will bring evil upon them, which 

: and though 
they siiul cry unto me, 1 will not hearken 
unto them. 

12 Then shall the cities of Judah and 

nts of Jerusalem go, and cry unto 

the gods unto whom they ofler incense ; but 

. .a at all i.i the tinnt 

i.j For according to the Dumber of thy 

gods,OJud ill : :. ml uccord- 

- 

not bear th 

ouble. 
15 What hath m\ b in mine 

- evdness 

i i 

tn>m ii.< 

- 
ken. 



S9B The ivicked*s prosperity. 



thee, bath pronounced evil against thee, 
hr the evil of the house of Israel and of 
the house of Judah, which they have done 
against themselves to provoke me to an- 
ger in offering incense unto Baal. 

18 And the Lord hath given roe knowl- 
edge of it and I know it : then thou shew- 
edst me their doings. 

19 But Isms like a lamb or an ox that 
is brought to the slaughter ; and I knew 
xiot that they had devised devices against 
me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with 
the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off 
from the land of the living, that his name 
may be no more remembered. 

20 But O Lord of hosts, that jtldgeth 
righteously, that triest the reins and the 
heart, let me see thy vengeance on them : 
for unto thee have I 'revealed my cause. 

21 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the 
men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, say- 
ing, prophesy not in the name of the Lord, 
that thou die not by our hand : 

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the 
young men shall die by the sword ; their 
sons and their daughters shall die by fam- 
ine: 

23 And there shall be no remnant of them: 
for 1 will bring evil upon the men of Ana- 
thoth, even the year of their visitation. 

CHA P. XII. 
1 Jeremiah, complaining of the •wicked's 

prosperity, by faith seeth their ruin. 

14 God's firomise to the penitent. 

RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when 
I plead with thee ; yet let me talk 
with thee of thy judgments : Wherefore 
doth the way ot the wicked prosper I 
Wherefore are all they happy that deal 
very treacherously ? 

2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have 
taken root : they grow, yea, they bring 
forth fruit : thou art near in their mouth, 
and far from their reins. 

3 But thou, O Lord, knowest me : thou 
hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward 
thee : pull them out like ^.:eep for the 
slaughter, and prepare them for the day of 
slaughter. 

4 How long shall the land mourn, and 
the herbs of every field wither, for the 
wickedness of them that dwell therein ? 
The beasts are consumed, and the birds ; 
because they said, He shall not see our last 
end. 

5 If thou hast ran with the footmen, and 
they have wearied thee, then, How canst 
thou contend with horses ? And if m 
the land of peace, therein thou trustedst, 
they wearied thee, then, How wiit thai 
do m the swelling of Jordan ? 

6 For even thy brethren, and the house 
«i thy father, even they have dealt treach- 



JEREMI AH. God's promise to the penitent \ 
erously with thee ; yea, they have called a 



multitude after thee : btik ve them not, 
though they speak fair words unto thee. 

7 I have forsaken mine house, I have 
left mine heritage ; 1 have given the dear- 
ly beloved of my soul into the hand of her 
enemies. 

3 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion io. 
the forest : it crieth out against me : there- 
fore have I hated it. 

9 Mine heritage/* unto me as a speck- 
led bird, the biros round about are against 
her : come ye, assemble all the beasts of 
the field, come to devour. 

10 Many pastors have destroyed my 
vineyard, they have trodden my portion 
under foot, they have made my pieasant 
portion a desolate wilderness. 

11 They have made it desolate, and bo 
ing desolate it mourneth unto me ; the 
whole land is made desolate, because no 
man layeth it to heart. 

12 The spoilers are come upon all high 
places through the wilderness: for the 
sword of the Lord shall devour from the 
owe end of the land even to the other end 
of the land : no tlesh shall have peace. 

13 They have sewn wheat, but shall reap 
thorns : they have put themselves to pain, 
but shall nonprofit ; and they shall be asha- 
med of your revenues because oi'the fierce 
anger of the Lord. 

14^1 Thus saith- the Lord against all 
mine evil neighbours, that touch the inher- 
itance which I have caused my people Is- 
rael to inherit ; Behold, I will pluck them 
out of their land, and pluck out the house 
of Judah from among them. 

15 And it shall come to pass, after that 
I have plucked them out I will return, and 
have compassion on them, and will bring 
them again, every man to his heritage, and 
every man to his land. 

16 And it shall come topass, if they will 
diligently learn the ways of my peeple, to, 
swear by my name, The Lord liveth ; as- i 
they taught* my people to swear by Baal, 
then shah they be built in the midst of my 
people. 

17 But if they will not obey, I will ut* 
terly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith 
the Lord. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 In a type of a linen girdle the people** 
destruction is prefigured. 12 By the 
bottlca 'filled with wine, their, drunken- 
ness in misery is Joretold. 

THUS saith the Lord unto me, Gn 
and get thee a linen girdle, and put 
it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. 

2 feo 1 got a girdle according to the word 
of the Lord, and put it on my loins. 

3 And the word of the Lord came unt* 
roc the second time, saying, 



The peoples destruction ftr 'figured) Chay . 

4 Tike the girdle that thou h 
which u upon thy loins, and arise, 
Euphrates^ and bide it there in a h< le of 
the r>ck. 

5 Sol went, and hid it by Euphrates, as 
the Lord common tied roe. 

6 And it came to pa.-.s after ro - 
that the Lord said onto roe, Arise, %" to 

es,and take tlie gi rdle from thence, 
J comm anded thee t 

7 Tneu 1 went to 
ged, and took I 
where I had hid i: : and,bi 
was marre 1. it was profita >le for . 

8Tnenthe word of the L 
to me sa 

9 Thus saith the Lord. After this man- 
ner will 1 bmc the pride of Jadali, and the 
great price oi Jerusalem. 

people, which refuse to 

hear my words, which walk xwtlte imagi- 

t, and waft at v er other 

god-, to serve ti ic:n, and h i worship thein, 

! . 

ling. 

the loins 

• 

•ml the 

■ rd ;taat 

■■_- tor a people, and 

: .j id for 

ak unto 
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A grievous famine* 53* 

19 The cities of the south shall be shut 
up, and none shall open them : Judah shall 
be carried away captive ail of it, it shall b» 
wholly carrie i.e. 

up your eyes, and behold them 
that come from tne north : Where is the 
fleck thut was given thee, thy beautiful 

21 What wilt thou say when he shall 
punish thee ? For thou hast taught them to 
be captains and as chief over thee : shall 
not sorrows take thee, as a woman ia 
travail ? . 

A if thou s^y in thine heart, 
Wherefore come these things upon mc r . 
For the greatne>s of thine iniquity are thy 
coveredfimimy heels made bare, 
• ■ the Ethiopian change his ^kln, 
or the leopard his spots I Then may ye al- 
so do good, that are accustomed tu do evil. 

24 Therefore will 1 scatter them as the 
...ay by the wind oi' 

the wilderness. 

25 This u thy lot* the portion of thy 
measures from me, saith the L^rd ; be- 
cause thou hast forgotten me, and trusted 
in falsehood* 

26 Therefore will I discover thy skirt* 
upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. 

271 have seen thine adulteries, and thy 

-,the lewdness oi" thy whoredom, 

and thine abominations on the hiiis in the 

Vbe unto ti.ee, O Jerusalem ! Wilt 

thou not be made clean I When thall k 

or.ee be ? 

CHAP. XIV. 

. 7 cauteth Jc i 
Lord will not be en- 
treattd. U Lying prophet* are no ex- 

THE word of the Lord that came t« 
Jeremiah a ncernine V . 

i mourneth, and the gates there- 
Dtothegiooedi 
and theory ot Jen.> up. 

9 And then i sent their tittle 

id no water: they return* 

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6C0 Lying f<rcf:hc!# no excutr. JOE 

thereof in time of trouble. Why shouldest 
thou be as a stranger in the land, aivd as a 
way faring man thai turneth aside to tarry 
ior a nigot 1 

9 Why shouklest thou he as a man asto- 
nished, as a mightvman that cannot s?ve ] 
Yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, 
and we are called by thy name ; leavfe us 
not. 

10 % Thus saiththfl Lord unto this peo- 
ple, Thus have they loved to wander, they 
nave not retrained their feet, therefore the 
Lord doth not accept them ; he wiii now 
remember their iniquity ,and visit their sins. 

11 Then said the Lord unto me, Pray 
not for tins people for tJmr good. 

12 When, they fast, I will not hear their 
cry; and when "they offer burnt offerings 
and an oblation, I will not accept them ; 
but I will consume them by the sword, and 
by the famine, and by the pestilence. 

13 % Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! he- 
hold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall 
not see the sword, neitner shall ye have 
famine ; but I will give ycu assured peace 
in this place, 

14 Then the Lord said ufcte me, The 
prophets prophesy liesin my name : I sent 
the; n not, neither hove I commanded them, 
neither spake unto them: they prophesy 
unto you a false vision anddivination,anda 
thing ofnought,ancl the deceit of their heart. 

15 There'ore thus sakh the Lord con- 
cerning the prophets that prophesy in my 
name, and I sent then not, yet they say, 
Sword -c.nd fanv-ne shall not be in this land : 
By swofed and famine shall those prophets 
be consumed. 

16 And the people to whom thcyproph- 
esv shall be cast out in the streets of Jeru- 
salem because of the famine and the sword ; 
and they .-hall have none to bury them, 
their wive-, nor their sees, nor their 
daughters.; fori will pour their -wicked- 
nesshiponthem. 

17 Therefore thou shaft say this word 
unto them : Let mine eyes run down with 
tears night and day, and let them not cease : 
for the virgin daughter of my people is 
broken with a great breach, with a Aery 
grievous blow. 

18 If I go forth into the field, then be- 
hold the slain with the s.v ord 1 and if I en- 
ter into the city, then behold mem that are 
sick with famine! yea, both the prophet 
and the priest go about into a land that they 
know not. 

19 Hast thou utterly rejected Jadah? 
Hath thy soul loathed Zibn f Why hast thou 
smitten us, and therein no healing for us ? 
We looked for peace, and there is no good ; 
and tor the time of healing, and behold, 
trouble ! 

20 We acknowledge, O Lord, cur wick- 



SMtAH. Jeremiah receiveth a p.romii-. 

ednessj avd the iniquity of ouriatk-rs: f r 
we have sinned against thee. 

21 Do not abhor r.'-v, for thy name's si\e, 
do not disgrace the throne •< 
remember, break not thy covenant wivhus. 

22 Are there any anion • ;h; - 
the Gentiles that caM cause irainl? or, Ckn 
the heavens give showers ? Art n 
he, O Lord our God we vriil' 
wait upon thee: for thou hast made ail 
these things. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 Thc.wtter r '-j"?fi'jn and rrnwf, 
ments oft the. Jew. I) tfsremiah com* 
filairtinfr*\9receivjetlMgra\ 

1^ BEN said the Lord unto m 2| Tuouvoi 
Moses and Samuel stooi 
yd my mine] couUiw*. he toward ■. 
pie: Cast them out of my sight, :. 
them go forth. 

2 And it shall come to pass, if . 
unto thee, VV ; : ;:ii er shall ve go forth ij 
Tiien thou shah v. ■■', therm Thus 
Lord, Such as are for death, tode . 
such as are lor the sw 
and such as arc ior the! famine, to 
ine; and such as are for tiie captivity, to 
the captivity. 

3 And I wijl appoint oven them four 
kinds, saitkihe Lord: the S'.vo\ 
and the dogs to tear, and o 
heaven, and the beasts ol the eai\h, to oe- 
vour and destroy. 

4 And I will cause them to ha removed 
into all kingdoms of the earth, be 
Manasseh the son of Hezck 
dah, for that whic'n he ciklin kvw 

5 For, Who shall hnvepkv upon thee, () 
Jerusalem ? or, Who shall bemoan thee? or, 
Who shall go aside to ask how thou d*est i 

6 Thou bast torsaken me, s 
thou art gone backward : there? 1 i 
stretch out my hand against thee, and de- 
stroy thee ; 1 am weary with repenting. 

7 And 1 will fan them with a fan in the 
gates of the land; 1 will berefev«fjft«W of 
children, I will destroy my people, since 
the-,- return not from their- ways. 

8 Their widows are increased to me a - 
bove the sand of the seas: i 
upon them against the mother of ttoeYyottnq; 
men a spoiler at noonday : I have 
him to fail upon it suddenly, and terrors 
upon the city. 

9 She that hath lx)rne seven languish - 
eth : she hath given up the ghost ; ber sua 
is gone down while it was yet o • 
hath been ashamed and confounded : and 
the residue of them will I deliver to the 
sword before their enemies, saiththeLorO. 

10 % Woe is me, my mother v that thou 
hast borne me a man of strife and a man of 
contention to the whole earth ! I have nei- 
ther lent on usury, nor men have lent to 



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602 Jiidah's cafitivity for sin, 

saith the Lord, and they shall fish them : 
and after will I send for many hunters, and 
they shall hunt them from every mountain, 
and from every hill, and out of the holes 
of the rocks. 

17 For mine eyes are upon all their 
"frays : they are not hid from my face, nei- 
ther is their iniquity hid Ir-mi mine eyes, 

18 And first 1 will recompense their in- 
iquity and their sin double : because they 
have defiled my land, they have filled mine 
inheritance with the carcasses oi their de- 
testable and abominable things, 

19 .Lord, my strength, and my fortress, 
and my refuge in the day of affliction, the 
Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends 
cf the earth, and shall say, Surely our la- 
thers have inherited lies, vanity, and things 
wherein there is no profit. 

20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, 
and they are no gods I 

21 Therefore} behold, I will this once 
cause them to know, I will cause them to 
know mine hand and my might, and they 
shall know that my name h The Lord. 

CHAP. XVII. _ 

1 The cajilvuiiy of Judah for siv . 5 Trust 

in man is cursed, 7 in God U blessed. 9 

The deceitful heart cannot deceive God. 

12 The solvation of God* 

THE sin of Judah" is written with a pen 
of iron, and with the point of a dia- 
mond : It is graven upon the table of their 
heart, and upon the liorns of your altars ; 

2 Whilst their children remember their 
altars and their groves by the green trees 
upon the high hiils. 

3 O my mountain in the field, I will give 
thy substance and all thy treasures to the 
spoil, and thy high places for sin, through- 
out all thy borders. 

4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discon- 
tinue from thine heritage that 1 gave thee ; 
and 1 will cause thee to serve thine ene- 
mies in the land which thou knowest not : 
for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, 
which shall burn forever. 

5^1- Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the 
man that trustei.fi in man, and maketh flesh 
his arm, and whose heart departeth from 
the Lord. 

6 For he shall be like the heath in the 
desert, and shall not see when good Com- 
eth s but shall inhabit the parched places 
in the wilderness, in a salt land and not 
inhabited. 

7 % Blessed is the man that trusteth in 
the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : 

8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the 
waters, and *Aa£spreadeth out her roots by 
the river, and shall nor see when heat Com- 
eth, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall 
not be careful in the year of drought, nei- 
ther shalicease from yielding fruit. 



JEREMIAH. The sabbath to be hallowed. 

9 *if The heart is deceitful above all 
things, and desperately wicked : Who can 
know it 2 

10 I the Lord search the heart, 1 try the 
reins, even to give every man according 
to his ways, and according to the fruit of 
his doings. 

11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and 
hatcheth them not; so he that getteth 
riches, and not by right, shall leave them 
in the midst of his days, and at lus end shall 
be a fool. 

12 % A glorious high throne from the be- 
ginning is the place of our sanctuary. 

13 6 Lord the hope of Israel, all that 
forsake thee Fhall be ashamed, and they 
that depart from me shall be written in the 
earth, because they have forsaken the Lord 
the fountain of living waters. 

14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be heal- 
ed ; save me, and I shall be saved ; for 
thou art my praise. 

15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is 
the word of the Lord I Let it come now. 

16 As for me, i have not hastened from 
being a pastor to follow thee ; neither have 
I desired the woeful day, thou knowest : 
that which came out oi my lips was right 
before thee. 

17 Be not a terror unto me : thou art 
my hope in the day of evil. 

13 Let them be confounded that perse- 
cute' me, but let not me be confounded : 
let them be dismayed, but let me not be 
dismayed : bring upon them the day of 
evil, and destroy them with double destruc- 
tion. 

19 Thus said the Lord unto me, Go and 
stand in the gate ol the children of the peo- 
ple, whereby the kings of Judah come in, 
and by the which they go cut, and in all the 
gates 'of Jerusalem ; 

20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word 
of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Ju- 
dah, and ali the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
that enter in by these gates : 

21 Thus saith the Lord, Take heed to 
yourselves, and bear no burden on the sab- 
bath day, nor bring if in by the gates of Je- 
rusalem ; 

22 Neither carry forth a burden out of 
your houses on the sabbath day, neither do 
ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath 
dav, as 1 commanded your lathers. 

23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined 
their ear, but made their neck stiff, that 
they might not hear, nor receive instruc- 
tion. 

24 And it. shall come to pass, if ye dili- 
gently hearken unto- me, saith the Lord, to 
bring in no burden through the gates of this 
city on the sabbath day, but hallow the 
sabbath dav, to do no work therein ; 

I OS Thai shall there enter into the gato» 



The tyfie ofthefio'ter. Chap, xv 

of tliis city kings and princes sitting upon 
the throne of David, riding in chariots and 
on horses, they, and their princes, the n en 
of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: 
and this city shall remain for ever. 

26 And they shall come from the cities 
of Judah, and from the places aixAit Jeru- 
salem, and from the land of Benjamin, and 
from the plain, and from the mountains, 
and from the Math, bringing burnt offer- 
ings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and 
incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, 
unto the lio .- rd. 

27 But if ye will not hearken unto me 
to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear 
a burden, even entering in at the gates of 
Jerusalem on the sabbath day ; then will 
1 kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it 
shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and 
h shall not be quenched. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 Under the tyjie of a potter, Godsheiveth 
his absolute power of disposing qf'na- 
tions. 11 Judgments threatened to Ju- 
dah. 

THE word which came to Jeremiah 
from the Lord, saying, 
2 Arise, and go down to the potter's 
house, and there 1 will cause thee to hear 
my m 

'3 Then I went down to the potter's 
house, and, behold, he wrought a work on 
the wheels. 

4 And the vessel that he made of clay 
was marred in the hand of the potter : so 
he made it again another vessel, as seem- 
ed good to die potter to make it. 

5 Then the word of the Lord came to 

\inr, 

6 () j el, Cannot I do with 
you as this potter ." saith the Lord. 

asthe clay is in the potter's hancLso art ve- 
in mine hand, O house of Israel* 

stant 1 sh ill speak concern- 
r i )ii, and concerning a kingdom, 
v up, and to pull down, and to de- 

8 Ifthat nation, against whom,] hi 

'.. turn from their evil, 1 will rq ent 

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a king- 

10 If it do evil io :. 

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ffi, xix. Judgments threatened or. Judah* 601 

but we will walk after our own den 
and we will every one do the imai 
of his evil heart. 

13 Therefore, thus saith the L. 

ye now among the heathen, Who hath 
heard such things i The virgin of Israel 
hath done a very horrible thing. 

14 Will c man leave the snow of Leba- 
non which cometh from the rock of the 
6ekl I or , Shall the coid flow i: 

come from another place be forsaken I 

15 Because my people hath forgotten me, 
they have burned fa . 

they have caused them to stumble in their 
W&ys/rom the ancient paths, to 
paths, in it up; 

16 To make their 1 rod desolate, and a 
perpetual hissing ; every one that ; 
thereby shall be astonished, and was his 
head. 

171 will scatter them as with ; 
windbefore the enemy ; 1 w ill shew them 
the back, and not the face, in the dav of 
their calamity. 

_ 18 Then said they, Come, and let us de- 
vise devices against Jeremiah ; for the law- 
shall not perish from the priest, nor coun- 
sel from the wise, nor the word from the 
prophet. Come, and let us smite him with 
the tongue, and let us not give heed to any 
of his words, 

19 ( iive heed to me, O Lord, and heark- 
en to the voice of them tliat contend w its 
me. 

20 Shall evil be recompensed for good ? 
For they have digged a pit for my soul. 
Remember that 1 stoodjberore thee t 

good for them, andlo turn away thy wrath 
from them* 

refore, deliver up their children 
to the famine, and pour out " 

f the sword ; and 
be bereaved of their children, and 
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#04 The Jews' desolation foretold. JEREMIAH. 

2 And go forth unto the valley of the son 
of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the 
east irate, and proclaim there the words 
that 1 shall tell ye, ■ , 

3 And say, Hear ye the word of the 
Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of 
Jerusalem ; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring e- 
vil upon this place, the which whosoever 
heareth, his ears shall tingle. 

4 Because they have forsaken me, and 
have estranged this place, and have burn- 
ed incense in it unto their gods, whom 
neither they nor their fathers have known, 
nor the kings of Judah, and have filled 
this place with the blood of innocents ; 

J They have built also the high places 
of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for 
burnt offerings unto Baal, which 1 com- 
manded not, nor spake it, neither came it 
into my mind : 

6 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
Saith the Lord, that this place shall no 
more be called Tophet, nor The valley of 
the son of Hinnlm, but The valley of slaugh- 
ter. 



JPa&hur** awful doom. 



7 And I will make 
Judah and Jerusalem if 
will cause them to fall by 
their enemies, 
that seek their 
will I give to b 
heaven 



the counsel of 
is place ; and I 
the sword before 
tfce hands of them 
id their carcasses 
r the fowls of the 
its of the earth, 
city desolate, and 
an hissing ; everyone that passeth there- 
by shall be astonished and hiss, because of 
t plagues thereof 



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9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of * into 



Lord's house ; and said to all the ?>eople, 
15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this tin 
ty, and upon all the towns, all her evil that 
I have pronounced against it, because they 
have hardened their necks, that they might 
not hear my words. 

CHxVP. XX. 
1 JPashur, smiting Jeremiah, receiveth a 
new name, a;id a fearful doom. 7 Jere- 
miah comfUaineih of contemfit, 10 of 
treachery, 14 and of his hirth. 

NOW Pashur the son of lmmer the 
priest, who was also chief governor in 
the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremi- 
ah prophesied these things. 

2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the 
prophet, and put him in the stocks that 
were in the high gate of Benjamin, which 
was by the house of the Lord. 

3 And it came to pass on the morrow, 
that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out ©f 
the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, 
The Lord hath not called thy name Pa- 
shur, but Magormissabib. 

4 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
make thee a terror to thyself, and to all 
thy friends : and they shall fail by the sword 
of their enemies, and thine eyes shall be- 
held it : and I will give all Judah into the 
nand of the king of Fabylon, and he shall 
cany them captive into Baby ion, and shall 
slay them with the sword. 

o Moreover^ will deliver all the strength 
of this city, and all the labours thereof, and 
all the precious things thereof, and all the 
treasures of toe kings of Judah will I give 



their son«, and the flesh of their daughters, 
arid they shall eat every one the flesh of his, 
friend in the siege and* straitness, where- 
with their enemies, and they that seek 
their lives, shall straiten them. 

10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in 
the sight of the men that go with Uiee, 

li And shalt say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord of hosts, Even so will 1 break 
this people and this city, as one breaketh a 
potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole 
again : and they shall bury them in To- 
phet, till liic re be w> place to bury. 

12 Thus wiil I do unto this place, saith 
the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof 
and even make this city as Tophet: 

13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the 
'fringes of the kings of Judah, shall be de- 
filed as the place'of Tophet, because of all 
the houses upon whose roois they have 
burned incense unto aHthefcost oi heaven, 
and have poured cut drink offerings unto 
other gods. 

14 Then cause Jeremiah fVom Tophet, 
whither the Lord had sent him 10 • roph- 
«fa; ' x and he stead m ih« court of the 



their 



enemies, which shall 
m , and carry them 



spon them, ancita 
to Baby len; 

6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in 
thine house shall go into captl- ity : and 
thou shalt come to Bab ion, and there thou 
shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, 
and all thy friends, to whom thou hast 
prophesied lies. 

7 % O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and 
I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, 
and hast prevailed : I am in derision dai- 
ly, every one mocketh me. 

8 For since i spake, 1 cried out, 1 cried 
violence and spoil ; because the word ol the 
Lord was made a reproach unto me, and 
a derision, daily. 

9 Then I said, I will not make mention 
of him. nor speak any more in his name. 
But his word was in mine heart as a burn- 
ing lire shut up in my bones, and I was wea- 
ry with fori* itring, and 1 could not stay. 

10 •[ For i heard thedelamingof many, 
fear on every side. Report, say they, and 
we will rep rt it. All my families watch- 
ed for my hn)*mg, saying, Peradvenmre 
he will be cuicedj ana we shall pievail a- 



Jeremiah*s complaint. 



Chap. xxi. xxii. Exhortation to repentance, 605 



gainst him, and we shall take our revenge 
on Mm. 

11 But the Lord M with me as a migh- 
ty terrible one: therefore nay persecutors 
sin. ", stumble, and ihey shall not prevail : 
they shall be greatly ashamed; tor they 
sW ill not prosper: th ir everlasting con- 
fusion shall never be f irg itten. 

12 but, O Lord ofhost>, that triest the 
right emm^md seesttke reinsaadthehe Lit, 
let me see thy venge: nee i n them : for 
unto thee have 1 came* 

1J bing onto the Lord,' praise ye the 
Lord: tor he hath delivered th 
the poor frum the hand ot e\ n d 

14 ■ Cursed be the day wherein I was 
born : let not the day wherein my mother 
bare me be hi 

15 Cursed 6e the man who brought ti- 
dings to my father, saj foe, A man child is 
born unto thee ; making him very gLd. 

16 And let that man be as the cities which 
the Ixrd overthrew, and repented not: 
and let him hear the cry in the morning, 
and the shouting at noontide : 

17 Because he slew me not from the 
womb; or that my mother miglit have 
been my grave, and her womb to be a!- 

with mr. 

18 Wherefore came 1 forth out ot the 
«onb to sec labour and sorrow, that my 
days should be consumed with shame i 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Zedekiah mquireth the event of Nebu- 
chadrtzzar'a war, 3 A hard Hege fort - 

THE word which camcunto Jeremiah 
from the Lord, \. 
sent unto him Pashur the son of M 
and Zephaniah the aon «'l Maaseiah the 
lying, 

pure, I pray thee, of the Lord for 

i Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 

I i war against us ; if so be that the 

Lord will deal with usaccording to all his 

rks, that he may go up from 

3 J Then said Jeremiah unto them, 

to Zedekiah. 

4 Thus saith the Lord (i d of Israel, 
Behold, 1 will turn back the wt 

war th i 1 . arc i , , wherewith ye 

• of Babylon, and a- 
gainst the Chaldeans, whii 

ills, and I will assemble them 

. I m; self will figl 

with an outBU etched hand, and with a 

inn, c\ en in anger, and in Jury, and 
in mat wrath. 

oAnd 1 will smite the inhabitants of this 
city .both man and beast : they dial! die of 

7 And afterward saidi the Lord, I w'.il 
D4 



deli ver Zedekiah king ot Judah, and his 
servants, and the people, and such as are 
left in this city from die pestilence, from 
the sword, and from the famine, into the 
hand oi Nebuchadrezzar king of Babvlon, 
and into the hand of their enemies, and in- 
to the hand of those that seek their life: 

hail smite them with the edge of 
die sword,he shall not spare them, neither 
hive pity, nor have mercy. 

8 And unto this people thou, shalt say, 

ith the Lord, Behold, I set before 
you the way of life, and the way of death. 

thatabideth in this city shall die 
by the swoi d, and by the famine and by the 
pestilence : but he that goeth out, and fal- 
len, to the Chaldeans that besiege y< u, he 
shall live, and his life shall be unto him for 
a prey. 

10 For I have set my face against this 
city for evil, and not for good, saith the 

shall begixeuimociiehandof the 
king ot Babylon, and he shall burn it with 
fire. 

11 And touching the house of the king 
of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the 
Lord ; 

12 O house of D?.vid,thus saith the Lord; 
Rxecutcjudgment in the morning, and de- 
liver him that is spoiled tut of the hand of 
the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, 
and burn that none can quench it because 
of the evil of your doings. 

13 Behold," lam against thee, O inhab- 
itant of thevaiiey, and rock oi the plain, 
saith the Lord ; which say. Who shall 
coined' wn against u , i or, Who shall en- 
ter into our habitations I 

14 But 1 will punish you according to the 
fruit of your doings, saith the Lord ; and I 
will kmdle a fire in the forest thereof, and 
it shall devour all things r wnd about it. 

CHAP. XXI 1. 
I An exhortation to repentance* 10 The 

judgment o/ Shaitmm^ 20 and of Cowafu 

THUS saith the Lord, Go down to die 
housed the king ofJudah, and speak 
theretfan word, 

2 And SB) , Hear the word of the Lord, 
() king of Judah, that Kittest upon the 

David* thou, and thy servants, 
and thy people that enter in by these 

3 Thus saith the Lord, I 
judgment and righte deliver 
the spoiled < ut ot the hand i 

or : andcV) no w rung, do oovioknee to the 
r the widow, 
neither shed inn 

» his thing indeed, then shall 

oi this houb* 

iig up< d tl David* 

(h a:-., ts and on horses, he, and 

5 But I !«wr tb«*« \ ■ 



606 The judgment of Shaltitm. JEREMIAH. The restoration of God's fieofilc 

211 spake unto them irj thy prosperity ; 
but thou saidst, 1 will not hear. This hath 
been fay manner from thy youth, that "thou 
obeyedst not my voice. 

22 The. wind shall eat up all thy pas- 
d thy lovers shall go into captivi- 
ty : surely then shaft thou be ashamed and 
confounded for all thy wickedness. 

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that mak est 
thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt 
thou be when pangs come upon thee, the 
pain as of a woman in travail ! 

24 As I live sailh the Lord, though Co- 
niahtfteson of Jehoiakim king of Judah 
were the signet upon my right hand, }et 
would I pluck thee thence ; 

25 Audi will give thee into the hand of 
them that seek thy life, and into the hand 
of them whose face thou feare c t,even into 
the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Bab- 
ylon, and. into the hand of the Chaldeans. 

26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mo- 
ther that bare thee, into another country, 
where ye were not born ; and there shall 
ye die/ 

27 But to the land whereunto they desire 
to return, thither shall they not return. 

28 is this man Coniah a despised brok- 
en idol ? Is he a vessel wherein is no pleas- 
ure ? Wherefore are they cast out, he and 
his seed, and are cast into a land which 
they know not ? . 

29 () earth, earth, earth, hear the word 
of the Lord. 

30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this 
man cbildless, a man that shall not pros- 
per in his days : for no ms.n of his -seed 
shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of 
David, and ruling any more in Judah. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1 He firofihesieth a restoration of the scat- 
rdftock. 9 Against false prophets. 



swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this 
house shall become a desolation. 

6 For thus saith the Lord unto the king's 
house or' Judah, Thcu art Giiead unto me, 
and the head, of Lebanon : yet surely I 
will make thee a wilderness, and cities 
which are not inhabited . 

7 And I will prepare destroyers against 
thee, every one with his weapons: and 
they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and 
cast them into the fire. 

8 And many nations shall pass by this 
city, and they shall say every man to his 
neighbor, Wherefore hath the Lord done 
thus unto this great city i 

y Then the;r shall answer, because they 
have forsaken the covenant of the Lord 
their God, and worshipped other gods, and 
served th cm. 

10 "; Weep ye not for the dead, neither 
bemoan him : but weep sore lor him that 
goeth away : for he shall return no more, 
nor see his native country. 

11 For thus saith the Lord touching 
Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, 
which reigned instead of Josiah his lather 
which went forth out of this place ; He shall 
not return thither any more : 

12 But he shall die in the place whither 
they have led him captive, and shall see 
this land no more. 

13 Woe unto him thatbuildeth his house 
by unrighteousness, and his chambers 
by wrong ; that useth his neighbor's ser- 
vice without wages, and giveth him not 
for his work ; 

14 That saith, I will build me a wide 
house and large chambers, and cutteth hhn 
out windows ; and it is ceiled with cedar, 
and painted with vermilion. 

15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest 
thyself m cedar ? Did not thy father eat 
and drink, and do judgment and justice, 
and then it was well with him I 

16 He judged the cause of the poor, and 
needy ; then it was well with him : Was 
not this to know me ? saith the Lord. 

17But thine eyes and thine heart are 
not but for thy covetousness, and tor to 
shed innocent blood, and for oppressicn, 
and for violence to do it, 

18 Therefore thus saith the Lord con- 
cerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king 
of Judah, they shall not lament for him, 
saying, Ah my brother ! or. Ah sister ; 
they* snail not lament tor him, saying. Ah 
lordS or, Ahhisglon ! 

19'He shall be buried with the burial ofan 
ass, drawn and cast forth bevond the gates 
of Jerusalem. 

GrG up to Lebr-non, and cry ; and 
ftttJupfchy vcice in Bashan,' and cry from 
the passages : lor all thy lovers are des- 
troyed. 



WO£ be unto the pastors that destroy 
and scatter the sheep of my pas- 
ture 1 saith the Lord. 

2 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel ag ainst the pastors that feed my 
people. Ye have scattered my flock, and 
driven them away, and have not visited 
them ; behold, I will visit upon you the evil 
of your doings, saith the Lord. 

3 And I will gather the remnant of my 
flock out of all countries whither 1 have 
driven them, and will bring them again 
to their folds ; and they shall be fruitful 
and increase. 

4 And 1 wall set up shepherds over them 
which shall feed them : and they shall iear 
no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall 
they be lacking, saith the Lord. 

o Behold, the days come, sailh the Lord, 
that I will raise unto David a righteous 
Branch, and a king shall reign and pros- 
per and shall execute judgment and jus* 
tice in the earth. 



Jgair. at false Chap. 

.G In his days Judah shall he saved, and 
fely : ami this is his 
name where' > , TH] 

LORD 

7 '[ old the days come, 

qo more 

ught up 

tdpen of Israel < utof ihe land of E- 

, the Lord liveth, which brought 

house of 

a ry, and from 

a them ; 

nland. 

ne is broken be- 

my bones shake ; 

I and " ; he a man 

use ofthe 

: his holi- 

fullof adulterers: for 
ihe landmourneth; 

■:'. their course is evil, and 

11 1 and priest are 

e 1 found 
, saith the Lord. 

ir wa) shall be unto 

ery ways in the darkness: 

:i, and fall therein : 

for I wfll bring evil'upon them, even the 

h the Lord. 

d 1 h ive vjeii i""!.\ in the prophets 

d in Baal, and 

d also in the prophets of 
■ in ;tn horrible thii g : the] 

that none 
d< 'h u urn from 

are all i i, and the 

iTah. f 

Behold, I 

k 

! : 

i 

| one that 

his own 
heart, pou. 

18 For, WTi 
of the L nd heard 

h marked hi i 

vind of the Lord is 



oi'.ii. firof.hcts* Ij?c. 607 

gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirl- 
wind : it shall tall grievously upon the head 
of the wicked. 

anger of the Lord shall not re- 
turn until he have executed, and till he 
have performed the thoughts ofhis heart : 
itter. days ye shall consider it per* 

tectly. 

211 have not sent these prophets, yet 
they ran : 1 have not spoken to then!, \et 
they prophesied, 

22 But it they had stood iq my counsel, 
and had caused my people to hear ntv 
words, then, they should have turned them 
from their evil way, and from the evil of 
tl eir doings. 

23 Ami a God at hand, saith the Lord, 
and not a God afar on I 

24 Can any hide himself in secret places 
that 1 shall not see him ? saith the Lord* 
Do not 1 fill heaven and earth I saith the 
Lord. 

25 I have heard what the prophets said; 
that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I 
have dreamed, J have dreamed. 

26 How long shall this l>e in the heart 
ofthe prophets that prophesy lie 

they are prophets of the deceit of their 
own heart ; 

27 Which think to cause my people to 

name by their dreams 
they tell ev< ry man to his neighbor, as their 
fathers have forgotten my name I 

28 'J 'he prophet that hath 

him tell *a dream; and he that hath my 
my v.( rd faithfully. 

What U the chaff to the wheat I saith the 

Lord. 

; a 6re? saith 
ZVthat break - 

linst the 
prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my 
ibor. 

old, lam against t 1 

. e their tongtH 

w^egainst them that pi 
h the Lord, 

pie t'M rr by 

,nor '. i mm li d< d Ui- m :tl 

the Lord* 

proph* 
tt, or a ' ask thee, 

What U the burden of the Lord i t] 
a in, \\ hat b( 
[ith the Lord* 
34 And a* /or the pi -priest, 

and the people, tliat shall »y, ". 
den of the 'Lord, 1 wffl even punisi 

man and hi.s 1. 
34 Ihus fhall \c sayovery one » 



60S By the two baskets ofjtg^ JEREMIAH. 



neighbor, and every one to his brother, 
What hath the Lord answered ? and, What 
liath the Lord spoken i 

36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye 
mention no more : tor every man's word 
shall be his burden ; for ye have prever- 
ted the words of the living God, of the 
Lord of hosts, our God. 

37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, 
What hath the Lord answered thee /and, 
Wh it hath the Lord spoken ? 

38 But since ye say, the burden of the 
Lord ; therefore thus saith the Lord ; Be- 
cause ye say this word, The burden of the 
Lord, 'and 1 have sent unto you, saying, 
Ye shall not say, the burden of the Lord ; 

39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will ut- 
terly iorget you, and 1 will forsake ycu, 
and the city that I gave you, and your la- 
thers, and cast you out of my presence : 

40 And I will bring an everlasting re- 
proach upon you, and a perpetual shame, 
which shall not be forgotten. 

* CHAP. XXIV. ' 

1 By good and bad figs, 4heforesheweth 
the restoration from captivity i 8 and the 
desolation oftfedekiah., and the rest. 

THE Lord shewed me, and, behold, 
two basketsoffigs were set before the 
temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon had carried away 
captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king 
of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with 
the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, 
and had brought them to Babylon. 

2 One basket had very good figs, evm 
like the figs that are first ripe: and the 
other basket had very naughty figs, which 
could not be eaten, they were so bad. 

3 Then said the Lord unto me, What 
seestthou, Jeremiah? And i said, Figs; 
the good figs, very good ; and the evil, ve- 
ry evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so 
evil. 

4 «i[ Again the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Isra- 
el, Like these good figs, so will I acknowl- 
edge them that are carried away Captive 
of Judah, whom I have sent out of this 
place into the land of the Chaldeans for 
the ir good. 

6 For 1 will set mine eyes upon them for 
good, and Iv.il bring them again to this 
fend : and I will build them, and not pull 
them down; and 1 will plant them, and 
Hot pluck them up. 

f And 1 will give them an heart to know 
me, that 1 am the Lord : and they shall be 
my people, and I will be their God : tor 
they Shall return unto me widi their whole 
heart. 

8 f And as the evil figs, which cannot 
bseateu, they are so evil ; surely thus saith 



the restoration foreshewn. 

the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king 
of Judah, and his princes, and the residue 
of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and 
them that dwell in the Sand of Egypt : 

9 And 1 will deliver them to be removed 
m*o all the kingdoms of the earth for their 
hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a 
taunt and a curse, in all places whither I 
shall drive them. 

10 And I will send the sword, the fam- 
ine, and the pestilence, among them, till 
they be consumed from off the land that I 
gave unto them and to their fathers. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 Jeremiah, reproving the Jews* disobedi- 
ence to the prophets, 8foretelleth the 
seventy years captivity, 12 and after 
that, the destruction of Babylon. 

THE word that came to-Jeremiah con- 
cerning all the people of Judah in the 
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
king of Judah, that was the first year of 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ; 

2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake 
unto all the people of Judah, and to all the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 

3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the 
son of Anion king of Judah, even unto this 
day, that is the three and twentieth year, 
the word of the Lord hath come unto me, 
and I have spoken ui^to you, rising early 
and speaking; but ye hive not hearkened. 

_ 4 And the Lord hath sent unto you all 
his servants the prophets, rising early and 
sending them ; but ye have not hearken- 
ed, nor inclined your ear to hear. 

5 They said, Turn ye again now every 
one from his evil way, and from fcnf evil 
of your doings, and dwell in the land that . 
the Lord hath given unto you and to jour 
fathers for ever and ever : 

6 And go not arter other gods to serve 
them, and to worship them, and prevoke 
me not to anger with the works of your 
hands; and I will do you no hurt. 

7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me 
saith the Lord ; that ye might provoke me 
to anger with the works of your hands to 
your own hurt. 

8 % Therefore, thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, Because ye have not heard my words, 

9 Behold I will send and take all the 
families of the north, saith the Lord, and, 
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon rny 
servant, and will bring them against this 
land, and against the inhabitants thereof, 
and against' all these nations round about, 
and will utterly destroy them, and make 
them an astonishment, and an hissing, and 
perpetual desolations 4 

10 Moreover, I will take from them the 
voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, 
the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice 
of the bride, the sound of the millstone^ 

and the light of iho eandle. 



The destruction Chap. 

11 And this whole land shall be a desola- 
tion, arid an astonishment ; and these na- 
tions -hall serve the king of Babylon seven- 
.' tv \ ears. 
' »1 Aad it staal ccme to pass, when 
seventv yean ai« accomplished, that 1 will 
punish the king of Bab Ion. and that na- 
tion, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and 
the land of the Chaldeans, and will make 
it perpetual desolations. 

13 And I will bring upon that land all 
mv words which 1 h^ve pronounced against 
it evt n ail that is written in tbisbook, which 
Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the 
nations 

14 F« r manv nations and great kings shall 
serve themselves of iheni also : and I vri 1 

cm according to their deed-, 
and according to the works ot their cv/n 
hand-. 

15 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel 
unto me, Take the wine cup of this fury 
at mv hand, and cause a'l the nation-, to 
whom I send thee, to dr'nk it. 

16 And tl ey shall drink, and be moved, 
and ue mac', bee use of the sword that 1 

them. 

17 Then t nk I the cup at the Lord's 
hand, and made all ihe nations to drink, 
ante whom the Lord had sent me: 

18 Tj «sV, Jerusalem, and the cities of 
Jud .h, and the F, and the prin- 
ce-, hereof, to make them a desolation, an 
asf i i hment, an hissing, and a curse ; as 
%t Mth^scUv: 

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his ser- 

i]l his pe p •: 

.1 all the mil e, and ct;l 

Mid all the kings 

i, and Ashkelon, 

- n, and ihe reemunt 

t/ur rn; in the u most cm . 

,.■ kin , of Ai Jbia, an 1 all 
te ming ed [people mat dwell 
in the d 

25 Ai ofZimri, and all the 

D| and all the kings ot the 

/I :dl the kings of the north, far and 

her, and all the king. 

. >hc world, which a»v upon the 

fact of the earth: and the king of She- 

shach shall drink after them. 

27 There t- ,iv thou sh ill s ly unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
Israel, Drink ve and t>e drunken, and spur, 
and fall, and rise no more, because ot the 
sword v- hich I will *ea4 auiei;^ you. 



xxvi. ef Baby ton foretold. 609 

28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take 
the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt 
thou say unto diem, Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, Ye shall certain'}- drink. 
^ 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the 
city which is called by my name, and 
Should ye be utterly unpunished i Ye shall 
not be unpunished : tor I will call fur a 
sword upon all the inhabitants of the earthy 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

30 Therefore prophesy thou against 
them all these words, and say unto them, 
The Lord shall roar from on high, and ut- 

, ter his voice from his holy habitation ; he 
shall mightily roar upon his habitation ; he 
shall give a shout, as they that tread the 
grafies, against all the inhabitants of the 
earth. 

31 A noise shall come even to the ends 
of the earth; for the Lord hath a contro- 
versy with the nations, he will plead with 
all flesh ; he will give them that are wick- 
ed to the swrrd, saith the Lord. 

32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, ^ 
e\ 9 shall go forth from nation to nation, 
and a great whirlwind shall be raised up 
from the coasts of the earth. 

33 And the slain of the Lord shall be at 
that day from one end of the earth, even 
onto the other end of the earth: they 
shall not be lomen f ed, neither gathered, 
D «■ buried; they shall be dung upon the 
ground. 

34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry ; and 
wallow yourselves in the a 1 - fas, ye princi- 
pal of die flock : f r the days of your 
slaughter and of your dispersions are ac- 
complished ; and } e shall fall like a pleas- 
ant vessel. 

55 And the shepherds shall have no way 
to Pee ; nor the principal of the Hock to es- 

36 A v< u e of the cry of the shepherds, 
: n"; of the principal of the 
heard: for die Lord hath 
spoiled their pasture. 

27 An- the peaceable habitations are cut 

downJ theliord* 

is covert, aatfc 
• n: for their 
the fiercenessoftlte oppressor j and bee 

of his fierce anger* 

CHAP. XXVI. 

1 J> rrn.iah, txherth g to rifuntuncr, 8 it 
apprehi Bflfi <7, 10 ant/ arraigned. 12 Hit 
afioi Lfi/. 16 lie aacuuitieu in ju ftpm > . 

IN the beginning ot the reign d JJehoia- 
kim the SOn oj J si .h king of Jndah, 
came this word !rom the Loi d, saying, 

2 Thossai hthe Lord, Stand in the court 
of the Lord's h use, and speak onto all the 
cities of Jndah, v. huh come to worship in 
the I/irdN house, all the words that I i 
married thee to speak unto ui*m ; diminish 
nut a word : 



<810 Jeremiah's trial. 



3 If so be they will hearken, and turn e- 
very man from his evil way, that I may 
repent me of the evil which I purpose to do 
unto them, because of the evil of their do- 
ings. 

4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord, If ye will not hearken to 
me to walk in my law, which I have set 
before you, 

5 To hearken to the words ol my ser- 
vants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, 
both rising up early, and sending them, but 
ye have not hearkened ; 

6 Then will I make this house, like Shi- 
loh, and will make this city a curse to all 
the nations of the earth. 

7 So the priests and the prophets, and all 
the people, heard Jeremiah speaking these 
words in the house of the Lord. 

8 If Now it came to pass, when Jeremi- 
ah had made an end of shaking all that 
the Lord had commanded him to speak 
unto all people, that the priests, and the 
prophets and all the people tockhim, say- 
jng, thou shalt surely die. 

9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name 
of the Lord, saying , This house shall be like 
Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate with- 
out an inhabitant ? And allthe people were 
gathered against Jeremiah in the house of 
the Lord. 

10 *H When the princes of Judah heard 
these things, then they came up from the 
king's house unto the house of the Lord, 
and sat down in the entry of the new gate 
of the Lord's house. 

1 1 Then spake the priests and the proph- 
ets unto the princes, and to all the people, 
saying, This man is worthy to die ; for he 
feath prophesied against this city, as ye 
have heard with your ears. 

12 1 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the 
princes, and to all the people, saying, The 
iLord sent me to prophesy against this 
jhcuse, and against this city, all the words 
that ye have heard. 

13 Therefore now amend your ways and 
.your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord 
your God ; and the "Lord will repent him 
of the evil that he hath pronounced against 
1 7 ou. 

14 As for me, Behold, I am in your 
rand : do with me as seerneth good and 
sneet unto you. 

15 But know ye for certain, that if ye 
f.nt me to death, ye shall surely bring in- 
nocent blood upon yourselves, and upon 
this city, and upon toe inhabitants there- 
of: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me 
unto you to speak all these words in your 
ears. 

16 «j" Then said the princes and all the 
people unto the priests and to the proph- 
ets, This man it not worthy to die : for he 



JEREMIAH. Ms acquittal. 

hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord 
our God. 

17 Then rose up certain of the elders of 
the land, and spake to all the assembly of 
the people, saying, 

18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied 
in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, ^nd 
spake to all the people of Judah, saving, 
Thus saith the Lord of hosts. Zion 
ploughed like a field, and Jerusalem shall, 
become heaps, and the mountain ,of the 
house as the high places of a forest. 

19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all 
Judah put him at all to death ? Did he not 
fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and 
the Lord repentedhim of the evil which he 
had pronounced against them : Th -so ight 
we procure great evil against our souls. 

20 And there was also a man that proph- 
esied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son 
of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who proph- 
esied againstthis city, and against this land, 
according to all the words of Jeremiah. 

21 And when Jehoiakim the kings with 
all his mighty men, and all the princes, 
heard his words, the king sought to put 
him to death : but when Urijah heard it, 
he was afraid, and fled, and went into E- 

gyp fc ; 

22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men in- 
to Egypt, namely* Elnathan the son of*Ach- 
bor,1and certain men with him into Egypt. 

23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of 
Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim 
the king ; who slew him with the sword, 
and cast his dead body into the graves of 
of the common people. 

24 Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikara • 
the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, 
that they should not give him into the hand 
oi the people to put him to death. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
Under the type of bonds and yokes, fiefiro- 
fihesielh the subduing of the neighboring 
kings unto Nebuchadnezzar. 

IN the beginning oi the reign of Jehoiakim 
the son oi Josiah, king of Judah, came 
this word unto Jeremiah, from the Lcrd, 
saving. 

2 Thus saith the Lord unto me, Make 
thee bonds and jokes, and put them upon 
thy neck, 

3 And send them to the king of Edom, 
and to the king of Moab, and to the king of 
the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, 
and to the king of Z : don, by the hand ef 
the messengers which come to Jerusalem, 
unto Zedekiah, king of Judah. 

4 And command them to say unto their 
masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your 
masters ; j 

5 I have made the earth, the man and 
the beast that are upon the ground, by my 



• furofihecy Chap, xfcvflfc 

•reat power and by my outstretched arm, 
fend have given it unto whom it seemed 

to me. 

I 6 And n >w have I given all these lands 

■ into the i ; dnezzar, the king 

I of Bs i - n ant ; and the beasts ot 

the htld hu.\e I given hkn ehira. 

7 And all nations shall serve him, and his 
son, and his son'.-, son,until th< ve'rjr time of 
his land come : and then man] nati nsand 
great serve themselves of him. 

8 And ' the na- 
tion which will not serve the 
samcNe! m ie king of Bab) Ion, 
and that v. a ; neck under tlie 

that nation 

will I pun ie Lord, with the 

nl with the 

until I have consumed them by 

Ins hand. 

9 Therefore, hearken not ye to your 

.. >r to your diviners, not tO)Our 
. nor to your enchanters, nor to 
era, whicttsi>e tk unto you, say- 
ii:g, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon : 
they prophesy a lie unto you, to 
remove you far fr» ira your land ; and that 
J should drive \ouout, and ye should per- 
il But the nations that bring the 
under the yoke of the king of Babylon, 
and serve nira, those will I let remain still 
in their <wn land, saith the Lord; and 
till it, and dwell therein. 

kiah king of Ju- 

all these words, saying, 

; under the \ oke ot the 

id his 

13 W thou and thy peo- 

e famine, and by 
Lord hath spoken 
will n< t serve the 

14 1 ■ irk< n not unto the 

. 

! I have not sent tl 
thai ; 

irken not un 

live : Wi.u ; 
- 



\n'syoke. 611 

18 But if ther be prophets, and the 
word of the Lord be with them, let them 
now mak e intei cession to the Lord of hosts, 
tliat die vessels which are left in the h( use 
of the Lord, and in the house ot the king of 
Judah, and at Jerusalem, g> • not to Babylon* 

19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts con- 
ceiving the ;:il!arv, and concerning the sea, 
and concerning the basses, ;uv.i concerning 
the residue of the vessels that remain iu 
this citv, 

20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Bab- 
ylon took not, when he carried away cap- 
tive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of 
judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all 
the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem ; 

21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
tlie God of Israel, concerning the vessels 
that remain in the house of the Lord and 
in the house of die king of Judah and of 
Jerusalem ; 

22 They shall be carried to Bbaylon, 
and tliere shall they be until the day that I 
vissit them,saith the Lord ; then will 1 bring 
them up, and restore them to tins place. 

C II A P. XXVIII. 
1 Hanamah'3 false jirofifu"tj. 10 He 
breaketh Jeremjah'& yoke. 12 Jeremiah 
forett llcfh of an iron yoke, 13 and lia- 
naniah'a death. 

AND it came to pass the same \ ear, io 
the beginning of the reign ot Zedeki- 
ah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and 
i;i the fifth month, that Hanantah the son 
ot'Azurthe prophet, which - 
spake unto me in the house of the Lord, m 
the presence of the priests and of all the 
sa] ing, 
2Thus speaketh the Lord of ha 
God of Israel, saying, I have broken the 
y< keoftl ■. I- in 

3 Within t. o full years will I bring a- 
gain into this place a,U the c< >els of the 
tr king 
lroin this pi. ' 
Ion : 

dah, with all the < 

; i i.-l, 
) 
it en : the : tlie Lord ; 

:Niv 
thai 1 spi 
of all \ht , 



612 An iron yoke foretold. JRRSMIAH, 

8 The prophets that have been before 
me and before thee of old prophesied both 
against manv countries, and against great 
kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pes- 
tilence. 

9 The prophet which prophesleth of 
peace, when the word of the prophet shall 
come to pass, then shall the prophet be 
known, that the Lord hath truly sent him. 

10 % Then Hmaniah the prophet took 
the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's 
neck, and brake it. 

11 And Hananiah spake in the presence 
of all the people, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord, even so will I break the yoke of Ne- 
buchadnezzar king of Babylon from the 
neck ot all nations within the space of two 
fill] years. And the prophet Jeremiah went 
his wav. 

12 % Then the wdrd of the Lord came 
unto Jeremiah the prophet* after that Han- 
aniah the prophet had broken the yoke 
from off the neck of the prophet Jeremi- 
ah, saving, 

13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus 
saith the Lord, Thou hast broken the 
yokes of wood ; but thou shalt make for 
them vokesofiron. 

14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel, I have put a yoke of iron up- 
on the neck of all these nations, that they 
may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Ba- 
bylon ; and they shall serve him : and I 
have given him the beasts of the field also. 

15 % Then said the prophet Jeremiah 
tmto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, 
Hananiah ; the Lord hath not sent thee ; 
but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. 

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Be- 
hold, I will cast thee from off the face of 
the earth : this year thou shalt die, be- 
cause thou hast taught rebeVion against the 
Lord. 

17 So Hananiah the prophet died the 
same year in the seventh month. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 JeremiaJfs letter to the captives in Ba- 
bylon. 20 The fearful end qfAhab and 
Zedekiah, two tying prophets. 

NOW these are the words of the letter 
that Jeremiah the prophet sent from 
Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders 
which were carried away captives, and to 
the priests, and to the prophets, and to all 
the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had 
carried away captive from Jerusalem to 
Babylon ; 

2( After that Jeconiah the king, and the 
%oeen, and the eunuchs, die princes of Ju- 
d»h and Jerusalem, and the carpenters 
and the smiths, were departed from Jeru- 
salem ) ; 

3 By' the hand of Elasah the sen of Sha- 
phun, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah 



Jeremiah's letter,. 
(whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto 
Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar kii g of Baby- 
lon), saying, 

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel, unto all that are carried away 
captives, whom I have caused t> be car- 
ried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon ; 

3 Build ye houses, and dwell in thtm; and 
plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them : 

6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and 
daughters ; and take wives for your sons 
and give your daughters to husbands, that 
they may bear sons and daughters ; that 
ye may be increased there, and not di- 
minished. 

7 And seek the peace of the city whith- 
er I have caused you to be carried away 
captives, and pray unto the Lord for it : 
tor in the peace thereof shall ve have peace, 

8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel, -Let not your prophets and 
your diviners, that be in the midst of you, 
deceive ycu,neither hearken to yourdreams' 
which ye cause to be dreamed. 

9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in 
my name : I have not sent them, saith the 
Lord. 

10 For thus saith the Lord, That after 
seventy years be accomplished at Baby- 
lon I will visit you, and perform my good 
word toward you, in causing you to" return, 
to this place. 

11, For I know the thoughts that I think 
toward you saith the Lord, thoughts of 
peace, and not of evil, to give you an ex- 
pected end. 

12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye 
shall go and pray unto me, and 1 will heark- 
en unto you. 

13 And ye shall seek me, and find fne 9 
when ye shall search for me with all your 
heart." 

14 And I will be found of you, saith the 
Lord : and I will turn away your captivi- 
ty, and 1 will gather you from all the na- 
tions, and from all the places whither I 
have driven you, saith the Lord ; and I 
will bring you' again into the place whence 
I caused you to be carried away captive. 

15 Because ye have said, the Lord hath 
raised us up prophets in Babylon ; 

16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the 
king that sitteth upon the throne of David, 
and of ail the people that dwelleth in this 
city, and of your brethren that are not 
gone forth with vou into captivity ; 

17 Thu saith* the Lord of hosts, Behold, 
I will send upon them the sword, the fam- 
ine, and the pesti ence, and will make them 
like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they 
are so evil. 

18 And I will persecute them w'th th« 
sword, with the famine, and with the pes- 
tilence, and will deliver them to be removv 



Fee rful end of Aliab and Zedckiak Chap. 

tri to all the kingd earth, to be i 

I an astonishment, and an hiss- 

U the nations 

whither I have driven them : 

19 ;. i-kenedtomy 

1 the Lord, which I sent unto 

servants the prophets, rising 

m ; but ye would 

Lord. 

■ 
rhoml have 
: 
.ord ofhostSjtheGod 
, [ Uriah, and 
which 
i in my name, Be- 
\\n\: • n into the hand of 

■ezzirking of Bahylon, and he 
r eyes : 

ken up a curse 

by all the captivity of Judah which are in 

[on, saying. The I jrdmake thee like 

a id like Ahab, whom the king 

in the hrc ; 
e they have committed villany 
in Israel, and ha d adultery ) 

•with I i and have j 

spoken lying words in my name, which I I 
n ; even iknow, I 
and a r he Lord. 

: vi also speak to 5he- 
niaiah theNehelamite, saying, 

>us spe iketh the Lord of hosts, the 

- ! thou hast 

scut letters i unto all the peo- 

id to Zeph- 

priest, and 

to all tiie pr. 

priest in 

.at \e 

Lord, 
•id maketh 
hi'r- "St put 

him in • 

thou not 
ffhich 
prophet to you? 

- 
: build 

n of the capth 

th the Nehel 

•ustin 
a lie : 

hold, I will piini 

kiavca 

V. ♦ 



xrx. The Jew* rettfrn. 613 

man to dwell among this people; neither 
shall he behold the good lhat I will do for 
my people, saith the Lord ; because lie 
hath taught rebellion against the Lord. 

CHAP. XXX. 

1 The Jctjx 1 sc'.urn. 10 Jacob comforted 

18 Their return shall be graciou*, 

THE word that came to Jeremiah from 
the Lord, saying, 

2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Is- 

.': itc thee all the words th*: 
1 have spoken unto thee in a book. 

3 For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will bring again the captivity of my 
people Israel andJudah, saith the Lord; 
and I will cause theirs to return to the land 
that I gave to their fathers, and they shaii 
pos ess it. 

4 And these are the words that the Lord 
?pake cor.cerninglsrael and concerning Ju- 
dah. 

5 For thus saith the Lord, We have 
heard a voice of trembling, of icar, and 
not of pence. 

6 Ask ye now, and see, Whether a man 
doth travail with child \ Wherefore do I 
see ever)' man with his hands on his loins, 
as a woman in travail, and all faces are 
turned into paleness ? 

7 Alas ! for that day is great, so that 
none is like it : it u even the time of Jacob's 
trouble; but he shall be saved cut of it. 

8 For it shall come to pass in that day, 
saith the Lor* of hosts-v that 1 will break 
his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst 
thy bonds, and strangers ihall no more 
serve themselves of him : 

9 But they shall serve the Lord tU ir 

I David their king, whom 1 will 
unto them. 

10 •; Therefore, fear thou not, O my 
sen ant J thel ord : neither be 

; for, lo, I will wu - 

Ear, and thy Beed from the 

ptivity ; and J I j 

«, and be quiet 

and now him afraid. 

11 Forlorn - .ah the Lord, 

I end of 
. 
. full end < fth< 

. and will 
. 
i ' Pi i ra, Th\ bruise 

. 
U AH 
I 

nemy, witk 

titude r, .*» rj n B19 

WW. ■ 



fc!4 Mercy again shewn to Jacob. JERK 

15 Why criest thou for thine affliction f 
Thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude 
of thine iniquity : because thy sins were 
increased, 1 have done these'things unto 
thee. 

16 Therefore, allthey that devour thee 
shall be devoured ; and all thine adver- 
saries, every one of them, shall go into cap- 
tivity ; and they that spoil thee shall be a 
spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I 
give for a prey. 

17 For I will restore health unto thee, 
and I will heal thee ot thy wounds, saith 
the Lord ; because they called thee an 
Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no 
man seeketh after. 

18 T[ Thus saith the Lord, Behold, 1 will 
bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, 
and have mercy os his dwelling places ; 
and the city shall be builded upon her own 
heap, and the palace shall remain after 
the manner thereof. 

19 And out of them shall proceed thanks- 
giving and the voice of them that make 
merry : and I will multiply them,and they 
shall not be few ; I will also glorify them, 
and. they shall not be small. 

20 Their children,also shall be as afore- 
time, and their congregation shall be es- 
tablished before me, and I will punish all 
that oppress them. 

, 21 And their nobles shall be of them- 
selves, and their governor shall proceed 
irom the midst of them ; and I will cause 

. him to draw near, and he shall approach 
unto me : for, Who is this that engaged 
hjs heart to approach unto me ? saith the 
Lord. 

22 And ye shall be my people, and I will 
be your God. 

23 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord 
goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirl- 
wind :. it shall fall with pain upon the head 
el" the wicked. 

24 The fierce anger of the JLord shall 
not return, until he have done it, and un- 
til he have performed the intents of his 
heart : in the latter days ye shall consid- 
er it. 

CHAP. xx:a. 

1 The restoration of Israel. 22 Christ:^ 
fircmised. 27 His care over the church. 

AT the same time saith the Lord, will 
I be the God of all the families of Is- 
rael, and they shall be my people. 

2 Thus saith the Lord ,'the people- which 
were left of the sword ibund grace '. i the 
wilderness ; even Israel, when I went to 
cause him to rest. 

3 The Lord hath appeared cf old unto 
*me, saying. Yea, 1 have loved thee with 

an everlasting love : therefore with lov- 
ing kindness nave I drawn thee. 
* Again I will build thee, anatnoM sfialt 



MIAH. The restoration of Israel* 

be built, O virgin of Israel : thou shalt a- 
gain be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt 
go forth in the dances of them that make 
merry. 

5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the 
mountains of Samaria : the planteVs shall 
plant, and shall eat them as common things, 

6 For there shall be a day, that the 
watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall 
cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion un- 
to the Lord our God. 

7 For thus saith the Lord, Sing with 
gladness for Jacob, and shout among the 
chief of the nations : publish ye, praise ye, 
and say, O Lord, save thy people the rem- 
nant ot Israel. 

8 Behold, 1 will bring them from the 
north country, and gather them from the 
coasts of the earth, and with them the 
blind and the lame, the woman with child, 
and her that travaiieth with child together: 
a great company shall return thither. 

9 The}' shall come with weeping, and 
with supplications will I lead them : I 
will cause them to walk by the rivers of 
waters in a straight way, wherein they 
shall not stumble : for I am a father to 
Israel, and Ephraim is my iirstborn r 

10 Hear the word of the Lord, O ye na- 
tions, and declare it in the isles afar off, 
and say, He that scattered Israel will gath- 
er him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth 
his Sock. 

11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, 
and ransomed him from the handofAz/ra 
that ivas stronger than he. 

12 Therefore, they shall come and sing 
in the height of Zion, and shall flow to- 
gether to the goodness of the Lord, for 
wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and ior 
the young of the fleck, and of the herd : and 
their soul shall be as a watered garden ; 
and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 

1 3 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the 
dance, both young men and old together : 
for I will turn their mourning into joy, and 
will comfort them, and make them re- 
joice from their sorrow. 

14 And 1 will satiate the soul of the 
priests with fatness, and my people shall 
be satisfied with my goodness, saith the 
Lord. 

1 5 Thus saith the Lord, a voice was 
heard in Raman, lamentation, and bitter 
weeping : Rachel weeping for her children 
refused to be comforted for her childrca 
because they zvere not. 

16 Thus saith the Lord, Refrain thy 
voice from weeping, and thine eyes from 
tears : for thy work shall be rewarded, 
saith the Lord : and they shall comeagai* 
from the land of the enemy. 

17 Arid there is hope in thine end, saitl* 
the Lord, that thy children shall come *- 

their own powlfr. 



(Bhriii i9p.ro7nd*cd. 



Chap, xx\h. Jeremiah's tm \ , 



IS I have surely heardEphraim bemoan- 
ing himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, 
and I was chastised as a bullock unaccus- 
tomed to the yoke : turn thou 
shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord mv 
God. 

19 Surely after that I was tuned, I re- 

F snted ; and after that 1 was instructed, 
smote upon my thigh : 1 1 
yea, even confounded, [old bear 

the reproach of raj 

20 % Ephraira im dear son? Is he 2. 
pleasant child.'' For since 1 spake .. 
nim, I do earnestly remember him still: 
therefore iny bowels are troubled for him ; 
I will surely have mercy upon him saith 
Che Lord. 

21 Set thee pp waymarks, make thee 
higl ird the 
highway, even the way which tin u went- 
est : turn again, ( ) virgin of Israel, turn 
again to these thy cities. 

How long wilt thru go about, O 
thou backsliding daughter.' For the Lord 
hath created a new thing in die earth, A 
woman shall compass a man. 

lith the Lord of hosts, the 

ad, A^ yet they shall use this 

the l*ud ft Judah, and in the cm 

I shall bring again their 

L (less thee, O habitat 

liness. 

24 And there shall dw.eh inJudi 

and in all the cities thereof togetlier, bus: 

thavereplenis] 

.d beheld ; and 

time. 

I man, 
k up, 
ith the 
The . 

of Jtl- 

I 



53 But this she'! be the covenant that 1 
will make with the house of Israel ; Aftt r 
i\ s, saith the Lord, I will put my law 
in their inward parts;, and write it in "their 
hearts; and wi God, and they 

shall be my pt 

Lnd they shall teach no more every 

man his ndghbor, and every man h'.s bro- 

i:,[;,KnowtheLonl : For they shall 

all know me, from the least of" them unto 

the Greatest of them sftkh the Lord : tor I 

ive their iniquity, audi 
mcmfier their sin no more. 

35 Thus s; .th the Lord, which givetfc 
the sun for a light by day, and the ordinan- 
ces of the moon and of the stars for a light 
by night, which divideth the sea when the 
waves thereof roar; the Lord of hosts it 
his name : 

36 If those ordinances depart from before 
me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel 
also shall cease from being a nation before 
me for ever. 

37 Thus taith the Lord, If heave 

can be measured, and the foundations of the 
earth searched out beneath,] will also cast off 
all the seed of Israel for all that they ha\e 
done, saith the. Lord. 

38 Behold die ria\ s come, saith the Lord, 
that the city shall be built to the Lord 
from the tower of Hanameelunto the gate 
of the corner. 

39 And the measuring line shall yet go 
forth Over against it upon the hill Oaivlj, 
and shall ut toGoath. 

40 And the vv hole valley ot the dead bo- 

: nfthe ashes, and all the fields unto 

\ of Kidron,unto the cornet 1 ofthe 

lu i se gate t( ward the east, :-r .' be holy 

Iced vi~, 

nor thrown di wn ; ny moire for i 

CHAF, XXX11. 

remenit 16 /.'. 
The captivity co>- 
' ■ .. 
turn. 

THEti [i etoJerer : 

tenth Zed • 

Nebuchadreesar. 

1 1 Bab] Ion's armv 

3 For 

i 



§16 Jeremiah 1 * com/ihint to God. JEREX 

5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Baby- 
ion, and there shall he be until I visit him, 
saith the Lord : though ye light with the 
Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper ? 

6 And Jeremiah said, The word ot the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

7 Behold, Hanameei the son of Shallum, 
thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, 
Buy thee my held that is in Anathoth : for 
the" right of redemption is thine to buy ft. 

8 So Hanameei mine uncle's son came 
to me in the court of the prison, according 
to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, 
Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Ana- 
thoth, which is in the country of Benjamin : 
for the right of inheritance' is thine, and 
the redemption is thine ; buy it ibr thyself. 
Then I knew that this was the word of 
the Lord. 

9 And I bought the field of Hanameei, 
ray uncle's son, that was \n Anathoth, and 
weighed him the money, even seventeen 
shekels of silver, 

10 And I subscribed the evidence, and 
sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed 
Aim the money in the balances. 

11 So I took the evidence of thepn-ihase, 
both that which was sealed according to 
the law and custom, and that which was 
rpen : 

12 .And I gave the evidence of the pur- 
chase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the 
son of Maaseiah in the sight of Hanameei 
mine uncle's son and in the presence of 
the witnesses that subscribed the book of 
the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in 
the court of the prison. 

13 And 1 charged Baruch before them, 
saving, 

14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel, Take these evidences, this 
evidence of the purchase, both which is 
sealed, and this evidence which is open ; 
and put them in an earthen vessel, that 
they may continue many days, 

15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, Houses and fields and 
vineyards shall he possessed again in this 
land. 

15 H Now when I had delivered the evi- 
dence of the purchase unto Baruch the 
son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, say- 
ing* 

17 Ah Lord God ! Behold, thou hast 
made the heaven and the earth by thy 
great power and stretched out arm, and 
there is nothing too hard for thee : 

18 Thou shewest loving kindness unto 
thousands, and recompensest the iniquity 
of the fathers into the bosom of their chil- 
dren after them : the Great, the Mighty 
God, the Lord ofhosts, is his na 

19 Great in counsel, and mightyi 
Ifer thins eyes &z open up pi till tlje -v. % s 



ILAH. The captivity cwflnkei. 

of the sons of men : to give every one ac- 
cording to his ways, and according to the 
fruit of his doings : 

20 Which hast set signs and wonders in 
the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and 
in Israel, and among oiher men ; and hast 
made thee a name, as at this da\ ; 

21 And hast brought forth thypeopte, Is- 
rael,out of the land of Egypt with signs, and 
with wonders, and with a strong hand, and 
wkh a streatched out arm, and with great 
terror. 

22 And hast given them this land, which 
thou didst swear to their fathers, to give 
them aland flowing With milk and honey. 

23 And they came in, and possessed it ; 
but they obeyed north}' vciceaieither walk- 
ed in thy law ; they have done nothing of 
all that thou commandedst them to cio : 
therefore thou hast caused all this evil to 
come upon them: 

24 Behold the mounts, they are come 
unto die city to take it ; and the city is 
given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that 
fight against .it, because of the sword, and 
of the famine, and of die pestilence : and 
what thou hast spoken is come to pass; 
and, behold d»ou seest it. 

25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord 
God, Buy thee the field for money, and 
take witnesses, for the city is given into- 
thehand of the Chaldeans. 

2G % Then came the word of the Lord 
unto Jeremiah, saying, 

27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of 
all flesh : Is there any thing toe) hard lor me ? 

28 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Be- 
hold, 1 will give this city into the hand of 
the Chaldeans and into the hand of Neb- 
uchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall 
take it ; 

29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against 
this city, shall come and set fire on this city 
and burn it wkh the houses, upon whose 
roofs they have offered incense unto Baal 
and poured out drink offerings unto other 
gods to provoke me to anger. 

30 For the children of Israel and the 
children of Judah have only done evil be- 
fore me from their youth : for the chil- 
dren of Israel have only provoked me to 
anger with the work of their hands, saith 
the Lord. 

31 For this city hath been to me as a 
provocation of mine anger and of my fury 
from the day that they built it even unto 
tliis day that I should remove it from be- 
fore my face. 

32Becau e of all the evil of the children 
oflsrael and of the children otJudah.whici* 
thev have done to provoke me to anger, 
they, their Ikings, their princes, their 
and their prophets, and die men 
if Jud.ih ; and the inhabitsnfcs of Jeiusalera 



A firomise of a Chap. 

33 And they have turr.cd unto ir.e the 
back, and not the fc.ce : th( uj I 

them, limine up eafly and teacl b 
yet they have not hearkened to receive in- 
struction. 

34 But they set their atx n jn;.ticrs in the 

hich is called by my name, to de- 
file it. 

25 And they built the highi lace^of Ea- 
a 1, w bich are in the \ . sci : ol Hin- 

nora,to< i daugh- 

ters to pass through Molechj 

which I commanded them not, neither 
came it into my mind, that they sb aid do 
ruination, to cause Judah to sin. 
• ' thus sahh the 

; I of Israel, concerning this 

elivered 
ehand of the king ofBabylopby the 
tword,andby the famine, and by the pes- 

1 v.ill cither them out of all 
countries, whither 1 have driven them in 

i ger, and in n y fury, and 
wrath ;andl will bring them again unto 
this, place, and 1 will cause them to dwell 

. | & \ le, and I 

. d I will give them cne heart, and 
me f< r ever, 
: Ftheir children 

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g covc- 

• ii away 
i good ;but 1 will put 

I 

cr them to do 

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n all the 
. them. 

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44 Men shall buy t 

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in the J 

OH 

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xxsffli. grccif.vs return, Gfr 

SThnspahh mel rdjthemakeVthcTe- 
of, the Lord that formed it, : 
1 he Lord rshisn? - 

3 Call unto me, and I w ill 
and shew thee great and n 
which tl trot. 

4 For thus safth the Lord, the God ot 
Israel, concerning the houses of this city, 

mien are thrown i 
mounts, a ord ; 

5 The 

ans, but it is to fill them w iuS the d< 
ies of men, whom II: 
ger and in my fury, and fori llwhoi 
edness I have hid my face ft 

6 Beheld, 1 v. iil brh 

and 1 will cui e them, anfl w ill rei , 
diem the abun i 

7 And] wilh .. 

and the < rael to return, and 

Bd mem, as a tin . 

8 And 1 will cleanse them from all their 
iniquity, a. hereby they have sinned 

me ; and I will pardon all their ini 
whereby the) have sinned, and whereby 
they have trai sgressed against me, 

9 And it shall he to me a name i ' 
praise and an h< ■ r before all the nations 
of the earth, which shall hear all tl. 

that 1 do unto them: and they sh i 
and tremble for aB the^codnosandforall 
spcrity that 1 procure unto it. 

10 Thus saith the Lord, Again there 
shall be heard in this place, which 

a/iall be desolate without man and without 
n in the cities oJ Judah, and in the 
streets of Jerusalem, M< te, with- 

out man, and without inhabitant, and whh- 
. 

1 1 '1 he voice of joy, and the voice 

rul the 

of them that 

: for the 

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SL8 Christ the righteous branch, 

15 % In those days, and at that time, will 
I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow 
tip unto David : and he shall execute judg- 
ment and righteousness in the land. 

26 In those days shall Judah he saved, 
«nd Jerusalem shall dwell safely : and this 
is the name wherewith she shall be called, 
The Lord our righteousness. 

IT For thus saith the Lord, David shall 
sever want a man to sit upoa the throne 
of the house of Israel ; 

18 Neither shall the priests the Levites 
■want a man betbrc me to offer burnt offer- 
ings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do 
sacrifice continually. 

19 And the word of the Lord came unto 
Jeremiah, saying, 

20 Thus saith khe Lord, It ye can break 
my covenant of the day, and my covenant 
of the niglft, and that there should not be 
day and night in their season ; 

21 Then may also my covenant be bro- 
ken with David my servant, that he should 
mot have a son to reign upon his throne : 
and with the Levites the priests, my minis- 
ters. 

22 As the host of heaven cannot be num- 
bered, neither the sand of the sea measur- 
ed : so will I multiply the seed of David my 
servant, and the Levites that minister unto 
me. 

23 Moreover, the word of the Lord came 
to Jeremiah, saying, 

24 Considerest thou not what this people 
have spoken, saying,The two families which 
the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast 
them oft'? Thus they have despised my peo- 
ple, that they should be no more a nation bc- 
lore them. 

25 Thus saith the Lord, If my covenant 
be not with day and night, and if I have not 
appointed the ordinances of heaven and 
earth ; 

26 Then will I cast away the seed of Ja- 
cob, and David my servant, so that I will 
not take any of his seed to be rulers over 
the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for 
I will cause their captivity to return, and 
have mercy on them. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
Jeremiah firofihesieth the captivity of Zed* 
ekiah, and the city. 

THE word which came unto Jeremiah 
from the Lord, when Nebuchadnez- 
zar king of Babylon, and all Ins army, and 
all the kingdoms of the earth of his domin- 
ion, and ail the people fought againt Jerusa- 
lem, and against all the cities thereof saying, 
2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Isra- 
el, Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Ju- 
dah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord, Be- 
hold, I wiil give this city into the hard of 
the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it 
with fire ; 



JEREML\H. Ccfitiviiy of Zedekiah firophesied. 

3 And thou shalt not escape out of hi* 
hand, but shalt surely be taken, and deliv- 
ered into his hand : and thine eyes shall be- 
hold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he 
shall speak with thee mouth to"mouth, and 
thou shalt go to Babylon. 

4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zed- 
ekiah king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord 
of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword : 

5 But thou shalt die in peace : and with 
the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings 
which were before thee, so shall they burn 
odours for thee ; and they will lament thee, 
saying, Ah lord I for I have pronounced the 
word, saith the Lord. 

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all 
these words unto Zedekiah king cf Judah 
in Jerusalem, 

7 When the king cf Babylon's army 
fought against Jerusalem, and against al! 
the cities ot Judah that were left, against 
Lacliish, and against Azekah: for these 
dctenced cities remained of the cities of Ju- 
dah. 

8 This is the word that came unto Jere- 
miah from the Lord, alter that the king 
Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the 
people which were at Jerusalem, to pro- 
claim liberty unto them ; 

9 That every man should let his manser- 
vant, and every man his maidservant being 
an Hebrew, or an Hebrewess, go free ; 
that none should serve himself of them, to 
wit, of a Jew his brother. 

10 Now when all the princes, and all the 
people, which had entered into the cove- 
nant, heard that every one should let his 
manservant and every one his maidservant, 
go free, that none should serve themselves 
of them any more, then they obeyed, and 
let them go. 

11 But afterward they turned, and caus- 
ed the servants and the handmaids, whom 
they had let go free, to return, and brought 
them into subjection for servants and tor 
handmaids. 

12 Therefore the word of the Lord came 
to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 

13 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Is- 
rael, I made a covenant with your father* 
in the day that I brought them forth out of 
the land of Egypt, out of the house of bond- 
men, saving, 

14 At the end ot seven years let ye go 
everv man his brother an Hebrew, which 
hath' been sold unto thee ; and when he 
hath served thee six years, thcu shah let 
him go free from thee: but your _ fattier* 
hearkened not unto me, neither inclined 
their ear. 

15 And ye were how turned, and had 
done right in my sight, in proclaiming lib- 
erty every man to his neighbour ; and vo 
had made a covenant before me in th» 
house which h Called by my name: 



I Tht Jews threatened 

16 But ye turned and polluted my name, 
and caused every man his servant, and ev- 
ery man his handmaid, whom he had set 
at 'liberty at their pleasure, to return, and 
brought them into subjection, to he unto 
you tor servants and for handmaids. 

17 Therefore thus saitli the 1,-ord, Ye 
have not hearkened unto me, in proclaim- 
ing liberty, every one to Iris brother, and 
every man to his neighbour : behold, I pro- 
claim a liberty tor you, saith the Lerd, to 
the sword, to the pestilence, ami to the 
f-imine; and I will make you to be remov- 
ed into all die kingdoms of the earth. 

Lnd I wili give the men that have 
transgressed my covenant, which have 
not performed, the words of the covenant 
■which they had made before me, when they 
cut the calf in twain, and passed between 
the parts thereof, 

ly The princes of Judah, and the prin- 
ces of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the 
priests, and all the people of the land, which 
passed between the parts of the calf; 

20 I will even give therw into the hand 
oftheir enemies, and into the hand of them 
that seek their life : and their dead bodies 
shall Ix; for meat unto the fowls of the hea- 
ven, and to the beasts of the earth. 

id Zedekiah king of Judah and his 
princes will 1 give into the hand or their 
«nemies, and into the hand of them that 
seek their life, and into the hand or the king 
of Babylon's army, which are gone up from 
you. 

' hold, I will command, saith the 
I^ord, and cause them to return to this ci- 
ty : an;', I instit, and take 
it, and boni it with lire : and 1 will make 
the cities of Judah a deflation without an 
inhabit.. 

C II A P. XX>CV. 
1 By the obedimce "/the Rrchahitet, 12 
jbrd'u nee it condemned. 

THE word which came unto Jeremiah 
m the Lord, in the d;iys 6f Jehoi- 
-akim, the son ol"Jo.->iah,king of Judah, say - 

into the house of the Rechabites, 
•i, and bring them in- 
to the house of the Lord, into< 

I give them wine to drink. 

emiah,thesonot II il> </.ii.i ih,andhi 

i le house 

of the i; 

• •.. 
n of Igdaliah, a man ol ( ;< , i, 
which wa* b\ the cha 

ah, the son of Shallum, the keep i 

oj of the h.' ■*> 



Chap. xmxv. Jbr their disobedience. 01? 

of the Rechabites, pots full of wine, and 
cutis, and I said unto them. Drink ye wine. 

6 But they said, We will drink no wine : 
fir Jonadab^ the son of Rechab, our father, 
commanded us, saying, Ye shall driuk no 
wine, wither ye, nor your sons for ever: 

her shall ye buiiu house, nor sow 
seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; 
but ail your davs ye shall dwell in tents ; 
that ye may live many days ia the land 
where ye be strangers. 

3 Thus have we obeyed the voice ot Jo- 
nadab, the son of Rechab, our father, in all 
that he hath charged us, to drink no wine 
all our days, we, our wives, our son3, nor 
our daughters ; 

Nor to build houses for us to dwell in : 
neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor 
seed : 

10 But we have dwelt m tents, and have 
cljeyed, and done according to all that Jo- 
nadab, our father, commanded us. 

1 1 But it came to pass, when Nebuchad- 
rezzar, king of Babylon, came up into 
the land, that we said, Come, and let us 
go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the 
Chaldeans, and for fear ol the army of the 
Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. 

12 ^| Then came the word of the Lord 
unto Jeremiah, saying, 

13 Thus saith the lyird of hosts, the God 
of Israel, Go and tell the men of Judah and 
the inhabitants oi Jerusalem, Will ye not 
receive instruction to hearken to my words* 
saith the Lord. 

14 'Hie words of Jonadab the son ot Re- 
chab, that he commanded his son<, not to 
drink wine, are performed; for unto this 
day they drink none, but oljey their father's 
commandment: notwithstanding I have 
spoken unto you rising early and speaking; 
but ye hearkened not unto me. 

15 1 have sent also unto you ail my ser 
vantsthe prophets, rising up early and sen- 
dmg .'''.'(•/.•/, saying, Return \e now c\erv- 
iii m iroju his evil way, and amend your 
doings, and go not alter other KOCH to 

em, and ye shall dwell in the land 
which I have given to you and to your ta- 
InCtthed >our ear, 
nor hearkened unt i 

is of Jonadab the ^m 
: med theoomma&d- 

nmaud- 
kth not heark- 
ened unto me : 

I ( fatal 
hosts, the (»<xl of Israel, Behold) 1 will 

inhab- 

e I have 
I heard ; 
and 1 ha- 



680 Jerenvaffsfirohhecij* 



JEREMIAH. 



Jehoiakim burnetii it. 



18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of 
the Reehabites, Thus saith the Lord ot 
hosts the God of Israel, Because ye have 
obeyed the commandment of Jonadab 
your father, and kept all his precepts, and 
done according unto all that he hath com- 
manded you ; 

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, Jonadab the son of Re- 

• chab shall not want a man to stand before 
me for ever. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 
Jl Baruch wrheth Je^emiah-s /iro/ihecrf. 

20 Jehoiakim burnetii the root, 27 His 
■ judgment 52 Baruch write th a new copy. 

AND it came to pass in the fourth year 
of Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king 
©f Judah, that this word came unto Jere- 
miah from the Lord, saying, 

2 Take thee a roolof a book, and write 
therein all the words that i have spoken 
unto thee against Israel, and against Ju- 
dah, and against all the nations, from the 
day I spake unto thee, from the days of Jo- 
siah, even unto this day. 

3 It may be that the house of Judah will 
hear all the evil which I purpose to do un- 
to them ; that they may return every man 
from his evil way ; that I may forgive their 
iniquity and their sin. 

4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son 
©FNeriah : and Baruch wrote from the 
mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the 
Lord, which he had spoken unto him, up- 
on a roll of a book. 

5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, 
saying, I am shut up ; I cannot go into the 
the house of the Lord : 

6 Therefore go thou, and read in the rool, 
■which thou has written from my mouth, 
the words of the Lord in the ears of the 
people in the Lord's house upon the fasting 
day : and also thou shalt read them in the 
ears of all Judah that comeout of their cit- 
ies. 

7 It may be they will present their sup- 
plication before the Lord, and will return 
everyone from his evil way : for great ia 
the anger and the fury that the Lord hath 
pronounced against this people. 

8 And Baruch the son ofNeriah did ac- 
cording to all that Jeremiah the prophet 
commanded him, reading in the book the 
words of the Lord in the Lord's house. 

9 And it came to pass in the fifth year 
of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king ot Ju- 
dah, in the ninth month, that they pro- 
claimed a fast before the Lord to all the 
people in Jerusalem, artd to *1 the people 
that came from the cities of Judah unto 
Jerusalem. 

10 Then read Baruch in the book the 
words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, 
in the chamber of Gemaviah the son of 



Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, 
at the entry of the new gate of the Lord's 
house in the ears of all the people. 
m 11 When Michaiah the son of Gema- 
riah, the son of Shaphan, had btard out ' 
of the book all the words of the Lord, 

12 Then he went down into the king's 
house, into the scribe's chamber : and, to, 
all the princes sat there, even Elishama 
the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shem- 
aiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, 
and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and 
Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the 
princes. 

13 Then Michaiah declared unto them 
all the words that he had heard, when Ba- 
ruch read the book in the ears of the 
people. 

14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi, 
the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemi- 
ah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying 
Take in '."nine hand the roll wherein thou 
hast read in the ears of the people, 
and come. So Baruch the son or Neriah 
took the roll in his hand, and came unto 
them. 

15 And they said unto him, Sit down 
now, and read it in oar ears. So Baruch 
read it in their ears. 

16 Now it came to pass when they had 
heard all the words, they were afraid 
both one and another, and said unto Ba- 
ruch, We will surely tell the king of all 
these words. 

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell 
us now, How didst thou write all these 
words at his mouth I 

18 Then Baruch answered them, He 
pronounced all these words unto me with 
his mouth, and 1 wrote them with ink in 
the book. 

19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, 
Go hide thee, thou and Jeremiah ; and let 
no man know where ye be. 

• 20 % And they went in to the king into 
the court, but they laid up the roll in the 
chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told 
all the words in the ears of the king. 

21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the 
roll : and he took it out of Elishama the 
scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in 
the ears of the king, and in the ears of all 
the princes which stood beside the king. 

22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse 
in the ninth month: and there was afire 
on the hearth burning before him. 

25 And it came to pass, that when Jehu- 
di had read three or four leaves, he cut it 
with the penknife, and cast it into the fire 
that was on the hearth, until all the roll 
was consumed in the fire that was on the 
hearth. 

24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent 
their garments, neither the king, nor any 



fiaruch toriteth a new tofty. 

rants that heard all these words, 

iilnathan and Delaiah 

and Gem iiia: 1 h:d made intercession to 

i ; that he would not bum the roll: 

but he would not hearthem. 

26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel, 
the son of Haroroelech, and Seraiah, the 

. vzilel, and Shelemiah, the son of 
. to take Baruch, the scribe, and 

Jeremiah, the prophet : but the Lord hid 

them. 

27 «i Then the word of the Lord came 

.niah, alter that the king had burn- 
ed the roll, and the words which Baruch 
wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 

28 Take thee again another roil, and 
■write in it all the firmer words that were 
in the first roll, which Johoiakim, the king 
ofJudah hath burned. 

. id thou shall say toJehoiakim, king 
of Judah, Thussaith the Ivjrd, Thou hast 
burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou 
written therein, saying, The king of Bab- 
ylon shall certainly come and detsroy this 
land, and shall cause to cease from thence 
in. in and beast I 
30 Thereto! . the Lord of Je- 

ii, king of Judah, lie shall have 
: it upon the throne of David : and 
his dead body shall be cast out in the day 
nd in the night to the frost. 
vi I will punish !»im and his seed, 
and his servants tor their iniquity ; and 1 
will bring upon them] audupon the inhab- 
tsalem, and upon the men of 
all the evil that 1 have pronounced 
irkencdnot. 
• , . another r< 11, 

and ga\ h, the set iix-, the son 

:rein, from the 
ol Jeremiah, all the words of the 
:n, kinf (.1 Judah had 
re were added 

i ds. 

All. 

mx, having raised the CIuil- 

di au kiaii st ndelh to Jen - 

mmh j i tdcthtlie Cfialdearm' 

. ll lie is beaten, 

AM) king Zed* kiah the son of Josiah 
h ::.c s< M oi 
Jeli' i.ikun v. 

«>t Lii' > I d ol Ju- 

dah. 

r he, ii' r his servants, nor 
the land, did hearken unto 

(1, which he spake by 
the prophet Jeremiah. 

3'AndZedekiah the king sent Jehucal 
the BOH o! She ciniah, and '/cphaniah the 
pon of Maaseiah the pi iest to the proph- 
et Jeremiah, saying, Pray now nato the 
Lordaur God tor 



Chap, xxxvii. T/ie O a dean's siege raised. 621 



4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out 
am ng the people : lor they had not put 
him into prison* 

5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth 
out ot Egypt : and when the Chaldeans 
that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of 
them, they departed from Jerusalem. 

C«i Then came the word of the Lord 
unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 

7 Thussaith the Lord, the God of Is- 
rael, Tims sl\,dl ye say to the king of 
Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of 
me, Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is 
come forth to help you, shall return to E- 
gypt into their own land. 

o' And die chaldeans shall come again, 
and fight against this city, and take it, and 
burn it with tire. 

9 Thus satth the Lord Deceive not 
yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall 
sm ely depart from us : for they shall not 
depart. 

10 For though he had smitten the whole 
army of the Chaldeans that fight against 
you, and there remained but wounded 
men among them, ijet should they rise up 
every man in his tent, and burn this city 
with' tire. 

11 % And it came to pass, that when the 
army of the Chaldeans was broken up 
fromJei usalem for tear of Pharaoh's army, 

12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Je- 
rusalem to go into the land ot Benjamin, 
to separate himself, thence in the midst ot 
the people. 

J 3 And when he was in the gate of Ben- 
jamin, a captain of the ward WQ9 there, 
wiiose name was Irijah, the son ol iShele- 
miahjthe son of Hauaniah ; and he took 
Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou tallest 
away to the Chaldeans. 

14 Then said Jeremiah, It it false ; 1 fall 
not away m the Chaldeans. But he heark- 
ened not to him : so Irij.di took Jeremi- 
ah, and brought him to the princes. 

15 Wherefore the princes wire wroth 

I ooiah, and smote him, and put 
him in prison in the house of Jonathan the 
scribe : for they had male thai the prison. 

16 \\ hen Jen mi ah was entered intothi 

,.. aid into the cabins, and Jeremi- 
ah had remained there- man days ; 

IT Then Zedekiah the king sent, and 
took him outi and the king asked him a*> 
creth in his h use,) nd said. Is there am 
w< rd mom the J 
'I here i i: tor, 

iiven d intothi i Baby- 

lon. 

18 M niah said unto king 

/' 

r'i 



625 Jeremiah's imfiriscnme?7U JZLRE3.IIAH.- His counsel to ZedeBaK 

10 Then the king commanded Ebecl- 



, prophesied unto you, saying, The king cf 
Babylon shall not come against you, nor 
against this land ? 

20 Therefore, hear now, I pray thee, O 
my lord the king : let my supplication, I 
pray thee, be accepted before thee ; ' that 
thou cause me not to return to the house of 
Jonathan the scribe, lest 1 die there, 

21 Then Zedekiah the king command- 
ed that they should commit Jeremiah into 
the court of the prison, arid that they should 
give him daily a piece of bread out of the 
bakers' street, until all the bread in the 
eity were spent. Thus Jeremiah remain- 
ed In the court of the prison. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 
1 Jeremiah is put into the dungeon. 7 
Hbedmelech getteth him some enlarge- 
mentm 14 Ms counsel to the king. 

THEN Shephatiah the son of Mattin, 
and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and 
Jucal the son of Sheiemiah> and Pashur the 
p.on of Malchiah, heard the words that 
Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people r 
saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, He that remain- 
em in this city shall die by the sword, by 
the famine, and by the pestilence: but he 
that goetli forth to the Chaldeans shall 
live ; for he shall have his life for a prey, 
and shall live. 

STivussaith the Lord, This city shall 
surel; be given into the brand of the king 
of Babyion's army, which shall take it. 

4 Therefore the princes said unto the 
king, We beseech thee, let this man be put 
to death : for thus he weakenetn the hands 
of the men oi war that remain in this city, 
and the hands of all the people, in speak- 
ing such words unto them : for this man 
seeketh not the welfare of this people, but j 
the hurt. 

5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, 
heis in your hand : for the king is not he 
tha.t can do anything against you. 

6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast 
him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son 
of Hammelech, that ivas in the court of 
the prison : and they let down Jeremiah 
with cords. And in the dungeon there 
teas no water, but mire ; so Jeremiah sunk 
in the mire. 

? "11 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethi- 
opian, one of the eunuchs- which was in the 
king's house, heard that they had put Je- 
remiah in the dungeon ; (the king then sit- 
ting in the gate of Benjamin) ; 

S- Ebed melech went iorth out ol the king's 
house, and spake to the king, saying, 

9 JVly lord, the king, these men have 
done evil in all that they have done to Je- 
remiah the prophet, whom they have cast 
into the dungeon : and he is like to die for 
hunger in the place where he isj for 
is no more bread in the cfty* . 



meleeh the Ethiopian, saying, Take from 
hence thirty men with thee, and take up 

. Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, 

' before he die. 

11 So Ebedmelech took the men witli 
him, and went into the house of the king 
under the treasury, and cock thence old 
cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let 
them down by cords into 'he dungeon to 
Jeremiah. 

12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said 
unto Jeremiah, Put now these oid cast 
clouts and rotten rags under thine arm* 
i. ol s under the cords. And Jeremiah did so, 

lo So they drew up Jeremiah » iui cords, 
and took him up out of the dungeon ; And 
Jeremiah remained in the court of the 
prison. 

14 ? l[ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and 
took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into 
the third entry that is in the house of the 
Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I 
will ask thee a thing ; hide nothing from 
me. 

15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, 
if I declare it unto thee, Wilt -thou not 
surely put rneto death? And if I give thee 
counsel, Wilt thou not hearken unto me I 

16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly 
unto Jeremiah, saying, ^theLord liveth,, 
that made as this "soul, I will not put thee 
to death, neither will I give thee into the 
hand of these men that seek thy life. 

17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, 
Thus saith the Lord, the God of hoses, the~ 
God of Israel, It thou wiit assuredly go 
forth unto the king of Babylon's princes- 
then thy soulshall live, and this city shall 
not be burned with fire \ and thou shalt 
live, and thine house : 

13 Eut if thou wilt not go forth to the 
king of Babylon's princes, then shall this 
city be given into the hand of the Chalde- 
ans, and they shall burn it with fire, and 
thou shalt not escape out of their hand. 
• 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Je- 
remiah, lam afraid of the Jews that are 
fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver 
me into their hand, and they mock me. 

20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not 
deliver thee. Obey, 1 beseech thee, the 
voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: 
so it shall be well unto thee,, and thy soul 
shall live. 

21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is 
the word that the Lord hath shewed me : 

22 And, behold, all the women that are 
left in the king of Judah's house shall be 
brought firth to the king of Babylon's prin- 
ces, and those women shall say, Thy friends 
have set thee on, and have prevailed a- 
gainst thee : thy feet are sunk in the mire, 
and they are turned away back. 






- 

j 

ken him. 
- 

thrl md of H im tth, - . 
him. 

sons of Zedtkiah in Riblaii before 1 1 



taken. :.:\-, xl. 

; ) thev shall bring not all thy i 
children to the Ch 

• out of the 
dt be taken by the handol 
ton : and ti> 
to be burned with five. 

. 
Let no man know of tlw e ww cs, and thou 
: die. 

ir that I have 

ta'ked with thee, and they come unto thee, 

thee, to ui now 

.e king, hide it 

• thee to 

upplicatioa I 

me to reiurn to 

the princes unto Jere- 

I he told them 
the king 
I 

perceiv- 

, )de in the court of the 

em was 

taken : when Jerusa- 

IX. 

i -d. y Tht 

I! 
i 

ay of the 



T p. '.filr arc cafurvaied. 691 

also the king of Babylon slew all the nc- 
- ..dah. 

eover, he put rut Z 
! bound him witli chains, t 
him to Babylon, 
8 • And the Chaldeans burned the 
u^e, and the hcuse.-=o:t!:e people, 
, and broke down the walls ox Je- 
rusalem. 
\) ■ Then Hi lull ■ mUii the captain of 

• 
mat tell away, 
. 
aned. 

■not the 
guard tefl 

had nothing, in the la; i ad gave 

them vineyards and fields at me same 
time. 
11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king i 

Nebuzaradan the captain oi the guard, 
• 

::e him and look well to h 
do him no harm ; but do unto him even as 
lie si: . e. 

irarian the Certain of the 
! it. mid Neauahasban, R 

Rabmag, and all the 
kingo Babykxfspmcesj 

. 
II I of the prison, and 
.an ui.to Gee] 

n Ik me : n lie dwelt among (he 

word of the Lord came on- 

■ 

h th< K- 

I 
( ku I 1 
- uj.i n thit 



be Lord ; a-ai\ tht u than i 



7 But J will i 
en into the handoi th 

■ 
life shall 

i 

r \^ 

1 



624 Jeremiah sent to Oedal'ah. 



being bound in chains among all that were 
carried away captive of Jerusalem and 
Judah, which were carried away captive 
unto Babylon. 

2 And the captain of the guard took 
Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord 
thy God hath pronounced this evil upon 
this place. 

3 Now the Lord hath brought it, and 
done according as he hath said : because 
ye have sinned against the Lord, and have 
not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is 
come upon you. 

4 And now, behold, I loose thee this 
day from the chains which were upon 
thine hand. If it seem good unto thee ti> 
come with me into Babylon, come ; and 
I will look well unto thee ; but if it seem 
ill unto thee to come with me into Baby- 
lon, forbear : behold, all the land is be- 
fore thee : whither it seemeth good and 
convenient for thee to go, thither go. 

5 Now while Lie was not yet gone back, 
he said , Go back also to Gedaliah the son 
of Ahikam the son of Shaphau, whom the 
&ing of Babylon hath made governor over 
the cities of Judah, and dwell with him 
among the people : or go wheresoever it 
seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So 
the captain of the guard gave him victuals 
and a reward, and let him go. 

6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah 
the son of Ahikam to Mizpah ; and dwelt 
with him among the people that were left 
in the land. 

7 If Now when all the captains of the 
forces which were in the fields, even they 
and their men, heard that the king of Ba- 
bylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahi- 
kam governor in the land, and had com* 
mitted unto him men, and women, and 
children, and of the poor of the land, 
of them that were not carried away cap- 
tive to Babylon ; 

8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Miz- 
pah, even Ishmael the son of Nethani ah, 
and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Ka- 
reah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, 
and the sons of Ephai theNetophathite, and 
Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they 
and their men. 

9 And Gedaliah Uie son of Ahikam the 
son of Shaphan sware unto then) and to 
their men, saying, Fear not to setve the 
Chaldeans : dwell in the land, and serve 
the king of Babylon, and it shall be well 
with you. 

10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at 
Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which 
will come unto us : but ye, gather ye wine, 
sand summer fruits, and oil, and put them 
sn your vessels, and dwell in your cities 
that ye have taken. 

11 likewise, wken all the few? tlvtf 



JEREMIAH. Ishmael kiUeth Gedaliah. 

'were in Moab, and among the Ammon- 
ites, and in Edom, and that were in all the 
countries, heard that the kingoi Babylon 
had left a remnant of Judah, and that he 
had set over them Gedaliah the son of 
Ahikam the son of Shaphan ; 

12 Even all the Jews returned out of all 
places, whither they were driven, and 
came to the land of "Judah, to Gedaliah, 
unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and sum- 
mer fruits very much. 

13 % Moreover, Johanan the son of Ka- 
reah, and all the captains ot the forces 
that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah 
to M'zpah, 

14 And said unto him, Dcst thou cer- 
tainly know that Baalis the king of the 
Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of 
Nethaniah to slay thee . ? But Gedaliah the 
son of Ahikam believed them not. 

15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah 
spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secret! v sav- 
ing,. Let me go, I pray thee, and" I will 
slay Ishmael the son ci Nethaniah, and no 
man shall know it: Wherefore should he 
slay thee, that all the Jews which are gath- 
ered unto thee should be scattered, and the 
remnant of Judah perish ? 

16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said 
unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thcu 
shaft not do this thing : for thou speakest 
falsely oflshmael. 

C H A P. XLT. 
1 Ishmael treacherously killcth Gedaliah, 
and others. IX Johanan recovereih the 
captives. 

NOW it came to pass in the seventh 
month, that Ishmael the son of Neth- 
aniah the son of Elishama, of the seed roy- 
al, and the princes of the king, even ten 
men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son 
of Ahikam to Mizpah ; and there they did 
eat bread together in Mizpah. 

2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Neth-. 
aniah, and the ten men that were with him, 
aud smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 
the son of Shaphan with the sword, and 
slew him, whom the king of Babylon had 
made governor over the land. 

3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that 
were with him, even with Gedaliah, at 
Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were 
found there, and the men of war. 

4 And it came to pass the second day 
after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man 
knew it, 

5 That there came certain from She- 
chem, from 8hilol\ and from Samaria, e- 
ven fourscore men, having their beards 
shaven, and their clothes rent, and having 
cut themselves, with offerings and incense 
in their hand, to bring them to the house of 
the Lord. 

.6 And Ishmael the son of Nethani^U 



The cafxtivea recovered. Chap, 

went forth from Mizpah to meet them, 
•weeping all along as he went : and it came 
as he met them, he said unto them 
Red t iah the son at Ahikam. 

7 And me into 
tiie mid- that Ishmael I 

of Neth -m and cast them in- 

to the midst of the pit, he, and the men 
that 7w re with him. 

8 Button men were found among tV m 

id onto Ishmael, Slay us not : for 
we have treasure i in the \i^'A, i 
Snd of barley, and of oil, and of honey. 
So he forbare, and slew diem not 
their brethren. 

n in bhmaelhadcast 

A die men, whom he 

kadslai;: it which 

tde for fear o1 
king of Israel : artrflshraaeltheson 

ledit with t/ii mthat tvt re slain. 

all the residue of the people that toerem 

.. rventhekin -s, and all 

ptethatremal] n,whom 

of theguardhad 

tedtoGedaliah thes 

ind tahm i iniah carried 

iptive, and departs 

11 *" B of ICa- 

reab,an 

all the evil that 

- 

w it came to pass, that \ 

nael saw 

! all the 
that were with him, 

14 So le that Ishm 

carried Mizp; he a . - 

bout and resume \ and went unto J; ban r. 

i5 But tniahes- 

e ght men, and 

16 Then took 

ah, and all the captains ofthe f 
tth him, all the ren.; 

n <>t Neth .null, fron 
ter Ma/he had slain Gedaliahthi 
AkSkam ty nu n of » 

tlic women, and the childn n, and the eu- 
inch*, whom he had brow 
Gibeon: 

17 And thev departed, and dwHt in the 

Chimhnm. which isby H th- 
Jehcm, to go to enter inl ! 
)& Because of the Chaldeans : for thev 



xlii. Jjhanarfs request to Jeremiah. 625 

were afraid of them, because Ishmael the 
son of Xethaniah, had slain Gedanahthe 
son of Ahikam, whom the king of Bab] Ion 
'.error in the laud. 
CHAP. XLII. 
1 Jnhanw *ttffdah to inq 

G d y flromUtrig obedit >. r"«/< r< 
; 

THEN all the captains of the i 
and Johanan the son of Kareah, an 1 
Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the 
people from the least even unto the great- 
est, c tme near, 

2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, 
Let, we beseech thee, our supplic iti< n be 
accepted before thee, and pray for us un- 
to the Lord thy God, ero\ n for aH this rem- 
nant : (for we are left but a few of man) , 
as thine ■ Id a- ] : 

3 That the Lord thy c; .1 may shew us 

wherein we may walk, and the 
thing that we may do. 

n Jeremiah the prophet said unto 
them, 1 have heard i <m ; behold I will pray 
unto the Lord your God according^ your 
words ; and it shall come to pass, that 

rer thing the Lord shall answer 
you, I will declare ii unto you ; 1 will keep 
nothing bacjc from you. 

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord 
be a true and faithful witness between us, 
if we dontrteren according to all things for 
the which the Lord thy God shall send to 
us. 

o Whether it be good, or whethert/ be 

e- i!, we Will obey the voice ofthe Lord 

•mi we send thee ; that it 

maj be well with us, when we obey the 

the Lord our (iod. 
7" And it came ten days, 

that the word ofthe Lord came unto Jere- 
miah. 

8 Then called he J n ofKa- 

of the fan ei 

ill him, and all the people 

ti st, 

Thus saith the 

• ,!• God ( f 1st id, unto whom ye 

•i before 

10 If ye v.n this tend, then 

will l build you, and not pull you dm 
1 win plant you and not pluck you up : for 
me ofthe evil that I haw dooeunr 

;o \< n. 

ii Be » tafr idofthek'n 
of whom ye .. 

him, saith the Lord : ith \outo 

save von, andti fromhi h.md. 

19 And 1 '• 

j OU, and 
l.ind. 
'■Xi 11 in 
this land, ice ofthe Lord 

your Go j 5 



626 Jokanan reproved/or hypocrisy. JEREMIAH. Jeremiah carried into Egypt* 

But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth 



14 Saying,N o, but we will go into the land 
of Egypt where we shall see no war, nor 
hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have 
hunger ot'bread ; and there will we dwell ; 

15 And now therefore hear the word of 
*ihe Lord, ye remnant of Judah, Thus saith 

the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye 
wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, 
and go to sojourn there ;. 

16 Then it shall come to pass, that the 
sword, which ye reared, shall overtake you 
there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, 
whereof ye were afrafd, .shall follow close 
after you there in Egypt ; and there ye 
shall die. 

17 So shall it be with all the men that set 
their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there ; 



thee on against us, for to deli :cr us into the 
hand of the Chaldeans, that the v might put 
us to death, and carry us away captives in- 
to Babylon. 

4 So Johanan the son of. Kareah, and all 
the captains of the forces, and all the peo- 
ple, obeyed not the voice of the Lord, to 
dwell itfthe land of Judah ; 

5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all 
the captains of the forces, tGckal' the rem- 
nant of Judah, that were returned from all 
nations, whither they had been driven, to 
dwell in the land of Judah : 

6 Even men, and women, and children, 
and the king's daughters, and every per- 
son that Nebuzaradan the captain of the 



they shall die by the sword, by the famine, I guard had left with Gedaliah the son of A- 



and by the pestilence : and none of them 
shall remain or escape from the evil that I J 
will bring upon them. 

18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the i 
God of Israel, As mine anger and my fu- I 
vy hath been poured forth upon the iuiiab- 1 
itants otJerusalem ; so shall my fury be pour- | 
ed forth upon you, when ye shall' enter in- 
to Egypt : and ye shall be an execration, I 
and an astonishment, and a curse, and a j 
reproach; and ye shall see this place no I 
more. 

19 % The Lord hath said concerning | 
you, O ye remnant c f J udah, Go ye not into I 
Egypt :" know certainly that 1 have ad- 
monished you this day* 

20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, 
when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, 
saving. Pray for us unto the Lord our God ; 
and according unto all that the Lord our 
r God .shall say, so declare unto us, and we 
will do it. 

21 And non< I have this day declared it 
to you ; but ye have not obeyed the voice 
-of the Lord your God, nor any thing lor 
the which he hath sent mc unto" you. 

22 Now there lore, kn^w certainly that 
ye shall die by the sword, by trie famine, 
and by the pestilence, in the place whither 
ye desire to go and to sojourn. 

CHAP. XL11I. 
1 Johanarucarriclh Jeremiah into Egypt. 
S Jeremiah pro/;haielh the conquest of 
JEgyfit by the Bafyylommps. 

A~ND it came to pass, that when Jere- 
f miah had made an end of speaking 
unto all the people, all the words of the 
Lord their God, for which the Lord their 
<iod had sent him to them, even ail these 
words, • 

2 Then spake Azariah the sen cf Ho- 
shaiah, and Johanan the son cf Kareah, 
and all the proud men, saying unto Jere- 
miah, Thou speak est falsely: the Lord 
our God hath not sent thee to say. Go not 
into Egypt to sojourn there : 



hikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah 
the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. 

7 So they came into the land of Eg' pt : 
for they obeyed not the v< toe of the Lord : 
thus came they even to Tahpar.l\es. 

.8^1 Then came the word of the Lord 
unto Jeremiah in Tabpanhes, saying, 

9 Take great stones in thine hand, and 
hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, 
which is at the entr-- of Pharaoh's house 
in Tahpanhes, in the sight oi the men or Ju- 
dah ; 

10 And say unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts', theGod of Isi ael, Beheld, I 
will tend and take Nebuchadrezzar the 
king of Babylon, my servant, and will set 
his thorne upon these stones that I ha\e 
hid : and he shall spread his royal pavilion 
over them. 

11 And when he Cometh, he shall smite 
the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are 
for death to death ; and such as are tor 
captivity to captivity; and -such as are for 
the sword to the sword, 

12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses 
of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn 
them and carry them away captives: and 
he shall array himself with the land of E- 
g\ pt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; 
and he shall go forth from thence in peace. 

13 He shali break also the ima ges of Beth - 
shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and 
the houses of the gods of the Egyptians 
shall he barn with fire. 

chap: xliv. 

1 71ic desolation of Judah for idolatry. 15 
The Jews 9 obstinacy, 20 is ttreatened, 
29 The destruction of 'Egypt Jot res fawn. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah con- 
cerning all the Jews which dwell in 
the land of Egvpt, which dwell at Migdol, 
and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in 
the country of Pathros, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel, Ye have seen all the evil that I 
have brough tunon Jerusalem, and upon all 



dah*8 desolation. Chap. 

he cities slJudah; end, behold, this day 
I they are a desolation, and no man chveii- 
rem, 
.3 Because of their wickedness which 
■ e committe I me to an- 

ger, in that they went bo \ and 

1 they knew not, t 
neither they, \e, ik r 

4 Howbeit, 1 bent unto 
vants the prop] 

mg/Aem, abomina- 

ble thing 

inclined 
I 

; ids. 

6 Whs 1 mine anger 

is kindled in the 
f Jerusa- 
wrf desolate, as 
. 

7 Th mssai the Lord, 
|he God '.-ci f Israel jWhere- 
; jreatevil against your 
souls, to ■ woman, 
thild and suck fJudah, to leave 

a In that ye provoke me unto wrath 
with the Lining in- 

oeise unto other grds in the land of Egypt, 
11, that ye might 
cut you: I that ye might be a 

curse ai 

i oi the 
ssot their 

. ;:ii(i the 

. they have 

Lndin the 

•into this 
r walked 

■ 
.vl 1 vill tal. ntof Ju- 

I 

ly the | 

■ 

. into the I.uiu <.. / , ; ' 



x'iv, Obsthiate idolater* kreatetk 

to soj inn there, shall escape or r 
that they should return into the land < f Ju- 
,e which thej have - 
> ell there: tor none shall return 
but such as shall escape. 

15 • Then all the men which knew that 
their wives had burned incense unto other 
gods, and all the women that stood by, a 
the 6eople that 
dwelt in the land of E| J pt, inrathros, au- 
swered Jeren 

1€ . .' fir tl e i rd that thou hast spo- 
ken unto us in the name of the Lord, we 
will not hearken un o thee. 

17 But we will certainly do whatsoever 
thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to 
burn incc Lven and 
to pour out drink offerings unto la r, as we 
have done, we^andi or fath< rs, our kings, 
and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and 
in the streets of Jerusalem : for then had 
we plenty of victuals, and were well, and 
saw no evil. 

18 But since we left oft to burn incense 
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out 
drink i fferings unto her, we have Wanted 
all things, and have'been consumed by the 

and by the famine. 

19 And when we burned incense to the 
queen of heaven, and poured out drink of- 

Dto her, Did we make her cakes to 
worship her, and pour out drink offerings 
unto her, with, ut our men ? 

20 •' Then Jeremiah said unto all the 
pet pie, to the men, and to the women, fend 
to all the pt ople which had given him that 

use that ye burned in the 
fudan, and in the si 
• •, and your fathers, your kings, 
people of the 

', not the Lord remember them, 
■ his mind ? 

< f the evil of youi 

i 

. and a 

. 

;.e hate sini i 

■ 

I 

. e in the 

1 

: uirely 

rail 



<te8 Baruch being dismayed. 



bum incense to the queen of heaven, and 
to pour out drink offerings unto her : ye 
will surely accomplish your vows, and 
surely perform your vows. 

26 Therefore hear ye the word of the 
Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of 
Egypt, Behold, I have sworn by my great 
name, saitty the Lord, that my name shall 
no more be named in the mouth of any man 
of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, 
The Lord God liveth. 

27 Behold, I wi>l watch over them for 
evil, and not for good : and all the men of 
Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall 
be consumed by the sword and by the fa- 
mine, until there be an end of them. 

28 Yet a small number that escape the 
sword shall return out of the land of Egypt 
into the land of Judah, and all the remnant 
of Judah, that are gone into the land of 
Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose 
words shall stand, mine, or theirs. 

29 % And this shall be a sign unto you, 
saith the Lord, that I will punish you in 
this place, that ye may know that my 
words.shall surely stand againstyou for evil: 

30 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, 1 will 
give Pharanhhophra king of Egypt into 
the hand of his enemies, and into the hand 
of them that seek his life ; as I gave Zede- 
kiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebu- 
chadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, 
and that sought his life. 

CHAP. XLV. 

1 Baruch being dismayed, 4 Jeremiah 

instructeih and comfort eth him, 

THE word that Jeremiah the prophet 
spake unto Baruch the son of Neri- 
ah, when he had written these words in a 
book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the 
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
king of Judah, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Isra- 
el, unto thee, O Baruch ; 

3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now ! for 
the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow ; 
1 fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 

4 M Thus shalt thou say unto him, The 
Lord saith thus, Behold, that which i have 
built will 1 break down, and that which I 
have planted 1 will pluck up, even this 
whole land. 

5 And, Seekest thou great things for 
thyself/ Seek them not ; for, behold, I will 
bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord : 
but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey 
in all places whither thou goest. 

CHAP. XLVI. 
1 The overthrow of Pharaoh's army. 13 
The conquest of llgyfit by JSTebuchad- 
r.zzar. 17 Jacob comforted in chastue- 
ment. 

THE word of the Lord which came to 
Jeremiah the prophet against the 
f 1'cntiles -j 



JEREMIAH. Jeremiah comforlctk Bin, 

2 Against Egypt, against the army of 
Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was 
by the river Euphrates in Carchemisb, 
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 
smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the 
son of Josiah king of Judah. 

3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and 
draw near to battle. 

4 Harness the horses : and get up, ye 
horsemen, and stand forth with your hel- 
mets ; furbish the spears, and put on thd 
brigandines. 

6 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed 
and turned away back I And their mighty 
ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, 
and look not back: for fear was round 
about, saith the Lord. 

6 Let not the swift flee away, uor the 
mighty man escape; they shall stumble, 
and fall toward the nordi by the river Eu- 
phrates. 

7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, 
whose waters are moved as the rivers I 

8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his 
waters are moved like the rivers ; and he 
saith, I will go up, and wiil cover the 
earth ; I vyill destroy the city and the in- 
habitants thereof. 

9 Come up ye horses ; and rage, ye 
chariots; and let the mighty men come 
forth ; the Ethiopians and "the Libyans, 
that handle the shield ; and the Lydians, 
that handle and bend the bow. 
- 10 For this is the day of the Lord God 
of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may 
avenge him of his adversaries; and the 
sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate 
and made drunk with their bipod : for the 
Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the 
north country by the river Euphrates. 

11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, 
O virgin, the daughter of Egypt : iir vain 
shalt thou use many medicines ; for thou 
shalt not be cured. ' 

12 The nations have heard of thy shame, 
and thy cry hath filled the land : for the 
mighty man hath stumbled against the 
mighty, and they are fallen boh together. 

13 % The woj-d that the Lord spake to 
Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrez- 
zar king of Babylon should come and smite 
the laud of Egypt, 

14 Declare ye in Eg\ pt, and publish in 
Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tah- 
paniies : say ye, Stand fast, and prepare 
thee ; for the sword shall devour round 
about thee. 

15 Why are thy valiant men swept a- 
way I They stood not, because the Lord 
did drive them. 

1 6 He made many to fall, yea one fell 
upon another ; and they said, Arise, and let 
us go again to our own people, and to the 
land of our nativity, from the oppressing 

sw6rq f 



■ : Moab. tZ9 
h king i Ian I, 



. dirndl by 

- arid desolate 

it comcth i u 

21 A 1 nen arc in the midst 

tf her fit 

are turned b away to- 

gether : 

me upon them, 
an I the time ition. 

. e voice thereof shall 50 like a ser- 
pent ; f< r they shall march with an army, 

iinst her with ax 
cf wood. 

•ey shall rut down her forest, saith 
the I^ord,' though it cannot be searched ; 
re than the grasshop- 
1 an- innurae 

; >c shall be con- 

hvered imo the 

• the north. 

e Lora of hosts the (i^dof Israel, 

saith, Behold, 1 will punish the multitude 

iraoh,and Egypt, ^ 

. Pharaoh, and 
a// them that trust in him : 

,11 will deliver them into the hand 
d into the 

• 

.1 rcuirn, ;tnd be in • 

1 will make a full ei 

I 

ire ; yet will 1 ; 

'/'hf <' 

THE 

I 

«4 



■ 
shall rv 

; stamping of d 
of his strong Aor»f*,at the 1 

dren 

ose or the day that; 
all the i\ >ni Ty- 

rus and . 

eth : *or .he L< rd will spo 1 
the remnant of the country of C 

o Bald] 
Ion is cut I their vai- 

ler : H< w ! ng wi t thou cut Vw 

6 (.) thou sword oi t'ne Lord, How long; 

crc thou be quie ? Put up thyself 
into thy scabbard, rest, and l>e still. 

7 Flow can it be quiet, seeing the Lord 
hath given it a M .st Ashkelon, 
and against the 

appointed it. 

CHAP. XLVHL 
1 Tkerudgim 1 
rufltionat 47 7%e restoration of Moab. 

AGAINST Moab thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God < f Israel, Woe unto 
Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is con- 
founded and taken : INI isgab is confo un ded 
mayed. 

2 1 'here dtallbe no more praise of Moab : 
in Heshbon they have devised evil against 
it ; come, and let us cut it off rrom 

a nation. Also thou shalt be cot down, & 
madmen ; tlie sword shall pursue thee. 

3 A voice of crying shall he from Horo- 
naiin. spoiling and great destruction. 

st my od ; her little oces have 
\ cry to uc heard. 

5 For ia tbc going up of Luhith conlinu- 

up, fcjrin the going 
down ofHor maim the enemies have heard 
irtion. 

6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the 

I in thv 
basprin- 

also vh J| J 

1 
. 

be that 

od. 
JIM.. : : Dm \\:< 

youth, a 



-igO God's judgments on Mbttb. JEREMIAH. 



hath not been emptied from vessel to ves- 
sel neither hath he gone into captivity ': 
therefore his taste remained in him, and 
his scent is not changed. 

12 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord, that I will send unto him 
wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, 
*::d shall empty his vessels, and break their 
feotues. 

33 And Moab shall be ashamed ofChe- 
mosh, as the house of Israel wks ashamed of 
JBethel their confidence. 

14 How say ye,We arc mighty and strong 
men tor the war t 

15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of 
her cities, and his chosen young men are. 
gone down to the slaughter, saith the king, 
whose name is the Lord of hosts., 

1 6 The calamity of Moab is near to 
©ome, and his 'affliction hasteth fast. 

17 All ye that are about him, bemoan 
him ; and all ye that know his name, say, 
How is the strong staff broken, and the 
beautiful red \ 

18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Di- 
bon, come do^ H\ iron; ii-y gldpy, aftd sit in 
thirst ; for the spoiler of Moab shall come 
*pon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong- 
holds. 

19 O inhabitant of Af cer, stand by the 
■way, and espy ; ask him that fieeth, and 
ker that escapeth, and say, What is done ? 

20 Moab is confounded ; for it is broken 
down : howl and cry ; tell ye it in Arnon, 
that Moab is spoiled, 

21 And judgment is come upon the plain 
country ; upon Holon, and upon iahazah, 
and upon Mepkaath, 

22 And upon Dibon, and upon T?ebo, and 
Bpon Bethdiblathaim, 

23 And uponKiriataaim, and upon Beth- 
gamul, and upon Bethmeon, 

24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Eozrah, 
and upon all the cities of the laud, of Mc- 
ab, far or near. 

25 The hern of Moab is cut off, and his 
arm is broken, saith the Lord. 

26 Make ye him drunken : for he mag- 
nified himself against the Lord : Moab al- 
so shall wallow in his vomit, and he also 
shall be in derison. 

27" For, Was not Israel a derision unto 
thee ? Was he found among thieves ? For 
since thou spakest of him, thou skippeqst for 
joy. 

28: O ye t]iat dwell in Moab, leave the 
•cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like 
the dove that maketh her rieit in the sides 
:• of the hole's mouth. 

29 We have heard the pride of Moab, 
(he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and 
Mi arrogancy, and his pride, and the 
haughtiness of his heart. 

30 1 know his ftrathj saith the Lord ; 



God *s judgments on MbaB.. 

but it shall not be so j his he. shall not so 
effect it. 

31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and 
I will cry out for all Moab ; mine heart 
shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. 

32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep tor the* 
with the weeping of Jazer : thy plants aye 
gone over the sea, they rea«h eve?ito die 
sea of Jazer : the spoiler is fallen upon thy 
summer fruits and upon thy vintage. 

S3. And joy and gjadtiels is taken from 
the plentiful field, and from the land of Mo- 
ab : and 1 have caused wine to fail Irom the 
winepresses : none shall tread with shout- 
ing ; their shouting shall be no shouting. 

34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto 
Slealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they 
uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto 
Horonairn, as an heifer of three years old : 
for the waters also of Nimi im shall be des- 
olate. 

35 Moreover, I will cause to cease m 
Moab, saith the Lord, him tfcft oftereth in 
the high places, and him that burnetii in- 
cense to his gods.. 

26 Therefore mine heart shall sound for 
Moab iike pipes,and mine heart shall sound 
like pipes for the men of Kirheres ; be- 
cause" the riches that he hath gotten are 
perished. 

37 For every head shall be bald, and ev- 
ery beard clipped : upon all the hands shall 
be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. 

38 There shall be lamentation generally 
upon ?11 the housetops of Moab, and in die 
streets thereof : for 1 have broken Moab 
like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith- 
the Lord. 

39 They shall howl, saying, How is it 
broken dc'wn ! how hath Moab turned the 
back with shame I so shall Moab be a de- 
rision and a dismaying to ail them about 
him. 

40 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, he 
shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his 
wings over Moab. 

41 Kericth is taken, and the stronghold? 
are surprised, and die mighty men's hearts 
in Moab at that day shall be as the heart 
of a woman in her pangs. 

42 And Moab shall be destroyed from 
being a people, because he hath magnified. 

! inst the Lord. 

43 Fear, and the pic, and the snare, shall 
be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith 
the .Leru. 

44 Me that fieeth from the feor shall fall 
into the pit ; and he that getteth up out cf 

shall be taken in the snare: fori 

will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the 

their visitation, saith the Lord. 

They that fled s cod under the shad-. 

ieslibon because of the force : but a 

lire shall come- forth out of Heshbon, mvi 



jmcit of the . 

from the mi: 
< i the comer ot .'• I c crown 

oi the head of the tumultu 

,u>thee. o..: 
pie of Chemosh perishetli : 
are taken captives, and thy d 
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47 r Vet will I bring again the c 
i in the latter 
Thus fa in the ju . 

CHAP. XLIX. 
1 The ju 

saith the Lord, Hath Isi .. 

Hath he no heir ? Why i: 

king inherit Gad. and his people < 



s sfBuiuaKus, BS*. 

Behold, 
: zoaa ta l to drink 

, :; ; and, 
go un- 

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a desola- 

wrste, and a curse; 

be per- 

the Lord, 
heath- 



en, saying, Gath ■. come 

CONCERNING the Ammi aites, th rttie. 

with 15 For, lo, I will make thee -mall among 

-; men. 
16 Th; oess .odthee, 

2 Th- . . ..'days come, iihercck,:'. 

. of the hill: though then 
a§ high as tlieea- 
, I will bring :.. rom thence, 

j saidi the Lord. 

a shall \ye a de ;olatiori : eve- 

i ry one that goeth by it shall be astonished, 

the plagues thereof. 

overthrew of Sodom and 

there- 

I abide there, 

i of man dv. til in it. 

19 Bet »me ap fike a liou 

St the 

.'.'.den- 

n run away from her: and, 

tppoint 

, who 

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26 Therefore her young men shall fall 
in her street-,, and ail' the men of war shall 
be cut off in .that day, saith the \ jua& of hosts. 
. 27 And 1 will kindle a fire in the wall of 
Damas cus, and it shall consume the pala- 
ces of Benhadad. 

28 % Concerning Kedar, and concerning 
the kingdoms oi Hazor, which Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus 
saith the Lord, Aiise ye. go up to Kedar 
and spoil the men of the east. 

29 Their tents and their flocks shall they 
take away : they shall take to themselves 
their curtains, and all their vessels, and 
their camels ; and they shall cry unto them, 
iear is on every side. 

30 tT Fiee, get ye far off, dwell deep, O 
ye inhabitants of "Hazor, saith the Lord"; 
ior Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath 
taken counsel against you, and hath con- 
ceived a purpose against you. 

31 Arise, get ye up unto the wealthy 
nation, that dwelleth without care, saith 
the Lord, which have neither gates nor 
bars, which dwell alone. 

32 And their camels shall be a booty, 
and the multitude ©f their cattle a spoil : 
and I will scatter into all winds them thai 
arc in the utmost corners : and I will bring 
their calamity from all sides thereof, saith 
the Lord. 

33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for 
drag' nc, and a desolation for ever : there 
shall no man abide there, nor any son of 
Hian dwell in ft; 

34 ^f The word of the Lord that came 
to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam ; in 
the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah 
king of Judah, saying, 

35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, 
I wilibreak the bow ol"Eiam,the chief of 
their might. 

36 And upon Elans will I bring the four 
winds from the four quarters of heaven, 
and will scatter them toward all those 
winds ; and there shall be no nation whith- 
er the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 

37 For 1 will cause Elam to be dismayed 
before their enemies, and before them 
that seek their life : and I will bring evil 
upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the 
Lord ; and I will send the sword after 
them till I have consumed them : 

So And I witl set my throne in Elam, 
and will destrov from thence the king and 
the princes, saith the Lord. 

39 But it shall come to pass in the lat- 
ter days, thai I will bring again the cap- 
tivity of Elam, saith the Lord. 

CHAP. L. 
1, 9, 21, 35 The judgment of Babylon, 

4, 17, 33 The redemption of Israel. 

THE word that the Lord spake against 
Babylon, and against the land of me 
Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet. 



JEREMIAH. 

2 Declare S 



Judgmtnto cf£ah}>on, 

„ among -(he Rations, and 
publish, and set up a stand ud; publish, 
and conceal not . : say, Babvlon -w taken, 
Be! is confounded, Merodach is broken in 
pieces ; her idols are confounded, her 
(images are broken in pieces. 

3 For out oi' the nortj s there cometh up 
a nation against her, which shall make her 
3and desolate, and none shah dwell therein i 
they shall remove. Ihty shall depart, both 
man and beast. 

4 % In those days, and in that time, saith 
the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, 
they and the children of Judah together, 
going and weeping : they shall go, and 
seek the Lord their Gcd. 

5 They shall ask the way toZion with their 
faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let 
us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpet- 
ual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 

6 My people hath been lost sheep : their 
shepherds have caused them to go astray, 
they have turned them away on die moun- 
tains: they have gone from mountain to 
hill,they have forgotten their resting place. 

7 All that found them have devoured 
them : and their adversaries said, We of- 
fend not, because they have sinned against 
the Lord, the habitation of justice,' even 
the Lord, the hope of their fathers. 

8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, 
andgoiorth out of the land of the Chalde- 
ans, and be as the he goats before the fibeks. 

9 If For, lo, I will raise and cause to 
come up against Babylon an asset nb'y oi 
great nations from the north country : and 
they shall set themselves in array against 
her ; from thence she shall be taken : their 
arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; 
none shall return in vain. 

10 And Chaklea shall be a spoil : all that 
spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord. 

11 Because ye were glad, because ye re- 
joiced, O ye destroyers oi mine heritage, 
because ye are grown fat as the heifer at 
grass, and bellow as bulls : 

12 Your mother si kail be sore confounded ; 
she that; bare you shall be ashamed : be- 
hold, the hindeVmost of the nations shall be 
a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 

13 Became of die wrath of the Lord it 
shall not be inhabited, but it shall be whol- 
ly desolate: every one that goeth by Ba- 
bylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all 
her plagues. 

14 Put yourselves in array against Ba- 
bylon round about : all ye that bead th» 
bow, shoot at her, spai e no arrows : for 
she hath sinned agakistthte Lord. 

15 Sheut against her round about: she 
hath given her hand : her foundations are 
fallen, her walls are thrown dovvai : for it 
is the vengeance of the Lord : take Ven- 
geance upon her : as sh» hath etomyd* 
unto her. 



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30 Therefore snail her young :. 
all her anon 

the L )rri. 

31 Be.. 

_ Lc :r] Cod G * 

i the most proud thai! stumble 
and fall, i 
1 willki'iuic a G 

.*. him. 
asuth theLo: d or h^sts, The 
children of Israel and the children oi Ju- 

6ust; they 
refused to let him g u 

54 Their ix-.!. 
of hosts /* his name, he sh; 

it he mar give 
the land, and d inhabitants of 

Babylon. 

35 *i A sword z's r.pon the Chi 
saitli the Lord, and upon the mh 

•a, anduponi.tr prin 
on her wise men. 

36 A sword <:> upon the liars : and they 
shall dote: a sword/; upon ber 
men ; and the\ shall beaisni 

37 A ••-, and 
upon their chariots, and ii}: 
gted people that are in the midst of her ; 

•hall become as women: a 
is wood her treasures: and they .shall bo 

Trought is upon her waters ; and 
i be dried ti he land 

the dc- 
shalldwi 

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arth. 

ind the 

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•<S4 Tke judgments of 'Babylon, 

from the swelling or Jordan unto the habit- 
ation of the strong : but I will make them 
suddenly run away from her : and, Who 
is a chosen man, that 1 may appoint over 
her I for, who is like me i and, Whs will 
appoint me the. time r and Who is that 
•shepherd that will stand before me i 

45 Therefore hear j e the counsel of the 
Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon ; 
and his purposes, that he hath purposed a- 
gain.st the land of the Chaldeans : , surely 
the least of the fiock shall draw them out; 
surely he shall make their habitation deso- 
Jate with them, 

46 At the . noise of the taking of Babylon 
the earth is.moved, and the cry is heard a- 
SJgpng the nations. 

CHAP, LI. 

God's severe juagm<-:nl3 against Babylon 

in revenge of Israel, 

THUS saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
raise "up against Babylon, and against 
them that dwell in the midst of them that 
rise up against me, a destroying wind. 

2 And fwli send, unto Babylon fanners, 
•'that shall fan her, and shall empty her 
land : ior in the da}- cf trouble they shall 
Jbe against her round about. 

3 Against /<;«72 thai bendethlet me arch- 
er bend hh' bow. and against him thai -lift- 
ed! himself up in his brigandine : and spare 
ye no's her young men ; destroy ye utterly 
a.l her best. 

4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of 
the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust 
through in her streets. 

-Z For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor 
Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts ; 
though their land was filled with sin a- 
gainst the Holy One of Israel. 

6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and 
deliver every man his sou! ; be not cntofi 
In her iniquity ; for this is the time of the 
Lord's vengeance ; he will render unto 
her arecompence. 

7 I'abylon hath been a golden c^j) m the 

1 1 and, that made all the earth drun- 
ken : the nations have drunken of her wine, 
thtereforethe nations are mad. 

8 B . nly fallen and destroy- 
ed : howl for her ; take balm for her pain, 
if so be aalcd. 

9 We would 3 Babylon, but 
•he is not healed ; forsake her, and Jet us 
go every. cue into hi antry : for 
her judgment reachethonto heaven, and is 
Jilted up crcn to the skies. 

10 The Lore, hath breru 
rightc ousres? : come, and let us declare in 
ZOoa the work of foe. Lord cur ( a 

3 j Make bright the arrows; gather the 
shields : the Lord hath raised up the spirit 
of the kings of the Medes: for his device 
2* against Babylon to destroy it ; because 



JEREMIAH. m revenge of Israel* 

it is the vengeance of the Lord, the ven~ 
geance of his temple. 

12 Set up the standard upon the wall* 
of Babylon, make the watch strong, set rp 
the watchmen, prepare the ambushes : for 
the Lord hath both devised and done that 
which he ppake against the inhabitants of 
Babylon. 

IS O thou that dw ellest upon many wa- 
ters, abundant in treasures, thine end is 
come, andlhe measure of thy coyetousness. 

14 The Lord ot hosts hath sworn by 
himself, saying, Surely 1 "will fill thee with 
men, as with caterpillars ; and they shall 
lift up a shout against th>&e. 

15 He hath made the earth by his pow- 
er, he hath established the world by his 
wkdoin, and hath stretched out the heaven 
by his understanding. 

16 Whenheutterelh&i.? voice there [is 3. 
multitude of waters in the heavens ; and 
he causeth the vapours to ascend from the 
ends of the earth : he make th lightnings 
wkh rain, and bringeth forth the wind out 
61 his treasures. 

17 Every man is brutish by his knowl- 
edge; every founder is confounded by the 
graven image : for his molten linage r* 
falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 

18 They arc-vanity, the work of errors: 
in the time of their visitation they shall pe- 
rish. 

19 The portion of Jacob is not Uke them ; 
for he is the former of all tilings : and Is- 
rael is the rod of his inheritance: The 
Lord of hosts is his name. 

20 Thou art my battleax and weapons 
of war : for with thee will I break in pie- 
ces the nations, and with thee wiil Idestoy 
kingdoms. 

21 Arid with thee wiil I break in pieces 
the horse and his rider; andwitji thee will 
1 break in pieces the chariot and his rider. 

22 With thee also will I break in pieces 
man and woman; and whh thee will I 
break in pieces old and young : and with 
thee will I break in pieces the young man 
and the maid. 

23 I will also break in pieces with thee 
the shepherd and Ins Mock : and with thee 
will 1 break in pieces the husbandman and 
his yoke of oxen ; and with thee will I 
break in pieces captains aud rulers. 

24 And I will render unto Babylon and 
to all the inhabitants of Cbalcea all their e- 
vil that they have done in Zion in your 
sight, saith the Lord. 

old, I am against thee Odestroy- 
tain, saith the Lord, which des- 
troyed all thecal ih; and i wiil stretchout 
mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down 
from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt 
mountain. 
2$ And thev shall not take cf thee a stone 



?/ 'Babylon /% rei : Id, Chap , 

for a corner, nor a stone for foundations ; 
but thou siialt be desolate for tver, saith 
the Lord. 

27 iSet ye \\u a standard in the land, blow 
the trumpet among the nations, 
the nations against her, 1 
gainst her the kingdoms of Arrai 
ni, and Aahchenaz ; appoint a captain a- 
■ses to come up 

2-i Prepare 
the kiwjs of theM< ties, th« 
of, and all the 
kind of his dominion. 

29 And the land - md sor- 
row: for every purpose of the L 
be perf rmed against Babylon, 
the land of Babylon 
an inhabitant. 

30 The mighty men of Babylon have 
forbom to fight, they have rem 
their holds : tb ir might hath failed ; they 
became as women : they have burned her 
dwelling places ; herl ken. 

31 One post shall run to meet another, 

ther to 
*hew the king of Babylon that hi 
fak«.nato/. ; f end, 

d that the *• 
and the 
and the. mc affrighted. 

:■ thus saith t . >sts,the 

GodofJsraei, The daughter 
like a thresliing floor, it is time to thresh 

me. 

i 

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42 The fea is come up upon B 

vered with the multitude of th« 
waves th 

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. .;;/(,/ sen of mm 

4*. .nd 

i out ef his mouth 

natio mor& 

unto him : yea. the wall i 

lull. 

4 j D ] : of 

her, ... !\ bia ^oui 

I , rd» 

46 And . nd ye fear 

for the rami in the 

tall both come 

a rumour, and viofc 

against 

that 1 

iraagt i .nd 

shall, 

fall in the midst of her. 

indthe earth, 

for the rool 

the north, saith the Lord. 

.used the slain ot 
Israel to fell, so at Babylon shall fall 
slain of i 

airay, stand notsti I ;■ the Lord 

.f,and let Jen 

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6g6 Zedekiah rcbdis'h. 

shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake 
saith the King, whctee name is The Lord 
of bests. 

58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The 
broad walls ofBabylob shall be utterly brok- 
en, and her high gates shall be burned 
"With fire ; and' the people shall labour in 
vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall 
!;e weary. 

59, The word which Jeremiah the proph- 
et commanded Seraiahthe son of Neriah, 
the son ciATaaseiau, when he went with 
3fedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon 
in the fourth yeas of his reign. And this 
Sei ■ iati was a quiet pphce. 

J< reniiah wrote in a book all v.iie 
evil that should come upon Babylon, even 
: words t&at are written agalast 
Babylon. 

61 And jeremialisaidtpSeraiah', VWien 
thoii coa see % and 



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hast speken aeaA^.vhis place a tocut jtoff, 
that n cue shall i enaain in it, neither man 
nor beast, but that it shall b$ desolate for 
ever. 

63 And it shall be, when thou hast made 
an end of reading this book, that thon 
Shalt bind a scone to it, and cast it into the 
midst of Eu] hrates : 

64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Ba- 
bylon sink, and shall not rise from the e- 
vil' hat I will bring upon her: and they 
shall be weary. Thus far are the words 
©f Jeremiah. 

CHAP. L1I. 
1 Zedekiah rebelleth. 4 Jerusalem is be- 
sieged and taken. 8 Zcdekiah's so.\& kill- 
ed^ and his own eyes put out. 
ZKDEK1 AM was one and twenty years 
old when he began to reign, and he 
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And 
iiis mother's name was Hamutal the 
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, 

2 And he did that which to.-/* evil in the 
eyes of the Lord, according to all that Je- 
hoiakimhad done. 

3 For through the anger of the Lord it 
came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till 
he had cast them out from his presence, 
That Zedekiah rebelled against the king of 
Babylon. 

. 4 % And it came to pass in the ninth, year 
of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth 
day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon came, he and all 1 lis army, 
against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, 
and built forts against it round about. 

5 So the cay was besieged unto the e- 
teventh year of king Zedekiah. 

6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth 
day of the month, the famine was sore in 
the city, so that there was nf bread lor 
the people of the land. 



Chap.lr. Jfiix four son* slain* 

7 Then the city was broken up, and all 
the men of war fled, and went forth out of 
the city by night by the way of the gate be- 
tween the two walls, which was b\ the 
king's garden (now the Chaldeans 'were 
by the city round about) ; and they went 
by the way of the plain. 

8 * But "the army of the Chaldeans pur- 
sued after the king, and overtook Zedeki- 
ah in the plains of Jericho : and all his ar- 
my was scattered from him. 

9 Then they took the king, and carried 
him up unto the king of Babylon toRiblah 
in the land ofHamath; where he gave 
judgment upon him. 

10 And the king of Babylon slew the son* 
of Zedekiah before his eyes : lie slew also 
all'the princes of Judah in Riblah. 

11 Then he put cut the eyes of Zede- 
kiah ; and the king of Babylon bound him 
in chains, and carried him to Babylon, 
and put him in prison till the day of hi* 
death. 

_ 12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth 
day of the month, which was the nine- 
teenth year of Nebuchatfrezzar king of 
Babylon, came Nehuzaradanj captain of 
the guard, which served the king of Ba~ 
b} ion, into Jerusalem, 

13 And burned-the house of the Lord, 
and the king's house ; and all the houses 
of JcTU»alem>and all the houses of the great 
vie?>, burned he with fire : 

14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, 
that were with the captain ot the guard, 
brake down all the walls of Jerusalem 
round about. 

15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of 
the guard carried away captive certain of 
the poor of the people, and the residue of 
the people that remained in the city , and 
those that fell away, that fell to the king 
of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 

16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of die. 
guard left certain of the poor ot the land 
tor vinedressers and for husbandmen. 

17 Also the pillars ot brass that were in 
the house of the Lord, and the bases, and 
the brasen sea that was in the house of 
the Lord, the Chaldeans brake and car- 
ried a'-l the brass of them tc Babylon. 

18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, 
and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the 
spoons, and al! die vessels of brass where- 
with they min'stered, took they away. 

19 And the basons, and the firepans, and 
the bowls, and the caldrons, and the can- 
dlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups ; 
that which was of -geld in gold and i hat 
which was of silver in silver* took the cap- 
tain of the guard away. 

20 The two pillars', one sea, and twelve 
brasen bulls ihatwere under the bases,, 
which king Solomon b^d roadein the house 



-ufi'he to Babylon, C 
of the Lord: the brass of ali these vessels 



How. 
22 And a chapiter upon it: 

and the height of or 

jranates 
upon the ch | .all of 

brass. The second pillar also and the 
ponaegranat 

23Andthei J and si:-: pome- 

granates pq a side ; and all the pomegran- 
ate- upon the network vvre an hundred 
round 

in of the guj 

Seraiah the duet priest, and Zephaniah 

ind the three keepers 

kwr : 

2 > 1 le took also out of the city an eu- 

r.uch, which had the charge of the men of 

•: of them that were 

ii, which were found 

in the i he principal scribe of 

' : oi the 

land; a re men of the people 

:1 in the midst 

n the captain of the 

k 

n smote them, 
ih in the 



vryfotflersbtii 63? 

land of Ha:. hid ih was carri* 

iy captive cut of his own land. 

lis u the people whom Nebuchad- 

iy captive: intWesev- 

thousand Jews and three 

29 In the eighteenth year oi Nebuchad- 

- eaptive from Je- 
^.irty and two per* 

30 In the three and twentieth year of 

. Nebdzaradan the cap- 
tain of the guard carried away captive of 
the J. lundred forty and five 

persons : all the persons wert four thou- 
sand and six hundi 

I it came to pass in die seven and 

thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoia* 

chin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, 

rive and twentieth day of the month, 

t king oi Babylon, in the 

earofhjs reign, fitted up the head of 

Jehoi • ;' Judah, and brought 

him forth out of prison, 

32 And spake kindly unto him, and set 

his throne above the throne of the kings 

■ with him in Babylon, 

And changed his prison garments! 

and he did continually eat bread before him 

all the days olhis !iie. 

iadfor his diet, there was a contin* 
ual diet given him of the king of Babylon', 
day a portion until the day of his 
death, all the days of his life. 



The Lamentations of Jeremiah, 



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/ God's 

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i ■ that was 
iis, and princess among the 
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with her, 

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5 Her adversaries are the chief, her 

r ; for theLordhath afflict* 

ed her for the multitude of her transgress 

P8 rone into c.iptiv- 
r.-'i.y. 

ELUghtefof /ion all 

d : her prii 1 
become li find no pasture, and 

,tb before- the 

data of 

I all her 

id in the- days 

of old, '■ into the band 

! rip her: the 

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1 thai honor' 
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633 Jerusalem** complaint. LAMENT, 

she came down wonderfully : she had no 
comforter, Q- Lord, behold my affliction: 
ibr the enemy hath magnified himself. 

1-0 The adversary hath spread out this 
hand upon all her pleasant things : for she 
hath seen that the heathen entered into 
her sanctuary, whom thou didst command 
that they should not enter into thy congre- 
gation. 

11 All her people sigh, they seek bread: 
they have given their pleasant things for 
meat to relieve the soul : see, Q Lord) and 
consider ; for lam become vile. 

12 % Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass 
by i Behold, and see if 'there be any sor- 
row like unto my sqrrow, which is" done 
unto me wherewith the Lord hath afflic- 
ted me in the day of his fierce anger. 

13 W t vom above hath he sent fire; into my 
bones, and it prevaileth against them : he 
hath spread a net for my feet, he hath 
turned me back : he hath made me deso- 
late and faint all the day. 

14 The yoke of my transgressions is 
bound by his hand : they are wreathed, 
and come up upon my neck : he hath 
made my strength to fall, the Lord hath- 
delivered me into their hands,/ro7/2 whom 
I am not able to rise up. 

15 The Lord hath trodden under foot 
all my mighty men in the midst of me : he 
hath called an assembly against me to 
crush my young men : the Lord hath trod- 
den the virgin, the daughter of Judah, a.sin 
a vine press. 

16 For these things I weep ; mine eye, 
mine eye runneth down with water, be- 
cause the comforter that should relieve my 
soul is far from me : my children are de- 
solate, because the enemy prevailed.- 

17 Zion spreadeth forth her hand^, and 
there is none to comfort her : the Lord 
hath commanded concerning Jacob, that 
his adversaries should be rouj id about him : 
Jerusalem is ae a menstruous woman a- 
mong them. 

18 % The Lord is righteous ; for I have 
rebelled against his commandment : hear, 
1 pray you, all people, and behold my sor- 
row : my virgins and my young men are 
gone into captivity. 

19 I called for my lovers, but they de- 
ceived me : my priests and mine elders 
gave up the ghost in the city", while they 
sought their meat to relieve their souls. 

20 Behold, O Lord ; for I am in dis- 
tress : my bowels are troubled ; mine 
heart is turned within me ; for I have 
gr'evcusly rebelled : abroad the sword 
bereavcih, at home there is as death. 

21 They have heard that 1 sigh : there 
is none to comfort me : all mine enemies 
have heard of my trouble ; they are glad 
that thou hast done it : thou yrilt bring 



A. i IONS. Jeremiali lamenteth her misery* 

the day that thou hast called, and they 
shall be like unto me. 

22 Let all their wickedness come be- 
fore thee : and do unto them, as thou hast 
done unto me for all my transgressions : 
ibr my sighs are many and my heart is 
faint. 

CHAP. II. 

1 Jeremiah lamenteth Jerusalem's misery, 

20 He comfo'crineth thereof to God. 

HOW hath theLord covered the daugh- 
ter of Zion with a cloud in his an- 
ger, and cast down from heaven unto the 
earth the beauty of Israel, and remem- 
bered not his footstool in the day of his an- 
ger I 

2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the 
habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied : 
he hath thrown down in his wrath the 
strong holds of the daughter of Judah ; he 
hath brought them down to the ground ; 
he hath polluted the kingdom and the 
princes- thereof. 

3 He hath cutoff in Ms fierce anger all 
the horn of Israel : he hath drawn back 
his right hand from before the enemy, and 
he burned against 3 a cob like a flaming fire, 
which devoureth round about* 

4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy : 
he stood with his right hand as an adver- 
sary, and sle^ all t/iatwere pleasant to 
the e} e in the tabernacle of the daughter 
of Zion : he poured out his fury like fire. 

5 The Lord was as an enemy : he hath 
swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed 
up all her palaces : he hath destroyed his 
strong holds, and hath increased in the 
daughter of Judah mourning ai\d lamen- 
tation. 

6 And he hath violently taken away his 
tabernacle, as if it were of a. garden ; he 
hath destroyed his places of the assembly: 
the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts 
and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and 
hath despised in the indignation of his an- 
ger the king and the priest. 

7 The Lord hath cast ofF his altar, he 
hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath giv- 
en up into the hand of the enemy the walls 
of her palaces ; they have made a noise in 
the house of theLord, as in the day of a 
solemn feast. 

8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy 
the wall ofthe daughter of Zion : he hath 
stretched out a hne,he hath not withdrawn 
his hand frsm destroying : therefore he 
made the rampart and the wall to lament: 
tl.ey languished together. 

9 Her gates are sunk into the ground ; 
he hath destroyed and broken her bars : 
her king and her princes are among the 
Gentiles : the law i * no more ; he» proph- 
ets also find no vision from the Lord. 

10 The elders of the daughter of Zion 



cmiaii's complaint. 



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sit upon the ground.a/ia' keep silence : they 
,'s; the) 
have girded themselves wi 

Jerusalem h 
. 

11 Mine eyes do fail wi :h tears, i 

els are troubled, my fiver is poured upon 
I ., tor the des 
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ir moth- 

II 1 take to witness for 
thee, () 
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ain and 
ir thee : and they have not 
red thine iniquity, to turn away thy 
; but have seen for thee false bur- 
dens and c lusesof b tnishment. 
15 Ali that p 

sand wag their head at the 
aying, Is this 

beaut/, Thej >y of the whole earth i 

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and he hath caused 

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the t ice of the 
toward him for 

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, iii. Bewai&ngs of 'the faithful. 639 

22 Thou hast called as in a soU mndaj my 
terrors round about, S 

n main- 
ed: those 

In .-. ffutt hath seen affliction 
In H rath. 

2 Be hath ted me. and brought me inf 

i lii^tit. 
3$urely against me is hemmed \ he 
ttzmeth his-hand aguimtt-mc allthe day. 

flesh and my skin hath he made 
old ; he hath broken my b 

5 He hath buOded against me, and com- 
passed me with gall and travail. 

6 He hath Betme ir. dai k places, as they 
that he dead of old. 

7 lie hath hedged me about, that 1 can- 

>Ut : he hath made my cluin hea- 
\ ;. . 

8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth 
out mv prayer. 

9 He hath inclosed my ways with, hewn 

. hath made my' paths crooked. 

10 lie vfaa unto me a* a bear lying in 
\\ ri , ami ob a lion in secret places. 

11 He hath turned aside in) ways, and 
pulled me in pieces : he hath made me des- 

12 Me hitth bent his bovr, and tt 
<i in.uk i( r the arrow. 

1 3 He hath caused the arrows of his quiv- 
er to enter into my reins. 

1 1- 1 was a demon to all my people \and 
their song all the d 

1 5 i le fiath filled me with bitterness, he 
bath made me drunken with 

, ken ru\ teeth with 
d me with ash- 
es. 

17 \".d th< u h ist i soul far 

e : 1 torgat pr< spent] . 

hand my hope 

and my 

remem- 

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27 It is good for a man that he bear the 
yoke in his youth. 

28 He :iiteth alone and keepeth silence, 
because he hath borne //up; n him. 

29 He putteth his mouth in the dust ; if 
so be there may be hope. 

30 He giveth his cheek to him that smi^ 
teth hi ni : he is filled full with reproach. 

31 F^r the Lord will not cast offforever : 

32 But though he cause grief, yet will he 
have compassion according to the multi- 
tude o; Y is mercies, 

33 For he doth not affile t willingly nor 
grieve the children of men. 

34 To crush under his feet all the pris- 
oners of the earui, 

35 To turn aside the right of a man be^ 
fore ihe face of the Most High, 

26 1 o subvert a man in his cause, the 
Lord approved not, 

37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh 
to pass, ivhen the Lord commandeih it not ? 

38 Out of the mouth of the Most High 
proceedeth not evil and good ? 

59 Wherefore doth a living man com- 
plain, a m^n for the punishment otitis sins ' 

40 Let us ^earehand try our ways, and 
turn again to die Lord, 

41 Let us life up our heart with our hands 
unto God in the heavens, 

42 We have transgressed and have re- 
belled : thou hast not pardoned. 

43 Thou hast covered with anger, and 
persecuted us : thou hast slain, thou hast 
riot pitied. 

44 Thou hast covered thyself with a 
cloud, that our prayer should not pass 
through, 

45 Thou hast made us as the offj.oour- 
lug and refuse in the midst of the people. 

46 All our enemies have cpeue-d their 
jinouihs against us, 

47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, 
desolation and destruction. 

48 Mine eye runneth ck 

of water for the destruction of the : 
of my people. 

' 49 Mine eyetriekleth down, and ceaseth 
pot, without 'any intermission, 

50 Till the Lord look down, and behold 
from heaven, 

51 Mine eve affectem mine heart t 
of all the daughters of my city, 

52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a 
bird, without cmse. 

53 They have cut otT my life in the dun. 
geon, and" cast a stone upon me. 

54 Waters iiowed over mine head ; thai 
I said, 1 am cut 

55 1 feallfid upon thy name, O Lcrd,cut 
pf the low dungeon. 

56 Thou hast heard my voice : hide not 
thine ear at mv breathing at my cry. 

57 Tnou drewest near n tlie ' 



Zhn'H pitiful estate. 
I called upon thee : thou saidst, Fear not. 
5Q O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes 
of mv soul ; thou hast redeemed mv life. 

59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong : 
judge thou my cause. 

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance 
and all their imaginations against me. 

61 Thou hast heard their reproach* Q 
Lord, and all their imaginations against 
me ; 

62 The lips of those that rose up against 
me, and their devise against me all the day, 

63 Behold dieir sitting down, and their 
rising up ; I am their musick. 

64 Render unto them a recompense, O 
Lord according to the work of their hands, 

65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse 
unto them. 

66 Persecute and destroy them in anger 
from under the heavens of the Lord. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Zion*s pitiful state btivailtd. 13 She 
confessetfi her si?is, 21 lidom threat- 
ened. 
HOW is the gold become dim J hotv is 
die most fine gold changed ! the 
stones of the sanctuary are poured cut in 
the top of every street. 

2 The precious sens of Zion, compara- 
ble to nne gold, how are they esteemed as 
earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of 
the potter I 

3 Even the sea monsters draw out the 
breast, they give suck to their young ones ; 
the daughter of my people is become cru*. 
el, like the ostriches in the wilderness, 

4 The tongue of the sucking child cleav. 
eih to the roof of his mouth for thirst : the 
young children ask bread, and no man 
breaketh it unto them. 

5 They that did feed delicately are desc, 
late in the streets : they that were brought 
up in. scarlet en hills. 

the iniquity of 

the daughter of my people is greater than 

the punishment of ihe sin of Sodom, that 

d as in a moment, and no 

7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, 
they were whiter than milk, they were 
more ruddy in body than rubies, their poU 
ishtng was. ©f sapphire : 

8 Their vis . than a coal ; 
they are not known iri the streets : their 
skin cleaveth to their bones ; it is wither-, 
ed, it is become like a 

9 They that be slain with the sword are 

: with hunger ; 
for these pine away, stricken through for 
ivantof'Aie fruits of the field, 

10 The hands of the pitiful women have 
sodden theft own children : they were their 
meat in the dest - dtfer of 

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63,2 EzckieVs vision of four wheels, EZEK.IEL. 



wind come out of the north, a great cloud, 
and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness 
wa« about it, and out of the midst thereof 
as the colour of amber, out of the midst of 
the fire. 

5 Also out ol the midst thereof cayie the 
likeness of four living creatures. And this 
was their appearance ; they had the like- 
ness of a man. 

6 And every one had four faces, and e- 
very one had four wings, 

7" And their feet were straight feet : the 
sole of their feet warlike the sole of a calf's 
foot : and they sparkled like the colour of 
burnished brass. 

8 And thexj had the hands of a man un- 
der their wings on their four sides ; and 
they four had their faces and their wings. 

9 Their wings were joined one to an- 
other ; they turned not when they went ; 
they went every one straiglii forward. 

10 As for the likeness pi their faces, they, 
four-had the face oi a man, and the face of 
a lion, on the right side: and they four 
had the face of an ox on the left side ; they 
four also had the face of an eagle. 

11 Thus were their feces: and their 
wings were stretched upward : two wings 
cf every one were joined one to another, 
and two covered their bodies. 

12 And they went cxtry one straight 
forward : whither the spirit was to go, 
they went ; and they turned not when 
they went. 

13 As for the likeness of the living crea- 
tures their appearance was like burning 
coals of fire, and like the appearance of 
lamps : it went up and down among the 
living creatures ; and the fire was bright, 
and out of the fire went forth lightning. 

14 And the living creatures ran and re- 
turned as the appearance of a flash of light- 
ning. 

15 % Now as I beheld the living crea- 
tures, behold one wheel upon the earth by 
the living creatures, with his four faces. 

16 The appearance of the wheels and 
their work was like unto the colour of a 
hery] : and they four had one likeness: and 
their appearance and their work was as 
it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 

17 When they went, they went upon 
their four sides : andihey turned not when 
they went, 

18 As for their rings they were so high 
that they were dreadful ; and their rings 
were full of ej es round about them four. 

19 And when the living creatures went, 
the wheels went by them : and when the 
living creatures were lifted up from the 
earth, the wheel swere lifted up. 

20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, 
they went, thither was their spirit to co; 
and the wheels were lifted up over against 



and of the glory oj God, 

them : for the spirit of the living creature 
was in the. wheels. 

21 When those went, these Went ; and 
when those stood, these stood ; and when 
those were lifted up from the earth, the 
wheels were lifted up over aga-nst them : 
for the spirit of the living creature was in 
the wheels. 

22 And the likeness of the firmament up- 
on the heads of the living creature was as 
the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched 
foith over their lie&d? above. 

23 And under the firmament were their 
wings straight, the one toward tlie other ; 
every one had two, which covered on this 
side, and every one had two. which cov- 
ered on that side, their bodies. 

24 And when they went I heard the 
noise of their wings, like the noise of great 
waters, as the voice of the Ahnigh y, the 
voice of speech, as the iv «ise r of an host : 
when they stood, they let down their wings. 

25 And there was a voice from the fir- 
mament that was over their heads, when 
they stood, and had let down their wings. 

26 % And above the firmament that 
was over their heads was the likeness of 
a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire 
st< rse : and upon the likeness of the throne 
was the likeness as the appearance of a 
man above upon it. 

27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as 
the appearance of fire round about with- 
in it, from the appearance of his loins e- 
ven upward, and from the appearance of 
his loins even downward, I saw as it were 
the appearance of fire, and it had bright- 
ness round about. 

28 As the appearance of the bow that is 
in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the 
appearance of the brightness round about. 
This was the appearance of the likeness 
of the glory of the Lord. And when 1 saw 
zV, I fell upon my face, and 1 heard a voice 
of one that ^pake. 

e h a p. ii. 

1 Ezekid's commission. 6 His instructions, 
9 The roll oj his heavy prophecy. 

AND he said unto me, Son of man, 
stand upon thy feet and 1 will speak 
unto thee. 

2 And the spirit entered into me when 
he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, 
that 1 heard him that spake unto me. 

3 And he said unto me, son ol man, I 
send thee to the children of Israel, to a re- 
bellious nation that hath rebelled against 
me: they and their fathers have trans- 
gressed against mc^ven unto this very day. 

4 For th cy are impudent children and 
stiff hearted : 1 do send thee unto them ; 
and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God. 

5 And they, whether they will hear, or 



I Ezekicl eateth the roll. ' Chap; 

I whether they will forbear (for they arc a 
use), yet shall know that 
there hath been a prophet amongthem. 

6 m And hou, son of man, be not afraid 
otthem, netou f their word-, 

jriers and thorn- be « ith thee, and 
thou dost dwell ~m »ng scorpions : be not 
their words, nor be dismayed at 
their looks, though they be a rebellious* 
house. 

7 And thou shalt spe .k ray words unto 
them, whether they wilJ hear, or wheth- 
er, they wilt forbear : for they are most 
rebeU; 

8 But thou, son of man, he.tr what I say 
unto the. ike that 

pen th) m >uth, and 
• 
v.'.d when i looked, behold an hand 
it unto me; and, lo, a roil ot a 
ww therein; 
10 And he spread k before me: and it 
riiten within and without: and 
there vca-i written therein lamentations, 
and mourning, and 

A P. III. 
I eateth the roll. 15 Godsheweth 
him thff ride of prophecy, 22 and shut- 
telh and ofieneth the prbfthet's mouth, 

MJRE said unto me, Son 

uf man e it that th -u findest ; eat 
tins roll, and go speak unto the house ol 
Israel. 

I opened my mouth, and he caused 

.. roll. 

3 And he said unto me, S n of man, 

cause th; nil th) b >wels 

ee. Tneu did l 

oi) mouth a 

man, go, 

with my won! 

hard language, 

thou can . , had 1 

sent thee tothem,they would \\*\ 

7 But the \i' 
en unto thee; for th 
unto me: for all the h< u c ol 1 ■: 

8 Behold, 1 ha 

Iieirfaces, md th) forehe c 

- head : Fear th< m 
I 

house. 
10 Mi 
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The rule of prophecy. 642 

thee receive in thine heart, and hear 
with thine ears. 

1 1 And go, get thee to them ot the cap- 
tivitv, unto the children of thy people, and, 
speak unto them, and tell them, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; whether they will 
hear, or whether they will forbear. 

12 Then the spirit took me up, and I 
heard behind me a voice ol a great rush- 
ing, saying, B!essed be the glory of the 
Lord from his place, 

13 I /hard also the noise of the wings of 
the living creatures that touched onea- 
nother, and the noise of the wheels over a- 
gainst them, and a noise of a great rush- 
ing. 

14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took 
me away, and I went in bitterness, in the 
heat of my spirit; but the hand of the 
Lord was strong upon me. 

15 *K Then I came to them of the cap- 
tivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river 
of Chebar, and 1 sat where they sat, and 
remained there astonished among them 
seven days. 

16 And it came to pass at the end of sev- 
en days, that the word of the Lord came 
unto me saying, 

IT Son of man, I have made thee a 
watchman unto the house of Israel : there- 
tore hear the word at my mouth, and give 
them warning from me. 

1H \Yhei>l say unto the wicked, Thou 
shalt sureh die; and thou givest him not 
warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked 
wicked way, to save his life ; the 
same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; 
bur his blood will 1 require at thine hand. 
19 Vet if thou warn the wicked, and he 
turn not from his wickedness, nor from his 
wicked way> he shall die in his iniquity ; 
but thou hast delivered thy soul. 

,io, when a righteous man doth 

in his righteousness, and commit 

i i [lay a stumbling block b< Fore 

him ; iM shall die : because thou hast not 

n warning, he shall die in his sin, 

which he hath done 

aed : but hi 

21 Nevertheless, il thou warn the right- 

i, .md 
shall sure!} lii 

1 the Lord was 

me, A- 
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644 The type of a siege* 

set me upon my feet and spake with me, 
and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within 
thine house. 

25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they 
shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind 
thee with them, and thou shalt not go out 
among them. 

2N5 And I will make thy tongue cleave to 
the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be 
dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprcv- 
er : for they are a rebellious house. 

27 But when I speak with thee, I will 
open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord God, He that 
heareth, let him hear ; and he that for- 
beareth, let him forbear : for they are a 
rebellious house. 

CHAP. IV. 
By the type of a siege, is shelved the time 
from Jeroboam 's defection to the cap- 
tivity. 

THOU also, SGn of man, take thee a tile 
and lay it before thee, and pourtray 
upon it the city, even Jerusalem : 

2 And lay siege against it, and build a 
fort against it, and cast a mount against it ; 
set the camp also against it, and set bat- 
tering rams against it round about. 

3 Moreover, take thou unto thee an i- 
ton pan, and set it for a wall of iron be- 
tween thee and the city : and set thy face 
against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou 
shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a 
a sign to the house of Israel. 

4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and 
lay the iniquity of the house of Jsrae: upon 
it : according to the number of the days 
that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear 
their iniquit}'* 

5 For I have laid upon thee the years of 
their iniquity, according to the number of 
the days, three hundred and ninety days : 
so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house 
of Israel. 

6 And when thou hast accomplished 
them, lie again on thy right side, and thou 
shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Ju- 
dah forty days: I have appointed thee 
each day for a year. 

7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face to- 
ward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm 
shall be uncovered, and thou shalt proph- 
esy against it. 

8 And, behold, 1 will lay bands upon thee, 
and thou shalt not turn thee from one side 
to another, till thou hast ended the days of 
thy siege. 

9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and 
barley, and beans, and lentiies, and millet, 
and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and 
make thee bread thereof, according to the 
number of the days that thou shalt lie up- 
on thy side, three hundred and ninety days 
shalt thou eat thereof. 



EZEKIEL. The judgment of Jeimsdtemtyfdfied* , 

10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat 
shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day 
from time to time shalt thou eat it. 

11 Thou shalt drink also water by mea- 
sure, the sixth part of an hin : from time 
to time shalt thou drink. 

12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, 
and thou shalt bake it with dung that com- 
eth out of man, in their sight* 

v 13 And the Lord said, Even thus shall 
tne children of Israel eat their defiled bread 
among the Gentiles, whither I will drive 
them. 

14 Then said I, Ah Lord God [ behold 
my soul hath hot been polluted : for from 
my youth up, even till now, have I notea-* 
ten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn 
m pieces ; neither came there abominable 
flesh into my mouth. 

15 Then he said unto me,Lo, I have giv- 
en thee cow's dung for man's dung, and 
thou shalt preparethy bread therewith. 

16 Moreover, he said unto me* Son of 
man, behold, I will break the staff of bread 
in Jerusalem ; and they shall eat bread by 
weight, and with care ; and they shall drink 
water by measure, and with astonishment ; 

17 That they may want bread and'wa-* 
ter, and be astonied'one with another, and 
consume away for their iniquitv. 

CHAP. V. 

1 Under the type of hair, 5 is shewed the 

judgment of Jerusalem for their rebels 

ion,¥2 by famine, sword, and dispersion* 

AND thou son ot man, take thee a sharp 
knife, take thee a barber's razor, and 
cause it to pass upon thine head and upon 
thy beard: then take thee balances* to 
weigh, and divide the hair. 

2 Thou shalt burn with fire, a third part] 
in the midst of the city, when the days of 
the siege are fulfilled : and thou shalt take 
a third part, and smite about it with a 
knife : and a third part thou shalt scatter 
in the wind ; and 1 will draw out a sword 
after them. 

3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in 
number, and bind them in thy skirts. 

4 Then take of them again, and cast 
them into the midst of the fire, and burnt 
them in the fire ; for thereof shall a fire 
come forth into all the house of Israel. 

5 If Thus saith the Lord God, This is 
Jerusalem : I have set it in the midst of the 
nations and countries that arc roundabout 
her. 

6 And she hath changed my judgments 
into wickedness more than the nations, and 
my statutes more than the countries that 
are round about her : for they have refu- 
sed my judgments and my statutes, they 
have not walked in them. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 
Because ye multiplied more than the na* 



i usal'cmiijfilfud* Chs 

, ticns that ere round about you, and have 
er liave 

I enr r 

>rd Got), 

' Behold. . 

mid&t of thee in 
the si- 
ll I have 
not done, 

10 Therefore, eat the 

ir fathers : and i u ill execute judg- 
,1 thee, and tl»e whole rem 
riUl scatter into ail die winds. 

11 Wherefore, as 1 live, saiththe Lord 
God, Surely, because thou hast defiled my 

; all thy detestable 
and with ailthir.e abominations, therefore 
, thee} neither shall 
mine eye spai e, neither will 1 have any pity. 
\ third part of thee shall die with 
the pestilence, and with famine shall they 
be consumed in the midst or thee ; and a 
third part shall tall by the sword round a- 
bout tliee ; and I will scatter a third part 
into all the v. inds, and I will draw out a 
sword after them. 

13 Thus shall mine anger be accom- 
plished, and 1 wid curse my fury to rest 
uj>onthem, and I will be comforted : and 
they shall know that 1 the Lord havespo- 
. jo 1 have accomplish - 
ed my fury in 

r 5 1 will make thee waste, 
andareprJ ac nations that are 

: ight of all that 
pas. 

15 iSo it shall I e a reproach and a taunt, 

ishment unto the 

r, when 1 

shall ex lents iu thee i . 

and in fu .1 the 

J'> \\ send upon them the 

iich shall be for 
• auction, and which I will 
: . 

Ic your staff of 

■ 
thee; null * ..- 

VI. 

try. ' -!. 1 J 

Ane unto 
me, saying, 14 



i. vi. A rtpvuwi of Israel taved. 64$ 

of man, set thy face toward the 
mountains of Israel, and prophesy against 
diem , 

3 And say. Ye mountains of Israel, hear 
the word of the Lord God, Thus saiththe 

I tothe mountains, and to the hills, 
to the rivei s, and to the valleys, Behold, J, 
even I, will bring a sword upon ycu, and 
I will destroy your high placer,. 

4 And your altars shall be desolate, and 
your images shall be broken: and 1 will 

i n before your idols. 

dead carcasses of the 

leir idols ; and 

our bones round about your 

6 In all your dwelling places the cities 
shall be laid waste, and the high places 
shad] be desolate ; that your altars may be 
lad waste and made desolate, and your i- 
dols may be broken and cease, and your 
images maybe cut down, and your works 

: abolished. 

7 And tho slain shall fall in the midst of 
you, and ye shall know that 1 am the Lord. 

8 % Yet wiii I leave a remnant, that ye 
m ay have & :me that shall escape the s word 
am ng the nations, when ye shall be scat- 
tered through the countries. 

9 i Lnd they that escape of you shall re- 
member me among the nations whither 
they shall be carried captives, because I 
am broken with their whorish heart, 
which hath departed from me, and with 
their eyes, which go a whoring after their 
idols : and the)- shall loathe themselves for 
the evils which they have committed in 
all their abominations. 

10 And they shall know that I am the 
Lord, and that 1 have not said in vain that 
1 would do this evil unto them. 

11 1i Thus saith the Lord God, smite 
with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, 
and say, Alas for all the evil abominations 
ot the house of Israel ! for they shall fall 
by the sword, by the famine, and by the 
pestilence. 

l i k that is far off shall die of the pes- 

ti'ence, and he that is near shall tall by 

d ; and he that remaineth and M 

shall die by the famine : thus will 

i.v fury upon thorn. 

IS Then shall ;•• know th it I am tlie 

Lord, when their slain men shsil Ik: a- 

raong their idols round ab <ut theii 

ii hill, in all the bops of the 
■ 

- 
where the) did offer ar to uii 

then- > 

houl mv hand upon 

toward 
Diblath, . and they 

shah ki Lord* 



£46 Israels fnal desolation. 
CHAP. VII. 
1 Israel'' 8 final desolation. 16 The mourn- 
ful repentance of them that escape. 23 
Under the type of a chain, is shewed 
their miserable capiivirij. 

MOREOVER, the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saving, 
.2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the 
.Lord God unto the land of Israel, An end, 
vhe end is come upon the four comers of 
the land. 

3 Now is the end come upon thee, and 
I will send mine anger upon thee, and 
will judge thee according to thy ways, and 
•will recompense upon thee all thine" abom- 
inations. 

4 Aad mine eye shall not spare thee, 
neither will 1 have pity : but 1 will re- 
compense thy ways upon thee, and thine 
abominations shall be in the midst of thee : 
and ye shall know that 1 am the Lord. 

5 'Thus » saith the Lord God, An evil, 
an only evil, behold, is come. 

6 An end is come, the end is come : it 
.watcheth for thee ) behold, it is come. 

7 The morning is come upon thee, Q 
thou that dwelled in the land : the time 
is come, the day of trouble is near, and 
not the sounding again of the mountains. 

8 Now will i shortly pour out my fury 
upon thee,, and accomplish mine anger 
upon thee : and I will judge thee accord- 
ing to thy ways, and will recompense thee 
for all thine abominations. 

9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither 
will I have pity : I will recompense thee 
according to thy ways and thine abomina- 
tions that are in the midst of thee.; and 
ye shall know that 1 am the Lord that 
^miteth. 

10 Behold the day, behold, it is come : 
the morning is gone forth ; the rod hath 
blossomed, pride hath budded. 

11 Violence is risen up into a rod of 
wickedness : none of them shall remain, 
nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's : 
neither shall there be wailing for them. 

12 The time is come, the day draweth 
near : let not the buyer rejoice, nor the 
seller moarn ; tor wrath is upon ail the 
multitude thereof. 

13 For the seller shall not return to that 
which is sold, although they were yet a- 
live : for the vision is touching the whole 
multitude thereof, which shall not return ; 
neither shall any strengthen himself in the 
iniquity of his life. 

14 They have blown the trumpet, even 
to make ail ready ; but none goeth to the 
battle : for my wrath is upon ail the mul- 
titude thereof. 

15 The sword is without, and the pes- 
tilence and the famine within: he that us 
la the field shall die with the sword j anU 



EZEK1EL. Thtir miserable captivity tyfifletL 

he that is in the city, famine and pestilence 
shall devour him. 

> 16 f But they that escape of them shall 
escape, and shall be en the mountains like 
doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, 
every one [or his hiquity. 

T7 AH hands shall be feeble, and all 
knees shall be weak as water. 

18 They shall also gird themselves with 
sackcloth, and horror shall com- them ; 
and shame shall be upon all faces, and 

pon ail their heads. 

19 They shall cast their silver in the 
and their gold shall he removed : 

- 'it silver and their gold shall not be a- 
teliverthem in the day of the wrath 
oi the Lord : they shall not satisfy their 
souls, neither fill their bowels : because ife 
is the stumbling block of their iniquity. 

20 As:for the beauty of .his ornament, 
he set it in majesty : but they made th« 
images of their abominations and of their 
detestable things therein : therefore have 
1 set it far from them. 

21 And I will give it into the hands of 
the strangers for a prey, and to the wick- 
ed of the earth for a spoil ; and they shall 
pollute it. 

22 My face will I turn also from them, 
' and they shall pollute my secret place : 

for the robbers shall enter into it, and de- 
file it. 

23 % Make a chain ;^ for the land is- 
full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of 
violence. 

• 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of 
the heathen, and they shah possess their 
houses : I will also make the pomp of the 
strong to cease ; and their holv places 
shall be denied. 

25 Destruction cometh ; and they shall 
seek peace, and there shall be none. 

26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, 
and rumour shall be upon rumour ; then 
shall they seek a vis- ion of the prophet; 
but the law shall perish from the priest, 
and counsel from the ancients, 

27 The king shall mourn, and the prince 
shall be clothed with desolation, and the 
hands of the people of the Li;', shall be 
troubled : I will do unto them after their 
way, and according to their deserts will I 
judge them ; and they shall know that I 
am the Lord. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 ILzekleVs vision of jealousy. 7 The 

chambers of imagery. 

AND it came to pass in the sixth year, 
in the sixth month, in the fifth day 
of the month, as 1 sat in mine house, ami 
the elders of Judah sat before me, that the 
hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. 
2 Then i beheld, and, lo v a likeness, as 
the appearance cf ftre ; from the appear- 



JZzeHePs vision Chap 

ance of his loin?, even downward, fire ; | 
and from his loins even upward, as the j 
appe irar.ee of brightness, a- die colour ot 
amber. 

3 And he put forth the :.'vm ot an hand, 
and took me by a lock of mine head ; and 
the spirit lifted me up be*: \ 

heaven, and 
visions of God to Jerusalem, to ( 
or the i;, 

4 And", behold, the 

that I saw ir, the plain. • 

5 Then said he onto mc, Son of man, 
lift up thi 

n .rth. the way 

I 

at the gate Off the altar this Image 
OU>v in the e 

6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of 
man, Seat thou what they do r 1 

:ions that h" house of Israel 
rommitteth here, th 

turn thee yet 
greater abom- 

7 • A 'it me to the door of 

>ehold, a 
. 

8 Then s lid he i of man, 

hen I had dig- 
. floor. 

d 

i- 
< I L«*ra< I, .11 round 

[, 

Hast t: 

j 
i ; He 

t 
15 Th 



. ix. of preservation and destructidto, 6$ 

16 And he brought me into the inner 
court or the Lord's house, and, behold, at 
thedobr otthe temple of the Lord, be- 
tween the porch ana the altar; were about 

twentj men, with their backs to- 
ward the temple of the Lord, and their 
faces toward the east ; and they worship- 
ped tkesun toward the east. 

17 Then he said unto me, hast thou seca 
•n of man ? Is it a light thing 

rouseof Judah that they commit 
the abominations u hieh they commit here I 
• have filled the land with violence 
returned to provoke me to an- 
ger : and, lo, they put the branch to their 
nose. 

18 Therefore will I also deal in fury :• 
• shall not spare, neither will I 

ty ; and though they cry in mine 
ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear 



them. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 A visioff whereby is shi wed the fireicr* 
vationofsome, Sand the destruction of 
the rest. 8 God will not be entreated for 
than. 

HVj cried also in mine ears with a loud 
voice, saying, Cause them that have 
charge over the city to draw near, even 
ever)' man with his destroying weapon in 
his hind. 

2 And, behold, six men came from the 
way of the higher gate, which Heth to- 
ward the north, and every man. a slaughter 
hand ; and one man ami I IE 
ith linen, with a wri- 
horn by his side : and they wen: 
in, and s alter. 

d of Israel was 
gone up i ".pen he 

. And 
he called to 1 

'sinkhj mby hi 
unto lum,Go through 
of t y, through thi 

n,and . pon fee fore* 

I the men that sigh and that 

• in the 

the others he 

: after him through llu-city, 

Lh maids, 

■ 

mark ; 

. . Tin n they 

. 

I unto them, Defile the h u^r. 
and 1.1! tl ■ . h the slain . 

it ti.ith, and i 

- 



54B God -will not bs entreated* 



slaying them, and I was left, that I fell up- 
on mv face, and cried, and said* Ah Lord 
God I Wilt thou destroy till the residue of 
Israel in thy pouring out of thy tury upon 
Jerusalem ? 

9 Then said he unto me, the iniquity- of 
the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding 
great, and the land is full of blood, and the 
city lull of perverseness ; for they say, The 
Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the 
Lord seeth not. ' 

10 And as for jne also, mine eye shall not 
spare, neithe'rwill I have pity, but I will re- 
compence their way upon their head. 

11 And, behold, 'the man cjothed with 
linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, re- 
ported the matter-, saying, I have done as 
thou hast commanded me. 

CHAP. X; 
1 The vision of the coals of fire to be scat- 
tered over the city. 8 The vision of the 
cherubims. 

THEN1 looked, and behold, in the fir- 
mament that was above the head ef 
the cherubims, there appeared over them 
as it were a sapphire stone, as the appear- 
ance of the likeness of a throne. 

2 And he spake unto the man clothed 
with linen, and said, Go in between the 
•wheels, even under the cherub, and fill 
thine hand with coals of lire from between 
the cherubims, and scatter them over the 
city. And he went in, in my sight. 

3 Now the cherubims stood on the right 
side of the house, when the man went in ; 
and the cloud filled the inner court. 

4 Then the glory of the Lord went up 
from the cherub, and stood over the thresh- 
old of the house ; and the house was filled 
with the cloud, and the court was full of 
the brightness of the Lord's glory. 

5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings 
was heard even to the outer court, as the 
voice of the Almighty God when he speak- 
eth. 

6 And it came to pass, that when he had 
commanded the man clothed with linen, 
saying, Take fire from between the wheels, 
from between the cherubims ; then he went 
in and stood beside the wheels. 

7 And one cherub stretched forth his 
hand from between the cherubims unto the 
fire that was between the cherubims, and 
took thereof and put it into the hands of 
him that was clothed with linen : who took 
it and went out. 

8 % And there appeared in the cheru- 
bims the form of a man's hand under their 
wings. 

9Andwhen I looked, behold, the &*"" 
wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one 
cherub, and another wheel by another che- 
rub i and the appearance of the wheels 
<ivas as the colour of a beryl stone* 



EZ-EKIEL. The titim of the cherubiwb^ 

10 And as for. i\\t\r appearance'-, they 
four had one likeness, as it a wheel had been 
in the midst of a wheel. 

11 When they went, they vu-nt upon 
their lour sides ; they turned not as they 
went, but to the place whither the heed 
locked, they followed it ; they turned not 
as they went. 

12 And their whole body, and their backs, 
and their hands, and their wings, and the 
wheel s,>wnr full of eve-, round about, even 
the wheels that they four had. 

13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto 
them in my hearing* O wheel. 

14 And every one had four faces : the 
first face was the face of a cherub, and the 
second face was the face of a man, and the 
third the face of a lion, and the fourth the 
face of an eagle. 

15 And the cherubims were lifted up> 
this is the living creature that I saw by the 
river of Chebar. 

16 And when the cherubims went, the 
wheels went by diem : and when the che- 
rubims lifted up their wings to mount up 
from the earth, the same wheels also turn- 
ed not from beside them. 

17 When they stood, these stood ; and 
When they were lifted up, these lifted up 
themselves also : tor the spirit of the living 
creature was in them . 

18 Then the glory of the Lord departed 
from off the threshold ot the house, and 
stood over the cherubims. 

19 And the cherubims lifted up their 
wings, and mounted up bom the earth in 
my sight : when thev wen' out, the wheels 
also were beside them, and every one stood 
at the door of the east gate of the Lord's 
house : and the glory of the God of Israel 
was over them above. 

20 This is the living creature that I saw 
under the God of Israel by the river of Che- 
bar : and 1 knew that they were the che- 
rubims. 

21 Every one had four faces apiece, and 
every one four wings; and the likeness of 
the hands of a man was under their wings. 

22 And the likeness of their faces was 
the same faces which I saw by the river of 
Chebar ,their appearances and themselves; 
they went every one straight forward. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 The princes' fir esum fit ion: 5 their sbi y 
and judgment. 13 God's fiur/iose of sa- 
ving a remnant, 2\ and fiuniyhir.g the 
ivicfad. 

MOREOVER, the spirit lilted me up, 
and brought me unto the east gate of 
the Lord's house, which looketh eastward : 
and behold at the door of the gate five and 
twenty men : among whom I saw Jaazani- 
ah the son of Azur, and Pelatiahthe son ef 
Bcuaiah, princes of the people. 



Gael's fiurfioses to save a remnant. Chap. 

2 Then said he unto me, H : 

'e the men that devise mischief, 
and gh . this city. 

3 Which ha'.-, h is not ne it ; iet us buiid 

: this city is tlie caldron, and we 
be the flesh. 

4 Therefore, prophesy against them, 
prophesy, Oson o! man. 

ad the spirit of the Lord fell upon 
I said unto me, Speak, Thus saith 
•:, Thus have ye said) I 
Israel : tor 1 know 

ur mind, evi ry one &/*them. 

6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this 
c : ty,and ye have filled the streets thereof 
with the titan. 

7 Therefore) thus saith the Lord God, 
Yrarakun whom ve have bid in the midst 
of it, they are the flesh, and this city is die 

: but I will bring )0u forth out of 
the midst of it. 

ii Ve have feared the sword ; and I will 

- ivord u|x»n you, saith thel ^ordGod. 

• ou out ot the midst 

thereof, and deliver you into the hands of 

strangers, and will execute judgments a- 

m< ne 

.!! by the sword ; I will judge 

you in the border or Israel ; and ye shall 

. n the Lord. 

11 This city .shall not be your caldron, 

neither - the flesh in themidst 

; but i will judge you in the border 

el : 

>w that I am th 
for ye have not v. dked in m 
euted royjud ; 

. that are 

13 \ v 

- 
ed. Tii' • 

1. 
whom I 

mongtl i 

1 

me* 

17 Th 

God, I 

pie, and 

five you 



xii. Zedekiutis cap.thnty shewed. 64§ 

18 And they shall cime thither, and the-/ 
shall take away aH the detestable things 
thereof, and all the abominations thereof 
from thence. 

19 And 1 will give them one heart, and 
I will put a new spirit within you ; and I 
will take the stony heart out of their flesh, 
and will give them an heart of flesh : 

20 That they may walk in my statutes, 
and keep mine ordinances, and do them : 
and they shall lx^ my people, and I w ill be 
their G>d. 

Si-1 But asfjr th>n\ whose heart walk- 
eth after the heaitoi their detestable things 
and their abominations, 1 will recompense 
their way upon their own heads, saith die 
Lord G id. 

22 Then did the cherubims lift up their 
wings and the wheels beside them ; and 
the glory of the God cf Israel was over 
them above. 

23 And the glory of the Lord went up 
from the midst ot the city, and stood upon 
the mountain which is on the east side of 
the city. 

2-1 Afterwards the spirit took me up and 
brought me in a vision by the spit it oiG< d 
intoCh ildea, to them of the captivity. So 
the vision that 1 had seen went up from me. 
25 Then 1 spake unto them of the cap- 
tivi y all the things that the Lord had shew- 
ed nie. 

CHAP. Xll. 
1 The tyfieof Ezcidd'--; removing^ 8 
cth the ca/uivi'y ofZedckiah. 17 , 
ePs trembling ahewcth the JeWtt 1 desola- 
tion* , • 
THE word of die Lord also came unto 
: ln !A'i 
ot man, thou dwellest in the 1t 
of a rebellious house, which haw 
Bee, and i 
and hour not j For d 

, thou sou of man, prepare 

in their 

from thv p:ac«^ to an 

. 
4 Tlien Rh bit tli u 

ing; and 

r 

6 In th S 

' i in the 

I 

■ 



650 The Jews' desolation shelved. EZEKIEL. 



sajthlthe 

neih the 

house of 

as I have 



l&e wall with mine hand, J brought it forth 
in he twilight, andl bare it upon my shoul- 
der v in their sight. 

8 «fi And in the morning; came the word 
of the Lord unto n,e, saying, 

9 Son of ma: ; house-of Is- 
rael, the rebellious house, said unto thee, 
What doest thou I 

10 Say thou unto 
Lo. d God, This b 
prince in Jerusale 
Israel, that a -as 

11 Say. Icmvoiv- 
Vggbe, so shall it be done Unto them : they 
shah remove mi/d go into ;aptivityi 

12 And the pi 

shall bear upon' Aw shoulder in the twi- 
light, and shall -.go forth: they shall dig 
through the wall to Garry, cut thereby: he 
shall cover his face, that he see not the 
ground with Ms eyes. 

13 My net also will I spread upon him, 
and lie shall be taken in my snare : and I 
wil bring 'him to Babylon to the land of the 
Chaldeans : yet shall he not see it, though 
he shall die there. 

14 And 1 will sca'ter toward every wind 1 
a 1 ! that are about him to help him, and all 
hi b/.ras ; and I will dratw out the swqrd 
after them. 

15 And they shall know that 1 am the 
Lord, when I shall scatter them among 
the nations, and disperse them in the coun- 
tries. 

16 But I will leave a lew men of them 
from the sword, from the famine, and from 
the pestilence; that they may declare all 
their abominations among die heathen 
v, hi her they come ; and they shall know 
V at \ am the Lord. 

17% Moreover, the word of the Lord 
came tome, saying, 

18 Son of roan, eat thy bread with quak- 
ing, and drink thy water with trembling 
and with carefulness ; 

19 And say unto the people of the land, 
Thus saith the Lord God of me inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, and oi ■• ,■ of Israel, 
They shall eat their bread with careful- 
ness, and drink their water with astonish- 
ment, that her land i be desolate from 
all that is therein, because of the violence 
of all them that dwell therein : 

20 And die cities that arc inhabited shall 
be laid waste, and the be deso- 
late; andyeshalfknoa that lam the Lord; 

•-21 And the word of die Lord came unto 
roe, saying, 

22 Son of Brian, What ?V that proverb 
that ye have in the land of Israel, "saving, 
The days are prolonged, and every vision 
feilethf 

23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the 
Lord God, 1 will make this prj, o v l> to 



Reproof of lying fvrefihet&\ &fa@ 

cease, and they shall no more use it as<. 
proverb in Israel : but say unto them, 
The days are at hand, and the effect of 
every vision* 

24 For there shall be no more any vain 
vision nor flattering divination -within the 
house of Israel. 

25 For I a?n the Lord: I will speak, 
and the word that I shall speak shall come 
to pass ; it shall be no nvoi«e prolonged : 
for in your days, O rebellious home, will 
I say t'ne word, and will perform it, saith 
the Lord God. 

25 Again the word ol the Lord came te 
me, sscs kig, 

27 Son of man, behold, they aAhe house 
of Israel say, The vision that he seethf* 
for many days to co:ne, and he prcphesi- 
ethof the times that are far eft'. 

:2z There:"' ire say unto 'Tern, Thussaith 
the fiord God, There shall none of my 
wore i he prolonged any more, but the 
word which 1 have spoken shall be done, 

CHAP. XI3I. 

1 The rcprccfoj lying prophets, and their 
Witt inpertd mortar. 17 Of the proph- 
etesses^ and their pillows. 
A1SD the word of the Lord came unta 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, prophesy against the 
prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say 
thou unto them that prophesy out of their 
own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord. 

3 Thus saith the Lord God, Woe unto 
the foolish prophets, that follow their own 
spirit, and nave seen nothing 1 

4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the fox- 
es in the deserts. 

5 Ye have not gone up into thegaps nei- 
ther made up the hedge for the house of Is- 
rael to stand in the battle in the day of the 
Lord. 

6 They have seen vanity end lying divi- 
nation, saying, The Lord saith : and the 
Lord hath not sent them : and they ha\ e 
made others to hope that they would con- 
firm *he word. 

7 Have ye not seen a vain vi ion, and 
have ve not spoken a hing divination, 
whereas ye say, The Lord saith zV, albeit 
I have not spoken i 

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 
Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen 
lies, therefore, behold, I am against youy 
saith the Lord God. 

9 And mine hand shall be upon the proph- 
ets that see vanity, and that divine lies: 



they shall not be 



ernbly of my 



people, neither shall they be written in the 
writing of the house of Israel, neither shall 
thev enter into the land of Israel; and ye 
shall know that I am the Lord God. 
1 Because, even because they, have se* 



Chap, 

i :rrc 
tffus no 
and, lo. 
ed mortar : 

11 Say untothem 

thai! be an overflow 

C) great nd a stbr- 

*ry wi I it. 

19 L- . 
-not bes 
iag wherewith ye i 

13 Therefore thu 

1 wiil.ev wind in 

. eat hail- 

QC /.'. 

14 So will I break down the wall that ye 
have daubed with untempered 

and bring it down to the 
the foundation thereof shall be dis< 
and it shall tall, and ye shall be c 
in the midst thereof 11 know 

m the Lord. 

bus will i accomplish nv 
upon tlie wall, and upon them that ha\ e 
d mortar, and 
• onto you, The wall is n 
neiuV dit; 

1 wliich i 
prop] i, and which 

her, and ihcrc is 
jthtiie Lord < 
IF % Likewise thou son of man, set thy 
►t tlie daughters ot thy people, 
9(Q heart ; 
and pi-' ihcni, 

pill 

• the 

. 

tiAVC tTM 

19 And will 

ces of bread, to - 

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, by promising hiia 

all see no more 

r i will deiiv*- 
eople out of your hand : and \<r 

tlie Lord. 
CHAP. XIV. 

according t% 

' srtUtr . 

THEN came certain of the elders of 
Israel unto me", and sat before me. 

2 And f the Lord came tin ta- 
me, sA) 

3 Son !se men have set lip 

: put the J; turn- 
iniquity before their 
ireclofat alibi 

4 The- . unto them, i 

h the Lord (1 
Df Israel that - 
lolsin his heart, and puttteth a 
stumbling block of his iniquity before hi* 
d cometh to I ; 1 tlie 

Lord will answer him that cometh accord- 
in? t. tie multitude of his idols ; 

5 Thut I may take the house of It 
their own heart, because they are all es- 
tranged from me through their '• 

6Thei to die house of Israel, 

Thus sakll the Lord God, Repent, and turn 

m your idols; and turn a- 

From all your abominations. 

7 For every one of the house of Israel, 
or of theBtrangerth Ltsojourneth in Israel, 
which separated! himself from n 
setteth up his idols in hishcart, and putteth 
the stumbling block of his iniquity before 

. and cometh to a prophet to in- 
quire of him concerning me ; 1 the Lord 
- ■■>. p him by mysell : 

8 And I will set m\ face 
man, and v. ill make him s 

id 1 will cut him off from th< 

that I 
um the ! 

I 

lishment 

n 

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I 



£52 God's irrevocable judgments. EZEKIEL, 



<f?ill 1 stretch out mine hand upon it, and 
■will break the staff of the bread thereof, 
and will send famine upon it, and will cut 
cffman and beast from it : 

14 Though these three men, Noah, Dan- 
iel, and Job, were in it, they should deliv- 
er but their own souls by their righteous- 
ness, saith the Lord God. 

15 If 1 cause noisome beasts to pass 
through the land, and they spoil it, so that 
it be desolate,that no man may pass through 
because of the beasts : 

15 Though these three men were in it, 
as I live saith the Lord God, they shall de- 
liver neither sons nor daughters : they 
only shall be delivered, but tiie land shad 
be desolate. 

17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, 
and say, Sword, go through the land ; so 
that 1 cut off man and beast from it : 

18 Though these three men were in it, 
as I live saith die Lord God, these shall de- 
liver neither sons nor daughters, but they 
«nly shall be delivered themselves. 

19 Or if I send a pestilence into that 
land, and pour out my tury upon it in blood, 
to cut off from it man and beast ; 

20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were 
In it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they 
shall deliver neither son nor daughter; 
they shall but deliver tlleir own souls by 
their righteousness. 

21 For thus saith the, Lord God, How 
much more when I send my four sore judg- 
ments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the 
famine, and the noisome beast, and the 
pestilence, to cut off from it man and 
beast ? 

22 IF Yet behold therein shall be left a 
remnant that shall be brought forth both 
sons and daughters : behold, they shall 
come forth unto you, and ye shall see their 
way and their "doings : and ye shall be 
comforted concerning the evil that I have 
brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning 
all that I have brought upon it. 

23 And they shall comfort ypu, when 
ye see their ways and their doings : and 
ye shall know that I have not done without 
cause all that I have done in It, saith the 
Lord God. 

CHAP. XV. 
3 By the unfitness of the vine branch for 
any work, 6 is shewed the rejection of 
Jerusalem. 

AND the worcLof the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 
2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more 
than any tree, or than a branch which isa- 
mong the trees of the forest f 

3 •H Shall wood be taken thereof to do a- 
ny work ? or, Will men take a pin of it to 
hang any vessel thereon I 

4 Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel j 



Rejection of Jerusalem signified* 
the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and 
the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for 
any work ? 

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was 
meet for no work : How much le^s shall it 
be meet yet for any w ork, when the fire 
hath devoured it, and it is burned I 

6 «j| Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 
As the vine tree among the trees of the fo- 
rest, which 1 have given to the tire for fu- 
el, so will 1 give the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem. 

7 And I will set my face against them ; 
they shall go out from one fire, and anoth- 
er fire shall devour them ; and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord, when 1 set my 
face against them. 

8 And 1 will make the land desolate, be- 
cause they have committed a trespass, 
saith the Lord God. 

CHAP. XVI. 

\By a wretched infant is shewed the 

state of Jerusalem* 6 God? love to her. 

A GAIN the word of the Lord came 

iX unto me, saying, 

% Son of man, came Jerusalem to know 
her abominations, 

3 And say, thus saith the Lord God un- 
to Jerusalem, Thy birth and thy nativity is 
of the laud of Canaan : thy father was an 
Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. 

4 And as for thy nativity, in the day 
thcu wast born thy navel was not cut, nei- 
ther wast thou washed in water to supple 
thee ; thou was not salted at all, nor swad- 
dled at aii. 

5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of 
these unto thee, to have compassion upon 
thee , but thou was east: out in the open 
field, to die loathing of thy person, in the 
clay that thou wast born. 

6 % And when 1 passed by thee, and saw 
thee polluted in thineown blood, 1 said un- 
to thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live ; 
yea, I said'untothee when thou wast in thy 
blood, Live. 

7 I have caused thee to multiply as the 
bud of the field, and thou hast increased 
and waxen great, and thou art come to 
excellent ornaments ; ^y breasts are fash- 
ioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas 
thou wast naked and bare. 

8 Now when I passsd by thee, and look- 
ed upon thee, behold, thy time was the 
time of love ; and I spread my skirt over 
thee, and covered thy nakedness ; yea I 
sware unto thee, and 'entered into a cove- 
nant with thee, saith the Lord God, and 
thou becamest mine. 

9 Then washed 1 thee with water ; yea, 
I thoroughly washed away thy blood from 
thee, and I anointed thee "with oil. 

10 1 clothed thee also with broidered 
work, aud Uiod thee with badger's skin, 



gfenu Chap. \\ 

. and I girded thee fine linen, 

and I c -vered thee with si ■ 

11 1 decked thee also with ornaroentsj 
and I >:. amis, and 

a ooain on th\ 

id iput a jewel on thy forehead, 
andea' md a beautitul, 

crown 

and silver, and thv . i of nne 

rk, thou 

thou didst pr jspt r 

14 And thy reuown went torch among 
the he:. leant) ; for t c:-u 

Bess, which i 
had put upon t >ee, "suith the Lord God. 
1j But thou didsc trust in thine o 

i il'.ot LHJt.li- 

on everv one that passed b\ ; his it was. 

lo.V.dofth garments thou di 
and dec - 

* the harlot tin 
not come, neither shall 
it be so. 

. t also taken thy fair jewels 
ich 1 had 

.',m with 

irments, 

and c< 

-■in. 

. 1 led 

itli the 
Lord I 

- 
torne 

to ti i 

m^fclivr 

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tlon with the Egyptiansthy neighboi-s, great 
of flesh: and iiast increased thy whore- 
doms, to provoke me to anger. 

27 Ikh Id, therefore, 1 hive stre'ehed 
out my hand over thee, and have diminish- 
ed thine • rdmary food and delivered thee 
unto the will ot them that hate th.ee, the 
. the Philistines, winch are a- 
• shamed ot thy lewd way. 
; 28 Diou hast pla ed the whore also with 
: theAss) rians, because thou wast unsatiablc ; 
th< u bast played the harlot with them 
"and yetcouldest not be satishedi 

29 Thou i last moreover, multiplied thv 
fornication in the land ot Canaan unto Chal- 
dea j and yet thou wast not satisfied here- 
with. 

30 How weak is thine heart, saith the 
b rd God, seeing thou dcest all these things^ 

rk of an imperious whorisli woman ; 

31 In that thou bulkiest thine eminent 
place in the head of every way, and ma- 
nest thine high place in every street ; and 
hast not been as' an harlot, in that thou scor* 
nest hire ; 

But as a wife that committeth adul- 
ter . Which taketh strangers instead other 
nd 1 
33 They give gifts to all whores : but 
thou givestth) gifts to all thy lovers, and 
hirest them that they may come unto thee 
on even' side for thy whoredom. 

viid the contrary is in thee from ct/ier 

n in thy whoredoms, whereas none 

folio weth thee to commit whoredoms ; and 

in that thou givest a reward, and no reward 

is gven unto thee, therefore thou art con- 

. 

therefore, O harlot, hear the word 

' -;rd: 

ith the Lord God) Rer 

out, and thy na- 

. . aoms 

J with all the idols of 

thy a and by the blood of thy 

unto them; 

Behold, therd iHtfay 

sure 

I that tin U hi St lovtd, with all 

them thai 1; I will even ga- 

I will 
,:i, that they 
. 

iien that 

ed blood areji 
andl will give thee bl 

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•54 Gog's judgments on Jerusalem EZE 

against thee, and they shall stone thee with 
stones, and thrust thee through with their 
swords.. 

41 And they shall burn thine houses with 
• fire, and execute judgments upon thee in 
the sight of many women : and I will cause 
thee to cease from playing the harlot, and 
thou also shait give no hire any more.- 

42 So will I make my fury toward thee 
to rest, ana my jealousy shall depart from 
thee, and I w.ll be quiet, and will be no 
more angry. 

43 Because thou hast not remembered 
the days of thy youth- but hast fretted me 
in all these things ; behold, therefore 1 also 
will recompense thy way upon thine head, 

< saith the Lord God: and thou shalt not 
commit this lewdness above all thine a- 
bominations. 

44 Behold, everyone that usethprov? 
erbs shall use this pr.v, . . /v'; thee, 
saying,, As is the mother, so u her daugh- 

- ter. f > 

45 'I hovart thy mother's c!aughte? ; that 
bathethher husband and her children j and. 
thou urt-tkz sister of thy sisters, which 
loathed their husbands and their children : 
your mother was an Hifctite, and your fa- 
ther an Amorite. 

\ 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she 
and her daughters that dwell at thy left 
hand : and thy younger sister, that dwel- 
leth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her 
daughters. 

4f Yet hast thou not walked after their 
ways, nor done after their abominations : 
but, as if that were a very little thing, thou 
wast corrupted more than they in all thy 
ways. 

48 As I live, saith the Lord Gocl, Sodom 
thy sister hath not done, she nor her daugh- 
ters^ thou hast done,thou and thy daugh- 
ters. 

49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy 
sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and 
abundance of idleness was in her, and in 
her daughters, neither did she strengthen 
the hand of the poor and needy. 

50 And they were haughty, and commit- 
ted abomination before me : therefore I 
took them away as I saw good, 

51 Neither hath Samaria committed half 
of thy sins : but thou hast multiplied thine 
abominations more than, they, and hast jus- 
tified thy sisters in all thine abominations 
which thou hast done. 

52 Thou also, which hast 'judged thy sis- 
ters, bear thine own shams for thy sins that 
thou hast committed more abominable than 
they : they are more righteous than thou : 
yea, be thou confounded also,' and bear thy . 
shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. 

53 When I shall bring again their cap- 
tivity ,the captivity oiSodomand her daugh- 



KIEL. fr her whoredoms* 

ters, and the captivity of Samaria and her 
daughters,then will 1 bring again the cap- 
tivity of thy captives in the midst ot them : 

54 That thou mayest bear thine own 
shame, and mayest be confounded in all 
that thoa hast done, in that thou art a com- 
fort unto them. 

55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her 
daughters, shall return to their former es- 
tate, and Samaria and her daughters shall 
return to their former estate, then thou and 
thy daughters shall return to your former 
estate. 

_ 56 For thy sister Sodom was net men- 
tioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, 
57 Before thy wickedness "was discover- 
ed, as at the time of thy reproach of the 
daughters of Syria, and all that are round 
>ut her, the daughters of the Philistines, 
which dispise thee round about. 

^ 58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and 
thine abominations, saith the Lord. 
• 59 For thus saith the Lord God, I will 
even deal witkthee as thou hast done, 
which hast despised the oath in breaking, 
the covenant. 

60 Nevertheless, I will remember my 
covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, 
and I will establish unto thee an everlasting 
covenant. 

61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, 
and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive 
thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger : 
arid I will give them unto thee for daugh- 
ters, but not by thy covenant. 

62 And I will establish my covenant with 
thee : and thou shait know that I am the 
Lord. 

63 That thou mayest remember, and 
be confounded, and never open thy mouth 
any more because of thy shame, when I 
am pacified toward thee for all that thou 
hast done, saith the Lord God. 

CHAP. XVU. 

1 By two eagles and a vine. His shewed 

God's judgments upon Jerusalem. 22 

God promise tli to plant the cedar qfji 

gosfiel. 

AND the word of the Lord came i 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, 
speak a parable unto the house ot Israd 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord Goa^ 
A great eagle with great wings, longwing- 
ed, full of leathers, which had divers col- 
ours, came upon Lebanon, and took the 
highest branch of the cedar : 

4 lie cropped off the top of his young 
twigs, .and carried it into a land of traf- 
fick ; he set it in a city of merchants. 

5 He took also of the seed 1 of the land, 
and planted it in a fruitful, field ; he placed 
it by great waters, and set it as a willow 
tree. 



frofthmj a^aln it Jt ruactferf. Chap 

God, Behold. I will kindle 

:ven tree 
in thee, 
I 

b burned 

say ot me, Doth he n .:..blebr 

A. 

2 Son of m ird Jeru- 

the holy 
le land ot 
I 

I of Israel, Thus 

: 

I cut of his 
off in in I 
I 

1 1 will cut off from 
d, there- 
with OUt ot his 

m the south to 

may know that I the 
rd out o£ 
i 

yes. 
1 be, when they s 

■ 

i 1 every spirit 
l 

I 

d came 

y, Thus 
saiththt '. 
. 

10 It i 

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xxJ. The Ammcmtcs threatened* 659 

14 Thou therefore, son of man, pro- 

j >Ied the third time, 

i : it is the sword of 

the great • slain, which enter- 

15 I have set the point of the swore! a- 

that their heart may 

faint, and I : all"! 

le bright, it is wrapped up for, 

iy or other, either on 
ihe right hand, or on die left, whit 
ever thy fade' a 

17 1 will also smite mine hands together) 
and I will cause my fury to rest: 1 the 
Lordh 

13 The word oi the Lord came unto me 

19 Also, thou son of man appoint thee 

ys, that the sword of the king of 

Babylon may come : both twain shall come 

forth out of one land: and choose thou * 

place, choose it at the head of the way to 

point a way, that the sword may 
come to Rabbathofthe Ammonites, and 
to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. 

21 For the king of Babylon stood at the 
parting of the way, at the head of the two 
D : he made his ar- 
ight, he consulted with images, he 

the divination 

the mouth in the slaughter, to lilt up the 
th shouting, to app 

cast a mount, 
; fort. 

ran as a false 

- 

ijty, that the 

I 

- 

it : and it 



A catalogue of Jerusalem's sins. fiZEKJEL. God will burn them as dress* 

with his neighbour's wife : and another 
hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law ; 
and another in taee hath humbled his sis- 



proach ; even say thou, The sword, the 
sword is drawn : for the slaughter it is 
furbished to consume because of the glit- 
tering : 

29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, 
'whites they divine' a lie unto thee, to bring 
thee upon the necks of them thai are slain, 
of the wicked, whose clay is come, when 
their iniquity shall have an end. 

SO Shall I cause it to return into his 
sheath ? I will judge thee in the place where 
thou wast created, in the land of thy nativ- 
ity. 

31 And I will pour out mine indigna- 
tion upon thee, 1 will blow against thee in 
the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into 
the hand ot brutish men, and skilful to de- 
strov. 

32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire ; 
thy blood shall be in the midst of the land ; 
thou shalt be no more remembered : for I 
the Lord have si oken it t 

CHAP, xxii; 

1 A catalouge ojsins in Jerusalem. 17 God 
will burn them as dross in his furnace. 

MOREOVER, the word ot the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Now, thou son of man, Wilt thou 
judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city ? 
Yea, thou shalt shew her all her abomin- 
ations. 

3 Then sav thou, Thus saith the Lord 
God, The city sheddeth blood in the midst 
of it, that her time may come, and maketh 
idols against herself to defile herself. 

4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood 
that thou hast shed ; and hast defiled thy- 
self in thine idols which thou hast made : 
and thou hast caused thy days to draw 
near, and art come even unto thy years j 
therefore have I made thee a reproach 
unto the heathen, and a mocking to all 
countries. / 

5 Those that be mar, and those that be 
far from thee shall mock ihee, which art 
infamous and much vexed. 

6 Behold, the princes ot 'Israel, every one 
were in thee to their power to shed blood. 

7 In thee have they set light by father 
and mother : in the midst of thee have 
thev dealtby oppression with the stranger: 
in thee have they vexed the fatherless and 
the widow. 

8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, 
and hast, profaned my sabbaths. 

9 In thee are men that carry tales to 
shed blood : and in thee they eat upon the 
mountains : in the midst of thee theycom- 
mit lewdness. 

rO In thee have they discovered their 
father's nakedness: in thee have they 
humbled her that was set apart for pollu- 
tion. 

11 And onehath GOfamittedalxaninatiofi 



ter, his father's daughter. 

12 In thee have they taken gilts to shed 
blood ; thou hast taken usury and increase, 
and thou hast greedily gained of thy neigh- 
bours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, 
saith the Lord God. 

13 Behold, therefore 1 have smitten 
mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou 
hast made, and a: thy blood which hath 
been in the midst of thee. 

14 Can thine heart endure, or, can thine 
hands be strong, in the days that 1 shall 
deal with thee i .1 the Lord have spoken 
z/ 5 and will do it. 

15 And I will scatter thee among the 
heathen, and disperse thee in the coun- 
tries, and will consume thy filthiness out of 
thee. 

15 And thou shalt take thine inheritance 
in thy&elf in the sight ot the heathen, and 
thou shalt know that I am the Lord. 

17 % And the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to 
me become dross : all they are brass, and 
tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the 
furnace ; they are evtn the dross of silver. 

19 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, 
Because ye are all become dross, behold, 
therefore 1 will gather you into the midst 
of Jerusalem. 

20 As they gather silver, and brass, and 
iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of 
the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to - 
melt it j so will I gather you in mine an- 
ger and in my fury, and 1 will leave you 
there* and melt you. 

21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow up- 
on you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall 
be melted in the midst thereof. 

22 As silver is melted in the midst of the 
furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst 
thereof ; and ye shal 1 know tl tat I the Lord 
have poured out my fury upon you. 

23 And the*word of the Lord came un- 
to me, saying, 

24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art 
the land that is not clean ed, nor rained 
upon in the day of indignation. 

25 There i? a conspiracy of her proph- 
ets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion 
ravening the prey : they have devoured 
souls ; they have taken the treasure and 
precious things ; they have made her ma- 
ny widows in the midst thereof. 

26 Her priests have violated my law, 
and have profaned mine holy things': they 
have put no difference between the holy 

rofane, neither 'nave they shewed dif- 
ference between the unclean and the clean, 
and have hid their eves from my sabbath*, 
and I am profaned among them. 









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27 Hi the midst thereof arc- 

like wo! 1 
and tod. 

38 And her \ 
with mite 

not spoken. 

used op- 

. 

■ ;them, 
that sb uld no. . up the h 
iii the gap . ., that J 

should notdesl 

ut mine 

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bah. 

THE, wordol r i:v .. 

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this, she was more corrupt in her inordi- 
nate love than she, and in her win « 
moi-e than her sister in her whoredoms* 
: upon the Assj rians hen 
ptams and rulers clothed 
sly, horsemen riding upon 
D oi tliem desirable van 

iw that slie wa> defiled, thai 

she increased her whorc- 
shf saw men EM 111 
e wall, the images oi the Chaide* 
rtrayed with vermllk n, 

15 Gin pon their loins 

rd attire upon their heads, 
inces to look to, after the 
niansofChaldea, the 
land of their nativity : 

16 And as soon as she <aw them with 

and sent 

me to her in- 
to tiiebed of love, and they c'.t filed her with 
s polluted with 

them, and her mind was alienated lions 

. d her whoredoms, 
I ii< r nakedness : then my 
, alienated rrora her, like as my 
mind from her sister. 

I she multiplied her whoi 
g to remembrance the days of her 
youth, wherein she had played the harlot 
odoi Egypt, 
she doted upon their paramours, 
ses, and 
i I horses* 
u caHedst to remembi and 
I thy youth, in bin. 
I ... for the paps of th j 

hussaith 
I, I will raise up thy 

1 1 will bring then 

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€62 Aholah is to be plagued. EZEt 

thy daughters ; and thy residue shall be 
devoured by the fire. 

26 They shall also strip thee out of thy 
clothes, and take away thy lair jewels. 

27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to 
cease from thee,andthy whoredombrought 
from the land of Egypt : so that thou shalt 
not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor re- 
member Egypt any more. 

28 For thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
hold, I will deliver thee into the hand of 
'them whom thou hatest, into the hand of 
them from whom" thy mind is alienated : 

29 And they shall deal with thee hateful- 
ly, and shall take away all thy labour, and 
shall leave thee naked and bare : and the 
nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be dis- 
covered, both thy lewdness and thy whore- 
doms. 

30 I will do these things unto thee, be- 
cause thou hast gone a whoring after the 
heathen, and because thou art polluted 
with their idols. 

31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy 
sister ; therefore willl give her cup into 
thine hand. 

32 Thus saith the Lord Gcd, Thou 
shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and 
large : thou shalt be laughed to scorn and 
had in derision ; it containeth much. 

33 Thou shalt be _ filled with drunken- 
ness and sorrow, with the cap of aston- 
ishment and desolation, with the cup of thy 
sister Samaria. 

34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck 
it out, and thou shall break the sherds 
thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts : 
for I have spoken it, saith the' Lord God. 

35 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 
Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast 
me behind thy back, therefore bear thou 
also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 

36 The Lord said moreover unto me, 
Son of man, Wilt thou judge Aholah and 
Aholibah ? Yea, declare unto them their 
abominations ; 

37 That they have committed adultery, 
and blood is in their hands, and with their 
idols have they committed adultery, and 
have also caused their sens, whom they 
bare unto me, to pass for them through 
the fire to devour them. 

33 Moreover, this they have done unto 
me : they have defiled my sanctuary in 
the same' day, and have profaned my sab- 
baths. 

39 For when they Had slain their chil- 
dren to their ido!s, then they cane tiie 
same day into my sanctuary to profane 
It ; and, lo, thus have the}' done in the 
; mine house. 

a furthermore, that ye have sent 

for men to come from far, unto whom a 

;er wow sent ; and,lo, they came : 



1EL. 



Jerusalem's destruction 



for whom thou didst wash thyself, paint* 
edst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with or- 
naments. 

41 And sattest upon a stately bed, and 
a table prepared before it, whereupon 
thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. 

42 And a voice of a multitude being at 
ease was with her : and with the men of 
the common sort were brought Sabeans 
from the wilderness, which put bracelets 
upon their hands, and beautiful crowns 
upon their heads. 

43 Then said I unto her that was old in 
adulteries, Will they now commit whore- 
doms with her, and she with them ? 

44 Yet they went in unto her, as they 
go in unto a woman that playeth the har- 
lot : so went they in unto Aholah and un- 
to Aholibah, the lewd women. 

45 % And the righteous men they shall 
judge them alter the manner of adulter- 
esses, and after the manner of women 
that shed blood ; because they are adul- 
teresses, and blood is in their hands. 

46 For thus saith the Lord God, I will 
bring up a company upon them, and will 
give them to be removed and spoiled. 

47 And the company shall stone them 
with stones, and dispatch them with their 
swords ; they shall slay their sons and 
their daughters, and burn up their houses 
with fire. 

48 Thus will I cause lewdness t6 cease 
out of the land, that all women may be 
taught not to do after your lewdness. 

49 And they shall recompense your 
lewdness urjon you, and ye shall bear the 
sins of your idols : and ye shall know that 
I am the Lord God. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 By a boiling fiot, 6 is shewed Jerusa- 
lem's destruction. 15 By Rzckiel'svot 
mourning for his wife ) 19 u shewed 
the Jews' calamity is beyond all sor- 
row. 

AGAIN in the ninth year, in the tenth 
month, in the tenth day of the month 
the word of the Lord came unto me, say- 
ing* 

2 Son of man, Write thee the name of 
the day, even of this same day : the king 
of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem 
this same day. 

3 And utter a parable unto the rebell- 
ious house, and say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God, Set on a pot, set it on, and 
also pour water into it : 

4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, e~ 
ven every good piece, the thigh and the 
shoulder ; fill it with the choice bones. 

5 Take the ohoice of the flock, and burn 
also the bones under it, and make 
well, and let them seethe the bones of it 
therein. 



Chap. 

6 1 Wherefore thus saith the Lord ( ! 

the pot whose 
scum i» therein, and whose scum !:■> not 

gone out or it ! bring itoutpieceby piece ; 

- 

. of her ; 

hep hi. - 
edit no: r it with 

her blood 
u!d not 

• 
i . :d God, 
en make 

. 
I ■ 

I, and let 

upon the coals 

il may be hot, 

. tessofit 

the Lcum of it 

■ <![ with lies, 
rth out of 
. 

13 In : i>ecause 

thou wast not 

slialt not Ix; purged from thy 

. lused my 

•i it : it ahall 

and I will do it ; 1 will not go 

will 1 re- 

I- 

hee, saith 

. 

the Lord came 

ike away from 

thee tb i 
yet nekl 

hy tt :ii>, uui down. 

nourning 

ie t're of thine head 

ihoes upon tin 

and eat not the 

Ie in th • 

i 

i unto n,< ,\\ iii 
thooso arc to us, 

n, The word 

■ . 

i I, Thus 
saith ti 
I 

h; and your 
tall b) 



xxv. GwPBvengeanceonMoaby&c* 663 

22 And ye shall do as 1 have done : ye 
shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread 
of men. 

1 your tires shall be upon your 
' I your shoes upon your Fi 
shall not mourn dot weep ; but 

a lor your iniquities) and mourn 
one toward another* 

34 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign : ac- 
cording to all that he hath done shall ye 
• his cometh, ye shall know 
that lam the Lord God. 

man, Shallit \xA.be 
in the day when 1 take from them their 
strength, the jo- 

of their eyes, and that whereupon they set 
their minds, their sons and their - 
ters, 

26 That he that escapeth in that day 
shall come unto t e,tot 

it wife thine, e 

27 In that day shall thy mruth be open- 
ed to him which is escaped, and tl . 
speak, and he no more dumb: and thou 
shaltbe a sign unto them j and th 
know that 1 am the Lord. 

CHAP. : 
vengeance j 
gaijist the JewSj on the Ammo 

Seir, 12 Edom, 13 and the 
'in< 8, 

Twoi d of the Lord came again ui> 

■ 
Ammonites, and prophesy against them ; 
3 And say unto the es, Hear 

mysanctti I 

against the land ol Israel, when il 

■ne of Judah, 

u into captivitj ; 
. Behold, th< refore.J will deliver thee to 
:'h dm d of the c isl tor a p< sses si< n, and 

II set their palaces in t). | 

in thee : th< | I 

Irinkthi milk. 

: 

and the Ammonites a couching 

i . IV that I 

. 

• 'lapped thine hands, and stamp- 
ed with thefet t, and rejoiced in h< i 
all thy d 

mine hand upon thee, and willdi liv< 

31 cause 

am tli< 1/ rd. 



654 Tyrus threatened, 

house of Judah is like unto all the heathen ; 

9 Therefore, behold, 1 will open the side 
ofMoab from the cities, from his cities 
which are on his frontiers, the glory pf the 
country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and 
K-iriathaim, 

10 Unto the men of the east with the 
Ammonites, and will give them in posses- 
sion, that the Ammonites may not be re- 
membered among the nations. 

11 And I will execute judgments upon 
Moab ; and they shall know that 1 am the 
Lord, 

12 f Thus saith the Lord God, Because 
that Edom hath dealt against the house of 
Judah by taking vengeance, and hath great- 
ly offended, and revenged himself upon 
them ; 

13 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, 
I will also stretch out mine hand upon E- 
dom, and will cutoff man and beast from 
it ; and I will make it desolate from Te- 
man ; and they of Bedan shall fall by the 
sword. 

14 And I will lay my vengeance upon 
Edom by the hand of my people Israel : 
and they shall do in Edom according to 
mine anger and according to my fury ;\md 
the)- shall know my vengeance, saith the 
Lord God. 

15*11 Thus saith the Lord God, Because 
the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and 
have taken vengeance with a despiteful 
heart, to destroy it for the old hatred : 

15 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, 
Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon 
the Philistines, and I will cut off the Chere- 
thims, and destroy the remnant of the sea 
coast. 

17 And I will execute great vengeance 
upon them with furious rebukes ; and they 
shall know that I am the Lord, when I 
shall lay my vengeance upon them. 

■ CHAP. XXVI. 
I Tyrus, for insulting against Jerusalem, 

is threatened. 7 JXebuchadrcr;zar's 

power against her, 15 2 'he mourning 

for her. 

AND it came to pass in the eleventh 
year, in the first day of the month, 
that the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath 
said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken 
that was the gates of the people : she is 
turned unto me: I shall be replenished, 
now she is laid waste : 

3 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, 
Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and 
will cause many nations to come up against 
thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come 
up. 

4 And they shall destroy the walls of 
Tyrus, ar«d '.break down her towers : X 



EZEKIEL. The mourning for her* 

will also scrape her dust from her, and 
make her like the top of a rock. 

5 It shall be a /dace Jar the spreading 
of nets in the midst of the sea : for I have 
spoken it, saith the Lord God : and it 
shall become a spoil to the nations. 

6 And her daughters which are in the 
field shall be slain by the sword ; and they 
shall know that I am the Lord. 

7 % For thus sai-h the Lord ©bd, Be- 
hold, I will bring eipon Tyrus Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, 
frcm the north, with horses, and with 
chariots, and with horsemen , and compa- 
nies, and much people. 

8 He shall slay with the sword thy 
daughters in the field : and he shall make 
a fort against thee, and cast a mount against 
thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. 

9 And he shall set engines of war a- 
gainst thy walls, and with his axes he 
shall break down thy towers. 

10 By reason ol the abundance of his 
horses their dust shall cover thee : thy 
walls shall shake at the noise of the horse- 
men ; and of the wheels, and of the chariots, 
vvhen he shall enter into thy gates, as men 
enter into a city wherein is made a breach. 

11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he 
tread down all thy streets : he shall stay 
thy people by the sword, and thy strong 
garrisons shall go down to the ground. 

12 And they shall make a spoil of thy 
riches, and make a prey of thy paerchati- 
dise ; and they shall break down thy walls, 
and destroy thy pleasant houses : and they 
shall lay thy stones and thy timber aiid thy 
dust in the midst of the water. 

13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs 
to cease ; and the sound of thy harps shall 
be no more heard. 

14 And I will make thee like the top of 
a, rock : thou shait be a place to spread 
nets upon ; thou shalt be built no more-: 
ihr I the Lord have spoken it, saith ihs 
Lord God. 

15 *j[ Thus saith the Lord God to 1 y- 
rus, Shall not the isles shake at the sound 
of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when 
the slaughter is made in the midst of thee ? 

16 Then all the princes of the sea shall 
come down from their thrones, ancllay a- 
way their robes, and put off their broidered 
garments : they shall clothe themselves 
Avith trembling': they shall sit upon the 
ground and shall tremble at tvtry moment, 
and be astonished at thee. 

17 And they shall take up a lamenta- 
tion for thee, and say to thee, How art thou 
destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring 
men, the renowned city, which wast strong 
in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which 
cause their terror to betm all that haunt it \ 

18 Now shall the isles tremble in the 



,nn. Chap, 

• f.dl ; yea, the isles that ore in 

■ 

i I shall 
bring up 1 

with the 

»hec in 

- 

'he great 

- 

T. .vord ol'the liorei came again un- 
to me, sa; 

.' man, take up a la- 
: 

that art 
ch art a 

rk from 

■ 

i 

" 

. 

. and the 

( ■ 

!, . 

Mi of the 

■ 
i 

ieihcch, they 



xxvii. The -■ *of. 66> 

thy merchant per- 

sons of men, and vessels of brass, in thy 

1 : They of the house of Togarmah tra- 
• nen, 
and mules. 

13 The men of Dedan were thy mer* 
: ma 
of thine hand : they brought thee/or a ;>re- 
ms ot ivory ai 

son 
oftbemultitu 

they i alas, 

rk, and fine liner, 

and the land of u 
■ 

. annag,and 
. 

merchant in the 
ode of the wares of thy making, for 
anlfttnde of all riches ; in the wine of 
Helbon, and white 

and fat 

: 

and calamus, were in thy in i 

20 1 join 

clothes for ch 

21 Arabia, and i dar, 

they occupied with thee in lambs, and r 

: i y thy mcr- 

. 
The merchants c l S . Raa- 

cupied in tny Bui's tlie < 

( n, the 

with ci rds, and ma ; thy 

in lh) market; and th< u 

. hathbro- 

- 

I 



clS God's judgment ufxm 

30 And shall cause their voice to be heard 
against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall 
cast up dust upon their heads, they shall 
wallow themselves in the ashes : 

31 And they shall make themselves utter- 
ly bald for thee, and gird them with sack- 
cloth, and they shall weep tor thee with bit- 
terness of heart, andbitter wailing. 

3 2 And in their wailin? 1 hey shall take iro 
alame t e,andk ' 



averlh 
, like I 



dekr 



3fi V h :. thy wares went forth out ot the 

seas, thou rllledst many people ; thou didst 

:e kings of the earth with the mul- 

. cle c 1 thy riches and of thy merchandise. 

54 In the time when thou shalt be bro- 
'. < i by the seas in the depths of the wai- 
ters, thy merchandise and all thy compa- 
ny in the midst of thee shall tali. 

35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall 
be astonished at thee, and their kings shall 
be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in 
■their countenance. 

36 The merchants among the people 
shall hiss at thee ; thou shalt be a terror, 
and never shale be any more. 

CHAP. "XXVIII. 

1 God's judgment u/wn the f trine e ofTy- 

rus* 20 The nidgment ofZidon. 

THE word of die Lord came again un- 
to me, saying, 

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of 
T yrus, Thus saith the Lord God, Because 
thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, 
I am a god, 1 sit in the seat of God, in the 
midst of the seas ; yet thou art a man, and 
not God, though thou set thine heart as 
the heart of God. 

3 Behold thou art wiser than Daniel ; 

is no secret that they can hide from 
thee : 

4 With thy wisdom and with thine un- 
derstanding thou nast gotten thee riches, 
and hast gotten gold and silver into thy 
treasures : 

5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traf- 
Bck hast thou increased thy riches, and 
thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: 

6 '.therefore, thus saith the Lord God, 
Because thou hast set thine heart as the 

• heart of God: 

7 Behold, therefore I will bring stran- 

on thee, the terrible of the nations; 

; shall draW their swords against 
the beaut j of thy -wisdom, and they shall 
defile i ' s. 

8 They shall briny; thee down to the pit, 
and thou shalt 
are slain in the midst of « h< 

9 Wilt thou yet s:^y before him that slav- 
ed i thee, 1 am God i But thou shall be a 
man, and no Goch i f him that 



EZEKIEL. 1 thefirincc oJTyrus. 

10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the un- ! 
circumcised by the hand of strangers : for ! 
1 have spoken it saith the Lord God. 

11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

12 Son of man, take up a lamentation 
upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, 
Thus saith the Lord God, Thou sealest up 
the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in 
beauty. 

13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden 
of God; '- e dry cov- 

U&the diamond, - 
the beryl, the he jasper, the 

sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, 
and gold ; the workmanship of thy tabrets 
and of thy pip.<j:s was prepared in thee in 
the dav that thou wast created. 

14 Thou art the anointed cherub that 
covered! ; and I have set thee so : thou 
wast upon the holy mountain of God ; thou 
hastwi and down in the midst of 

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from 
the day that thou wast created, till iniquity j 
was found in thee. 

16 By the multitude of thy merchandise 
they have filled the midst of thee with vi- 
olence, and thou hast sinned ; therefore I ; 
will cast thee as profane out of the mount 
tain ot God : and I will destroy thee, O 
covering cherub, from the midst of the 
stones of fire. 

17 Thine heart was lifted up because of 
thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wis- 
dorn by reason of thy brightness : 1 will 
cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee be- 
fore kings, that they may behold thee. 

18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by 
the multitudes of thine iniquities, by the in- 
iquity of thy traffick : therefore will I i 

rth a fire from the midst of thee, it 
shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to 
ashes upon the earth in the sight ot all them 
that behold thee. 

19 All they that know thee among the 
people shall be astonished at thee : thou 
shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be 
any more. 

20 «H Again the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

21 Sen ot man, set thy face against Zi- 
don, and prophesy against it, 

22 And say, Thus saith the Lord God, i 
Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon : and 
I will be glorified in the midst ol thee : and 
they shall know that 1 cm the Lord, when 
I shall have executed judgments in her, 
and shall be sanctified in her. 

23 For I will send into her, pestilence, 
and blood into her streets ; and the wound- 
ed shall be judged in the midst of her by ; 
the sword upon her on every side : and 
they shall know that I am the Lord. 



■ dgmentcf: 

Q be no more a prick- 

re round alxxit 

■ 
,,from the people an, they are 

- 

.. • -!y therein, 
dgments 

I 

I 

• -. 

,;, 
I >t Pha- 

Ii 

. 
j i 



4 



tier of 

iiighit, 

■ 

is the land of 
desolate h it of the count ri 

cities among the cit- 
• kite tor- 
tile Egyptians 
disperse them 

.1- the Egyp- 
'■ ■- 
scatter 

of Egypt, 

. 
1 J It shall !x: the basest ol 

i i 
: I will dimmish th 

( .ccl. 

t in the sev 
■ 

i of the 

18 Son 



peeJ- 

: 
I 



i 

the be 

know ft 

iseclls- 



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i 



668 Egypt's fall 5y£ahjhn. 



saith the Lord God, Howl ye, Woe worth 
the day ! 

3 For the day is near, even the day of 
the Lord is near, a- cloudy day j it shall be 
the time of the heathen. 

4 And the sword shall come upon E- 
gypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, 
when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they 
shall take away her multitude, and her 
foundations shall be broken down. 

5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and 
all the mingled people, and Chub, and the 
men of the land that is in league, shall fall 
with them by the sword. ' 

6 Thus saith the Lord, They also that 
uphold Egypt shall fall ; and the pride of 
her power shall come down : from the 
tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the 
sword) saith the Lord God. 

7 And they shall be desolate in the midst 
of the countries that are desolate, and her 
cities shall be in the midst of the cities that 
are wasted. 

8 And they shall know that I am the 
Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt, 
zn&when all her helpers shall be destroyed. 

9 In that day shall messengers go forth 
from me in ships to make die careless E- 
thiopians afraid, and great pain shall come 
upon them, as in the day of Egypt ; tor, 
lo, it cometh. 

10 Thus saith the Lord God, I will also 
make the multitude of Egvpt to cease by 
the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Ba- 
bylon. 

11 He and his people with him, the ter- 
rible of the nations, shall be brought to de- 
stroy the land : and they shall draw their 
swords against Egypt, and fill Jhe land 
with the slain. 

12 And I will make the rivers dry, and 
sell the land into the hand of {he wicked: 
and I will make the land waste, and all that 
is therein, by the hand of strangers : 1 the 
Lord have spoken it. 

13 Thus saith the Lord God, 1 will also 
destroy the idols, and I will cause their 
images to cease cut of Noph ; and there 
shall be no more a prince of the land of E- 
gypt : and I will put a fear in the land of 

Egypt. 

14 And I will make Pathrqs desolate, 
and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute 
judgments in No. 

15 And 1 will pour my fury upon Sin, 
the strength of Egypt ; and 1 will cut elf 
the multitude of No, 

IGAnd I will set fire in Egypt : Sin 
shall have gi eat pain, and No .shall be cent 
asunder, and Noph shall have distresses 
daily. 

17 The young men of Aven and of Pi- 
!"r-eth shaft fail by the sword : and these 
sitics shall go into captivity. 



ZEKIEL. The glory of Assyria. 

18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall 
be darkened, when I shall break there the 
yokes ot Egypt: and the pomp of her 
strength shall cease in her : as for her, a 
cloud shall cover her, and her daughters 
shall go into captivity. 

19 Thus will 1 execute judgments in E- 
gypt : and they shall know that I am the 
Lord. 

20 1 And it came to pass in the elev- 
enth year, in the first months in the sev- 
enth day of the month, that the word of 
the Lord came unto me, saying, 

21 Son of man, I have broken the arm , 
oi Pharaoh king of Egypt ; and,lo, it shall 
not be bound up to be healed, to put a roll- 
er to bind it, to make it strong to hold the 
sword. 

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 
Behold, 1 am against Pharaoh king of E- 
gypt, and will break his arms, the strong, 
and that which was broken \ and I will 
cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 

23 And I will scatter the Egyptians a- 
mong the nations, and will disperse them 
through the countries. 

24 And 1 wiil strengthen the arms of the 
king of Babylon, and put my sword in his 
hand : but i will break Pharaoh's arms, 
and he shail groan before him with the 
grcanings of a deadly wounded man. 

25 But i will strengthen the arms of the 
king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh 
shall fall down ; and they shail know that 
I am. the Lord, when I shall put my sword 
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and 
he shall stretch it out upon the land of E- 

gypt- 

26 And 1 will scatter the Egyptians a- 
mong the nations, and disperse them a- 
mong the countries ; and they shail know 
that lam the Lord. 

CHA P. XXXI. 
1 A relation unto Pharaoh, 3 of the glory 
of Assyria, 10 and the Jail thereof for 
pride, 18 The like destruction of EgyfiU 

AND it came to pass in the eleventh 
year, in the third month, in the first 



day ot the 
Lord cams 



month, that the word of the. 
unto rne, saying, 



2 Soil of man, speak unto Pharaoh, king 
of Egypt, and to his multitude ; Whom 
art thou like in thy greatness \ 

3 "ft Behold, the Assyrian nvas a cedar 
in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a 
shadowing shroud, and of an high stature : 
and his top was among the thick boughs. 

4 The waters made him great, the deep 
set him up en high with her rivers run- 
ning round about his plants, and sent out 
her little rivers unto all the trees of the 
held. 

5 Therefore his height was exalted a- 
bove all the trees of the held, and his bonglis 



fall of * &- ij ? iafor pride. 



ehap. 



d, and lire branches became 

f the multitude of waters, 

.• shot forth. 

1 6 All the fowls of 3e their 

nis sin his boughs, am tranches 

I the fie.d bring forth 

ung, and under his shadow dwelt 

align . 

rTbuswas he fair in his greatness, in 
the length ot h: - root was 

' 8 'I he cedars in the garden of God 
could not hide him: the fir trees were 
not lik- I -• chesnat trees 

■were n< t - ; nor any tree 

in the gj like unto him in 

his be -uty. 

9 1 have ma by the multitude 

ofhisbi reesofE- 

in the garden ot God, en- 

iTierefore thus saith th.e Lord God, 

B i ted up thyself in height 

and he hath shot up his top among the 

and his heart is lifted up in 

1 1 1 i . re delivered him into 
the h radof the mighty one of the heathen : 

i with him : 1 have 
driven him out for his wickedness. 

12 And strangers, the terrible of the 
nations, have cut him off, and have left 
him: uponth< and in all the 

and his 
. 5 of the 

have left 

on his ruin shall all the fowls of 
and all the ! 

i 

for their 

them that go 

and I restrained the 

- 
ad all the 

16 1 in .(• at the 

l i <>\vn to 

I 'he pit : 

M4 



xxxii. A latncritation for Iigyfit . 6c9 

17 They also went down into hell with 
him imtbiftem that be slain with the sword; 
and they that were his arm, that dwelt 
under his shadow in the midst of the hea- 
then. 

IS^T To whom art thou thus like in glor 
ry and in greatness among the trees of 
\ Yet shalt thou be brought d< wn 
with the trees of Eden unto the nether 
parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the 
mi 1st of the uncircumcised with them that 
be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and 
all his multitude, saith the Lord God. 

CHAP. XXXil. 
A lamentation fjr thejea Jul fall of 'Egi ■,/?.'» 

AND it came to pass in the twelfth 
; . in the twellth month, in the 
first day of the month, that the word ot 
the Lord came unto me, sa\ ing, 

2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for 
Pharaoh lung of Eg} pt, and say unto him. 
Thou art like a young lion of the nations, 
and thou art as a whale in the seas : and 
thou earnest forth with thy rivers, and 
troubles* the waters with thy feet, and 
fouWest their rivers. 

3 Thus saith the I^ord God, I will there- 
fore spread out my net over thee with a 
company of many people ; and they shall 
bring thee up in my net. 

4 Then will 1 leave thee upon the land, 
I will cast thee forth upon the open field, 
and will cause all the fowls of the heaven 
to remain upon thee, and 1 will fill the^ 
bea ts or the whole earth with thee. 

5 Aral 1 will lay thy flesh upon the moun- 

■•<! iill the valle\ s with thj height. 

6 1 will also water with thy blood the 
land wherein thou swimmest, even to the 

, tains ; and the rivers shalt be full ojf 

7 And when 1 KhaU put thee out, I v. ill 

heaven, and make the 
thereof dark ; 1 will cover the sun with 

ad, and the moon shall not give her 

• 

of heavi n will I 
make dark over thi I up- 

on thy land, sakh th< 

9 1 will also vex the hearts of many peo- 
ple; when l trucbon a- 

atkms, into the countries whkb 

10 Vi a, 1 will in 
cd ; t thee, and ti 

biy afraid fi r thee, when I Bh 11 bnu 
mj swi rd I 

his own life, m 
U For thus saith the Lord <>< 

bee. 
13 Eh tin Ighty v. ill I 

cause tiiv m 



$?9 A lamentation 



EZEKIEL. 



tiie nations, all of them : and they shall 
spoil the pomp oi Egypt, and all the mul- 
titude thereof shall he destroyed. 
-• 13 I will destroy also ail the beasts there- 
si" from beside the great waters ; neither 
shall the loot of man trouble them any more 
nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 

14 Then will I make their waters deep, 
and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith 
the Lord God. 

15 When I shall make the land of Egypt 
desolate, and the country shall be destitute 
«f that whereof it was "full, when I shall 
smite all them mat dwell therein, then 
shall they know that I am the Lord. 

16 This is the lamentation wherewith 
they shall lament her : the daughters of 
the nations shall lament her : they shall 
lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all 
her multitude, saith the Lord God. 

17 It came to pass also in the twelfth 
year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that 
the word of the Lord came unto me, say- 

18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of 
Kgypt, and cast them down,ex>;?72 her, and 
the daughters of the famous nations, unto 
the nether parts of the earth, with them 
that go dewn into the pit. 

19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty ? Go 
down, and be thou laid with the uiiGircum- 
cised» 

20 They shall fall in the midst of them 
that are slain by the sword : she is deliv- 
ered to the sw ord : draw her and all her 
multitudes. 

21 The strong among the mighty shall 
s.peak to him out of the midst of hell with 
them that help him : they are gone down, 
they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 

22 Ashur is there, and all her company : 
his graves are about him : all of them slain, 
fallen by the sword : 

23 Whose graves are set in the sides of 
the pit, and her company is round about 
her grave : all of them slain, fallen by the 
sword, which caused terror in the land of 
the living. 

24 There is Eiam and all her multitude 
round about her grave, all of them slain, 
fallen by the sword, which are gone down 
uncircumcised into the nether parts ot the 
earthy which caused their terror in the land 
©fthe living; yet have they borne the!? 
shame with them that go down to the pit. 

25 They have set her a bfed in the midst 
of the slam with all her multitude: her 
graves are round about h'm : all of them 
uncircumcised, slain by the sword : thoWh 
their terror was caused in the land of the 
living, yet have they borne their shame 
with them that go down to the pit : he is 
put in the midst oUhcm that be sioin. 

%% TU^ru k I\t€*k§ch, Tubal, an a all Iter \ 



firEgyfr. 



multitude ; her graves are round about 
him : all of them uncircumcised, slain by 
the sword, though they caused their terror 
in the land of the living. 

27 And they shall not lie with the migh- 
ty that are fallen of the uncircumcised 
which are gone down to hell with their 
weapons of war : and they have laid their 
swords under their heads, but their iiu'qui- 
ties shall be upon their bones, though they 
were the terror of the mighty in the lantf 
of the living. 

28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst 
of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie witlj. 
them that are slain with the sword. 

29 There is Edom, her kings, and all 
her princes, which with their might are 
laid by them that were slain by the sword :. 
they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and 
with them that go down to the pit. 

30. There be the princes of the north, 
all of them, and all the Zidonians which 
are gone down with the slain ; with their 
terror they are ashamed of their might : 
and they lie uncircumcr ed with them that 
be slain by the sword, and bear their shame 
with them that go down to the pit. 

31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be 
comforted over all his multitude, even Pha- 
raoh and all his army slain by the sword, 
saith the Lord God. 

32 For I have caused my terror in the 
land of the living : and he shall be laid in 
the midst of the uncircumcised with them 
that are slain with the sword, even Phar- 
aoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord 
God.. 

CHAP. XXXI1L 
1. By the duty of a watchman, 7 Exekiel 
is admonished of his duty. 10 God 
sheweth the justice of his ways. 

AGAIN the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, speak to the children of 
thy people, and say unto them, When I 
bring the sword upon a land, if the people 
of the land take a man of their coasts, and 
set him for their watchman : 

3 it when he seeth the sword come up- 
on the land, he blow the trumpet and warn 
the people : 

4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of 
.the trumpet, and taketh not warning : if 
the sword come, and take him away, his 
blood shall be upon his own head. 

5 Ho heard the sound of the trumpet* 
and took not warning ; his blood shall be 
upon him. But he that taketh warning 
shall deliver his soul. 

6 Bit if the watchman see the sword 
come and blow not the trumpet, and the 
people oe not warned ; if the sword come, 
and take any person from among them,, 
he is taken away in his iniquity ; but uis 



itzekiel admonished of 'his duty. Chap, 

blood willl require at the watchman's hand. 

7 % So thou, O son or man, 1 1m ve set 
thee a watchman unto the house of Israel ; 
therefore thou shait hear the word at my 
mouth, and warn them from me. 

8 When I say unto the wicked, O wick- 
ed man, thou shalt surely die ; if thou 
dost not speak to warn tlie wicked from 
his way, that wicked man shall die in his 
iniquity ; but his blood will I require at 
thine hand. 

9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked 
ol his way to turn from it ; if he do not 
turn from his way, he shall die in his ini- 
quity : but thou hast delivered thy soul. 

10 % Therefore, O thou son ot man, 
speak unto the house of Israel, Thus ye 
speak, saying, It" our transgressions and 
our sins be upon us, and we pine away in 
them. How should we then live I 

11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the 
Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death 
of the wicked ; but that the wicked turn 
from his way and live : turn ye, turn ye 
from your evil ways : for, Why will y? 
die, (') lv (use of Israel I 

12 Therefore thou son of man, say unto 
the children of thy j)eople, The righteous- 
ness of the righteous shall not deliver him 
in the day of his transgression : as for the 
wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall 
thereby in the day that he turneth from 
his wickedness: neither shall the right- 
eous be able to live for his righteousness 
in the day that he sinneth. 

13 Wheal shall say to the righteous, 
thai he shall surely live'; if he trust to his 
own righteousness and commit iniquity, 
ail his Righteousness shall not be remem- 
bered; but for, his iniquity that he hath 
committed, he shall die toi 

14 Agam, when I say unto the wicked) 
Thou shalt surely die ; if he turn from his 
sin, and do that which is lawful anti right ; 

15 //' the wicked restore the pledge, 
give again that be had robbed, walk in the 
statutes of life, without committing iniqui- 
ty ; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 

16 None of his sins that he hath com- 
mitted shall be mentioned unto him: he 
hath d^ne that which Ls lawful and right ; 
be shall surely live. 

17 Vet the children oF thy jjeoj 
The way of the Lord is not equal : but as 
.or them, their way is not equal. 

18 Whcntl. from. his 
righteou ' ity, he 
shall even die th 

19 But it' the wicked turn from hik wick- 
edness, and do that which is lawful and 
yieht, he shall live th 

'JO Yet ye say, The way of the I 
not equal. O ye house of Israel, I w%l 
ou c-.cry air: aita- hi w:tj s. 



xxxiv. The justice of God's ways. 6?l 

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth, 
year of our captivity, in the tenth month-, 
m the fifth day ot the month, that one that 
had escaped out of Jerusalem came unt» 
me, saving, The city fa smitten. 

22 Now the hand of the Lord was upoa 
me in the evening, afore he that was esca- 
ped came ; and had opened my mouth, un- 
til he came to me in the morning ; and my 
mouth was opened, and I was no more 
dumb. 

23 Then the word of the Lord came un- 
to me, saving, 

24 Son ot man, they that inhabit thost 
wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, 
Abraham was one, and he inherited the 
land; but we are many ; the land is give* 
us for inheritance. 

25 Wherefore, say unto them,Thus saitu 
the Lord God, Ye eat with the blood, and 
lift up your eyes toward your idols, and sired 
blood : and, Shall ye possess the land ? 

26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work 
abomination, and ye defile every one his 
neighbour's wife : and, Shall ye possess the 
land ? 

27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saitk 
tlie Lord God, As 1 live, surely they that 
are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, 
and him that is in the open field will I give 
to the beasts to be devoured, and they 
that be in the forts, and in the caves, shaU 
die of the pestilence. 

28 lor I will lay the land mest desolate, 
and the pomp of her strength shall cease ; 
and the mountains of Israel shall be deso- 
late, that none shall pass through. 

29 Then shall they know that I am the 
Lord, when I have laid the land most de- 
solate, because of all their abominations 
which they have committed. 

30 Also, thou son of man, the children 
of thy people still are talking against thee 
by the walls and in the doors of the houses, 
and speak one to another, every one tt> 
his brother* saving, Come, I pray you and 
hear wliat is trie word that cometh forth 
from the Lord. 

51 And they come unto thee as the peo- 
ple cometh, and they sit before thee aswv 
people, and they hear thy words, luit they 
will not do them, for with their mouth thev 
shew much love, hut their heart gooth af- 
ter their covetonsnesti ^ 
And, lo, thou art unto them as a ve-J 
r\ Lovefy SOng of one that hath a pleasant 

> on e, and can play weH on an instrument : 

for they hear thy words, but they do thciu 
not. 

And When this cometh to pass ( lo, 
it will come), then tiny know that a proph- 
et hatb been among them. 

CHAP. XX.Y1Y. 



&?% Bad ahefiherds refiroved. 

merit* 11 God's providence •for his Jlock, 
20 The kingdom of Christ, 

AND the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying 

2 Son of man, prophesy against the shep- 
herds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the 
shepherds, yVoe be to the shepherds of 
Israel that do feed themselves '. Should not 
the shepherds ieed the fiooks ? 

o Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with 
the wool, ye kill them that are fed : but 
ye teed not the flock. 

4 Toe diseased have ye not strengthen- 
ed, neither have- ye healed that which was 
sick, neither, have ye bound up that which 
was broken, neither have ye brought a- 
gain that which was driven away, neither 
have ve sought that which was lost ; but 
-with force and with cruelty have ye ruled 
them. 

5 And they were scattered,because there 
is no shepherd : and they became meat to 
all the beasts of the field, when they were 
scattered. 

6 My sheep wandered through all the 
mountains, and upon every high hill : yea, 
my flock was scattered upon all the lace oi 
the earth, and none did search or seek af- 
ter therm. 

7% Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the 
•word of die Lord ; 

8 As 1 live, saith the Lord God, surety 
because my flock became a prey, and my 
flack became meat to every beast of the 
iield, because there was no shepherd, nei- 
ther did my shepherds search for my Hock ; 
but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed 
not my .flock: 

9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the 
word of the Lord ; 

10 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I 
am against the shepherds ; and I will re- 
quire my flock at their hand, and cause 
them to cease from feeding the flock ; nei- 
ther, shall the shepherds feed themselves 
any more ; for I will deliver my flock 
from their mouth, that they may not be 
meat for them. 

11 IF For thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
hold,''!, even I, will both search my sheep, 
and seek them out. 

12 As a. shepherd secketh out his flock 
in the day that he is among his sheep that 
are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, 
and will deliver them out cf all places where 
they have been scattered in the cloudy and 
dark day. 

13 And 1 will bring them out from the 
peo« ••<=», and gather them from the coun- 
tries, and will bring them to their own 
land, nm\ feed them upon the mountains of 
. Jsrael by the rivers, and in all the inhabit- 

jrl places of the country. 



EZEKIEL. Thekin-gdom ofOtrpt^ 

14 I will feed them in a good pasture, 
and uron the high mountains of Israel 
shall their fold be : there shall thev he in 
a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they 
feed upon the mountains of Israel. 

35 1 will feed my flock, and I will cause 
them to lie down, saitn the Lord God. 

161 will seek that which was lost, and 
bring again that which was driven away, 
and will bind up that which was broken, 
and will strengthen that which was sick : 
but I will destroy the fat and the strong ; 
I will feed them: "with judgment. 
. }7 And as for you, O my floe!:, thus 
saith me Lord God, Behold, 1 judge be- 
tween cattle and cattle, between the rams 
and the he goats. 

18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to 
have eaten up the good pasture, but ye 
must tread down with your feet the resi- 
due of your pastures i And to have drunk 
of the deep waters, but ye must foul the 
residue with your feet ? 

19 And as' for my flock, they cat that 
which ye have trodden with your feet ; 
and they drink that which ye have fouled 
with your feet. 

20 If Therefore thus saith the Lord God 
unto them, Behold,!, even I, will judge be- 
tween the fat cattle and between the lean 
cattle. 

21 Because ye have thrust with side and 
With shouldeiviind pushed all the diseased 
with your horns, till ye have scattered 
them abroad ; 

22 Therefore will I save my flock, and 
they shall no more be a prey ; and I will 
judge between cattle and cattle. 

23 And I wiii set up one shepherd over 
them, and he shall feed them, even my 
servant David ; he shall feed them, and 
he shall be their shepherd. 

24 And 1 the Lord will be their God, and 
mv servant David a prince among them ; 
1 the Lord have spoken it. 

25 And I will make with them a cov- 
enant of peace, and will cause the evil 
beasts to cease out of the land : and they 
shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and 
sleep in the woods. 

26 And I will make them and the places 
round about ray hill a blessing ; and I will 
cause the shower to come down in his sea- 
son : there shall be showers of blessing. 

27 And the tree of the field shall yield 
her fruit, and the earth shall yield her in- 
crease, and they shall be safe in their land, 
and shall know that I am the Lord, when 
1 have broken the bands of their yoke, and 
delivered them out of the hand of those 
that served themselves of them. 

28 And they shall no more be a prey to 
the heathen, neither shall the beasts of the 
Unci devour them; but thev shall dwell 



The judgment of Mount Serr. Chap.xxxv 
«afc:- , and none shall make them afraid. 

tore con- 

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that I the 

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the I- 

CHAP. :. 
Thejudgmen ■ r for their ha- 

MORE of the Lord 

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the Lord 
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. sh dt kn -w '- 

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their hi! 

the Lore! 
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and in •.'.. 

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, xx>;vi. Israel revenged and con: fir lea. 673 

14 Thus saith the Lord God, When the 
whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee 
ite. 

3 5 As then didst rejoice at the into 
o: the hi I, because it \. 

ley shall know that I 

CI .,YI. 

1 The /:. I by the 

itctio?i,8andi 

ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy un- 
to the mountains of Isr 
Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of 
Lord: 
2 Thus saith the Lord God, Because the 
id against 3 ou, Aha, even 
ent high places are curs in posse-s- 
l 
. prophesy and say, Thus 
sai'h the Lord God, Because the; 
made you desolate^ and swallowed you up 
side, that ye might be a posses- 
sion unto the residue 1 en, and 
ye are taken up in the lips of talkei 
arezto pie : 

4 Therefore, ye mountains of 
hear the word 6i the Lord God 

saith tlit: Lord God to the mountains, and 
to the hills, to the rivers, and the valleys, 
to the desolate wastes, and to cities that 
are forsaken, which became apn 

oi the heathen that 

e, thus saith the Lor 
Surely in the fire of my jealousj have I 
s]X)ken against the residue of the heathen, 

ii st all Idumea, which h • 
pointed my land into their p 
the joy of all their heart, with despiteful 
. to bast it out for a pre} . 

erhing the land 
. 
. 
leys, Thus saiili the L rd God, B 

•].'■ in im fu- 
n , because ye h teofttai 

. 

your fruil I v they 



w% Sod's blessing on IsraeH. 

and beast; and they shall increase and 
bring fruit : and I will settle you after your 
•old estates, and will do better unto you "than 
St your beginnings : and ye shall knew that 
I am the Lord. 

12 Yea, I will cau?e men to walk upon 
you, even my people Israel ; and they shall 
possess thee, and thou shalt be their inher- 
itance, and thou shalt no mere henceforth 
.bereave them of men. 

13 Thus saith the Lord God, Because 
they say unto you, Thou land &evcurest-up 
men, and hast bereaved thy nations ; 

14 Therefore, thou shalt devour men no 
^nore, neither bereave thy nations anymore, 
saith the Lord God. 

15 Neither will I cause men to hear in 
thee the shame of the heathen any more, 
neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the 
people any more, neither shalt thou cause 
thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord 
God. 

16 Moreover, the word oi the Lord came 
ianto me, saying, 

17 Son oi man, when the house of Israel 
dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by 
their own way, and by their doings : their 
way was. before me as the urfcleamiess of a 
removed woman, 

13 Wherefore, I poured my fury upon 
them for the blood that they had shed up- 
on the land; and for their idols ivlu-r tivith 
thev had polluted it : 

19 And I scattered them among the hea- 
then, and they were dispersed through the 
countries : according to their way, and ac- 
cording to their doings I judged them. 

20 And when they entered unto the hea- 
then, whither they went, they profaned my 
holy name, when they said to them, These 
are the people of the Lord, and are gone 
iorth out of his land. 

21 But I had pity for mine holy name, 
which the house of Israel had profaned a- 
rnong the heathen, whither they went. 

22 Therefore say unto the house of Is- 
rael, Thus saith the Lord God^ 1 do not 
this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but 
for mine holy name's sake, which ye have 
profaned among the heathen, whither ye 
•went. 

23 And I will sanctify my great name, 
which was profaned among the heathen, 
which ye have profaned in the midst of 
them ; and the heathen shall know that I 
am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I 
shall 5e sanctified in you, before their eyes. 

24 For I will take you from among the 
heathen, and gather you cut of all countries, 
and will bring you into ycur own land. 

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water up- 
you, and ye shall be clean from all your 
filthiness ; and from ail your idols >fll I 
cleanse you. 



EZEKiEL, Sin the cause cfherrejceuo;:* 

26 A new heart also will Igive you, and 
a new spirit will I put within you : and I 
will take away the stony heart cut of your 
flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 

27 And I will put my spirit within you, 
and cause you to walk in my statutes, and 
ye shall keep my judgments'and do them* 

28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I 
gave to your fathers ; and ye shall be my 
people, and I will be your God. 

29 I will also save you from all your ur.-. 
cleannesses: and I will call for the com, 
and will increase it, and lay no famine up- 
on you. 

30 And I will multiply the fruit of the 
tree, and the increase of the field, that ye 
shall receive no more reproach of famine 
among the heathen. 

31 Then shall ye remember your swa 
evil ways, and your doings that were not 
good, and shall -loathe yourselves in your 
own sight, for your iniquities, and for your 
abominations. " 

32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the 
Lord God, be it known unto you : be asha- 
med and confounded for your own ways, 

house of Israel. 

33 Thus saith the Lord God, In the day 
that I shall have cleansed ycu from all your 
iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in 
the cities, and the wastes shall be buildedo 

34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, 
whereas, it lay desolate in the sight of all 
that passed by. 

35 And they shall say, This land that was 
desolate, isbecome like the garden of Eden ; 
and the waste, and desolate, and ruined ci- 
ties are become fenced, and are inhabited. 

36 Then the heathen that are left round 
about you, shall know that I the Lord build 
the ruined fdaces, and plant that that was 
desolate : I the Lord have spoken it, and I 
will do iU 

37 Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet 
for this, be inquired of by the house of Is- 
rael, to do it for them ; I will increase them 
with men li ke a flock. 

38 As die holy flock, as the flock of Je- 
rusalem in her solemn feasts ; so shall the 
waste cities be filled with flocks of men ; 
and they shall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 

1 By the resurrection oj dry bones, lithe 
' dead hofie of Israelis revived. 21 The 

promises of Christ'' 's kingdom. 

THE hand of the Lord was upon me, 
and carried me out in the spirit of the 
Lord, and set me down in the r.idst of the 
valley which was fall of bones. 

2 And caused me to pass by them round 
about : and, behold, there were very ma- 
ny in the open valley ; and, lo, they were 
verv dry. 
S And he said unto rue, Soa of man, Ca& 



r recti'. n cfdr.j I C hap, 

.res live :' And I answered, O Lord 
.. 

4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy up- 
«n these boi.es, and say unto them, O ye 
■ybooeSj hear the word of the Lord. 

5 Thus sailh the Lord God unto ihese 
bones, Beheld I will c uise breath to enter 
into you, and ye shall live : 

6 And I wiH lay sinews upon ycu, and 
will bring up flesh upon you,andcover you 
with skin, and put breath in you, and ye 
shall live ; and ye shall know that 1 am the 
Lord. 

7 So 1 prophesied a3 1 was commanded : 
and as lpn -plies ed, there was a noise, and, 
behold a shaking, and the bones came to- 
gether, bone to his bone. 

8 And whea I beheld, lo, the sinews and 

- came up upon them, and the skin 
covered them above : but tfiere ivaa bo 
i in them. 

D said he unto me, Prophesy unto 

, son of man, and say to 

the wind, Thus saith the Lord God, Come 

from the four winds, O breath, and breathe 

■pan these slain, that they may live. 

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, 

and the breath came into them, and they 

lid stood up upon their feet, an ex- 

irmy. 

i hen he said unto me, Son of man, 

these bones are the who e house of Israel : 

behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and 

our hope is lost : we are cut off from our 

12 Therefore, prophesy and say unto 

•h the Lord God, Behold, 

1 will open your grave.-., and 

► out of your graves, 

1J A: know that I a*i the 

when 1 have opened your graves, O 

nay people, and brought you up out of your 

14 And shall put my spirit in you, and 

I'd I shall place you in vour 

own land: then snail )e know that 1 the 

ken it. and peribrmedif saiih 

1J The word of the J,ord can 

- 

children of Is 

all the 
17 An 

shall bd( 

these i 



>;xxviti. Promise of 'Chrisf* kingdom* &9 

God, Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph 

which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the 
tribes of Israel his fellows, and wffl pal 
them with him, even with the suck of Ju- 
. .rid make them one stick, and the/ 
shall !>e one in mine hand. 

20 And the sticks whereon thru writes* 
shall be in thine hand before their eyes. 
• -1 *i And say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God, Bela Id, 1 will take the chil- 
dren of Israel from among the heathen, 
fiber they be gone, and will gather then 
on every side, and bring them into their 
own tana. 

d I will make them one nation in 
the land, upon, the mountains of Israel ; and; 
one king shall be king to them all : and 
they shall be no more two nations, neither 
shall they l)e divided into two kingdoms a- 
ny more at all : 
" 23 Neither shall they defile themselves 
any more With their idols, nor with their 
detestable things, nor with any of their 
transgressions : but I will save them out of 
all their dwelling places, whereinthey h ive 
sinned, and will cleanse them : so shall 
they be my people, and I will be their God. 

24 And David my servant s/iall be king- 
over them : and they all shall have one. 
shepherd : they shall also walk in my 
judgments, and observe my statutes, and 
do them. 

25 And they shall dwell in the land that 
I have given unto Jacob my servant, where- 
in jour fathers have dwelt ; and the)- shall 
dwell therein, tx<en they and their chil- 
dren, and their children's children forever : 
and my servant David shall be their prince 
iorever. 

36 Moreover, I will make a covenant 
of peace with them ; It shall be an ever- 
lasting covenant with them : and I wil: 
place them, and multiply them, and 
set my s.-.uctnury in the midst of them 6)1 
evern* 

I v tabernacle also shall be with 
them : yea I will be their God, andthqp 
my people* 

ten shall kno* that I the* 
• iv sanctn- 
11 be in the midst of them fcr4fti* 
more. 

VIII. 
}f (Jog* 14 Gcd'sx 
him, 

A I came unto 

"•"£» 

: unafl 

the Lord God, 

,< ) GOgytlVtd 



676 The matte c of Gog. 

4 And I will turn thee bad;, and put j 
hooks into thy jaws, and 1 will bring thee j 
forth, and ail thine army, horses and horse- 
men all oi them clothed with all sorts 6 far- j 
mow*, even a great company with buck- j 
lers and shields, all ofthem handlingswords. j 
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Lybia with them ; | 
«11 of them with shield and helmet : ; 
. 6 Garner and all his bands: the house I 
pi Togarmah, of the north quarters, and all i 
his bands : and many peopte wit; i thee. ; 

7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for 

. thou ar;d all thy company that are 
..cd unto thee, and be thou a guard 
janto them. 

8 % After many days thou shalt be visit- 
ed : in the latter years tHou shalt come in- 
to the land that ps brought back from the 
sword, cu:d is gathered out of many people 
a-aia-tthe mountains of Israel, which have 
been always waste: but it is brought forth 
out of the nations, and the)' shall dwell safe- 
ly all ofthem. 

9 ThoH shalt ascend and come like a 
storm, thou shalt belike a cloud to cover 
the land, thou, and ail thy bauds, and ma- 
ny people with thee. 

" 10 Thus saith the Lord God, It shall al- 
so come to pass, that at the same time \ hall 
things come into thy mind, and thou shalt 
think an evil thought. 

11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to 
the land of un wailed villages; I will go to 
them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all 
of them dwelling without walls, and having 
neither bars nor gates, 
.» 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey ; 
to turn thine hand upon the desolate places 
that are now inhabited, 'and upon the peo- 
ple that are gathered out of the nations, 
which have gotten cattle and goods, that 
dwell in the midst of the land. 

15 Sneba, andDedan.and the merchants 
or Tarshish, with all the young lions there- 
of, shall say unto thee,. Art thou come to 
take a spoil I Hast th a gathered thj cpn> 
pahy to take a. prey I Toe trry away silver 
and'gold, to take away cattle and g^ccl >, to 
tak- a great spoil ? 

14 % Therefore, son of man, prophesy 
and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord 
God, In that day when my people of Isra- 
el djWejleth safely, Shalt thou not know it ? 

'15 And thou shalt come from thy place 
out of the north parts, tjiou, and many peo- 
ple with thee, all of them riding upon hors- 
es, a great company, and a mighty army : 

16 And thou shalt come up against my 
people or Israel, as a cloud to c 
land : it shall be in the latter days, ; r.:i I 
wilj. briHig thee against u$ land, that the 
heathen may kr.ow me, when I shall be 
s i ctified n thee, O Gog. before their eyes. 

17 Thus saith tjas Lord God, Jbrt thou 



EZEKIEL, God's judgment against hi-rit. 

he of whom I have spoke?) in o;d time by 
my servants the prophets of Israel, which 
prophesied in those days many years, that 
1 would bring thee against them ? 

18 Audit shall come to pass at the same 
time when Gog snail come against the 
land of Israel, saith the Lord G^d, that my 
tiny shall come up in my face. 

19 For in ray jealousy and in the fire of 
my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that 
day there shall be a great shaking in the 
land of Israel ; 

20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the 
fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the 
field, and all creeping thing tha'. creep up- 
on the earth and all the men that are up- 
on the face of the earth, shall shake at my 
presence.and the mountains shall be thrown 
down, and tfie steep places shall fall, and 
every wall shall fall to the ground. 

21 And I m\\ call tor a sword against 
him throughout all my mountains,* saith the 
Lord God : every man's sword shall be a- 
gainst his brother. 

22 Ai-A 1 will plead against him with 
pestiience and with blood ; and I will rain 
upon him, and upon his bands, and upon 
the many people that are with him, an o- 
verflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire 
and brimstone. 

23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanc- 
tify myself ; and 1 will be known in the 
eyes of many nations, and they shall know 
that 1 am the Lord. 

CHAP. XXXIX. 

1 God's judgment upon Gog. 8 Israel's 

victory. 17 Thejeast of the Jowls. 

I"" HEREFQRE,thou son of man,proph- 
esy against Gog, and, say, Ti iUS saith 
the Lord God, Behold, i dm against thee, 
O Gog-, the chief prince of Meshech and 
Tubal : 

2 And I will turn thee back, and leave 
but the sixth part ot thee/ and will cause 
thee to come up from the north parts, and 
will bring thee upon the mountains of Is- 
rael : 

3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left 
hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall 
out of thy right hand, 

4Thcii shalt tali upon the mountains of 
Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the peo- 
ple that is with thee : I will give thee unto 
the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the 
beasts of the field to be devoured. 

6 Thou shait fall upon the open field : 
for I have spoken it. saith the Lord God. 

6 And I w-il] send a fire on Magog, and 
among them that dwell "carelessly in the 
is!es : and they shall koew that 1 am the 
Lord. 

will I make .my holy name known 
in the midst of ray people Israel ; and 1 will 
notiet ftopoHute my holy name any more: 



Israel's victory* Chap. 

and the heathen shall know that I am the 
Lord, t .e Holy O 

8 •; Behold, it is come, and it is done, 
saith the 
of i have spoken. 

well inthecr. 

buckler - 

I 

shall burn them wit 

10 So •- wood out 

ot the fit my cut of 

ons ji 

b ihoic that rob- 
. God. 

that day, 

ol thefassen- 
: and it shall stop 
nd there 
: his multitude: 
j ol Ha- 
ven monl shall the house of 
I 5 of them, that the) may 

if the land shall 
them a re- 

14 And they shall si \' rout men of con- 

I 

. I they 

the land, v. 

ill the 
oi Ha- 

: the city shall 
. II they cleanse the 

l ; • \ 

I ye be hill, and 

■nd f.oi-d 

GV. 



xl. 



"5 vision, 675 



21 And I will set my gi r among die 
heathen, and all the heathen shah* see my 
juugn ecuted, and my 

at 1 have laid upon 
92 So the house of J taowthttt 

I am the Lord their Gud from that day and 
. 

(ben shall know that the 
house of israd went ntocaptivkj fort 
iniquity d aj inst 

• ci.-reiiui J my &ce from them, aid 
gave t. hand oi their enemies : 

the sw< ni. 
34 A< their uncleanness and 

according to their transgressions have I 
doneuntx •.hem.aiidludm\ face trom them. 
riierefore thus saith the Lord God, 
Now will 1 bring again the captivity of Ja- 
cob, and have mercy upon the whole house 
of Israel, and will be jealous for toy holy 
name ; 

26 After that they have borne their 
shame, and all their trespasses whereby 
the}- have trespassed ;. gainst me, when 
they dwelt safely in their land, and none 
made '/^vnaa-aid. 

27 When 1 have brought them again 
from the | ••• pie, and gathered them ontof 
their enemies' lands, and am sanctifkd iii 
them in the sight of many nations ; 

1 ten shall they know that 1 am the 
Lord their God, which caused them to be 
led into captivity among the heathen : but 
1 have gathered themuntbtheir ownland, 
ft none of them any morethere. 
29 Neither will 1 hide my face any more 
from them : for I have poured out my 
spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the 
Lord God. 

CHAP. XL. 
l The lime, I endof£zekiePM 

jtti G Thee werifiti n oftheietnftftm 

Ii five and twentieth year d <<ur 
captivity, in die beginnin] 
in the tenth ur- 

t< t nth /< ar afu rthat the city wassmitten« 
Lord 
• mc thither. 
2 in t; God brought he me 

m< upon a 
: mountain, - 

her, aad, Ih> 
.<- app< araocQ 

mce < t brass, with :i 
a tin Lsuriog 

, BOH "fmin, 

i>« hold witht h thine 

l might 
u brought hith- 
er: dec! fiehouM 



£ r 6 EzckicVs desttihtion 



5 And behold a wall on the outside of the 
house . ound about, and in the man's hand 
a measuring reed of six cubLs long by the 
cubit, and an hand breadth ; so- he meas- 
ured the breadth of the building, one reed 5 
and the height, one reed. 

6 If Then came he unto the gate which 
looketh toward the east, and went up the 
stairs thereof, and measured the threshold 
ofthe gate which was one reed broad ; and 
the ether threshold of the gate, which was 
gac reed broad. _ 

7 And every little chamber was one reed 
long, and one reed broad ; and between 
the little chambers were five cubits ; and 
the threshold of the gate by the porch of 
the gate within, was one reed. 

8 He measured also the porch of the 
gate within, one reed. 

9 Then measured he the porch of the 
gate, eight cubits ; and the posts thereof, 
two cubits ; and the porch- pi the gate was 
inward. 

10 And the little chambers of the gate 
eastward, were three on this side, and three 
on that side ; they three were of one meas- 
ure : and the post had one measure on this 
s;de and on that side. 

11 And he measured the breadth of the 
- entry of the gate, ten cubits ; and the length 

of the gate, thirteen cubits. 

12 The space also before the little cham- 
bers wus one cubit On this side, and the 
space was one cubit on that side : and the 
little chambers were six cubits on this side, 
and six cubits on that side. 

13 lie measured then the gate from the 
roof of one little chamber to the roof of an- 
other : the breadth was five and twenty 
cubits, door against door. 

14 He made also posts of threescore cu- 
bits, even unto the- post of the court round 
about the gate. 

15 And from the face of the gate of the 
entrance unto the face of the porch of the 
inner gate, were fifty cubits. 

16 And there were narrow windows to 
the little chambers, and to their posts with- 
in the gate roundabout, and likewise to the 
arches : and windows were round about 
inward : and upon each post were palm 
trees. 

17 Then brought he me into the out- 
ward court,"and, \c> there were chambers, 
and a pavement made for the court round 
about : thirty chambers were upon the 
pavement. 

18 And the pavement by the side of the 
gates, over against the length of the gates, 
was the lower pavement. 

19 Then he measured the breadth from 
the forefront of the lower gate unto the 
forefront of the inner court without, an 
hundred cubits eastward and northward. 



ZEKIEL. of the tempti. 

20 And the gate of the outward court 
that looked toward the north, he measur- 
ed the length thereof and the breadth there- 
of. 

21 And the little chambers thereof were 
three on this side and three on that side ; 
and the posts thereof and the arches there- 
in were after the measure of the first gate :• 
the length thereof was fifty cubits, and tha 
breadth five and twenty cubits. 

22 And their windows and their arches 
and their palm trees, were after the meas- 
ure ot the gate that looketh toward the 
east - r and tney went up unto it by seven 
steps ; and the arches thereof were befoi e 
them. 

23 And the gate of the inner court was 
over against the gate toward the north, 
and toward the east; and he measured 
from Kite to gate an hundred cubits. 

24 Aner that he brought me toward the 
south, and behold, a gate toward the south : 
and he measured the posts thereof and the 
arches thereof according to Uiese meas- 
ures. 

25 And there were windows in it, and in 
the arches thereof round about, like those 
windows : the length was fifty cubits, and 
the breadth five and twenty cubits. 

25 And there were seven steps to go up 
to it, and the arches thereof were before 
them ; and it had palm trees, one on this 
side, and another on that side,upon the posts 
thereof. 

27 And there was a gate In the inner 
court toward the south :. and he measured 
from gate toward the south an .hundred 
cubits. 

28 And he brought me to the inner court 
by the south gate : and he measured the 
south gate according to these measures ; 

29 And the little chambers thereof, and 
the posts thereot, and the arches thereof, 
according to these measures; and there 
were windows in it and in the arches there- 
of round about : it was fifty cubits long, 
and five and twenty cubits broad. 

30 And the arches round about were 
five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits 
broad. 

31 And the arches thereof were toward 
the outer court ; and palm trees were up- 
on the posts thereof: and the going up to 
it had eight steps. 

32 And. he brought me into the inner 
court toward the east : and he measured 
the gate according to these measures. 

33 And the little chambers thereof, and 
the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, 
were according to these measures: and 
there were windows therein and in the 
arches thereof round about : it was fifty 
cubits long, and five and- twenty cubits 
bread. 



Chap. 

34 And the arches the ard 
•beoutwar 
Erpon the posts thereof, c 
5 that si 

35 A 

kesemeas- 

lers thereof, I 

f, and the 

. gth toas 

readth fit e and twen- 

.r.d the posts thererT wtrt toward 
the outer court ; 
on the posts thereof, on this side, and on 

e : and the going up to it had eight 

chambers and the entries 
thereof mere by the he gates, 

ashed the burnt offering. 

pch of the gate wr« 

.bies on 

I <• burnt offering, 

fering, and the trespass ot- 

• 

le without, as one go- 

l 

rch of the gate 

this side, and 

le of the 

■ 

of hewn 

upon also they 
•ice." 

I 

iving\lvc 
; 

- 

uth is tor 
I 

46 Al 

th, is for .: 

/ 

1 

I aa luin- 
dred eii*ts long, and ed dibits 

I i altar i 






' :rs. 677 



4S And he brought me to the porch of 

the house] and measured each post of t;;e 

\e cubits on this side, and five cu- 

tbat side: and the breadth of the 

49 The length nj the porch was twenty 

by die steps whereby they 
went up to it : and '.here were pi 

-., one on this side, and another uu 
tde. 

CHAP. XLI. 
The measure^. ' ers, and or- 

AFTFJUY ARD he brought me to the 
temple, and measured U 
cubits broad on the on 

side, which 

I the breadth of the door - 
cubits ; and the sides of the d 
cubits on the ene side and five cubits on 
theotherside: and he measured th 

, and die breadth, 
cubits. 

• be inward, and rot 
the post i j and the 

I . of the 

4 Sj he measured the length thereof, 
. twenty 
fore the temple : and be - 
to me, Tl 

boose, -i\ i obi s; tndll 

r cubits, round about 
a< e. 
6Andtl 

• ■ . 

. about, 
that thej h id, but , 

■ 



€?-3 Ornaments of the tcmfile. 



EZEKIEL. 



27ie fries ts' chambers. 



were toward the fiia.ee thai was left, one 
door toward the north, and another door 
toward the south: and the breadth of the 
place that was left was five cubits round 
about. 

12 New die building that was before the 
sep rate place at the end toward the west 
was seventy cubits broad ; and the wall of 
the building was five cubits thick round a- 
bout, and the length thereof ninety cubits. 

13 So he measured the house an hun- 
dred cubits long ; and the separate place, 
and the building, with the walls thereof, an 
hundred cubits long ; 

14 Also the breadth of the lace of the 
house, and of the separate place toward 
the east, an hundred cubits. 

15 And he measured the length of the 
building over against the separate place 
which was behind it, and the galleries 
thereof on the one side and on the other 
side, an hundred cubits, with the inner tem- 
ple, and the porches of the court : 

16 The door post.-, and the narrow win- 
dows, and the galleries round about on 
their three stories, over against the door, 
ceiled with wood round about, and from 
the ground up to the windows, and the 
windows were covered ; 

17 To that above the door, even unto the 
inner house, and without, and by all the 
wall round about within and without by 
measure. 

18 And it was made with cherubims 
and palm trees, so that a palm tree was 
between a cherub and a cherub : and eve- 
ry cherub had two faces ; 

19 So that the face of a man was toward 
the palm tree on the one side, and the face 
of a young lion toward the palm tree on 
the ether side ; it was made through all 
.the house round about. 

20 From the ground unto above the door 
were cherubims and palm trees made, and 
on the wall of the temple. 

21 The posts of the temple were squar*- 
ed, a?zt/the face of the sanctuary ; the ap- 
pearance of the one as the appearance of 
the other, 

22 The altar of wood was three cubits 
■high, and the length thereof two cubits; 
and the corners thereof, and the length 
thereof and the walls thereof, were of wood: 
and he said unto me, This is the table that 
25 betore the Lord. 

23 And the temple and the sanctuary had 
two doors. 

24 And the doors had two leaves ajtiece, 
two turning leaves ; two leaves for the one 
door, and two leaves for the other door. 

25 And there were made on them, on 
the doors of the temple, cherubims and 
palm trees, like as were made upon the 
walls, and there were thick planks upon 
the face of the porch without. 



26 And there were narrow windows and 
palm trees on the one side and o\\ th 
er side, on the sides of the porch, and ufim 
the side chambers of the house, and thick 
planks. 

CHAP. XLII. 
1 The hursts' chambers. 13 the use there- 
of 15 T/ie outward^ourt measured- 
THEN he brought me forth into the 
outer court, the way toward the 
north: and he brought me into the cham- 
ber that was over against the separate 
place, and which was before the building 
toward the north. 

2 Before the length of an hundred cubits 
was the north door, and the breadth was 
fifty cubits. 

3 Over against the twenty cubits which 
were for the inner court, and over against 
the pavement winch was for the outer 
court, was gallery against gallery in three 
stories. 

4 And before the chambers was a walk 
of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one 
cubit; and their doors toward the "north. 

5 Now die upper chambers were short- 
er: for the galleries were higher than these, 
than the lower, and than the middlemost 
of the building. 

6 For they were in three stories, but had 
j not pillars as the pillars of the Courts ; 

j therefore the building was straitened more 
j than the lowest and the middlemost from 
j the ground. 

7 And the wall that was without over a- 
| gainst the chambers, toward the outer 

court on the fore part of the chambers, the 
length thereof was fifty cubits. 

8 For the length of the chambers that 
were in the outer court was fifty cubits : 
and, lo, betore the temple were" an hun- 
dred cubits. 

9 And from under these chambers was 
the entry on the east side, as one goeth in- 
to them from the outer court. 

10 The chambers were in the thickness 
of the wall of the court toward the east, 
over against the separate place, and over 
against the building. 

11 And the way before them was like 
the appearance of the chambers which 
were toward the north, as longas they, and 
as broad as they : and all their goings out 
were both according to their fashions, and 
according to their doom, 

12 And according to the doors of the 
chamters that were toward the south was 
a door in the head of the way, even the 
way directly before the wall toward the 
east, as one entereth into them. 

13 *ii Then said he unto me, The north 
chambers and the south chambers, which 
are before the separate place, they be holy 
chambers, where the priests that approach 



ting; for the 

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luce in 

: 

- 

in end of 
. round a- 

ced round 
fivehun- 

by the four 
I 

CI .HI. 

As to the 

Godofls- 

: 

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. 

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• 



. 6*9 

■ :Weir kings in 1 

my litres' . 

, ihcy 

abominations d 

e I have consumed them in mine 

let them pot 

. i the midst of 

v the house to 
beasha- 

. 
11 And if they be ashamed of all that 
a of the 
:, and the go- 
. 
of, and all the forms 

id a]l the form 
reel : and wri i 
. r , that they n whole 

form thei lth( re- 

m m. 
m the law of the house j 

mountain the whole limit 
. 
■ 
13 And the--. 

: T • 

- 

d ab' ut »/ia nd this 

: the altar. 

and the I 

the h>ur 
i 

. ! 

a 



660 East gate assigned to the prince* EZEKIEL, 



7n e priests reproved* 



20 And thou shalt take of the blood there- 
of, and put it on the four horns of it, and 
cm the four corners ot.the settle, and up- 
on the border round about : thus Shalt 
thou cleanse and purge it. 

21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of 
the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the 
appointed place of the house, without the 
sanctuary. 

22 And on the second day thou shalt of- 
Sera kid oi the goats without blemish for 
a sin offering ; and they shall cleanse the 
nltar, as they did cleanse it with the bul- 
lock. 

23 When thou hast made an end of 
cleansing it thou shalt offer a young bul- 
lock without blemish, and a ram out of the 
ileck without hjemish. 

24 And thou shalt offer them before the 
Lord and the priests Shall cast salt upon 
them, and l\\ey shall offer them up fur a 
burnt offering unto the Lord. 

25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every 
day a goaty br a sin offering ; they shall al- 
so prepare a young bua< ek. and a ram out 
of the flock, without blemish. 

26 Seven days shall they purge the altar 
and purify it ; and they shall consecrate 
themselves. 

27 And when these days are expired, 
it shall he that upon the eighth day, and so 
iorward the priest shall make your burnt 
offerings upon the altar, and your peace 
offerings ; and I will accept you saith the 
Lord God. 

CHAP. XLTV. 
2 The east gate assigned only to the firince. 
9 Idolaters incapable of the priests' of- 
. fee. 1 7 Ordinances for the priests* 

THEN he brought me back the way of 
the gate of the outward sanctuary 
which looketh toward the east ; and it was 
shut. 

2 Then said the Lord unto me, This 
gate shall be shut it shall not be opened, 
and no man shall enter in by it ; because 
the Lord, the God of Israel, "hath entered 
in by it, therefore it shall be shut. 

3 It is for the prince ; the prince he 
shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord ; 
he shall enter by the way of the porch of 
that gate, and shall go out by the way of 
the : ame. 

4 Then brought lie me the way of the 
north gate before the hssose : and 1 look- 
ed, and, behold the gtory-of tlie Lord filled 
the house of the jLorS;" and I fell upon my 
face. 

She i.or^.saiou'o'omcSonofman,, 

mark well, and behold wjth thine eyes, and 

hear with .hatIsavuntoth.ee 

inces of the house 

oftheLon he laws thereof ; and 



6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, 
even to thehonse of Israel, Thus saith the 
Lord God, O ye house oflsrael, let it suf- 
fice you of all your abominations, 

7 In that ye have brought into my sanc- 
tuary strangers, uncirenmcised in heart, 
and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my 
sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, 
when ye offer my bread, the fat and the 
blood, and they -have broken my covenant 
because of all year abominations. 

8 And ye have not kept the charge of 
mine holy things : but ye have set keepers 
of my charge in my sanctuary for your- 
selves. 

9 % Thus saith the Lord God, No .strang- 
er, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircum- 
cised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctua- 
ry, of any trauger .hat is among the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

10 And the Levites that ore gone away 
far from me, when Israel went astray, 
which went astr^tyaway from me afiertheir 
idols: they shall even bear, their iniquity. 

11 Yet they eh oil be ministers in my 
sanctuary, /mving' charge at the gates of 
the house, and ministering to the house : 
they shall slay the burnt offering and the 
sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand 
before them to minister unto them. 

12 Because they minister unto them be- 
fore their idols, and caused the house of 
Israel to fall into iniquity ; therefore have 
I lifted up mine hand against them, saith 
the Lord God, and they shall bear their 
iniquity. 

13 And they shall not come near unto 
me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor 
to come near to any of my holy things, ia 
the mast holy place. : but they shall bear 
their shame and their abominations which 
they have committed. 

14 But 1 will make them keepers of the 
charge of ti)e house, for all the service 
thereof, and for all that shall be done there- 
in. 

15 But the priests the Levites, the sons 
of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanc- 
tuary when the children oflsrael went as- 
trayfrom me, they shall come near to me 
to minister unto me, and they shall stand 
before, me to offer unto me the fat and 
the blood, saith the Lord God : 

16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, 
and they shall come near to my table, to 
minister unto me, and they shall keep my 
charge. 

17 'f And it shall come to pass, that 
when they enter in at the gates of the in- 
ner court, they shall be clothed with linen 
garments ; and no wool shall come upon 
them, whiles they minister in the gates oi 
the inner court, and within. 

U i.ivy shall have linen bonnets upon 



meet of the f* £1» 

their heads, and shall have linen breeches 

gird Men* 

ietveA v. th sweat. 

theout- 

urtto the 

their garment 

i 

the h<.! II put - n 

other ga 

he peoplewith tht ii i 

nor sui row lo::;^; they 

uj pi iest drink wine, 
when court. 

ytakefoi theiv wives 

.1, or a widow that had a 

id they shall teach my peop'e the 

\ and pro ane, 

entheun- 

v shall stand in 
judge it accord- 
shall keep 
. llinineassem- 

. 

ut lor father, or 

- had no 

-■ i, th< y shall 

gceth into the 

- 

in 
bethi 

- 

h )1\ portion ol the laud : tbe : 



p. xlv. The dhruhn of die knd. 63* 

£c the length of nve and twenty thousand 
id tin., breadth shall be ten then- 

sand. This »Aa# .V holy in all the 
round about. 

2 ot this there shall be for the sancuia* 
ry five hundred in length, with five hun- 

:c r.'iind about ; and 
.^ round about ibr the suburbs 
thereof. 

3 And of this measure shaft thou meas- 
ure the l< and twenty thousand, 

and : and in in 
Lie sanctuary end the most holy 

4 The holy portion of the land shall be 
fgr the priests, the ministers oi tjie sanctu* 
ary, which .shall come near to minister un- 

. rd: and it shall be a place lor 
... I) place for the sanc- 
tuary.- 

5 And the five and twenty thousand of 

ireaekhj 
ers oftlic 
■ 
sion for twenty chamters. 

('■>< A] . point the pos 

ofthe city five thousand bread, and five, 
and twenty thousand long, over i 
the oblation ofthc holy fioriion : it shall be 
whole h< use of Israel. 
' nd a portion shdU be for die prince 
le side and on the other side of the 
; the holy portion, and of the pc - 

ofthc oily, from the west side wea 

gainst one of the p ir- 
on the west border Unto the east 

8 In the lard shall be his 

i >re op- 
ine land 

: ii move \ •- 

I 

:i t;. 

I 



682 The fmnc^sftotdon. 



14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the 
bath of oil, ye shall bffcr the tenth part of a 
bath out of the cor, which is an homer of 
ten baths, for ten baths are an homer : 

15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of 
two hundred, out of the fat pastures ef Is- 
rael ; for a meat offering, and for a burnt 
offering, and for peace offerings, to make 
reconciliation for them, saith the Lord 
God. 

16 All the people of the land shall give 
this oblation for the prince in Israel. 

17 And it shall be the prince's pail to 
give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, 
and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in 
the new moons and in the sabbaths, in all 
solemnities of the house of Israel : he shall 
prepare the sin offering, and the meat of- 
fering, and the burnt ofiering.and the peace 
offerings, to make reconciliation for the 
house of Israel. 

18 Thus saith the Lord God, In the first 
month, in the fifth day of the month, thou 
shalt take a young bullock without blemish 
and cleanse the sanctuary : 

19 And the priest shall take of the blood 
of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts 
ef the house, and upon the four corners of 
the settle of the altar, and upon the posts 
of the gate of the inner court. 

20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day 
of the month for every one that erreth, and 
for 1 him thati&wzstf&i so shall ye recbii- 
cile the hcuse. 

21 In the first rkontfi. in the fourteenth 
day of the month, ye shall have the passo- 
ver, a feast of seven days; unleavened 
bread shall be eaten. 

22 And upon that day shall the prince 
prepare for himself and for ajl the people 
of the land a bullock foY a sin offering. 

23 And seven days of the feast he shall 
prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, sev- 
en bullocks and seven rams with' 

ish daily the seven davs : end a kid afthe 
goats daily/era sin )nc 



2EKIEL. Ordinances for the princes* 

of the porch of that gate without, and shall 
"stand by the post of the gate, and the 
priest shall prepare his burnt offering and 
his peace offerings, and he shall worship 
at the threshold of the gate : and he shall 
go forth ; but the gate shall not be shut un- 
til the evening. 

3 Likewise the people of the land shall 
worship at the door of this gate before the 
Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons. 
^ 4 And the burnt offering that the prince 
shall offer unto tne Lord in the sabbath day, 
shall be six lambs without blemish, and a 
ram without ble 

5 And the me:* offering shall be an e- 
phah tor a ram, and 'he meat offering for 
the lambs as he shah be able to give, and 
an hin of oil to an ephah ; 

6 AiidintHed ivofthe new moon it shall 
be a young bullock without blemish, and six 
lambs, and a ram : they shall be without 
blemish : 

7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, 
an ephaph for a bullock, and an ephah for 
a ram, and for the lambs according as his 
hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to 
an ephah. 

8 And when the prince shall enter, he 
shall go in by the way of the porch of that 
gate, and he shall go forth by the way there- 
of. 

9 ■[[ But when the people of the land shall 
come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, 
he that entereth in !>y the way of the north 
gate to worship, shall go out by the way of 
the south gate; and he that entereth' by 
the way of the south gate, shall go forth by 
the way of the north gate : he shall not re- 
turn by the way of the gate whereby he 
came in, but shah go forth over against it. 

10 And the prince in the midst of them, 



And hi 



or a 
for 



a bull 



n hin of oil for an ephah. 
25 In the seventh mon'.'i, in the fifteenth 
day of the month, shall he do the line in the 
least of the seven days, according to the 
sin offering, according to the burnt offering, 
and according to the meat offering, and ac- 
cording to the oil. 

CHAP, XLVI. 
1 Ordinances for the /. rinct in his worship, 

! for the people* 

THUS saith the Lord God, The gate 
e inner court that looketh toward 
the east shall be shut the six working days ; 
but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in 
*he day of the new moon it shall be opened. 
2 And the prince shall enter by the way 



wliSi they go in, shall go in ; and when 
they go forth, shall go forth. 

11 And in the ft a >tsj and in the solemni- 
ty I e meat offering shall be an ephah 

tilock, and an ephah to a ram, and to 
I ■ anib" as he is able tu^ive, end an hin 
) an ephah. 

12 Now when the prince shall prepare 
a voluntary burnt offering or peace offer- 
ings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall 
then open him the gate that looketh to- 
ward the east, and lie shall prepare his 
burnt offering and his peace offerings as he 
did omthe sabbath day : then he shall go 
forth : and alter his going forth one shall 
shut the gate. 

13 Thou shalUdaily prepare a burnt of- 
fering unto the Lord of a. lamb of the first 
year without blemish : thou shalt prepare 
it every morning. 

14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offer- 
ing tor it every morning, the sixth part of 
au ephah, and the third part of an hin of 






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-nper with the fine P. r ,v>r ; a meat 
. by a perpetual ordi- 
. 

li Thus shall they prepare the lamb, 
I the oil, every 

le inheri- 

leritance 
. ite histo 

ill return 
c shall be 

lot take 
>ple*s inheritance by oppression, to 

: scatter- 
ed 
.the en- 
try, whk 

- ofthe priests, which 
. the north : and behold, there 
H Jtward, 

me, This is the 

kail boil the trcs- 

iflering, where 

fering ; that they 

7i not out in court, to 

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brought me forth into the 

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I A P. XLVII. 

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ofth and led me 

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there r~n out waters on the right side* 

3 And when the man that had the line in 

his hand wen forth ( :ala 

Ihousi hebrought me through 

aters ware to tlie an- 

■r Again he measured a thousand, and 

iters; the waters 

wert \ in he measured a 

thousand, and brought me through; the 

I i the loins. 

5 AfterVrard he measured a thousand, 

I river that I could not pass o- 
i er : fer the waters were risen, waters to 
swim in, a river that could not be passed 
over. 

6 1 And he said unto me, Son of man ? 
ha -.t thou seen thin'/ Then he brought me, 
and caused me to return to the brink ofthe, 
river. 

7 Now when 1 had returned, behold, at 
the bank ofthe river urrc very many tree* 
Oil the one side and on the other. 

8 Then said he unto me, These waters 
issue out toward the east country, and £• 
down into the desert, and go into the sea : 
iL'/uch being brought forth into the sea, the 
waters shall be healed. 

9 And it shall come to pass, that every 
thing that liveth, which moveth, whither- 
soever the rivers shall come, shall live : and 
there shall be a very great multitude offish, 
because these waters shall come thidier : 
for they shall be healed ; and every tiling 
shall live whither the liver cometh. 

10 And it shall come to pass, that the 
fishers shall stand upon it fromEngedi even 
unto Eneglaim ; they shall be a filace to 
spread forth nets ; their fish shall be ac- 
cordingto their kinds, as the fish of the 

.., exceeding many. 

11 Hut the iniry places thereof and the 
lies me reof, snail not be healed: they 

12 Ana by the river upon the bank th 

of, on this -.ide and on tiiat bide, shall gTOV 
all tr 

A r shall the fruit thei a.ed: 

' bring forth new fruit according to 
his months, oecaux 

rj ; and the • 
. indthx leaftl 
:ne. 

I • | 6\ Thk 

i il all inherit 

1 ye shall inherit it . 
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I this shall 

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£84 The Borders of the land. 



EZEKIEL. Portions of the twelve tribes, 6#. 



16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is 

-between the border of Damascus, and the 
.border ofHamath ; ffazarhatflcon, which 
?s by the coast of Hauran. 

17 And the border from the sea shall be 
Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and 
the north northward, and the border oi Ha- 
math. And this is the nOrth side. 

18 And the east side ye shall measure 
from Hauran, and irom Damascus, and 
from Gilead. and from the land of Israel, by 
Jordan, irom the herder unto the east sea. 
And this is the east side. 

19 And the south side southward, from 
Tamar, even to the waters of strife in Ka- 
desh, the river to the great sea. 1 

is the south side southward. 

20 The west side also shall be the great 
sea from the border tiii a man come over 
against Ham ath. This is the west side. 

21 So shall ye divide this land unto you, 
according to the tribes of Israel. 

22 And it shall come to- pass, that ye shall 
divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, 
and to the strangers that sojourn among. 
you, which shall beget children among 
you : and they shall be unto you as born in 
the country among the children of Israel ; 
they shall have inheritance with you a- 
mong the tribes of Israel. 

.23 And it shall come to pass, that in what 
tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall 
ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord 
God. 

CHAP. XLVIII. 

1, 23 The portions of ihe twelve tribes, 

8 and of the sanctuary ', <J?c. 

NOW these are the names of the tribes. 
From the north end to the coast of the 
way of Hethioii', as one goeth to Hamath, 
Hazarenan, the border of Damascus north- 
ward, to the coast of Hamath ; for these 
are his sides east and west a portion far 
Dan. 

2 And by the border of Dan, from the east 
side unto the west side, & portion for Asher. 
• 3 And by the border of As'aer, from the 
east side even unto the west side} a "portion 
for Naphtalh 

4 And by the border of N aphtali, from 
the east side unto the west side. a. portion 
for Manasseh. 

5 And by the border of Manasseh, from 
the east side unto the west side,* n portion 
for Ephraim. 

6 And by the border of Ephraim, from 
the east side even unto the west side, kjior- 
tionfcr Reuben . 

7 And by the border of Reuben, from 
the east side even unto the west side, a 
Portion for Judah; 

8 *[} And by the border of Judah, from 
the east side unto the west side, shall be 
the offering which ye shall offer bffire and 



twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in 
.length as one of the other parts, from the 
•east side unto the west side: and the sanc- 
tuary shall be in the midst of it. 

9 "The oblation that ye snail offer unta 
the Lord shall be of five' and twenty thou- 
sand in length, and of ten thousand in 
breadth. 

10 And for them, even for the pries*^, 
shall be this holy oblation ; toward the 
north f;ve and twenty thousand in lengthy 
and toward the west ten thousand in 
breadth, and toward the east ten thousand 
in breadth, and toward the south five arid 
twenty thousand in length : and the sanc- 
tuary of the Lord shall be in the midst there- 
of. 

11 It shall be for the priests that are 
sanctified of the sons of Zadok : which have. 
kept my charge, which went not astray 
when the children of Israel went astray, 
as the Levites went astray. 

12 And this oblation of the land that is 
offered shall be unto them a thing most ho- 
ly by the order of the Levites. 

13 And over against the border of the 
priests the Levites shall have five and twen- 
ty thousand in length, and ten thousand in 
breadth : all the "length shall be five and 
twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thou- 
sand. 

14 And they shall net sell oi it, neitheF 
exchange, nor alienate the first fruits of 
the land : for it is holy unto the Lord. 

15 And the five thousand that are left 
in the breadth over against the live and 
twenty thousand, shall be a profane place 
for the city, for aw ell ing, and for suburbs: 
and the city shall be in the midst there- 
of, 

16 And these shall be the measures there- 
of ; the north side four thousand and five 
hundred, and the south side four thousand 
and five hundred, and on the east side four 
thousand and live hundred, and the west 
side four thousand and five hundred. ' 

17 And the suburbs of the city shall b£ 
toward the north two hundred and fifty, 
and toward the south two hundred and fifty, 
and toward the east two hundred and fifty, 
and toward the west two hundred and 
fifty. 

18 And the residue in length over against 
die oblation of the holy portion shall be 
ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand 
westward : and it shall be over against the 
oblation of the holy fiortion : and the in- 
crease thereof shall" be for food unto them 

. .et :e city. 

1 ? And they that serve the city shall serve 
it cut of all the tribes of Israel. 

20 All the oblations shall be five and 
twenty thousand by five and twenty thou- 
sand :' ye shall offer the holy oblation four - 



• of tl.c city. 

ince, 
< f the ho- 

ty, ovt: aity thou- 

sand of ist border, 

■ 

twenty * ' border, 

-.iitst the \y i 

lation ; and the 
. the midst 
thereof. 

r,from the possession of the 

ty, bcirg in the midst J thai v hichis the 
i rof Judah and 

prince. 

:>om the 
aiod ahail 

. 

I - sachar a 
har, from 

bulun, from the 



Daniel refttsetk the £mg*<f meat. QV 

C8 And by the border of Gad at the south 
aide southward, the border shall be even 
from Tamar UN/o the waters of strife /'/: 
Kadesh, and to the river toward th 
sea. 

29 This u the land which ye shall divide 
• 
ance, and these are their portions, saitfc 
the Lord God. 

: . these are the goings out of the 
city on the north side, four mousai 
five hundred meas!, 

31 And the gates of the city she" 
ter the names efthe tribes oflsrael : three 
gates rvorthwar I • 4 Reuben, cue 

! at the east ssd i ir thousand 
'.1 three gates ; and 

i at the south side four thousand 
and five hundred measures : and three 
gates ; one gate of Simeon, oi e gate of !.*•■- 

est side four thousand and 
five hundred, with their three gates; one 

gate of Gad, one gate of Aslicr, on 
ofKaphtali. 

35 It wtu round about eighteen f 
meaaurt a ; and the name oi the ( it;, n • «a 
that day shall be, The Lord i* there. 



The Book of Daniel. 



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5 And the king appointed then 
nsion of the kite's meat, and I 
e which he drank: so nourishin g t h e m 
ITS, that at the end then 
• 

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of Judah, Daniel I tej, and 

whom tlie * 

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685 Nebuchadnezzarforgets his dream. B. 

liking than the children which are of your 
sort: Then shall ye make me endanger 
my head to the king. 

11. Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom 
the prince of the eunuchs had set over 
Daniei, Hananiah, Mishael, and'Azariah, 

12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, 
ten days ; and let them give us pulse to 
eat, and water to drink. 

13 Then let our countenances be looked 
upon beiore thee, and the countenance of 
the children that eat of the portion eft the 
king's meat : and as thou seest deal with 
thy servants. 

14 So he consented to them in this mat- 
ter, and proved them ten days. 

15 And at the end often days their coun- 
tenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh 
than all the children which did eat the por- 
tion of the king's meat. 

16 Then Meizar took away the portion 
of their meat, end the wine that they sjiuu'd 
drink ; and K^ve them pulse. 

\7 As for these four children, God gave 
them knowledge and skill in ah learning 
and wisdom : and Daniel had understand- 
ing in all visions. and dreams* 

18 Now at the end of the days that the 
king had said he .should bring them in, then 
the prince of the eunuchs brought them in 
before Nebuchadnezzar. 

19 And the king communed with them ; 
and among them ail was found none like 
Daniel-, Hananiah, Mishaei, and Azariah : 
therefore stood they before the king. 

20 And in all matters of wisdom and 
understanding, that the king inquired of 
them, he found them ten times better than 
all the magicians and astrologers that were 
in all his realm. 

21 And Daniel continued even unto the 
first year of king Cyrus. 

CHAP. II. 
1 J\*ebuchad?i<:zzarforgeticih his dream ; 
14 Daniel Jindeth it, 31 The dream, 
36 and interpretation. 

AND in the second year of the reign of 
Nebuchadnezzar, Nebucliadnezoar 
dreamed dreams, wherewith hisspiric was 
troubied, and his sieep brake trom him. 

2 Then the king commanded to call the 
magicians, and the astrologers, and the 
sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew 
the king his dreams. So they came and 
stood before the king. 

3 And the king said unto them, I have 
dreamed a dream, and my spirit was trou- 
bled to know the dream. 

4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king 
in Syriack, O king live for ever : tell thy 
servants the dream, and we will shew the 
interpretation. 

5 The kin. 1 ; answered and said to the 
Chaldeans, The tiling is gone from me ; 



ANIEL. Daniel Jindeth it. 

if ye will not make known unto me the 
dream, with the interpretation thertof, je 
shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shaft 
be made a dunghill. , 

6 But it >e si sew the dream, and the in- 
terpietation thereof, -ye shall rtdeive of 
me gnts and rewaWJs end treat honor: 
therefore shew me the dream, and the in- 
terpretation thereof. 

/They answered again and said, Let 
rhekingtell his servants the dream, ai.d 
we will shew Hie interpretation of it. 

8 The king answered and said, 1 know 
of certainty that ye woukl gain the time, 
because ye see the thing is gone bom me. 

9 But if ye will not make known unto 
me the dream, there is but. one decree tor 
you : tor ye have prepared lying and cor- 
rupt words to speak before me, iill the time 
be changed ; therefore tell me the dream, 
and I shall know that ye can shew me the 
interpretation tl iereotV 

10 The Chaldeans answered before the 
king, and said, There is not a man upon 
the earth that can shew the tefeg's etc tte>; 
therefore i/itre it no king) te*d, nor ruler, 
that asked such things at am magician, or 
astrologer, or Chaldean. 

11 And it is a rare tning that the king 
requireth, and there ismene otheiHhat can 
shew it before the king, except the gods 
whose dwelling is not v. ith flesh. 

12 For this cause die king was angry and 
very furious a) id commanded to destroy 
all the wise men ci Bab\ km 

13 And die decree went forth that the 
wise men shouid be slain ; and die}' sought 
Daniel and his iehows to be slain. 

1411 Then Daniel answered with coun- 
sel and wisdom to Ari th the captain of 
the king's guard, which was gone forth to 
slay the wise men of Babylon : 

15 He answered and said to Aricch the 
king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty 
from the king i Then Aricch made the 
thing known to Daniel. 

lo Then Daniel went in, and desired of 
the king that he would give him time, and 
that lie would shew the king the interpre- 
tation. 

17 Then Daniel went to his house, and 
made the thing known to Hananiah, Mi- 
shael, and Azariah, his companions : 

18 That they w(,uld desire mercies of 
the God of heaven concerning this secret : 
that Daniel and his iellows should not per- 
ish with the rest ol the wise men ot Baby- 
lon. 

19 Then was the secret revealed unto 
; Daniel in a night vision* Then Daniel bles- 
sed the God of heaven. 

20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be 
the name of God forever and ever : fer 
wisdom and might are his : 



+Ycbuchadnezzars dream : 



Chap. ii. 



.The :r 7. 6V 



21 And he changeth the 
seasons: he rei 

up kings : her • ihewise, 

and knowledge tothem that know under- 
standing. 

22 He reveateth the deep anc* 

;he dark- 

Othou 

: 

thou hast new made known unto us the 

lereforc Daniel went in unto Ari- 

och, whom the king had ordained to de- 

: he went 



35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass 
the silver, and the gold, broker, to pieces 
: . and became ;;' oi the 

. ,i,e wind 
.. ay, that no place was found 
: and the stone that smote the 
at mountain, and fail- 
ed the whole e 

earn ; and fce will 
interpretation thereot before the 
king. 

37 Thru, O king, art a king of kings : 
far the God olheaven ha'.h 
kingdom, power, and strength, and 

esoever the children of men 
dwell, the beasts of the firld and thi 
avenhath he given intothii 



unto him, Destroy net the . and hath made tho 
: bringmeinbetbi e 

unto the king, thein- 

• in Daniel he- 
king in haste, and J-aid tlms unto 
him, Ihwetounda man oi tl 

II make known unto the king 

>rcr\ and said to Dan- 
:eshazzar, Art 

.Mown unto me die 

and the inter- 

1 in the presence ot 
the king f ~ret which the 

king hat 

he king ; 

h known to the 
be in the 

i:y bed, wh . 

■ 

me, this secret i 

:n that 1 have 
: • ny living, but for l/i 

I ■ 

. 

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: :.d l 

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.' this head of go-Id* 

nd after thee shall arise i thei 

kingdom interi i lanother third 

kingdom ot brass, which shall bear rule c- 

Lrth. 
40 And the fourth kingdom shall b 
as iron : forasmuch as iron breaketh to 
pieces and subdueth all t/u 
iron that breakedi all these, snail it break 
in pieces and bruise. 

41 And whereas thou sa west the 1 
toes, part of potters' clay, and part oi iron, 
the kingdom shall be divided: but tlierw 
shall be in it of the strength of the iron, 
I- i Lsmuchas thou sawest the in u 
v ;'n miry cla) . 

•i-'j And as the toes of the feet were part 

ct iron, and part ot clay, so the k 

parti) stn ng, and partly b 

43 Ana whereas thou sawest in i 

with miry clay, they shall m i . 

selves \sith the seed of men : but r > 

to another) even as ii 
not mixed with cla] . 

: in the days of these kinj 
the God i 

- i i : 1 11 never be I 

me all 

. it shall st.u, . 
\> P. 

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-, the <ia\ ,th< 

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and the dream 

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€83 The gvldemmbge set ufo. EZEK 

vealerofsec.-ets., seeing thou couldest re- 
veal this secrets, 

48 Then the king made Daniel a great 
man, and gave him many great gifts, and 
made him ruier ovej the whole province 
of Babylon, nnd chief of the governors o- 
ver all the wise tm n of Babylon. 

49 Then Daniel requited of the king, 
and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abeti- 
jBe'gOy'bver the affairs ot the province of 
Bab j' Ion : but Daniel sat in the gate of the 
king. 

CHAP, III. 
1 J\ r ebu~hadnt::zar dedicuteth a golden 
image in Dura. 8 Shadrach) Meshach 
and ' jibsdne&i) are accused, 19 deliv- 

NfiBUCH AD1 ' EZZ ARthe king made 
an image of gold, whose height was 
threescore dibits, and the breadth thereof 
six cubits : he set it up in the plain of Du- 
ra, in the province of Babyian. 

2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent 
to gather together the princes, the gover- 
nors, and the captains, the judges, the 
treasurers, the counsellors,the sheriffs, and 
all the rulers of the provinces, to come to 
the dedication of the image which Nebu- 
chadnezzar the king had set up. 

3 Then the princes, die governors, and 
captains, the judges, the treasurers, the 
counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers 
of tiie provinces, were gathered together 
unto the dedication of the image that Ne- 
buchadnezzar the )■ ing had set up ; and 
they stood before the image thatNebuchad- 
nezzar had set up. 

4 Then an herald cried aloud. To you it 
is commanded, O people, nations, andian- 

' gaffes, 

5 That at what time yc hear the sound 
of the, cornet, flute, harp, sack'out, psalte- 
ry, dulcimer, and all kinds ei musick, ye 
faiido-wi) and worship the golden image 
that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: 

6 And whoso fal.'eth not down and wor- 
shipped^ shall the same hour be cast into 
the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 

7 Therefore at tb at time, when all the 
people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, 
harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of 
musick, all the people, the nations, and the 
languages, fell down and worshipped the 

f olden image that Nebuchadnezzar the 
ing had setup. 

8 % Wherefore at that time certainChal- 
ckans came near, and accused the Jews. 

9 They spake and said to the king Ne- 
fcnehadnezzar, O king, live for ever. 

10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, 
that every man that shall hear the sound 
of the cornet, (kite, harp, sackbut, psalte- 
ry, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, 
snail fall down and worship the golden im- 
3£e: 



IEL. Shadrach, csfc. cast into the furnace*. 

11 And whoso falleth not down and wor- 
shipped!, that he should be cast into the 
midst of a burning fiery furnace. 

12 There are certain Jews whom thou 
hast set over the affairs of the province of 
Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
ncgo ; these men, O king,have not regard- 
ed thee : they serve not thy gods, nor wor- 
ship the golden image which thou hast set 
up. 

13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage 
and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, 
Meshach and Abednego. Then they 
brought these men before the king. 

14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said un- 
to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, 
and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, 
nor worship the golden linage which 1 nave 
set up : 

15 Now if ye be ready that at what time 
ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, 
sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all 
kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship 
the image which 1 have made tvelli but if 
ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same 
hour into the midst of a burning fiery fur- 
nace ; and, Who is that God that shall de- 
liver you out of my hands.- 

1G Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, 
answered and said to the king, O Nebu- 
chadnezzar, we are not careful to answer 
thee in this matter. 

17 If it be so our God whom we serve, 
is able to deliver us from the burning fiery 
furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine 
hand, O king. 

18 But if not, be it known unto thee, G 
king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor 
worship the golden image which thou hast 
set up. 

19 "If Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of 
fury, and the form of his visage was chan- 
ged against Shadrach, Meshach, and A- 
bednego : therefore he spake, and com- 
manded that they should heat the furnace 
one seyen times more than it was wont to 
to be heated. 

20 And he commanded the most migh- 
ty men that were in his army to bind Sha- 
drach, Meshach and Abednego, and to cast 
them into the burning fiery furnace. 

21 Then these men were bound in their 
coats, their hosen,and their hats, and their 
other garments, and were cast into the 
midst of the burning fiery furnace. 

22 Therefore, because the king's com- 
mandment was urgent, and the furnace ex- 
ceeding hot, the ilctmeof the' fire slew those 
men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abednego. 

23 And these three men , Shadrach, Me- 
shach, and Abednego, tell down bound into 
the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 

24 Then Nebuchadticzzar the king was- 



^'ebuchadnezTar's dstorrinhment. Chap 

j as'onied, and rose up in haste, and spake, ' 
i : ,d unto his counsellors, Did net we 
cast three men bound into the midst of the 
fire I they answered and said unto the king, 
True, O king, 

25 He answered and said, Lc, I see four 
men loose, walking in the midst oh he fire, 
and they have no hurt ; arid the form of 
the fourth is like the Son of God. 

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to 
the month ing fiery furnace, 
and .spake, and . . \ Meshach, 
and Abedi • most 
high God, come ibr t h, and i 

Then Shadrach. kbedne- 

go, came forth of the midst of the fire. 

27 And the ; . mors, and cap- 
tains, anc 

thered togethei , men, upon 

dies the fire had no power, nor 
was an hair of their head sieged, neither 
were their coats changed, nor the smell of 
fire had passed on 

28 7 adnezzar spi I 

said.1 ladrach, Me- 

shai nego, who hath sent his 

anc ; trus- 

ted in him, and have changed the king's 
word] and yielded their bodies, that they 
,i not serve nor worship any God, ex- 
cept their n-.vn God. 

29 Therefore 1 make a decree, That 

every people, nation, and language which 

k an) thing v the God of 

:. shall 

be cut hit hall be 

no oth- 

. 

of Babylon. 

chap. iv. 

•1 JVtbuch . . 19 Daniel in- 

ter- 

Nng, un- 

thal 

is U 

6 There* 

all tiv 
that l 



iv: 



iffisdrecm. 589 



7 Then came in the magicians, the as- 
trologers, the v a the sooth- 
sayers : and I told the dream before them ; 
but they did net make known unto me thu 
interpretation thereof. 

8 But at the last Daniel came in before 

accor- 
ding to t! . - G od, and in whom 
id :>:tor« 
: )ld the di earn, 'ncying^ 
m 9 O Belteshazzar, mutter of the magi- 
cians, because I know that the spirit of the 
s is in thee, and no .secret troub- 
led) thee, tell m< , of my dream 
that I have seen, and the interpretation 
thereof. 

10 Thus Were the visions ot mine head 
in my lied ; I saw, and, behold, a tree in 
the midst ot the earth, and the height tttere- 

reat. 

11 The tree grew and was strong, and 

and die sight thereof to the end of all the 
earth : 

12 The leaves thereof tOere fair, and the 

fruit thereof much, and in 3c - - 
all : the beasts of the held had shadow un- 
der it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt 
in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed 
of it. 

13 I saw in the visions of my head upon 

and, behold a watcher and an ho- 
..mc down from heaven ; 
14 He cried alcud, and said tl.v 
•tree, and cut offhisbr: 
shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit - 
v it, and 
in Ins branch . 

le Btumpof his. 
"i. even with a band 

and let it be W 

and let his portion be witli the be; 

. man's, 
to him j 

■ 

■ 

i 
whom* 
r it the 

iy ti 

- 



6S0 Nebuchadnezzar's dream solved. DANIEL, Bclshazzar's imjdous feast, 

it the dream, of the field : they shall make thee to eat 



and said, Belteshaa 

or the interpretation thereot, trouble thee. 
Bekeshazzar answered andsaid,My lord, 
the dream be to them that hate thee, and 
the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. 

20 The tree that thou sawest, which 
pre w, and was strong, whose height reach- 
ed unto the heaven, and the sight thereof 
to all theeai th ; 

21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit 
thereof much, and in it was meat for all ; 
Under which the beasts of the field dwelt, 
and upon wtyase branches the fowls of the 
heaven had their habitation : 

22 It is thou, O king, that art grown 
and become strong : for thy greatness is 
grown, and reachetli onto heaven, and thy 
dominion to the end of the earth. 

23 And whereas, the king saw a watcher 
and an holy one ceding down from heaven, 
and saying, Hew the tree down, and des- 
troy it; yet leave the stump of the roots 
thereot in the earth, even with a band of 
iron and brass, in the tender grass of the 
field ; and let it be wet with the dew of 
heaven, and i-t his portion be with the 
beasts of the field, till seven times pass over 
him : 

24 This is the interpretation, O king, 
and this is die decree of the Most High, 
which is come upon my lord die king : 

25 That they shaft drive thee from men, 
and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of 
the field, and they shall make thee to cat 
grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with 
the dew of heaven, and seven times shall 
pass over thee, till thou know that the 
Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, 
and giveth it to whomsoever he v\ ill, 

- : '6 And whereas, they commanded to 
leave the stump of the tree roots : thy 
kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that 
thou shalt have known that the heavens 
do rule. 

27 Wherefore, Q king, let mv counsel be 
acceptable unto thee, and break oft" thy 
sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities 
by shewing mercy to the poor ; if it may- 
be •! lengthening of thy tranquillity, 

23 \ All this came upon the king Nebu- 
chadnezzar. 

29 At the end of twelve months he walk- 
ed in the palace ofthe kingdom ofBabvJon. 

30 The king spake, and said, Is not this 
great Babylon, that J have built ior the 
hewse of the kingdom by the mi; ht of mv 
power, and for the honor of my majesty? 

31 While the word was in 'the king's 
mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, say- 
ing, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it'is 
spoken, The kingdom is departed from 
thee. 

32 And thev shall drive thee from men, 
and thy dwelling shall Oe with the beasts 



jrass as oxen, and seven times shall pass 
over thee, until thou know that the Most 
High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and 
giveth it to whomsoever he will. 

33 Tne same hour was the thing fulfill- 
ed u;>oii Nebuchadnezzar: and ne was 
driven from men, and did eat grass as ox- 
en, and his body was wet with the dew of 
heaven, till his hairs were grown like ea- 
g\es'feather&, and his naiislike birds' claws, 

34- And at the end of the days 1 Nebu- 
chadnezzar lilted up mine eyes unto heav- 
en, and mine understanding returned unto 
me, and 1 blessed the Most High, and I 
praised and honored him thatliveth fore- 
ver, whose dominion is an everlasting do- 
minion, and his kingdom is from genera- 
tion to generation : 

35 And all the inhabitants of the earth 
are reputed as nothing : and he doeth ac- 
cording to his will in the army of heaven, 
and among the inhabitants of 'the earth : 
and none can stay his hand, or say uato 
him. What doest. thou I 

36 At the same time my reason return- 
ed unto me ; and ior the glory of my king- 
dom mine honor and brightness returned 
unto rue ; and my. counsellors and mv lords 
sought unto me ; and I was established in 
my kingdom, and excellent majesty was 
added unto me. 

37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise i..id 
extol and honor the king of heaven, all 
whose works are truth, and his ways judg- 
ment : and those that walk in pride he is 
able to abase. 

CHAP. V 

1 Belshazzar's ivi/nous f ( ast. 5 A hand 

writing troubleih him. \7 Daniel re- 

firoveth him, 25 and intcrpreteth the 

wiling. 

BELSHAZZAR the king made a great 
feast to a thousand of his lords, and 
drank wine before the thousand. 

2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine 
commanded to bring the golden and silver 
vessels which Iris father Nebuchadnezzar 
had taken out ofthe temple which was in 
Jerusalem : that the king, and his princes, 
his wives, and his concubines, might drink 
therein. 

3 Then they brought the golden vessels 
that were taken out of the temple ot the 
house of God which was at Jerusalem ; and 
the king, and his princes, his wives, and 
his concubines, drank in them. 

4 They drank wine, and praised the 
gods of gold, and of silver, oi brass, of iron, 
ci wood, and of stone. 

5 *!} In the same hour came forth fingers 
of a man's hand, and wrote over against 
the candlestick upon the plaster ot the wall 
ofthe king's palace: and the king saw 
the part ofthe hand that wrote. 



m&mritmg trouble s Bekhaz zar. Chag* 3» 



The uniting interpreted. 691 



6 Then the king's countenance was chang- 
ed, and his tli ed him, so that 
the joints of his loins were 1 *■ "., and his 
- note one agai 

7 The king cried aloud to bring in the 

savers. A said to the 

jsoever shall 
read this wriv 

arithscar- 
I ibout his neck, 
er in the king- 

8 T'-.en came in all the king's wise men.' 
but they could not read the wril 

make known to the king the iuterpreta- 

9 1 king Belshazzar gr. 

I his countenance was chang- 
ed in him, and his lords were astoniecT. 

n of the words ! 
of the king and his lord^ came into the ban- : 
quet 

Ok:::-, live for ever : let not thy thoughts 
ethee, not let thy countenance be I 

11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in i 
: of the holy gods; and | 
in the clays ol thy father, lignt, and tin 

. the king, 

•r, made master of the ma- 

-■ ins, a/z<f sooth- 

-; irit,and 

. and shewing of h 

-re found 

I 

; 

and he will shew t 

. i before 
■;. And tbekii I said un- 

to DanieL Art thou : which art 

of Judah, 
whom the king my lather brought out of 
I 
14 J have even heard of thee, that the 
F the god's U \\ 

\ wisdom 
d in thee. 

10 And now | 

should read this writing, and make 
unto me the 

Ihet] 
16 An 

the wri- 

tationth< reof, thi u shaft i 

and have a c aboutthy 



neck, and shalt l)e the third ruler in the 
kingdom. 

17 * Then Daniel answered and said be- 
fore the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, 
and give thy rewards to another ; yefcj 
will read the writing unto the king, and 

i iwh to him the interpretation. 

18 O fiiou king, the most high God gave 
Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, 
and majesty, and glory, and honor j 

- majesty that he gave him, 
all peopK , rod languages, trem- 

bled and feared before lu'm : whom he 
would he slew ; and whom he would he 
kept alive ; and whom he would he set up ; 
and Whom he would he put down. 

20 But when his heart was lifted up, and 
his mind hardened in pride, he was de- 
posed from his kingly throne, and they 
look his glory from him : 

21 And he was driven from the sons of 
men: and Ids heart was made like the 
beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild 
asses : they fed him with grass like oxen, 
and his body was wet with the dew of heav- 
en ; til! he knew that the most high God 
ruled in the kingdom of men, and t hatha 
appointed! over it whomsoever he will. 

22 And thou his sori, O Belshazzar, hast 
not humbled thine heart,thoughthou knew' 
est all this ; 

hast lifted up thyself against the 
Lord of heaven ; and they have brought 
die vessels of his house before thee, and 
thou, and thy lords, thy wives and thy con- 
cubines, have drunk wine in them ; and 
thou hast praised the r, and 

gold, of brass, iron, wood, and Stone, which 
see not, nor hear, nor know : ;ind the God 

Kind thy breath wand wi 
all th\ i6ed: 

he hand sent 

from him; frritinewas written. 

25 *[ \ iting that was 

[ENE, TEKEL.U- 

. 

n of the thing: 
G ly king- 

hed it. 

I in the 
; 

I, 
I 

I 

a 
that he 

ok th* 

!. . ad two 



692 DanieVs fin ferment. 



DANIEL. 



He is cast into the lio, 



1 Daniel's fire ferment. 10 He is cast into 
the den of lions, 18 and saved. 

IT pleased Darius to set over the king- 
dom an hundred and twenty "princes) 
•which should be ever the whole kingdom : 

2 And over these three presidents (of 
whom Daniel %vas first), that the princes 
might give accounts unto them, and the j 
king should have no damage. 

3 Then this Daniel was preferred above 
the presidents and princes, because an ex- 
cellent spirit was in him ; and the king 
thought to set him over the whole realm. 

4 Then the presidents and princes sought 
to find occasion against Daniel concerning 
the kingdom ; but they could find none oc- 
casion nor fault ; forasmuch as he ivas 
faithful, neither was there any error or 
fault found in him. 

5 Then said these men, We shall not 
find any occasion against this Daniel, ex- 
cept we find it against him concerning the 
law ot his God. 

6 Then these presidents and princes as- 
sembled together to the king, and said thus 
unto him, King JJarius, live for ever. 

7 All the presidents ot the kingdom, the 
governors, and the princes, the counsel- 
lors, and the captains, have consulted to- 
gether to establish a royal statute, and to 
make a firm decree? that whomsoever shall 
ask a petition of any God or man for thir- 
ty days, save of tliee, O king, he shall be 
cast into the den of lions. 

8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and 
sign the writing, that it be not changed, ac- 
cording to the law of the Medes and Per- 
sians, which altereth not. 

9 Wherefore king Darius signed the 
writing and the decree. 

10 1J Now when Daniel knew that the 
■writing was signed, he went into his house ; 
and his windows being open in his cham- 
ber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled Upon his 
knees three times a day, and prayed, and 
gave thanks before his God, as he did a- 
foretime. 

11 Then these men assembled,ancl found 
Daniel praving and making supplication 
before his God. 

- 12 Then they came near, and spake be- 
fore the king concerning the king's decree : 
Hast thou not signed a decree, that every 
man that shall ask a petition of any God or 
jnan within thirty days> save ct" thee, O 
king, shall be cast into the den of lions i 
The king answered and said, The thing is 
true, according to the law of the Medes 
and Persians, which altereth not. 

13 Then answered the)- and said before 
the king, That Daniel, which is of the chil- 
dren of the captivity of Judah regardeth 
not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou 
hast signed, but maketh his petition three 
limes a day* 



14 Then the king, when he heard these t 
words, was sore displeased with himself, ir 
an&set his heart on Daniel to deliver him : 
and he laboured till the going down of the 
sun to deliver him. 

15 Then these men assembled unto the 
king, and said unto the king, Know, O 
king, that the law of the Medes and Per- 
sians is, That no decree nor statute which 
the king establisheth may be changed. 

16 Then the king commanded, and they 
brought Daniel, and cast him into the den 
of lions. Now the king spake and said un- 
to Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest 
continually, he will deliver thee. 

17 And" a stone was brought, and laid 
upon the mouth of the den ; and the king 
sealed it with his own signet, and with the 
signet of his lords j that the purpose might 
not be changed concerning Daniel. 

18 % Then the king went to his palace, 
and passed the night fasting : neither were 
instruments of musick brought before him : 
and his sleep went from him. 

19 Then the king arose very early in the 
morning, and went in haste unto the den of 
lions. 

20 And when he came to the den, he cri- 
ed with a lamentable voice unto Daniel : 
and the king spake and said to Daniel, O 
Daniel, servant of the living God, Is thy 
God, whom thou servest continually, able 
to deliver thee from the lions ? 

21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O 
king, live for ever. 

22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath 
shut the" lions' mouths, that they have not 
hurt me ; forasmuch as before him inno- 
cency was found in me ; and also before 
thee," O king, have I done no hurt. 

23 Then was the king exceeding glad 
for him, and commanded that they should 
take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel 
was taken up out of the den, aud no man- 
ner of hurt was found upon him, because 
he believed in his God. 

24 And the king commanded, and they 
brought those men which had accused Dan- 
iel, and they cast them into the den of lions, 
them, their children, and their wives ; and 
the lions had the mastery of them and brake 
all their bones in pieces or ever they came 
at the bottom of the den. 

25 Then king Darius wrote unto all peo- 
ple, nations, and languages, that dwell in 
all the earth ; Peace be multiplied unto 
you. 

26 I make a decree, That in every do- 
minion of my kingdom men tremble and 
fear before the God of Daniel : for he is 
the living God, and stedfast for ever, and 
his kingdom that which shall not be destroy- 
ed, and his dominion shall be even unto the 
end. 



Daniel** vision, Ifc. 



Cliap. vii. The viterfrctation thereof, 69$ 



"27 He delivereth and rcscueth, and he 
aiders in heaven and 
in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from 
the power of the lions. 

■ his Daniel prospered in the reign 
of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the 
Persian. 

CHAP. Vii. 
1 Dani*-l'ft vision of the four beasts, 9 of 
God?* kingdom. 15 The interpretation 
ther 

IN the first year of Belshazzar king of 
n, Daniel had a dream and vis- 
. s head upon his bed : then he wrote 
the dream, and told the sum of the niat- 

2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my 
vison by night, and behold, the four winds 
of the heaves strove upon the great sea, 

. four great beasts came up from 
the sea. diverse one from another. 

was like a lion, and had ea- 
e'.e's wing- : I beheld till the wings there- 
of were plucked, and it waslitted up from 
: ., and made stand upon toe feet 
., and a man's heart was given 
to it. 

5 And, behold, another beast, a second, 

like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one 

I it had three ribs in the mouth of 

it betwec and they said 

thus unto it, A much flesh. 

B Alter thi- nd lo, another, 

like ale had upon the back of 

a fowl : the breast had also 

ids; and dominion was given to it, 

p this I saw in the night 

■Id a fourth iful and 

. ind strong exceedingly; and it 

U iron teeth ; ind brake 

-, andstampc with the 

fcet of it : and .' Hi Ai the 

b it were before it: and i b 

cd the horns, and, behold, 

ne up among them another hale 

hom. befi irethreeofthe 

p by the roots: and, 

■ r cms like ' 

\ things. 
I till the throi^ a we 

B did sit whose 
garment . and the hair 

■I : h ; s thn ne 
wa* tike 

odsmin* 

nto him, and id times 

him: the judg- 

11 1 beheld then because of the voice of 
s which the horn v 
beheld even till the tj \ and his 



bod destroyed, and given to the burning 
flame. 

12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, 
they had these dominion taken away : yet 
their lives were prolonged for a season and 
time. 

13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, 
one like the Son of man came with the 
clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient 
of days, and they brought him near before 
him.* 

14 And there was given him dominion, 
and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, 
nations, and languages, should serve him : 
his dominion is an everlasting dominion, 
which shall not pass away ; and his king- 
don) thai which shall not be destroyed. 

1j*; 1 Daniel was grived in my spirit in 
the midst of my body, and the visions of my 
head troubled me. 

16 I came near unto one of them that 
stood by, and asked him the truth of all 
this. So he told me, and made me know 
the interpretation ot the things. 

17 These great beasts, which are four, 
are four kings, which shall arise out of the 
earth. 

13 Rut the saints of the Most High shall 
take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom; 
for ever, even For ever and ever. 

19 Then 1 would know the truth of the 
fourth beast, which was diverse from all 
the others, exco-edingu! eadfu!, whose teeth 

■ ./ iron, and his naSlso/brass ; which 
(J, brake in pieces, and Stamped the 
residue with his feet ; 

20 And of the ten horns that were in his 
head, and oj the other which came up, and 

fell; even o/'thathorn 
that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very 
if ... was more stout 

than his fellows. 

21 1 beheld, and the same horn made 
war with the saints, and prevailed against 
them : 

Ancient of daysca 

intsof theMott 
nigh ; and the time te saints 

urth beast shall 
... upon earth, which 

ii all kingdoms, and 

vour the whole earth, and shall 

ns out of this king" 
dora <:>■ 

them : and he ihafl 
rst, and he shall 8Ub- 
i 

•at words a- 

g.iinstll. 

. and think to 
lid laws : and they sh.ul l)C 
i lirs hand until a time and time*, 
and the dividing of time. 



©94 Yidm of the ram and goat. 



DAMEL 



7Vte interpretation thereof. 



26 Eut the judgmmt shall sit, and they | of heaven ; and it cast down some of the, 
shall take away his dominion, to consume host and of the stars to the ground, and 



and to destroy'/? unto the end. 

27 And the kingdom and dominion, and 
the greatness of the kingdom under the 
whole heaven, shall be given to the people 
cf the saints otthe Most High, whose king- 
dom is an everlasting kingdom, and all do- 
minion shall serve and obey him. 

28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. 
As for me Daniel, my cogitations much 
troubled me, and my countenance changed 
in me : but I kept the matter in my heart. 

(CHAP. VIII. 
X Daniels vision oj the ram and he goat. 
13 The two thousand three hundred 'days 
of sacrifice. 

IN the third year ot the reign of kingBel- 
shazzar a vision appeared unto me, e- 
ven unto me Daniel, after that which ap- 
peared unto me at the first. 

2 And I saw in a vision : and it came 
to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan 
272 the palace, which is in the province of 
Elam ; and 1 saw in a vision, and I was by 
the river of Ulai. 

.3 Then 1 lifted up' mine eyes, and saw, 
and, behold, there stood before the river 
a ram which had two horns : "and the two 
horns were high : but one was higher than 
the other, and the higher came up last. 

4 I saw the ram pushing westward and 
riorthward, and southward ; so that no 
beasts might stand before him, neither was 
there any that could deliver out of hishand ; 
but he did according to his will, and became 
great. 

5 And as I was considering, behold, an 
he goat came from the west on the face 
of the whole earth, and touched not the 
ground : and the goat had a notable horn 
between his eyes. 

6 And he came to the ram that had two 
homs, vthich I had seen standing before the 
viyer, anci ran unto him in the fury of his 
power. 

7 And I saw him come close unto the 
ram, and he was moved with choler against 
turn, and smote the ram, and brake his 
two horns : and there was no power in the- 
ram to stand before him, but "he cast him 
down to the ground, and stamped upon 
him : and there was none that 'could de- 
liver the ram cut of his hand. 

8 Therefore the he goat waxed very 
.great: and when lie was strong, the great, 
horn was broken : and for it came up tour 
notable ones toward the four winds of hea- 
yeri. 

9 Ardour of one of them came forth a 
little horn which waxed exceeding great, 
toward the south, and toward the east, and 
toward the pleasant land. 

^0 And it waxed great, even to the host 



stamped upon them. 

11 Yea, he magnified hi?nselfe\-en to the 
prince of the host, and by him the daily 
sacrifice was taken away, and the plac; of 
his sanctuary w 7 as cast down. 

12 And an host was given him against 
the daily sacrifice by reason of transgres- 
sion, and it cast down the truth to the 
ground ; and it practised, and prospered, 

13 -7 Then 1 heard one saint speaking, 
and another saint said unto that certain 
saint which spake, Kow long shall be the 
vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and 
the transgression of desolation , to give both 
the sanctuary and the host to be cr odden un? 
der foot f 

14 And he said unto me, Unto two thou- 
sand and three hundred days I then shall 
the sanctuary be cleansed. 

15 And it came to pass, when I, even I, 
Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for 
meaning, then, behold, there stood "before 
me as the appearance cf a man. 

15 And I heard a mams voice between 
the banks c/ Uiai, which called, and said, 
Gabriel, make this man to understand the 
vision. 

17 So he came near where I stood : and 
when he came. 1 was afraid, and fell upon 
my face : but he said unto me^Understand, 
O'son of man : ipv at the time of the end 
shall be the vision. 

18 Now as he was speaking with me, I 
was in a deep sleep on my face toward 
the ground : but he touched me, and set 
me upright. 

19 And he said. Behold, I will make thee 
know what shall be in the last end of the 
Indignation : for at the time appointed the 
end shall be. 

20 The ram which thou sawest having 
two herns are the kings cf Media and Per- 
sia. 

21 And the rough goat is the king of 
Grecia ; and the great horn that is be- 
tween his eyes is the first king. 

22 Kow that being broken whereas four 
; stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand 

'up out of the nation, but not in his power. 

23 And in the latter time of their king- 
dom when the transgressors are come to 
the full, a king of fierce countenance, and 
understanding dark sentences, shall stand 
up. 

24 And his power shall be mighty, but 
not by his own power: and he shall de- 
stroy wonderluilv, and shail prosper, and 
practise, and shall destroy the mighty and 
the hob,- people. 

25 And through his policy also he shajl 
cause craft to prosper in his hand ; and he 
shall dignity himself \n ins heart, and ay 



J^aniefs conf- ssion. Chap 

peace shall destroy rr^ny: he shall also j 
stand up against the I'riuce of princes ; j 
but he shall be broken without hand. 
26 And the vision ofthe evening and the 
. morning which was tckl is true : v. he re - 
fore shut thou up the vision ; lor it shall 

'27 Ind 1 Daniel fainted, and was sick 
clays ; afterward I rose up, and did 
rhe king's business - } and 1 was astonished 
at the vision, but none understood it, 

CHAP. IX. 
* Daniel confesseth his sins, 16/irayeth 
usaitem, 20 Ga- 
brielmfyrr.ijthh'.m ofthe seventy w * a v. 

I ear of Darius the son of A- 

l ofthe Medes.wbich 
was nude king over the realm of the Cluil- 

t year of his reign, I Daniel 

'books the number of the 

." the word fit the Lord came 

mrah the prophet , th at he would a c - 

i us in the desolations 

of Jeru ■ 

t my face unto the Lord 
God, to seek by prayer and supplications, 
fkcloth, and ashes : 
1 prayed unto the Lord my God, 
and ma' I, O Lord, 

the great and dreadful G - 
Covenant and mercy to them that love 
him, and to them that keep his command- 
ments. 

5 We have sinned, and have committed 

- 

6 Ncith' )• \\ o. e v 

■ervants the proph< ts, which ; ake in thy 
riame to our ki 

and f» all the 

7 () Lord, i 

this day ; to the men of Jud h, 
inhabitants of Jerusali »all Isra- 

tshthat art near,and that are far ( (f,thr ugh 
all the countries whither thru h 

BO Lord, to u> behngeth confusinnof 

oorfathers,b< i 

. rdour God ' 

have rebelled 
him ; 

itherhavewe obeyed the 
I 

before us b) I i 
propl 

1 1 Yea, all Israel have tn 
law, even by departing, that they might not 
Bbey thy voice ; tliereiore the cm v 



ix. and firayen <395 

ed upon us, and the oath that is written in 
the law of Moses the servant of God, be- 
cause we have sinned against him. 

12 And he hath confirmed his words, 
which he spake against us, and against our 
judges that judged us, by bringing upon us 
a great evil: tor under the Whole heaven 
hath not been done as hath been done up- 
on Jerusalem* 

13 As it is written in the law of Moses, 
all this evil is come up^n lis : yet made we 
not our prayer before the Lord our God, 
that we might turn from cur iniquities, 
and understand thy truth. 

14 Therefore hath the Lord Watched 
upon the evil, and brought it upon us : tor 
the Lord our God is in all his 
works which he dc ei.ii : for We obeyed not 
his voice. 

15 And now, O Lord our G ch that hast 
brought thy pe of the land of 
Egypt With a mighty hand, and hast got- 
ten thee renown, as at this day ; we have 
sinned, we have a ne wicked!}-. 

16 * O Lord, according to all thy right- 
eousness. I beseech thee, let thine anger 

tury be turned away from thy city 
. : n, thy holy mountain : becgwise for 
and for the iniquities of cur fa- 
thers, Jerusalem and thy people are dc* 
ri proach to all that are about us. 
, therefore, Oour God, hear the 
prayer of thy servant. and hissupp i 
and cause thy face to shine up in ll 
tuary that is desolate, f r theLoi < 

18() my God,inclme thine oar, and hear: 
op a thine eyes, and belv I 
tions, and the city which is 
name : for we do not present tor suppli- 
cations b< 
but for I 

l90Lord,hear; 1 * 

Lord, hearken 

own sake, >m God: fortl cit) andthy 
are c died 

1 

d 'he si ii 

mij -plication before th< 

21 Yea, whi'' 
] 
in the\ isi d 

h 

■ 

t rth to | 
the conin 
1 

I 



696 Daniel seeth a • 



DANIEL. 



thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish 
the transgression, to make an end of sins, 
and to make reconciliation for iniquity, 
and to bring in everlasting righteousness, 
and to seal ^up the vision and prophecy, 
and to anoint the Most Holy. 

25 Know therefore, and understand,//.^'? 
from the going forth of the commandment 
to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the 
Messiah the prince, shall be seven weeks 
and threescore and two weeks : the street 
shall be built again, and the wall, even in 
troublous times. 

26 And after threescore and two weeks 
shall Messiah be cut off, but not for him- 
self : and the people of the prince that shall 
come shall destroy the city and the sanc- 
tuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a 
flood, and unto the end of the war desola- 
tions are determined. 

27 And he shall confirm the covenant 
■with many for one week : and in the midst 
of the week he shall cause the sacrifice 
and the oblation to cease, and for the over- 
spreading of abominations he shall roa^e 
it desolate, even until the consummation, 
and that determined shall be poured upon 
the desolate. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Darnel havin g humbled himself, seeth a 
vhion, 10 Being- troubled with fear, 
he is comforted by cmangcL 

IN the third year of Cyrus king of Per- 
sia, a thing was revealed unto Daniel, 
whose name war, called Belteshazzar ; and 
the thing was true, but the time appointed 
was long : and he understood the tiling, 
and had understanding of the vision. 

2 In those clays 1 Daniel was mourning 
three full weeks. 

3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came 
flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I 
anoint m^eif at all, till three whole weeks 
were fulfilled. 

4 And in the four and twentieth day of 
the first month, as I was by the side of the 
great river, which 2>Hiddekel ; 

5 Then 1 lifted up mine eyes, and look- 
ed, and, behold, a certain man clothed in 
linen, whose loins were girded with fine 
gold of Uphaa : 

6 His body also was like the beryl, and 
h>s lace as the appearance of lightning, and 
his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and 
his feet like in colour to polished brass, 
and the voice of his words like the voice of 
a multitude. 

7 And 1 Daniel alone saw the vision : for 
the men that were with me saw not the 
vision ; but a great quaking fell upon them 
so that they fled to hide themselves. 

8 Therefore 1 was left alone, and saw 
this great vision, and there remained no 
strength in me : for my comeliness was 



He is comforted* 



turned in me into corruption, and I retain- 
ed no strength. 

9 Yet heard I the voice of his words : 
and when I heard the voice of his words, 
then was I ifl a deep sleep on my face, and 
my face toward the ground. 

10 II And, behold, an hand touched me, 
which set me upon my knees and ujion the 
palms of my hands. 

11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man 
greatly beloved, understand the words that 
1 speak unto th.ee, and stand upright ; for 
unto thee am 1 now sent. And when he had 
spoken this word unto me I stood trem- 
bling. 

12 Then said he unto me, fear not, Dan- 
iel : for from the first day that thou didst 
set thine heart to understand, and to chas- 
ten thyself before thy God, thy words were 
heard, audi am come for thy words. 

13 But the prince of the kingdom of Per- 
sia withstood me one and twenty days : 
but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, 
came to help me : and 1 remained there 
with the kings of Persia. 

14 Now 1 am come to make thee under- 
stand what shall befal thy people in the lat- 
ter days : for yet the vision is for many days. 

15 And when he had spoken such words 
unto me, I set my face toward the ground, 
and I became dumb. 

16 And, behold, one lifce the similitude of 
the sons of men touched my lips : then I 
opened my mouth, and spake, and said un- 
to him that stood before me, O my lord, 
by the vision my sorrows are turned upon 
me, and I have retained no strength. 

17 For, Flow can the servant of this my 
lord talk with this my lord I For as for me, 
straightway there remained no strength in 
me, neither is there breath left in me. 

18 Then there came again and touched 
me one like the appearance of a man, and 
he strengthened me, 

19 And said, O man greatly belovett, 
fear not : peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, 
be strong. And when he had spoken unto 
me, I was strengthened, and said. Let my 
lord speak ; for thou hast strengthened me. 

20 Then said he, Knowest thou where- 
fore I come unto thee ? And now will I 
return to fight with the prince of Persia : 
and when lam gone forth, lo, the prince 
of Grecia shall come. 

21 But I will shew thee that which is no- 
ted in the scripture of truth : and there is 
none that hokleth with me in these things, 
but Michael vour prince. 

"CHAP. XI. 

1 77?e overthrow of Persia by the king of 

Grecia, 5 Kings of the north and south, 

ALSO 1 in the first year of Darius the 
Mede, even 1, stood to confirm and 
to strengthen him. 



Leagues and conflicts between the Chap, xi, 

2 And now will I shew thee the truth, 
Behold, there shall Stand U p \ et three kings 
in Persia ; and the fourth shall be Far rich- 
er than they all: ar.dbyhls .ucr.gth through 
his riches he shall stir up all c.uainst the 
realm of Gr< 

3 And a mighty king shall .-.tand up, that 
shall rule with t reai i id do ac- 
cording to his will. 

. when he shall stand up, kisking- 
il be broken, and shall be divided 
toward the ion: a; and not 

to liis pester;'.; to his do- 

minion which he i<, kingdom 

shall be plucked U] , e\ en for others besides 

5 c " And the king o. 1 the south shall be 

princes; and bestial 1 
.'. chim, and have d minion: 
hull be a great d< minion. 

6 And in the end ofyearsthey shall join 

he king's daugh- 

tn the king ot 

at-, make an agreement: but she 

owerofthearmj nei- 

: but she 

i up, and they that brought 

r, and he that 

. 
her roots shall 

• 
the north, and shall 

into fi- 
ds, with their prino 

• 

9 So me king of die south shah 

i into his 

and pass through: thru shall /.• 

:i An,: the 

ith choter, : nd shall i 
I I ith the king ol 

. 

the multitude shall begiv- 
i hbhand. 

way die 

but he 
and ihal] 

mnrli t j 
stand up 



kings of the north and smith. 697 

so the robbersof thy people shall exalt them" 
selves to establish "the vision ; but thev shal 1 
tall. 

15 So the king of the north shall come, 
and cast up a mount, and take the most ten- 
Oed cities : and the arms of the south shin 
not withstand, neither his chosen people, 
neither shall there be any strength to with- 
stand. 

16 But he that c^meth against him shall 
do according tohisown will, and none shall 
stand before him : and he shall stand in the 
glorious land, which by his hand shall be 
consumed. 

17 He shall also set his face to enter with 
the strength ofhis whole kingdom, and up- 
right ones with him ; thus shall he do : and 
he shall give him the daughter of women, 
corrupting her: but she shall not stand on 
his sides neither be for him. 

18 Atter this shall he turn hishce unto 
. and shall take many : but a prince 

for his own behalf shall cause the reproach 
offered, by him to cease : without his own 
reproach he shall cau^ezV to turn upon him. 

19 Then lie shall turn his face toward 
the fort of his own land : but he shall stum- 
ble and iall, and not be found. 

20 Then shall stand up in his estate a 
raiser of taxes in the glory of the king- 
dom : but within few days he shall be de- 
stroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. 

21 Vnd in his estate shall stand up a vile 
person, to whom they shall not givethe hon- 
or of the kingdom: but he shall come in 
] • ceaUly, and obtain the kingdom by Bat- 

. 

22 And with the arms of a flood shall 
they bo overflown from before him, and 
shall be broken ; yea, also the prince of the 

nt N 
1 after the league made with him 
Uy : tor he shall come 
. • btivng with . . 

sfa ill enter peaceably ev< nupon 

ana he 

sliall do hers have not 

; he shall sea t- 

il, and 

riches : i • 

■ ;. time. 

wer and 

inst the ki' 

I 
with a 

. 

I 



<>§8 kings of the north and south, DAI 

to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at 
one table ; but it shall not pro per : for yet 
the end shall be at the time appointed. 

28 Then shall he return into his land 
With great riches ; and his heart shall be 
against the holy covenant ; and he shall do 
ex/iloitSy and return to his own land. 

29 At the time appointed he shall return, 
and come toward tile south ; but it shall not 
be as the former, or as the latter. 

30 For the ships of Chittim shall come 
against him : therefore he shall be grieved, 
and return, and have indignation against 
the holy covenant : so shall he do; he shall 
even return, and have intelligence with 
them that forsake the holy covenant. 

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and 
they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, 
and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and 
they shall place the abomination that nia- 
kcth desolate. 

32 And such as do wickedly against the 
covenant shall be corrupt by flatteries : but 
the people that do know their God shall 
be strong, and do exploits. 

33 And they that understand among the 
people shall instruct many : yet they shall 
fall by the sword, and by flame, by captiv- 
ity, and by spoil, many days. 

34 Now when they shall fall, they shall 
be holpen with a little help : but many shall 
cleave to them with flatteries. 

35 And some of them of understanding 
shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to 
make (hem white, even to the time of the 
end : because it is yet for a time appointed. 

36 And the king shall do according to his 
will ; and he shall exalt himself, and mag- 
nify himself above every god, and shall 
speak marvellous things against the God of 
gods, and shall prosper til! the indignation 
be accomplished : for that that is determi- 
ned shall be dene. 

37 Neither shall he regard the god of his 
fathers, nor the desire ot women, nor re- 
gard any god : for he shall magnify him- 
self above all. 

SS But in his estate shall he honor the 
God offerees : and a god whom his fathers 
knew not shall he honor with gold, and sil- 
ver, and with precious stones, and pleasant 
things. 

39 Thus shall he do in the most strong 
holds with a strange god, whom he shall ac- 
knowledge and increase with glory : and 
he shall cause them to rule over many, and 
shall divide the land for gain. 

40 And at the time of the end shall the 
king ot the south push at him : and the 
king of the north shall come against him 
like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with 
horsemen, and with many ships; and he 
shall enter into the countries, and shall o- 
wjrflow ar;d pass over. 



iEL. Michael shall deliver hra»L 

41 He shall enter also into the glorious J 
land, and many countries shall be over- 
thrown : but these shall escape out of his J 
hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief j 
of the children of Ammoii. 

42 He shall stretch forth his hand also \ 
upon the countries : and the land of Egypt 
shall not escape. 

43 B-t he shall have power ever the 
treasures of gold and of silver, and over all 
the precious things of Egypt : and the Lyb- 
ians and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps, 

44 But tidings out of the east and out of the 
north shah trouble him : therefore lie shall 
go forth with great fury to destroy, and ut- 
terly to make away many. 

45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of 
Ins palaces, between the seas, in the glori- 
ous holy mountain ; yet he shall come to 
his end, ana none shall helo him. 

CHAP, XII, 
1 MicJidet shall deliver Israel from their 

.troubles* 5 Dardel is informed oj the 

times. 

AND at that time shall Michael stand 
up, -the great prince which standeth 
for the children of my people; and there 
shall be a time of trouble, such as never 
was since there was a nation, even to that 
same time: and at that time thy people 
shall be delivered, every one that shall be 
found written in the book. 

2 And many of them that sleep in the 
dust of the earth shall awake, some to e- 
veriasting lite, and some to shame and ev- 
erlasting contempt. 

o And they that be wise shall shine as 
the brightness of the firmament ; and they 
that turn many to righteousness as the stars 
for ever aivi ever. 

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut uptheword% 
and seal the book, even to the time of the 
end : many shall rim to and fro, and know- 
ledge shall be increased. 

5 % Then I Daniel looked, and, behold 
there stood other two, the one on this side 
of the bank of the river, and the other on 
that side of the bank of the river. 

6 And one said to the man clothed in lin- 
en, which was upon the waters of the riv- 
er, How long shall it be to the end of these 
wonders ? 

/And I heard the man clothed in linen, 
which was upon the waters of the river, 
when he held up his right hand and his 
left hand unto heaven, and sware by him 
that liveth forever, that it shall be for a 
time, times, and an halt ; and when he 
shall haveaccornplisiied toscatterthe pow- 
er of the holy people, all these things shall 
be fini: bed. 

8 And 1 heard, but I understood not :- 
then said I, O my Lord, what shall be th^- 
end of these things ? . 



Jbfea thcmeth GotTa judgment* Chi 

9 And thy way, Daniel: for 

lie words are closed up and sealed tiil die 
: end. 

f'i mp.de 
vhite, nnd tried ; bur: the wicked 
riekedh : 

sliall understand. 
11 And from daily sa- 

tall be taken away and ttu 



ip. i, ii. The idolatry ofthcjicoj:h\ SW 

i d that maketh desolate set up, 

i shall be a thousand two hundred and nine* 

ssedw he IhatwaJtcth, and com- 
id tliree hundred and live 
andtfa 

13 But go thou thy way till theendfci 
for thou e . rnd stand in thy lot Kt 



HOSEA. 



C II A P. I. 

! Tf-*cn. fi-rsfiir- 

'-, 4 and 

THE word c! the Lord that came unto 
Beeri, in the days 
th,Jotham, Aha<; and Hezekiah, 

kings of Judah, and in the d :\s of Jerobo- 

theword of the Lord 

. said to Hosea, 

(io, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms 

of whoredoms : for the land 

omitted great whoredom, A/wrf- 

n the Lord. 

• • went and f ook Gomer the daugh- 
I ';!:iim ; which conceived 

\ A the Lord said onto him. Call 

1 will :.' upon the 

hat day, 

tlr.'.t 1 will bv ! in the 

-••el. 

daughter. A;' l unto him, Call 

I will no more 
'.1 Israel : but 
1 will u tert) take tl 

m by \\\% L •]•(': 

•id I will 

H 
I 
I 

i 1 I . . 



the children of Israel be rr.thered togeth- 
er, and appoint th< m6ehres onehead, and 
il come up out or \he land : for 
great shad be the dav oi Jczreel. 

CHAP. II. 
1 The Idolatry cj f'l/ie / >G ''* judg- 

ment* ggabut than, 14 His; promises of 
reconciHatum m h them, 

SAY ye unto \ oat brethren, Ammi ; find 
to your sisters, Ruhamah. 

2 Plead with your mother, plead : lor 
she is not my wife, neither am 1 her hus- 
band: let her therefore put away her 
whon dorns out 1 1 her sight, and her adul- 

pom between her breasts; 

3 Le- 1 1 strip her naked, and set her a$ 
in ihe day that she was born, and make her 
a-> a wilderness, and set her like a dryland^ 
and slay her with thirst. 

4 And I will not have mercy upon her 
children ; for they be the children of whore- 

5 For their mother hath played the har- 
lot : she thai conceived them hath done 
shamefully : for i he said 1 will go after my 
lovers, that give mc my bread and my wa- 
ter, m\ wool and my Max, mine oil and my 
drink. 

61 Ther efo re, behold, I will hedge up 

th) Way wi'h thorns, and make a wall, that 

me shall 1 1 1 t '•• 

r lovers, 
shall not ov< i b kethi m ; and she 
. them, but shall not hndlAem^tfaen 

■w , 1 will g m to my 

first husband ; for then wa9.it better im 

now. 

. t 1 nrrc bey 
. ind multiplied 
her silver and gold, 

I 
mm wi 

erjberl 

in the sight of her ■ D -iiCkliaU da* 

I li\er Ik j ^ut ot myic hand. 



700 God's promises of recG?ici!ia:ion. HOSEA. 



11 1 will also cause all her mirth to cease, 
her feast days, her new moons, and her 
sabbaths and all her solemn feasts. 

12 And 1 will destroy her vines and her 
fig trees, and whereof she hath said, The^e 
are my rewards that my lovers have giv- 
en me : And I will make them a forest, 
and the beasts of the field shall eat them. 

13 And I will visit upon her the days of 
Baalim, wherein she burned incense to 
them, and she decked herself with her ear- 
rings, and her jewels, and she went af- 
ter her lovers, and forgat nie, saith the 
Lord. 

14.^1 herefore, behold, I will allure her, 
and bring her into the wilderness,and speak 
comfortably unto her. 

15 And 1 will give her her vineyards 
from thence, and the valley of Achcr for 
a door of hope : and she shall sing there, 
as in the days of her youth, and as in the 
dav when she came up out of the land of E- 
gypt. 

16 And it shall be at that day, saith the 
Lord that thou shalt call me Ishi ; and 
shalt call me no more Baaii. 

IT For I will take away the names of 
Baaiim out of her mouth, and they shall no 
more be remembered by their name. 

18 And in that day will I make a cov- 
enant for them with the beasts of the field, 
and with the fowls of heaven, and with the 
creeping things of the ground : and 1 will 
break the bow, and the sword, and the bat- 
tle, out of the earth, and will make them to 
lie down safely. 

19 And I will betroth thee unto me for- 
ever: yea, I will betroth thee unto me in 
righteousness, and in judgment, and in lo- 
ving kindness, and in aierc.es. 

20 I will even betroth thee unto me in 
faithfulness : and thou shait know the Lord. 

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
I will bear, saith the Lord, I will hear the 
heavens, and they shall hear the earth ; 

22 And the earth shall hear the corn, 
and the wine, and the oil ; and they shall 
hear Jezreel. 

23 And I will sow her unto me in the 
earth ; and 1 will have mercy upon her that 
had not obtained mercy ; and 1 will say to 
them which were not my people, Thou 
art my people j and they shall say, Thou 
arc mv God. 

CHAP. HI. 
I By the equation of an adulteress^ is 
shewea the desolation of Israel before 
thr-ir restoration, 

THEN said the Lord unto me, Go yet, 
love a woman beloved ofh^r friend, 
yet ar. adulteress* according to the love of 
the Lord toward the children oi Israel, who 
look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. 
2 Sol bought her to me for fifteen ftU~ j 



His judgments against tfie priests* 

ess of silver, and/or an hemer of barley y 
and an half homer oi barley : 

3 And 1 said unto her, thou shalt abide 
for me many days ; thou shalt not plav the 
harlot, and thou shalt not be for another 
man ; so iviil I also be for thee. 

4 *I For the children of Israel shall abide 
many days without a king, and without x 
prince, and without a sacrifice, and with- 
out an image, and without an ephod, and 
without tei aphim. 

5 Afterward shall the children of Israel 
return, and seek the Lord their God, and 
David their king ; and shall tear the Lord 
and Iris goodness in the latter days. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 God's judgments against the sins of the 
people, 6 and of the priests. 15 Judah is 
exhorted to take warning by Israel's ca- 
lamity. 

HEAR the word of the Lord, ye chil- 
dren of Israel :. for the Lord ' hath a 
control ersy with the inhabitants of the land, 
because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor 
knowledge of God in the land. 

2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, 
and stealing, and committing adultery,. 
they break oat, and blood tuueheth blood. 

3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and 
every one that dwelleth therein shall lan- 
guish, with the beasts of the field, and with 
the towls of heaven ; yea, the fishes of the 
sea, also shall be taken away. 

4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove 
another : for thy people are as they that 
strive with the priest. 

5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and 
the prophet also shall fall with thee in the 
night, and I will destroy thy mother. 

6 % My pe; pie are destroyed for lack of 
knowledge ; because thou hast rejected 
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that 
thou shalt be no priest to me : seeing thou 
hast forgotten the law of dry God, I v> ill al- 
so forget thy children. 

7 As they were increased, so they sinned 
against me : therefore will I change their 
glory into shame. 

S They eat up the sin of my people, and 
they set their heart on their iniquity. 

9 And there shall be, like people, like 
priest : and I will punish them lor their 
ways, and reward them their doings. 

10 For they shall eat, and not nave e- 
ncugh : they "shall commit whoredom, anil 
shah not increase : because they have left 
off to take ht ed to the Lord. 

11 Whoredom, and wine, and new wine 
take away the. heart. 

12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, 
and their staff declare th unto them : for 
tire spirit of whoredoms hath caused them 
to err, and they have gone a whoring from. 
under their GccL 



JucWi is exhorted. 



Chap, v, vi. An exhortation to repentance. 



701 



13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the 
mountains and bum incense upon the hills, 
under oaks, and poplars, and elms, 

• 
daughters shall commit v.horedom, and 

14 1 v. ill n- t punish y< urd lighters when 
the)- commit whoredom, nor your spouses 
when tbey commit adultery j for them- 
selves u 

they sacrifice with hai lots : men 
people thut d< 

15^ Thou h thou, Israel, play the har- 
lot, ijet . 

; e up to Betha- 
ven. i ■ : liveth. 

backslid- 
w the 1> td v ill feed them 
us a lamb in a targe place. 

17 Ephraim H joined to idols: let him 

1 ~> Their drink is sour : they have com- 
lom c ntinuallv : her i ulers 

I her up in her 
. because 

Ot'thi U 

CHAP. V. 

:/n priests, the 
fur their 
mtitihey reft 

H. and hearken, 
e ear, 
Dt is n,- 
:u-e ye h ive been 

: to make 

', all. 
from u. 
4 Th 

■ ii» the mid I 

. ; Judah also 
. 

ith their M- 

the Lord : but 

l 
h 

■ 

1 
trum] • 



10 The princes of Judah were like them 
that remove the bound : therefore 1 v.iil 
pour out my wrath upon them like water. 

11 Ephraim is oppressed </*</ broken in 
judgment because ae willingly watt 

ter the commandment. 

1 2 Therefoi e toiit I he unto Epl ir 

a moth, and to the hou-e ot Judah as rot- 
. 

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and 
Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim 
to die Assyrian, and sent to king Jarebr 
yet could he not heal you, nor cure you ot 
your wound. 

1 4 For 1 will he unto Ephraim as a lion, 
and as a young lion to the house- of Judah : 
1, even I, will tear and go away ; 1 will take 

a dnone shall rescue mm, 

15 * J will go umi return to my place, 
tin they acknowledge their ofience, and 
seek my face : in their at/fiction they wiil 
seek me early. 

'CHAP. VI. 
1 An exhortation to repentance. 4.7 Com- 
plaint of their untowardneas and ini- 

C( )SlE,and let us return unto the Lord : 
for he hath torn, and he will heal us ; 
he hath smitten, and he will hind us up. 

2 After two days will he revive us: in 
the third day he will raise us up, and we 
shah live in his sight. 

3 Then sir' 11 we know, if we follow en 
to know the Lord : his going forth is pre- 
pared as the morning ; and he sha 

unto us as the rain, as the latter ami form- 
er rain unto the earth. 

J r () Ephraim, What shall I do unto 

thee I O Judah, What shall 1 do unto thee ? 

efe it as a mor ni ng cloud, 

and BS thetarrj dew, it geeth away. 

5 Therefore have I hewed \hem by th# 

prophets; I have slain them by the words 

of my mouth: and thy judgments ureas 

it rAaigoeth forth. 

1 lesired mercy, and not sacrifice; 

and the knowledge o: G in burnt 

7 But they like n.m hai e 
;. mt: there have the 

I . I ity of them that w 

m the 

I 



702 A rqfirooffor manifold sins. 



wrath against the fieojilc for their hy- 
pocrisy. 
VSTHEN I would have healed Israel, 
VV then the iniquity of Ephraim was 
discovered, and the wickedness of Sama- 
ria : for they commit falsehood ; and the 
thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers 
spoiieth without. 

2 An&they consider not in their hearts 
that I remember all their wickedness : 
now their own doings have beset them a- 
hout ; they are before my lace. 

3 They make the king glad with their 
wickedness and the princes with their lies. 

4 They arc all adulterers, as an oven 
heated by the baker, who ceaseth from 
raising after he hath kneaded the dough, 
until it be leavened* 

5 In the day of our king the princes have 
made him sick with bottles of wine ; he 
stretched out his hand with scorners. 

6 For they have made ready their heart 
like an oven, whiles they lie in wait : then- 
bakers sleepeth all the night ; in the morn- 
ing it burnetii as a flaming fire. 

7 They are all hot as an oven, and have 
devoured their judges ; all their kings are 
fallen : there is none among them that cal- 
ktli unto me. 

8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself a- 
mong the people : Ephraim is a cake not 
turned. 

9 Strangers have devoured his strength, 
and he knoweth it not : yea, gray hairs 
are here and there upon him, yet he know- 
eth not. 

10 And the pride of Israel testineth to 
his face : and they do not return to the 
Lord their God nor seek him for all this. 

11 II Ephraim also is like a silly dove 
without heart : .they call to Egypt, they 
go to Assyria. 

12 When they shall go, I will spread my 
net upon them ; I will bring them down 
as the fowls of the heaven ; I will chastise 
them, as their congregation hatlj heard. 

13 Woe unto them I for they have fled 
from me: destruction unto them ! because 
they have transgressed against ire : though 
1 have redeemed them, yet they have spo- 
ken lies against me. 

14 And they have not cried unto me with 
their heart, when they howled upon their 
beds : they assembled themselves for corn 
and wine, and they rebel against me. 

15 Though I have bound and strength- 
ened their arms, yet do they imagine mis- 
chief against me. 

16 They return, but not to the Most 
High : thev are like a deceitful bow ; their 
princes shall fall by the sword for the rage 
of their tongue: this shall be their derision 
SithelandofEsvpt. 

CHAP., VIII. 



HQSEA. Destruction threatened for impiet\ 

1, 13 Destruction is threatened for their 

impiety, 5 and idolatry. 
Q ET the trumpet to thy mouth, He shall 



'y. 



ruinpe 
*<J ceme as an eagle against tile house of 
the Lord, because they have transgressed 
my covenant, and trespassed against my 
law. 

2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we 
know thee. 

3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is 
good : the enemy shall pursue him. 

4 They have set up kings, ! >ut not by me : 
they have made princes, and I k new it not ; 
of their silver and their gold have they 
made them idols, that they may be cutoff'. 

5 1 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee 
off; mine anger is kindled against them : 
How long will it be ere they attain to iu- 
nocency : 

6 For from Israel was it also : the work- 
man made it : there tore it is net God : but 
the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pie- 
ces. 

7 For they have sown the wind,and they 
shall reap the whirlwind : k hath no stalk : 
the bud shall yield no meal : ifsobekyieHj 
the strangers shall swallow it up. 

8 Israel is swallowed up : now shah they 
be among the Gentiles as a vessel where- 
in is no pleasure. 

9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild 
ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hir- 
ed lovers. 

10 Yea, though they have hired among 
the nations, now will I gather them, and 
they shall sorrow a little for the burden of 
the king of princes. 

11 Because Ephraim hath made many 
altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 

12 I have written to him the great things 
of my law, but they were counted as a 
strange thing. 

13 *)[ They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifi- 
ces of mine offerings, and eat it ; km the 
Lordaccepteth them not ; now will he re- 
member their iniquity, and visit their sins : 
they shall return to Egypt. 

14 For Israel hath forgotten his?. laker, 
and buildet h temples : and Judah hath mul- 
tiplied fenced cities ; but I will send a fire 
upon his cities, and it shall devour the pal- 
aces thereof. 

CHAP. IX. 

The distress and captivity of Israel for 

their sins and idolatrv, 

REJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, weth- 
er people : for thou hast gone a who- 
ring from thy (rod, thou hast loved are- 
ward upon every corn floor. 

2 The floor and the wine press shall not 
feed them, and the new wine shall fail in 
her. 

3 Thev si vail not dwell in theLord's land ; 
but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and 



The captivity of Israel jor their Chap. 

they shall eat unclean "things in Assj ria. 

4 They shall not offer wine offt . 

the Lord neither shall they be pit<isiih; on- 
to him : their sacrifices^// 6c- unto tnem 
as the bread of mourners ; nil that eat 
thereof shall be polluted ; for their bread 
for their soul shall not come into the house 
of the Lord. 

5 What will ye do in the solemn day, 
an i in the day of the feast of the Lord ? ' 

u For, lo, they are gone because of de- 
struction : Egypt shall gather them up, 
Memphis sbaU bury them : the pleasant 
fUacesfat their silver, nettles shall possess 
them : thorns shall be in their tabernacles. 
7 The days of visitation are come, the 
days of recompense are come : Israel shall 
.v iti the prophet is a fool, die spirit- 
ual man is mad, tor the multitude of thine 
iniquity, and the great hatred. 

b The watchman of Ephraim was with 
my (j^d: but the prophet in a snare of a 
ftowler in all his ways, and hatred ill the 
house of his God* 

9 The} have deeply corrupted them- 
sel. ' •: tlierrfore 

ho will iv : ty, he will 

visit their sins. 

ke grapes in the wil- 

dei your fathers as the 

E in me fig three at hur first time: but 

md separated tbem- 

s unto that shame ; and thi ir abom- 

loved. 

shall fly 

option. 
i tildren, 

'; them, that there .s/jcjII 
them 

in a pleas uit place : but 1". . 

bring forth his children tot: 

MGtvethen What wilt thou 

give i Give tliem a niacarryiug womb, 
and (. 

tineas m in Gil 
tUi ; • r th< wickedness of 

. mine 
.ill love them no n. 
pi it* . ei s. 

braim is smitten, 'heir rootisdri- 

as. 
C II A 1'. 

ISRAJ 
forth fruit unto hi . nding to 

the multitude of Iiisfrui ceased 



x, xi. si? is a ► 70S 

altars; according to the goodness of 
his land they hai e made goodly images. 

2 Their heart is divided: now shall they 
be found fau'.ty : he shall break down dieir 

. i shall spoil their in 

3 Fur now they shall say, We have no 
king, becou.e we feai*ed not the Lord; 
What dien should a king do to us i 

4 They have spoken words, swearing 
falsely in making a covenant : thus judg- 
ment springeth upas hemlock in the fur- 
rows of the field. 

5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear 
because of the cah thaven: for 
the people thereof shall mourn over it, and 
the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, tor 
the glory thereof, because it^is departed 
from it. 

6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria 
fora present to king Jareb. Ephraim shall 

receive shame, and Israel stud! be ash. 
ed of his own counsel. 

her king is cut off as 
the foam upon the watt 

8 The high places also of Aven, the sin 
of Israel, shall oe destroyed : the thorn and 
the thistle shall come up on their altars ; 
and they irhall say I otains, Co- 
hills, Fall on us. 

9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from ' 

eati : there thej sttx d : the battle in 
Gibeah against the children of iniquity did 
not overtake them. 

10 It is in my deshetha! I should chas- 
tise them ; and' the people shall be gatfa 
erl against them, u hen they shall bind h . - 

• • 

11 And Ephraim t 

t, ami loveth to tread QMttha 

will i 
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reap in m< 

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704 Israel's ingratitude. 



HOSEA. 



Uphraim's sins provoke God. 



2 As they called them, so they went from 
them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and 
burned incense to graven images. 

3 I taught Ephraim also logo, taking 
them by their arms ; but they knew not 
that I healed them. 

4 1 drew them with cords of a man, with 
bands of love : and 1 was to them as they 
that take off the yoke en their jaws, and I 
laid meat unto there. 

5 % He shall not return into the land of 
Egypt, hut the Assyrian shall be iiis king, 
because they refused to return. 

6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, 
and shall consume his branches, and de- 
vour them j because of their own counsels. 

7 And my people are bent to backsliding 
from me : though they called them to the 
Most High, none at all would exalt him. 

8 How shall 1 give thee up Ephraim ? 
How shall 1 deliver thee, Israel ? . How shall 
I make thee as Adman.: 1 How shall I set 
thee as Zeboiim i Mine heart is turned 
within me, my reptntings are kindled to- 
gether. 

9 i will not execute the fierceness of mine 
anger, I will not return to destroy Eph- 
raim : for 1 am God, and not man ; the 
Holy One in the midst of thee ; and I will 
net en cr into the city. 

10 They shall walk after the Lord : he 
shall roar like a lion ; when lie shall roar, 
then the children shall, tremble from the 
west. 

11 They shall tremble as a bird out of 
Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of As- 
syria : and i will place them in their hous- 
es, saith the Lord. 

12 Ephraim compasseth me about with 
lies, and the house oi Israel with deceit : 
but Judah yet i uleth with God, and is faith- 
ful with the saints. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 A reproof of liphraim, Judah , and Ja- 
cob. 3 An exhortation to repentance. 
EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and fol- 
loweth after the east wind : he daily 
increaseth lies and desolation; and they 
do make a covenant with the Assyrians, 
and oil is carried into Egypt. 

2 The Lord hath also a controversy with 
Judah, and will punish Jacob according to 
his ways; according to his doings will lie 
recompense liim. 

311 He took his brother by the heel in 
the womb, and by his strength he had pow- 
er with God: 

4 Yea, he hath power over the angeh 
and prevailed : he wept, and made suppli- 
cation unto him : he found him in Bethel, 
and there he spake with us: 

5 Even the Lord God oi hosts ; the Lord 
is his memorial. 

c Therefere turn thou to thy God : keep 



mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God 
continually. 

7 He is a merchant, the balances of de- 
ceit are in his hand : he loveth to oppress. 

8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become 
rich, I have found me out substance : in all 
my labours they shall find none iniquity in 
me that were sin. 

9 And I that am the Lord thy God from 
the land of Egypt will yet make thee to 
dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the 
solemn feasts. 

10 I have also spoken by the prophets, 
and 1 have rr ultiplieci visions, and used si- 
militudes, by the ministry of the prophets. 

11 Is lucre iniquity in Gilead? Surely 
they are vanity : they sacrifice bwllocks in 
Gilgal ; yea, their altars are as heaps in 
the furrows of the fields. 

12 And Jacob iled into the country of 
Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for 
a wife he kept sheep. 

Ii3 And by a prophet the Lord brought 
Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was 
he preserved. 

14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most 
bitterly : therefore shall he leave his blood 
upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord 
return unto him. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 Ephrazm's glory, by reason of idolatry y 
vanislieth. 5 God's anger for their mi- 
kindness. 9 A promise of God's mercy. 

15 A judgment fur rebellion. 

WHE1S Ephraim spake trembling, he 
exalted himself in Israel; but when 
he offended in Baal, he died. 

2 And now they sin more and more, and 
have made them molten images of their 
silver, and idols according to their own un- 
derstanding, all of it the work of the crafts- 
men : they say of them, Let the men that 
sacrifice kiss the calves. 

3 Therefore, they shall be as the morn- 
ing cloud, and as the early dew that pass- 
ed] away as the chaff that is driven with 
the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the 
smoke out of the chimney. 

4 Yet I am the Lord thy God from the 
land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God 
but me : for there is no saviour beside me. 

5 % I did know thee in the wilderness, 
in the land of great drought. 

6 According to their pasture, so were 
they filled ; they were filled, and their heart 
was exalted ; therefore have they forgot- 
ten me. 

7 Therefore, I will be unto them as a li- 
on : as a leopard by the way will I observe 
them. 

8 I will meet them as a bear that is be- 
reaved of her whelps, and will reM(\ tl.<£ 
caul Of their heart, and there will I devour 
them like a lion ; the wild beast shall tear 
them. 



ji-firomiaeqfGfAVsmercih Clsa] 

9 • hrr.el, thou hast destroyed thyself; 
but in rue is thine lit ip. 

10 1 will be thy kh>^ : Where/* any other 
that may save thee in all thy cries ? And 
thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give mc 
a king and princes I 

111 gave thee a king in mine anger, and 
took /dm away hi my Vi r 

1 J The in q 1 . imia bound up j 

his sin is hid. 

13 The Borrows of a travailing woman 
shall come upon him : rise son ; 

for he should not bUty long in t/tefilaceofihe 
breaking forth of cml< 

14 1 will ran poin the power 

of the grave; i will redeem them from 
death : : ill be thy plagues ; O 

grave, 1 destruction : repent- 

eyes. 
;ii he be fruitful among his 
. an east wind shall come, the wind 
of the Lord shall a me up from the wilder- 
pring shall become dry, and 
his fountain shall be dried up : he shall spoil 
. all pleasant \ 
maria shall become desolate; for 
inst her God: they 
. I : their infants shall 
c women with 
child shall be ripped up. 

CHAP. XIV. 
XAncxh mcr. i Afiro- 

mUc / 



p* xiv. i. An exhortation* 70} 

O ISRAEL> return unto the Lord thy 
God ; for th iu bast fallen by thine in- 
iquity. 

2 Take with wu words, and turn to the 
Lord: sa\ unto him, Take away all ini- 
quity, and receive us graciously : so will 

ler the calves oi our lips. 

3 /^shur shall not save us ; we will not ride 
■ a : neither will we say any more 

to the work of our hands, Yt ore our gods : 
tor in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 

■t* I will heal their backsliding,! will 

love them freely : for mine anger is turned 

away from biopu 

J ( will be as the dew unto Israel : he 

',' as the lily, and cast forth his 

as Lebanon. 

6 His branches shall spread, and his beau- 
ty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell 
as Lebanon. 

7 They that dwell under his shadow shall 
return ; they shall revive as the corn, awl 
grow as the vine: the scent thereof shga 

■ wine of Lebanon. 

8 Ephraim shall any, What have I to 
do any more with idols I I have heard hirn^ 

rved him : I am like a green fir 
tree. From me is thy fruit found. 

9 Who is wise, and he shall understand 
these tilings? Prudent, and he shall know 
them ? for the ways of the I^ord arc right, 
and the just shall walk in them: but die 
transgressors shall tall therein. 



JOEL. 



CHAP. T. 

lamottrn. 

Til the Lord that came to 
be son of Bethuel. 

■ 
all yc inhabitants ot the I 

. our days, or ev< n in the 
] 

ildren, and tl 
h ith tin hich the 

■ 
6 For 

arc the ' h ah the 

d'.eekt_. 



7 He hath laid rny vine waste, and bark- 

ig tree: he hath made it clc 
and c i i it away ; the branches the 

mad'* white. 

8 1 Lament like- a 1 with 

i 

■ 

1 word's mini '• I - 

• land mourn- 

i 

wheal 
the harvest d 

■ 
red: be- 

i 






706 Awful consequences of sin. 

God : for the meat offering and the drink 
offering is withholden from the house of 
your God. 

14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn as- 
sembly, gather the elders and all the in- 
habitants of the land into the house of the 
Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord ; 

15 Alas lor the day ! 'for the day of the 
Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from 
the Almighty shall it come. 

16 Is not the meat cut off before our 
eyes, yea-, joy and gladness from the house 
of on r God ? 

17 The seed is rotten under their clods, 
the garners are laid desolate, the barns are 
broken down ; for the corn is -withered. 

18 Row do the beasts groan ! the herds 
of cattle are perplexed, because they have 
no pidfture' ; yea, the flocks of sheep are 
made desolate. 

19 O Lord, to thee will I cry : for the 
fire hath devoured the pastures of the wil- 
derness, and the flame hath burned all the 
trees of the field. 

20 The beasts of the field cry also unto 
thee : for the rivers of waters are dried up, 
and the fire hath devoured the pastures of 
the wilderness. 

CHAP. II. 
1 The terribleness of God's judgment, 12 
He exhortelh to repentance^ 15/irescri- 
beth afast) 18 andjiromiseth a blessing 
thereon. 

BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and 
sound an alarm in my holy mountain : 
let all the inhabitants of the land tremble ; 
for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is 
nigh at hand. 

2 A day oi darkness and of gloominess, a 
day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the 
morning spread upon the mountains: a 
great people and a strong ; there hath not 
been ever the like, neimer shall be any 
more after it, even to the years of many 
generations. 

3 A fire devcureth before them ; and 
behind them a flame burneth : the land is 
a ; the garden of Eden before them, and be- 
hind them a desolate wilderness : yea, and 
nothing shall escape them. 

4 The appearance of them is as the ap- 
pearance of horses; and as horsemen, so 
shall they run. 

5 Like" the noise of chariots on the tops 
of mountains shall they leap, like the noise 
of a flame of fire that devoureth '.he stub- 
ble, as a Strong people set in battle array. 

6 Before their tace the people shall be 
much pained all faces shall gather black- 
ness, 

7 They shall run like mighty men ; they 
shall climb the wali like men of war ; and 
they shall march everyone on his ways, 
and they shall not break their ranks. 



JOEL. Terribleness of God's judgment, 

8 Neither shall one thrust another ; they 
shall walk every one in his path ; and 
when they fall upon the sword, they shad 
not be wounded. 

9 They shall run to and fro in the city ; 
they shall run upon the wall, they shall 
climb up upon the houses ; they shall en- 
ter in at the windows like a thief. 

10 The earth shall quake before them ; 
the heavens shall tremble : the sun and the 
moon shall be dark, and the stars shall 
withdraw their shining : 

11 And the Lord shall utter his voice be- 
fore his army : for his camp is very great : 
for he is strong that executeth his word : 
for the day of the Lord is great and very 
terrible ; and Who can abide it ? 

12 1 Therefore also now, saith the Lord, 
turn ye even to me with all your heart, and 
with fasting and with weeping, and with 
mourning. 

13 And rend your heart, and not your 
garments, and turn unto the Lord your 
God : for he is gracious and merciful, slow- 
to anger, and of great kindness, and re- 
penteth him of the evil. 

14 Who knoweth if he will return and 
repent, and leave a blessing behind him : 
even a meat offering and a drink offering 
unto the Lord your God ? 

15 "[[ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sancti- 
fy a fast, call a solemn assembly : 

16 Gather the people, sanctify the con- 
gregation, assemble the elders, gather the 
children, and those that suck the breasts : 
let the bridegroom go forth of his cham- 
ber, and the'bride out other closet. 

17 Let the priests, the ministers of the 
Lord, weep between the porch and the al- 
tar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O 
Lord, and give not thine heritage to re- 
proach, that the heathen should rule over 
them : Wherefore should they say among 
the people, Where is their God I 

18 *i. Then will the Lord be jealous for 
his land, and pity his people. 

19 Yea, the Lord will answer and say 
unto his people, Behold, I will send you 
corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be sa- 
tisfied therewith : and I will no more make 
you a reproach among the heathen : 

20 But I will remove far off from you the 
northern army, and will drive him into a 
land barren and desolate, with his face to- 
ward the east sea, and his hinder part to- 
ward the utmost sea, and his stink shall 
come up, and his ill savour shall come up, 
because he hath done great things. 

21 Fear not, O land ; be glad and rejoice: 
for the Lord will do great things. 

22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field : 
for the pastures of the wilderness do spring 
for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tre« 
and the vine do yield their strength. 



A blessing fir omised. CVp. ffi. Gzd'sjuJgmehti. TOT 

23 Be glad then, ye children ofSCon, and I and speedily r/ill I return \ our recompense 



I *r God : fur he hath 

given v 



: rnier rain, and me latter rain in the 
.nth, 

I the fleers shall l)e full of wheat 
with wine and 
oil. 

25 And I will rest o re to y< u the years 

•worm, and tb 

erworm, my great army which 1 suit a- 
, on. 

A ye shall <nt in plenty, and be sa- 
me Lord 
d, that hath d 
you : and my | 
id. 

know that I cm in the 
I „ . the Lord 

God, and none else: and myp 

I erward, 
t/tat 1 will pour out 

and your sons and your daughters shall 

ream 
ur young rue. 

the handmaids in thoae days will 1 pour 
out nn Spirit. 

lers in the hea- 
9 and in the earth, -, and 

ito dark- 

i e the 

- 
aoe\ t 

! 
U J'- 

the remnant ■ 

111. 
1 G the enemies 

time when I 

bring them down 

aphat, and will , 

wn 

t 

pie : and i. 
and sold a K ;r ' I 
drink. 

t, and what 1 
() 1 

• 
pense i and it \ I 

R 4 



'.cad ; 

5 Because ye have taken my silver and 

1 1, and have carried into ycur tem- 
j goodly pleasant things : 

6 The children also ofJudah, and the- 

i ; oi Jerusalem, have ye sold unto 
e might remove them 

i wUl raise them out of th« 
place Whither \e have sold them, and will 
return your recompense upon yov own 

head : 

8 And I will sell your sons and your 

into the hand of the children of 

tall sell them to the Sa- 

, to a people far off: fur the Lord 

9 Pt his among die Gentiles ; 
Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, 
let all the men ot war draw near ; let them 

up : 

10 Beat your ploughshares into swrrds, 
and rourpruninghooks into spears : let the 

• ;n S* 

11 Assemble yourselves, and come, aii 
ye heathen, and gather yourselves togeth- 
er round about : thither" cause thy mighty 

' come dewn, () Lord. 

12 Let the heathen be wakened, and 
op to the valley of Jehoshaphat : for 

there will 1 sit to judge all the heathen 
rt und about. 

13 Tut ye in the sickle, for the harvest 
is ripe : cVme, get you down ; for the pran 

tsoverflow; for their wicked* 
reat. 

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley 
of decision : for the day of the Lord is near 
in the valley of dec. 

15 The sun and the moon shall be dark- 
. and the stars riiafl withdraw their 

16 The I^ord also shall roar out i 

and 

bis peo- 
ple, and t 

that I am the Lord 

y( i ( ; i 

I 

181 And it shall I in theft 

day, that 



?88 God's judgments upon Syria, 

«ause they have shed innocent blocd in their 
fend. 

20 But Judah shall dwell forever, and 
Jerusalem from generation to generation. 



AMOS. Edom, Amman, Ifc. 

21 For I will cleanse their blood that I ^ 
have not cleansed : for the Lord dwelleth 
in Zion. 



AMOS. 



CHAP. I. 

1 God 9 s judgments upon, Syria, 6 the Phil- 
istines^ 9 Tyrus, ilEdom, 13 and Am- 
man, 

THE words of Amos, who was among 
the herdmen ofTekoa, which he saw 
concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah 
king of Judah, and in the clays of Jerobo- 
am the son of Joash king of Israel, two 
years before the earthquake. 

2 And he said, the Lord will roar from 
!Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem : 
and the habitations of the shepherds shall 
mourn, and the top of Carmel shall with- 
er. 

3 Thus saith the Lord, For three trans- 
gressions of Damascus, and for four, 1 will 
not turn away the punishment thereof: be- 
cause they have threshed Gilead with 
threshing instruments of iron : 

4 But I will send a fire into the house of 
Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of 
Benhaded. 

5 I will break also the bar of Damas- 
cus, and cut off the inhabitant from the 
plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the 
sceptre from the house of Edom : and the 
people of Syria shall go into captivity unto 
Kir, saith the Lord. 

6% Thus saith theLord,For three trans- 
gressions of Gaza, and tor four, I will not 
turn away the punishment thereof: be- 
cause they carried away captive the whole 
captivity, to deliver them up to Edom : 

7 But 1 will send a fire on the wall of 
Gaza,which shall devour the palaces there- 
of : 

8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from 
Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre 
from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand 
against Ekron : and the remnant of the 
Philistines shall perish, saith the LordGod. 

9% Thus saith the Lord, For three 
transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, 1 will 
not turn away the punishment thereof; 
because they delivered up the whole cap- 
tivity to Edom, and remembered not the 
brotherly covenant : 

10 But I will send a fire on the wall of 
Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces 
tliereof. 

11 "if Thus saith the Lord, For three 
transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will 
not turn away the punishment thereof : 
teause he did pursue his brother with the 



sword, and did cast off all pity, and his an* 
ger did tear perpetually, and he kept his 
Wrath forever : 

12 But 1 will send a fire upon Teman, 
which shall devour the palaceo of .Bozrah. 

13 % Thus saith the Lord, For three 
transgressions of the children of Ammon, 
and for four, I will not turn away the pun- 
ishment thereof : because they have rip- 
ped up the women with child of Gilead, 
that they might enlarge their border : 

14 But 1 will kindle a fire in the wall of 
Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces 
thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, 
with a tempest in the day of the whirl- 
wind : 

15 And their king shall go into captiv- 
ity, he and his princes together, saith the- 
Lord. 

CHAP. II. 
1 God's wrath against Moab, 4 Judah, 
6" and Israel. 9 God complaineth of his 
profile's unthankfuluess. 

THUS saith the Lord, For three trans- 
gressions of Moab, and for four, I will 
not turn away the punishment thereof ; 
because he burned the bones of the king of 
Edom into lime : 

2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and 
it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth : and 
Moab shall die with tumult, with shout- 
ing, and with the sound of the trumpet : 

3 And I will cut off the judge from the 
midst thereof, and will slay all the princes 
thereof with him, saith the Lord. 

4 U Thus saith the Lord, For three 
transgressions v of Judah, and for four, I will 
not turn away the punishment thereof: be- 
cause they have despised the law of the 
Lord, and have not kept his command- 
ments, and their lies caused them to err , 
after the which their lathers have walked : 

5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and 
it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 

6 f Thus saith the Lord, For three 
transgressions ol Israel, and for four, 1 will 
not turn away the punishment thereof: be- 
cause they sold the righteous for silver, and 
the poor for a pair of shoes ; 

7 That pant after the dust of the earth 
on the head of the poor, and turn aside the 
way of the meek : and a man and his fa- 
ther will go unto the same maid, to profane 
my holy name : 

"8 And they lay themselves down upon 



Vnthankf ulness of God's fieofile: Chap, 

clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and 
they drink the wine ot the condemned in 
(be house ot their god. 

9 1 Vet destroyed I the Amorite before 
them, whose height was ii Ke the height of 
the cedars, and 

yet I destn wed bis firuit from above, and his 
roots from Ixrneath. 

10 Also 1 brought you up from the land 
of Eg< pt, and led you forty rears through 
the wilderness, to possess the land of the 
Amorite. 

1 1 And I raised up of your sons for proph- 
ets, and of your young men for N 

Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel f . 
■nth the Lord. 

12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to 
drink ; and commanded the prophets, say- 
ing, Prophesy nut. 

13 Benold,'I am pressed under you, as a 
- pressed tha f is full of sheaves. 

14 "I fierefore the flight ^hall peiish from 
the swift, and die strong shall not s 

en hi.> force, neither shall the mighty de- 
liver himself: 

15 Neither shall he stand that handleth 
the bow ; and he that is swift of foot shall 

■ cr himself: neither shall he that 
rse deliver himself. 

16 And he that is courageous among the 

shall flee away u iked in that day, 
saiUi me Lord. 

CHAP. in. 

1 Thentcesmty of God's ju 'gment against 

Israel* ation and causes of it. 

HEAR this wor I th it h 
I i 

which 1 
brought 

iiies of the earth : tl i punish 

J Can two walk ti gether, 

4 Will a lion roar in the ! 

.sCmabirdi.il! in 

til? 
II a trumpet be blown i:. I 

not be afraid? Shall there 
. a city, and the Lord hath I 
it? 

7 Surely the Lord God will r] ■ 
hut he revealeth h&secret unto his 

I )hets. 

8 The lion hath roared, Who 

fear.' the Lord God hath spoken, Who 

• ■ 

uWish in thei ted, and 

in the palaces in the land of K 
Assemble youradvos upon the mouDtaJnc 



ii, ir. Israel rcp.rai'ed. 79$ 

of Samaria, and behold the great tumults 
in the mid*t thereof, and the oppressed in 
the midst thereof. 

10 For they know not to da right, sr.i'tt 
the Lord, who store up violence and nij- 
bery in their pa 

11 Therefore thus saith the Lord Gad. 
An adversary the re ahull be even I « 
bout the land'; and he shall bring down thy 
strength from thee, and thy palaces shall 
be spoiled. 

12 Thus saith the Lord, As the shep- 
herd taken out of the mouth of the Hon two 
legs, or a piece of an ear ; so shall the chil- 
dren of Israel be taken out that dwell in 
Samaria in the comer of a bed, and in Da- 
mascus in a couch. 

13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Ja- 
cob, saith the Lord God, the Gad of hosts, 

14 That in the day that I shall visit the 

! upon him, 1 will al- 
so \ i- : " the altars of Bethel : and the bonis 
of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the 
ground. 

15 And I will smite the winter house with 
the summer house : and the h< uses of ivo- 
ry shall perish, and the great houses shall 
have an end, saith the l^ord. 

C H A P. IV. 
1 He repraveik Israel fpropfireuion^ 4 for 
idolatry, 6 and for their iucorrigi \ 

Hi '.All this void, ye kine r 1 Bashan, 
that are in the mountain of Samaria, 
the poor, which crush the 
needy, which say to their masters, Bring, 
and let us drink. 

2 Tlic Lord God hath sworn by hi< holf 

..-days shall come upon you, 
that he will take you away with hooks,' and 
your posterit) with fishhooks. 

3 And out at the breaches, 

: • at tluit which fr before l.er ; and 
them into the pal* 

: d. 

n ; and bring 
every ox ruing, and your 
fter three j e 

:im and pi: 1 

th \( <♦. O yc 
( iud. 
given you cleanness 

wantot bread 
in ■ 'l \« ar pbu i yel h <\< j e not return- 

! .<>rd. 

7 Ai : . withhoklen the rag) 

•o rain 
. 

nedup- 

... ed aoi 

i l. 
• > or Uiree a • 



710 A lamentation for Israel, 



ene city, to drink water ; but they were 
»ot satisfied : yet have ye not returned un- 
to me, saith the Lord. 

9 I have smitten you with blasting and 
mildew: when your gardens, and your 
vineyards, and your fig trees and your ol- 
ive trees increased, the palmerworm de- 
voured them : yet have ye not returned un- 
to me saith the Lord. 

10 I have sent among you the pestilence 
after the manner of Egypt : your young 
men have I slain with the sword, and have 
taken away your horses ; and I have made 
the stink of your camps to come up unto 
your nostrils : yet have ye not returned un- 
to me. saith theL r Td. 

11 I have overthrown some of you, as 
God overthrew Sodom and Gonv rrah, and 
ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the 
b.raing ; yet have ye not returned unto 
me, saith Lord. 

12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, 

Israel : and because I will do this unto 
thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 

13 For, lo, he that formeth the moun- 
tains and created the wind, and declareth 
unto man what is his thought, that mak- 
eththe morning darkness, and treadeth up- 
on the high places of the earth, The Lord, 
the God of hosts, is his name. 

CHAP. V. 

1 A lom e?itation for Israel. 4 An exhor- 

tation to repentance. 21 God rejectee 
their hypocritical service. 

HEAR ye this word which I take up 
agains't you, even a lamentation, O 
house of Israel. 

2 The virgin of Israel is fallen : she shall 
no more rise : she is forsaken upon her 
land : there is none to raise her up. 

3 For thus saith the Lord God, The c"- 
ty that went out by a thousand shall leave 
an hundred, and that which wont forth by 
an hundred shall ieave ten, to the house of 
Israel. 

4 % For thus saith the Lord unto the 
house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall 
live : 

5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into 
Gilgal, audpass not to Beersheba : for Gil- 
gal Rhjpsl surely go into captivity, and Beth- 
el shall come 'to nought. 

6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live ; lest 
he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, 
*nd devour it and there be none to quench 
it m Bethel. 

7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwocd, 
and ieave off righteousness in the earth. 

8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars 
and Orion, and tuvneth the shadow oi death 
into the morning, and maketh the day dark 
y/ith night: that calleth for the waters of 
the sea^ and poureth them out upon the face 
«£ the earth ; The Lord is his name ; 



AMG3. An exhortation to repentance.* 

9 That strengthened the spoiled against 
the strong, so that the spoiled shall come 
against the fortress. 

10 They hate him that rebuketh in the 
gate, and they abhor him that speaketh 
uprightly. 

11 Forasmuch therefore as your tread- 
ing is upon the poor, and ye take from hira 
burdens of wheat : ye have built houses oi 
hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them ; 
ye have planted pleasant vineyards, butye 
shall not drink wine of them. 

_ 12 For I know your manifold transgres- 
sions and your mighty sins : they amict the 
just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside 
the poor in the gate from their right. 

13 Therefore the prudent shali keep si- 
lence in that time ; for it is an evil time. 

14 Seek good, aF.d not evil, that ye may 
live : and^ so the Lord, the God of hosts, 

i you, as ye have spoken. 

15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and 
establish judgment in the gate: it may be 
that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious 
unto the remnant of Joseph. 

1 6 Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, 
the Lord, saith thus, Wailing shall be in 
all streets ; and they shall say in all the 
highways, Alas \ alas 1 and they shall call 
the husbandman to mourning, and such as 
are skilful of lamentation to wailing. 

17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: 
for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord. 

18 Woe unto yon that desire the day of 
the Lord i To what end is it for you r 1 ne 
day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. 

19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and 
a bear met him ; or went into the house, 
and leaned his hand on the wall, and a ser- 
pent bit him. 

20 Shall not the clay of the Lord be dark- 
ness, and not light ? Even very dark, and 
no brightness in it ? 

21 % I hate, 1 despise your feast days, and 
I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 

22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings 
and your meat offerings, I will not accept 
them: neither will I regard the peace of- 
ferings of your fat beasts. 

23 Take thou awav from me the noise 
of thy songs ; for 1 will not hear the melo- 
dy of thy viols. 

" 2-1 But let judgment run down as waters, 
and righteousness as a mighty stream. 

25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices 
and offerings in the wilderness forty years, 
O house of Israel i 

26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of 
your Moloch and Chiun your images, the 
star of your god, which ye made to your- 
selves. 

27 Therefore will I cause you to go into 
captivity beyond Damascus, saith tbeLord, 
wiic^e name is The God of hosts. 



?/'* wantonness to be furnished. Chap. 

CHAP. VJ. 
'1 The wantonness of Israel, 7 shall be 
plagued with desolation. 12 Their in- 
eorrigjbteness* 

WOE to them that are at ease in Zi- 
on. and trust in the mountain of Sa- 
maria, which a>-<- named chief of the na- 
tions, to whom the house < f Israi 

- e untoCalneh, and see, stod from 
thence go ye to Hamath the great: then 
go down to Gath of thePhilisunea : Be thi y 
better than these kingdoms ? Or their bor- 
der greaterthan your border I 

3 Ye that put ■ evil day, and 

cau^e the seat of violence tocomenear ; 

' 4 That lie upon bedsofivory and stretch 

ires upon their couches, and eat 

flock, and the calves 

em of the midst ofthe stall : 

5 That chant to the sound ofthe viol, 
and invent to themselves instrun 
musack, like D.i\id ; 

G Thut drink wine in bowls, and anoint 
themselves with the chief ointments : but 
they are not grieved for the affliction of 

7*1 Therefore row shall they gocap- 
ttgo captive, and the 
em that stretched themselves 
shah b 

irn by himself, 
Lord, the G< r i of hosts, I abhor 
nd hate hispal- 
t deliver up 
with rein. 

s, if there re- 
in one 1. iust . 
die. 

him up, 
> irnetli him, to brin ; 

him that is b\ tlie sides of the I 

t any with th • shall say 

ten sii sli he s ty, Hold tl ; 

- 

ofthe Lord. 

11 For, behold, the Lord commanded), 

and he will 

ha\e turned judgment into g 11, and the 
fruit ofrigh 

l] \\ 
which Bay, Have w< us horns 

h ? 

14 But, Beh 
you a nation, () l»ou 

•tctyou from the en 

unto the liver u the wi 

Cll \ P. VII. 
1 The judgment of 

and o ■' 

cr of Amos. 10 Smazio/i'sjud 



i, vii. Jhmziah'a judgment. 714 

THUS hath the Lord God shewed unto 
me ; and, behold, ho formed grass- 
hoppers in the beginning of the shooting up 
ofthe latter growth; and, lo, it was the 
latter growth after the king's mowings. 

J And it came to pass, that when they 
had made an end of eating the grass ofthe 
land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I 
beseech thee : >By whom shall Jacob arise ? 
for he is small. 

3 The Liord repented for this : Itshall 
not be, saith the Lord. 

4 " Thus hath the Lord God shewed un- 
to me : and. Behold, the Lord God call- 
ed to contend by fire, and it devoured the 
great deep, and did eat uj5 a part. 

5 Then said I, () Lord God, cease I be- 
seechthee: By whom shall Jacob arise I 
tor he is small. 

6 The I^ord repented for this : This al- 
so shall not be, saith the Loixl God. 

7 Thus lie shewed me : and beh Id, the 
Lord stood upon a wall made by a plum- 
line, with a plumbline in his hand. 

8 And the Lord said unto me, Amos, 
Whatseest thou ? And I said, A plumbline. 
Then said the Lord, Behold, 1 will set a 
plumbline in the midst of my people Is- 
rael : I will not again pass by them any- 
more : 

9Ar.dtli£ high places of Isaac shall be 
desolate, and the sanctuaries of Is" it'l shaH 
be laid waste; and I will rise a»j. Tv .stthc 
Jeroboam with the sword. 

10 9 '\ Then Amaziab the priest of Beth- 
el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, s; 

conspired against thee in the 
midst of the In useol Israel : the land is not 
able to bear all his v, 

11 Fur thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall 
die by the swad, and Israel shall surely be 

captive out ot their own land. 
i V, Amaziah said unto Amos, O 
thou-' : thee away into the laud 

ofJudah, and there eat bread, and prophe- 
sy Chi 

prophesy not agate any more at 
. : for it is the king's chapel, and it 

(' U'.J. 

14 Then answered Amos, and said to 

/ah, Iwus no prophet, neither* wu< 1 

n iiu\hnan, 

fruit : 

15 And the Lord to k mei b 1 followed 

D ■ , Go, 

unto ii.'. | ■ 

th< u the word 
. not 
rd ;.- 

17 Therefore* thus rd, Thy 

id thy 

Jl fall by the. 



712 Israel's end typified, AMOS. 

. c thpH shalt die in a polluted land : and 
: raej shall surely go into captivity forth 
of his land. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 By a basket of summer Jruit is shewed 
Israel's end. 4 Oppression reproved, 
11 J famine of the word threatened, 

THUS hath the Lord God shewed un- 
to me : and, behold, a basket of sum- 
mer fruit. 

2 And he said, Amos, Whatseest thou 1 
And 1 said, A basket of summer fruit. 
Then said the Lord unto me, The end is 
come upon my people of Israel ; 1 will not 
again pass by them any more. 

3 An.' the songs ci the temple shall be 
howlingsin that day, saith the Lord God : 
there shad be many dead bodies in every 
place ; they shall cast them forth with si- 
lence. 

4 ^f Hear this, O ye that swallow up the 
needy, even to make the poor of the land 
to fail, 

5 Saying, When will the new moon be 
gone, that we may sell corn ? And the sab- 
bath, that we may set forth wheat, making 
the ephah small, and the shekel great, and 
falsifying #ie balances by deceit I 

6 That we may buy the poor for silver, 
and the needy for a pair of shoes ; yea, 
and sell the refuse of the wheat ? 

7 Tb 'Lord hath sworn by the excellen- 
cy of £* >b. Surely 1 will never forget any 
of their works. 

8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and 
every one mourn that dwelleth therein I 
s.nd it shall rise up wholly as a Hood : and 
it shall be cast out and drowned, asfo/ the 
flood of Egypt. 

9 And k shall come to pass in thai day, 
Saith the Lord God, that I will cause the 
sun to go down at noon, and I will darken 
the earth in the clear day : 

10 And 1 will turn your feasts into mourn- 
ing, and all your songs into lamentation ; 
and I will bring up sackcloth upon ail loins, 
and baldness upon every head : and I will 
make it as the mourning of an only*o», and 
fee end thereof as a bitter day. 

11 % Behold, the days come, saith the 
Lord God, that 1 will send a famine in the 
land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst 
for water, but c* hearing the words of the 
Lord : 

12 And they shall wander from sea to 
?ea, and from the north even to the east, 
they shall run to : k the word 
of the Lord, and shall 

13 In that day shall the fair virgins and 
young men faint for thirst. 

14 They that swear by the sin of Sama- 
ria, amlsay,Thvfpd,QBan,lh**h ; and, 
The manner of beersheba liveth; even 
they shall fail, and never rise up again. 



The certaimy o ; «w <*t .dyn, 

CHAP. IX. 

1 The certainty of the desolation. 11 The 
restoring of the tabernacle of David, 

I SAW the Lord standing upon the al- 
tar : and he said, Smite the lintel of the 
door, that the posts may shake : and cut 
them in the head, all of *hem ; and I will 
slay the last of them with the sword : he 
that fieeth of them shall not flee away, and 
he that escapeth of them shall notbe'deliv- 
ered. 

2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall 
mine hand take them ; though they climb 
up to heaven, thence will I bring them 
down : 

3 And though they hide themselves in 
the top of Carmel, I will search and take 
them cut thence ; and though they be hid 
from my sight in the bottom of the sea, 
thence will I command the serpent, and he 
shall bite them : 

4 And though they go into captivity be- 
fore their enemies, thence will I command 
the sword, and it shall slay them : and I , 
will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and 
not for good. 

5 And the Lord God of hosts is he that 
toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all 
that dwell therein shall mourn : and it shall 
rise up wholly like a flood ; and shall be 
drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 

6 It is he that buikleth his stores in the 
heaven, and hath founded his troop in the 
earth : he that calleth for the waters of the 
sea, and poureth them out upon the face of 
the earth : The Lord & his name. 

7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopi- 
ans uato me, O children of Israel ? saith 
the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel 
out of the land of Egypt ? and the Philis- 
tines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from 
Kir ? 

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are 
upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy 
it from off the facr> of the earth ; saving 
that I will not utterly destroy the house of 
Jacob, saidi the Lord. 

9 For, lo, 1 will command, and I will sift 
the house of Israel among all nations, like 
as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the 
least grain fall upon the earth. 

10 All the sinners of my people shall die 
by the sword, which say, The evil shall 
not overtake nor prevent us. 

11 «il In that day will I raise up the tab- 
ernacle of Davicl that is fallen, and close up 
the breaches thereof ; and I will raise up 
his ruins, and 1 will build it as in the days 
of old : 

12 That they may possess the remnant 
of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are 
called by my name, saith the Lord that do- 
eth this. 

13 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, 



The destruction of Jtdom. 



OSADIAH. Jacob's salvation and irictzry. 213 



Ihat the ploughman shall overtake the 
reaper, and the treader of grapes him that 
sovveth seed ; and the mountains shall drop 
sweet wine, and all the hi, Is shall melt. 
14 And I will bring again the captivity 
ople of Israel, and they shallbuild 
theJ^fte cities and inhabit i/<em: and 



: m\ peop 



ill plant vineyards, and dri . 
wine thereof"; . 
dens, and eat the fruit of them. 

15 AikI 1 will plant them U] 
and they shall no more be pulled u] 

the Lord thy God- 



OBADIAH. 



1 The destruction of Edom, 3 for their 
/iride, 10 and wrong unto Jacob. 17 The 
salvation and victory of Jacob. 

T Thus saith the 

Lord God concerning Edom, We 
have heard a rumour from thelx>r<l, and 
an ambassador is sent among the heathen : 
f, and let us rise up against her in 
battle. ' 

2 Behold I have made thee small among 
the heathen : I :!y despised. 

S ■ The pride cf thine heart hath decei- 
ved thee, thou diat dweltest in the clefts of 
i whose habitati si u high ; that 
saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down 
to the ground i 

4 Though thou exalt thysetfos the eagle, 
and though thou set thy nest among the 
PUB, thence will I bring thee down, saith 
Lord. 

5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by 

• thou cut off!). Would they 
e stolen till they had enough I It the 
e, Would they 
;»es ? 

6 How are the wrings of Rsiu searched 
out! foot are fa 

7 All the 11, ■ . cy have 
brought thee even to 

that were at peace « ith thee have deceh - 
edthee, and prevailed against tla 
tftat eat thy bread have laid a wound under 
thee: tiivrvia none CD 
a Shall I ik tin that I le Lord, 

men out ot Edom, and 
I 

thy mighty men, () Tem 
■ 
themou:.: ^slaugh- 

ter. 

i or thu vie.!; 1 

aijilt!;- 
11 In 1 

■ 

ers enter 

i 



of thy brother, in the day that he 

ver the children 01 Judah, 
in the day of their 1 
shoulder pofcen proudl; 

day of distress. 

13 Thou shouldest not have entered into 
the gate of my people in the day 

; yea, thou shou. 
looked on their aniiction in the da-, 
calamity nor have laid /::..-. 
stance in the day ot their c 

14 Neither shouldest tin u h ive stood in 
thecrossway, to cut off those of his that did 
escape; neither shou [have de- 
livered up these of his that did remain i:i 
the day of distress. 

15 For the day of the Lord is near upon 
all the heathen : as thou hast done, it shall 
be done unto thee ; thy reward sh... . 
upon thine own bead. 

drank upon n 
mountain, so ihall all the heathen drink 
continually, yea, they shall drink, and they 
.\!1 be as 
they had not been. 

■ it /.ion shall be de- 
iverance, and thei 
tne ik use 

shall be afire, 

. and the 
1 

■ 

- 

■ 
■ 

o 

n, which 

1 mount 
. IDd ths 



«4 



JONAH. 



CHAP. I. ) 

1 Jonah sent to JVineveh, feeth to Tar- 
s/iish. 4 He is discovered by a tempest, 
11 throtun into the sea, and swallowed 
by a fish. 

NOW the word of the Lord came unto 
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 

2 Arise, goto Nineveh, that great city, 
and cry against it ; for their wickedness is 
come up before me. 

3 But Jonah rose up to fee unto Tarshish 
ii-om the presence of the Lord, and went 
down to Joppa ; and he found a ship go- 
ing to Tarshish : so he paid the fare there- 
of, and went down into it, to go with them 
unto Tarshish from the presence of the 
Lord. 

4 ^[ But the Lord sent out a great wind 
into the sea, and there was a mighty tem- 
pest in the sea, so that the ship was like to 
be broken. 

5 Then the mariners were afraid, and 
cried every man unto his god, and cast 
forth the wares that were in the ship into 
the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah 
"was gone down into the sides cf the ship ; 
and lie lay, and was fast asleep. 

6 So the shipmaster came to him, and 
said unto him, What meanest thou ,0 sleep- 
er I Arise, call upon thy God, if sofeetftat 
God will think upon us, that we perish not. 

7 And they said every one to his fellow, 
Come, and let us cast lots, that we may 
fcnow tor whose cause thi. evil is upon us. 
So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jo- 
nah. 

8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we 
pray thee, for whose cause this evil is up- 
on us. What is thine occupation I and, 
Whence comest thou ? What z.sthy coun- 
try i and, Of what people or* thou ? 

9 And he said unto them, I am an He- 
brew : and 1 fear the Lord.theG' -d of heav- 
en, which hath made the sea and the dry 
kind. 

10 Then were the men exceedingly af- 
raid, and said unto him. Why hast thou 
done this? For the men knew that he fled 
from the presence cf the Lord, because he 
Lad told theni. 

HI Then said they unto him, What 
shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be 
ealm unto us I For the sea wrought, and 
was ten pestuous. 

12 And he said unto them, Take me up, 
and cast me forth into the sea ; so shall the 
sea he calm unto you : for 1 know that for 
my sake this great tempest is upon y< w. 

"13 Nevertheless, the men rowed Hard to 
bring it to the land ; but they could not : 
for the sea wrought, an twas tempestuous 
against thera. 



14 Wherefore they cried unto the Lara*, 
and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we 
beseech thee, let us not perish for thi- man's 
life, and lay not upon us innocent bloojl; for 
thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleasBBLee. 

15 So they took up Jonah, and cwPiirn 
forth into the sea : and the sea ceased from 
her raging. 

16 Then the men fi&red the Lord ex* 
ceedingYy, and offered a sacrifice unto the 
Lord, and made v 

17 Now the Lord had prepared a great 
fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was 
in the belly of the &h three days and three 
nights. 

CHAP. II. 

1 The prayer of Jonah. 10 He is delivered 

from thefsh. 

THEN Jonah prayed unto the Lord his 
God out of the fish's belly, 

2 And said, I cried by reason of mine af- 
fliction unto the Lord/ and he heard me ; 
out of the belly of hell cried 1, and thou- 
heardest my voice. 

3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, 
in the midst of the seas ; and the floods 
compassed me about : all thy billows and 
thy waves passed over me. 

4 Then 1 said, 1 am cast out of thy sight ; 
yet 1 will look again toward thy holy tem- 
ple. 

5 The waters compassed me about, e- 
ven to the soul : the depth closed me round 
about, the weeds were wrapped about my 
head. 

6 I went down to the bottoms of the 
mountains ; the earth with her bars was 
about me for ever : yet hast thou br< ught 
up my life from corruption, O Lord my 
God. 

7 When my soul fainted within me, I 
remembered the Lord, and my prayer 
came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 

8 They that observe lying vanities forsake 
their r n mi rey. 

9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the 
voice ot thanksgiving : I will pay thai that 
lhave vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. 

10 *S{ And the Lord spake unto the fish, 
and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land* 

CHAP. III. 
1 Jonah, sent again,firmchet& to the JVz/z- 
evites. 5 Upon ihcirrtpentance, 10 God 
reficntcth. 

AND the word of the Lord came unto 
Jonahthe second time, saying, 

2 Arise go unto Nineveh, that great ci- 
tv, and preach unto it the preaching that 
I bid thee. 

3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nine- 
veh, according to the word of the Lord. 
(Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city 
of three days journey). 



Chap. i. Jonah's r epining r 

and merciful, slow to anger, and of great 
est tntc of th 
. O Lord] take 1 be- 
>ee, my lite from nic ; tor it in bet- 
terfor n •. to live. 

1 die Lord, Dcest thou well 
to be ang 

5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat 
on the east side of the city, r.nd the] 
him a booth, and sat under it in t:. 
ow, tiil lie might see what would become 
city. 

pared a gourd, 
d made it to come up over Jonah, that 
<;,tode 



; ' rrfientance. 

. to enter into the city ■ 
be cried, an 

*over- | 

the people of Nineveh believed ; 

. 

,.e. and 
. and covered 

sbes. . 
jroclaimedand 



r drink 
water: 

let man and beast be covered with 

every one from his evil w«ay, 

, in their haixK 
U turn and ve- 
trom his here 

10^ A ir works, that 

and God 

said that 
be would 

CHAP. IV. 

. 4 is rc- 

B.dingly, 
ngry. 

: . id, and 
not this 

- 

io'r 1 k; 



So Jonah was 

7 Hot God prepared a worm when the 
rose the next day, and k 
d that it withered, 
o And it came to puss, when the sun did 
arise, that God prepared a veherji 

Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in him- 
self to die, and said, It u Letter far me to 
die than to live* 

9 And God said unto Jonah, Doest thou 

lbs gourd : And he 

weB to be angrJNtrxx n unto death. 

10 Then said the Ixrd, Thou hast had 

pitj on the gourd, lor the which thai hast 

not laboured, neither madest it grow; 

which came up in a night, and perished in 

a night : 

11 And, Should not 1 spare Nineveh, 

it city, wherein are more than six- 

s that cannot discern 

their right hand and their lefc 

b •:.'-'. ; and ai-'j much cattle i 



MICAII. 



C H A P. r. 

Tmrto 

- 

em forth 

- 
atentihul 



I 

■ 

ngasthe 

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7*18 Against oppression, 

9 Fcr her wound is incur able : for it is 
come unto Judah ; he is come unto the 
gate of my" people, even to Jerusalem. 

10 *|[ Declare ye it not at Oath, weep ye 
not at all : in the house of Aphrah roll thy- 
self in the dust. 

11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Sa- 
phir, having thy shame naked : the inha- 
bitant of Zaanan came not forth in the 
mourning of Bethezd : he shall receive of 
you his standing. 

12 For the inhabitant ofMaroth waited 
carefully for good : but evil came down 
from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem. 

13 O. theu inhabitant of Lachish, bind 
the chariot to the swift beast : she is the 
beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zi- 
on : for the transgressions of Israel were 
found in thee. 

14 Therefore shaltthou give presents to 
Moreshcthgath : the houses of Achzib 
shall be a he to the kings of Israel. 

15 Yet will 1 bring an heir unto thee, O 
inhabitant of Mareshah : he shall come 
unto Adullam the glory of Israel. 

16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy 
delicate children: eniai ge thy baldness as 
the eagle ; for they are gone 'into capiivi- 
ty from thee. 

7 C H A P. II. 

1 Against oppression. 4 A lamentation. 7 

A reproof of injustice and idolatry, 12 

A promise of restoring Jacob. 

WOE to them that devise iniquity, and 
work evil upon their beds ! when 
the morning is light, they practise it, be- 
cause it is in the power of their hand. 

2 And they covet fields, and take them 
by violence ; and houses, and take them a- 
w : ay : so they oppress a man and his house, 
even a man and his heritage. 

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Be- 
hold,, against this family do I devise an e- 
vil, from which ye shall not remove your 
necks ; neither shall ye go haughtily : for 
this time z* evil. 

4 % In that day shall one take up a para- 
ble against you, and lament with a dole- 
ful lamentation, and say, We he utterly 
spoiled i. lie hath changed the portion of my 
people :. how hath he removed it from 
me I turning, away he hath divided our 
fields. 

5 Therefore thcu shalt have none that 
shall cast a cord by lot in the congrega- 
tion of the Lord : 

6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that 
prophesy : they snail not prophesy to them 
ihat they shall not take shame. 

7 5 O thou that arb named the house of 
Jacob, Is the spirit ot'the Lord straitened ? 
Are these his doings ? Do rot my words 
do good to him that walketh uprightly I 

8 Even of late my people is risen up as 



MIC AH. The cruelty of the princes, 

c-m enemy: ye pull off the robe with the 
garment from them that pass by securely 
as men averse from war. 

9 The women of my people have ye cast 
out from their pleasant houses ; from their 
children have ye taken away my glory for 
ever. 

10 Arise ye, and depart ; for this is not 
your rest : because it is polluted, it shall 
destroy you, even with a sore desruction. 

11 If a man walking in the* spirit and 
falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto 
thee of wine and of strong drink ; he shall 
even be the prophet of this people. 

12 IjT will surely assemble, O Jacob, all 
of thee ; I will surely gather the remnant 
ot Israel ; 1 will put them together as the 
sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst ot 
their fold : they shall make a great noise 
by reason of the multitude o/'men. 

13 The breaker is come up before them r 
they have broken u», and have passed 
through the gate, and are gone out by it t 
and their king shall pass before them," and 
the Lord on the head of them. 

CHAP. 111. 
1 The cruelty <f the princes. 5 The false- 
hood of the prophets. 8 The security of 
them both. 

AND I said, Hear 1 pray you, O heads 
of Jacob, and ye princes of the house 
of Israel ; Is it not for yc u to know judg- 
ment ! 

2 Who hate the good,and love the evil ; 
who pluck off their skin from off them, and 
their flesh from off their bones ; 

3 Who also eat the flesh of my people,, 
and flay their skin from off them ; and 
they break their bones, and chop ihem iu 
pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within 
the saldron. 

4 Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but 
he will not hear them : he will even hide 
his face from them at that time, as they 
have behaved themselves ill in their doings* 

5« If Thus saith the Lord concerning the 
prophets that make my people err, that 
bite with their teeth, and crv, Peace ; 
and he that putteth not into their mouths, 
they even prepare war against him : 

6 Therefore, night .shall be unto you, that 
>e shall not have a vision : and it shall be 
dark unto you, that ye shall not divine : ;u:d 
the sun- shall go down owr the prophets, 
and the day shall be dark over them. 

7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and 
the diviners confounded : yea, they shall all 
cover their lips ; for there is no answer ot 
God. | 

8 % But truly lam full of power by the 
spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and 
of might, to declare unto Jacob his trans- 
gression, and to Israel his sin. 

9 Hear this, I pray you, ye hmds of I 



W%e giory, Ifc* of the church, 

house of Jacob, and princes of the house 
of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert 
all equity. 

10 They build up Zion with blood, and 
Jerusalem with iniquity. 

11 T te beads thereof judge for reward, 
and the priests thereof teach for hire, and 
the prophets thereof divine for money : yet 
will the\- lean upon the Lord, and say, Is 
not theLcrd among us ? None evil can come 
upon us. 

12 Therefore shall Zicn fcr your sake l>e 
ploughed an a field, and Jerusalem shall 
become heaps, and the mountain ol the 
house as the nigh places of the forest. 

CH A P, IV. 

1 The glory, 5/nace, 8 kingdom, 11 and 

victory of the church. 

BUT in the "last days it shall come to 
. that the mountain of the house 
of the Lord shall be established in the top 
of the mountains, and it shall be exalted a- 
bove the hills ; and people shall flow unto it. 
2 And many nations shall come, and say, 
Come, and let us go up to the mountain of 
the I^ord, and to the house of the God ot 
J ieob ; and he will teach us of his ways, 
and we will walk in his paths : for the law 
Z n, and the word of the 
em. 
\ id lie shall judge among many 
ind rebuke strong nations afar oft; 
it their swords into plough - 
shares* and their spears into pruninghooks : 
nation shall not lift up a sword against na- 
tion, neither shall they learn war any more, 
.all sit every man under his 
pee; and none shall 
. for t!ie mouth of the 

walk in 
■ of the Lord our '/ id for ever 

ill 1 as- 
i gather 
t i have j 

• baited arem- 

l taroffa strong 

i erthem 

. rui even fore- 

* And thou, O tower of the flock, the 
i ot /ion, unK> 
ill It come, even the first d* minion ; 
Dieting metothedau 

^Ni'\v, Why dost thou cry nut aloud ' 
no kinji iti i. 

Iiavc t iken I i 
n in travail 



Chap, iv, v. The birth of Christ. 71% 

tail : for now shalt thou go forth out of the 

city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and 

l thou shalt go evtii to Babylon : there shalt 

| thou be delivered; there the Lord shall 

redeem thee from thehandof thine enemies* 

11 T Now also many nations are leath- 
ered against thee, that say, Let her Le defi- 
led, and let our eye look upon Zion. 

12 Rut they know not the thoughts of the 
Lord, neither understand they his counsel: 
for he ^shall gather them as the sheaves 
into the floor. 

13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of 
Zion ; tor I will make thine horn iron, and 
I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou 
shalt beat in pieces many people : and I 
will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, 
and their substance unto the Lord of the 
whole earth. 

C II A P. V. 

1 The birth cfChrUt. 4 His kingdom* 3 

His conquest* 

NOW gather thyself into troops, O 
daughter of troops : he hath laid 
siege against us : they shall smite the judge 
of Israel with a rod upon the check. 

2 Hut thou Bethlehem Ephratah, 
though thou be little among the thousands 
of Judah, yet out cf thee shall he come 
forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel ; 
whose goings forth have been rrora of old. 
from everlasting. 

3 Therefore will he give them up, until 
the time tlhit sihe which travaileth hath 
brought forth : then the remnant o| h : - 
brethren shall return unto the. children of 
Israel. 

4 \ And he shall stand and feed in the 
; strength of the Lord, in the majesty ol the 
I name of the 1 .ore! his God ; and they .shall 

abide: for now sliall lie be gieut tint > the 
ends of the earth. 

5 And this ma?; shall l>c the peace, when 
, the Assyrian shall come into DUX land : and 
[ when he ehaU. tread in our palaces, then 
; shall ■■ 

ht principal njan. 

6 And they shall waste the I: nCi ol 
syria with I I die land of Nhn- 
rod in the entrances thereof: thus shall 
he deMver u% En m the A en he 
comcth into < ur laud, an read- 

eth within ( U 

r And the remnant of J in 

the midst of man) people i - a dt a m 
the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, 
that tarrieth not for man, oar waitetn I 

B • And the : en 
among the Gentiles in tfa 

. n among the beasts of thefbi - 

fli ( ks Oi 



in pain, and lalxHir to bring forth, • s! i jh, both tread- 

<vdaugigipfroi'/ion, like a woman in fc 



can deliver. 



720 God's controversy for unkindness, MIC 

9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon 
thine adversaries, and all thine enemies 
shall be cut off. 

10 And it shall come to pass in that dav, 
saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy hor- 
ses out of the midst of thee, and I will des- 
troy thy chariots : 

11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, 
and throw down ail thy strong holds: 

12 And 1 will cut oiY witchcrafts' out of 
thine hand ; and thou shalt have no more 
soothsayers : 

13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, 
and thy standing images cut of the midst ot 
thee ; and thou shalt no more worship the 
work of thine hands. 

14 And I will pluck up thy groves cut of 
the midst of thee : so will 1 destroy thy cit- 
ies. 

15 And I will execute vengeance in an- 
ger and fury upon the heathen, such as 
they have not heard. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 God's controversy J'cr un/dndnes9,6for 

ignatwfit) 10 for injustice , 16 cud for 

idolatry. 
TTEAR ye now what the Lord saith ; 
JUL Arise, contend thou before the moun- 
tains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 

2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's con- 
troversy, and ye strong foundations of the 
earth : for the Lord hath a controversy 
with his people, and he will plead with Is- 
rael. 

3 O my people, What have 1 done unto 
thee ? and, Wliercin have I wearied thee I 
Testifv against me. 

4 For 1 brought thee up out of the land 
of Egypt, and redeemed thee out oi the 
house of servants; and I sent before thee 
Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 

5 (.) my people, remember now what Ba- 
lak king of Moab consulted, and what Ba- 
laam the son of Beor answered him from 
Shittim unto Gilgal ; that ye may know the 
righteousness of the Lord. 

*6 "i[ Wherewhh shall I come before the 
Lord, and bow myself before the high God ? 
Shall I come before him with burnt offer- 
ings, with calves of a year old I 

7 Will the Lord be pleased with thou- 
sands of rams, or with ten thousands of 
rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn/br 
my transgression, the fruit of my body for 
the sin of my soul? 

8 lie hath shewed thee, O man, what is 
good ; and. What doth the Lord require 
of thee, but to do justly, and to love mer- 
cy, and to walk humbly with thy God ? 

9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, 
and th", man o/wisdom shall see thy name : 
hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 

10 *H Are there yet the treasures of wick- 
edness in the house of the wicked, and the 
*cant measure that is abominable ? 



AH. ignorance-, injustice, and idolatry, 

1 1 Shall I count them pure with the wick- 
ed balances, and with the bag of deceitful 
weights i 

m 12 For the rich men thereof are full of 
violence, and the inhabitants thereat' have 
spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in 
their mouth. 

13 Therefore also will I make thee sick 
in smiting thee, in naakjng thee deflate be- 
cause of thy sins. 

14 Tiiou shalt eat, but not be satisfied ; 
and thy casting down shad he in the midst 
of thee ; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt 
not deliver : and that which thou deliver- 
est will 1 give up to the sword. 

15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not 
reap : thou shalt tread the olives, but thou 
shalt not anoint thee with oil ; and sweet 
wine, but shalt not drink wine. 

16 "j For the statutes of Omri are kept, 
and all the works of the house of Ahab, and 
ye walk in their counsels; that 1 should 
make thee a desolation, and the -inhabitants 
thereof an hissing : therefore ye shall hear 
the reproach of mv people; 

CHAP. VII. 
1 The church com/dainhig of her small 
number, 3 and the general corruption, 
5fmUtthhe'r confidence in God. 

WOE is me 1 tor 1 am as when they 
have gathered the gun inter fru'.is, 
as the grape gleanings of the vintage : 
there is no cluster to eat : my soul desired 
the first ripe fruit. 

2 The good man is perished out of the 
earth : and there is none upright among" 
men: they lie all in wait for blood; they 
hunt every man his brother with a net. 

3 *f They that may do evil with both 
hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the 
judge asketh ior a reward ; and the great 
man, he uttered; his mischievous desire : 
so they wrap it up. 

4 The best of them is as a brier : the 
most upright fs ■s/zar/wthanathorn hedge ; 
the day of thy watchman, and thy visita- 
tion cometh ; now shall be their perplexity, 

5 ^| Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not 
confidence in a guide; keep the doors of 
thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom, 

6 For the son dishonoreth ri^e father, the 
daughter riseth up against her mother, the 
daughter in law against her mother in law : 
a man's enemies arc the men. of his own 
house. 

7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord : 
I wiil wait for the God of my salvation : 
my God will hear me. 

8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy : 
when 1 fall, I shall arise ; when I sit in dark- 
ness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. 

9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord, 
because I have sinned against him, until he 
plead my cause, and execute judgment for 



The church's confidence in God. Chap, i, 



His goodness to his people. 721 



me: he will bring me forth to the light, 
atii I shall behold his righteousness. 

10 Then she that * mine enemy shall see 
jV, and shame shall cover her which said 
unto me, Where is the Lord thy Uod ? 
Mine eyes shall behold her : now shall she 
be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 

11 In the day that thy walls are to be 
built, in that day shall the decree be far 
removed. 

12 In that day also he shall come even to 
thee from Assyria, and J'rcm the fortified 
cities, and from the fortress even to the 
river, and from sea to sea, and/row moun- 
tain to mountain. 

13 Notwithstanding the land shall be de- 
solate because of them that dwell therein, 
for the fruit of their doings. 

1-1- Peed thy people with thy rod, the 
flock, of thine heritage, which dwell solita- 
rily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel : 
let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in 
;' ic days of old. 

15 According to the days of thy coming 



out of the land of Egypt will I shetf unto 
him marvellous thing*. 

16 The nations shall seeandbeconfi an- 
ded at all their might: they shall lay their 
hand upon their mouth, their ears shall 
he deaf. 

17 They shall lick the dust like a srr* 
pent, they shall move cut of their holes lik« 
worms Of the earth: they shall be afraid 
of the Lord eur Ged, and shall fear because 
of tb.ee. 

18 Who is a God like unto thee, that 
pardenet'n iniquity, and passcth by the 
transgression of the remnant of his herit- 
age : Ke retained) not his anger forever, 
because he delightcth in mercy. 

19 He will turn again, he will have com* 
passion upon us ; he will .subdue our ini- 
quities ; and tiiou wilt cast ail their sins in- 
to the depths of the sea. 

20 Thou wilt perioral the truth to Jacob, 
and the mercy to Abraham, which thou 
hast sworn unto our fathers from the days 
of old. 



NAHUM. 



CHAP. I. 

77ie majesty of God in goodness to his pec- 

f /.% and severity against his enemies. 

THE burden of Nineveh. The bock of 
the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 
2 (kxi is jealous, and the Lead reven- 
ie Lord re\ engeth, and is furn us ; 
the I^ord will take vengeance on his adver- 
, and be reserveth wrath for his en- 

. :'d :s slew to anger, and great 
in power; and will not at all acquit the • 
wicked : the I .ord hath his* ay in the whirl- ] 
wind and ir • id the clouds are 

the dust of his feet. 

4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it 
l I drictli up all ; Bashan 
Junguisheth, and Carmel, and the flowerof 
Lebanon languishetb. 

5 The mountains quake at him, and the 
hills melt, and the earth is burned at his 

rid, and all that dwell 

bis indignation : 
and, Who can abide in tin* fieri I 

r ? His fur) . i like fli*e, 

rocks are thrown down by him. 
7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the 
veth them that 
trust bi him. 

b But with an overrunning flood he will 
make an utter end < thereof, 

and darkness shall puisne his < i 

'-' What do j e imagine ag 
te will make an utter end : affliction si. all 
tip the second time. 
10 For while they be foiden togetlier us 



thorns, and while they are drunken as 
drunkards, they shall be devoured as stub- 
ble fully dry. 

11 There is one come out of thee, that 
imagineth evil against the Lord, a wick- 
ed counsellor. 

12 Thus saith the Lord, Though they 
he quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall 
they be cut down, when he shall pavs 
through. Though 1 have afflicted thee 1 
will araictthee up more. 

13 For now will 1 break his yoke from 
off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 

H And the Lord hath giveu a com- 
mandment concerning thee, that no more 
(4 thy name be sown: out of the llOUSB of 
thy gods wiD 1 cut offthe graven in 
the molten image; 1 will maketh) grave; 
lor thou art vile. 

15 behold upon the mountains tl 
him that bringeth good tidings, tl 
lisheth i< "■( [ ( ) Jodali ke< p th; 
feasts, perform thj vows: lor the wicked 
shall no in' i" ; atfl thri ugh thee ; her-, ut- 
terly cut off. 

CHAP. II. 
7 'i:cj< arftd and \ victorious 

' .Y.i.i Vi I-. 

Ethatdaslieth in n 

fore ■ Is p the nuiniti . 

watch th< i ng,fo: - 

. 

tn turned away the 

excellt ;. bs the excellenc* oT 

Israel : <■' r the * n ; -tiers have - 

them out, and marred their vine branches. 

3 The ibielduf msinjity men is made 



H 



722 The armiet of God against , NAHUM, 

Ted, the valiant men are in scarlet : the 
chariots shall be with flaming torches in 
the day of his preparation, and their fir 
trees shall be terribly shaken. 

4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, 
they shall justle one against another in the 
broad ways : they shall seem like torches, 
i hey shall run like the lightnings. 

5 lie shall recount his worthies: they 
shall stumble in their walk; they shall 
make haste to the wall thereof, and the 
defence shall be prepared. 

6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, 
and tl le palace shall be dissolved, 

7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, 
she shall be brought up, and her maids shall 
lead her as with the voice of doves, tatter- 
ing upon their breasts. 

8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of 
water, yet they shall flee away. Stand, 
stand, shall they cry ; but none shall look 
back. 

9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the 
spoil of gold ; for there is none end of the 
«>tore and glory out of all the pleasant fur- 
niture. 

10 She is empty, and void, and waste: 
and the heart melteth, and the knees smite 
together, and much pain is in all loins, and 
the faces oi them all gather blackness. 

11 WkeVe is the dwelling ot the lions, 
and the feeding place of the young lions, 
where the lion even the old lion walked, 
4ind the lions whelp, and none made them 
afraid. 

12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for 
his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, 
and filled his holes with prey, and his dens 
with ravin. 

13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the 
Lord of hosts, and 1 will burn her chariots 
in the smoke and the sword shall devour 
thy young liens: and I will cut off thy prey 
from the earth, and the voice oi thy mes- 
sengers shall no more be heard. 

CHAP. 111. 
The miserable ruin of Nineveh, 

WOE to the bloody city ! it is all full 
of lies and robbery ; the prey depar- 
teth not. • 

2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of 
the rattling of the wheels, and of the pran- 
cing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 

3 The horsemen lifteth up both the bright 
yword and the glittering spear : and there 
is a multitude of slain, and a great num- 
ber of carcasses ; and there is none end of 
{ ' ir corpses ; the}' stumble upon their corp- 
ses: 

4 Because of the multitude ol the whore- 
doms of the well favoured harlot, the mis- 
tress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations 
through her whoredoms, and families 
t.irough her witchcrafts, 



and miserable ruin of y JVlneveh* 

5 Beho'd, I am against thee, saith the 
Lord of hosts ; and I will discover thy skirts 
upon thy face, and I will shew the nations 
thy nakedness,and the kingdoms thvshame. 

6 And I will cast abominable filth upon 
thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee 
as a gazing stock. 

7 And it shall come to pass, thatatt they 
that look unon thee shall flee from thee, 
and say, rsineveh is laid waste: Who 
will bemoan her? Whence shall I seek 
comforters for thee I 

8 Art thou better than populous No, that 
was situate among the rivers, that had tlie 
waters round about it, whose rampart was 
the sea, and her wall was from the sea ? 

9 Ethiopia and Egvpt were her strength, 
and it was infinite ; Put and Lubim were 
thy helpers. 

1G Yet was she carried away, she went 
into captivity : her young children were 
also dashed in pieces at the top of all the 
streets : and they cast lots for her honor- 
able men, and all her great men were 
bound in chains. 

1 1 Thou also shalt be druken : thou shalt 
be hid ; thou also shalt seek strength be- 
cau::e of the enemy. 

12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig 
trees with the first ripe figs: it they be 
shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth 
of the eater. 

13 Behold thy people in the midst of thee 
are women : the gates of thv land shall be 
set wide open unto thine enemies : the fire 
shall devour thy bars. 

14 Draw thee waters tor the siege, for- 
tify thy strong holds : go into clay, and 
tread the mortar, make strong the brick- 
kiln. * 

15 There shall the fire devour thee ; the 
sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up 
like the cankerworm : make thyself ma- 
ny as the cankerworm, make thyself many, 
as the locusts. 

16 Tncu hast multiplied thy merchants 
above the stars of heaven : the canker- 
worm spoileth and fiieth away. 

17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and 
thy captains as the great grasshoppers, 
which camp in the hedges in the cold day ; 
but when the sun ariseth they flee away, 
and their place is not known where they 
are. 

18 Thy shepherds slumber,Oking of As- 
syria : thy nobles shall dwell in the dust : 
thy people is scattered upon the mountains,, 
and no man gathereth them, 

19 There is n healingofthybrui.se; 
thy wound is grievous : all that hear the 
bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee : 
for, Upon whom hath not thy wickedness 
passed continually I 



HABAKKUK, 






CHAP. I. 
1 Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the ini- 
quity of the laud, 5 the fear- 
ful vengeance by the C haldeans, 
T 1 1L burden which Habakkuk the 
prophet did see. 
2 ( ) Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou 
wilt not bear! tven cry out unto thee o/' 
■, and thou wilt not save ; 
. dost thou iiity, and 
cause me to behold gi r spoil- 
ing and * iolence are before n.e : and there 
are that raise up strife and contention. 
4 Therefore the law is slacked, and 
>r;h ; tor the 
wicked doth compass about the righteous : 
Dg judgment proceedeth. 
>* Beh< Id ye among the bathen, and 
. \ id wonder marvellous!] 
will work a work in your days} which ye 
-. believe, though it be told yrnu 
. lo, 1 raise up the Chaldeans, that 
td hasty nation, v hich sh ill march 
the breadth • > possess 
that are not theirs. 
are terribfe and dreadful : their 
lit and their dignity shall proceed of 

are swifter than the 

-, and are m< in the c- 

dieir horsemen shall 

,hall tly as the 

ce: their 
east wind, and 

K>An I offat tiic k" 

i scorn unto them : they 

■ 

11 Then shall hit mind change, and he 
vtr\ and oflend imputing tliis 
god. 
rueyerlasting,0 Lord 

i not 

: and, O mighh (» d, thou hast 
iu art of pu 

deal • 

is more righle< tin th 
1 1 And 

■ 
er them in tin ir di re- 



16 Therefore they sacrifice Onto their 
. and born incense unto their drag; be- 
se by them their portion is fat, an : 

meat plenteous. 

17 Shall they therefore empty their net, 
I and not spared ntmuaMy to slay the nations i 

C H A P. II. 
1 L r Kto HdhakkukyVxutmgfor an tmswt r 
is efu wed that he must wait hy faith, 
5 Thejudgment tt/ton the Chahl ays. 

I\\ ILL, stand upon nay watch, and set 
me upon the tower, and will watch to 
see what he will say unto me, and what I 
shall answer when 1 am reproved. 

2 And the Lord answered me, and said, 
Write the i ision, aind make it plain upon 
tables, that l»e ma) run that readcth it. 

3 For the vision M yet l'« r an appointed 
time, but at the end it shall speak, and not 
lie : though it tarry, wait ft r it : because) 

j k will surely come, it will n< t tarry. 

4 Behold, his soul which is liked up, ts 
J not upright in him : but the just shall live 
I by Uib J 

5* Yta also, because he transgresseth, 

by w ine, he is a proud man, neither 1-a en* 

ethat home, who isislargeth his desire aa 

; hell, and is as death, and cannet besatisfi- 

, ed, but gatherettuiBto him all nations and 

beapeth unto hiip all people : 

Shall not all these take up a parable 

isthim.and a taunting proverb against 
him, and say, Woe to him thatincreaseth 
that which is not his [ How long!" And to 
him that ladeth himself with thick clay 1 

7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that 
shall !)itethce,au<lawakethatshallvexthee # 
and thooshalt be for booties unto them ? 

a Ik cause thou hast spoiled many na- 
tions, all the remnant of the people shall 
&poit thee: hecaased men's Wood, and 
fir the violence of the Land, of the dry, and 
of all that dwell therein. 

9 Woe to him that coveteth -m evil cor- 

■ his house, tfiat he n 

n high, that he ma) be delivered I 

LOThou hast consulted Bharoe to thv 

II F 

! an- 

1 ' \ \ '< I ■ • . 1 . ' ! : , I 

the 



724 Uabakkukyin Ms prayer, ZEPHANIAH. 



15 Woe unto hi >j thatgiveth his neigh- 
bour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him> 
and makest him drunken also, that thou 
mayest look on their nakedness ! 

16 Thou art filled with shame for glory : 
drink thou also, and let thy toresku) be un- 
covered: the cup ot the Lcrd's right hand 
shall be turned unto thee, and shameful 
spewing shall be on thy glory. 

17 For the violence of Lebanon shall co- 
ver thee, and the spoil of beasts, which 
made them afraid, because of men's blood, 
and for the violence of the land, of the city, 
and of all fhat dwell therein. 

18 What profitelh the graven image 
that the maker thereof hath graven ic ; 
the molten image, and a teacher of lies, 
that the maker of the work trusleth there- 
in, to make dumb idols ? 

19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, 
Awake ; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall 
teach ! Behold, it is laid over with, gold, 
and silver, and there is no breath at all in 
the midst of it. 

20 But the Lord is in his holy temple : 
let all the earth keep silence before him. 

CHAP. 111. 
1 Habakkuk, in his firayer, trembleth at 
God's majesty, 1 7 Confidence of his faith. 

A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet 
upon iShigionoth. 

2 O Lord, 1 have heard thy speech, and 
was afraid : O Lord, revive thy work in the 
midst of the years, in the midst of the years 
make known: in wrath remember mercy. 

3 God came from Teman, and the Holy 
One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory 
covered the heavens, and the earth was 
full of his praise. 

4 And his brightness was as the light ; 
he had horns comingoyttol his hand : and 
there was the hiding of his power. 

5 Before him went the pestilence, and 
burning coals went forth at his feet. 

6 He stood, and measured the earth : he 
beheld,and drove asunder the nations ; and 
the everlasting mountains were scattered, 
the perpetual hills did bow : his ways are 
everlasting. 

7 1 saw the tents of Cushanin affliction : 
and the curtains of the land of Midian did 
tremble. 



trembleth at God's majesty. 

8 Was the Lord displeased against the 
rivers ? Was thine anger against the rivers ? 
Was thy wrath against the sea, that thou 
didst ride upon thine horses and thy char- i 
iots of salvation ? 

9 Thy bow was made quite naked,accor</- 
ing to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word, 
Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth yith 
rivers. 

10 The mountains saw thee, and they 
trembled : the overflowing of the water 
passed by ; the deep uttered his voice, and 
lifted up his hands on high. 

11 The sun and moon stood still in their 
habitation : at the light of thine arrows 
they went, and at the shining of thy glit- 
tering spear. 

12 Thou didst march through the land 
in indignation, thou uidst thresh the heathen 
in anger. 

13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation 
of thy people, even tor salvation with thine 
anointed ; thou woundedst tlve head out of 
the house of the wicked, by discovering the 
foundation unto the neck. Selah. 

15 Thou didst strike through with his . 
staves the head of his villages ; they came 
out as a whirlwind to scatter me : their re- 
joicing was as to devour the poor secretly. 

15 Thou didst walk through the sea with 
thine horses, through the heap of great wa- 
ters. 

16 When I heard, my belly trembled ; 
my lips quivered at the voice : rottenness 
entered into my bones, and 1 trembled in 
myself, that I might rest in the day of trou- 
ble : when he cometh up unto the people, 
he will invade them with his troops. 

17 If Although the fig tree shall not blos- 
som, neither s/W/ fruit be in the vines ; the 
labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields 
shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut 
off from the fold, and there shall be no herd 
in the stalls ; 

18 Yet I will rejoice in tli-j Lord, 1 will 
joy in the God of my salvation. 

19 The Lord God is my strength, and 
he will make my feet like hmd'sj'eet, and 
he will make me to walk upon mine high 
places. To the chief singer on my string- 
ed instruments. 



ZEPHANIAH. 



CHAP. I. 

God's severe judgment against Judahfor 
dix>ers sins. 

THE word of the Lord which came 
unto Zephaniah, the son ot Cushi, 
the son of Gedaiiah, the son of Amariah, 
the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Joei.ah the 
Win of Amen, king of Judah". 



2 1 will utterly consume all things from 
off the land, saith the Lord. 

3 I - ill consume man and beast : I will 
consume the fowls of the heaven, and tha 
fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks 
with the wicked: and I will cut off man 
from oft* the land, saith the Lord. 

[ 4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon 



ne against X Chnpii, 

and upon all tho inhabitants of Jc- 

ianofthe 
Chemarims with I 

6 And then hip the host of 

,, returned!.' i\ 

tlic L ; 

7 Hold thy ] ice of the 

t the Lord wat 
hand: f 

he hath Bid h 

8 And it shall con in the dav 
of the J. ce, that I will punish 

a. and all 

: 

hold, which fill 
i \ i >lence and 

i 

• 
sha I! be the noise 

they that bear silv< i 
that 1 will seal 

: 

■ ill plant vu 

I 

the voice 

i 

ii men, 
ild walk like 
cause t'nc\ have Binnt 

shall be a We to 

Lord's wrath: but the whole land snail be 

d evoured by th 

fcemthat dwell in 



'Allen io reftentance, TuS 

C H A P. II. 
1 An exhortation to refientance. 4 The 

\ 

GATi ! 
not desired; 
2 ik.-i'< ■ ; bring forth, 

the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce 
■ ;e Lord come upon you, before 
tmeupooyoUi 
ye the Lord all ye meek of the 
. ught bis judgment; 
seekrighte tk meekness: it may 

... be bid in the day of the Lord's 

.11 be forsaken, and 
Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive 
out Ash''. , and Ekron 

shall l^e rooted up. 

5 VVoe unto the inhabitants of the sea 
casts, t: • nation of the Cherethites! the 

rd U pgainst yon: () Ca- 

land of the Philistines, 1 will even 

.!'. be no inhab- 

6 And the sea coast shall l>e dwellings 
berds, and folds for 

flocks. 

the coast shall be for the remnant 
of the house of Judah ; thfly shall ft ed there- 
upon: in thehou ikelon shall they 
lie down in theevening : for the Lord their 
I \i-it then i, and turn away their 

iave heard the reproach ofMoab, 

bed my 
against 
rder. 

9 Therefore, a* 1 live, saith the Lord ot 

hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall 

Lom, and the children of Amnion 

I nettles, 

an per] [desolation : tlm 

that] spoil them, and 

io Till ^hiill they have f r their pride, 
magni- 
fied thi people of the 

. 
1 1 Til them : 

. earth ; 

and mm shall worship him, every one from 
t di heathen* 

1 J * . . • i 

. 

hand 4- 

M in the midst 

•1 4 



7#> Jerusalem sharply reftroDed. 

in the upper lintels of it ; their voice shall 
sing in the windows ; desolation shall be in 
the thresholds : for he shall uncover the 
cedar work* 

15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt 
carelessly, that said in her heart, laws, and 
there is none beside me: how is she become 
a desolation, a place tor beasts to lie down 
in ! every one that passeth by her shall 
hiss, and wag bis hand. • 

CHAP. III. 

1 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem far divers 

sins. 8 An exhortation to wait for the 

restoration oj Israel r , 14 and to rejoice 

their salvation. 

TOE to her that is filthy and polluted, 
to the oppressing cit) I 

2 fehe obeyed not the voice ; she received 
jiot correction ; she trusted not in the Lord ; 
she drew not near to her God. 

3 Her princes within her are roaring li- 
ens ; her judges are evening wolves : the) 
gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 

4 Her prophets are light and treacher- 
ous persons : her priests have polluted the 
sanctuary the) have done violence to the 
•law- 

J The just Lord is in the midst thereof; 
he will not do iniquity : every morning 
doth he bring his judgment to light, he fail - 
eth not ; but the unjust knoweth no shame. 

6 I have cut oii'the nations : their tow- 
ers are desolate ; 1 made their streets waste, 
that none passeth by : their cities are de- 
stroyed, so that there is no man, that there 
is none- inhabitant. 

7 1 said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou 
wilt receive instruction ; so. their dwelling 
should not be cut off, howsoever I punish- 
ed them : but they rose early^a'corrupted 
all their doings. 

8 % Therefore wait ye upon me, saith 
the Lord, until the day that 1 rise up to the 
prey : for my determination is to gather 
the nations, that I may assemble the king- 
doms, to pour upon them mine indignation, 
even all my fiei ce anger : for all the earth 
shall be devoured with the fire of my jeal- 
ousy. 

9 For then will I turn to the people a 
pure language, that they may ail call upon 



HAGSAI. The restoration oflsr&rf* 

themame of the Lord, to serve him with 
one consent. 

10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia 
my suppliants, even the daughter of m*y 
dispersed, shall bring mine ottering. 

11 In that day shalt thou not be asham- 
ed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast 
transgressed against me : for then I w;ll 
take away out of the midst of thee them 
that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no 
more be haughty because of my holy moun- 
tain. 

12 I will also leave in the midst of thee 
an afflicted and poor people, and they shsAl 
trust in the name of the Lord. 

13 The remnant of Israel shall not do in- 
lor speak lies; neither shall a de- 

be Sound in their mouth : for 
they shall feed and lie down, and none shall 
hem atraid. 

■ ) daughter of Zion ; shout, 
O Israel ; be glad and rejoice with all the 
heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 

15 The Lord hath taken away thy judg- 
ments, he hath cast cut thine enemy : the 
King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the 
midst of thee : thou shalt not see evil any- 
more. 

16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusa- 
lem, Fear thou not : and to Zion, Let not 
thine hands be slack. 

17 The Lord thy God in the midst of 
thee is mighty ; he will save, he will rejoice 
over thee with joy ; he will rest in his iove, 
he will joy over thee with singing. 

18 1 will gather them that are sorrowful 
for the solemn assembly, w^o are? of thee, to 
whom the reproach of it was a burden. 

19 Behold, at that time 1 will undo all 
that afflict thee; and I will save her that 
halteth,and gather her that was driven out: 
and 1 will get them praise and fame in 
every land where they have been put to 
shame. 

20 At that time will I bring you again*, 
even in the time that I gather you : tor I 
will make you a name and a praise among 
all people of the earih, when I turn back 
your captivity before your eyes, saith the 
Lord. 



HAGGAI. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Haggai reproving the people's riegli- 

\ gence, 7 inciteth them to build the house, 

12 and promisethGod's assistance therein. 

IN the second year of Darius the king, in 
the sixth month, in the first day of the 
ff*e»th, came the word of the Lord by Hag- 



gai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of 
Shealtiei, governor of Judah, and to Joshua 
the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 
2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, say- 
ing, This people say, The time is not come, 
the time that the Lord's house should be 
built. 



.irefiroveih the profile. C 

3 Then came the word of the Lord by 

4 Is it tin e 
ypurceiU 

i Lord of 

6 Ye I ing in lit- 

I 

. 

: ; wood, 

.:e plea- 

■ 

} it came 

- 

i 

- 

11 An 

. and up- 
ground 

. 
12* 1 
tivl, and 

I 

I 

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) 

I • 

l 

II 

the i 

CHAP. II. 

■ 
5 

10 Ik 

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1 



!»p, ii. A enci!cththefi 

3 Who /* left among you that saw this 
. : and, how do ye 

sec it now . ? is ?> not in i our eyes in com- 
n of ft as nothing/ 

4 Yet now be si! 
saith the Lord ; 

■dech, the high priest ; and b« 
ii the land, saith the 
i I work : for J am with v.. 

I of hosts : 

5 According to the wore! that I cove- 
nanted with you whi n ut of E- 

my spirit rem g you : 

6 iVrthus saith the Lord of he 
once, it i ;!e, and 1 wi 
the heavens, and the earth, and tl 
i 

tions, and the 

.a tkcLord of 
S The silver is mil gold it. 

latter house 

.-. 
10 ■[ In die tour and twentieth 
the ninth month in th rof Da- 

te the wqrd of the Lord 

i the Lord of {lost 
now the priest 

• i i ■ • 

■ 
wiuc, or oil, 
ly ? And the] 

t$ Th 

Shall it 

', 
•i n Ik> 

i now I !>• . v tVom 

- 

: of the 

17 1 i 

'•} that 



728 Vision of the horses. ZECHARIAH, 

the foundation of the Lord's temple was 
laid, consider it. 

19 Is the seed yet in the barn ? Yea, as 
yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pome- 
granate, and the olive tree, hath not 
brought forth : from this day will 1 bless you. 

20 «[ And again the word of the Lord 
came unto Haggai in the four and twenti- 
eth day of the month, saving, 

21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of 
Judah, saving, 1 will shake the heavens 
and the earth ; 



Promises to Jerusalem. I 

22 And I will overthrow the throne of 1 
kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength I 
of the kingdoms of the heathen ; and I 
will overthrow the chariots, and those that 
ride in them ; and the horses and their 
riders shall come down, every one by the 
sword of his brother. 

23 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, 
will 1 take thee," O Zerubbabel, my ser- 
vant, the son ofShealtiel, saith the Lord, 
and will make thee as a signet : fori have 
chosen thee, saith the Lord of host?. 



ZECHARIAH. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Zechariah exhorteth to refisrdance. 7 
The vision of the horses. 12 Comforta- 
ble promises are made to Jerusalem. 
IN the eighth month, in the second year 
of Darius, came the word of the Lord 
unto Zechariah the son of riarachiah, the 
son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 

2 The Lord hath been sore displeased 
■with your fathers. 

3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord of hosts, Turn ye unto me, 
saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn un- 
to you, saith the Lord of hosts. 

4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom 
the former prophets have cried, saying. 
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Turn ye 
now from your evil ways, and/rom your 
evil doings: but they did not hear, nor 
hearken unto me, saith the Lord. 

5 Your lathers', Where are they ? and 
the prophets, Do they live forever \ 

6 But my words and my statutes, Which 
I commanded my servants the prophets, 
Did the>- not take hold of your fathers ? 
and they returned and said, Like as the 
Lord of hosts thought to do Unto us ac- 
cording to our ways, and according to our 
doings, so hath he dealt with us. 

7 f Upon the four and twentieth day of 
the eleventh month, which is the month 
Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came 
the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the 
son of Barachiahj the son of Iddo the 
prophet, saying, 

8 I saw by night, and behold a man ri- 
ding upon a redhorse, and lie stood among 
the myrtle trees that were in the bottom ; 
and behind him were there red horses, 
speckled and white. 

" 9 Then said I, O my Lord, What are 
these ? And the angel that talked with i ne, 
said unto me,I will shew thee what these be. 
10 And the man that stood among the 
myrtle trees answered and said, The^e 
ere they whom the Lord hath sent to 
-walk to and fro through the earth. 



11 And they answered the angel of the 
Lord that stood among the myrtle trees, 
and said, We have walked to and fro 
through the earth, and, behold, all the 
earth sitteth still, and is at rest. 

12 1| Then the angel of the Lord an- 
swered and said, O Lord of hosts, How 
long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusa- 
lem, and on the cities of Judah, against ' 
which thou hast had indignation these 
three score and ten years I 

13 And the Lord answered the angel 
that talked with me with good words, and 
comfortable words. 

14 So the angel that communed with 
me, said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus 
saith the Lord of hosts, I am jealous for 
Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jeal- 
ousy. 

15 And I am very sore displeased with 
the heathen that are at ease: for I was 
but a little displeased, and they helped for- 
ward the afflictkin* 

16 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, lam 
returned to Jerusalem with mercies : my 
house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of 
hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth 
upon Jerusalem. 

17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, My cities through prosper- 
ity shall yet be spread abroad : and the 
Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet 
choose Jerusalem. 

18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, 
and, behold, four horns. 

19 And I said unto the angel that talked 
with me, What be these ? And he answer- 
ed me, These are the horns which have 
scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 

20 And the Lord shewed me four car- 
penters. 

21 Then said I, What come these to do I 
And he spake, saying, These are the horns 
which have scattered Judah, so that no 
man did lift up his head : but these are 
come to fray them, to cast out the horns ef 



i ffte r e demp tion cf 2 

the Gentiles ; -.vhich lifted up their horn 
erit. 
CHAP. 11. 
■ 

fitum ofZion. 
' T LJFTEB op n 
1 . man with a 

inghnein his hand. 

■ 

with me went forth, 

young : 

the mul- 

ein : 

into her 

; 

. and Bee from 
rd : for 

. 
. rd. 

. 

ts, After 
t me unto the 
which spoiled 

that the 

I 

■ 

- 

t know that in 

herit Judah his 
i shall choose 

• 

( II A P. II!. 
I 

. 

7s not thi 

■ 



1 

the filmy garments fr< Lndunto 

d thine 
. 1 will c loathe 
thee with change of raiment. 

fair mitre up- 
on his hi ;• mitre upon 
trments. 
by. 

o tested 
. - 

' hosts, If thou 

■ 

: 
1 will gh 

d by. 

r now, O Joshua the high priest, 

for they are m for, be- 

hold, 1 v rth my sen 

NCH. 
9 For, behold, the stone that I havelaid 
shua : upon . 
en eyes ; behold, 1 will engrave di 
ing thereof, saith the- I s, and I 

will remove the iniqui I iri< oe 

• 

ith the Lord of hosts, 
i ill every man hi.-, neighbour un- 
v vine, and under the fig tri 
IV. 
1 By thi golden candlestick, is far 

bubefsjbun» 
. 11 By the Iioq otirve irccs, the 
. 

AND the angel that talked with me 
. ■ 

ij his l< ep, 

st thou* 

I oked, and, behold, a 

d, with a bm* 

seven lamps thereon, 

, lamps, which 

i 

. 

redand spake to the angel 
that tail- • 

not what . N , my 

- : 

! 



t%0 Babylon's ruin. ZECH. 

8 Moreover, the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

9 The hands ot Zerubbabel have laid 
the foundation of this house ; his hands 
shall also finish it : and thou shall know 
that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto 
you. 

" ' 10 For, Who hath despised the day of 
small things I For they shall rejoice, and 
shall see the plummet in the hand of Ze- 
rubbabel with those seven ; they are the 
eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro 
through the whole earth. 

11 1 Then answered I, and said unto 
Km, What are these two olive trees upon 
the right side of the c andlestick, and upon 
the left side thereof I 

12 And I answered again, and said unto 
Ifim, What be these t\vo olive branches 
which through the : j len pipes emp- 

ty the golden oil out of themselves r 

IS And he answered me.and said.Know- 
est thou not what these be ? And I said,No, 
my lord. 

.14 Then said he, These are the two a- 
nointed ones, that stand by the Lord oithe 
whole earth. 

C II A P. V. 
IBy the fiijing roll is shelved the curse of 

thieves and swearers. 5 Babylon's ruiru 

THEN I turned, and lifted up mine 
eves, and looked, and, behold, a lly- 
roll. 

2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? 
And I answered, 1 see a Hying roll : the 
length thereof is twenty cubits, and the 
breadth thereof ten cubits. 
^ 3 Then said he unto mc, This is the 
• curse that goeth loi th over the face of the 
whole earth : for every one that stealeth 
shall be cut off as on this side according to 
it; and every one that swearcth shall be 

hosts, and it shall erittr into the house of 
the thief, and iuto the house of him that 
sweareth falsely by my name : audit shall 
remain in the midst ot his house, and shall 
consume it with the timber thereof and the 
stones thereof. 

5 *j[ Then the angel that talked with me 
at forth, and said unto me, Lift up now 
le eyes, ard see what/a this that goeth 

iorth. 

6 And I said, What is it ? And he said, 
This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said 
moreover, This is their resemblance 
through all the earth. 

/ And, behold, there was lifted up a tal- 
ent of lead: arid this i^ a woman tnat sit- 
tethin the midst o the ephah. 

8 And he said, Tins j* wickedness. And 
he c : midst of the ephah' ; and 

he cast the weight of k wl upon-the mouth 
thereof. 



\RIAH, The vision of the chariots* 

9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and look- 
ed, and, behold, there came out two wom- 
en, and the wind was in their wings ; for 
they had wings like the wings of a stork: 
- liked up the ephah between the 
earth and the heavem 

20 Then said I to the angel that talked 
with me, Whither do these bear the eph- 
ah? 

11 And he said unto me, To build it an 
house in the land of Shinar : and it shall be 
established, and set there upon her own 
base. 

chap. yi. 

1 The -vision of 'the four chariots. 9 By the 
crowns of Joshua, are shewed the tem- 
pi and.kingdoniq/ Christ the Branch, 
A ND I turned, arid liftedup mine eyes, 
■£%. and looke ehc there came 

four chariots oju - en two mou:> 

tains: and the mountains vbtre mountains 
of brass* 

2 In the first chariot were red horses ; 
and in the second cha rses ; 

3 And in the third c I lOrses ; 
and in the fourth chari and bay- 
horses. 

4 Then I answered and said unto the an- 
gel that talked with me. What are these, 
my lord ? 

"5 And the angel an* id unto 

me, These are the 
ens, which go i 
die Lord cf ail the ear.".;. 

6 The black horses < li .rein go 
forth intc the white 
go forth after them ; ana the gristed go 
forth toward the south country. 

7 And the bay went forth, and sought to 
go that the; n through 
the earth; 'and 

to andfrothrou; . So they walk- 

ed to and fro i ...rth. 

en cried lie upon me, and spake 
unto me, s Lying, l< th 3i it go to- 

ward the north country have quieted my 
spirit in the north country,. 

9 s i[ And the word of the Lord came un- 
to me, sa\ ing, 

10 Take of them of the captivity, even 
of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of .ledaiah,which 
are come from Babylon, and come thou 
the same day, and go into the house of Jo- 
siah the son of Zephaniah ; 

11 Then take silver and gold, and make 
crowns, and set them upon the head oi Josh- 
ua the son of Jossdech, the high priest ; 

12 And speak unto hint, saying, Thus 
speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold 
the man whose name is The BRANCH : 

hall grow up out of his place, and 
ye shall build t,he temple of the Lord : 

1 3 Even he shall build the temple of the 
Lord ; and he shall bear the glory, and 



jCauseqfthecafittvity^ Chap. 

bis throne; and he 
shall be a priest up a his throne : and the 
coun.-e. or -hem 

both. 

14 And the c be to Helcm, 

and I • th> Ull( 4 to 

Hen the s n t / ramemorial 

in the temple of the Lord. 

si 

., and 

the voice of 
the Loi\; you 

' CHAP. VII. 
1 7 

icalfaBt- 
. 8 Sin th 

Assintheloui 
le word ol the 
\j | in the fourth 

leu: 

(, mmeiech, and their 

its which 
Lord ot host 

• 

done ti-. 

. word of the Lord of 

. 

the l 

boir south 

arae un- 
to / 

rcss not the widow, n<a- the 

11 Hut th. ) refuse I toh< 

1 j \ ■ . 
I 

•iV.il IK Hi 



vii, v'ii. 

13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as 
he cried, and they » ould not hear ; so they 
cried, and 1 would not hear, saith the Lord 

14 But I scattered them with a whirl- 

. the nations whom they 

• land was desolate 

after them, that no it an passed through 

nor returned : for they laid the pleasant 

land desolate. 

CHAP. VIII. 
XJrrusc . 9 Are encoura- 

ged to i uitti the temple by God?* favour. 
A Lord of hosts 

cur ing, 

. ,'iid of hosts, I was 
. . , and I 
with great fury. 

3 Thu lam returned 

V 

A Gity ot Truth; and the mountain of the 
Lo'xl of hi sts The Hoi) Mount 

4 Th - There 
shall ye: 

i ry man 
with hi 

5 And the streets ( I .; be full 
or boys and girls, p] 

6 Thus saith the Lord of hests, 

us in the eyes of the remnant of 

lould it alsoba 

marvellous ki mine eyes I saith the Lorrl 

i the Lord of hosts, Bcho'.d, 
from die east coun- 
■ 

tliem, and th( 

i I will be their God) 

e Lord of ho 

d 

'.ilt. 

■ 

■ 

I 



7S2 God deftndcth his church. ZECHARIAH, 



Were a curse among the heathen, O house 
of Judah, and house of Israel : so will I 
save you, ana ye shall be a blessing : tear 
not, but let your hands be strong. 

14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, As 
X thought to punish you, when your fathers 
provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of 
hosts, and I repented not : 

1 5 So aga in h ave I thought in these days 
to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house 
of Judah : fear ye not. 

16 These ere the tilings that ye shall do; 
Speak ye every i riai i " ie truth to his neigh- 
bour: execute the judgment of truth and 
peace in your gates : 

IT And let none cf you imagine evil m 
your hearts against his neighbour: and 
love no false oath : for all these are things 
that 1 hate, saith the Lord. 

18 And the word of the Lord oi hosts 
came unto me, saying, _ 

19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The 
fast of the fourth month, and the fast oiihe 
fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the 
fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Ju- 

aftd gladness, and. cheerful feasts, ; 
therefore love the truth and peace. 

20 Thus saith the Lord of hots, It shall 
yet come tc past, that there shall come peo- 
ple, and the inhabitants of many cities: 

2i And the inhabitants of one city shall 
go to another, saying, Let us go speedily 
to pray before the Lord, and to seek the 
Lord of hosts: 1 will go also. 

22 Yea, many people and strong nations 
shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Je- 
rusalem, and to pray before the Lord. 

23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, In those 
clays it shall come to pass, that ten men 
shall take hold out of all languages of the 
nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of 
him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with 
you : for we have heard that God in with 
you. 

CpAP. IX. 
1 God dejendew ids church. 9 Zion is ex- 
horted to rejoice for the coming of Christ. 
HP HE burden of the word of the Lord 
Damas- 
ereof: when the 
e tribes of Israel, 



A in the lane! &\ 
cus shall he the i 
eyes of man. as pi 
shall be '■< iv 

2 Ana: [a 
by: Tyrus, 
"wise. 



- there- 
)e very 



hoidandh ■ r'as theclust^ 

fine g ets. 

r out, and 
he will srfyite her power in the sea : and 
she shall be devoured with lire. 

5 Ashkekm shall see il, and fear ; Gaza 

,\ and be very sorrowful, and 

Eton j for her expectation shall be asha- 



Zionis exhorted to rejoice, 

med ; and the kingshaH perish from Gaza, 
and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 

6 And a bastard shall dwell in AsMod, 
and I will cut off the pride of the Philis- 
tines. 

7 And I will take away his blood out of 
his mouth, and his abominations from be- 
tween his teeth ; but he that remaineth, 
even he, shall be for our God, and he shall 
be as a governor in Judah, and Ekronas a 
Jebusite, 

8 And I will encamp about mine house 
because of the army, because of him that 
passeth by, and because of him him that 
returneth : and no oppressor shall pass 
through them any more : for now have 1 
seen with mine eyes. 

9 % Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion ; 
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem : behold, 
thy King cometh unto thee : he is just, and 
having salvation ; lowly, and riding upon 
an ass and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 

10 And I will cut off the chariot from 
Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, 
and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he 
shall speak peace unto the heathen : and 
his dominion shall be from sea, even to sea, 
and from the river even to the ends of the 
earth. 

11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy 
covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners 
out of the pit wherein is no water. 

12 Turn ye to the strong hold, ye pris- 
oners ol hope ; even to-day do I declare 
that I will render double unto thee : 

13 When I have bent Judah for me, fil- 
led the bow with Ephraim, and raised up 
thy sons, OZion, against thy sons, OGrcece, 
and made thee as the sword of a mighty 
man. 

14 And the Lord shall be seen over them, 
and his arrow shall go forth as the light- 
ning: and the Lord God shall blow the 
trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of 
the south. 

15 The Lord of hosts shall defend them ; 
and they shall devour, and subdue with 
siing stones; and they shall drink, and 
make a noise as through wine; and they 
shall be filled like bowls, and as the cor- 
ners of the altar. 

16 And the Lord their God shall save 
them in that day as the flock of his people: 
for ilh y shall be as the stones of a crown 
lifted upas an ensign upon his land. 

17 For how great is his goodness, and 
how great is his beauty 1 corn shall make 
the young men cheerful, and new wine the 
maids. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Godis to be sought unto, and not idols, 
5 The restoration of Judah prophesied. 

ASK ye ol the Lord rain in the time of 
the latter rain; so the Lord shall 



JRettoralicn of Judah prophesied. Chap, xi, xii. Jrrn&alenSs destruetior., K 



make bright cicada, and give them show- 
. 

the idols have spoken vanity, and 
ners have st • .vetold 

they comtort in vain : there- 
fore they went their i ±> they 
were troubicd, becau noshep- 

3 Mine anger was kiiMfied against the 
ishrtl tlie g 
'i of hosts hath vUted bis Rock the 
house pf Jodah, and hathmadethem as his 
horse in the 
4()<" 

ity men 
. iwn their enemit * in the mire 

of the streets in the battle : and l 
fight because the Lord is with th* 

•.sen horses shall be conibunded. 
i will strengthen the house of Ju- 
dah, and I will save the house of Joseph, 
and I will bring them again to place them; 
lor 1 have mercy upon them : and they 
shall be as though 1 had not cast them off: 
for 1 am the Lord their God, and will hear 

7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a 

. ir heart shall rejoice 
as through wine : yea, their clulcren shall 
see it, and be glad ; their heart shall re- 
n the Lord. \ 

8 I will hiss tor them, and gather them : 
for I have redeemed them : and they shall 
increase as they have increased. 

; 1 will sow t!.**m among the peo- 
shall remember me in far 
countries ; und they shall live with their 
*), and turn again. 
I nl bring them again also out ot the 
land of i father them out of As- 

,1.1 bring them into the land 
id and Lebanon ; and place alkali 
found i >v them. 
11 And be shall pass through the sea 
diction, and shall smil 
in the sea, and all the deeps of the riser, 
shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria 
shall be brought dowi 

Efifpt shall & 

i«l I will strengthen them in the 
down in 
. 

KJ. 

1 The de*tiir . .10 The 

Mm '' ' r.d*. 

Oman, that the 

i 
I 

• c iorestofthe 

oj oj t^c 



shepherds ; for their glory is spoiled : a 
voice of die roaring of young fionsj I 
pride ofjordpa is sp 

4 Thus saith the Lord my (i 
the flock of Ike slaughter; 

5 Whose pnss ssors slay them,ai 

vesnot guilty: and they thatael 
, Bk-ssed be the Lord ; for 1 am 
rich : and their own shepherds pity them 
not. 

6 For I will no more pity fcheinh 

of the land] sakta the L >rd : but, lo, I will 
deliver the men every one iut-> hi 
hour's hand, and into theh mdofl 
and tlK-y Khali smite the land, and OUtof 
their hand 1 will not deliver ihenu 

7 And I will feed the ih ck of slaughter, 
>:v, n y< u, (J poor of the fl>ck. And 1 took 

acs; the one 1 called Bean* 
ty, and tile other 1 called Bands ; and 1 fed 
theft ck, 

8 i'hrce shepherds also I cut off in on« 
month: and my soul loathed them, and 
their s'.ul also abhorred me. 

9 Then said I, 1 w ill not feed you : that 
that dieth, let it die ; and that that is to be 
cuto.T, let it be cut oil": and let the 
every one the flesh of another. 

: • And 1 took my staff, rvr: Beauty, 
and cut it asunder, that 1 might break me 
covenant which I had made with all tlte 
people. 

11 And it was broken in that d 

so the poor of the flock that waited upon 
me knew that it v>ai the word oftfa 

12 And 1 said untothem,lfve think £0'kl, 
§ive me my price ; and iif not, t 

So they weighed lor my price thirty pic* 
eta of silver. 

13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it 
unto the potter : a gtxxlly price that I was 
prized at of them. And I took the thirty 
piece* of silver, ar.d cast tliem to the pot- 
ter in the home of the Ivjrd. 

M Then 1 cut asunder mine Other stab**, 
even Hands, tliat I might bre :k t.i 
erhood between Jud.ih and braeL 

15 And the I . 
unto the i foeM 

sheph' 

10 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in 
the land, which l I those that be 
«.ut < ft] neither shall M 

that that is broken, 

. , ma tear their cUw> in \> 
i: \\ e toil 
eth the flock I I upon hia 

Ix; uu>i I 

C H \ P. Xll. 

i 



734 The restoration cf Judah. ZECIIAIUAH. 



THJE. burden of the word of the Lord 
for Israel, saith the Lord, which 
stretchetli iorth the heavens, and layeth 
the foundation of the earth, and formeth 
the spirit of man within him. 

2 Behold, J will make Jerusalem a cup 
of trembling unto all the people round a- 
bout, when they shall be in the siege both 
against Judah and against Jeiualem. 

3^j And in that day will I make Jerusa- 
lem a burdensome stone for all people: all 
that burden themselves with it shall be cut 
in pieces, though all the people of the earth 
tie gathered together against it. 

4 In that day, saith the Lard, I will smite 
ever) horse with astonishment, and hi>: i i- 
der with madness : and I will open nijjrre 
eyes upon the house of Judith, and will 
smite every horse oi the peopiawilh blind- 
ness. 

5 And the governors of Judah shall say 
in their heart, The inhabitants of jerusa- 
fem shall be my strength in theLordoi hosts 
their God. 

6 *fi In that day will I make the govern- 
ors of Judah like an hearth of fire among 
the wood, and like a torch of fire in a \ieai, 
and they shall devour all the people round 
about, on the right hand and on the left : 
and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in keep cattle from my youth. 



Jerusalem's fiurgaiim* 

CHAP. XIII. 

1 Jerusalem's purgation from idolatry, 
andjalse /irefihecy. 7 The Death oj 
Christ, and the saving and trial of a 
third fart. 

IN that day there shall be a fountain o- 
pened to the house of David and to the 
inhabitants oi Jerusalem lor sin and for un- 
cleanne^s. 

2 And it shall come to pass in that, day, 
said the Lord of hosts, that i will cut off the 
names' or the idols cut ot the land , and they 
shall no more be remembered : and also I 
will cause the prophets and the unclean 
spirit to pass out of the land. 

3 Aral it. shall come to p«s& thai: when 
any shall ye? prophesy, 'hen his lather and, 
his mother that begat him shall say unto 
nisi. Thou shalt not live ; for thou speakr 
est lies in the name of the Lord : and his 
father and Iris mother that begat him shall 
thrust h^m through when he prophesieth. 

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that the prophets shall be ashamed every 
one of his vision, when he hath prophesied ; 
neither shall they wear a rough garment 
to deceiv e : 

5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I 
am an husbandman ; lor man taught me t« 



her own place, ev<?i in Jerusalem. 

7 The Lord also shall save the tents of 
Judah first, that the glory of the house of 
David, and the glory of the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, do not magnify themselves a- 
gainst Judah. 

8 Iu that day shall the Lord defend the 
inhabitants, of Jerusalem,; and he that is 
feeble among them at that day shall be as 
David ; aw 1 the house of David shall lie as 
God, as die angel of the Lord before them. 

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that I v. di seek to destroy all. the nations 
that come against Jerusalem. 

• 10 And I will pour upon the hc-Hse of 
David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem-, the spirit of grace and of supplications : 
and they shall look upon me whom they 
jhave pierced, and they shall mourn for 
him, as one y^.ourneth for ifa&only saw, and 
shall be in bi' .Tiiess for him, as one that is 
in bitterness . >r /lis Jjrst born. 

11 In that day shall there be a great 
mourning in Jei usaJem, as the mourning of 
Hadadrimmon in. the valley of Megickion. 

12 And the land shall mourn, every fam- 
ily apart ; the family of the house of David 
apart, and their wives apart ; the family 
ot the house of Nathan apart, and their 
wives apart ; 

13 Theiamily of the house cf Levi apart, 
and their wives apart ; the family of Shi - 
rnei apart, and their wives apart. 

14 All the families that remain, every 
f&mily apart, and ihejy wives apart* 



6 And one shall say unto him, What are 
these wounds in thine hands I Then he shali 
answer, Those with which I was wounded 
in the house of my friends. 

7 % Awake, O sword, against my shep- 
herd, against the man that is my fellow, 
saith the Lord, of lusts; smite the shep- 
herd, and the sheep shall be scattered : and 
I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.- 

8 And it shall come to pass, that in all 
the land, saith the Lord, two parts there- 
in shall be cut offand die ; but the third 
shall be left therein. 

9 And I willbring the third part through 
the fire, and will refine them as silver is 
refined, and will try them as gold is tried : 
they shall call on my name, and I will hear 
them :. i will say, It is my people ; anaL 
they shall sav, The Lord is my God. 

'CHAP. XIV. 
1 The destroyers e/ 'Jerusalem destroyed* 
3 The cotoihg of Christy and the graces 
of his kingdom. 

B* EHOLD, the day of the Lord cometh, 
. and thy spoil shall be divided in the 
midst of tat e. 

2 For I will gather all nations against 
Jerusalem to battle ; and the city shall be 
taken, and the houses rifled, and the wom- 
en ravished ; and half of the city shall go 
forth into captivity, and the residue of the 
people shall not be cut off from the city. 

3 *ff Then shall the Lord go forth, and 
fight against those nations, as yth&n. h& 
fought in the day.of'hattle. 



race* ofCkrtifs langdchu 



^ 



his feet shall stand in that day up- 1Z And it shall come to pass in that day, 

hich m before : .'/.„■;;: great tumult from the Lord shall be 



Jerusalem e.n the cast, and the mount of< )• 
U cleave hi the midst thereof u - 

lUey ; and half 
oi the n ' anl tlie 

aid hall ofitt uch. 

. 

.. : yen, jre 9 

: thquake 
in die d 

the Lord my ' • 0*d all 

■ 
6 Aim oe topassin that day, 

i but i 
t time 

■ 



[hem; and they shall la^ hold eve- 

. ighb ur, and 

. : • 

•red together* 
I", a . rel, in great a- 

. 

Be ot the horsey 

..i be in these 
! 1 511 p. 

it everv 

:: of all the nations which 

■ •: .!, shalleven go up 

King, the 

stcfta- 

• p the K ;> . . 
. s-en up m th 

gypt go not up, 

1 • then 

igue, wherewith the Lofd 

tome not up to 

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it of E- 
itionsthat: 



feast ot tiiberna- 



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pon the 

pots 

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73 f> JkraePs irrelighn afidpr^anenes^M Ah ACRl. 



w mine honor? and Ml be a master, Where 
is my fear I saith the Lord of hosts unto 
you, O priests, that despfeemy name : And 
ye say, Wherein have we despised thy 
name ? 

7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine al- 
tar j and ye say, Wherein have we pcllu* 
ted thee ? 'in that ye say, The tab.e of the 
Lord h Contemptible. 

8 And if ye often the blind for sacrifice. 
Is it not evil I and if ye offer the lame and 
sick, Is it not evil ? Offer it now unto thy 
governor ; Will he be p'eased with thee, 
»r accept thy pers.cn ( saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

9 And now I pray you, beseech God 
that he will be gracious unto us ; this hath 
been by your means : Will he regard 
your person i sakh the Lord of hosts. 

10 Who is there even among you that 
would shut the ^cvsfcruotight ? ft either 
do ye kind!e/r<? on mine altar for nought. 
J have no pleasure in yen, saith the Lord 
of hosts, neither will I accept an offering 
a* your hand. 

11 For from the rising of the sun, even 
unto the going down of the same, my name 
shall be great among the Gentiles ; and 
in every place incense shall be offered unto 
my name, and a pure offering : for my 
rjame shall be great among the heathen, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

12 *[ But ye have profaned it, in that ye 
sfey, The table of the Lord is polluted ; and 
the iruit thereofjeueft his meat is contempt- 
ible. 

13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weari- 
ness is it ! and ye have snuffed at it, saith 
the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that 
ivhich nuas torn, and the lame, and the sick ; 
thus ye brought an offering: Should I ac- 
cept this of your hand ? saith the Lord. 

14 But cursed be the deceiver, which 
hath in his flock a male, and voweth and 
lacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing : 
for 1 am a great King, saith the Lord of 
hosts, and my name is dreadful among the 
fceathen. 

CHAP. II. 
1 He refiroveth the priests for neglecting 
their covenant, 11 and the people for 
idolatry, 14 adultery, 17 and infidelity* 

AND now, O ye priests, this command- 
ment is tor you. 

2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not 
lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name 
saith the Lord of hosts, I will even" send a 
curse upon you, and 1 will curse your bles- 
sings : yea, I have cursed them already, 
because ye do not lay it to heart. 

3 Behold, J will corrupt your seed, and 
spread dung upon jour faces, even the 
dung of your solemn leasts j and one shall 
take you away with it, 



Vac people's idolatry reproved 

4 And ye shall know that I have sent 
this commandment unto you, that my cov- 
enant might be with Levi, saith the Lcrd 
of hosts. 

5 My covenant was with him ot life and 
peace ; and I gave them to him for the 
tear wherewith he feared me, and wasa- 
f raid before my name. 

6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and 
iniquity was not found in his lips: he walk* 
ed with me in peace and equity, and did 
turn many away from iniquity. 

7 For the priest's lips should keep knowl- 
edge, and they should seek the law at his 
mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord 
of hosts. 

8 But ye are departed out of the way : 
ye have caused many to stumble at the law ; 
ye have corrupted the covenant ot Levi* 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

9 Therefore have I also made you con- 
temptible and base before all the people, 
according as ye have not kept my wa^s, 
but have bees : partial in the law. 

10 Have we not all one father ? Hath 
not oi^e God created us I Why do we deal 
treacherously every man against his broth- 
er, by profaning the covenant of our ia- 
thers r ^ 

1 1 If Jucfah hath dealt treacherously, and 
an abomination is committed in Israel and 
in Jerusalem ; for Judah hath profaned 
the holiness of the Lord which he loved, 
and hath married the daughter of a strange 
god. 

12 The Lord will cut off the man that 
doeih this, the master and the scholar, out 
of 'he tabernacles of Jacob, and him that 
offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts* 

13 And this have ye doae again, cover- 
ing the altar of the Lord with tears, with 
weeping, and with crying out, insomuch 
that he regardeth not the offering any more 
orreceiveth it with good will at your hand. 

14 % Yet ye say, Wherefore ? Because 
the Lord hath been witness between thee 
and the wife of thy youth, against whom 
thou hast dealt treacherously ; yet is she 
thy companion, and the wife* of thy cove- 
nant. 

15 And, Did not he make one ? Yet had 
he the residue of the spirit. And, Where- 
fore one I That he might seek a godly seed. 
Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let 
none deal treacherously against the wile of 
his youth. 

16 For the Lord,the God of Israel, saith, 
that he hateth putting away : for one cov- 
ereth violence with his garment, saith the 
Lord of hosts : therefore take heed to your 
spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. 

17 1 Ye have wearied the Lorcl with 
your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we 
wearied him ? When ye say, Every one 



5fl, &c. 



tliat doeth evil is good in the sight of the 

1 «crd,and he delighteth in them ; or,Where 

is the God of judgment ? 

CHAP. III. 

1 Of the messenger, maji s.'y, and grace of 
Christ. 7 Of the rebellion, 8 sacrilege, 
13 andinfidelity qft/ie/ieo/ite, 

BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, 
and be shah prepaid the way before 
me: and (tie Lord, whom ye seek, shall 
suddenly come to his temple, even the mes- 
senger of the covenant, whom ye 
In : behold, lie skall come, saith the Lord 
of hosts. 

2 Rut, Who may slide the day of his 
coming ! and, Who shall t>tand when he 
appeal eth : For he is like a refiner's lire, 
and like fullers' soap: 

3 And he shall sit a* a refiner and puri- 
fier of silver : and he shall purify the sons 
of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, 
that they may offer unto the J .ord an of- 
fei-in- , ness. 

4 Then shall the offering of Jut 

int unto the Lord, as in 
asm former yean:, 
near to you tojudg- 
. ill be a sv.'itt witness against 
i erers, and against the adulterers, 
: -., and against 
■ hireling in his wa- 
w, and the fatherless, and 
from hisright, 
b the Lord of hosts. 
I rd t 1 change not, there- 
timed, 
fathers 
j i 

i y< m. •• nth the Lord 
I, Wherein shall we 

rfT V\"ill a man rob God J Vet ye have 
h <ve we 
: In tithe i und offerings, 
ir '-cl with a cor e : for ye 
ne, even thi-> whole nation. 
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the itore- 
. be meat in mine 
now herewith, saith 
' •;, if 1 will not open you the 
oi h< a\ in, Rnd ; 

uke the devout 

i h • shall not desti • tin- 
round : neither shall i our 
the time in the 
saitS the Lord of ha 



£hap. iii, iv. Elijah's coming and office* fa 

12 And all uations shall call you blessed 



for ye shall !^e a delightsome land, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

13 ^ Your words have been stnuj 
me saith the Lord. Vet ye say, What have 
we spoken soTnuch a^aifisttnee i 

1 I Ye have said, his vain'to serve God: 
and, What profit is it that vc have kept 
his ordinance, and that we have walked 
mournfully before the 1 .ord of hosts ? 

15 And now He call the proud happy ; 
yea, they that work u ickednessare set up ; 
yen, they that tempt God are evui delh - 
ered. 

16 Then they that feai ed the 1 /ird spake 
often one to another : and the Lord heark- 
ened, and heard it, and a book ofremem- 

n before him for them 
that feared the Lord, and that thought 
upon bis name. 

17 And they shall! ie minc,saith the Lord 
of hosts, in that day when i make up my 
jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man 
spareth his own son that served) lorn. 

1 8 Then shall ye return, ai 

n the righteous and the v 
tweeti him that serveth God, and him that 
serveth him not. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 God** judgment on theweked^ % and Ms 
bit suing on tlie good. 5 lit tclleth ofE- 

Irjuh's cow 

IJ'OR, behold, the day Cometh, that 
. shall burn as an ovenj and all tlie 
proud,yea,and .".11 that do \\ ickedly, shall ! - 

tie : and the day drat cometh 
burn them up, sakh the Lord c4 ho- f s,t! t 
it si all leave them neither root rfbrbrai 
1 But ujito \on that tear my name 
the Sun oi KiglWe usness arise with h 

. and ye shall go fordi, 
and grow up as calves oi the stall. 

I '.d ve shall tr< ad down ttv 
Cor tHi shes under tl i 

your feet in the day that 1 shall do tms y 
the Lord oi li 

4 Remember >e the lav of" Motes my 
s'Tvant, which (commanded unto him in 
Hnreb for all Israel, with the statutes and 
judgm< 

51 Behold, I will se,;d you EHjih the 
prophet before the coming ol Uiegreaft and 
dreadful da) of the Lord : 

6 And lie shall turn the heart of th 
then to the children, and tlie heart of the 
children to their I 
smite the earth wit 



THE END OF THE I'ROl'HE IS. 



TABLES 

Of Scripture Measures y Weights , Money and Time, 



Pleasures ofleigJr 

A Cubit,""! 

A Span, - - 

A Hand breadth, - 
A Finger, - - - ■> - 

A Fathom, - 4' -. - 
Ezekiel's reed, - - - 
The measuring line. 



MEASURES. 



Sabbath day's 7ourn. 
The Eastern Mile, 
Stadium, orFurlongv 
Day's journey, -'-"•* 



halj Cub. 
Gth - ■ 
4th- 

- ■ _ '. 4 

- - - 6 

- - - 80 



- - 2000 

- - 4000 
, . . 400 

- 96000J 33 



N Measures ofliqwdi 



10'9i4 

48 
L2 

52 

28 

010 



Dry Measures, 
(The Homer, - - ■ 

e Lethech, - - - \Eulfhom 
[The Eph'ah, - - - -10th » - 

17214 jThe Scab, \S0di - - 

The Omer, \W3th - 

T$ote,5Fcfif^lPace,l()56Parp*~z\M7leJ;n\<iO<h-, -\imWi r - 



The Homer or Cor, 

1 "fee Bath, - - - - hotlillom 

The Hin, ----- \60th 

The Log, - - - 720th - 

TUeYivkmMelretes 

Note, 29 solid Inched 

a pint , nearly* 






^ 




p- 


- - - 





"Is he. 


2 


- 8800 


113 



WEIGHTS. 



A Shekel, - - 
The Maneh, 
A Talent, - - 



MONEY 

A Shekel, - 
The Bekah, 

The Zuz?f, - 
The Ger ah, 

ManehorMinaJ- - 
A Talent, - - -! 3000 
Note, 



WEIGHT 



-I'd. ah. 
\20th 



2,6 
10 J 
10,3 



D. 



i and MONEY 

MONEY. 
A Shekel of Gold, - - ■ 

A Talent of Gold, 

Golden Daric or Dram. 



• Hece of SWv.f Drachm). 

iTvih.lvlon.f Didrachm) 

ilPiece of Si.verf Stater) 

l,7||PoundpV//«a) - 

6,8 ').Pev,m f De?iarius) - - - 
1,4 }Far;« '• gfyfosariuni) - 
!j 1-0 \\¥iiviivA\%( Quadraris ) 

34l!l0| 4,3||M'!te. -' 

? here reckoned at 5s. Sterlih 



Gold a 



2 Drat A; 

4, . » . . 
100 - - • 

20'hDen 
40th - - 
SOtfi - , 

her 



L.US.i 

116 

>461 5] 

1 ih 





J 


V. 


D 





7 


1 


3 





7 


68 


r 





7 














0} 






8.6 

oA 



F. 



1.5 
0,8 
0,4 



I Nisan, or 7 March. 
Abib. 5 ^/^7« 

3 Si van. 

4 Thamuz. 



7 My. 
yJvne* 

SJuty. 



- TIME. 

L r „ , 7 August. 

j G ™- J%Sfrrifcr. 

\7 Tisri, or E- 7 September. 
I thanhn. 3 October. 
8 Marches- 7 October. 
I van, or Bui. 5 November. 



9 Chisleu. 
lOTebeth. 

11 Shtbat, 

12 Adarl 



\Jfcvefnber* 
5 December . 
\ December* 
3 January. 

") January. v 
3 February. ' 
J February. 
$ March. 



DAYS of the WEEK. ("HOURS of the DAY.! 

j I 

I si day of the w:k-S:;:iday. j; Z7/<? day, reckoning from 

Mdav, Monday. \Min rise, and the night* 



3d dav 
4thda\ 


> 




7 uesdayi 
Wedne&d. 


[from a 

divided 


,7 ■?£* 

z?zto / 


vyf re eacti 
velvt equal. 


5th da"j 
6th dd ; 
?thday 


> 


';«:. 


'Fhursday 
Friday* 

1 Saturday. 


part%c 
SkMih, 
9th, JO 


a/fcrf, 


Fhelst.2d; 

:i^;ou8di; 



13 Veader, intercalary. 

WATCHES. 
The 1st watch, from sun set to the 

d hcur 0/ the night. 
The 2d, or. middle" watch, from 

the 3d how to the 6tb. 
['he 3d watch, or cock crowing, 
from the 6th to the 9th. 
The 4th, or morning watch, from 
{ the 2th hour to t>un nst. 



■ ; 

APOCRYPHA. 



I. esdras. 



v ?. i. 

end Le- 

Ahissuc- 
. city, and mu- 
tt The r<6i 
dr. 

AND -' of the pa c s- 

otferedth r the fourteenth day jf 

. 

priests according to 

arrayed in long 

f the Lord. 

te Levites, the 

lat they should 

the Lord, to s^t 

the house that 

\ id hid built : 

ark up- : 

1 srael, 

ndmake 

■ 

1 lambs 

I 
I 
2ix hundred 

. . and Na- 
thaniel I s, and ()- 

the Levites tor the passover, five 
\ 

1W And whv . I 



. mi. 
or- 

• 
11 
tics oi 
ferto the iv . book 

12 And the) roasted the passover wksj 
fircj as appertaineth : as for the sacrifici -, 
they sod them inbrasspots, and pans, with 
a good savour, 

m before all the peq 
and afterward the) prepaied tor lhem> 
, and for the priests their brethren, 
il.' 1 9 is of Aaron. 

14 For the priests offered the Fat until 
. : and the Levites prepared lior them- 
selves, and the priests their brethren, th» 
sons of Aaron. 

u The holy singers also^ the sons of 
Auaphj were in their order, according to 
the appointment of David, to as it, Asaph, 
Za< harias, and Jeduthun, who was oi the 
king's n • 

r,the porters were at every 

iwful for any to go from 

■; service $ for their brethren 

- d Tor theru. 

17 'i . that belonged 

omplished 

■ 

OV€ , 

to thu command- 
i Israel which wersj 

. L kept 

ol the prophet 

[srael held not 
the priest*, 

and the I.- 

at Jl- 

rciguof 

heart lull ot god- 
- to pa^s 

in hi* time, thej \u-ic wrJRM in taw 



710 dfiocryfihth 

times, concerning those that sinned, and 
did wickedly against the Lord, above all 
people and kingdoms, and how they griev- 
ed him exceedingly, so that the words of 
the Lord rose up against Israel. 

25 Now after ail these acts of Josias, it 
came to pass that Pharaoh the king of E- 
gypt came to raise war at Carchamis up- 
on Euphrates : and Josias went out against 
him. 

26 But the king of Egypt sent to him, 
saying, What have I to "do with thee, O 
Icing of Judea I 

27 I am not sent out from the Lord God 
against thee : for my war is upon Eu- 
phrates, and now the Lord is with me, 
yea, the Lord is with me, hasting me for- 
ward : depart from me, and be not against 
the Lord. 

28 Howbeit, Josias did not turn back his 
chariot from him, but undertook to fight 
with him, not regarding the words oi the 
prophet Jeremy, spoken by the mouth of 
the Lord : 

29 But joined battle with him in the 
plain of Magiddo ; and the princes came 
against king Josias. 

30 Then said the king unto his servants, 
Carry me away out ot the battle ; for I 
am very we \ : and immediately his ser- 
vants took him away out of the battle. 

31 Then gat he up upon his second cha- 
riot; and being brought back to Jerusa- 
lem, died, and was buried in his father's 
sepulchre. 

32 *y And in all Jewry they mourned 
for Josias, >ea, Jeremy "the prophet la- 
mented for Josias, and the chief men with 
the women made lamentation for him un- 

. to this day : and this was given cut for an 
ordinance to be done continually in all the 
'cation of Israel. 

33 These things are written in the book 
of the siories of the kings of Judah, and 
every one of the acts that Josias did, and 
his glory, and his understanding in the 
law of the Lord, and the things that he 
had done before, and the things now reci- 
ted, are reported in the book of the kings 
of Israel and Judea. 

34 If And the people tcok Joachuz the 
son of Josias, and made him king instead of 
Josias his father, when he was twenty and 
three vearsold. 

3-5 And he reigned in Judea and in Jeru- 
salem three months : and then the king of 
.Egypt deposed him from reigning in Je- 
rusalem. 

36 And he set a tax upon the land ol an 
hundred talents of silver, and one talent of 
gold. 

37 The king of Egypt also made king 
Joacim, his brother, king of Jydea andje- 
i-usatem* 



I. ESDRAS. Jifiocryfiha. 

38 And he bound Joacim and the no- 
bles : but Zaraces his brother he appre- 



hended, and brought him cut of Egypt. 

3D Five and twenty years old was Joa- 
cim when he was made king in the land 
of Judea and Jerusalem : and he did evil 
before the Lord, 

40 Wherefore against him Nabuchodc- 
nosor the king ol Babylon came up, and 
bound him with a chain of brass, and car- 
ried him in Babylon. 

41 Nabuchodonosor also took of the ho- 
ly vessels of the Lord, and carried them 
away, and set them in his own temple at 
Babylon. 

42 But those things that are recorded 
of him, and of his uncleanness and impiety, 
are written in the chronicles of the kings. 

43 And Joacim his son reigned in his 
stead : he was made king beir^j eighteen 
years old ; 

44 And reigned but three months and 
ten days In Jerusalem ; and did evil before 
the Lord. 

45 So after a year Nabuchodonosor sent 
and caused him to be brought unto Baby? 
ion, with the holy vessels of the Lord ; 

46 And made Zedechias king of Judea 
and Jerusalem, when he was one and 
twenty years old ; and he reigned eleven 
years': 

47 And he did evil r.lso in the sight of 
the Lord, and cared not for the words that 
were spoken unto him by the prophet Jer- 
emy from the mouth of the Lord. 

48 And after that king Nabuchodon* 
osor had made him to swear by the name 
of the Lord, he foreswore himsell, and re- 
belled ; and hardening his neck, and his 
heart, he transgressed the laws of th$ 
Lord God of Israel. 

49 The governors also of the people, 
and of the priests, did many things agaimt 
the laws, and passed all the pollutions of 
all nations, and denied the temple of the 
Loi d, which was sanctified in Jerusalem. 

50 Nevertheless, the God of their fa- 
thers sent by his messenger to call them 
back, because he spared them, and his ta- 
bernacle also. 

51 But they had his messengers in de- 
rision ; and look, when the Lord spake 
unto them, they made a sport ol his pro- 
phets : 

52 So far forth, that he, being wroth 
with his peoj)]e for their great ungodli- 
ness, commanded the kings of the Chal- 
dees to come up against them ; 

53 1 Who slew their young men with 
the sword, yea, even within the compass 
of their holy temple, and spared neither 
young man' nor maid, old man nor child, 
among them ; for he delivered all iR** 
their hands. 



Jfyocry i Chap, 

54 ' els of } 
the 1 ' -■• with the j 

- 

into 
ton. 

55 As for the house of the Lord, they 
burned i down the -v. 

»gs,they 

■ 

rord, he 

to fulfil 
ie mouth 

I 
i 

CHAP. II. 

I 

I 

the nv 

iritofCy- 

i 

ingof the 
I 

t le whole 

'. him an 

. vou that 
even his 

say, that 
. withsil- 

- 

".t them, 

■ 



cryfiha. 741 

as Cyrus also brought forth the 
hJch Nabuchodonos* 
i om Jerusalem, and had set 
idols. 

11 Now when Cyrus king of the Persian* 

iem forth, he delivered them 
to Mithndates his treasurer : 

12 And b- him they were delivered to 

ar the governor of Judea. 

i tills was the number of them : 

l id golden cups, and a thousand of 

of silver twenty nine, vials 

and of silver two thousand 

. and a thousand oth- 

14 So ail the vessels of gold and of silver, 

way, were five thou- 
ur hundred threescore and nine. 

15 These were brought back by Sana- 

r with them of the captivity 
i Jerusalem. 
a the time of Artaxerxes king of 
Belemus, and Mithri dates, 
and Tabellius, and Rathumus, and Bel- 
fcethmus, and feemellius the secretary, with 
it were in commission with them, 
in Samaria, and other places, 
Inst them that dwelt in 
nd Jerusalem, these letters follow- 
ing : 

17 To king Artaxerxes our lord, thy 
servants Rathumus the story writer, and 
Semehius die scribe, and the rest of their 
council, and the judges that are in Celosyr- 
,: ce. 
1 SBe it now known to the lord the king,that 
the Jews that are come up from you to us, 
lem, that "rebellious 
.aid the market pla- 
ces, and repair the walls of it, and do lay 
on of the temple. 
.. ifthis city and the walls there* f, 
be made up again, they will not on! 

nuchas the 
me to the tem] 

. 
■ 

: 

I 

I ire ontt 

• it this cit\ he 



743 Ajiochryfilm. 



25 Then the king wrote back r.gain to 
Kathumus the story writer, to Beelteth- 
mus, to Semeiiius the scribe, and to the rest 
that were in commission, and dwellers in 
Samaria, and Syria, and Phenice, after this 
manner : 

26 i have read the epistle which ye have 
sent unto me: therefore I commanded to 
make diligent search,and it hath beenf ound , 
that that city was from the beginning prac- 
tising against kings ; 

27 And the men therein were given to 
rebellion and war ; and that mighty kings 
and fierce were in Jerusalem, who reigned 
and exacted tributes in Celosyria and Phe- 
nice. 

28 Now therefore, I have commanded 
to hinder those men from building the city, 
and heed to betaken that there be no more 
done in it ; 

29 And that those wicked worker pro- 
ceed no further to the annoyance of kings. 

30 Then king Artaxerxes his lei 

ing read, Rathumus, and ^melius the 
scribe, and the rest that were in con inva- 
sion with them, removing in haste toward 
Jerusalem with a troop of hor.-emen, and 
a multi tude o"' people in hi 
to hinder the builders ; . 
the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the 
second year of the reign of Darius king of 
the Persians. 

CHAP. III. 
4 Three strive to excel each other in wise 
speeches : 9 they refer themselves to the 
judgment of the king. 18 The first de- 
claret h the strength ofrjine. 

NOW when Darius reigned, he made 
a great feast unto ail his subjects, and 
unto all his household,and unco all the prin- 
ces of Media and Persia, 

2 And to all the governors and captains 
and lieutenants, that were under him, from 
India unto Ethiopia, of an hundred twenty 
and seven provinces. 

3 And when they had eaten and drunk- 
en, and being satisfied were gone home, 
then Darius the king went into his bed- 
chamber, and slept, and soon after awaked. 

4*I| Then three young men that were of 
the guard, that kept the king's body, spake 
cne to another : 

5 Let every cne of us speak a sentence : 
he that shall overcome, and whose sen- 
tence shall seem wiser than the others, un- 
to him shall the king Darius give great 
gifts, and great things in token of victory : 

6 As, to be clothed in purple, to drink 
in gold, and to sleep upon gold, and a char- 
iot, with bridles of gold, and head tire of 
fine linen, and a chain about his neck : 

7 And he shall sit next to Darius, 

of his wisdom, and shall be called Darius 
His cousin. 



I. ESDRAS. Jjiochrypha. 

8 And then erery one wrote his sen- 



tence, sealed it, and laid it under king Da- 
rius his pillow ; 

9 t And said that, When the king is ris- 
en, some will give him the writings ; and 
of whose side the king and the three prin- 
ces of Persia shali judge that his sentence 
is the wisest, to him shall the victory be 
given, as was appointed. 

10 The first wrote, Wine is the strong- 
est. 

11, The second wrote, The king is the 
strongest. 

12 The third wrote, Women are strong- 
est; but above all things, truth .beareth a- 
wav the victory. 

13 "if Now when the king was risen up, 
they took cheir writings and'delivered them 
unto him, and so he read them. 

14 And, sending forth he called all the 
princes of Persia and Media, and the gov- 
ernors and the captains, and the lieutenants 
and the chief < fficers : 

15 And sat him down in the royal seat 
of judgment, and the writings were read 
before them. 

IS And he said, Call the young men, 

declare their own sentences. 

were calied and came in. 

17 And he said unto them, Declare unto 

us your mind concerning the writngs. Tnen 

began the first, who had spoken of the 

strength of wine ; 

. ind he said thus, O ye men, how 
exceeding strong is wine I it causeth ail 
men to err that drink it : 

19 It maketh the mind of the king, and 
of the fatherless child, to be all one ; of the 
bondmen, and of the freemen, of the poor 
man and of the rich : 

20 It turneth also every thought into jol- 
lity and mirth, so that a man remembereth 
neither sorrow nor debt : 

21 And it maketh every hearrt rich, sa 
that a man remembereth neither king nor 
governor ; and it maketh to speak all 
things by talents : 

22 And when they are in their cups, they 
forget their love both to friends and breth- 
ren, and a little after draw out swords ; 

23 But when they are from the wine, they 
remember not what they have done. 

24 O ye men, Is not wine the strongest, 
that enforceth to do thus ? And when he 
had so spoken, lie held his peace. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 77ie second declareth the flower of 'a 
king. 13 The third the force of ivo- 
rnen, 33 andoftiuth. 

THEN the second, that had spoken the 
strength of the king began to say, 
2 O ye men. Do not men excel in 
strength, that bear i tile over sea and land > 
and ail things in them ? 



CIipp. fv. 

3 But yet the kin?* is more migl 

ewer thcni ; ever he 

conimandeth them th 

4 It he bid them m 

he sei^d 

- 

: 
I- 

■ 

e 

1 

■ 
r 

they cut 

1 



j4hochrvpha. 74& 



I 

< 
I 

» • 

ii 

■ 
i 

- 

i 



hthim up, and his Own country, and 

■ 
I 

. n . 

know, that we- 
aring ail t» 
I 

his sword, and 
greih hi 

] goeth 

. ; : to his 

n i his wife 

i 

did 1 see him and Aj* 

- 
right hand 

n 
k, ibc king ■ 

c^iped 

■ 

i 
. 

I 

I 

■ 



7U jffcocryfiha. I. ESBRAS, 

always strong ; it liveth arid conquereth 
for evermore. 

39 With her there is no accepting of 
persons or rewards ; but she doeth the 
things that are just, and refraineth from 
all unjust and wicked things : and all men 
do well ike of her works. 

40 Neither in her judgment is any un- 
righteousness ; and she is the strength, 
kingdom, power, and majesty, of all ages. 
Blessed be the God of truth. 

41 And with that he held his peace : 
and all the people then shouted, and said. 
Great is truth, and mighty above all things. 

42 Then said the king unto him. Ask 
what thou wilt more than is appointed in 
the writing, and we will give k thee, be- 
cause thou art found wisest ; and thou shalt 
sit next me, and shalt be called my cousin. 

43 Then said he unto the. king, Re- 
member thy vow which thou hast vowed. 
To build Jerusalem, in the day when -thou 
earnest: to thy kingdom. 

44 And to send away all the vessels that 
were taken away out of Jerusalem, which 
Cyrus set apart, when he vowed to destroy 
Babylon, and to send them again thither. 

45 Thou also hast vowed to build up the 
temple, which the Edomites burned when 
Judea was made desolate by the Chaldees. 

46 And now, O lord the king, this is 
that which I require, and which 1 desire of 
thee, and this is the princely liberality pro- 
ceeding from thyself : I desire therefore 
that thou make good the vow, the per- 
formance whereof with thine own mouth 
thou hast vowed to the King of heaven. 

47 Then Darius the king stood up, and 
kissed him, and wrote letters for him unto 
ail the treasurers and lieutenants and cap- 
tains and governors, that they should safe- 
ly convey on their Way, both him, and all 
those that go up with him to build Jerusa- 
lem. 

48 He wrote letters also unto the lieu- 
tenants that were in Celosyria find Phenice, 
and unto them in Libanus, that they should 
bring cedar wood from Libanus unto Jeru- 
salem, and that they should build the city 
with him. 

49 Moreover, he wrote for all the Jews 
that went out of his realm up into Jewry, 
concerning their freedom, that no officer, 
no ruler, no lieutenant, nor treasurer, 
should forcibly enter into their doors ; 

50 And that all the country which they 
'..old, should be free without tribute ; and 
that the Edomites should give over the vil- 
lages of the Jews, which then they held : 

51 Yea, that there should be yearly gi- 
ven twenty talents to the building of the 
temple, until the time that it were built ; 

52 And other ten talents yearly, to 
in the burnt offerings upon the aj- 



jlpochryfiha: 

tar every day (as they had a command- 
ment to offer seventeen) : 

53 And that ail they that went from 
Babylon to build the city, should have free 
liberty, as well they as their posterity, 
and all the priests thftt went away. 

54 He wrote also concerning the char- 
ges, and the priests' vestments wherein 
they minister ; 

55 And likewise for the charges of the 
Levites, to be given them, until the day 
that the hcu.se were finished, and Jerusa- 
lem builded up. 

56 And he commanded to give to all 
that kept the city pensions and wages. 

57 He sent away also ail the vessels 
from Babylon, that Cyrus had set apart, 
and all that Cyrus had given in command- 
ment, the same charged he also to be done, 
and sent unto Jerusalem. 

53 Now when this young man was gone 
forth, he lifted up his face to heaven to- 
ward Jerusalem, and praised the King of 

i<f From thee cometh victo- 
ry, from thee cometh wisdom, and thine is 
the glory, and I am thy servant. 

60 Blessed art thou who hast given me 
wisdom ; for to thee 1 give thanks, O 
Lord of cur fathers. 

61 And so he took the letters, and went 
out, and came unto Babylon, and told it all 
his brethren. 

62 And they praised the God of their 
fathers, because he had given them free- 
dom and liberty, 

63 To go up, and to build Jerusalem, 
and the temple which is called by his 
name : and they feasted with instruments 
oi musick and gladness se^ en days. 

CHAP. V. 
4 The names and number -of the Jew* 
that returned home, 57 The foundd* 
tion of the temple is laid. 

AFTER this were the principal men 
of the families chosen according to 
their tribes, to go up with their wives, and 
sons, and daughters, with their menser- 
vants, and maidservants, and their cattle. 

2 And Darius sent with , them a thou- 
sand horsemen, till they had brought them 
back to Jerusalem safely, and with musical 
[instruments] tabrets, and fiutes. 

3 And all their brethren played, and he 
made them go up together with them. 

4f And these are the names of the men 
which went up, according to their families, 
among their tribes,aiter their severalheads. 

5 The priests, the sons of Phiuces, the 
son of Aaron : Jesus the son of Jusedoc, 
the son of Saraias, and Joacim the son of 
Zoroba be], the son of Salathiel, of the house 
of David, out of the kindred of Phares, of 
the tribe of Jedah : 



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thousand 
■ three hundred and thirty. 

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25 111 

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..esons 
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temple, and 

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i the daughters of Berzeius, and was named 
after his name. 

39 And when the description of the kin- 
dred of these men was sought in the regis- 
ter, and was not found, they were remov- 
ed from executing the office of the priest- 
hood: 

40 For unto them said Nehemias and 
Atharias, That they should not be parta- 
kers of the holy things, till there arose up 
an high priest cloathed with doctrine and 
truth. 

4 1 So of Israel, from them of twelve years 
del and upward, the;,- were all in number 
forty thousand, besides manservants and 
•womenservants, two thousand three hun- 
dred and sixty. 

42 Their menservants and handmaids 
■were seven thousand three hundred forty 
and seven : the singing men and singing 
Women, two hundred forty and five: 

43 Four hundred thirty and five cam- 
els., seven thousand thirty and six horses, 
two hundred fort) arid five mules, five thou- 
sand five hundred twenty and five beasts 
Used to the, yoke. 

44 And certain ot the chief of their fam- 
ilies When they came to the temple of God 
that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the 
house a, a.vn place, according to 
their ah 

45 A into .the holy treasury of 
the works, a thousand pounds of gold, five j da tr 
thousand ot silver, and an hundred priestly i bretf 
vestment;--. 

46 And so dwelt the priests and the Le- 
vites and the people in Jerusalem, and in 
the country : the singers also, and the pot- 
ters, and all Israel in their villages. 

47 But when the seventh month was at 
hand, and when the children of Israel were 
•every man in h - ipl ce, they came all 
together with on c in nt into the open 
place ot the first gate which is toward the 
east: 

3d up Jems the son of Josedec, 
en I ; i'e priests, and Zorobabei 



I. ESDRAS. Jipccryfihm. 

and the sacrifice of the sabbaths, and of the 
new moons, and of all holy feasts. 

53 And all they that had made any vow 
to God, began 'to offer sacrifices to" God, 
from fhe first day of the seventh month, al- 
though the temple of the Lord was not yet 
built. 

54 And they gave unto the masons and 
carpenters, money, meat and drink, with 
cheerfulness. 

55 Unto them of Sidon also and Tyre 
they gave carrs, that they should bring ce- 
dar trees from Lib-anus, which should be 
brought by floats to the haven of Joppe, 
according as it was commanded them by 
Cyrus king of the Per siansJ 

56 And in the second year and second 
month, alter his coming to the temple of 
God at Jerusalem, began Zorobabei the son 
ofSalathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, 
and their brethren, and the priests, and 
the Levites, and all they that were come 
unto Jerusalem out of the captivity : 

57 II And they laid the foundation of 
the house of God in the first day of the (se- 
cond month, in the second year after, they 
wei e C( me to Jewry and Jerusalem. 

53 And they appointed the Levites from 
twenty years 'old, over the works of the 
Lord. Then stood up Jesus and his sons, 



48Thenstc 

and his broth 

the son of S 

made ready the rotar or the God of Isi 

49 To offer burnt sacrifices upon it, ac- 
cording as it is etf^'essiy commanded in 
the boot: of Moses tlfEijnan of God. 

50 And there werjfiAthered unto them 
out of the other nationsml" the land, and 
thev eitcted the altar upon his own place, 
because all the nations of the land were at 
enmity vim :h ed them; 
antPthey oflfero - accordmgto the 
time, and burnt □ the Lord both 
monhng and evening. 

51 A/'so they held the feast of taberna- 

it is coram aftded in the law, and 
is was meet:^ 



and brethren, and Cadmiel his brother, and 
the sons of Madiabun, with the sons of lo- 
rn sen of Eliadun, with their son 
hren, all Levites, with one accord set- 

j tens forward of the business, labouring to 

' advance the works in the house of God. 

! So the workmen built the temple of the 

j Lord. 

i 59 And the priests stood arrayed in their 

■ vestments with musical instrume 

1 trumpets ; and the Levites the sons of A- 

i saph had cymbals, 

60 Singing songs of thanksgiving, and 

I praising tW Lord, according as David the 

j king of Israel had 

1 'C1 A., 



61 And they sung with lend voicessongs 
to the praise of the Lord : because his mer- 
s brethren, and | cv and glory is for ever in all Israel . 

' 62 And all the people sounded trumpets, 
and shouted with aloud voice, singini 
of thanksgiving unto the Lord, for the rear- 
ing up of the house of the Lord. 

*63 Also of the priests, and Levites, and 
of the chief of their families, the ancients 
who had seen ti e former house, came to 
the building of this with weeping and great 
crying. 

64 But many with trumpets and joy shout- 
ed with loud voice, 

65 Insomuch that the trumpets might not 
be heard for the weeping of the people : yet 
the multitude sounded marvellously, so that 
it was heard afar off. 

66 "« Wherefore when the enemies of the 



, t Jfiocryfiha. Chap. 

. trii>e ofJudah and Benjamin heard it, they 
■ to know what that noise of trumpets 

,r ; ean. 

. A they perceived that they that 
I ' a\vA the temple 
rael. 
6b ^ : they v, :>el and Jesus, 

I and to the chief ot the 
unto them, We will build together with 
you. 

69 For we likewise, as ye, do obey your 
Lord, and d him from the 

king of the 

70 Ti. Jesus, and th? 
chief of the families of Israel, said unto 
them, It is, not for us and you to build to- 
ur God. 

71 We ourselves a one will build unto the 

the king 
edus. 
i of die land, lying 
upon the inhabitants ofJ;< 

red their build- 

.lieir secret plots, and pop- 
ular pel .they hin- 
dered '.:. 

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ice of two 

. VI. 

le to bitild 

furtlieritby all 

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all the< - 
ther ih 

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en unto \ 

governv : 



jipocrvfilia. 747 

rahuzanes, with their companions, rulers, 
in Syria and Phenice, wrote and sent unto 
Darius : To king Darius, greeting : 

8 Let all things be known unto our lord 
the king ; that being come into the coun- 
try of Judea, and entered into the city ot" 
Jerusalem, we found in the city ofJenisa* 

ancients of the Jews that were of 
the captivity. 

9 Bui. ding an house unto the Lord, great 
and new, ot hewn and costly stones and 
the timber already laid upon the walls. 

10 And ihese works h .. i eat 
speed, and the work goeth on pro? ; 

ly in their hands, and with all glory and 
diligence is it made. 

11 Then asked wc these elers, saying, 
By whose commandment build ye Una 
house, and lay the foundations of these 

\2 Therefore to the intent that we might 
give knowledge unto thee by writing, we 
demanded ot them who were th 
doers, and we required of them the names 
in writing of their principal 

13 So they gave us this answer, We are 

..■its of the Lord, which made 
::nd earth. 

14 And as for this house, it was builded 

ire ago, by a king of Israel, great 
ong, and was finished. 

15 But when our fathers provoked God 

ith, and sinned against the Lord of 
hich isin heaven, he gave themo- 
ver into the power of Nabuchodonosor, 
:■. of die Civ '.Idee s- ; 

16 Wli v.n the hou 

it, and carried away the people 
to Babylon. 

reigned i :ry of Babylon, Cy- 

te to build up this b 

'■(-Idandofsil- 
■ ried a- 
at Jerusab 

ut of the 
d they wen 
ed to Zorobabel, and 

19 \\ . . 

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748 Apocrypha. 



DRAS. 



the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, hath 
been done with the consent of king Gyms, 
and if our Lord the king be so minded, let 
him signify unto us thereof. 

23 % Then cemanded king Darius to 
seek among the records at Babylon ; and 
so at Ecbatana the palace, which is in the 
country of Media, there was found a roll, 
wherein these things were recorded. 

24 In the first year of the reign of Cyrus, 
king Cyrus commanded that the honse cf 
the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again 
■where they do sacrifice with conti 

25 Whose height shall be sixty carts, 
' and the breadth sixty cubits, with three 

rows of hewn "stones, and one ro 
wood of that country : and the expenses 
thereof to be given out of the hou:. 
Cyrus ; 

26 And that the holy vessels of 11 
of the Lord, both oi gold and silver 
Kebucfiodcnsor took out of the hou a 
xusalerm and brought to Ik ■■!;. 
restored to the house at Jei t 

set in the place -where they were 
■27 *[ And also h ig commanded tl 
nis the Governor oi Syria and Phenice. and 
Sathrabuzcnes, and their compaa 
those which were appointed rulers in Sy- 
ria and Phenice, should be careful not to 
meddle with the place, but suffer Zoroba- 
bel the servant of the Lord, and governor 
ofJudea, and the elders of the Jews, to 
build the house of the Lord in that place. 

28 I have commanded ialso to have it 
built up whole again ; and that they look 
diligently to help those that be of the cap- 
tivity of the Jewsj till the house of the Lord 
be finished. 

29 And out of the tribute of Celosyria 
and Phenice, a portion carefully to be giv- 
en these men for the sacrifices of the Lord 
that is, to Zcrobabelthe governor, for bul- 
locks, and rams, and lambs : 

30 And also com, salt, wine, and oil, and 
that continually every year without fur- 
ther question, according as the priests that 
be in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily 
spent. 

31 That offerings may be made to the 
most high God, f<*|Jthe king, and for his 
children, and that tliey may pray for their 
Jives. 

32 And he commanded, that wh 
should transgress, yea, or make light of 
any thing afore spoken or written, out of 
his own house should a tree be taken, and 
he thereon be h urged, and all his goods 
seized Ibrthe king. 

33 The Lord therefore, whose name is 
there c 

ilng and nation, that slretcheth out his 
hand to ge that hquse cf 

t». - - • — f m. 



Apocrypha* 

34 I Darius the king have ordained, that 
according unto these things it be done with 
diligence. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Sirnnes and others help, forward the 
building. 5 The temple is finished and 
dedicated. 10 The passover is kept; 

THEN Sjsinnes the governor of Celos- 
yria and Phenice, and Sathrabuza- 
nes, with their companions, following the 
comma:. rag Darius, 

2 Did very earefulfy oversee the holy 
works, assisting the ancients of the Jews 
and governors of the temple. 

3 Arid so the holy works prospered, 

\- -- - --'1 — .-•.charias the prophets 

k Ar.c _ . :„ .", these things by the 

Lord God of Israel, 
the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and 
kings of Persia. 
5 3 i And thus was the holy house finish- 
ed in the three and twentieth day of the 
m v.* . .:\- in die sixth \ ear of Darius 

: of Israel, the priests 

and the L ethers that were of 

the captivity, that were added unto them, 

did according to the things written in ihe 

-leses. 

7 And to the dedication of the temple of 
theLord, they offered an hundred bullocks, 
two hundred rams, lour hundred lambs : 

8 And twelve goats, for the sin of ail Is- 
rael, according to the number of the chief 
of the tribes of Israel. 

9 The priests also and the Levites stood 
arrayed in their vestments, according to 
their kindreds, in the service of the Lord 
God of Israel, according to the book of 
Moses : and the porters at every ga e. 

10 % And the children of Israel, that 
were of the captivhy,held the passover the 
fourteenth day of the first month, after that 
the priests and the Levites were sanctifi- 
ed. 

1 1 They, that were of the captivity, were 
not ail sanctified-together : but the Levites 
were all sanctified together. 

12 And so they ofiered the passover for 

of the captivity, and for their 
brethren the priests,* and for themselves. 

13 And the children of Israel that came 
out cf the captivity did eat, even all they 
that had separated themselves from the a- 
bominations of the people of the land, and 

14 And they kept one feast of unleaven- 
ed bread seven days, making merry before 
the Lord, 

15 For that he had ti tinsel of 
the king of Assyria a 

ieir hands in the works of the Lord 
God of Isrash 



■.,':•:*. Chap, 

CHAf. vm. 
1 fi i the king % » 

to curia : b 
clarcih Uu I 
t/tai him. 

ANL» liter th «e things, when 
ence 

3 the son 
n of 

- Achit- 
ob, d 

the son "t M 

son 

. : SODOf 
Elf-' >riest. 

. c up :. m I 
as a scribe, bei • ffl - - law 

oi M □ bj the G.<1 ot 

4 And the king did him honor : fcr he 
found grace inhi^ sight in all his requests. 

5 Tnere went up with him also cer- 
tain of the children of Israel, of the priests, 

i i, porters, 
and ministers of the temple, onto Jerusa- 

6 In the se v e n th \car of the reign of 
Arraxerxt th month, thi. 

the king's seventh year, I r Ihey went 

from Babylon in the first day of the first 

th, ami came to Jerusalem, according 

■ to tb< y urney h hich the Lcrd 

gate them. 

skill, so 
lhathe om; of the law an I 

mar. Lord, hut taught all Is- 

rael tl es and judgments. 

• 
•which W: 
king- and dras the | ries 

'he law of the Lord, is this that 

9 King Artaxerxcs onto Esdrat the 
prie ' . of the law of the Lord, 

ting : 

10 H.i\ big determined to deal graciously, 

t sue! ioi the n 
t»t the Jews, and of the pi iesti and L 

• within our realm, as are willing and 
h MiUlgo with thee unto .U 
lem. 

i many therefore as have a mind 
I 

i to me and a 

Cf Ju 

i J carrv the g ftfl unto th< 
Israel to Jerusalem, which 1 andmj n 

ha\( 

fi und, 

X4 



U With that also which is given of the 

peop : e, for tiie temple f tlie Lord their 

•- Jerusalem ylver and 

ed lor bullocks, rams 

and laroos, and things thereunto appes- 

T>> the etui that they may offer sac? 

- unto the LoftL upon the altar os 

the l^ord thv I bin Jerusalem. 

. thy breuV 

. ! do with the silver and gold, that 

I thy God. 

An.i the holy vessels of the Lord, 

.which are given thee for the use oi the 

. which bin Jerusalem, 

i i!t set efi rt th) ( ■ em. 

16! Andwh. tsoevertbing else than shak 

f the temple of thy 

it ot tiie king's 

tre wiry. 

19 And I king A rtaxc ries have also 
commanded the keepers of the treasures 
in Sj ria and Phenice, that whatsoever Es- 
dras tiie priest and the reader of the law 
of the most high God shall send for, they 
sh< old give it Him with speed, 

20 To the sum of an hundred talents of 
silver* likewise also of. wheat, even to aa 
hundred cors, and an hundred pieces of 

.ad other things in abundance. 

21 Let all things be performed after tl>e 
law of Gcd diligently unto the most high 
God) that wrath come not upon the king- 
dom of the king, and Ivis sons. 

22 I command you also, that ye require 
no tax, nor any other imposition of any of 
the priests or Levites, or holy singers, or 
porters, or ministers of the temple, or of 

ive doings in this temple, and 
that no man have authority to impose 
any thing upon them. 

And thou, EstbraSj riccordin^ to the 
inn God, ordain judges andjusti 
may judge i- 

oi thy 

God; and those that km W it D - . 
lbs t teach. 

', whosoever 

law of tie G : the king, sh.ill be 

• tr it l>e bv 

. -;, peoalt) u 

only i."'-d ( • od of oi) 

: ' " 

it is ia 
j 

3fc ^ Aud w «** arc 



river called Theras, where we pitched our 

then I 
thern : 



tents three clays; and the] 



surveyed 



42 But when 1 had found tiiere none of 
the priests and Levites, 

43 Then sent I unto Eleazer, and' Iduel 
and Mas-man,- 

44 And Alnathan, and Mamaias, and 
feribas, and Nathan, Eunatan, Zacharias, 

and Mosollamon, principal men and learn- 
ed. 

45 And I bade them, that they should 
go unto Saddens the captain, who was in 
the place of the treasury : 

.'46 And commanded them that they 
should speak unto Daddeus, and to his 
brethren, and to the treasurers in that 
place, to send us such men as might exe- 
cute the priests' office in the house of the 
Lord. 

47 And by the mighty hand of our Lord, 
they brought unto us skilful men of the 
sons of Moli tiie son of Levi, the son of 
Israel, Asebebia, and his sons, and his 

i$krea» whs were eighteen. 



750 Afioayfilm* t BSDRAS. 

to their families and several dignities, that 
went up with me from Babylon, in the 
reign of king Artaxerxes : 

29 Of the sons'oi Fhinees, Gerson : of 
the sons of Ithamar, Gamael : of the sons 
ci David, Lettus, the son of Secbenias : 

30 Of the sons of Pharez, Zacharias : 
and with him were counted an hundred 
and fifty men : 

33 Of the sons of Pshat.h Moab, Elia- 
onias the son of Zaraias, and with him two 
hum" red men : 

32 Of the sons of Zathoe, Secbenias the 
son of Jezelus, and with him three hundred 
men: of the sons of Adin, Obeth the son 
of Jonathan, and with him two hundred 
and fifty men : 

33 Of the sons of Elam, Jos>as son of 
Grotholias, and with him seventy men : 

34 Of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son 
of Michael, and with him threescore and 
ten men ; 

35 Of the sons of Joab, Abadias sen of 
Jezeius and with him two hundi ed and 
twelve men : 

35 Of the sons of Banid, As?alimoth son 
©f Josaphias, and with him an hundred and 
threescore men : 

37 Of the sons of Babi, Zr.charias son of 
Bebai,and with him twenty and eight men ; 

38 Of the M3ns oi Ast'a'th," Johannes son 
of Acatan, and with him an hundred and 
ten men: 

' 39 Of the sons of Adcnikam the last, 
and these are the mimes of them, Eliphn- 
let, Jeuel, andSamaias, and with them se- 
venty men : 

40 Of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of 
fetalcurus, and with him seventy men : 

41 And these I gathered together to the 



jfpocryphsti 

48 And Asebia, and Annuus, and Osai' 
as his brother, of the sons of Channuneusr 
and their sons were twenty men. 

49 And of the Servant's of the temple 
whom David had ordained, and the princi- 
pal men, for the service of the Levites, to 
wit, the servants of the temple, two hun- 
dred and twenty, the catalogue of whose 
names were shewed. 

50 And there I vowed a fast unto the 
young men Wore our Lc rd, to desire of 
him a prosperous journey bath for us and 
them that were with us, for cur children, 
and tor the cattle : 

51 For I was ashamed to ask the king 
footmen and horsemen, and conduct for 
safeguard against our adversaries. 

52 For we had said unto the king, 
That the power of the Lord our God 
should be with them that seek him, to sup- 
port diem in all ways. 

53 Aikfagain we" besought our Lord, as 
touching these tilings, and tcund him fa- 
ble unto us. 



54 Then! separated twelve of the chief 
of the priests, Ksebrias, and Assanias, and 
ten men of their brethren with them : 
^ 55 And J weighed them the eokj and 
the silver, and the holy vessels of The house 
of our Lord, which the king; and hh coun- 
cil, and the princes, and all Israel, had 
given. 

56 And when I had weighed it, I deliv- 
ered unco them six hundred and sixty tal- 
ents of silver, and silver vessels of an hun- 
dred talents, and an hundred talents of 
gold* 

57 And twenty golden vessels, and 
twelve vessels of brass, even of line brass, 
glittering like gold, 

58 And I said unto them, Both ye 
are holy unto the Lord, and the vessels- 
are holy, and the gold and the silver is a 
vow unto the Lord, the Lord of our lathers. 

59 Watch ye, and keep them till ye de- . 
liver them to the chief of the priests and 
Levites, and- to. the principal qien of the 
families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the 
chambers of the house of our God. 

60' So the priests and the Levices, who 
had received the silver and the gold, and 
the vessels, brought them unto Jerusalem, 
into the temple of the Lord* 

61 And from the river Theras we de- . 
parted, the twelfth day of the first month, 
and came to Jerusalem by the mightv hand 
of our Lord, which was with us : and from 
the beginning of our journey, the Lord de- 
livered us from every enemy, and so we 
came to Jerusalem. 

62 And when we had been there three 
days, the gold and silver that was weighed, 
was delivered into the house of our Lord,. 
on the fourth day unto Mm moth the priest 
thqioitof Iri. ' 



Chap. 

him was F>azer 
•t Phinees, aad with 

- 

r.umbtr 

64 A- ght ct them was writ- 

ur. 

»mccut 
unto the 
I 

66 Three r . 
for ape:. 

,'s com- 

- 
pie ct I 

68 *, Nov,- when these things were done, 
e unto me an 






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and their si 

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men have 

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then mover! at 
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vtt 4 - -'.% 751 

79 And to discover i 

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possess as 
with the ■ 

their im- 

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peace wil 

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E& Apocrypha. I..ESDRA& 

95 Arise, and put in execution : for to 
thee doth this matter appertain, and we 
will be v.'ith thee: do valiantly. 

96 So Esdras arose, and took an oath of 
the chief of the priests and Levites of all 
Israel, to do after these tilings ; and so they 
sware. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 JEsdros assembleth all the people : 10 
the y promise to put away their strange 
wives, 49 The law of Moses is read 
arid declared. 

THEN Esdras rising from the court ot 
the temple, went" to the chamber of 
3oanan the son of Eliasih, 

2 And remained there, and did eat no 
meat, nor drink water, mourning for the 
■great iniquities cf the multitude : 
' 3 And there was a proclamation in all 
Jewry and Jerusalem, to all them that 
"were of the captivity, that they should he 
gathered tegether at Jerusalem : 

4 And that whosoever met not there 
within two or three days, according aS the 
•Iders that bare rule appointed, their cat- 
tle should be seized to the use of the tem- 
ple, arid himself cast out from them that 
-ware of the captivity. 

5 And in three days were all they of the 
trite ot Judah and Benjamin gathered to- 
gether at Jerusalem, the twentieth day of 
the ninth month. 

6 And all the multitude sat trembling in 
the broad court 6f the temple, because of 
the present foul weather. 

7 So Esdras arose up.and said unto them, 
Ye have transgressed the law in marrying 
strange wives, thereby to increase the sins 
of Israel. 

8 And now by confession give glory un- 
to the Lord God ot our fathers. 

9 And do his will, and separate your- 
selves from the heathen of the land, and 
from the strange women. 

10 "il Then cried the whole multitude 
and said with a loud voice, Like as thou 
hast spoken, so will we do. 

11 But forasmuch as the people are ma- 
ny, and it is foul weather, so that we can- 
not stand without, and this is not a work 
of a day or two, seeing our sin in these 
tilings is spread far : 

12 Therefore let the rulers of the multi- 
tude stay, and let all them of our habita- 
tions that have strange wives, come at the 
time appointed, 

13 And with them the rulers and judges 
of every place, till we turn away the wrath 
©f the Lord from us for this matter. 

14 Then Jonathan the son of Azael, and, 
Ezechias the son of Theecanus, according- 
ly took this matter upon them ; and Mo- 
sollam, and Levis, ajml Sabbatheus helped 
jf&em. 



jffiocryfifa* 

15 And they that were of the captivity, 
did according to all these things. 

16 And Esdras the priest chose unto hira 
the principal men of their families, all by- 
name : and in the first day of the tenth 
month, they sat together to' examine the 
matter. 

17 So their cause that held strange wives 
was brought to an end, in the first day of 
the first month. 

18 And of the priests that were come to- 
gether ,and had strange wives, there were 
found ; 

19 Of the sons of Jesus the son of Jose- 
dec, and his brethren ; Mattheias, and E- 
leazar.and Joribus, and Joadanus. 

20 And they gave their hands to put a- 
way their wives- and to offer rams,to make 
reco] iC'lement for their errors. 

21 And of the sons of Emmer ; Ananias, 
and Zabdeus, and Lanes, and Sameiu^ 
and Hiereel, and Azarias. 

22 And of the sons of Phaisur : Eiionas* 
Massias, ismael, and Nataanael, and Oci- 
delus, and Talsas. 

23 And of the Levites ; Jozabad, and Se- 
mis, and Colius, who was called Calitas, 
and Fatheus, and Judas, and Jonas. 

24 Of the holy singers; Eieazurus, Bac- 
churus. 

25 Of the porters ; Sallumus, and Tol- 
banes. 

26 Of them of Israel, of the sons ofPho- 
l'os : Hiermas, and Eddias, and Melchias, 
and Maelus, and Eleazar , and Asibias, and 
Baanias. 

27 Of the sons ofEla; Matthanias, Za- 
charias, and HierielusandHierenioth,and 
Aedias. 

28 And of the sons of Zamoth : Elia- 
das, Elisimus. Othonias,Jarimcth,and Sa-t 
batus, and Sardeus. 

29 Of the sons of Bebai ; Johannes, and 
Ananias, and Josabad, and Amatheis. 

30 Of the sons of Mani ; Olamus, Ma- 
rcuchus, Jedeus, Jasubus, Jasaei, and Hie- 
remoth. 

31 And of the sons of Addi ; Naathus, 
and Moosias, Lacunus, and Naidus, and 
Mathanias, andSesthel, Balnuus, and Ma- 
nas seas. 

32 And of the sons of Annas ; Elionas, 
and Aseas, and Melchias,and Sabbeus, and 
Simon Chosameus. 

33 And of the sons of A*on ; Altaneus, 
and Matthias, and Bannaia, Eliphalat, and 
Manasess, and Semei. 

34 And of the sons of Maani : Jeremias, 
Momdis, Omacrus, Juel, Malxlai, andPe- 
lias, and Anos, Carabasicn, and Enasibus, 
>md Mamnitanaimus, Eliasis, Bannus, E- 
liali, Samis, Selemias, Nathanias ; and of 
the sons ctOznra; Sesis, Esril, Ar^' 
SamaWs 2aamhr* ; Jowpho*. 



Ay,crupAj» Chap, u 

25 And of the sons of Ethroa ; Mazat- before the multitude 



Afiocnjttia. 7^ 



las, Zabadaias, Rdes, Juel, Banaias. 

30 All the.se had taken strange wives, 
and they put them away with their chil- 
dren. 

37 And the priests and Levites, and 
they that were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusa- 
lem, and in the country, in the first u;.\ ot 
the seventh mouth : so the children ot Is- 
rael were in their habitations. 

oS And the whole multitude came togeth- 
er with Gne accord into the broad place oC 
the holy perch toward the ea^t : 

59 And tlie) spake onto Esdras the priest 
and reader, that he would bring the law 
. was giver, of the Lord God 
of Israel. 

40 r So Esdras the chief priest brought 
the law onto tie whole multitude from 
ru.in to woman, and to all the priests, to 
he*r the law in the firs: dc.y of the seventh 
month. 

41 And he read in the bread court be- 
fore the holy porch from morning unto 
midday, before both men and women: 
and all the multitude gave heed unto the 

42 And Esdras the priest and reader ot 

. st<»od up upon a pulpit of wood, 
whir! 

♦3 And there stood up by him Matta- 
thias. Saiiiimtv, Ananias, . 

. 

44 And upon his (eft hand stood Phal- 

, Meltiiias, Lothasubus, and 

45 Tiu ras the book ofthe,law 



tor he sat honorably 
in the first place in the sight of them all. 

46 And when he opened the law, they 
stood all straight up. So Esdras 

the Lord G(>d most high, the God sf basis 
Almighty. 

47 And all the people answered. Amen : 
and lifting up men? hands, they :<•■ 
ground, and worshipped the Lord. 

48 Also Jesus, Anus, Sarabias, Admus, 

Sabateas, AnteasyMaiane 
Calitas, Azarias,and Joazabdu.s, airi An- 
anias, BLttas, the Levites, taught the law 
of the Ix»rd, making them withal to under- 
stand it. 

49 H Then spake Atthsratjes unto Es> 
dras the chief priest and reader, and to the 
Levites that taught the multitude, «. \ en ti 
all, saving, 

50 This day is holy unto tlie Lord ( for 
they all wept when they heard the law ) : 

51 Go then, and eat the fat, and drink 
the sweet, and send part to them that have 
nomine ; 

52 For this day is holy unto the Ivovd, 
and be not sorrowful; for the 1. 

bring yen to honor. 

53 So the Levites published all things to 
tlie people, saying, Tbis day i.s holy to the 
Lord : be notforrovyful. 

54 Then went they their way c 

d drink, aiu , 
give part to them thai had n 
jreat cheer; 

55 Because they understood tnewordi 
wherein the) \scv instructed\and for the 
which they had bet n assembled* 



II. ESDRAS. 



CHAP. I. 
1 F.sira* is commanded to repr 
fi ■■fdc. 34 Uod tkreatt tu in to cuat tht in 
<<f. 

THE sea nd l*>ok of the prophet Es- 
dias. ,tne son ( I A- 

aarhis,the son if Ik n of Sa- 

4amias, .dock, the sot. 

tob. 

son ofPhinew, 
■ fHeli, the son o£Amanas,the son 

\c ton or Phinees, the 

3 The d. of the tribe of Levi: 
in the it | ihePer- 

4 And the word of the I> rd c 

ong, 
4$q :'r \ a; ,ajUJ . 



sinful deeds, and their children their ui te- 
st me : 
that diey may bell their children' 

iuse the sins ot their fatl 
: in them ; for they 1 
ten me, and haVC i BR red unto 

gods. 

: 

4 

BPuJUbouof 1 

and cast all evil up n ih< m, 

. 

. USp< pie. 

::i ur.to 

Bakes: i 



$'54 Jpocryphtt, 

tare them, and in the east I have scatter- 
ed the people of two provinces, even of 
Tyrus and Sidon, and nave slain all their 
enemies. 

12 Speak thou therefore unto them, say^ 
Ing,thus saith the Lord, 

13 1 led you through the sen, and in the 
; beg inning gave you a large and sate pas- 
sage : 1 gave you Moses lor a leader, and 
Aaron for a priest. 

14 1 gave you light in a pillar of fire, and 
great wonders have I done among you, yet 
have ye forgotten me, saith 'die LnVdV 

15 Fhus saith the Almighty Lord, The 
quails were as a token to you-, I gave you 
*ents for your safegitard : nevertheless, ye 
murmured there, 



16 And triumphed not in my name for Lord, 



M. ESDRA& Jpccryphm 

mother her daughters, and a nurse her 
young babes ; 

29 That ye would be my people, and I 
should be your God ; that ye would be my 
children, and I should be your father ? 

30 I gathered you together, as a hen 
gathcreth her chickens under her wings : 
but now, What shall I do unto you ? I will 
cast you out from rny Scei 

31 When ye offer unto me, I will tura 
my face from you ? for your solemn feast 
%t ;, .: r new moons, and your circum- 
cisions, Lave 1 forsaken. 

32 1 sent unto you my servants the proph- 
ets, whom ye have taken and slain, and 
torn their bodies in pieces, whose blood 
I will require of your hands, saith the 



the destruction of your enemies, but ever 
fco this day do ye yet murmur. 

17 Where are' the benefits that 1 have 
clone for you ? When ye were hungry and 
thirst}- in the wilderness, Did ye not cry 
antp. me, 

18 Saying, Why hast thou brought us in- 
to this wilderness, to kill us I' It had been 
better for us to have served the Egyptians 
than to die in -this wilderness. 

19 Then had i pity upon your mourn- 
ings, and gave you manna Ho eat ; so ye 
did eat angels' bread. 

20 When ye were thirsty, Did I not 
cleave the rock, and waters Sowed out to 
your fill ? For the heat I covered you with 
the leaves of the trees. 

21 1 divided among you a faithful land ; I 
cast out the Gaaiaanites, the Perezites, 
and the Philistines before you ; What 
shall 1 yet do more for vou I saith the 
Lord. 

. 22 Thus saith the Almighty Lord, When 
ye were in the wilderness, in the river of 
the Amorites, being athirst, and blasphem- 
ing my name, 

23 1 gave you not fire tor your blasphe- 
mies, but cast a tree in the water,and made 
the river sweet. 

24 f What shall I do unto thee, O Ja- 
cob ? Thou Judah wouldest not obey me, I 
will turn me to other nations and unto those 
•will I give my name, that they may keep 
my statutes." 

'25 Seeing ye have forsaken me, I will 
forsake you also ; when ye desire me to be 
gracious unto you, 1 shall have no mercy 
upon you. 

26 Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I 
■will not hear you : for ye have defiled your 
hands with blood, and your feet are swift 
to commit manslaughter. 

27 Ye have not as it were forsaken roe, 
hut your own selves, saith the Lard. 

28 Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Have 
X-aot prayed you as a fetiaer bis song, as a 



33 Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Your 
house 3s desolate, I will cast you out as the 
wind doth stubbie. 

34 And your Children shall not be fruit- 
ful : for they have despised my command- 
ment, and done the thing that is evil be- 
fore me. 

35 Your houses will I give to a people- 
that shall come ; which not having heard 
of me, yet shall believe me : to whom I 
have shewed no signs, yet they shall do 
that I have^commanded them. 

36 They have seen no prophets, yet they 
shall call their sins to remembrance : and 
acknowledge them. 

37 I take to witness the grace of the peo- 
ple to come, whose little ones rejoice in 
gladness : and though they have not seen 
me with bodily eyes, yet in spirit the)' be- 
lieve the thing that I say. 

38 And now, brother, behold what glo- 
ry, and see the people that come from 
the east : 

39 Unto whom I will give lor leaders, 
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Osea^. Amos, 
and Micheas, Joel, Abdias, and Jonas, 

40 Nahum,and Abacuc, Sophonias, Ag- 
geus, Zachary, and Malachy,which is call- 
ed also an an eel of the Lord. 

"CHAP. II. 
1 Cod comfilaineth of Ins people ; 10 yet. 
Esdra.fi is willing to comfort them. 

THUS saith the Lord, I brought this 
people out of bondage, and I gave 
them my commandments by my servants 
the prophets ; whom they would net hear, 
bat despised my counsels. 

2 The mother that bare them, saith un- 
to them, Go your way, ye children ; tor I 
am a widow and forsaken. 

3 I brought you up with gladness ; but 
with sorrow and heaviness have I lost you : 
for ye have sinned before the Lord your 
God, and done that thing that is evil be-, 
fore him. 

4 But, What shall I now do witp v you? 



Jffiocryfik** 






Ahtrr 



I am a widow and forsaken : go your 
O m\ children, andask mere) 
me, () father, I call 
for a ■ 
dren, which would 

6 That thou . 
their mother to a 

BO ofl 

7 L <^ad among 
the I • at or 
the earth : for the; 

• 

it the unrighteous I thou 

. unto 
Sodom 

.in clods of pit 

Ik a - , :>.lso will I do unto 

nighty 

Thus saitlithe Lord untoEsdras^ 
Tell my people, that i will give them the 
Jerusalem, which 1 would have 
given unto Israel. 

11 Their glof) also will Itrhe onto me, 

12 The;,- shall have the tree of life for an 
*kil;: il nei- 

\c: prav for 1 
few i ahort- 

eocc! : spared 

: 

f >v J 5, and 

sr< a • For] Lord. 

ren, and 

their 

: 

1 raise 

- : 
i 

ind lij- i 

oiim ■ 

I 

■ Trails. 



23 Wheresoerer thou findest tin 
take them and bury them, ... I 1 h I t»iv«( 
first place in my resurrection. 

by children, O thou good 
feet, 
rants whom I Kara 
gre shall not one oftht 
. : them from 
. 

trouble \ eometh, othei 

- thou shalt be 

. 

thee, but they 
shah be able to do n fanstthee, 

Lord. 

'. over thee, . 

SO l>e j oy lei, ' v , v. ' • h t hi • 

. ; tor 1 will delh er thee, sa 
Lord. 

, 31 Remember, thy children that sleep, 
for I shall bring them out 
the earth, and shew mercy onto mem: 
for J am merciful, saith the Lord Almigh- 
nbrace thy children until I come, 
and shew raerev unto 
run over, and my grace s 

. . eived a charge of the Lord, 
>, that 1 should go un- 
Leame untathe 
set rue at d despised U 

ImentoftheLord. 
34 And therefore ] say unto you, Oyc 
■ . 
I! 

< lasting rest: for he is nigh at hand, 
come in the end of the world. 

. 

of this world 
glory ! 1 testify my 

. :'iV. 

■ Y the gift that ; - 

■ 

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41 T!. 

: 



75o J/ioeryJJ*. 11. E5DEAS, 

42 1 Esdras saw upcn the VribaiA Sion, a 
great people, whom I could not number, 
and they ail praised the Lord with songs. 

43 And in the midst of them there was 
a young man of a high stature, taller than 
all the rest, and upon every one ot their 
heads he set crowns, and was more exalt- 
ed ; which I marvelled at greatly. 

44 So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, 
What are these I 

45 He answered and said unto me, These 
fee they that.have put off the mortal ciuath- 
ing, and put on the immortal, and have con- 
fessed the name ot God : now are they 
erowned; and receive palms. 

46 Then said I unto the angel. What | 
young person is it thaterowrieth them, and j 
giveth diem paims in their hands i 

47 So he answered and said unto me, ! 
It is the son of God, whom they have con- j 
fessed in the world. Then I began greatly j 
to commend them that stood so stiiflly tor 1 
■the name of the Lord. 

48 Then the angel said unto me. Go thy 



way, and tell my people What manner of j great multitude. 



djiocrypn. ■ 

10 And it came to pass in every of them, 
that as death was to Adam, so was the flood 
to these. 

11 Nevertheless, one of them thou left- 
est, namely, Noah with his household, of 
whom came all righteous men. 

12 And it happened, that when they that 
dwelt upon the earth began to multiply, 
and had gotten th> m many children, and 
were a great people, they began again to 

j be more ungodly than the' first. 

13 ®f Now when they lived so wickedly 
| before thee, thou didst 'choose thee a man 

from among them, whose name was Abra- 
j ham. 

14 Him thou lovedst, and unto him only : 
| thou sftewedst thy will : 

15 And madest an everlasting covenant 
| with him, promising him, that thou would- 
[ est never forsake his seed. 

16 And unto him thcu gnvest Isaac, and 
unto Isaac also thou gavest Jacob and Esau. 
As for Jacob, thou didst choose him to thee, 
and put by Esau : and so Jacob became a 



things, and how great wonders of the Lord j 
thy God, thcu hast seen. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Esdras is troubled, 13 and acknovAedg- j 

cth the tins of the fieo/ile ; 28 ytt com- j 

plaineth tifihe heathen. 

IN the thirtieth year after the ruin of the | 
city, I was in Babylon, and Jay troubled 
upon my bed, and my thoughts came ap 
over my heart : 

2 For I saw the desolation of Sion, and 
the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon. 

3 And my spirit was sore moved, so that 
I began to speak words i'uii oi fear to the 
Most High, and said, 

4 O Lord, who bearest rule, thou spa- 
kest at the beginning, when thou didst plant 
the earth, and that thyself alone, and com - 
mandedst the people,' 

5 And gavest a body unto Adam without 
son!, which was the workmanship of thine 
hands, and didst breathe into him the 
breath of life, and he was made living be- 
fore thee. 

6 And thou leddest him into paradise, 
which thy right hand had planted, before 
ewer the earth came forward. 

7 And unto him thou gavest command- 
ment to love thy way : which he transgres- 
sed,and immediately thou appointedst death 
in hinuaad in his generations,of whom came 
rations, tribes, people, and kindreds out of 
number. 

8 And every people walked after their 
ewn will, and did wonderful things before 
thee, and despised thy commandments. 

9 And again, in process of time, thou 
broughtest the flood upon those that dwelt 
fa the world, arid de&royed&t them. 



17 And k came to pass that when then 
leddest his seed out of Egypt, thou brought- 
e=t them up to the mount Sinai : 

18 And bowing the heavens, thcu didst 
set fast the earth, movedst the whole world, 
and madest the depths to tremble, and 
troubledst the men of that age. 

19 x\nd thy glory went through four gates 
of fire, and of earthquake, and of wind, and 
of cold; that thou mightest give the law 
unto the seed of Jacob, and diligence unto 
the generation of Israel. 

20 And yet tookest thou not away from 
them a wicked heart, that thy law might 
bring forth iruit in them. 

21 For the first Adam, bearing a wick- 
ed heart, transgressed, and was overcome : 
and so be all they that are born of him. 

22 Thus infirmity was made permanent, 
and the iaw,also,in the heart of the people 
with the malignity of the root ; so that ths 
good departed away,and the evil abode still. 

23 So the times' passed away, and tha 
years were brought to an end : then didst 
thou raise thee up a servant, calledDavid : 

24 Whom thou commandedst to build a 
city unto th\ name, and to offer incense and 
oblations unto thee therein. 

25 When tfrs was done many years, then 
they that inhabited the city forsook thee. 

26 And in all things did even as Adam, 
and all his generations had done ; for they 
also had a wicked heart : 

27 And so thou gavest thy city over into 
the hands of thine enemies. 

28 1| Are their deeds then any better that 
inhabit Babylon, that they should therefore 
have the dominion over Sion ? 

29 For when 1 gam* thither, and had 



•een iriipieti:^ 

I 

suffer est 

: -I better 
than: 

knoweii. I 

and the 

reandthei 

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. ir. 

. St say unto 

n have I a^kec! thee 

' I " ■ : 

- d, and 
• 
E no an- 
- 

10 He er unto me, Thine 
grown up with 

know: 

11 H' * *': then be able 
lhend the way of thei. 

and the . 

i on that 
:\A ? 

liim, It were better 
than thai w 
s, and to suffer, and 
not to know wherefore. 

13 \ II ,1 went 

. ;he trees took 

- 
I 
re us and \h nake us 

jods. 

E floods of the be mar. - 

> let us go 

up and subdue the is 

.ke us anollv. 
. 
16 The thought of the wc 

od consumed it. 

odsofthe sea 
'.:, tor the sand stood 

- 
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mn? 

l 

- .nto the woa% 
I 

V., Thou 

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f5B Apocrypha. 11. ESDHAS. 

thou hast loved, is given over unto ungodly 
Rations ? and, Why the law of our fore- 
fathers is brought to nought, and the writ- 
ten covenants come to none effect. 

24 And we pass away out of the world 
as grasshoppers, arid cur life is astonish- 
ment and fear, and we are not worthy to 
•btain mercy r 

25 What will he then do unto his name, 
whereby we are called -? Of these things 
have I asked. 

26 Then answered he me, and said. 
The more thou searchest the more thou 
shalt marvel ; for the world hasteth fast to 
pass away, 

27 And cannot comprehend the tilings 
that are promised to the righteous in time 
to come : for this world is full of unrigh- 
teousness and infirmities. 

28 But a° concerning the things where- 
of thou askestme, I wiil tell thee ; for the 
evil is sewn, but the destruction thereof is 
not yet come. 

29 If therefore that which is sown be not 
turned upside down, and if the place where 
the evil is sown pass not away, then can- 
not it come that is sown with good. 

30 For the grain ot evil seed hath been 
sown in the heart of Adam from the begin- 
ning, and, How much ungodliness hath it 
brought up unto this time I and, How much 
shall if yet bring forth until the time of 
threshing come i 

31 Ponder now by thyself how great fruit 
of wickedness the grain of evil seed hath 
brought forth. 

32 And when the ears shall be cut down, 
which are without number, How great a 
floor shall they fill ? 

33 Then I answered and said, How, and 
when shall these things come to pass? 
Wherefore are our years few and evil ? 

34 And he answered me, saying, Do not 
thoa hasten above the Most High : for thy 
haste is in vain to be above him, for thou 
hast much exceeded. 

35 Did not the souls also of the right- 
eous ask question of these things in their 
chambers, saying. How long shall I hope 
on this fashion ? When cometh the fruit of 
the floor of our reward ? 

36 And unto these thingsUriel the arch- 
angel gave them answer, and said, E- 
ven when the number of seeds is filled in 
you ? for he hath weighed the world in the 
t'-'ance. 

37 By measure hath he measured the 
times, and by number hath he numbered 
the times ; and he doth not fcnove, nor stir 
them, until the said measure be fulfilled, 

38 Then answered I, and said, O Lord, 
that bearest rule, even we ail are full of 
iwipiety. 

39 And for our sakes perad venture it is 



j1p.ocryp.hetc 
that the floors of the righteous are not fil- 
led, because of the sins of them that dwell 
upon the earth. 

40 So he answered me, and said, Go thy 
way to a woman with child, and ask oi her, 
when she hath fulfilled her nine months, if 
her womb may keep the birth any longer 
within her. 

41 Then said I, No, lord, that can she 
not. And he said unto me, In the grave, 
the chambers of souls are like the womb of 
a woman : 

42 For like as a woman that travaileth, 
maketh haste to escape the necessity of the 
travail : even so do these places haste to 
deliver those things that are committed 
unto them. 

43 From the beginning look what thou 
desirest to see, it shall be shewed thee. 

44 Then, answered I, and said, If I have 
found favour in thy sight, and if it be pos- 
sible^ and if I be meet therefore, 

45 Shew me then, whether there be more 
to come than is past, or more past than is 
to come. 

46 What is past I know, but what is for 
to come 1 know not. 

47 And he said unto me, Stand up upon 
the right side, and I shall expound the si- 
militude unto thee. 

48 bo 1 stood and saw, and, behold, an 
hot burning oven passed by before me : and 
it happened, that when the flame was gone 
by, 1 looked, and, behold, the smoke re- 
mained still. 

49 After this, there passed by before me 
a watery cloud, and sent down much rain 
with a storm : and When the stormy rain 
was past, the drops remained still. 

50 'Then said he unto n*, Consider with 
thyself : as the rain is more than the drops, 
and as the fire is greater than the smoke : 
but the drops and the smoke remain be- 
hind: so the quantity which is past did 
more exceed. 

51 Then I prayed, and said, May I live, 
thinkest thou, until that time? orj What 
shall happen in those days I 

52 He answered me, and said, As for the 
tokens whereof thou askest me, 1 may tell 
thee of them in part: but as touching thy 
life, I am not sent to shew thee ; for 1 do 
not know it. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The signs of the times to come. 23 He 
asketh why God, choosing but one peo- 
ple, did cast 'hem off. 

NEVERTHELESS, as concerning the 
tokens, behold, the days shall come, 
that they which dwell upon earth shall be 
taken in a great number, and the way of 
truth shall be hidden, and the land shall be 
barren of faith. 
2 But iniquity shall be increased above 



fiha. Chap, 

which now thou seest, or that thou 
ard long ago. 
o And the land that th u 
have root, shalt thou see waste Is 
4 But if the Most High grant 
Uve, thou slialt see trum- 

hat the sun shall suddenly shine 
m the night, and the moon thrice i 

5 And blood shall dr. >p out of the woo . 
the stone shall tri- 
ple shall b« 

. even he shal 1 ^ ;le, wh 
look not f< ir , th at - i e earth, and 

£ht away to- 
gether. 

ish sea shall cast out 

ise in the night, which 

Lnown : but they shall all 

• 

8 Tnei confusion also in ma- 

shaM be oft sent out 

inge 

turous women shall 

■ 

shall be found in the 
ne a- 
■ un- 

! 

I many, aiid yet 
, man 

. and 
I an extreme 

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| . 

. then, and I 

sale- 

olves. 
VJ Then said I untohin • 

heard what 1 *aid, and wtuit fv« I 



. v. . 75* 

20 And so I fasted seven clays, moon 
and weeping, like as Uriel the angel ei 
manded me. 

21 And after seven da} s so it was, that 
the thoughts of my heart were very c^ . 
ous unto me again, 

aid my soul recovered the spirit of 
1 1 began, to talk ¥ 
the Most High 

. J \ And siid^O Lord that nearest r 
of every wood of the earth, and of all . 

the reof, thou hast chose e on- 

ly vine : 

24 A:t4 of all lands of the wl 

thou hast chosen thee one pit : and of all 
the flowers thereof, one lily : 

25 And of all the depths of the sea, ti 

ed cities, thou has. I 
sell : 

Ind of all th e fo w Is that are \ 

thou hast named thee one dove: an . 
all the cattle . -rc- 

vided thee one sheep : 

2/ And among all the multitudes of peo- 
ple, th one people : and 
unto this people whom thou Loyeast, : 
gavest a law that is approved of all. 

28 And n tbow 

given this one people over upto many ? 
And upon the one root hast thou prep . 

>, and, Why hast thou scattered thy 

nany? 
An d they wl u thy prom- 

ises, and believed not th> covenants, h 
. 
if thou didst s< > ranch hate thy people 
iDuldest thou punish them with thine 
;;cls. 
SI Now when I had spoken these w 

night afore, 

that 1 

i 
obted 

inn.;.. I '.hat 

| 

• eina pain da 

(tout 

. 

I 
and I 

i 

,-e, that I m 

i me, Number mt 



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abroad, make me the flowers green again 
jthat are withered. 

37 Open me the places that are closed, 
arid bringme forth fehe winds that in them 
are shut up, shew me the image of a voice : 
and then will 1 declare to tiiee the thing 
that thou labourest to know. 

38 And I said, O Lord that nearest rule, 
Who may know these things, but lie that 
hath not his dwelling with men ? 

39 As for me, I am unwise : How may 
I then speak oi these things whereof thou 
askest me ? 

40 Then said he onto me, Like as thou 
canst 6a none of these things that I have 
spoken of, even so canst thou not find out 
my judgment, or in the end the love that 1 
have promised unto my people. 

41 And I said, Behold, O Lord, yet art 
thou nigh unto them that be reserved till 
the end : and what shall they do that have 
been before me, or we that be now, or they 
that shall come after us ? 

42 And he said unto me, I will liken my 
judgment unto a ring : like as there is no 
■slackness of the last, even so there is no 
swiftness of the first, 

43 So I answered, and said, Couldest 
thou not make those that have been made, 
and be now, and that are for to come, at 
once ; that thou mightest shew thy judg- 
ment the sooner i 

44 Then answered he me, and said, The 
creature may not haste above the maker ; 
neither may the world hold them at once 
that shall be created therein. 

45 And I said, As thou hast said unto 
thy servant, that thou, which givest life to 
all, hast, given iife at once to the creature 
that thcu° hast created, spd the creature 
bare it : even so it might now also bear 
them that now be presrnt at once. 

46 And he said unto me, Ask the womb 
of a woman, and say unto her, If thou 
bringest forth children. Why dost thou it 
not together, but one after another ? Pray 
her therefore to bring forth ten children at 
once. 

47 And I said, She cannot : but must 
do it by distance of time. 

48 Then said he unto me Even so have 
I given the womb of the earth to those that 
be sown in it, in their times. 

49 For like as a young child may not 
bring forth the things that belong to the a- 
ged,even so have! disposed the world which 
J created. 

59 And I asked, and said, Seeing thou 
$ast now given me the way, I will proceed 
to speak before thee : for our mother, of 
whomthGU hast told me that she is young, 
ulraweth now nigh unto age. 

51 He answered me, and said, Ask a 
woman that beareth children, and she shall 
tell thee. 



II. ESDRAS. Jifiocryfih*. 

52 Say unto her, Wherefore are not they 
whom thou hast now brought forth like 
those that were before, but less of stature } 

53 And she shall answer thee,They that 
be born in the strength of youth are of one 
fashion, and they that are born in the time 
of age, when the womb faileth, are other- 
wise. 

54 Consider thou therefore also, how that 
ye are less of stature than those that were 
before you. 

55 And so are they that come alter you 
less than ye, as the creatures which now be- 
gin to be old, ar/' have passed over the 
strength of you}' d< 

56 Then sairf-i, ^/»rd, I beseech thee, if 

1 have found favour in thy sight, shew thy 
servant by whom thou visitest thy crea- 
ture. 

CHAP. VI. 

2 God's fiurfioae is eternal. 8 The next 
world shall follow this immediately. 13 
What shall Jail out at the last, 

AND he said u»to me, In the begin- 
, ning, when the earth was made, be- 
fore the borders of the world stood, or e- 
ver the winds blew. 

2 Before it thundered and lightened, 
or ever the foundations of paradise were 
laid, 

3 Before the fair flowers were seen, or 
ever the moveable powers were est 
ed, before the innumerable multitude of 
angels were gathered together, 

4 Or ever the heights of the air were 
lifted up, before the measures of the fir- 
mament were, named, or ever the chim- 
neys in Sion were hot, 

5 And ere the present years were sougttt 
out, and, or ever the inventions of them 
that now sin were turned, before they 
were sealed that have gathered faith for a 
treasure : 

6 Then did I consider these things, and 
they all were made through me alone, and 
through none other : by. me also they shall 
b© ended, and by none other. 

7 Then answered I, and said, What shall 
be the parting asunder of the times I or, 
W 7 hen shall be the end of the first, and the 
beginning of it that followeth ? 

8 *j[ And he said unto me, From. Abra- 
ham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau 
were born of him, Jacob's hand held first 
the heel of Esau. 

9 For Esau is the end of the world, and 
Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth. 

10 The hand of man is betwixt the heel 
and the hand i other question, Esdras, 
ask thou not. 

11 1 answered then, and said, O Lord 
that bearest rule, if I have found favour in 
thy sight, 

13 1 breech thee, shew thy servant the 



Aficcrvfiha. 

end of thy tokens, where I 

mepv i,/nt. 

1 So he answered, air! said unto me, 
. i»ear a mighty 
sounding voice. 

1 4 And it shall be as it v. ere a great mo- 

l 
I 

. I therefore when it speaketh, be 
not afrai 

earth is understood. 
eech of 

it known -■■- things 

must be changed. 

upon my I 
hearkened, and, behold, thi 

ike, and the sound of it was like the 

; s come, 
j to visit 
them that dwell upon the eartli. 

19 Arcl will begin to make inquisition 
cf them, what they be that have hurt un- 
ndwhen 
. be fulfilled: 
I 

ks slia.1) 
:nent, and t! icy 

I d the children of. 

i 

) 
shall be suddenly a 

till, and in t] 

, all these 

tiiush ill be i • 

hath tx . frur, siull be 



i. \ 2. Jifl 

- 

y little and little upen him, befor« 

: itDOfL 

he unto me, I 
I ) shew thee the time of the night 

nd fast 
seven days again, 1 shall tell 
. than I have h 

- 

righteous i 

■ 
thy youth* 

* me to 
i 
■ 
ot An with die tin 

■ 

35 And it came to 
I wept again, bj 

manner, that I might fulfil the dire, 
which he toll! me. 

36 And in the eighth I 
hin me agr.v . 

to speak High* 

37 For my spirit was greatly set on fire, 

; . 

i 

. | w as a 
work. 

be spirit, and dark- 

- 

- 
mand that die 

i 

■ 

i 

■ 

- - 
and binui 

I 

• 1 

i.man.l- 
hmCj -nd the 

I 



f62 Apocrypha. IT. ESDRA5. 

46 And gavest them a charge to do ser- 
vice unto man, that was to be made. 

47 Upon the fifth day, thou saldst unto 
the seventh part, where the 
gathered, that it should bring ford 
creatures, fowls, and iishes, : and so it 
came to pass, 

48 For the dumb water, and without 
life, brought forth living things at the com- 
mandment of God, that all people might 
praise thy wcndercus wc 

49 Then didst then ordain two living 
creatures, the one thou calledst Enoch, 
and the other Leviathan ; 

50 And didst separate the one from the 
ether : for the seventh part (namely 
where the water v, as gathered together), 
might r.ot hold them both. 

51 Unto Enoch thou gavest one part, 
which was dried up the third day, that he 
should dwell fa the same part,' wherein 
are a thousand 

52 But unto Leviathan thou gavest the 
seventh part, namely the moist, and hast 
kept him to be devoured of whom thou 
wilt and when. 

53 Upon the sixth day thou gavest com- 
mandment unto the earth, that before thee 
it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and 
creeping things : 

54 And alter these, Adam also, whom 
thou madest lord of all thy creatures : of 
him come we all, and the people also 
whom thou hast chosen. 

55 All this have I spoken before thee, 
O Lord, because thou madest the world 
for our sakes. 

56 As for the other people which also 
come of Adam, thou hast said, that they 
are nothing, but be like unto spittle, and 
hast likened the abundance of them unto 
a drop that falleth from a vessel, 

57 And now, O Lord, behold, these 
heathen, which have ever been reputed as 

' nothing, have begun to be lords over us, 
and to devour us. 

53 But we thy people, whom thou hast 
called thy firstborn, thy only begotten, and 
thy fervent lover, are given into their 
hands. 

59 If the world now be made for our 
sakes, Whv do we not possess an inherit- 
ance with the world : liow leng shall this 
endure i 

C H A P. VII, 
4 The way is i-arrcv.- : 13 when it iva 
narrow. £8 Ad shall die, and 
rite again. S3 Christ shall *it in judg- 
ment. 

AND when I had made an end oi 
speaking these words, there was sent 
unto me the angel which had been sent un- 
me the nights afore : 
2 And he sa&J unto me, Up, Eadras, and 



Apocrypha. 

hear the words that I am come to tell 
thee. 

3 And I said, speak on, my God. Then 
said he unto me, The sea is set in a wide 
place, that it might be deep, and great. 

4 % But put the case, the entrance were 
narrow, and like a river ; 

5 Who then could go into the sea to look 
upon it and to rule it ? If he went not 
through the narrow, How could he come 
into the broad f 

6 There is also another thing : A city 
is builded, and set upon a broad field, and 
is full of all good-things : 

7 The entrance thereof is narrow, and 
is set in a dangerous place to fall, like as if 
there were a fire en the right hand, and 
en the left a deep water ; 

8 And one only path between them both, 
even between the "fire and the water, so 
small that there could but cue man go 
there at once. 

9 If this city now were given unto a man 
for an inheritance, if he never shall pass 
the danger set before it, Jiow shall he re- 
ceive this inheritance i 

10 And I said, It is so, Lord. Then 
said he unto me, Even so also is Israel's 
portion. 

11 Because for their sakes I made the 
world : And when Adam transgressed my 
statutes, then was decreed that now is 
done. 

12 % Then were the entrances of this 
world made narrow, full ot sorrow and 
travail: ± hey are but few and evil, full 
of perils, and" very painful. 

13 For the entrances of the elder world 
were wide and sure, and brought immor- 
tal fruit. 

14 If then they that live, labour not to 
enter these strait and vain things, they 
can never receive thc^e that are laid up 
for them. 

15 Now therefore, Why di?quietest 
thou thyself, seeing thou art but a corrupti- 
ble man? and, Why art thou moved, 
whereas thou art but mortal ? 

16 Why hast thou not considered in thy 
mind this thing, that is to come, rather 
than that which is present ? 

17 Then answered I, and said, O Lord 
that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy 
iaw,that the righteous should inherit these 
things, but that the ungodly should pe- 
rish, 

18 Nevertheless, the righteous shall suf- 
fer strait things, and hope for wide : for 

t have done wickedly, have suffer- 
ed the strait things, and jet shall not see 
the wide. 

19 And he said unto me. There is no 
judge above God, and none that hath un- 
derstanding above the Highest. 



Jfiocryfiha. Chap, 

20 For there be many that perish in this 
life, because they despise the law of God, 
that is set before them. 

21 For God hath given strait command- 
ment to such as came, what thej should do 

• to live, even as they came, and what 
should < bserve to w . lent. 

22 Neverthe fere not obedi- 
ent unto him ; b> ul linst him, and 
imagined vain thil 

23 And dec elves by their 
kicked deeds, and said of the -Most High, 
That he bt Ms ways: 

24 But his law have they despised, and 
denied his covenants, in his statutes have 
they net been faithful, and have not perfor- 
med h's works. 

: 25 And therefore, Esdras, for the empty 
e full arc the 

full t; 

the time shall come, that 
• shall 
Con. 

and - rth, shall be seen, that 

, the earth. 

. rom the 
my wonders. 

ill be revealed 
him, and th 

. »ur hundred 

29 Aft •') Christ 

die, and all men that h.>< 

irnad into 
the o 

., > man shall 
rem 

. rid that 
ye r p, and 

that - i opt. 

are asleep in h dust, 

■ that dwell 
plac 

knitted unto them. 
. * 
DpOfl the seat ofju 

.11 have 
an end. 

34 But in, truth 

sh;ill stand, and ... 

. ana the 
reward sh .11 be 

I 
fort! 
that Binned in the 

id h the 

time el A 

(11) ivid f • ■ 
strn ■ foi diem that 

try : 



, vii. Jpocryfiha* 76$ 

rain, and for the dead, that he niig it live : 

40 And Ezechias for the people m the 
time of Senacherib ; and n any. 

41 Even so, now, seeing corruption a 
grown up, and wickedne s increased, and 
the righteous have prayed for the ungodly : 
Wherefore shall it not be so now also. 

I [e answered me, and said, This pre- 
sent life is not the end where much glory 
doth abide ; therefore have they prayed 
for the weak. 

43 But the day oi doom shall be the end 
bfthis time, and the beginning ot the im- 
mortality for to come, wherein corruption 
is past. 

44 Intemperance is at an end, infidelkv 
is cut oify righteousness is grown, and truth 

i up. 

45 Then shall no man be • him 
that is destroyed, nor to oppress him that 

t.ten tlie victory. 
1 answered then and said, This is my 
first and last saying, that it had been better 
not to have given the earth unto Adam: 
or else when it was given him, to have re- 
strained him from sinning. 

47 For what profit is it for men now in 
this present time to live in heaviness, and 
after death to look for punishment ? 

48 O thou, Adam, What hast Thou done ? 
For though it was thou that sinned, thou art 

en alone, but w e all that come of thee. 

49 For what profit is it unto us, if thera 
be promised us an immortal time, whereas 
we have done the works that bring death .' 

50 And that there is promised u 

hope, whereas ourselves being 
most wicked arc made vain ? 

51 And that there are laid up for us 

of health and safety, who- 1 

>ry of the Most 

e led a 
wary life, when d in the 

i all.' 
5;> And that there should 
. whose fruit end'; 

d medicine, i 
. r into it ? . 
5J- fl'or we b 

. ss r 

while we lived and committed in- 

i 



764- Apocrypha* 11, ESDRAS* 

59 For this is the life whereof Moses 
spake unto the people while he lived, say- 
ings Choose thee life, that thou may est live. 

60 Nevertheless, they believed not hirn, 
nor yet the prophets after him ; no, nor 
me which have spoken unto them, 

61 That there should not be such heavi- 
ness, in their destruction, as shall be joy o- 
Ter them that are persuaded to salvation,, 

62 I answered then, and said, 1 know, 
Lord, that the Most High is called merci- 
ful, in that he hath mercy upon them which 
are not yet come into the world. 

63 And upon those also that turn to his 
law; 

64 And that he is patient and long suffer- 
•th those that have sinned,as his creatures; 

65 And that he is bountiful, for he is rea- 
dy to give where it neecleth ; 

66 And that he is of great mercy, for 
he multiplieth more and more mercies to 
them that are present, and that are past, 
and also to them which are to come. 

67 For if he shall not multiply his mer- 
cies, the world would not continue with 
them that inherit therein. 

68 And he pardoneth ; for if he did not 
so of his goodness that they which have 
committed iniquities might be eased of 
them, the ten thousandth part of men 
should not remain living. 

69 And being jwdge, if he should not 
forgive them that are cured with his word, 
and put out the multitude of contentions. 

70 There should be very lew left perad- 
venture in an innumerable multitude. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Many created, but few saved, 6 He 
askelh why God destroyeth his own 
work, 26 and prayeth God to look upon 
the people which only serve him. 

AND he answered me, saying, The 
Most High hath made this world lor 
many, but the world to come for few. 

2 1 will tell thee a similitude, Esdras : 
As when thou asketh the earth, it shall 
say unto thee, That it giveth much mould 
whereof earthen vessels are made, but 
little dust that gold cometh of , even so is 
the course of this present world. 

3 There be many created, but few shall 
be saved. 

4 So answered I, and said, Swallow 
then down, O my soul, understanding, and 
devour wisdom. 

5 For thou hast agreed to give ear, and 
art fining to prophesy : for thou hast no 
longer spa'ce than only to live. 

6 «,| O Lord, if thou suffer not thy ser- 
vant, that we may pray before thee, and 
thou give us seed unto our heart, and 
culture to our understanding, that there 
may come fruit of it ;' How shall eachman 
live that is corrupt, who oea . 
of a man f 



Apocrypha* 

7 For«thou art alone', and we all one 
workmanship of thine hands, like as thou 
hast said, 

8 For when the body is fashioned now 
in the mother's womb, and thou givest it 
members, thy creature is preserved in fire 
and water, and nine months doth thy work- 
manship endure thy creature which is cre- 
ated in her. 

9 But that which keepeth, and is kept, 
shall both be preserved : and when the 
time cometh, the womb preserved delsv- 
ereth up the things that grew in it. 

10 For thou hast commanded out of the 
parts of -the body, that is to say, out of the 
breasts, milk to be given, which is the fruit 
of the breasts, 

11 That the thing which is fashioned, 
may be nourished for a time, till thou dis- 
posest it to thy mercy. 

12 Thou broughtest it up with thy 
righteousness, andnurturedstitinthy law, 
and retcrmedst it with thy judgment. 

13 And thou shalt mortify it as thy crea- 
ture, and quicken it as thy work. 

14 If therefore thou shah destroy him 
which with so great labour was fashioned, 
it is an easy thing to be ordained by thy 
commandment, that the thing which was 
made might be preserved. 

15 Nov*' therefore, Lord, I will speak % 
touching man in general, thou knowest 
best ; but touching thy people, for whose 
sake I am sorry ; 

J6 And for thine inheritance, for whose 
cause I mourn ; and for Israel, for whom 
I am heavy; and for Jacob, for whose sake 
I am troubled ; 

17 Therefore will I begin to pray be- 
fore thee for myself and for them : for I 
see the fails of us that dwell in the land. 

18 But I have heard the swiftness of the 
judge which is to come. 

19 Therefore hear my voice, and un- 
derstand my words, and I shall speak be- 
fore thee. This is the beginning of the 
words of Esdras, before he was taken up : 
and I said, 

20 O Lord, thou that dwellest in e-ver- 
lastingness, which beholdest from above, 
things in the heaven, and in the air ; 

21 Whose throne is inestimable, -.vhase 
glory may not be comprehended, before 
whom the hosts of angels stand with trem - 
Wing ; 

22 "W hose service is conversant in wind 
and fire, whose word is true, and sayings 
constant ; whose commandment is strong 
and ordinance fearful ; 

23 Whose look drieth up the depths, 
and ir.dignantion maketh the mountains 
to melt away ;. which the truth witnes- 
seth : 

24 (Jr hear the prayer 6T thy servant/ 



Jfiocry/ifm. Chap. v'.i". 

and give ear to ihe petition cf thy crea- 

25 For while J live 1 will speak, and so 
; have understanding 1 will 

s of thy 
people; butonthem /e thee in 

truth. 

a ird not the wicked inventions of 
re oi those that 
k 

i < r hai e walk- 
but remember 
will have 
. thy tear. 
;t it not be thj troy them 

• ; but to look 
upon them that have clearly taught thy 

ke thou no indignation at them 
re deemed worse iiian beasts ; but 
hem that aJway put their trust in 
thy i ' lory. 

b! For we and our fathers do languish 
)i such diseases : but because of us sinners, 
■ called merciful, 
r it thou hast a desire to have mer- 
Cy upon us, thou shaft he called merciful, 
ave no works of righ- 
teous] 

hich have many good 
works laid up v tall out oi their 

own deeds i rd. 

^ thon should- 
est takedisples 

; . ile generate n, that thou shouldest 
jitter toward it t 

i e i 5 no man among 
. it be born, but he hath dealt wick- 
e faithful thei e 
which hath not d 
36ForinUii , thy righteous- 

be declared, if 
ii which have 
. ( rks. 
37Th . lie me«and saidySome 

ht,andaccord- 
11 be. 

think on the 
hich have sinned be - 
■ 

. i will renv 

- 

, so shall 

itco: 

ethmuch 

seed upo • 1, and plant* 

nd yet thcthi >>n good 

all that is planted take root : even so is it 

D tnat are su\wi in the world, they 

skall' red. 

Z4 



42 1 answered then, and said, If I have 
found grace, let mc speak. 

43 Like as the husbandman's seed per- 
feheth, if ft come not op, and receive not 
thy rain in due season, or ii there c 
biuch vam, ;.nd ccrinpL it : 

en SOnerisheto man also which tc 

formed with toy bands, and is called thine 

own image, because thou arc like unto him, 

sake thou hast mace all things^ 

and likened him unto the busbar) 

not wroth vfith us but spare thy 
and have m< : e own 

inhe rit i •: e : 1. r thou art merciful umo thy 
creature. 

46 Then answered he me, and said. 
Things. present are for thepre ent, .mm. 
i come, tors... 
47 For thou comest far short, th 
shouldest be able to love my creature more 
than!: but 1 have oft tiroes drawn nigh 
unto thee, and unto it, but never Lo die un- 
righteous. 

48 In this also thou art marvellous be- 
fore the Most High : 

49 Jn that thou hast humbled thyself, as 
it becometh thee, and hast not judged thy- 
self worthy to be much glorified among the 
righteous. 

50 For many great miseries shall be dene 
to them, that in the latter time shall dwell 
in the world, because they hn\e walked in 

pride. 

51 But understand thou for thyself, and 
the glory for ^>uch as be like thee. 

52 1 'or unto you is paradise opened, the 
tree of lilt is planted, the time to come is 
prepared, plenteousness is made ready, a 
city is builded, and rest is allowed] \ea, 
perfect goodness and wisdom. 

53 The nx;t of evil is sealed up from 
you, weakness and themoth*is hid from 
you, and corruption isfled into hell to be 

vii ; 

nd in the end is 

iiy. 

. g the multitu 
I 

. when they had taken Bt> rtj , they 

:-, the; hav« 
^ to us. 

irheart, That there 

..; yea, and thdt i J 

IIlU>.! 

as the things aforesaid shall re* 
; repared 

. 

60 liut thej ■ 



735 sijiocpyjiha. 

and were unthankful unto him v 
parcel lite for them. 

61 And therefore is my judgment now at 
hand, 

62 These things have I not shewed unto 
all men, but unto thee, and a few like thee. 
Then answered I, and said, 

63 Behold, O Lord, now hast thou shew- 
ed me the multitude of the wonders which 
thou wilt begin to do in the last, times : bat 
at what time, thru hast not shewed me. 

CHAP. IX. 
7 Who shall be saved, and who not. 19 
All the world is now corrupted'- 33 he 
comfikdneth that those fierish itthicn 
keeji God's law i 38 and seeth a wo- 
man lamenting in afield. 

HE answered me then r and said, Meas- 
ure thou the time diligently in itself: 
and when thou seest part of the signs past, 
which I have toid thee before, 

2 Then shait thou understand, that fc is 
the very same time, wherein the High- 
est v; ill begin to visit the world which he 
made. 

3 Therefore when there shall be seen 
earthquakes and uproars of the people in 
the world : 

4 Then shalt thou well understand, that 
the Most High spake of those things from 
the days that were before thee, even from 
the beginning. 

5 For like as ail that is made in the world 
hath a beginning and an end, and the end 
Is manifest : 

6 Even so the times also of the Highest, 
have plain beginnings in wonders and pow- 
erful works, and endings in effects and 
signs : 

7 51 And every one that shall be saved, 
and shall be able to escape by his works, 
and by faith whereby ye have believed, 

8 Shall be preserved from the said per- 
ils, and shall see my salvation, in my land 
and within my borders : for 1 have sancti- 
fied them for' me from the beginning. 

9 Then shail they be in pitiful case, 
which now have abused ray ways : and 
they that have cast them away despitefui- 
ly shall dwell in torments. 

10 For such as in their life have receiv- 
ed benefits, and have not known me: 

11 And they that have iothed my law, 
■while they had yet liberty, and when as 
yet place ot repentance wa:., open unto them 
understood not, but despised it ; 

12 The same must know it after death, 
by pain. 

13 And therefore be thou not curious, 
how the ungodly shail be punished, and 
•when : but inquire haw the righteous shall 
be saved: whose the world is, and for 
whom the world is created. 

H Then answered I, and said, 



II. ESDRAS; Jfiocryfihe* 

eh pre- 151 have saiefbeiwe, and now do speak, 

and will speak it also hereafter : That 

there be many more of them which perish, 

than of them which shall be saved : 

16 Like as a wave is greater than a 
drop. 

17 And he answered me, saying, Like 
as the field is, so is also the seed ; as the 
flowers be, such are the colours also : such 
as the workman is, such also is the work ; 
and as the husbandman is himself, so is his 
husbandry also: for it was the time of the 
world. 

18 And now, when I prepared the. world, 
which was not yet made, even for them 
to dwell in that now live, no man spake a- 
gainst me. 

19 *|| For then every one obeyed, but now 
the manners of them which are created m 
this world that is made, are corrupted by 
a perpetual seed, and by a law which is 
unsearchable, rid themselves. 

20 So I considered the world, and, behold, 
there was peril, because <jf the devices that 
were come into it. 

21 And I saw and spared it greatly, and 
have kept me a grape of the cluster, and a 
plant of a great people. 

22 Let the multitude perish then, which 
v/as born in vain, and let my grape be kept, 
and my plant : for with great labour have 
I made it perfect. 

23 Nevertheless, if thou wilt cease yet 
seven days more (but thou shait not fast in 
them, 

24 But go into a field of flowers, where 
no house is builded, and eat only the flow- 
ers of the field : taste no flesh, drink na 
wine, but eat flowers only), 

25 And pray unto the Highest contin- 
ually, then will 1 come and talk with thee. 

26 So I went my way into the field 
which is called Ardath, like as he com- 
manded me ; and there I sat among the 
flowers, and did eat of the herbs of the field, 
and the meat of the same satisfied me. 

27 Alter seven days I sat upon the grass 
and my heart was vexed within me, like 
as before : 

28 And I opened my mouth, and began 
to talk before the Most High, and said, 

29 O Lord, thou that shewest thyself 
unto us, thou wast shewed unto our fathers 
in the wilderness, in a place where no man 
treadeth, in a barren place, when they 
came out ot Egypt. 

30 And thou'spakest, saying? Hear me, 
O Israel ; and mark my words, thou seed 
of Jacob* 

31 For, behold, I sow my law in you, and 
it shall bring fruit in you, and ye shall be 
honored in it for ever." 

32 But our fathers which received the 
law, kept it not, and observed not tby or- 



Apocrypha. Chap, 

finances: and though the fruit of thy law 

did not perish, neither could it, for it Was 
thine ; 

33 «i Vet they that received it. perished, 
because they kept not the thing that was 
sown in then;. 

34 Anddo, it is a custom, when the ground 
hath received seed, or the sea a ship, or a- 
ny vessel meat or drink, that, that being 



so I to >k my re£t unto the second day at 
night. 

I it came to pass, when they had 

all left otT to comfort me, to the end I 

might he quiet: then rose i up by night, 

and came lather into this held, as 

thou seest. 

4 Am ! I do now purpose not to return in- 
to the city, but here to stay, and neither to 



perished wherein it was sown, or cast into, i eat, nor drink", but continually to mourn, 



35 That thing also which was sown, or 
cast therein, or received, doth perish, and 
remaineth not with us : but with us it hath 
not happened si >. 

that have re-reived Utclaw, 
perish by sin, and our heart also which re- 
ceived it. 

37 Notwithstanding, the law perteheth 
not, hut remaineth in his 1 

38 % And when I spake these things in 
m\ heart, I looked back with mine eyes, 
and upon the right side 1 saw B woman, 
and, behold, she mourned and wept with 
a loud voice.-ind wasmuch grie> ed in heart, 
and her clothes were rent, and she had 
ashes upon 'ner head. 

ien let I my thoughts go that I was 
in, and turned me unto her, 

40 And said unto her, Wherefore weep- 
est thou I Why art thou so grieved in thy 
mind I 

41 And she said unto me, Sir, let me a- 
lone that 1 may ben ail myself, and add un- 
to my Borrow, for 1 am sore vexed in my 
mind, and b »w. 

42 And 1 said unto her, V. hat aileth thee? 
Tell 

43 She said unto rne, 1 thy servant have 
: barren, and had no child, though I had 

an husband thirt) j 

PS I did nothing 
else day an i every hour, but 

make my prayer to 

Lrcer thirty years, God heard me 
thine handmaid, looked upon mj misery, 
'.er^d my trouble^ • son: 

and 1 . as in\ hus- 

band nd we 

jhty. 

jreattra- 
vail. 
4rSo when he grew up, i od came to the 
At be should have a wife, 1 made a 

CHAP. X. 

e w maninthc field : 
27 SA away % and a 

ficareth in lu r Mace, 40 The angt I de- 

clarrfh fin •: t/ir Jicld. 

AND it »( h it when my 

son was entered into his wedding 
chamber, h< ■■ ..! died. 

2 Then we ill overthrew th< li 
all rny oeighb 



and to last until I die. 

5 Then left I the meditations wherein I 
was, and :-pakc to her in anger, saying, 

6 % Thau foolish woman, above all oth- 
er, seest thou not our mourning, and what 

Sion our mother is full of all 
i, and much humbled, mourn? 
sore 2 

now seeing we all mourn, and 
are sad, for we are all in heaviness; art 
thou grieved for one son i 

9 For ask the earth, and she shall tell 
thee, that it is she which ought to mourn 
for the tall of so many that grow upon her, 

10 Tor cut other came all at the lirst, 
and out of her shall all othewcome, and. 
behold, they walk almost all into destruc- 
tion, and a multitude of them is utterly 
rooted out. 

11 Who then should make more mourn- 
ing than she that hath lost so great a mul- 
titude, and not thou, which art sorry but 
for one I 

12 But if thou sayest unto me, My la- 
mentation is not like the earth's, because I 
have lost the fruit of my womb, which I 
brought forth. with pains, and bare with sor- 
rows; 

13 But the earth not .so ; for the multi- 
tude present in it, according to the course 
Oi the earth, is gone, as it came : 

14 Then say I unto ! h;v. Like as thou 
hast brought forth with labour: even so 
the oar h also hath given her Irnit, name- 
ly, m in, ever since the beginning, unto him 

le her. 

15 Now Lherefprc keep thy sorrow to 
thyself, and bear with a that 

rfallen thee, 
thou snalt acknowledge the de- 
termination of God to be just, thou shalt 
both receive thy sop in time, and shall l>c 
commend romai* 

17 Go thy WB) then into the city, to thine 
husb tnd. 

tad she s ltd unto me, Thai will 1 
not do: [will not go into the city, but here 
will I die. 

•d to speak further unto 
said, 

ledbj too : 
for. 1 low ni adverdtiea oJ 

rra 



75$ ^Aftocry^M. 



21 For thou seest that mir sanctuary is | 
laid waste, our altar broken down, our tern- j 
pie destroyed : 

22 Our' psaltery is laid on the ground, 
cur song is put to silence, our rejoicing is 
at an end, the light of our candlestick is put 
out, the ark of our covenant is spoiled, our 
holy things are defiled, and the name that 
is called upon us, is almost profaned : our 
children are put to shame, our priests are 
burned, our JLevites are gone into captivi- 
ty, our virgins are defiled, and our wives 
ravished, our righteous men carried away, 
our little ones destroyed, our young men 
are brought in bondage, and our strong men 
are become weak : 

23 And, which is the greatest of all, tine 
St al of Sion hath now lost her honor : tor 
she is delivered into the hands of them that 
hate us. 

24 And therefore shake of? thy great 
heaviness, and put away the multitude of 
sorrows, that the Mighty may be merciful 
untothee again, and the Higiiest shall give 
thee rest and ease from thy labour, 

25 And itcametopass, vjulel was talk* 
ir-g with her, behold, her face upon a sud- 
den shiined exceediugy, and her counte- 
nance glistered, so that 1 was al raid of her, 
and mused what it might be. 

26 And, heboid, suddenly she made a 
great cry, very fearful : so that the earth 
shook at the noise of the woman. 

27 % And I looked, and, behold, the wo- 
m;n appeared unto me no more, but there 
was a city builded, and a large place shew- 
ed itself from the foundations j then was I 
afraid, and cried with a loud voice,and said, 

28 Where is Uriel the angel, who Crime 
nnto me at the first I For he hath caused 
me to- tall into many trances, and mine end 
is turned into corruption, and my prayer 
to rebuke, 

2'S And as I was speaking these words, 
behold, he came unto me, and looked upon 
me. 

30 And, lo, I lav as one that had been 
rtead, and mine understanding was taken 
from me : and he took me by the right 
hand, and comforted me, and set me upon 
my feet, and said unto me, 

31 What aileth thee ? and, Why art thou 
so disquieted ? and, Why is thine under- 
standing troubled, and the thoughts of thine 
heart? 

32 And I said, Because thou hast forsa- 
ken me, and yet 1 did according to thy 
words, and I went into the field, and, lo, J 
have seen, and yet see, that 1 am not able 
to express. 

33 And he said unto me, Stand up man- 
fully, and 1 will advise thee. 

34 Then said J. Speak on my lord, in 
r.e; only forsake me* not, lestl'die frus- 



II. ESDRAS. Jjwcryfiha? 

35 For I have seen that I knew not, anel 
hear that I do not know. 

36 Or, is my sense deceived, or my soul 
in a dream ? 

37 Now therefore, I beseech thee, that 
thou wiit shew thy servant of this vision. 

38 He answered me then and said, Hear 
me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee, 
wherefore thou art afraid : for the High- 
est will reveal many secret things unto tivee. 

39 He hath seen that thy way is right ; 
for that thou sorrowest continually for thy 
people, and makest great lamentation tor 
Sion. 

40 "ft This therefore is the meaning of 
the vision which thou lately sawest: 

41 Thou sawest a woman mourning and 
thou begannest to comfort har : 

42 But now seest thou the likeness of the 
woman no move, but there appeared unto 
thee a city builded. 

43 And whereas she told thee of the death 
of her son, this is the solution : 

44 This woman whom thou sawest, is 
Sion : and whereas she said unto thee, ev- 
en she whom thou seest as a city bunded, 

45 .Whereas, I ?ai/, she said unto thee, 
That she hath been tl barren: 
those are the thirty years h) which there 
was no offering made in her. 

46 Bur arte r thirty years, Solomon build- 
ed the city and offered offerings': and then 
bare the barren a son.- 

47 And whereas she told thee, That she 
nourished him with labour : that was the 
dwelling in Jerusalem. 

48 But whereas she said unto thee, That 
my son coming into ins marriage chamber, 
happened to have a fall and died : this was 
the destruction that came to Jerusalem. 
N 49 And, behold, thou sawest her like- 
ness, and because she mourned for her son, 
thou begannest to comfort her : and of these 
things which h: j ;ve chanced, these are to be 
opened unto thee. 

50 For now the Most High seeth that 
thou art grieved unfeignedly, and sufferest 
from thy whole heart for her, so hath he 
shewed thee the brightness other glory, and 
the comeliness of her beauty : 

51 And therefore I bade thee remain in 
the held, where no house was builded : 

52 For I knew that the Highest would 
shew this unto thee. 

53 Therefore 1 commanded thee togo'i^» 
to the field, where no foundation ot any 
building was. 

54 For in the place wherein the Highest 
beginneth to shew his city, there can no 
man's building be able to stand. 

55 And therefore fear not, let not thine 
heart be affrighted, but go thy way in, and 
see the beauty and greatness of the buikU 
big as much as thine eyes be able to &eg s 



JfftorryfrfiM. Chap; •>;'. Jtflberyftfa. 709 

56 And then shalt thou hear as much as . fure thou begintrestto appe it no . 

thine i lend. 17 There snail none after tin -\ 

57 Foe. •-, unto thy time, neither unto the half there* 

f.nd a Highest ; and so i of. 



18Then arose the third, ai d n i 

appeared n<> more 

vi ent it with al! (he icshIu • mc 
ta that every <-ne reigned) 
and then a] 

. 
I time, ' 

• I •••. and snio <■ i ith ■ 

of tliem were ;er up, hut 

T- ■■ not. 
then I. tli'* 

txveh 

: there was no more up r 
'■•■■ ads that i-e 
wings. 

I : -\ •' • ■ . ittlefeath- 

the tight side : for the four cent 

their p| 

1 that > 

i up themselves, and to have the 

27 And these* nd ■ 

I 

wl v 

ii And I iwmi en d hen 

■ 
I ' u nrl.iT, and i 



lev/. 

thou shalt re- 
main here: 

5j And bo shall the Hig ;est «-':ew thee | 
Most 
i 
r Th in the last d ■.■ •. f 
and another, 1ft 

3 Ht set 

uut oj a 

then 
which had t\\e:%e feathered winj 
three h 
2 And ! saw, and beh< W 

I all the 

r>fher leathers, 

I 

■ mail. 

: the head 

i ed upon 

■ 

i 

.£lc rose 

■ 
one in hi 

9 Hut let the 

la^. 

10 And I b» I 

h'-r body. 



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770 Afion-yfihe* 

35 Then 1 heard a voice, which said 
auto me, Look before thee, and consider 
the thing that thou seest. 

37 M And I beheld, and, lo, as it were a 
rearing lion chased out of the wood : and 
I saw that he sent out a man's voice unto 
the eagle, and said, 

38 Hear thou, I will talk with thee, and 
the Highest shall say unto thee, 

39 Art net thou it that remainest of the 
four beasts whom I made to reign in my 
world, that the end oi their times might 
come through them ? 

40 And the fourth came, and overcome 
all the beasts that were past \ and had pow- 
er over the world, with great tearfulness, 
and over the whole compass of the earth, 
with much wicked oppression ; and so 
long time dwelt he upon the earth with de- 
ceit. 

41 For the earth host thou not judged 
■with truth. 

42 For thou hast afflicted the meek, 
thou hast hurt the peaceable, thou hast 
loved liars, and destroyed the dwellings of 
them that Wrought forth fruit, and hast 
cast down the walls of such as did thee no 
harm. 

43 Therefore is thy wrongful dealing 
come up unto the Highest, and thy pride 
ttnto the Mighty. 

44 The Highest also hath looked upon 
the proud time, and, behold, they are end- 
ed, and his abominations are fulfilled, 

45 And therefore appear no more, thou 
•eagle, nor thy horrible wings, nor thy 
wicked feathers, nor thy malicious heads, 
jaor thy hurtful claws, nor all thy vain bo- 
dy : 

46 That all the earth may be refresh- 
ed, and may return, being delivered from 
thy violence, and that she may hope for 
the judgment and mercy of him "that made 
her. , 

CHAP. XII. 
1 The eagle iv/iich he saw is destroyed. 

1 The vision is inter fir eted : 37 He is 
bid to write fiis visions. 

AND it came to pass, whiles the lion 
spake these words unto the eagle, I 
saw, 

2 And, behold, the head that remained, 
and the four wings appeared no more, and 
the two went unto it, and set themselves 
tip to reign, and their kingdom was small 
and full of uproar. 

3 And 1 saw, and, behold, they appear- 
ed no mere, and the whole body of the ea- 
gle wasburned,so that the earth wasin great 
fear : then awaked I out of the trouble and 
and trance of my mind, and from great 
fear, and said unto my spirit, 

4 Lo, this hast thou done unto me, in 
that thou searched out the ways of the 
Highest. 



H. E5DRAS. Jifiocryjihe* 

5 Lo, yet am I weary in my mind, and 
very weak in my spirit ; and little strength 
is there in me, for the great fear where- 
with I was affrighted this night. 

6 Therefore will I now beseech the 
Highest, that he will comfort me unto the 
end. 

7 And I said, Lord, that bearest rule, if 
I have found grace before thy sight, and if 
1 am justified with thee, before many others 
and if my prayer indeed be come up before 
thy face ; 

8 Comfort me then, and shew me, thy 
servant, the interpretation and plain de- 
ference of this reai-ful vision, that thovi 
mayest perfectly comfort my soul. 

9 For thou hast judged me worthy ta 
shew me the last times. 

10 If And he said unto me, This is the 
interpretation of the vision : 

1 1 f heeagle whom thou sawest come up 
from the sea, is the kingdom which was 
seen in the vision of thy brother Daniel. 

12 But it was not expounded unto hir% 
therefore now I declare it unto thee. 

13 Behold the days will come that there 
shall rise up a kingdom upon earth, and it 
shall be reared above all the kingdoms 
that were before it. 

14 In the same shall twelve kings reign 
one after another : 

15 Whereof the second shall begin to 
reign, and shall have more time than any 
of the twelve. 

16 And this do the twelve wings signify, 
which thou sayest. 

17 As for the voice which thou heardest 
speak, and that thou sawest not to go .out 
from the heads, but from the midst of the 
body thereof, this is the interpretation : 

18 That after the time of that kingdom, 
there shall arise great strivings, and it shall 
stand in peril of falling : nevertheless it shall 
not then fall, but shall be restored again 
to his beginning. 

19 And whereas thou sawest the eight 
small under feathers sticking to her wings 
this is the interpretation : 

20 That in him there shall arise eight 
kings, whose times shall be but small, and 
their years swift. 

21 And two of them shall perish : the 
middle time approaching, fcur shall be 
kept until their end begin to approach : 
but two shall be kept unto the end. 

22 And whereas thou sawest three heads 
resting, this is the interpretation : 

23 In his last days shall the Most High 
raise up three kingdoms, and renew many 
things therein, and they shall have the do- 
minion ol the earth. 

24 And of those that dwell therein, with 
much oppression, above all those that were 
before them : therefore are they called the 

heads of the eagle. 



25 For these are they that shall accom- 
fai«,li bis , and that shall finish 

his lust end. 

:.d whereas thou sawest that the 

great he no moi e, it sigjnifieth 

that one ol them shall die upon his bed, 

with pain. 

27' For the two that remain shall be 

slain with the sword. 

or the sword of the one shall de- 
vour the other; but ill he fall 
through the sword b 

iwest two tea- 
.ucr the wings passing over the 
head that is i side ; 

30 It s are they 

whom the Highest 

end : this is the small kingdom, and full of 
i - 
ol And the lion whom thou sa I 
sing up out of the wood, and roaring and 

jle, and rebul 
for her unrighteousness, witli ail the v. ords 
which thou hast heard ; 
3J Till- isth 

i kept tor them, and for their wick- 

them, and ..hall upbraid them with their 

alive in judgment, and shall rebuke them 
them. 

deliver with :. that have been 

. -, and he shall 

make them joyful until die coming of the 

unto I i 

t thou sawest, 
fend •' ions, 

jl been meet tu know 

.11 the<«e things 
dethem: 
• 

i knowest may 
I and keep thi 

* 

est to de- 

.1; that he went 

n all the 

and 1 IX 

. ■ 

-Jl What h 
What evil have wed 
thou fori it here in this 

4:Fcr of all the prophets thou 

Ml u*. B4 a ©luster of thn y intact, and n a 



p, :. ... Apocrypha.. 771 

candle in a dark place, and as a have'.) Of 
drip preserved from the ten:: 

• t the evils which are comet* 
us sufficient? 

44 If thou shall forsake us, How much 
better had it been for us, it-' \u .>.[> 
been burned in the midst ofSion? 
4.; For we arenot better than they that 
diere. And tirej wept with aloud 
voice. T : Ithem and said. 

Be - 1 good comfort, O Israel, and he 
u house ot Jacob i 
47 For the Highest hath yon in remem- 
brance, and the 'Mighty hath not tbrgot- 
tei v< i "n. 

*£ As tbr me, 1 have not forsaken you, 

neither am 1 departed from you : but am 

come in this place, to pray for the desola- 

A Son, and that I might seek mercy 

fur the low est .-■ ly< m sanctuary. 

49 And now ro your way home .every 
man, and after these days will 1 come un- 

50 So the necple went their way into the 
city, like as 1 commanded them. 

51 But 1 remained still in the field seven 
days, manded me: and 

e days of the flowers of 
\ and had mv meat otthe herbal. 
CHAP. Mil!. 
1 Ih seeth in his dream a man coming o?a 
of the sea. 25 The declaration of /us 
dream : 54 he is praised, and jironused 
to see mote. 

AND it came to pass after seven days, I 
dreamed a dream by night; 
2 And. fa, there arose a wind from the 
t it moved aH the waves thereof 
Vndl beheM) and, to, that man \v;.x- 
oug with the thousands of heaven: 
hi ,i he turned his countenance to 
. II the things trembled that were seof 
under him. 

4 And whensoever the voice went out of 
liis mouth, all the) burned that heard hi* 
\t ice, like asthe earth faileth when it feel- 
fire. 

5 \ I beheld, ami, lo, there 

I men, 
lumber, from the four winds oftha 
nto subauethe man that came cut (jf 

fy I . he had gri 

.n it 

i ri or 
• 1 1 reout the mil v...^ gravtn^and X 

ndj l", all 
they w\ her tosub- 

tlto 
BWili'.ud« U***t Mine; he neither ktUxl u> 



r?2 JfiocryPhT, IL ESDRAS. JfiQcryph^ 

26 The same is he whom God the High 

I. i ,i-u i — ., t .. . *. . • , , 9 . 



his hand, nor held sword, nor any instru- 
ment of war : 

10 But only I saw that he sent out of his 
T.o nith as it had. been a blast of live, and out 
of his lip:, a flaming breath, and out of his 
tongue he cast out sparks and tempos. 

li And they were all mixed together : 
the blast offirej the flaming breath, and 
the great tempest: and fell with violence 
up*, n the multitude which was prepared to 
light, and burned diem up every one, so 
thi t upon a sudden of an Enumerable mul- 
titude m thing was tobe perceived, but 
only dust and smell of smoke : when 1 saw 
this, I was afraid, 

12 Afterward saw 1 the same man come 
down from the mountain, and call unto 
him another peaceable multitude. 

13 And there came much people unto 
him, whereof some were glad, some were 
sorry, some of them were bound, and 
ether some brought of them that were of- 
fered » then was 1 sick, through great tear, 
and I awaked, and said, 

14 Thou hast shewed thy servant these 
•wonders from the beginning, and hast 
©bunted me wonhy that thou shouidest re- 
eeive my prayer : 

15 Shew me now yet the interpretation 
©f this dream. 

16 For as I conceive in mine under- 
standing, woe unto them that shall be left 
in those days I and much more woe unto 
them that are not left behind 1 

17 For they that were not left were in 
heaviness. 

18 Now understand 1 the tilings that 
are laid up in the latter days, which shall 
happen unto them, and to those that are 
kft behind. 

19 Therefore are they come into great 
peri's, and many necessities, like as these 
dreams declare. 

20 Yet is it easier for him that is in 
danger to come into these things, than to 
pass away as a cloud out of the world, and 
not to see the things that happen in the last 
tbys. And lie answered unto me and said, 

21 The interpretation of the vision 
shall I shew thee, and I will open unto 
thee the thing that thou hast requ'red. 

22 Whereas thou hast spoken of them 
that are left behind, this is the interprets 
tun : 

23 He that shall endure the peril in 
that time hath kept himself: they that be 
fallen into danger are such as have works 
and faith toward the Almighty. 

24 Know this therefore, that they which 
be left behind are more blessed than they 
that be dead, 

25 % This is the meaning of the vision, 
Whereas thou savrest a man cwmjng up 
from t;h'i midst of the sea ; 



est hath kept a great season, which by his 
own self shall deliver his creature : and he 
shall order them that are left behind. 

27 And whereas thou sawest, that out 
of his mouth, there came as a blast of 
wind, and fire, and storm ; 

28 And that he held neither sword, nor 
any instrument of war, but that the rush- 
ing in of him destroyed the whole multi- 
tude that came to subdue him ; this is the 
interpretation ; 

29 Behold, the days come, when the 
Most High will begin to deliver them that 
are upon the earth. 

30 And he shah come, to the astonish- 
ment of them that dwell on the earth. 

31 And one shall undertake to light a- 
gainst another, one city against another, 
one place against another, one people a- 
gainst another, and one realm against an- 
other. 

32 And the time shall be when these 
things shall come to pass, and the signs 
shaii happen which 1 shewed thee before, 
and then shall my Son be declared whom 
thovi sawest as a man ascending. 

33 And when all the people hear his 
voice, every man shall in their own land 
leave the battle they have one against an- 
other. 

34 And an innumerable multitude shall 
be gathered together, as thou sawest them 
willing to come, and to overcome him by 
fighting^ 

35 But he shall stand upon the top of 
the mount Sion. 

36 And Sion shall come, and shall be 
shewed to all men, being 'prepared and 
builded like as thou sawest the hill gravea 
without hands. 

37 And this my Son shall rebuke the 
wicked inventions of those nations, which 
for their wicked life are fallen into the 
tempest ; 

38 And shall lay before them their evil 
thoughts, and the torments wherewith 
they shall begin to be tormented, which 
are like unto a flame : and he shall de- 
stroy them will >our labour, by the law 
which is like unto Ere. 

39 And whereas thou sawest that he 
gatiiered another peaceable multitude un- 
to him ; 

40 Those are the ten tribes which were 
carried away prisoners out of their own 
land, in the time of Osca the king, whom 
Salmanasarthe king of Assyria led away 
captive, and he carried them ever the wa- 
ters, and so came they into another land. 

41 But they took this counsel among them- 
selves, that they would leave the multitude 
of the heathen," and go forth into a farther 
countrv; where never mankind dwelt. 



Chap. 

j keep their 

tin lii, 

nphrates by 

!. in id held s 

45 F. here was 

■ 

:. 

sareth. 

re until the lat- 
ter time; and now when tliey shall begin 

4" T y the springs of 

multitude with 

I it those that be left behind of thy 
vey that are found within my 

w when he destro\ eth the multi- 
tude of the nation^ that are gathered to- 
gether, he shaH defend his people that re- 
main* 

tad then shall he shew them great 

WO|. 

5 1 Then said I, O I^rd that Ijearest rule, 
shew me this : Wherefore have I 9een fch< 

1 ling up from the sea ? 

nto me, Like as thou 

canst 1.' know the things 

that are in ?.:. : even so 

can no n 

. him, hut in tl 

Ik u oiJj 
art hei 

ineown 
- 

ght it. 

ing th\ mother. 

1 

'uc unto thec might) and 
rth into the fi< 
I 

fall iu their 

Stood up up .v i 



xin 4/iocryfiha* 77J 

3 Then said he unto me. In the bush 1 
did mani 

•J with him, when .. 

p to tiie 
mount cr Sinai, where 1 held him b) me u 

. told him many wonderous things, 

and^he end : and commanded him, 

- 

. 1 say unto thee. 
_ 8 Th I . j. iu thy heart the 

wed, no* the dreams 
. dthe interpretations 
which thou hast heard : 

9 l'Vr thonahalt lx- taken av- 
ail, and tnm henceforth thou shaft re- 
rriain »dth mj Son, and with such as Lc 
like thee, until the times be ended. 

iu ""! For the world hath lost its youth, 
and the times he gin to Wax Bid. 

11 For the World is divided into twelve 
parts, alld the ten parts of it are gone a!- 

ind halfd the tenth part. 

12 And there remaineth that which is 
afti r the half of the tenth part. 

13 Now therefore set thine house in or- 
der, and reprove tin people, comfort such 
1 1 them as be in trouble, and now renounce 
c( rruption, 

11 Let go from thee mortal th 

i) the burdens of maH, put 1 il now 
the w< ik nature. 

lj And set aside the thoughts that are 

,v\ unto thee, and haste thee to 

times. 

16 For yd greater euls than those 

. happen, shall be done 

hi w much the w< 1 Id shall 

e,so much the more 

shall evils increase upon them that dwell 

• the troth i Bed far a« 

• 

h lh< 111? 
. ndthty 

- 



774 Apocrypha. 



thy law, that men may find thy path, and 
that they which will Jive in the latter days 
may live. 

23 And he answered me, saying, Go 
thy way, gather tbe people together, and 
Bay unto them, that they seek thee not for 
forty days, 

24 But look then, prepare thee many 
box trees, and take with thee Sare<i, Da- 
bria, Belemia, Ecanus and Asiel, these five 
■which are ready to write swiftly ; I 

2$ And come hither, and 1 shall light a 
candle ot understanding in thine heart, 
which shall not be put out, till the things be 
performed which thou shait begin to write. 

26 And when thou hast done, some 
things shalt thou publish, and some things 
shalt thou shew secretly to the wise ; to* 
morrow this hour shalt thou begin to write. 

27 Then wentl forth, as he command- 
ed, and gathered ail the people together, 
aud said, 

28 Hear these words, O Israel. 

29 Our fathers at the beginning were 
strangers in Egypt, from whence they 
were delivered : 

30 Aud received the law of life, which 
they kept not, which ye also have trans- 
gressed alter them. 

31 Then was the land, even the land of 
■Sion, parted among you by lot : but your 
fathers, and ye yourselves have done un- 
righteousness, and have not kept the ways 
which the Highest commanded you. 

32 And forasmuch asjhe is a* righteous 
judge, ha took from you in time the thing 
that he had given you. 

33 And now are ye here,and your breth- 
ren among you. 

34 Therefore if so be that ye will sub- 
due your own understanding, and reform 
your hearts, ye shall be kept alive, and af- 
ter death ye shall obtain merer. 

35 For after death .shall the judgment 
come, when we shall live again ; and then 
shall tbe names of the righteous be mani- 
fest, and the works of the ungodly shall be 
declared. 

36 Let no man therefore come unto me 
cow, nor seek after me these forty days. 

37 So 1 took the five men, as he com- 
manded me, and we went into the field, 
and remained there. 

38 And the next day, behold, a voice 
called me, saying, Esdras, open thy mouth, 
and drink that I give thee to drink. 

39 Then opened I my mouth, and, be- 
hold, he reached me a full cup, which was 
full, as it were with water, but the colour 
ef it was like five. 

40 And 1 took it and drank i aud when 
I had drunk of it, my heart uttered under- 
standing, and wisdom grew in my breast, 
for my spirit strengthened my memory: 



n. ESDRAS. Jjiocrtffihf. 

41 And my mouth was opened, and shut 
no more. 

42 The Highest gave understanding un? 
to the five -men, and they wrote the won- 
derful visions of the night that were told, 
which they knew not : and they sat forty 
days and they wrote in the day, and at night 
they ate bread. 

43 As for me, I spake in the day, and 
I held not my tongue by night. 

44 In forty days they'wrote two hundred 
and four books. 

45 And it came to pass when thy forty 
days were fulfilled, that the Highest "spake, 
saying, The first that thou hast -written 
publish openly, that the worthy and un- 
worthv may read it : 

46 But keep the seventy last, that thou 
may est deliver them only to such as.be wise 
among the people : 

' 47 For in them is the spring of under* 
standing, the fountain of wisdom, and the 
stream of knowledge. 
48 And I did so. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 This prophecy is certain. 5 God will 
take vengeance upon the wicked. 28 
An horrible vision. 

BEHOLD, speak then in the ears of my 
people the words ot prophesy, which 
1 will put in thy month, safth the Lord : 

2 And cause them to be written in pa- 
per : for they are faithful and true. 

3 Fear not the imaginations against thee, 
let not the incredulity of them trouble thee, 
that speak against thee. 

4 For all the unfaithful shall die in their- 
unfaithfulness; 

5 f Behold, saith the Lord, I will bring 
plagues upon the world : the sword, fam- 
ine, death, and destruction. 

6 For wickedness hath exceedingly pol- 
luted the whole earth, and their hurtiul 
works are fulfilled. 

7 Therefore saith the Lord, 

8 I will hold my tongue no more astouch- 
ing their wickedness, which they profane- 
ly commit, neither will I suffer them in those 
things, in which they wickedly exercise 
themselves : behold, the innocent and righ- 
teous blood crieth unto me, and the souis 
of the just complain continually. 

9 And therefore, saith the Lord, I will 
surely avenge them, and receive unto me 
all the innocent blot d from among them. 

10 Behold, my people is led as a flock to 
the slaughter : I will not suffer them now 
to dwell in the l;;nd of Egypt : 

11 But I will bring diem with a mighty 
hand, and a stretched out arm, and smite 
Egypt with plagues, as before, and wii* 
destroy ail the land thereof. 

12 Egvpt shall mourn, and the found? I 
tionof it shall be smitten with the plaguy 



^iocrypfia. Chap. xv. 

and punishment that God shall bring up n 
it. 

13 They that till the ground shall 
mourn, for their seed shall rail through the 
blasting and hail, and with a feartul con- 
stellatipn. 
v 14 Woe to the world, and them that 
dwell therein ! 

1 i For the sword and their destruction 
draweth nigh, and one people shall stand 
up to light ag , and swords in 

their hands* 

16 For there shall be sedition among 
men, and invad ; ng one another ; they 
dial] not regard their king? nor princes, 
and the course oi their actions sliall stand 
iu their power. 

\7 A man sliall desire to go into a ci;y, 
and shall no 

1H For becao.se of their pride tl 
shall be troubled, the houses sliall bede- 
, and men shall be ; . 

19 A man shall have no pity upon his 
•r, but shall destroy their 
with i he sword, and sp-.ul their .^'>ods, be- 
. bread, and tor great 

aith God,I will call together 
all tl)e kings J tlte earth to revere 

n the rising of the sun, from 

h, from the east, and Libanus ; to 

turn themselves one against another, and 

them. 

21 Like as they do yet this day unto my 

1 right hand shall i 

. i s!j:.iin .tl ■;" 

Uieni that shed iiuiocent blood upon the 
earth. 

e fire is gone forth from his wrath, 
us <<f the 
sinners, like the straw that 
is kin 

and keep not 
my con h the Lord. 

• pare them : go your way, 
, dufalenotmy 
sanctu 

..in that 
o t him, and then tore di 

are the plagu 

I ye shall !•-, 

: ,ou,be- 
. t him. 
Behold, uu horrible vision, and the 

Tiere the nati 

uud the multitu 

as the wind upon earth, that 

tyfir. th«u», oia; 



Apocrypha, TTZ 



30 Also the Carmaniar.s raging in wrath 
the \% ild boars < fthc wood, 

and with great power shall t 

join battle with them, and shall ' 

portion of the land rathe Vs\ rians. 

31 And then shall the dragons have the 
upper hand, ranembei ture ; 

J and if they shall turn themselves, conspi« 
j ring together in great power t 
! them. 

] 32 *Then these shall be troubled, and 
v through their power, and 
1 shall flee. 

3 5 And from the land of the Assj rians 
n, and con- 
sume seme of them, and in their host shall 
nd dread) and strife among their 

from the east, and 

- north, unto the south, ana they 
are very horrible to look upon, full of 
wrath and storm. 

35 They shall smite one upon another, 
and tiny shall smite down a great multi- 

Sfars upon the earth, e\en their 
own star ; and blood shall be from the 
sword unto the belly, 

36 And dung of 'men unto the camel's 
hough. 

37 And there shall be great tearfulness 
and trembling upen earth : and they that 
see the wrath shall be afraid, and trembling 
shall come upon them. 

38 And then shrdl there com- 
1 1 • >m the south, and from tl I 
therpart from the west. 
• ,<1 strong winds shall arisi 

the east, add shall open it ; and tile cloud 
which he raised up in wrath, and die si r 
stirred to cause tear toward d,e cist and 
west wind, sliall be destroy ad. 

40 The great and 
be lifted up lull of wrath, and ihcstar,th it 

j make all ike earth afrai 

thein that dwell th< r< 

pour out over every i mini nt 

41 Fire, and hail, and (lying swords and 
man] waters, that all 
and all rivers, with the 

d they sJialTbre ik downth 

. i 

•1 > 'And they :h ill tfy unto 

-it Th< 

out upon her, then shall the du 
h iven, and all 
about her shall bewail her. 

And they that ivmain under her 
I shall do* service unto ihcm that have put 



her \i: 



7T6 Jficcryfiha. . IT. ESDlUS. 

46 And thou, Asia, that art partaker 

of the hope of Babylon, and art the glory 
of her person. 

47 Wee be unk? thee, thou wretch, be- 
cause thou hast made thyself like unto her ; 
and hast decked thy daughters in whore- 
dom, that they might please and gTory 'in 
thy lovers, which have ahvav desired to 
commit whoredom with thee I 

• 48 Thou hast followed her that is hated 
in all her works and inventions : therefore, 
saith God, 

49 I will send plagues upon thee : wid- 
owhood, poverty, famine, • w^rd, and pes- 
tilence, to waste thy houses with destruc- 
tion and death. 

50 And the glory of thy power shall be 
dried up as a flower, when the heat shall 
arise that is sent oyer thee. 

51 Thou shalt be weakened as a poor 
■woman with stripes, and as one chastised 
"with wounds, so that the mighty and lov- 
ers snail not be able to receive thee. 

52 Would I with jealousy have so pro- 
ceeded again -A thee, saith the Lord, 

53 If thou hadst net always slain mv 
chosen, exalting the stroke of thine hands, 
and saying ever their dead, when thou 
wast drunk- it. 

54 Set forth the beauty cf thy counte- 
nance ? 

55 The reward of thy whoredom shall 
be in thy bosom,, therefore shalt thou re- 
ceive recompense. 

56 Like as thou hast done unto my cho- 
sen, saith the L< rS, even so shall God do 
unto thee, and shall deliver thee into mis- 
chief. 

57 Thy children shall die of hunger, 
and thou shalt fall through the sword : 
thy cities shall be broken down," and all 
thine shall perish with the sword in the 
field. 

53 They that be in the mountains shall 
die of hunger, and eat their own fle^h, and 
drink their own blood, for very hunger of 
bread, and thirst of water. 

59 Thou.as unhappy , shalt come through 
the sea and receive plagues again. 

60 And in the passage they shall rush 
on the idle city, and shall destroy some 
portion of thy "land, and consume part of 
thy glory, and shall return to Babylon that 
was destroyed. 

61 And thou shalt be cast down bytfiem 
as stubble, and they shall be unto thee as 
fire ; . 

62 And shall consume thee, and thy ci- 
ties, thy land, and thy mountains : all thy 
woods and thy fruitful trees shall they bum 
up with fire. 

63 Thy children shall they carry away 
captive, 'and, look, what thou hast, they 
shall spoil it,and mar the beauty of thy face. 



C H ■ 

1 Babylon andotfv. 
crL "40 fkeserha 
look for trouble*, & t . 

WOE be unto thee, Babvlon, and Asia ! 
woe be unto thee,Egypt, and Syria ! ■ 

2 Gird up yourselves with clothes of 
sack and hair, bewail vour ch'Mren, and 
be sorry ; tor your destruction is at hand. 

3 A sword is sent upon you. and, Who ' 
may turn it back ? 

4 A fire is sent among you, and, Who ' 
may quench it { 

5 Plagues are sent unto you, and, What r 
is he that may drive them away ? 

6 May any man drive away an hungry 
lion in the wood I or. May any one quench ' 
the fire in stubble, when it hath begun to 
burn ? 

7 May one turn again the arrow that is 
shot of a strong archer.'' 

8 The mighty Lord sendeth the plagues, • 
and, Who is he that can drive them aw ay ? 

9 A fire shall go forth from his wrath, : 
and, Who is he that may qnench it I 

10 Fie shall cast lightnings, and, Who 
shall not fear ? He shall thunder, and, Who 
shall not be afraid I 

11 The Lord shall threaten, and. Who 
sh; 1 hot be utterly beaten to powder at his 
presence I 

12 The earth quakcth, and the founda- 
tion;.; thereof, the sea a'riseth up with waves 
from the deep, and the waves of it are 
troubled, and the fishes thereof also, be- 
fore the Lord, and before the glory of his 
power. 

13 For strong is his right hand that 
bendetfi the bow, his arrows that he shoot- 
eth are sharp, and shall not miss when 
they begin to be shot into the ends of the 
world. 

14 Behold, the plagues are sent, and 
shall not return again, until they come up- 
on the earth. 

15 The fire is kindled and shall not be 
put out, fill it consume the foundation of 
the earth. 

16 Like as an arrow which is shot of a 
mighty archer, returneth not backward : 
even so the plagues that shall be sent up- 
on the earth, shall not return airs in. 

17 Woe is me! woe is me I Who will 
deliver me in those days ? 

IS The beginning of sorMvs, and great 
mournings: the beginning of famine, and 
great dearth ; the beginning of wars, and 
the powers shall stand in fear ; the begin- 
ning cf evils ! What shall I do when these- 
evils shall come? 

19 Behold, famine and plague, tribula- 
tion and anguish, are' sent as scourges for 
amendment. 

20 But for ail these things they shall not 



•j-s, nor be al 
.Otd.v:- 

•iv r f them that dwell up^n 
i 
er tli it •_ 

i 

that one man stoseea- 

idethem- 

lie clefts 

I of olives, upon eve - 

i 



40 lO my] 

! 

. 

thatselteth, 

K 

therein* 

■ 

the vinc- 

: 
1 
I 

■ 

I 

■ 
- 

iththen 

- 

! 

li 

i 

(i. 

: 

■ 
! 

h 

- 



Tit Af-iocryfiha-. 

the midst of the body, and gave him breath, 
lire and understanding. 

Cr2 Yea, and the Spirit of Almighty God, 
•which made ali things, and searchetb put 
aH hidden things in the secrets oithe earth. 

63 Surely he knoweth your inventions, 
and what ye think in your hea [ 
them that sin, and would hide their mu 
■ 64 Tueret- r^ hath the Lord exactly 
searched cut all your works, and lie will 
put yon ail to shame. 

65 And when your sins are brought 
forth, ye shall be "ashamed before men, 
and your own sir.- 3 snail be your accusers 
in that day. 

60 What will ye do ? or, Kow v. iU ye 
hide Your sins before God and his angels r 

67 behold, God himself is the judge/ear 
him: leave off from your sins, and forget 
your iniquities, to meddle no more with 
them forever : so shall God lead you forth, 
and deliver you from ail trouble. 

68 For* behold, the burning wrath of a 
great multitude is kindled over you, and 
they shall take away certain of you, and 
feed you, being idle, with tilings offered un- 
to idols. 

69 And they that consent unto them shall 
be had in derision, and in reproach, and 
trodden under foot. 



TOBIY. Jpocryfihe. 

70 For there shall be in every place, 
and in the next cities, a great in-urrectkn 
upon those that fear the Lord. 

71 They shall be like madmen, sparing 
none, but still spoiling and destroying those 
that fear the Lord. 

72 For they shall waste and take away 
their gccds, and cast them out of their hou- 
ses. 

73 Then shall they be known who are 
my chosen, and they "shall be tried as the 
goid in the fire, 

74 Hear, O ye my beloved, saith the 
Lord : behold the days of troubles, are at 
h:i^d, but I will deliver you from the same. 

75 Be ye net afraid, nejther doubt, for 
God 1j year guide, 

76 And the guide of them who keep my 
commandments and precepts, saith the . 
Lord God : let not your sins weigh you 
down, and let not your iniquities lift up 
themselves. 

77 Wee be unto them that are bound 
with their sins, and covered with thejj; in- 
iquities: like as a field is covered ovcf 
with bushes, and the path thereof cover- 
ed with thorns, that no man may travel 
through I 

78 It is left undressed, and is cast int© 
the fire to be consumed therewith. 



TOBIT. 



CHAP. I. 

1 To bit's dene ey u and devotlonirihisyouth, 
9 his marriage 10 and cafitruity : 1*3 
his preferment, IShisalmsand chanty, 
in burying the dead. 

TH E book of the words of Tobit, son 
ot'Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son 
of Aduel, the son of Gabiel, of the seed of 
Asael. of the tribe of Nephthali : 

2 Who in the time of Enemessar king of 
the Assyrians, was led captive out df.This- 
be, which is at the right hand of that city, 
which is called properly Nephthali, in Gal- 
ilee above Aser. 

3 I Tobit have walked all the days of 
my life in the way of truth andjustise, and 
I did many almsdeeds to my brethren, and 
my nation, who came with me to Nineve, 
in the land of the Assyrians. 

4 And when I was in mine own country, 
in the land of Israel, being but young, all 
the tribe of Nephthali my father, fell from 
the house of Jerusalem, which was chosen 
out of all the tribes of Israel, that all the 
tribes should sacrifice there, where the 
temple of the habitations ofthe Most High, 
was consecrated and built for all ages. 

5 Now all the tribes which together re- 
volted, and the house of my father Neph- 
feaii, sacrificed unto the heifer Baal. ' 



6 But I alone went often to Jerusalem 
at the feasts, as it was ordained unto all the 
people of Israel by an everlasting decree, 
having the first lruks,and tenths of increase, 
with that winch was first shorn ; and them 
gave I at the altar to the priests, the chil- 
dren of Aaron. 

7 The first tenth part of all the increase 
I gave to the sons of Aaron, who minister- 
ed at Jerusalem : another tenth part I sold. 
away, and went and spent it every year at 
Jerusalem. 

8 And the third I gave unto them to 
whom it was meet, as Dehor?, my father's 
mother had commanded me, because 1 was 
left an orphan by my father. 

9 1 Furthermore, when I was come to 
the age of a man, 1 married Anna of mine 
own kindred, and of her I begat Tobias. 

10 *i And when we were copied away 
captives to Nineve, all my brethren, and^ 
those that were of my kindred, did eat of 
the bread of the Gentiles. 

11 But I kej)t myself from eating : 

12 Because'l remembered God with all 
mv he ait. 

13 v And the Most High gave me grace 
and favour before Euenie/jsar^ so that I 
was h:s purveycr. 



.'.ha, €hap: 

14 And I Went "into Media, and left in 
I 
at Rage.-, a city of Media, ten talents of sii- 

'■■,w when Eritmesi 
! 

aid not 
- 

ne of Enen i 

and gave 
rny bread to the hui 

17 A. he nuked; and 

- 
. I buried him. 
' nd it the king Senaachei 

me and fled from 
for in liis 
wrath he killed many; but thi 

ind, when tliey were sought 

is- And wiienone of the Ninevites went 
and complained ot me to the k. 

! ; understand- 
ht for to be put to death 

, ,icn ail my goods were forcibly ta- 
ither wa-, there any thing left 
me,l*side my wife Anna, and i:.; 

t five and fifty 
dayi bclurc two m hta bods killed 

:'. d into the dj 
and Sarchedonus ha ion reigned inhis 

all his affairs, Achia- 

reating for me, 
I retui . 

I 

to him : and be was mv or 
II. 

Ni 

■ 
, rd; ami, 

1 









■fill. Jjtorryfiha, 77$ 

6 Remembering that prophecy of A- 
mos, as he said, Y< ur 

cd into mourning, and ail \ our mil 
lamentation. 

7 Therefore! wept : and i 

■ . . • : 

iiried him. 
• in) neighbors mocked me, and 
fraid to be put 
to death for this matter : who fled away; 
and yet, ti die dead again. 

9 The so I ] .tinned from 

the burial, and slept I of my 

s 
I ed : 

: there wcro 

fes being 

open, thes] king into 

in mine 

I i went tothi • 

utiped me not: moreover, Achiacharus 

did nourish me, until 1 wen; i 

11 And my wife Anna did take wo- 
men*s work to do. 

12 And wheq she I 

to the owners, they paid her wages, aii 
k ive her also besides a kid. 

13 Anil when it was in my house, and 

cry, I said unto her, From whence 
is this kid I Is it not s :r it to 

Uteownervter itk not lawiul to 

thing t; . 

14 But she replied upon me, It l 
ven for a gift more than the 

beit, 1 did not believe her, but be 

: s: and I was abash- 
ed at her. hut she 

, thou and jdj thj 
own* 

C H A P. in. 

I 

. 

T. 

2 o L :d, thou art |u t, ai d all lh? 
$ 

id unto 
I 
. disper- 
sed. 

• 



?S0 dfiacryfih&. 



TOBIT. 



thy commandments, neither have walked i spirit, because she belonged to \ 



in truth before thee : 

6 Now therefore deal with me as seem-, 
eth best unto thee, and command my spi- 

' rit to be taken from ine, that 1 may be 
dissolved and become earth : for it is pro- 
fitable tor me to die rather than to live, be- 
cause I have heard fedse reproaches, and 
have much sorrow : command therefore 

• that t m iv ii- >w be delivered out of this dis- 
tress, and go into the everlasting place : 
turn not thy lace away from me. 

7 U came to pass the same day, that in 
ai ea city of Media, Sara the daugh- 



Raguel was also reproached b) her 



ter i 
feth 

8 Because that she had been married 
' to seven hasbands, whom A^modeus the 

evil spirit had killed, before they bed lahi 
■with her. Dost thou not know, said the; , 
that thou hast strangled thine husbands I 
Thou hast had already seven husbands, 
Hfiitfoer was thou named after an 

9 Wherefore dost thou beat us for them : 
It they be dead, go th ways alter them i 
let us never see of thee either son or daugh- 
ter. 

10 When she heard these things, she 
was very sorrowful, so that she thought 
ito have strangled herself; and she said, i 
am the only daughter of my father, and if 
I do this, it shaft be a reproach unto him, 
and 1 shall bring his old age with sorrow 
tinto the grave; 

11 % Then she prayed toward the win- 
" dow, and said, Blessed art thou, O Lord 

my God, and tl line holy and glorious name 
is blessed and honourable forever : let all 
thy works praise thee forever. 
' 12 And now, O Lord, 1 set mine eyes 
and my face toward th.ee, 

13 And say, -Take me out of the earth, 
that I may hear no more the reproach. 

14 Thou knowest, Lord, that I am pure 
from all sin with man, 

15 And that I never polluted my name, 
nor the name of my father in the land of 
ray captivity : I am the only daughter of 
my father, neither hath he any child to be 
his heir, neither any near kinsman, nor a- 
ny sen of his alive to whom 1 may keep 
myself for a wife : my seven husbands are 
already dead, and, Why should 1 live ? 
But if it please not thee that 1 should die, 
command some regard to be had of me, 
and pity taken of me, that 1 hear no more 
reproach. 

16 So the prayers of them both were 
heard before the majesty of the great God. 

17 *H And Raphael was sent to ! >eal them 
"both, that is; to scale away the whiteness 

of Tobk's eyes,and to give Sara the daugh* 
ter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the son 
-•fTobitj and to bind Asnicdeus the evil 






right or inheritance. The self san 
came Tobit home, and entered inu, 
house, and Sara the daughter of Rag. 
came down from her upper chamber. 

CHaP. IV. 
3 Tobit giveth instructions to his son To- 
bias, 20 and telleth him of money left 
•with Gabael in Ml dm. 

I at day Tobit remembered the mo- 
hich he had committed to Gabael 
in R< ges oi Media, 

2 Aad said with himself, I have wished 
for death : Wherefore do 1 not call for 
my son Tobias, that I may signify to him 
oj . he money before I die ? 

3 % And when he had called him, he 
said, My son, when I am dead, burv me, 
and despise not dry mother, but honour her 
aii the days of thy life, and do that which 
shall please her and grieve her not. 

4 Remember my sen, that she saw ma- 
ny dangers for thte, it-hen thou ivast in 
her w omb ; and when she is dead, bin y 
her by me in one grave. 

5 My sen, be mindful ol the Lord our 
God all thy days, and let not thy will be 
set to sin, or to transgress his command- 
ments : do uprightly' ail thy life long, and 
follow not the ways of unrighteousness. 

6 For ii thou deal truly, thy doings shall 
pr< spercuslv succeed to' thee, and to all 
them that live justly. 

7 Give alms of thy substance : and 
when thcu givest alms, let not thine eye 
be envious, neither turn thy face from any 
poor, and the lace of Gcd shall not be 
turned away from thee. 

8 If thou hast abundance, give alms ac- 
cordingly : if thou have but a little, be not 

-afraid to give according to that little : 

9. For thou lay est up a good treasure for 
thyself against the day of necessity. 

10 Because that alms do deliver from 
death, and suffereth not to come into dark- 
ness. 

11 For alms is a good gift unto all that 
give it in the sight of the Most H ; gh. 

12 Beware of all whoredom., my sen, 
and chief]}- take a wife of the seed of thy 
fathers, and take not a s range woman to 
wile, which is not of thy father's tribe : 
for we are the children of the prophets, 
Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remem- 
ber, my sf n, that our fathers from the be- 
ginning, even that they ail married wives 
of their own kindred, and were blessed in 
their children, and their seed shall inherit 
die land. 

13 Now therefore, my son, love thy 
brethren, and despise not in thy heart thy 
brethren the sons and daughters oi thy 

in not takii g a wile oi ihem : for 
in pride is destruction saxi much trouble, 



Ap.ocnjfth*. 

and in lewd, * leant; 

for lewdness is the n mine. 

14 Let net:: ny man, which i 

with thee, 
for if thou 
i cir- 
Cum« in all things thou d 

. it. 

15 Do that to no man which thou ha- 

. thee drunk- 
. ihec 

id to the hungry', and 
of thy garments tQjthem that are naked : 
and accord i give 

alms ; e eye be em . 

i the burial or 
. but give nothing to the wicked, 
t counsel of ad that arc wise, and 

Lord thy God alwa\ , and 
; b maj be uii 
•■I that all ' 

every nation hath not 

a all • 

i e, in> son, 
mmaiidments, neithei 

be ] lit out ol thj n 

I ibael the son i 
11 sin, 

I to Mc- 

I 

how c in! i . 

,i not : 

- tid unto liin 

1 yet livej 
ges : and £> ■ 

4 Th n he went I 

thai was an ai 
; and he said unto ' 
hhn, ■ 

. 1 1! I 
I lid, 1 will go 
with lhee,and I i.i. ..ill ; for 

urbroth< r Gabriel. 
7 Then Tobias said unto him, Tarrj 

& Tin 

I his fa- 
il 



u 7bi 

go with me. Then he said, Call him un- 
to me, that I may know of what tribe he 
aether he be a trusty man to go 
with thee. 

9 So he baited him, and he came in , anil 
they diluted one another. 

10 Then Tobit said unto him, Brother, 
shew me of what tribe and family thou ait* 

11 To whom he said, Dost thou seek. 
for a tribe or family, or an hired man to go 
with thy son? Then Tobit said unto him, 
1 would know, brother, thy kindred and 

U Then he said, 1 am Azarias, the Son 
of Ananias the great, and of thy brethren, 
bit said, Thou art welcome, 
angry with me, be- 
tVe enquired to know thy tribe 
and thy family, for thou art my brother, 
I 1 good stock : for I know 
nathas, sons of that great 
• as ire went together to Jerusa- 
lem to worship, and offered the first born, 
and the tenths of the fruits, and they were 
not educed with the error of our breth- 
ren : my brother, thou art of a good stock, 
it tell me, What wages shall lgive, 
thee r Wilt thou a drachm a day, and 
things hecesaaiy , as to mine own son i 

15 Sea, moreover, if ye return safe, I 
Will add something to thy -wages, 

16 *fi So they were well pleased. Then 

o Tobias, Prepare thyself for the 
joui uey,and God send you a good journey s 
And when his son had prepared all things 
lor the journey, his hither said, Go thou 
with this man, and God, which dwetleth 

d, prosper your journey, and the 
angel of God keep you company . So they 
went forth both, and the fQUng man's do£ 

17 • Bui Anna his mother wept, and 
udd to 'T bit, Why hast thou lent 

OUT son \ Is he not the stall" oi cur hBDflj 
Z in and out before us I 
IQ Be not greedy to add money to mo 
hey: but 
our I hild. 

19 For thai wind: the? Lord hath y\^eu 

.1 with, doth 

20 Than laid Tobit to hrr, i 

care, my sistei ; n safety, 

;:n<! thine e\ es I hall see hnn : 

31 lor the good angel will keep him 
companj , 

. and he shall retui 

C H A P. Vfc 
4 The angel hnhlith 7bbiatt0 take th<* 

liver, heart <iti<l gall out >>f a, ' 

and lew btth 

AND i 
the) came In the i i •• 



782 Apocrypha. 



TOBIT. 



sdfiocryfifiK* 



2 And when the young man went down 
to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the 
river, and would have devoured him. 

3 Then the Angel said unto him, Take 
the fish : and the young man laid hold of 
the fish, and drew it to land. 

4 I To whom the angel said, Open the 
fish, and take the heart, and the liver, and 
the gall, and put them up safely, 

5 So the young man did as the angel 
commanded him ; and when they had 
roasted the fish, they did eat it ; then they 
both went on their way, till they drew near 
to Ecbatane. 

8 Then the young man said to the angel, 
Brother Azarias, to what use is the heart, 
and the liver, and the gall of the fish ? 

7 And he said unto him, Touching the 
heart and the liver, if a devil, or an evil 
spirit trouble any, we must make a imoke 
thereof before the man or the woman, and 
the party shall be no more vexed. 

8 As for the gall, it is good to anoint a. 
man that hath whiteness in his eyes, and 
he shall be healed. 

9 And when they were come near to 
Rages, 

10 The angel said to the young man, 
Brother, to-day we shall lodge with Ragu- 
el, who is thy cousin ; he also hath one on- 
ly daughter, named Sara ; I will speak 
tor her that she may be given thee for a 
wtfe- 

11 For to thee doth the right of her ap- 
pertain, seeing thou only art of her kin- 
dred. 

12 And the maid is fair and wise : now 
therefore, hear me, and I will speak to her 
tether ; and when we return from Rages, 
we will celebrate the marriage : for I 
know that Raguel cannot marry her to 
another, according to the law of Moses, 
but he shall be guilty of death, because the 
right of inheritance doth rather appertain 
to thee than to any other. 

13 Then the young man answered the 
angel, I have heard, Brother Azarias, that 
this maid hath been given to seven men, 
who all died in the marriage chamber. 

14 And now I am the only son of my 
Father, and I am afraid, lest if I go in unto 
her*, I die as the other before : for a wick- 
ed spirit loveth her, which hurteth nobody, 
but those which come unto her ; where- 
fore I also fear lest T die, and bring my fa- 
ther's, and my mother's life, because of 
me, to the grave with sorrow : tor they 
have no other son to bury them. 

15 Then the angel said unto him, Dost 
thou net remember the precepts which thy 
lather gave thee, that thou shouldest mar- 
ry a wile of thine own kindred ? Where- 
fore hear me, O my brother, for she shall 
be given thee to wife; and make thou no 



reckoning of the evil spirit ; for this same 
night shall she be given thee in marriage. 

16 % And when thou shalt come into 
the marriage chamber, thou shalt take the 
ashes of perfume, and shalt lay upon them 
some of the heart and liver of the fish, and 
shalt make a smoke with it ; 

17 And the devil shall smell it, and flee 
away, and never come again any more : 
but when thou shalt come to her, rise up 
both of you, and pray to God which is 
mercitul, who will have pity on you, and. 
save you : fear not, for she is appointed 
unto thee from the beginning ; and thou 
shalt preserve her, and she shall go with 
thee : moreover, I suppose that she shall 
bear thee children. Now when Tobias 
had heard these things, he loved her, and 
his heart was effectually joined to her. 

C H A P.* VII. 
12 Raguel giveth Tobias Ms daughter in 
mariiage : 17 she is conveyed to her 
chamber, and iveepeth: 18 her mother 
comjorieth her. 

AND when they were come to Ecba- 
tane, they came to the house ot Ra- 
guel, and Sara met them : and alter they 
had saluted one another, she brought theia 
into the house. 

2 Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, 
How like is this young. man to Tobit my 
cousin I 

3 And Raguel asked them, From whence 
are ye, brethren? To whom they said, 
we are ot the sons of Nephthali, which 
are captives in Nineve. 

4 Then he said untothem, Do ye know 
Tobit our kinsman ? And they said. We \ 
know him. Then said he, Is he in good 
health ? 

5 And they said, He is both alive, and 
in good health : and Tobias said, he is my 
father. 

6 Then Raguel leaped up and kissed 
him, and wept, 

7 And blessed him, and said unto him, 
Thou art the son of an honest and good 
man: but when he had heard that Tobit 
was blind, he was sorrowful and wept. 

8 And likewise Edna his wife, and Sara 
his daughter wept. Moreover, they en- 
tertained them cheerfully ; and after that 
they had killed a ram of the flock they 
set store of meat on the table. Then saicl 
Tobias to Raphael, Brother Azarias, 
speak of those things ot which thou didst 
talk in the way, and let this business be dis- 
patched. 

9 So he communicated the matter with 
Raguel : and Raguel said to Tobias, Eat 
and drink, and make merry : 

10 For it is meetthat thou shouldest mar- 
ry my daugliter : nevertheless, I will de- 
clare unto thee the truth. 



11 1 have given my daughter in mar- 
riage to seven men, who died that night 
they came in unto her: nevertheless 

the- present be merry. But Tobias said, I 
•will eat nothing here, till we agree, and 
swear ene to another. 

12 % Raguel said, Then take her from 
henceforth according to the manner, for 

•i art her cousin, and she is thine, and 
die merciful God give ycu good success in 
a!lt! 

_ iien he called his daughter Sara, 

and she came to her father, and he 

her by the hand and gave her to be wife 

. ike her after 

r away to thy 

.em ; 

lied Edna his wife, and took 

j'CuV- 

!it. 
I 

ife Edna, 
and said m _i-, prepare anoth- 

er cha >ringherinth 

had done, as he 

her thither; 

an: ived the tears 

id unto her, 

>d comfort, my daughter ; 

the . 

I -od comfort, 

". P. VIII. 

3 7 f tint away: 

4 lu /-■ to pray, 

AND I, they 

lies' of 
ad the 
livi pon, and i 

. 

. 
i 
in I 

r, arise, and I 
would 

i ; let 

6 Th 

Lid, It 
is QOteood tint man should b 
us n ii an aid like unto himsetft 

7 And now, Lord,] take oat this my 

sister for lu^t, but uprightly: th- 

mercifully ordain, that we may Income a- 
gcd together. 

2 And she said with him, Aimn. 



Chap, viiij ix, x. dfiocryfihe. 78$ 

9 So they slept both that night. And 
Raguel arose, and went and made a grare. 

10 Saying, I fear lest he also lie dead. 

11 But when Raguel was come into his 
house, 

12 He said unto his wife Edna, send one 
of the maids, and let her see whether he b* 
alive : if //t?^ not, that we may bury him, 
and no man know it. 

13 So the maid opened the door, and 
wt nt in, and found them bodi asleep, 

14 And came forth and told them, that 
he was alive* 

15 Then Raguel praised God, and said, 
O God thou art worthy to be praised with 
all pure and holy praise ; therefore let thy 
saints praise thee, with all thy cr 
and let all thine angels and thin 
Draise thee forever. 

16 Thou art to be praised, for thou h ist 
made me joyful : and that is not * 
me which 1 suspected ; but thou hast dealt 
with us according to thy great mercy. 

17 Thou art to be praised, because thou 
hast had mercy of two that were the only 
begotten children of their fathers: grant 
them mercy, O Lord, and finish their fife 
in health, with joy and mercy. 

IS Then Raguel bade his servants to fill 
the gr 

19 And he kept the wedding feast four- 
teen flays. 

20 For before the days of the marriage 
were finished, Raguel had said unit; him 

oath, that he should not depart till 
the fourteen days of the marriage w< 
pired ; 

i 1 then he should take the half ot 

and should have the rest when I and my 

C II A P. 

! 

Tod say 
him, 

.' ike with th--- 

! 

I baling! 

I But : unteth the daytj anj 

rry. 
R iphael w< nt i u with 

□d writing ; 
who brought torth bags which were Katof 
up, and i him. 

61 , tlieywcnt 

i i aroe to tlvc wud- 
- wife. 
CHAP. X. 
i •u'l/c (trig firth > 



fty Jfiocry/Jict. TOBIT. 

f She wiU not be comforted by her hus- 
band. 
^VTOW Tobit his tather counted every 
XN day : and when the days of the journ- 
ey were expired, and they came not, 
" 2 Then Tobit said, Are they detained I 
•r, Is Gabael dead, and there is no man to 
give him the money ? 

3 Therefore he w#i very sorry. 

4 Then his wife said unto him. My son 
Is dead 3 seeing he staveth long ; and she be- 
gan to bewail him, and said, 

5 JYotu I care fot riothpig, my son, since 
J have let thee go, the light of ! nine eyes. 

6 To whom Tobit saM, Hold thy peace, 
take no care for he is safe. 

7 *[ But she said, Hold thy peace, and 
deceive me not ; my son is dead : end she 
went out every day into the way which 
they went; and' did eat no meat on the day 
time, and ceased not whole nights to bewail 
her sen Tobias, until the fourteen days of 
the wedding were expired, which Raguel 
had sworn that he should spend there. 
•Then Tobias said to Raguel, Let me go, . 
for my lather and my mother look no more 
to see me. 

8 But bis father inlaw said unte him, 
Tarry with me, and I will send to thy fa- 
ther, and they shall declare unto him now 
things go with thee. 

9 tfut Tobias said, No ; but let me go 
to my father, 

10 Then Raguel arose, and gave him 
Sara his wile, and halt his goods, servants, 
and cattle, and money : 

11 And he blessed" them, and sent them 
away, saying, The God of heaven give 
you a prosperous journey, my children. 

12 And he said to his daughter. Honor 
thyfather, and thy mother in law, which 
are now thy parents, that I may hear good 
report of thee : and he kissed her. Edna 
also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven 
restore thee, my dear brother, and grant 
that I may see thy children of my daugh- 
ter Sara before I die, that I may rejoice be- 
fore the Lord : behold, I commitmy daugh- 
ter unto thee of special trust ; wherefore 
do i„ot entreat her evil. 

CHAP, XL 
€ Tobias's mother fiftieth her son coming : 
17 his father welcometh his daughter 
in laiv. 

AFTER these things Tobias went Ins 
way, praising Qod that he had given 
him a prosperous journey, and blessed Ra- 
guel, and Edna his wlfej and went on his 
way till thev drew near unto Nineve. 
' 2 Then Raphael said to Tobias, Thou 
knowest. brother, how thru didst leave thy 
father : 

o Let us haste before thy wife, and pre- 
pare the house ; 



Apjoeh0htk 

4 And take in thine hand the gall of the 
fish. So they went their way, and the dog 
went after them. 

5 Now Anna sat looking about toward 
the way for her son. 

6 IF And when she espied him coming, 
she said to his father, Behold, thy son 
cometh, and the man that went with him, 

7 Then said Raphael, 1 know, Tobias, 
that thv father will open his eyes. 

8 Therefore, anoint thou h|s eyes with 
the gall, and being pricked therewith, he 
shall rub, and the whiteness shall fall away, 
and he shall see thee. 

9 Then Anna ran forth, and fell upon 
the neck of her son, and said unto him, 
Seeing 1 lvive seen thee, my son, from 
henceforth I am content to die ; and they 
wept both. 

10 Tobit also went forth toward the 
door, and stumbled ; but his son ran unto 
him, 

11 And took hold of his father ; and he 
strake cf the gall on his father's eyes, say-? 
ing, Be of good hope, my father. " 

12 And when his eyes began to smart, 
he rubbed them ; « 

13 And the whiteness pilled away from 
the corners of his eyes : and when he saw 
his son, befell upon his neck. 

14 And he wept and said, Blessed art 
thou, O Gcd, and blessed is thy name for 
ever ; and blessed are all thine holy ar„r 
gels: 

15 For then hast scourged, and hast 
taken pity on me : for, behold, I see my 
son Tobias. And his sen went in rejoicing, 
and told his father the jrreat things that 
had happened to him in Media. 

16 Then Tobit went out to meet his 
daughter in lav/, at the gate of Nineve, re- 
joicing and praising God : and they which 
saw him go, marvelled, because he had re- 
ceived his sight. 

17% But Tobit gave thanks before them, 
because God had mercy on him. And 
when he came near to Sara his daughter in 
law, he blessed her, saying, Thou art wel- 
come, daughter : God be blessed, which 
hath brought thee unto us, and bleisrd be 
thy father and thy mother. And there 
was joy among all his brethren which were 
at Nineve. 

18 And Achiacharus, and Nasbas his 
brother's son came : 

19 And Tobias's wedding was kept se- 
ven da vs with great joy. 

CHAP. XII. 
5 Tobit off 'ereth half to the angel for ha* 
kindness, C but he caiieth them both 
aside, and exhorteih them, 15 andtelv- 
eth them that he was an angel. 

THEN Tobit called his son Tobias, 
fend gaid unto him, My son, see that 



Afioenjfilia. 

■.ho m^n have h's wages, which went with 
thee, and thou must give him m< 

2 And Tobi 

it is no harm to me to give him half of those 
things which 1 ha\ I 

3 For iie h - 

in safety, and made whole mj ' 
brought me the mon 
ed thee. 

4 Then the -1, It is due un- 
to him. 

•], and he said 
unto him, Tak II that ye have 

brought, and go an 

6 •, Then he took 'them '. 

and magnify him, an 

things -which be hath done unt vou in the 

sight of all that five. It is 

God and extol his name, and h 

to shew forth the w 

praise him. 

7 It is good 

veal the 
■ 
■ 

and righteousness. A little 
nesfl is better than much with unrl 
It is better to 

up %(,](] : 

' '.• Pot aim:; doth deliver from 
and shall purge away all sin. 'i I 
exercib< 

urn life. 

. ! to keep 

■ 
■ 

the Holy Om : and 

. 

.not hid 
• 1 was with ■ 
14 And ri'-w God I 

: iw. 

fell upon tin ii 
17 But he i 

by the will of i 

i 



19 AH 
hut I did neither eat nor drink, bul 
see a vision. 

dw therefore give God thanks r 

i when they arose, they saw him 

n •;>• confessed the great and 
God, and how the an- 
gel oi the ed unto them. 

XIII. 
The thanksgiving unto God, zvhich Tobit 

T- of re- 
joicing, and 
that Kveth forever, and blessed be hi 
dom : 

he doth Bcoorf 
cy : he leadeth down to hell, and b 

: i either is there an) i 

hand. 

...n before the Gent 
children of Israel : for he hath scattered 
• em. 

4 There declare hi 

tol him before all the living : for he 
Lord, and he is the God our Father icr 
ever. 

5 Arid lie will scourge us for our iniqui- 

again, and will 
gather us out of all nations, among whom 
i red us. 

6 If ye turn to him with your whole 

id with your whole mind, and 6V ■.! 

e him, men will \\v turn an- 

nd will not hi i ora you. 

what he will do widi you, 

n with your whole 

Lord of might, and extol 

, i In the land of my 

him, and dec 

oral nation. () 
ice before him: 
tn t< li if he 1 

•-"11 rc- 

•■ lir ii 

again v. , i I him mak 

ini.rr- 

1 1 Many nat 



786 Apocrypha. 



in their tends, even gifts to the King of 
heaven ; all generations shall praise thee 
with greet joy. 

12 Cursed are all they which hate thee, 
and blessed shall all be which love thee 
for ever. 

13 Rejoice and be glad for the children 
of the just : for they shall be gathered to- 
gether, and shall bless the Lord of the just, 

14 O blessed are they which love thee, 
for they shall rejoice in thy peace : blessed 

are they which have been sorrowful for 
all thy scourges ; for they shall rejoice lor 
thee,\vhen they have seen all thy glory, 
and shall be glad forever. 

15 Let my soul bless God the great 
King. 

16 For Jerusalem shall be built up with 
sapphires and emeralds, and precious 
stone : thy walls, and towers, and battle- 
ments with pure gold. 

17 And the streets of Jerusalem shall 
be paved with beryl, and carbuncle, and 
stones of Ophir. 

18 And all her streets shall say, Allelu- 
ia : and they shall praise him, saying, 
Blessed be God which hath extoled it for 
ever. 

CHAP. XIV. 
3 Tobit giveth instructions to his son : 11 
he and his wife die. 14 Tobias dieih at 
Ecbatane, after he had heard of the de- 
struction of jYmeve. 
SO Tobit made an end of praising 
God. 

2 And he was eight and fifty years old 
when he lost his sight, which was restored 
to him after eight years : and he gave alms, 
and he increased in the fear of the Lord 
God, and praised him. 

3 % And when he was very aged, he 
calied his son, and the six sons ot his son, 
and said to him, My sen, take thy chil- 
dren ; for behold, 1 am aged, and am rea- 
dy to depart out of this life. 

4 Go into Media, my son, for I surely 
believe those things which Jonas the pro- 
phet spake oi Nineve ; that it shall be 
overthrown, and that for a time peace 
shall rather be in Media ; and that our 
brethren shall lie scattered in the earth 
from that good land ; and Jerusalem shall 
be desolate, and the house of God in it 
shall be burned, and shall be desolate for 
a time ; 

5 And that again God will have mercy 
©n them, and bring them again into the 
land, where they shall build a temple, but 



JUDITH; J/iGcryfifut. 

not like to the first, until the time of that 
age be fulfilled ; and afterward they shall 
return from all places of their captivity, 
and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the 
house ot God shall be built in it for ever, 
with a glorious buildings as the prophets 
have spoken thereof. 

6 And all nations shall turn and fear 
the Lord God trulv, and shall bury their 
idols. 

7 So shall all nations praise the Lord, 
and his people shall confess God, and the 
Lord shall exalt his people ; and all those 
which love the Lord God in truth and 
justice, shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our 
brethren. 

8 And now, my son, depart out of Nin- 
eve, because that those things which the 
prophet Jonas spake, shall surely come to 
pass. 

9 But keep thou the law and the com- 
mandments, and shew thyself merciful 
and just, that it may go well with thee. 

10 And bury me decently, and thy mo r 
ther with me ; but tarry no longer at Nifl? 
eve. Remember, my son, how Aman 
handled Achiacharus, that brought him 
up, how out of light he brought him into 
darkness, and how lie rewarded him a- 
gain : yet Achiacharus was saved, but the 
other had his reward ; for he went down 
into darkness. Manasses gave alms and 
escaped the snares of death, which they 
had set for him : but Aman fell into the 
snare and perished. 

11 *[ Wherefore now, my son, consider 
what alms doefh, and how righteousness 
doth deliver. When he had said these 
things, he gave up the ghost in the bed, be- 
ing an hundred and eight and fifty years 
old and he buried him honourably. 

12 And when Anna his mother was 
dead ; he buried her with his father : but 
Tobias departed with his wife and chil- 
dren to Ecbatane, to Raguei his father in 
law, 

13 Where he became old with honour, 
and he buried his father and mother in law 
honourably, and he inherited their sub- 
stance, and his father Tobit's. 

14 *j[ And he died at Ecbatane in Me- 
dia, being an hundred and seven and twen- 
ty years old. 

15 But before he died he heard of the 
destruction of Nineve, which was taken 
by Nabuchodonosor and Assuerus : and 
before his death he rejoiced over Nin- 
eve. 



JUDITH. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Arfihaxadfortifieih Ecbatane* 



5 JVa- 



buchodonosor maketh war against him,, 
and caiklh the nations to his aid: 11 



Jfiocryfihc. 

they alight his menage? he threateneth 
them: 13 he defeat eth and killeth Ar- 
phaxad, and returneth to J\ r ineve. 
IN the twelfth year of the reign of Na- 
buchodonosor, "who reigned in Nineve 
the great city, in the days of Arphaxad 
•which reigned over the Medes, in Ecba- 
tane, 

2 And built in Ecbatane walls round a- 
bout of stones hewn three cubits broad and 
six cubits long, and made the height of the 
wall seventy cubits and the breadth there- 
of fifty cubits: 

.! set the towers thereof upon the 
)its high, and 
the breadth thereof in the foundation three - 
• 
4 And he ii. 

I to the height of sev- 
enty cnM th of thera was 
lismigh- 
■ 

nen : 

donosor ; nth king Arphaxad in 

..in the 

unto him all they that 

the hill country, nnd all they that 

and Tigris, and Hy- 

the king 

ns, and very many nations of 

mascus, 

that cl\. 

lehigh- 

ee, and the | 

'J And to all that were 
Jerusalem 



Memph 

I 

made i 

ale: f r 
■ . he was 
before i ! . 

n without 

12 Thi r was ve- 

ry angry with all tins i ountry, and iware 
by hi* throne n Hut Km H ooW 



Apocrypha* 78T 

surely be avenged upon all those coasts of 
Cilic'ia, and Damascus, and Syria, and that 
lie would slay with the sword" all the inhab- 
itants of the land of Moab, and the children 
of Ammon, and all Judea, and all that were 
in Egypt, till ye come to the borders of the 
two seas. 

13 Then^he marched in battle array with 
his power against king Arphaxad in the 
seventeenth year, and he prevailed in his 
battle : tor he overthrew all the power of 
Arphaxad, and all his horsemen, and all 
liis chariots, 

14 And became lord of his cities, and 
uame unto Ecbatane, and took the towers, 
and spoiled the streets thereof, and turned 

tuty thereof into shame. 

15 H He took also Arphaxad in themoun- 
tains of Ragau, and smote him through 

nd destroyed him that day. 

16 So he returned afterward to Nine \ e . 
both lie and all his company of sundry na- 
tions, being a very great multitude of men 
of war, and there lie took his ease, and 
banquetted,both he and his army, an hun- 
dred and twenty days. 

CHAP. II. 
1 J\'abuchodonosor resolved on vengeance 
sendeih Hokferncs egairut the i 
CC nntry, with orders to tpare none that 
will not yield. 

AND in the eighteenth year, the two 
and twentieth day of the first month, 
there was talk in the house of Nabuchcxlo- 
Idngofthe Assyrians, that he should, 
; imself on all the earth. 
into him all his offic 
til his nobles, and communicated with 
them 1 the 

. . rth out of his owa 

. 
3 "> ~><n 

..icntof his 

45 he had ended his caui 

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5 '1 i of 

nee 

nd: 

and ti - 

vest 

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8 So that their slain shall [ill their val- 
ues and brooks, and the rivet shall be fil- 
led with their dead, till it overflow : 

9 And I will lead them captives to the 
utmost parts of all the earth. 

10 Thou therefore shalt go forth, and 
take beforehand for me all their coasts: 
and if they will yield themselves unto thee, 
thou shalt reserve them for me till the day 
of their punishment. 

11 ^r But concerning them that rel>el let 
not thine eye spare them ; but put them 
to the slaughter, and spoil them whereso- 
ever thou goest. 

12 For as 1 live, and by the power of 
my kingdom, whatsoever 1 have spoken, 
that will 1 do by mine hand. 

13 And take thou heed that thou trans- 
gress none of the commandments of thy 
lord, but accomplish them fully, as 1 have 
commanded thee, and defer not to do them. 

14 Then Holof ernes went forth from 
the presence of his lord, and called all the 
governors and captains, and the officers of 
the army of Assur: 

15 And he mustered the chosen men for 
the battle as his lord had commanded him, 
unto an hundred and twenty thousand, and 
twelve thousand archers on horseback ; 

16 And he ranged them as a great army 
is ordered for the war. 

17 And he took camels and asses for their 
carriages a very great number ; and sheep 
and oxen, and goats without number, for 
their provision: 

18 And plenty of victual for every man 
of the army, and very much gold and sil- 
ver out of the king's house. 

19 Then he went forth, and all his pow- 
er, to go before king Nabuchodonosor in 
the voyage, and to cover all the face of the 
earth westward with their chariots, and 
horsemen, and their chosen footmen. 

20 A great multitude also of sundry 
countries came with them like locusts and 
like the sand of the earth: for the irlufc 
titude was without number, 

21 And they went forth of Nineve, 
three days journey toward the plain of 
Bectileth, and pitched from Bectileth near 
the mountain which is at the left hand of 
the upper Cilicia. 

22 Then he took all his army, Ids foot- 
men, and horsemen, and chariots^ and 
went from thence into the hill country : 

23 And destroyed Phut! and Laid," and 
spoiled all the children of Easses, and the 
children oi Ismael, which were toward 
the wilderness at the south of the land of 
the CI i' 

24 Then he went over Euphrates, and 
■went through Mesopi '. 
aHthehij 
Arbonaij till j e eofkc te the s \ 



JUDITH. J/io:ry/ih^ 

25 And he took the borders of Cilicia* 
and killed all that resisted him, and came 
to the borders of Japheth, which were to- 
ward the south, over against Arabia. 

26 He compassed also all the children 
of Madian, and burned up their taberna- 
cles, and spoiled their sheep cotes. 

27 Then he went dowq into the plain 
of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, 
and burned up all their fields, and destroy- 
ed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled 
their cities, and utterly wasted their coun- 
tries, and smote all their young men with 
the edge of the sword. 

28 Therefore the fear and dread of him 
fell upon all the inhabitants of the pea 
coasts, which .were in Sidon and Tyrus, 
and them that dwelt in Sur and Ocina, 
and all that dwelt in Jemnaan ; and they 
• ■(■' ";-<■ eft in Azotus, and Ascalon, feared 

■ eatly. 

CHAP. III. 
y of the sea coasts inlr eat for peace: 
\ iolofernes is received there, 8 he dc~ 
rftyeth their gods. 
4*0 they sent ambassadors unto him, to 

treat of peace, saying, 

2 Behold, we the servants of Nabucho- 
donosor the great king, lie before thee j 
use us as shall be good in thy sight. 

3 Behold, our horses, and all our places, 
and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and 
herds, and all the ledges of our tents, lie 
before thy face ; use them as it pleaseth 
thee. 

4 Behold, even our cities and the in- 
habitants thereof, are thy servants; come, 
and deal with them as seemeth good unto 
thee. 

5 So the men came to Holofernes, and 
declared unto him after this manner. 

6 Then came he down toward the sea 
coast, both he and his army, and set gar- 
risons in the high cities, and took out of 
them chosen men for aid. 

7 1i So they and all the country round 
about received them with garlands, with 
dances, and with timbrels. 

8 % Vet he did cast down their front- 
iers, and cut down their groves ; for he 
had decreed to destroy all the gods of the 
land that ail nations should worship Na- 
buchodoncsor only, and that all tongues 
and tribes should call upon him as god. 

9 Also he came over against Esdraclon, 
near unto Judea, over against the great 
strait of Judea- 

10 And he pitched between Geb'a and 
Scythopoiis, and there tarried a whole 
month, that he might gather together all 
the carriages of his army/ 

C H A P. IV. 

1 The Jews are of raid of' Holofernes, 5 
9 All Israel fat 



end fortify the hills, 
i fasting and 



in J j 

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.untains, 

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1 

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; Lord 



had 
sackcloth, and offered 
the dai 

f the people, 

their mitres, and 
• 

, all the hoi'-. 

A P. V. 

.: done for 

T Holu fer b te i j 
t the army of Aa- 
. , . en of Israel k'ad pre- 

• orj and had shut up the passa- 
ges of the hill country, and had fortified 
all the tops of the high hills, and had laid 
impediments in the champaign countries: 
ith he was very angry, and 
called all the princes of Moab, and the 
captains of Amnion, and all the governors 
asL 
3 And he said unto them, Tell meno^r, 
ye sons of Chanaan, Who this people is 
that dwelleth in the hill country, and what 
are the cities that tfa td what \i 

the m ir army, and wherein 

r power and strength, and what king 
is set over them, or captain of their an 

. d, Why have they determined not 
DC and meet me, more than all the. 
f the west I 

5 * Then said Achior the captain of 
all die sons of Amnion, Let my Lord now 

' tromthe mouih of thy ■ 

. e unto thee the 
truth) concerning this people which dwell- 
eth near thee, and inh.ibiteththe hill COM 
- 

int. 

6 Tnis people arc descended of the. 

7 And tii'' * A lc' 

i 

aa- 

ihey 

9 J 
<I. [jirt from th< 

. 

.•.tie. 



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11 Therefore the king of Egypt vail- iip 
against them, and dealt subtifly \vith them, 

and brought them low, with labouring in 
brick, and made them slaves. 

12 Then they critd unto their God, and 
he smote all the land of Egypt with incu- 
rs ble plagues : so the Egyptians cast them 
out ot their sight. 

13 AndGod dried theRed sea before them , 

14 And brought them to mount Sinai r 
and CadesfJarne, and cast forth all that 
dwelt in the wilderness^ 

15 So they dwelt in the land of the Am- 
orites, and they destroyed by their strength 

.all them oi Esebon, and passing ovier Jor- 
dan, they possessed all the hill cooi 

16 And they cas" forth before them t ; , :• 
Chanaanite r the Pherizite, the } 
and the Sychemite, and all the Gei gesites, 
and they dwelt in that country m$i 

17 And whilst they sinned r.ol 
their God, they prospered, because the 
God that hatetb insquuy was with 

IS But when they departed ;:■• 
way whi i ited them, they were 

ajany battles very sore, and 
were led captives Into a land that was not 
theirs, and the temple of their God was 
cast to the ground, and their cities were 
taken bv the enemies. 

1-9 But now are they returned to their 

God, and are come up from the places 

e; were scattered, and have pos- 

em, where their sanctuary 

the hill country - 7 for 

it was cfesolate; 

20 Now therefore, my lord and gover- 
nor, i; there be any error in this people, 
and they sin against their God, let us con- 
sider that this shall be their ruin, and let 
us go up and we shali overcome them : 

21 But if there be no iniquity in their 
nation, let ray lord now pass by, lest their 
Lord defend them, ami their God be For 
them and we become a reproach before ali 
the world. 

22 And when Achior had finished these 
sayings, ail the people standing round a- 
bout ^the tent murmured, and the chief 
men of Holofernes, and all that dwelt by 
the sea side, and in Mdab, spake that he 
atidutd kill him. 

23 For, say 'hey, we v?ill not be afraid 
oi the face oi the children of Israel: for, 
lo, it is a people that have no strength nor 
power tor a strong battle. • 

24 Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we 
whi go up, and they shall be a prey to be 
devoured of all thine armv. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Holofernes despisefh God : 7 He threat- 
enech Achior, and stride! h hirn away. 
14 The Bel Lillians receive him. 

AND when the tumult of men that 
were about the council was ceased, 



JLD1TH". Jfiocryfihe,- 

Hoiofernes the chief captain of the army 
oi Assur, said unto Achior, and all the Mo- 
abites, before all the company oi ether na- 
tions, 

2 And, Who art thou, Achior, and the 
hirelings of Ephraim, that thou hast pro- 
phesied among us as to-day, and hast said, 
That we should ant make war with the 
people of Israel, because their God will 
defend them t and, Who is God but Na- 
buchodonosor i 

3 He will send his power, and will de- 
stroy them from theiV.ce oi the earth, and 
their God shall not deliver them : but we 
his servants will destroy them as one man ; 
for they are not able to sustain the power 

: our horses. 

4 For with them we will tread them 
under foot, and their mcunVrins shall be 

With their blood, and their fields- 

fi led with their dead bodies, and 

tsteps shall not be able to stand 

bef re us, for they shall utterly perish, 

sa'ith king Nabuehodor.f sor, lord ot all the 

earth ; for he said, None of my wards 

. e in vain. 

5 And thou, Achior, an hireling of Am- 
men, which h«st spoken these words in 
the day of thine iniquity, shalt see my face 
no more from this day, until I take ven- 
geance oi this nation that came out ot" 
Egypt. 

6 And then shall the sword of mine ar- 
my, and the multitude of them that serve 
me, pass through thy sides, and thou shalt 
fail among their slain, when I return. 

7 y Now therefore my servants shall' 
bring thoe back into the hill ccuutr}', and 
shall set thee in one of the cities of the 
passages : 

8 And thou shalt nat perish, till then 
be destroyed with them. 

9 And" if thou persuade thyself in thy 
mind, that they shall not be taken, let not 
thy countenance fall : I have spoken it, 
and none of my words shall be in vain. 

10 Then Holofernes commanded his 
servants that waited in his tent, to take A- 
chior, and bring him to Bethuiia, and de- 
liver him into the hands of the children of 
Israel. 

1 i So his servants took him, and brought 
him out of the camp into the plain, and 
they went from the midst of the plain into 
the" hill country, and came unto the foun- 
tains that were under Bethuiia. 

12 And when the men oi the city saw 
them, they took up their- weapons, and 
went out of the city to the top of the hill : 
and every man that used a sling kept them 
from coming up, by casting of stones a- 
gainstthem. 

' - 13 Nevertheless, having gotten privily 
under the hill, they, bound Achior, &iv\ 



fiha. Chap. 

cast him dn-vn, and left la'm at the foot of 
the hill, and returned to their . 

ftut the Israelites 
their city, and came unto him, an 
light him iii. 

norsofthecky : 
s, O^ias 
the s.i. i the tribe ot 

and C :i of Gothoniel, and 

. :;iis the son ofMelchiel. 

ther all the an- 
; outh ran 
. 
in the midst of 
. : . Then ( :. 
oi that whic 

l d declared un- 

f the council of Hol< - 

• ■ lat he had spo- 

spoken 

ship- 

I their 

' our na- 

e of thoce that 

rted Achior, and 

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from t \ 

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unto Bethuli t, by tl 

' cr l> - 

saw the 

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5 Then every man took u;j his weapons 
of war, and when they had kind! 
upon their towers, they . 

\ed fUJ that night. 

6 lkit in the second d 
lorth all his hor 

the children of lsrae 
in Belhuia, 

7 'i And viewed the pns 
cpe to Che ram 

waters, and rook than, and 
of men of war over tl 
removed toward his \ 

8 Th< : all the chief of 

inds tid, 

9 Let 
there be not an overt! I 

10 For this people of the i 
. 

the moupta'u dwoH, 

i is not easy to come uj 
their mountains. 

. my lord, f 
in battle arr 
, uch as ime man of I 
• 

in thy camp, and 1. ?ep all 
:. , and let th 
I into their hands the fount tin of 
water 9 which issueth forth of the Jbotot 
the mount* in : 

r all the inhabitants of B< tbuli t 
ir water thence ; so sh.:. 
all give up tli 
and we and oui 

ich thai none 

i 

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the Assyrians, camped in 
peredthe fete of the whole 

and carriages were 
niultimder 

_ s or Israel cried'un- 

pfcassed 

iv - \. -s iio way 



ny of Assur re- 
X them, both their footmen, 
hor$£ihenj lour and thirty 
all their vessels of water fail- 
abitantsol BethnHa. 
e cisterns were emptied, and 
water to drink their fjll for 
gave the ni drink by 



fig children 
Women and 
nd fefl down 



were out of heart, and their 

young men fainted for thirst,! 

|ri the streets of the o;ty 

sages o J tqe gates, and there was no longer 

any strength in them, 

23 Then all the people assembled to 
Ozias, and to the chief of the city, both 
young men and women, and children, and' 
cried with a loud voice, and said before all 
the elders, 

24 God be judge between us and you ; 
for ye Have done us great injury, in that ye 
liavenot required peace of the children of 
Assur. 

25 For now we have no helper : but 
Go J 1 ath sold us into their hands, that we 



should be th 


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jrou, the 
nd'i jGod and 

Lord of )ur i 

-j.( irdingtoour sins, and the -ins of our 
fathers, th it he do not according as we 
Bave said this day, 

29 Then there was great t- .-..-, jng with 
©ne consent in the midst of the as 
and they cried unto the Lord God with a 
loud voice. 

30 Then said Ozias to, tkem, Brethren, 
he of good courage, let us yet endure five 
paysjfo tfie wiuch space the Lord our God 
v may turn his mercy toward us j for he will 

hOt " 

31 And if these days pass, and there 
jfems no help unto us, I frill dp according 
|o your \yoro\ 



JUDITH. Jjv.a'yjiha« 

' 32 And he dispersed the people every 
one to their own charge ; and they wentun- 
to the walls and towers pt their city, and 
sent the women and children into' their 
houses: and tne~- were very ]>w brought 
in the city* 

CHAP. VIII. 
11 Judith blameth tfos governors for their 
promise to yield., 17 and adviaeih them 
to trust in Qodi 

NOW at that time Judith beard there- 
. of, which was the daughter of Me? 
rari, the son of Ox, the son m Joseph, the 
son of Qsiel, the son of Eloia, the Bon of 
Ananias, the son of Gedeon, the son of 
Raphaim,the son of AcithO; the son of E- 
liu, the son of Eliab, the son ot Nathanael, 
the son of Samael, the son of Salasadai, the 
son of Israel, 

2 And Manasses was her hash 
her trit>e and kindped, who died in the bar- 
ley harvest. 

3 For as he stood overseeing them that 
!)ound sheaves in the field, the heat came 
upon his head, and he fell ok his bed, and 
died in the city of Bethulia, and they bu- 
ried him with his fathers in the field be- 
tween D«thaim and Eairirno. 

4 So Judith,- was a widow in her house' 
three years ana four months, 

5 And she made her a tent upon the top 
of her house, and put on sackcloth upon 
her loins, and ware her widow's apparel. 

6 And she fasted all the days ot her 
tvethe,eyes of the satibaths, 
is, and the eves of the new 

moons, and. the new moons, and the feasts, 
and solemn days of the house of Israel. 

7 She was also of "a goodly countenance, 
ana very beautiful to behold, and her hus- 
band Manasses had left her gold and sil- 
ver, and menservants and maidservants, 
and cattle, and lands, and she remained 

8 And there was none that gave her an 
• ; ; for she feared God greatly. 

9 Now when she heard the evil words 
of the people against the governor, that 
they fainted for lack of water (for Judith 
had heard all the words that Owns had 
spoken unto them, and that he had sworn 
to deliver the city unto the Assyrians al- 
ter five days); 

10 Then she sent her waiting woman 
that had the government of all tilings that 
she had, to call Ozias, and Chabris, and 
Charmjs, the ancients of the city. 

11 *1 And they came unto her, and she 
said unto them, Hear me now, O ye gov- 
ernors of the inhabitants of Bethulia : for 
your words that ye have spoken before the 
people thw day are not right, touching this 
oath which ye made and pronounced be- 
tween God and you, and have promised 



to deliver the city 

within these days the L help 

12 1 And r. e ye that have 

. 
of God among the children <<t men I 

13 And now try the Lor< ' 
ye shall never know any 

M Foi 
heart of man, i 
things that he thinketh : the*, i J. 

i \:t God, that hath made all these 

hend hi- 
\ ake i . 

15 Fur if he will i. 
3, he hath poi 

■ 

F the Lord 
cur God : lor God i that he 

i threatened; neither is he as the 
ion of man, that he should be wavering* 

ofhim, a i us, and 

he will i c i un. 

- 

trit^e, is 

given to the award, and . i 
fore we trust that I . 

i at our in' nth. 

i 

be an < I 

■ 
their 



jffiocrytfkz. r?3 
us in the fire, 

i 
i untc him to 

ne diat may 

. this is not the first d 

thy wis<i 

known thy understand I ; 

■ 
50 Bui 

.lied us to d 
have spoken, and to brine 
ourse 

BOW pray ti 

.ail faint no more. 
32 Then said Judith unto them. He 
and I will 

of our 

. 
and 1 will go forth with m) 
.. 
to deliv< r I 
._ Lord will \iiit ikraelb; 

C 1 1 A P. 

* i 

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to whom 

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n their 



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4 And hast given their wives for a prey , 
and their daughters to be captives, and all 
their spoils to be divided among thy dear 
children; which were moved with thy 
zeal, and abhorred the pollution of their 
blood, and called upon thee for aid ; O God, 
O my God, hear me also a widow. 

5 For thou hast wrought not only those 
tilings, but also the things which fell out 
before, and which ensued after ; thou hast 
thought upon the things which are now, 
and which are to come. 

6 Yea, what things thou didst determine 
were ready at hand, and said, Lo, we are 
here : for all thy ways are prepared, and 
thy judgments are in thy foreknowledge. 

7 For, behold, the Assyrians are multi- 
plied in their power; they are exalted 
with horse and man ; they glory in the 
.strength of their footmen ; they trust in 
shield and spear, and bow and sling ; ancl 
know not that thou art the Lord that break- 
est the battles: the Lord is thy name. 

8 Throw down their strength in thy pow- 
er,and bring down their force in thy wrath: 
for they have purposed to defile thy 
sanctuary, and to pollute the tabernacle 
where thy glorious name resteth.and to cast 
■down with the sword the horn of thyaltar. 

9 Behold their pride, and send thy wrath 
upon their heads : give into mine hand, 
which am a widow, the power that I have 
conceived. 

10 Smite by the deceit of my lips the 
servant with the prince, and the prince 
with the servant : break down their state- 
liness by the hand of a woman. 

12 For thy power stancleth not in multi- 
tude, nor thy might in strong men : tor 
thou art a God of the afflicted, an helper of 
the oppressed, an upholder ot the weak, 
a protector of the forlorn, a saviour of 
them that are without hope. 

12 I pray thee, I pray thee, O God of 
my father, and God of the inheritance of 
Israel, Lord of the heavens and earth, Cre- 
ator of the waters, King of every creature, 
hear thou my prayer. 

13 And make my speech and deceit to 
be their wound and stripe, who t have pur- 
posed cruel things against thy covenant, 
and thy hallowed house, and against the 
topofSion, and against the house of the 
possession of thy .children. 

14 And make every nation and tribe to 
acknowledge that thou art the God of all 
power and might - , and that there is none c- 
ther that protected* the people of Israel, 
but thou. 

CHAP. X. 

3 Judith adorneth hersdf. 10 She and 

her maid go forth into the cam ft* 

NOW after that she had ceased to cry 
unto the God of Israel, and hud made 
an end of all these word.'-, 



JUDiTH. Jpocryfiha. 

2 She rose where she had fallen down, 
and called her maid, and went down into 
the house, in the which she abode in the 
sabbath days, and in her feast days. 

3 *[ And pulled off the, sackcloth which 
she had on, and put off' the garments of 
her widowhood, and wastied her body all 
over with water, and anointed herseli with 
precious ointment, and braided the hair of 
her head, and put on a tire upon it, and 
put on her garments of gladness where- 
with she was ciad during the ike cf Ma- 
nasses her husband. 

4 And. she took sandals upon her feet, 
and put about her, her bracelets, and her 
chains, and her rings, and her earrings, 
and all her* ornaments, and decked her- 
self bravely, to allure the eyes of all men 
that should see her. 

5 Then she gave her maid a bottle of 
wine, and a cruise of oil, and filled a bag 
with parched coin, and lumps ot figs, and 
with fine bread : so she folded all these 
things together, and laid them upon her. 

6 Thus they went forth to the gate of 
the city of Bethulia, and found standing 
there 'Ozias, and the ancients of the city, 
Chabris and Charmis. 

7 And when they saw her, that her 
countenance was altered, and her apparel 
was changed, they wondered at her beau- 
ty very greatly, and said unto her, 

' .8 The God," the God of our fathers give 
thee favour, and accomplish thine enter- 
prises to the glory of the children ot Israel, 
and to the exaltation of Jerusalem : then 
they worshipped God. 

9 And she said unto them, Command 
the g; tes of the city to be opened unto me, 
that"] may go forth to accomplish the things 
whereof ye have spoken w ith me : so they 
commanded the young men to open unto 
her, as she had spoken. 

10 % And when they had done so, Ju- 
dith went out, ?Jte and her maid with her, 
and the men of the city looked after her, 
until she was gone down the mountain, 
and till she had passed the valley, and 
could see her no more. 

11 , Thus they went straight forth in the 
valley : and the first watch of the Assyri- 
ans met her, 

12 And took her, and asked her, Of 
what people art thou ? and, Whence com - 
est thou i and, Whither goest thou I And 
she said, I am a woman of the Hebrews, 
and am fled from them : for they shall be 
given you to be consumed : 

13 And I am coming before Ho'ofernes 
the chief captain ot your army, to declare 
words of truth, and I will shew him a way 
whereby he shall go and win ail the hill 
country, without losing the body or life of 
any one of his men. 



Afiocryfiha. Chap, 

14 New when the men heard her words, 

and beheld her countenance, they wonder- 
ed greatly at her beauty, and said unto her, 

15 Thou hast saved thy life, in that thou 
hast hasted to come down to the presence 
of our lord: now therefore come to his 
tent, and some of us shall conduct thee, 
until they have delivered thee b i his hands. 

15 And when thou ore him, 

be not afraid in thine heart, but shew unto 
, and he will en- 
treat thee well. 

17 Th -,c out of them an hun- 
dred men to ac r and her maid, 
and tiu-_ : to the tent of Holo- 

18 Then was there a concourse through- 
out all the camp : . tag was 
noised ai 

• I without the tent of 
IIoloK.- fher. 

r beauty, 

I Israel because 

neighbor, 

this people, that hf.ve 

:.y it is not 

left, who 

ive the whole 

eartn. 

: iy near Ilolofernes 
went out, and all hi ..id they 

brought her into the tent. 

w Holoferoes rested upon his bed 
under a 

I him of her, and he 
- re bis tent, with si!\er lamps 
hira. 

ith vms come before 
him at; i 

tell down upon ] A did reverence 

took her up. 

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thee well, as they do the servants cf king 
Nabuchodonesor my lord. 

5 Then Judith said unto him. Receive 
the words of thy servant, and suffer thine 
handmaid to speak in thy presence, and I 
will declare no lie to ray lord this night. 

6 And if thou wilt follow the words of 
thine handmaid, God will bring the thing 

to pass by thee ; and my lord 
shall not fail of his purposes. 

7 x\s Nabuchodjanosor king of all the 
earth liveth, and as his power liveth, who 
hath sent thee for the upholding of every 
living thing : for ik£ only men shall serve 
him by thee, but also the beasts oi the field, 
and the cattle, and the fowls of the air 
shall live by thy power, under Nabucho- 
donosor and all his house. 

8 For we have heard of thy wisdom, 
and thy policies, and it is reported in all 
Qm earth, that thou only art excellent in 
all the kingdom, -and mighty in knowledge, 
and wonderful in teats of war. 

9 Now as concerning the matter which 
Achior did speak in thy council, we have 
heard his words ; for the men of Bethulia 
saved him, and he declared unto them all 
th t he had spoken unto thee. 

10 Therefore, O lord and governor,rcject 
not his word ; but lay it up in thine heart, 
for it is true : for our nation shall not be 
punished, neither can the sword prevail 
against them, except they sin against their 
G d. 

11 And now, that my lord be pat de- 

nd frustrate of his purpose^ even 

;ow fallen upon them, and their 

bin hath overtaken them, wherewith they 

ir God to anger whenso- 

clo that which is not fit to 

12 For their victuals fail them, and all 

le 
tie, and 
.til those things that 
God hath forbidden them to eat by his 

I are resolved to spend the first 
fruits ot | 
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and God hath sen' me toworkthirigywiih 
thee, whereat all the earth shall be aston- 
ished, and whosoeve ivshall hear it. 

17 For thy servant is religions, and 
serve&i the God of heaven day and night : 
now therefore, my lord, I will remain with 
true, and thy sen- ant will go out by night 
into the valley, and I will pray unto God, 
and he will tell me when they have com- 
mute:! their sins : 

1 3 And I will come and shew it unto 
thee : then thou shalt go forth with all 
thine army, and there shall be none of 
them that shall resist tVee. 

19 And J will lead thee through the 
midst of Judea, until thou come before 3c- 
n ; and I will set thy throne in the 
midst thereof, and thou shalt drive them 
as sheep that have no shepherd; and a 
dog shall not so much as open his mouth 
at thee : for these things were told me ac- 
cording to my foreknowledge, and they 
were declared unto me, and I am sent to 
teli •■ 

Then her words pleased Holofer- 
nes, and all his servants, and they marvel- 
led at her wisdom, and said, 

21 There is not such a woman from 
one. end of the earth to the other, both for 
beauty of face, and wisdom of words. 

22 Likewise Holofernes said unto her, 
God hath done well to send thee before 
the people, that strength might be in our 
hands, and destruction upon them that 
light'}- regard my lord. 

*~23 And now thou art both beautiful in 
thy countenance, and witty in thy words : 
if thou do as thou hast spoken, thy 
God shall he my God, and thou shalt dwell 
in the house of king Nabuchodoaosor, and 
.shalt be renowned through the whole earth. 

C H A P. XII. 
2 JixJi-h mil not eat of Holofernes? meat : 
7 She tarrieth three days in the camp.. 

THEN he commanded to bring her in, 
where his plate was set, and bade 
that they should prepare for her of his own 
meats, and that she should drinl 
own v 'no. 

2 % And Judith said, I will not eat there- 
of lest there be an offence: but provisions 
shall be raado for me cf the thm* 
have br< 
o Then Holofernes said unto l\cr. If thy 
: . sh< uld fail, How should we give 
thee the like ? For there be i 
ion. 
4 Tl 3 him, As thy 

soul Hvfith, my lord, tl -aid shall 

not spend those things that 1 ha v 
the Lrv . [he things 

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JUDITH. Apocryfiha* 

midnight, and she arose when it was to- 
ward the morning watch, 

6 And sent to Holofernes, saying, Let 
my lord now command that thine hand- 
maid ma}' go forth unto prayer. 

7% Then Holofernes^ commanded his 
guard, that they should not stay her ; thus 
she abode in the camp three days, and 
went out in the night into the valley ofBe- 
thulia, and Washed herself in a fountain of 
water by the can p. 

8 And when she came oat, she besought 
the Lord God of Israel tadirect her way, 
to the raising up of the children of her peo- 
ple. 

9 So she came in clean and remained Li 
the tent until she did eat her meat at even- 
ing. 

10 And in the fourth day, Holofernes 
marie a feast to his own servants only, and 
called none of the officers to the banquet, 

11 Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, 
who had charge over all that he had, Go 
now and persuade this Hebrew woman 
whfch is with thee, that she come unto us, 
am: eat and drink with us. 

12 For, lo, it will be a shame, for our 
person if We shall let such a woman go, 
not having had her company : for if we 
draw her not unto us, she will'laugh us to 
scorn. 

13 Then wentBagoasfromthepreser.ee 
of Holofernes, and came to her, and he 
said, Let not this fair damsel fear to corns 
to my Lord and to be honored in his pre- 
sence, and drink wine, and be merry with 
us, and be made this day as one of the 
daughters of the Assyrians, which serve in 
the house of N abuchodonosor. 
' 14 Then said Judith unto him, Who am 
I now. that I should gainsay my lord I sure- 
ly whatsoever pleasethhim Twill do spee- 
dily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of 
my death. 

15 So she arose, and decked herself 
with her apparel, and all her Woman'! at- 
tire, and her maid went and laid sc 
on the ground for her, over against Holo- 
fernes, which she had received of"] 
for her daily use, that she might sit and 
eat upon them. 

16 Nov,- when Judith came in, and sat 
down, Holcfernes's heart was ravished 
with her, and his mind was moved, and he 
desired greatly her company ; for he 
waited a time to deceive her, from the day 
that he hi 

17 Then said Holofernes unto her, 
Drink now, and be merry with us. 

18 So Judith said, I will drink now, my 
acause my life is magnified in me 
. more than all the days since I 

was !>. 

19 Then she took, and ate and drank 



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2 

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go forth to her 
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God of all power, look 

oi mine 

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thine in- 

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to the u' which are 

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came to the pil'ar of the 
oes'a head, and 

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rd hath smitten him by 
thehandof a woman. 

16 As the Lord liveth, wl 

me in my way that J went, m\ ccunte- 
oe hath decehed him to I 

e, to defile and shame me. 

17 Ti; rial n Jerfiil- 

es, and 
. 
.-_■ thou, O c 
hast this day Drought to nought die eue- 
thy people. 

18 Then said Ozias unto her, O daugh- 
ter, Blessed art thou of the Most H-§h 
God, above all the women upon the t 

and blessed he the Lord G - 
created the heavens and the earth, which 
hath directed theeto the cutting off of la# 
head of the chief of our enen 

19 For this thy confidence shall not d»- 

00 the heart oi men, which re- 
member the power oi God lor ever. 

20 And God turn these th'nyi to thee 

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Shall run to the tent of Holofernes, but 
ihall not find him : then fear shall fall op- 
en them.and they shall ftee before your tace. 
• 4 So ye, and all that inhabit the coast 
of Israel shall pursue therii, and overthrow 
them, as they go. 

5 But before ye do these things, call me 



JUDITH. Jlfioerijfihe. 

onsly : one woman of the Hebrews hath 
brought shame upon the house of kingNa- 
buchodonosor : for, behold, Holofernes /i- 
cth upon the ground without a head. 

19 When the captains of the Assyrians* 

army heard these words, they rent their 

coats, and their minds were wonderfully 

Achior the Ammonite, thai he may see j troubled, and there was aery, and a very 



and knew him that despised the hone of 

Israel, and that sent him to m as it were 

to his death. 

" 6 Then they called Achior out of the 

house of Ozias ; and when he was com.\ 

and saw tha head of HdlOfernes i 

hand in the assembly of the people, he fell 

down on his face, and-his spirit tatled* 

7 Bat when they had recovered him, 
he fell at Judith's feet, and reverenced her, 
and said, Blessed ail thou in all the taber- 
nacle ofluda. ana in ail nations, which 
hearing thy name shall be astonished. 

8 Now therefore tell me a!l the tilings 
that thou hast done in these day?. Then 
Judith declared unto him in the midst of 
the people, all that she had dona from the 
d V chat she went forth, until that hour 
she spake unto them. 

9 And when she had left off speaking, 
fhepeop-e shouted with a !• lid voice, and 
made a "joyful noise in their city. 

10 And when Adhior had seen all that 
the God of Israel had done, he believed in 
God grektrVj and circumcised the 8esh of 
his foreskin , and was joined unto the house 
of Israel onto this day. 

' 11 % And as soon' as the morning arose, 
they hanged the head of Holofernes upon 
the wall, and every man took his weapons, 
and they went form by t>ands unto- the 
straits of the mountain. 

12 But when the Assyrians saw them 
tl:ev sent to their leaders, which came to 
their captains, and tribunes, and to every 
one of their rulers. 

13 So they came to Hoi ofernes's tent, 
and said to him that had the charge of all 
his things, Waken now our lord : for the 
slaves have been bold to come down against 
us to battle, that they may be utterly de- 
sfa'dyed. 

' 14 Then went in Bagoas, and knocked 
at the door off the tent, for he thought that 
he had slept with Judith. 

15 % But because none answered, he 
opened it, rind went into the bed chamber, 
and found Him cast upon the floor, dead, 
and his head was taken from him. 

16 Therefore he cried with a loud 
voice, with weeping and sighing, and a 
mighty crv, and rerit h%garme ii •. 

17 After he went into the tent where 
Judith lodged : and When he found her 
not, he leaped out to the people an 

18 These slave* hare dfc4fo u.. 



great noise throughout the camp. 
C H A P. XV. 

1 TIte Assyrians chased and slain. 13 Tks 
women crown Judith xviih a garland. 

AND when they that were in the tent* 
heard, they were astonished at the 
thii:g that was done* 

2 And fear and trembling fell upom 
them, so that there was no man that durst 
abide in the sight of his neighbour, but 
rushing out all together, they fled into ev- 
ery way of the plain, and of the hill coun- 
try. 

3 They also that had camped in the 
mountains round about Bethulia,fled away. 
Then the children of Israel, every one that 
was a warrior among them, rushed out 
upon them. 

4 Then sent Ozias to Betomasthern, 
and to Be'oal, and Chobai, and Cola, and t© 
all the coast of Israel, such as should tell 
the things that were done, and that all 
should rush forth upon their enemies i% 
destroy them. 

5 Now when the children of Israel 
heard it, they all fell upon them with one 
consent, and slew them unto Chobai : like- 
wise also they that came from Jerusalem, 
and from all the hill country, (for men 
had told them what things were done in 
the camp of their enemies) and they that 
were in Galaad, and in Galilee, chased 
them with a great slaughter, until they 
were past Damascus, and the borders 
thereof. 

6 And the residue that dwelt at Bethn- 
lia* tell upon the camp of Assur, and spoil- 
ed them, and were greatly enriched. 

7 And the children of Israel that return- 
ed from the slavghter, had that which re- 
mained ; and the villages, and the cities 
that were in the mountains and in the plain, 
gat many spoils : for the multitude was ve- 
ry great. 

8 Then Joacim the high priest, and the 
ancients of the children of Israel that dwelt 
inJerusalerh, came to behold the good things 
that God had shewed to Israel, and to see 
Judidi, and to salute her. 

9 And when they came unto her, they 
blessed her, with one accord, and said un- 
to her, Thou art the exaltation of Jerusa- 
lem, thou art the great glory of Israel, thoa 
art the great rejoicing of our nation : 

10 Thou hast done all these things by 
thiue hand ; diou Uast done much gosd to 



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her seven days : and before she died, she 
did distribute her poods to all them that 
were nearest of kindred to Mana'ssea her 
feusband, and to them that were near- 
est of her kindred. 



- Jfiocryfihk. 

25 And there was none that made the 
children of Israel any more afraid in the 
davs of Judith, nor a "long time after her 

death. 



The rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther, which 
are found neither in the Hebrew, nor in the Chatdee. 



F*kRT OF THE TFNTH CHAPTER AF- 
TER the Greek. 
wfardocheUs remc mbert th and expound - 
eth his dream of the river and the two 

TN Mardocheus said, God hath 
done these things. 

5 For I remember a dream which I sav. 
concerning these matters, and nothing 
thereof hath failed. 

6 A little fountain ' became a river, an* 
fhere was lighj:, and the sun, and mtic! 
water : this river is Rsffter, whom the 
king mafried. and made queen : 

7 And the two drag- ns are land Annan- 
S And the nations were tho&e that were 

assembled to destroy the name of the Jew:-. 

9 And my nation is this Israel, which 
cried to God, and were saved : for d>c 
ly-rd hath saved his pe ►pie, and the L^;\ 
hath delivered us from all those et ils, and 
God hath wrought signs and great won- 
ders, which have not been done amcni 
the Gent 5 es. 

10 Therefore hath he made two lots: 
one for the pe pie of God, and another foi 
all the Gentiles. 

11 And these two lots came at the hour 
and time, and day of judgment before God 
among all nations. 

• 12 '?><■■ God remembered his people, and 
Justified his inheritance. 

13 Therefore those days shall beuntr 
them in the month Adar, the fourteenth 
and fifteenth day of the same month, with 
an assembly, and joy, and with giadness 
before G< d, according to the generations 
for ever among his people. 

C H A P. XI. 

2 The stock and quality of Mardocheus : 

6 he drcamelh of two dragons. 

IN the fourth year of the reign of Ptole- 
meus and Cleopatra; Dositheus, who 
said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptole- 
meus his son, brought this Epistle of Phu- 
rim, which thev said was the same, and 
that Lysimachns the son of Ptolemeu.?, 
that was in Jerusalem, had interpreted it. 
2 H In the ^econd year of the reign of 
Av'^xerxes the great, in the first day of 
» Nisan, Mardocheus the « n of 
Jairus, the son of Semei, the son of Cisai, 



of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream ; 

3 Who was a jew, and dwelt in the city 
of Susa, a great man, being a servitor in 
Hie king's court. 

4 He was afeo one of the captives which 

or the king of Baby m & t- 
ied from Jeru -alem, with Jecon": 
of Judea, and this was his dream : 

5 Beh( "■ '.hthun- 
der, and earthquakes, and uproar, in the 

6 e f [ And. behold, two great dragons 
. me forth ready to fight, and their cry 

wis great. , 

7 And at their cry all nations were pre- 
, a red feo battle, that they might fight a- 
■;. inst the righteous people. 

" 8 And, k>, a day of darkness, and ob- 
curity, tribulation and<mgui^h, affliction, 
and great fl the earth. 

9 And the whole righteous nation was 
tr< ubled, fearing their own evils, and were 

ead to perish. 

10 Then they cried unto God, and up- 
<n their cry, as it were from a little ioun- 
ain, was made a great flood, even much 
vyater. 

11 The light and the sun rose up, ?md 
the lowly were exalted, and devoured the 
glorious* 

12 Now when Mardocheus, who had 
-een this dream, and what. God had de- 
termined to do. was awake ; he bare this 
..'ream in mind, and until night by all means 
was desirous to know it. 

CHAP. XII. 
2 The two eunuchs* conspiracy discovered 
by Mardocheus, 5 Jor which the king 
rcwardeth him. 

AND Mardocheus took his rest in th« 
court with Gabatha and Tharra. the 
two eunuchs of the king, and keepers of 
the palace. 

2 % And he heard their devices, and 
searched out their purposes, and 'earned 
that the)- were about to lay hands upon 
Aataxerxes the king, and so he cei tihed 
the king of them. 

3 Then the king examined the two eu- 
nuchs, and afttr that they had conf ssert 
it, they were strangled. 

4 And the king made a record of these 



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f02 Jfiocryfiha* ESTHER. 

7 Because we worshipped their Gods : 
O Lord thou art righteous. 

8 Never the!ess,it satisfieth them not , tha t 
we are in bitter captivity : but they have 
stricken hands with their idols, 

9 That the}' will abolish the thing that 
thou with thy mouth hast ordained, and de- 
stroy thine inheritance, and stop the mouth 
«>f them that praise thee, and quench the 
glory of thy house, and of thine altar, 

10 And open the mouths ot the heathen, 
to set tovth the praises of the idols, and to 
agagnify a fleshly king for ever. 

1 1 Lord, gi ve not thy sceptre unto them 
th-.t be nothing, and let them not laugh at 
our .all, but turn their device upon them- 
selves, and make nim an example that 
hath begun this aga^t us. 

12 Remember, O Lord, make thyself 
k&ftwn la tiipe of our affliction, and give me 
boldness., O &ng oi the nations, and Lord of 
Sul power. 

13 Give me eloquent speech in my mouth 
fceiore. the lion : turn his heart to hate him 

Igainst us, that dieremay be 
, and oi ail thdt are like mind- 



jifiocrypha* 



tnat hghteth 
an enl oihim, 
vd to him. 

14 But deli 
lielpme, that 
no other hel] i 

15 Ti,v.': 
thou knowest 



; thee. 
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nd which have 

ngs, OLord; 
e elorv of the 



16 Thou to -st my; necessity: for I 
abhor the sign of my high estate, "which is 
tipcn rr.ii~ieliead,intne days wherein I shew 
myself, and that I abhor it as a menstruous 
at I wear it not when 1 am pri- 



vate by 

it And fchat thine handmaid hath not 
eaten at Aman's table, and that 1 have not 
greatly esteemed the king's feast, nor drunk 
ttie wine of Ji»e drink offerings. 

Jo Neither had tkine handmaid any joy 
since the day that I was brought hither to 
tikis present, but in thee, O Lord God of 
Abraham. 

19 O thou mighty God above all, hear 
the voice of the forlorn, and deliver us out 
©t the hands of the mischievous, and deliv- 
er me out of mv tear, 

vC "H A P. XV. 
6 Esther cometh into the king's presence : 

7 She faint eth ; 8 he taketh her vfaand 

doth comfort her. 

AND upon the third day, when she had 
ended her prayer, she laid away her 
mourning garments, and put on her glori- 
ous apparel. 

2 And being gloriously adorned, after 
she had called upon God, who is the behold- 
er and saviour of all things, she took two 
maids wkh her: 



3 And upjm the »i?e she leaned, as car- 
rying herself daintily ; 

4 And the other followed, bearing up her 
train. 

5 And she was ruddy through the per- 
fection of her beauty, and her countenance 
was cheeriul, and very amiable : but her 
heart was in anguish for fear. 

6 % Then having passed through all 
the doors, she stood before the king, who 
sat upon his royal throne, and was clothed 
with all his robes of majesty, all. glittering 
with gold and precious stones ; and he 
was very dreadful. 

7 % Then lifting. up his countenance 
that shone with majesty, he looked very 
fiercely upon her : and the queen fell down 
and was pale, and fainted, and bowed hern- 
self upon the head of the maid that went 
before her. 

8 % Then God changed the spirit of the. 
king into mildness, who in a fear leaped 
from his throne and took her in his arms, 
till she came to herself again and comfort- 
ed her with loving words, and said unto 
her, 

9 Esther, What is the matter? Ian*. 
thy brother, be of good cheer. 

10 Thou shalt not die, though our com- 
mandment he general : come near. 

11 And so he held up his golden scep- 
tre, and laid it upon her neck, 

12 And embraced her, and said, Speak 
unto me. 

13 Then said she unto him, I saw thee 
my lord, as an angel oiGod, and my heart 
was troubled for tear of thy majesty. 

14 For wonderful ait thou, lord, and, 
thy countenance is full of grace. 

15 And as she was speaking, she fell 
down for faintness. 

15 Then the king was troubled, and aH 
his servants comforted her. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 The letter of Artaxerzes^ 10 wherein 

he taxeth Jlman, 17 arid revokelh the 

decree procured by him to destroy the 

Jrtvs. 

THE great king Artaxerxes unto the 
princes and governors of an hundred 
and seven and twenty provinces, from In-, 
dia unto Ethiopia, and unto all our faithful 
subjects, greeting. 

2 Many, the more often they are hon- 
oured with the great bounty of their gra- 
cious princes, the more proud they are 
waxen, 

3 And endeavour to hurt not our sub- 
jects only, but not being able to bear abun- 
dance, do take in hand to practise also a- 
gainst those that do them good : 

4 And take not only thankfulness away 
from among men, but also lifted up with 
the glorious words of lewd persons, that 



Chap 
were never enod, they think to-csc.pethe 

5 Oftentimes also fair speech 
that are} Ait int 

I 

and hath enwrapped them in n 

'riling with the f dsehood and ite- 
■ 05ition,ihe ii. 
and P' 

a we have de- 

lath been 
i 

tent l jei 

a And we must t .ke cure «cr t-he time 

for all men, 

ses, and 

^ incr. 

thel\r tromour 

• .nger received of ua, 
11 h 

• 

- 
I of all men, as the 
son tint 

IS But be, not bearing hh great digni- 

• rive us* of tur king- 
l 

. 

it, find- 
ing us des 



Af*tcryfi}ir . 
ted the kioedna of the Persians to the 

I to utter 
. ive by 

16 And that they be children of the 
i and most mighty livinj 

who hath ordered the kingdom both unto 
us, and to ear progenitors in the v. 
cellent m 

1 7 \ Wherefore ye shall do well not to 
- nent onto u\» 

.vnadatha. 
the worker of these 
- 9esa,witfi 
whoruleth aJlthing% 
rig vengeance to hi 

id! publish the Copf 
that the Jew's 
■ • 

d them, that e 
ihirteenth day of tl^e 
, they may he kveneeii 
i, who in the time ot their.. 
shall set upon them. 

21 For Almighty God hath turned V> 
joy unto them the day, wherein the chosen 
people should have perished* 

shall therefore among your soV 
eepkan high day with ail 

At both now and hereafter there 
us, and the well afileu.l 
- which do c 
nemori .1 of destruction, 
ever] ty and countrw 
shall not do act 
. shall be destroyed • 
mercy, with n - 

easts and fc>w 



The Wisdom o/' Solomon. 



i. 

3 To «& m 6 fs 4 o*;<i 

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is «m\\ wisdom 

... tl.clxxly that 

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&: I . Ihocryphtu WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 

8 Therefore he that sr eaketn unright- 
eous things, cannot be hid: neitli 



i, pass, by him. 

e made unto the 

nd the sound of 

h ill come unto the Lord, for 

tiic iai ition of his wicked deeds. 

10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all 

and the noiae of murmurings is 

aoi hid. 

I »ware of murmuring, 



JUrfe : and pvtU nor upon yranselves destrue- 
tiers with t] e works '•• your hands. 

i\oi death: neither Hath 
n ofthe In ingj. 
1 1 J : • . - thine i that they 



upor the earth : 

16 But ungodly men with their works 
and words call it to them : for when the}' 
thought to have it their friend, they con- 
sumed to nought^ and made a covenant 
wi hk it, 1 are unworthy to take 

part with it. 

CHAP. 31. 
1 The wicked fMnk this Uje short, 5 and 

©/' no other eft r refurelhey 

xiiil lake (heir pleasure in this, 10 and 

con ■, 



^011 the i 
tbemseh 



reasoning with 

right, Our hie 

the death oi a 

;iiher was there 

returned Irom 



the ; 



2 Few we arc born at all adventure : 
and wesha ereafter, as. though we 
Lad never been : for the breath in our 
i. . smoke, and a. little spark in 
the moving of our heart : 

3 Which being extinguished, our body 
shall be .turned into ashes, and our spirit 
shall vanish as the soft air. 

- 4 And our name shall be forgotten in 
#me, and no h n h II h: ve our works 
ia reme • ■ d our lite si 

away as the trao ofa cloud, an -'.. be 
dispersed as a is dfiv< 

with.the.beam , and overcome 

with the he 

5 % For our time is a very shadow that 
passeth away : and after our end, there 
Is no returning : for it is fast sealed : so 
that r.o njan cojneth 

6 % Come on therefore, let us enjoy del 
good dungs that are present : and kt us j 



Apocrypha* 

speedily u-e the creatures like as in youth. 
7 Let us fill ourselves with costly wine 

and ointments : and let no flower "of the* 

spring pass by us : 
i d Let us crown ourselves with rose- 
' buds, betore they be withered : 

9 Let none of us go without his part of 
i our voluptuousness : let us leave tokens 

of our joyfulness in every place: for this 
is our portion, and our lot is this. 

10 "if Let us oppress the poor righteous 
man, let us not spare the widow, nor rev- 
erence the ancient gray hairs of the aged* 

11 Let our strength.be die law of justice : 
| for that which is feeble is found to be no- 
| thing worth : 

12 Therefore let us lie in wait for the 
I righteous, because he is not for our turn, 
! and he is clean contrary to our doings: 
j he upbr.-'iueth us with our offending the 

law, and objecteth to our infamy thetrans- 
gressings ot our educate n. 

. 13 He proiesseti t to have the knowledge 
of God : ana he calleth himself the child 
of ihe Lord. 

14 Ho was made to reprove our thoughts. 

15 He i.-> grievous unto -us even, to be- 
hold : for his hie is not like other men's, 
his waj s are of another fashion* 

16 we are esteemed of him as coun- 
terfeits: he abstaineth from our wa s as 
from fijthiness : he pronounceth the end 
of the just to be blessed, and maketh his 
boast that God is his father. 

17 Lei us see if his words be true : and 
let us prove what shall happen in the end 
of hi in. 

18 For if the just man be the son of 
God he will help him, and deliver him 
irom the hand of his enemies. 

19 Let us examine him with despite- 
tulness and torture, that we may know his 
meekness, and prove his patience. 

20 Let us condemn him with a shame- 
ful death : for b\ his own saying he shall 
be re pected. 

21 Such things they did imagine, and 
were deceived : for their own wickedness 
hat; i blinded them. 

22 As for 'he mysteries, of God, they 
knew them a. r : neither h< ped the) for the 
wages of righteousness, nor discerned a 
reward for blameless souls. 

23 For G d created man to.be immor- 
tal, and n ade him to be an image ot his 
own eternity, 

24 Nevertheless, through envy ofthe 
devil came death into the world: and they 
that do hold ol his side do find it. 

CHAP. III. 
1 The godly arc happy in (heir death, 5 
and in their troubU s : 10 the nvickedtxre 
not, nor their children* The adulterer 
and his seed shall fterkkm 



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because it is known 
..en. 

-ire it : 

i " iuinphethfor- 

triving 

ing brood of:' 
c, nor take de< 
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. 

h in branches 

ey shall 

: .d, and through the 

: o»t. 

^ brc- 

: 

h begotten of unlawful beds, 
i against their 

. piteous be pr> 
. ihall he be in rest. 

t that which 
standeth in length ot time, nor that L> mea- 

- gray hair unto men, 
and an unspotted life is old age. 

10 He pleaseth God, and was beloved 

.iving among sinners he was 
ted. 

1 1 Yea, speedily was he taken a « 

: .Iter hisunderstand- 

:2UL 

^ofnaughtir. 
obscure things that are honest : and the 

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il pleased the Lord : tliere- 
to take ;m a* 

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WISDOM OF SOLdMON. 



Apocrypha. 



a reproach among the dead for evermore. 

19 For he shall rend them, and cast them ! 
down headlong, that they shall be speech- j 
less : and he shall shake them from the ' 
foundation ; and they shall be utterly laid | 
waste-} and be in sorrow ; and their memo- j 
rial shall perish. 

20 And when they cast up the accounts 
oj their sins, they shall come with fear: 
and their own iniquities shall convince them 
to their face. 

CHAP. V, 
1 The wicked shall wonder at- the godly, 
4 and confess their error, 5 and the 
vanity of their live*. 

THEN shall the righteous man stand 
in great boldness before the face, of 
such as have afflicted him, and made no 
account of his labours. 

2 When they see it, they shall be troub- 
led with terrible fear, and shall be amaz- 
ed at the strangeness of his salvation, so 
far beyond ail that they looked for. 

3 .And they repenting and groaning for 
anguish, of spirit, shall say within them- 
selves, This was he whom we had some- 
times in derision, and a proverb of re- 
proach : 

4 % We fools accounted his life madness, 
and his end to be without honor : 

5 % Hew is he numbered among the 
children of God, and his lot is among the 
saints I 

6 Therefore have we erred from the 
■way of truth, and the light of righteous- 
ness hath not shined unto us, and the sun 
of righteousness rose not upon us. 

7 We wearied ourselves in the way of 
•wickedness ancklestruction : yea, we have 
gone through, deserts, where there lay no 
■way : but as for the way of the Lord, we 
have not known it. 

8 What hath pride profited us? or, 
What good hath riches with our vaunting 
brought us ? 

9 All those things are passed away like 
• a shadow,. and as a post that hasteth by : 

10 And as a ship that passeth over the 
waves of the water, which, when it is gone 
by, the trace thereof cannot be found, nei- 
ther the path way of the keel, in the waves: 

11 Or as when z bird hath flown through 
the air, there is no token other way to be 
found, but the light air being beaten with 
the stroke cf her wings, and parted with 
the violent noise and motion of them, h 
passed through, and therein afterwards no 
sign where she went fe to be tound ; 

12 Or like as when an arrow is shot at 
a mark, it parteth the air, which imme- 
diately cometh together again, so that a 
man cannot know where it wwit through : 

.13 Even so .we> in like manner, as soon 
as we were born, began to draw to cur 



end, and had no sign of virtue to shew : 
but were consumed in our own wickedness. 

14 For the hope of the ungodly is like 
dust that is blown away with the wind ; 
like a thin froth that is "driven away with 
the storm : like as the smoke which is 
dispersed here and there with a tempest, 
and passeth away as the remembrance of 
a guest that tarrieth but a day. 

15 But the righteous live ior evermore : 
their reward also is with the Lord, and 
the care of them is with- the Most High. 

16 Therefore shall they receive a glori- 
ous kingdom, and a beautiful crown from 

j the Lord's hand : for with his right hand 
; shall he Cover them, and with his arm 
I shall he protect them. 

17 He shall take to him his jealousy for 
complete armour, and make the creature 
his weapon for the revenge oi/ris enemies, 

18 He shall put on righteousness as a 
breast plate, and true judgment instead of 
an helmet.. 

19 He shall take holiness for an invinci- 
ble shield. 

20 His severe wrath shall he sharpen 
for a sword, and the world shall fight with 
him against the unwise. 

21 Then shall the right aiming thunder- 
bolts go abroad : and lrom the clouds, as 
from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to 
the mark. 

22 And hailstones full of wrath shall be 
cast as out of a stone bow, and the water 
of the sea shall rage against them, and the 



floods shall cruelly drowsuthem. 

23 Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up 
against them, and like a storm shall blow 
them away : thus iniquity shall lay was^e 
the whole earth, and ill dealing shall over- 
throw the thrones of the mighty. 

OH A P. VL 
1 Kings must give ear : they have their 

power from God, 5 who will not spare 

them. 12 Wisdom is soon found: 21 

princes must seek for it. 

HEAR therefore, O ye kings, and un- 
derstand ;. learn, ye that be judges 
! ot the ends of the earth- 
| 2 Give ear, ye that rule the people, and 
1 glory in the multitude ot rations. 
i 3 % For power is given you of the Lord, 
: and sovereignty from the Highest, who 
• shall try your works r and search cut your 
; counsels, 

j 4 Because, being ministers of his king- 
I dom, ye have not judged aright, nor kept 
| the law, nor walked after the counsel of 
'j God ; 

5 % Horribly and speedily shall he come 
! upon you : for a sharp judgment shall be 
j to them that be in high places. 

6 For mercy will soon pardon the mea»- 
i est : but mighty men shall be mightily tor- 
mented. 



jQioayfihu. Cbap. 

7 For he which is Lord over all, shall 
fear no man's person, neither shall he 
stand in awe of any man's greatness : for 
he hath made the small and great, and 
careth tor all alike. 

8 But a sure trial shall come upon the 
mighty. 

to yc\i, therefore, O kings, do 1 
speak, that ye may learn wisdom, and not 
iali away. 

r they that keep holiness holily, 
shall be judged hyly ; ami they that have 
learned such things, shall find what to an- 
swer. 

11 Wherefore set jour affection upon 

.cm, and ye shall be 
instra 

12 If Wisdom is glorious, and never fa- 
deth away : s vu sl;e is easiiy seen of them 
that love her, and found of such as seek. 
iK-r. 

te prcventeth them that desire her, 
Ig herselt first known unto then:. 
14 Whoso seeketh her early shall have 
no great tnvail : for he shall nudher sit- 
ting ai his doors. 

13 To think therefore upon her is per- 
fection ot wisdom, aud whoso watcneth 
fix* her, shall quickly be without care. 

r she goeth about, seeking such as 

ably unto 'hem in tie waj », and meeteth 
them iu every thought. 

17 Bar the ■ jinning of her 

is tru care 

and ' , . is the 

:> near 
Odd ; 

then in thrones 

lay rtign for 
. 

. indhow 
. rnd wHlnot 

■II : but wi I 

her nativity, 

man sliall h..\ I 
Mom. 

ise iv the 
rid 

ceive therefore instruction through 
mv words, unlit s 

C 11 A P. Vll." 
1 All men 
i firej bred ' imtiom btfort 

all things the. 



vii. jfjijcrtftlia. $9? 

I MYSELF also nm a mort il man, like 
to all, and the of&pring of him that * as 
arm', 
\r:i\ in my mother's womb was fask- 
ioned to be flesh, in the time of tei 

oompacted in blood, of the sted ot 
man, and the pleasure that came «f 

9 And when I was born I drew in the 
. and fell upon the earth, which 
Be nature, and the first voice which 
1 uttered, was crj fog as all others do. 

4 1, | in swaddling ck tbes, 
and that with cares. 

5 I » king that had any o- 

•lh. 

6 For all men have one entrance int* 

7 \\ d,j nd anderstanif- 

ing was given me : 1 called upon God, and 
the spiritof wisdom came to me. 

8 «j f prefe r red her before sceptres aa< 

thrones, and esteemed riches notiiingin 
isoD of her. 

9 Neither compared I unto her any 
precious stone, Ixxause all gold in respect 

IS as a little sand, and silver shall 
t e c anted as clay before her. 

>.n e health and beauty, 
and chose to have her instead of light : 
for the light that cometh from her, ne\er 
goeth out. 

11 All good things together came to me 
with her, and innumerable riches in her 

3 I And 1 rejoiced in them all, because 
wisdom goeth before diem: and 1 knew 
not that she was the mother of them. 
i.> 1 learned diligently, and do cemmu- 
r liberally: I do not hide her 
* • 
3 a treasure unto men, that 
i they that use be- 
come the friends of God, being commend^ 
ruing. 

meet for the 
i i roe: because it iaiie 
dom, and dirccteth 
the W i 

• nd our 
words; all Wist know ledge ui 

., 

en n;e certain knowl- 
t!ie things that BfC, namely, to 

It n the world • 

the dme t the turning 

19 '1 be circuits ol 

I ving CMttUl 

die fail tests; the \ 



WISDOM OF SOLOMON, 



808 Afiocryfiha* 

■winds, and the reasonings of men : the 
diversities of plants, and the virtues of 
roots : 

21 And all such things as are either se- 
cret or manifest, them 1 know. 

22 For wisdom, which is the worker of 
all things, taught me : for in her is an un- 
derstanding spirit, holy, one only, mani- 
fold, subtile, lively, clear, undented, plain, 
not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is 
good, quick, "which cannot be letted, ready 
to do good, 

23 Kind to man, stedfast, sure, free 
from care, having all power, overseeing 
all things, and going through all under- 
standing, pure, and most subtile spirits. 

24 For wisdom is more moving than 
any motion : she passeth and gceth through 
all things by reason of her pureness. 

25 For she is the breath of the power oi 
God, and a pure influence flowing irom 
the glory of the Almighty : therefore can 
po defiled thing fall into her, 

26 For she is the brightness of the ever- 
lasting light, the unspotted mirror of the 
power ot God, and the image of his good- 
ness, 

27 And being but one, she can do all 
things ; and remaining in herself, she ma-? 
Iketh all things new: and in all ages en- 
tering into holy souls, she maketh them 
friends of God, and prophets. 

28 For God ioveth none but him that 
flwelleth wltl i wisdom. 

29 For she is mere beautiful than the 
sun, and above all the order of stars ; be- 
ing; compared with the light, she is found 
jbefore it, 

30 For after this cometh night : but 
Vice shall not prevail against wisdom. 

CHAP. VIII. 

2 He is in love with wisdom : 4 for he 

'that hath it, hath every good thing. 

WISDOM reacheth from one end to 
another mightily: and sweetly, doth 
she order all things. 

2 % 1 loved her, and sought her out from 
my youth, 1 desired to make her my spouse, 
and I was a lover of her beauty, 

3 In that she is conversant with God. 
she magniiietii her nobility : yea, the Lord 
of all things himself loved her. 

4 % For she is privy to the mysteries 
of the knowledge oi" God, and a lover of 
his works. 

5 If riches be a possession to be desired 
in this life ; What is richer than wisdom 
that worketh all things ? 

6 And if prudence work, Who of all 
that are, is a more cunning workman than 
she? 

if 7 And if a man love righteousness, her 
labours are virtues : for she teacheth tem- 
perance and prudence, justice aF.d ferti- 



Afiocryfihu; 

tude ; which are 3iieh things as men can 
have nothing more profitable in their lite; 

8 If a man desire much experience, she 
knoweUi things of old, and conjectureth 
aright what is to come : she knoweth the 
subtilties of speeches, and can expound 
dark sentences : she foreseeth signs and 
wonders, and the events ot seasons and 
times. 

9 Therefore I purposed to take her to 
me to live with me, knowing that she 
would be a counsellor of good "things, and 
a comfort in cares and grief. 

10 For her sake I shall have estimation 
among the multitude, and honour with 
the eiders, though I be young.. 

Ill shall be found of a quick conceit 
snt, and shail be admired in the 
sight of great men. 

12 When I hold my tongue, they shall 
bide my leisure, and when 1 speak, they 
shall give good ear unto me : if 1 talk much, 
they snail lay their hands upon their mouth . 

13 Moreover, by the means of her I 
shall obtain immortality, and leave behind 
me an everlasting memorial to them that 
come atter me. 

14 I shall set the people in order, and 
the nation shail be subject unto me, 

15 Horrible tyrants shall be afraid, 
when they do but hear of me : I shali be 
found good among the multitude, and val- 
iant in war. 

16 After I am come into mine house I 

Dse myself with her : for her con- 

n hath no bitterness, and to live 

with her hath no sorrow, but mirth and 

17 Now when I considered these things 
in myself,and pondered them in my heart, 
how that to be allied unto wisdom, is im- 
mortality. 

48 And great pleasure it is to have her 
friendship, and in the works o* her hands 
are infinite riches, and in the exercise of 
conference with her, prudence ; and in 
talking with her a good report : 1 went 
abcut seeking how to take her to me. 

19 For I was a witty child, and had a ' 
good spirit. 

20 Yea, rather being good, I came into 
a body undefiied. 

21 'Nevertheless, when I perceived that 
I could not otherwise obtain her, except 
God gave her me (and that was a point of 
wisdom also to know whose gift she was) : 
I prayed unto the Lord, and besought 
him, and with my whole heart I said, 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Prayer to Godfoi his wisdom, 6 with- 
out which the best man is nothing worth, 
13 neither can he tell how to please God. 

OGOD of my fathers, and Lord of 
mercy, who hast made all things with 
thy word, 



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huadmud, am a fet *- [.tr/n, '-r/ : . < : c 
stort tin 

feet am>jti* t..- 

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a we find the things th. :t «»re be: 
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WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 



A/ioeryfilm. 



15 She delivered the righteous people 
and blameless seed from ttie nation that 
oppressed them. 

16 ^ She entered into the soul of the 
servant of the Lord, and withstood dread- 
ful kings in wonders and signs : 

17 % Rendered to the righteous a reward 
of their labours, guided them in a marvel- 
lous way, and was unto them for a cover 
by day,' and a light or stars in the night 
€eason : 

18 Brought them through the Red sea, 
and \ed them through much water ; 

19 But she drowned their enemies, and 
cast them up out of the bottom pt the deep. 

20 Therefore the righteous spoiled the 
ungodly, and praised th\ holy name, O 
Lord, and mat:; ifiei with one accord thine 
hand that fought for them. 

21 For wisdom opened the mouth of 
the dumb, and made the tongues of them 
that cannot speak, eloquent. 

CHAT. XI; 

5 The Egyptians were fiurdshed^ and the 

Israelites > eserved in the tame thing. 

SHE prospered their works 141 the hand 
of the holy prophet. 

2 They went through the wilderness 
that was not inhabited, and pitched tents 
m places where there lay no way. 

3 They stood against their enemies, and 
were avenged of their adversaries. 

4 When they were thirsty, they called 
upon thee, and water was given them out 
of the flinty rock, and their thirst was 
<juenche8 out of the hard stone. 

5 % For by what things their enemies 
were puni -hed, by the same they in their 
need were benefited. 

6 Fj instead of a fountain of a perpet- 
ual running river troubled with foul blood, 

7 For a manifest reproof of that com- 
rhaMment,whereby the infants were slaki, 
thou gavest unto them abundance of wa- 
ter, bv a means which they hoped not for : 

8 Declaring by that thirst then how 
•thou hadst punished their adversaries. 

9 For when they were tried, albeit but 
in mercy chastised, they knew how the 
ungodly were judged in wrath, and tor- 
mented, thirsting in another manner than 
the just. 

10 For these thou, di dst admonish and 
try, as a father : but the other, as a severe 
king, thou didst condemn and puni ,h. 

11 Whether they were absent, or pre- 
sent, they were vexed alike. 

12 For a double grief came upon them, 
and a groaning fer the -remembrance oi 
•things past. 

13 For when they heard by their own 
•punishments the other to be benefitted, 
they had some feeling of the Lord, 

Xi- For whom they rejected with scorn, 



when he . was long before thrown out at 
the casting forth of the infants^ him in the 
end, when they saw what came to pass, 
they admired. 

15 But for the foolish devices of their 
wickedness, wherewith being deceived, 
they worshipped serpents void of reason, 
and vile beasts, thou didst send a multi- 
tude of unreasonable beasts uponthem for 
vengeance ; 

16 That they might know that where- 
withal a man sinneth, by the same also 
shall he be punished. 

17 For thy Almighty hand that made 
the world of matter without form, wanted 
not means to send among them a multi- 
tude of bears, or fierce iions, 

18 Or unknown wild beasts, full of rage, 
newly created, breathing out either a fiery 
vapour, or filthy scents of scattered smoke, 
or shooting horrible sparkles cut of their 
eyes) : 

19 Whereof not only the harm might 
dispatch them at once, but also the terrible 
sight utterly de&troy them. 

20 Yea, and without these might they 
have fallen down with one blast, being per- 
secuted of vengeance,and scattered abroad 
through thebreath of thy power: but thou 
hast ordered all things "in measure, and 
number, and weight. 

21 For thou canst shew thy great 
strength at all times when thou wilt ; and, 
Whomaywithstahdtfte power ofthinearm. 

22 For the whole world before thee is 
as a little grain of the balance, yea, as a 
drop of the morning dew thatfalleth down 
upon the earth. 

23 But thou hast mercy upon all ; for 
thou canst do all things, and winkest at 
the sins of men : because they should a- 
mend. 

24 For thou lovest all the things that 
are, and abhorrest nothing which thou hast 
made : for never woutdest thou have made 
any thing *f thou hadst hated it. 

25 And, How could any thing have en- 
dured, if it had not been thy will I Or 
been preserved, if not called by thee ? 

2(5 But thou sparest all : for they are 
thine, O Lord, thoa lover of souls. 

CHAP. XI^. 
2 God did not destroy those of Chanaan 

all at once : 12 if he had done so, Who 

could control M?nJ 

FOR thine incorruptible Spirit is in all 
things. 
2 «[ Therefore chastened thou them by 
little and little that offend, and warnest 
them bv putting them in remembrance 
wherein they have offended, that leaving 
their wickedness, they mav believe on thee, 
O Lord. 
' 3 For it was thy will to destroy by the 



Afxcryfiha. 



Ghapa xiii. 



jffiocryfiha. til 



hands of our fathers, both tho>e old inhab- 
itants of thy holy land, 

4 Whom thou hatedst for doing most o- 
dious works of vs itcbcraits, and v. ickcd sac- 
rifices; 

5 And also those merciless murderers 
ofchiMren, and devourers of men's flesn, 
and the leasts ot blood, 

6 With their priests out of the midst 
of their idolatrous crew, and the parents 
that killed with their own hands, souis des- 
titute of help : 

7 That the land which thou estecmedst 
above all other, might receive a worthy 
colony of God's children. 

8 Nevertheless, even those thou spar- 
edst as men, and did send wasps, forerun- 
ners or' thine host, to destroy them by little 
and i 

9 Hot that thou wast unable to bring 
the ungodly under t*>e hand of the right- 

battle, or to destroy them at once 

r with one rough word : 

it executing thy judgments upon 

them by kittle and little, th< u gavest thern 

. 

jhty generation, and 
r malice was bred in them, and 
c cogitation would never I 
ged. 
11 Fur it was a cursed seed from the I je- 
ier didst thou, for ft i 
uy man, rive them pardon ii r those things 
niined. 
• • say, rVhathast thou 

dfloef O] . tand thy judg- 

ment : i 
DAtkmsth 
or, VVho HhaU 
t 

13 Fi 

thou, that casest for all, I 

t is not 
unright. 

14 N 

■OQS thyself, th 

-. 

power I 

thou art 
strength, 

thu'l in . . 

l&Bu 
est wit! i equity, 



19 But by such works hast thou taught 
thy people, that the just man should be 
merciful, and hast made thy children to be 
of good hope, that thou gi vest repentance 
tor sins. 

20 For if thou didst punish the enemies 
of they children, and the condemned to 
death with such deliberation, giving them 
time and place, whereby they might be 
delivered from their malice: 

21 With how great circumspection didst 
thou judge thine own s ns, unto whose te- 
thers ihou hast sworn, and made covenants 
of good prorr isc s I 

22 Therefore, whereas thou dost chast- 
en us, thou scourgest our enemies a thou- 
sand times more, to the intent that when 
we judge, we should carefully think of thy 
goodness, and when we ourselves are judg- 
ed, we should look for mercy. 

23 Wherefore, whereas men have lived 
dissolutely and unrighteously, thou hast 
tormented diem with their own abomina- 
tions. 

24 For they went astray very far in the 
ways of error, and held them for gods, 
which even among the beasts of their ene- 
mies were despised, being deceived as chil- 
dren of iio understanding. 

25 Therefore unto them, as to children 
without the use of reason, thou didst send 
a judgment to mock them* 

26 But they that would not lie reformed 
by that correction wherein he dallied with 
them, shall ted a Judgment worthy of God. 

27 For it things they grudg- 
ed, when they were punished, mat is, for 
them whom they thought to be gods ; [now] 

ished in them, when they saw 

I him to be the true 

m before they denied to know ; 

etore came extreme damnation 

uponthi . 

CHAT. XIII. 

: rt/i:/> the ivorka of 
. 

SI Id . 
coulf 
not of the good things 

■ 
work 1 , did they 
er ; 
2 Bui i 

MI), CO 



§22 Apocrypha* 

power and virtue, let them understand by 
them, how much mightier he is that made 
them. 

5 For by the greatness and beaut}' of the 
creatures, proportionably the maker of 
them is seen, 

6 But yet tor this they are the less to be 
blamed : for they peradventure err, seek- 
ing God, and desirous to find him. 

7 For being corversant in his works, 
they search him diligently, and believe 
their sight : because the things are beauti- 
ful that are seen. 

8 Howbeit, neither are they to be par- 
doned. 

9 For if they were able to know so much, 
that they could aim at the world ; Flow, 
did they not sooner find out the Lord there- 
of? 

10 But miserable are they, and in 
dead things h their hope, whe 

gods which are the works of i ! 
gold and silver to shew art in, and resem- 
blances of beasts, or a stone good tor noth- 
ing, the work of an ancient hand. 

XI Now a carpenter that felleth timber, 
after he hath sawn down a tree meet for 
the purpose, and taken off ail the bark 
skilfully round about, and hath wrought it 
handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit 
for the service of man's life ; 

12 Ti And after spending the refuse of his 
work to dress his meat, hath filled himself ; 

13 And taking the very refuse among 
those which served to no use, being a 
crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, 
bath carved it diligently, when he had 
nothing else to do, and formed it by the 
skill of his understanding, and fashioned it 
to the image of a man ; 

14 Or made it like some vile beast, lad- 
ing it over with vermilion, and with paint, 
colouring it red, and covering every spot 
therein ; 

15 And when he had made a conve- 
rgent room for it, set it in a wail, and made 
St fast with iron : 

16 For he provided for it that it might 
" not fall, knowing that it was unable to help 

itself: for it is an image, and hath need 
of help: 

17 Then maketh he prayer for his goods 
for his wife and children, and is not asham- 
ed to speak to that which hath no life. 

18 For health he caileth upon that 
which is weak : for life, pray eth to that 
which is dead: for aid, humbly beseech- 
cth that which hath least means to help : 

a good journey, he askeih of that 
which cannot set a root forward : 

19 And for gaining, and getting, and for 

: cess of his hands, ask eth ability 
to do, of him that is most unable to do any 
thing. 



WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 



Apocrypha, 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 Though men do not pray to their ships: ' 

5 yet they are saved by them rather 
than by their idols. 

AGAIN, one preparing himself to sail, 
and about to pass through the raging 
waves, caileth upon a piece of wood, more 
rotten than the vessel that carrieth him. 

2 For verily desire of gain deviseth thai, 
and the workman built it by his skill. 

3 But thy providence, O Father, gov- 
erneth it : for thou hast made a way in 
the sea, and a safe path in the waves : 

4 Shewing that thou canst save from all 
clanger : yea, though a man went to sea 
without art. 

^ 5 % Nevertheless, thou wouldestnot that 

ks of thy wisdom should be idl<e 5 

; e do men commit their lives 

- mall piece of wood, and passing the 

roui sea, in a weak vessel, are saved. 

6 For in the old time also, when the 

ants perished, the hope of the 
world governed by thy hand, escaped in a 
weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of 
generation. 

7 For blessed is the wood whereby right- 
eousness cometh. 

8 But that which is made with hands is 
cursed, as Well it, as he that made it : he, 
because he made it ; and it, because being 
corruptible, it was called god. 

9 For the ungodly, and his ungodliness, 
are both :J onto God. 

10 For that which is made, shall be pun- 
ished together withfrim that made it. 

11 Therefore, even upon the idols of 
the Gentiles shall there be a visitation : 
because in the creature of God they are 
become an abomination, and stumbling 

o the souls of men, and a snare to 
the feet of the unwise. 

12 For the devising of idols was the be-* 
ginning of spiritual fornication,, and the 
invention of them the corruption of -life. 

13 For neither were they from the be- 
ginning, neither shall they be for ever. 

14 For by the vain glory of men they en-* 
tered into the world, and therefore shall 
they come shortly to an end. 

■ a father afflicted With untimely 

r i • • en he hath made an image 

/; taken away, now honoured 

god, which was then a dead man, 

ivered to those that were under 

him, ceremonies and sacrifices. 

16 Thus in process of time an ungodly 

rown strong, was kept as a law, 
and graven images were worshipped by 
the commandments of kings. 

17 Whom men could not honour in pre- 
sence, because they dwelt far off, they took 

visage from far, and 
made an express image of a king whom 



Jfiocryfiha. 

they honoured, to the err - ' tl 

fbrwan him that 

18 Ai 
tHicer did help 

. 

19 For he, peradventure 

to make 

\s\\\c\ a Uttl - loured as 

a man. 

21 And thi i deceive 

I 

imc. 

■ 

( he great 

plagues 

in sacrifi 
si m i i 

r mar- 
i 

titerousiy, or grieved 

reigned in all men, 
■without exception, blood, manslaughter, 
theft, and dissimulation, corrupt] 

irgetful- 

- 

g ; ng ot k ■• in marriages, adul- 

rmess. 

•r the worshipping of idols not to 

evil. 

hen they 
he merry, or ; e unjust- 



he hurt. 



be justl 

l 

i 

'hem by 

- 

I 

c ;i 

c 

tl 



Chap. xv. -ryfiha. Zl3 

2 Fortokno-w tl 

.- 

us in- 

_ 

ur .; 

- 
- 

[j^tiiem, 

- 

clay he 

■ 

sort, tl 

8 And employing hi 
maketha 

he which a little before was made 6 
himself, and within a little while after re- 
turned! to the same, out of the which he 
i, when bis life which was lent 
hin\shallbe demani 

nding; his care i^, not that 
he shall have much labi ur, nor that h» ii'e 
is short : but striveth to excel goldsmiths, 
and silversmiths-, and endeavoured) to do 
HVe the workers in brass, and counteth it 
ngs. 

10 His heart isashes, his hope is more 
vile than earth, and his life of less value 
than clay : 

11 Forasmuch as he knew not hjs Ma- 

; 

andourti 

r 

ish, and aie more m 
he ith< nto 

B 
: 
I 



814 Apocrypha. 



WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 



•worshipped! : whereas he lived once, but 
they never. 

18 Yea, they worshipped those beasts 
also that are most hateful : ior being com- 
pared together, some are worse than 
others. 

19 Neither are they beautiiul, so much 
as to be desired in respect of beasts : but 
they went without the praise of God and 
his blessing. 

CHAP. XVI. 
2 God gave strange meat to Ms people, to 
stir "up. their appetite, and vile beasts 
to thar enemies, to take it Jrom them : 
5 he stung them with serpents, ifc. 

THEREFORE by the like were they 
punished worthily, and by the multi- 
tude of beasts tormented. 

2 % Instead of which punishment, deal- 
ing graciously with thine own people, thou 
prepareclst for them meat of a strange 
taste, even quails to stir up their appe- 
tite : 

3 To the end, that they desiring food, 
might, for the ugly sight of the beasts sent 
among them, loathe even that which they 
must needs desire ; hut these suffering 
penury for a short "pace, might be made 
partakers of a strange taste. 

4 For it was requisite, that upon them 
exercising irmj should come penury, 
wluch the] could not avoid : but to these 
it should only be shewed how their ene- 
mies were tormented. 

5 % For when the horrible fierceness of 
beasts came upon these, and they perished 
with the slings of crooked serpents, thy 
wrath endured not forever : 

6 But they were troubled for a small 
season, that they might be admonished, 
having a sign of salvation, to put them in 
remembrance of the commandment of thy 
law. 

7 For he that turned himself toward it, 
was not saved by the thing that he saw : 
but by thee that art the Saviour of all. 

8 And in this thou madest thine enemies 
confess, that it is thou who deliverest from 
all evil : 

9 For them the bitings cf grasshoppers 
and flies killed, neither was there found 

* any remedy for their life : for they were 
worthy to be punished by such. 

10 Bu: thy sons, not the very teeth of 
venomous dragons overcame : for thy mer- 
cy was ever by them, and healed them. 

11 For they were pricked, that they 
should remember thy words, and were 
quickly saved, that not falling into deep 
forgetfulness, they might be continually 
mindful of thy goodness. 

12 For it was neither herb, nor mollify- 
ing plaster that restored them to health : 
but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all 
tilings. 



Afioycrfiha. 

13 For thou hast power of life and 
death : thou leadest to the gates of hell, 
and bringest up again. 

14 A man indeed killeth through his 
malice ; and the spirit, when it is gone 
forth, returneth not ; neither the soul re- 
ceived up, cometh again. 

15 But it is not possible to escape thine 
hand. 

16 For the ungodly that denied to know 
thee,were scourged by the strength of thine 
arm : with strange rains, hails, and show- 
ers were they persecuted, that they could 
not avoid, and through fire were they con- 
sumed. 

17 For, which is most to be wondered 
at, the fire had more force in the water 
that quencheth all things : for the world 
fighteth for the righteous. 

18 For sometime the flame was mitiga- 
ted, that it might not burn up the beasts 
that were sent against the ungodly : but 
themselves might see and perceive, that 
they were persecuted with the judgment 
of God. 

19 And at another time it burnetii even 
in the midst of water, above the power cf 
fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an 
unjust land. 

SO Instead whereof thou feddest thine 
own people with angel's food, and didst 
send them from heaven bread prepared 
without their labour, able to content every 
man's delight, and agreeing to every taste. 

21 For thy sustenance declared thy 
sweetness unto thy children, and serving 
to the appetite of the eater, tempered it- 
self to every man's liking. 

22 But snow and ice endured the fire, 
and melted not that they might know that 
fire burning in the hail, and sparkling in 
the rain, did destroy the fruits of the ene- 
mies. 

23 But this again did even forget his 
own strength, that the righteous might be 
nourished. 

24 For the creature that serveth thee 
who art the Maker, increaseth his strength 
against the unrighteous for their punish- 
ment, and abateth his strength for the 
benefit of such as put their trust in thee. 

25 Therefore even then was it altered 
into all fashions, and was obedient to thy 
grace that ncurisheth all things according 
to the desire of them that had need : 

26 That thy children, O Lord, whom thou 
lovest, might know, that it is not the grow- 
ing of fruits that ncurisheth man : but that 
it is thy word, which preserveth them that 
put their trust in thee. 

27 For that which was not destroyed of 
the fire, being warmed with a little sun 
beam, soon melted away : 

28 That it might be known, that we 



Vf/iocryfiha. 

must prevent the sun to give thee + . mfcs, 
and at the dayspring pray unto thee. 

29 For the hope ot the unthankful shall 
rneit away as the v. inter's hoar fro.-t, and 
shall run awav as unprofitable water. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 IVhy the Egyptians were furnished with 
:ess. 11 The terrors of anili con- 
science* 

FOR great are thy judgments, and can- 
not be expressed: therefore unnur- 
tured souls have erred. 

2 For when unrighteous men thought 
tooppress the holy nation ; they being shut 
up in their houses, the prisoners of dark- 
id fettered with the bonds ol a long 

night, lay [there] exiled from the eternal 

iCe. 

3 For while they supposed to lie hid in 
their sec r were scattered under 
a dark i . ulness, being horribly 

led, and troubled with [j 

i neidier might the corner that 

m trom fear: butnei- 

>wn, sounded a- 

-.!) and sad visions appeared unto 

nntenances. 

5 N< | fire might give them 

en that horrible 

.red unto them a fire 

.:ul : for being 

le things 

which they saw, to be worse than the sight 

7 As for the illusi nsr fartmagick, they 
auntiug in wis- 
- 

• eaway 
andt 

- 

then i : asts that 

ide be a- 
11 ■ F d by her 

I 

I 5 V ith monstrous 



Chap. xvii, xviif. jifiwyfiha. 815 

apparitions, and partly tainted, their heart 
failed them : for a sadden fear, and not 
looked for, came upon them. 

16 So then, whosoever there fell down, 
was straidy kept, shut up i i a prison with- 

, bars, 

17 For whether he were husbandman, 
or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he 
was overtaken, and endured that n 
ty, which could net be avoided : for they 
were all bound with one chain of darkness. 

13 Whether it were a whistling wind, 
or a melodious noise ol" birds among the 
spreading branches, or a pleasing iall ot" 
water running violently, 

19 Or a terrible sound of stones cast 
down, era running that could not be seen 
of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of 

: d Leasts, or a rebounding 
echo from the hollow mountains: these 
things made them to swoon for fear : 

20 For the whole world shined with clear 
light, and none were hindered iu their la- 

21 Over them only was spread an heavy 
night, an image ol that darkness which 
should afterward receive them : but yet 
were they unto tliemselves more grit, vous 
than the darks 

C H A P. XVIII. 
4 Why Egypt, was punished with dark- 
?iess, and with the death of their chil- 
dren* 



NERTHELESS, thy saints had a 
very great light, whose voice they 
hearing, theirshape,lj 

.things, 
they a anted them happy, 

it for that the rt them 

wow, of whom the;' had been wr 

fore, they thanked them, and i. 
them pardon, for that they had been ene- 
mies. 

fthon gavest 

:' 
: 

I 

■ 
ed of light ai d imp] \» i ed in dai 

the UttO 

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and travail to interpret it ; using great 
-watchfulness and skill in that space, to 
bring the book to an end, and set it forth 
ibr them aiso, which in a strange country 
are willing to learn, being: prepared before 
In manners to live after the law. 

CHAP. I. 
2 All wisdom is from God: 10 He give'h 
it to them that love him* 12 The fear 
of God is full cf many bksmigs. 

ALL wisdom cometh from the Lord, 
and is with him for ever. 

2 Who can number the sand of the sea, 
and the drops of rain, and the days of eter- 
nity i 

3 Who can find out the height ot heav- 
en, and the breadth of the earth, and the 
deep, and wisdom* i 

4 Wisdom hath been created before all 
things, and the understanding of prudence 
from everlasting. 

5 The word ot God most high is the 
fountain of wisdom ; and her ways are 
everlasting commandments. 

6 To whom hath the root of wisdom 
been revealed ? or, Who hath known her 
wise counsels ? 

7 [Unto whom hath the knowledge of 
wisdom been made manifest I and, Who 
hath understood her great experience ?] 

8 There is one wise and greatly to be 
feared ; the Lord sitting upon his throne. 

9 He .created her, and saw her, and 
numbered her, and poured her out upon 
all his works. 

^ 10 *f She is with all flesh according to 
liis gift, and he hath given her to them 
that love him. 

11 The tear of the Lord is honour, and 
glory, and gladness, and a crown of re- 
joicing. 

12 *% The fear of the Lord maketh a 
merry heart, and giveth joy and gladness, 
and a long Hie. 

13 Whoso feareth the Lord, it shall go 
well with him at the last, and he shall find 
favour in the day of his death. 

14 To fear the Lord is the beginning of 
wisdom : and it was created with the 
faithful in the womb. 

15 She hath built an everlasting found- 
ation with men, and she shall continue 
with their seed. 

16 To fear the Lord is fulness of wis- 
dom, and filleth. men with her Iruits. 

17 She filleth all their houses with things 
desirable, and the garners with her in- 
crease. 

18 The fear of the Lord is a crown ol 
wisdom, making peace and perfect health 
to flourish : both which are the gifts of 
God : and it enlargeth their rejoicing that 
love him. 

19 Wisdom raineth down skill and 



ASTICUS. Afiocryfiha. 

knowledge of understanding, and exalteth 
them to honour that hold her fast. 

20 The root of wisdom is to fear the 
Lord, and the branches thereof are lone 
life. 

21 The fear of the Lord driveth away 
sins : and where it is present, it turneth 
away wrath. 

22 A furious man cannot be justified : 
for the sway of his fury shall be his de- 
struction. 

23 A patient man will bear for a time, 
and afterward joy shall spring up unto him. 

24 He will hide his words for a time, 
and the lips of many shall declare his 
wisdom. 

9,5 The parables of knowledge are in 
the treasures of wisdom : but godliness is 
an abomination to a sinner. 

26 If thou desire wisdom, keep the com- 
mandments, aad the Lord shall give her 
unto thee. 

27 For the fear of the Lord is wisdom 
and instruction ; and faith and meekness 
are his delight. 

28 Distrust not the fear of the Lord,, 
when thou art poor ; and come not unto 
him with a double heart. 

29 Be not an hypocrite in the sight of 
men, and take good heed what thou 
speakest. 

30 Exalt not thyself, lest thou fall, and 
bring dishonour upon thy soul, and so God 
discover thy secrets, and cast thee down 
in the midst of the congregation, because 
thou earnest not in truth to the fear of the 
Lord, but thy heart is full of deceit. 

C H A P. IT. 
1 God/s servants must look for trouble* 7 
and be patient^ and trust in him: 12 
for woe to them that do not sol 

MY son, if thou come to serve the 
Lord, prepare thy soul for tempt- 
ation. 

2 Set thy heart aright, and constantly 
endure, and make not haste in time of 
trouble. 

3 Cleave unto him, and depart not a- 
way, that thou mayest be increased at thy 
last end. 

4 Whatsoever is brought upon thee, 
take cheerfully, and be patient when thou 
art changed to a low estate. 

5 For go'd is tried in the tire, and ac- 
ceptable men in the furnace of adversity. 

6 Believe in him, and he will help thee ; 
order thy way aright, and trust in him. 

7 H Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his 
mercv, and go not aside lest ye tall. 

8 Ye that fear the Lord,' believe him, 
and vour reward shall not faii. 

9 Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, 
and for everlasting joy and mercy. 

10 Look at the generations of old, and 



Jpfjcryfiha. Chap, 

see : Did ever any trust in the r^rri. and 

Vhom did 

he ever dispi <e, that called upon him I 

11 For the Lord is full of compassion 
and mercy, long suffering, and very piti- 
ful, and forgrveth sins, and saveth in time 
of affli. 

IC ■ Woe be to fearful to 

c.nd the sinner t. at goeth two 
ways ! 

13 Woe unto him that is fainthearted! 
for hebe re shall he not 
be defended. 

14 W i that have lost pa- 

when die 
I 

15 They that fear the Lord, will not 
disobey his word ; and they that love him 
will keep liis 

hey that' fear the Lord, will seek 
that which i» v. ell \ leasing unto him ; and 
they that love him snail be filled with the 
law. 

17 They that fear the Lord, will pre- 
pare their hearts, and humble their souls 

ying, we v. ill fall into the hands of 
the Lord, and not into the hands of men : 
tor as i. 3 his mercy. 

C HA P. III. 
2 Child ■ '.'Air and helfk their 

parent*. 21 Wemaynotderire tokn&w 
all th 

HEAIi me, . O children, 

and du thereafter, that ye may be 

r tht Lord hath given the father 
honour over the children, and hath confir- 
med the authority of the mother over the 
sons. 

'h his father, makcth 
an atone 

ther, is 
as one that lay eth up treasure. 

5 Whoso h 

■ 

6 Hl 

have a . obedient 

e Lord, dial! rt to his 

7 Ik- 1 hat 1 

to his pa - 

- 
. but the 

- 

■ 
ther, forth . 

hee. 



iii. '.:. SO 

11 For f he £tery of a man, is from tl»e 
In ■> father ; a: • 1 a mothe r 
honour, is a reproach to the children. 

and grieve him not as long a^ he \v 

13 And it his understanding fai 
patience with him, and despise him net 
•Alien thou art in thv full strength. 

14 For the relieving of thy father shall 
net be forgotten ; and instead of sins, it 

■ added to build thee up. 

15 In the day of thine affliction it shall 
be remembered : thy sins also shall melt 

the ice is the weather* 

16 He that forsaketh bis father is as a 

-.er, and he that angereth hie mo- 
ther, is cursed ot God. 

17 My son, go on with thy business in, 

u be beloved of him 

e gi ea'er then art, the more hum- 
ble th) self, and thou shalt find favour be- 

19 M e. and of re- 

nown; but mysteries are reveak 
the meek. 

L r >rd is great, 
is honoured of the \ 
23 ' . :hatare 

too hard for thee, neither search die things 
. 
it what is commanded '.hee, think 
thereup i .-i-ncs; for it 

For the to see with thine q/cs the 
things that are in secret. 

necessary mat- 
--> are shewed unto 

many are deceived by their own 
pinion, and ai 

It want lights 
not the knowledge therefore that 

. not. 
\ stu!)l>orn heart shall fare evil at 
tad he that loveth dangc 
•.lain. 

' eart shall be laden 
: row, and the 

the punishment of the proud there 
.cdnesa 

. '.m. 

v ill un- 

r 

• 
ater will qu 

- 

. 

C H A t\ IV. 

'jT or father- 



Is 

to w 



tticev 

6 For 
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ECCLESIASTICU5. Afmcrypha* 

ii^.O and hot I sin; ar d there is a shame which far glory 

poor of his 22 Accept no person against thy PC-i-iT, 
eyes { ai d lei not the reverence ol any man cause 

23 And refrain not to speak, when 
ere is « ■cession to do good, and hide net 
f wisdom in her beauty, 
yeli liimthat 34 For by speech wisdom shall be 
nown ; and le&rmag by the word of tlie 

25 In no wise speafe against the truth : 
ut be abashed of the error of thine igno- 
rance. 

ccasion to curse j 26 Be not ashamed to confess thy sins j 
i and force not the course oi 2. e river, 

ike not thyself an underjingto a 
1 man; neither-accept the person of 
is mighty. 

e "■ r the truth unto death, and 
e ; iord shall fight lor thee. 
2,' Be not hasty in thy tongue; and in 

30 Be not is a iion iusiw house; nor 



^ the bitteroe 
11 be heard 



a wren?;, 
ppresj r: and be 
n thou sittest in 


to recede. 


; nd be stretched out 
and shut when thou shouidest 


to the fatherless, 

c\ unto their moth- 
he son of the Most 


repay. 

1 We nmet 
strength. 


C H A P. V. 

. ~ir~v cab. hand 
. nm oj llit k$ of God, to 






thy heart upon thy goods ; and 

i ugh lor my tite* 

not thine own mind^ and thy 

walk in '■■ <. ways of thv heart. 

j not, Vvho^hali control me 

ks? For i he Loidwiil sureiy 



UiH 



fee sh 

shah hi 

■ 17 1 

him I v 

dread' 
•frercs ■-:•■: 
stud tn 



him, and \ 

20 % oi 

wat c of c-. 
It concern* 

21 lor ! 



have sinned', and. What 
pened unto ree ? Fur the 
fiering, he will m no wise 

* propitiation, be not with- 

■ • i ercy is great ; 

i ( ; i>i ti e n ultitude of ny 

ai ■• '. rath come from 

Lignatk n tested upon sin- 

irrj '■■'}{ to turn to the Lcr J, 

fi i 3:1 day te day : { or sud- 

wi ath of the 1/ "2 come 

security th< u -biJt be c!e- 

it dayoi vU'i.euuce. 

e heart upon goods ui.iust- 

all not profit thee in 

ot ", Lth every "wind, and go 
r so d< th the sinner 

landing, and 

hear ; and let thy life be 



sincere, and with pa sswer. 

thy oeij od upon 

13 Honour and shame is in talk : and 
■ 

and lie 
r a foul 
-. upon the : evil con- 

demn 
15 Be 

C li A P. VI. 

INS'i E . 'end. become not an 

for [thereby] • 

. tme and reproach : 
. .'. double 
• 

nnsel of 
» >oul be not tern 
;ie.) 
i 

. im that 

all m^ke hiin to be hashed 
I 

5 Sweet l^.^uge will n. 
and a lair speaking ton.nie win 

h many: nev. 

eand. 
i friend, prove 

'end is a con 

■ 
■ 

him. 

- 



ri,vi:. Jficcryfika. 531 

thy youth up ; so shaft thou find wisdom 
»e old age. 

19 Come uato her as one that plough- 
ed and sov.eth, and wait tor her g.>xl 
fruits ; for thcu shalt not toil much in la- 
bouring; about her, but thou shalt eat of her 
:cn. 
She is very unpleasant to the unlearn- 
ed : be 'hat is wi-.hout understanding will 
Lth her. 

ipon him, as a soigj 
stone of trial ; and lie will cast her from 
him ere it be long. 

: .: lug to her name, 
. 

*e ray advice, 
Bfusc not my counsel, 

feet into her fetters ; 
and thy neck into her chain. 

shoulder, and bear 
her, and be not grieved with her bonds. 

26 Come unto her with thy whole hearty 
and keep hei\ways with all thy jxnvcr. 

Search sd seek, and she shall be 
made kn ;wn unto ihee : and when thou 
hold of her, let her not go. 
2i> For at the last thcu shalt find her 
rest, and that shall be turned to thy joy. 

Ben be a strong 
defence for thee, and her chains a robe of 

20 For there is a golden ornament up- 
on her, and her bands are purple lace. 

It put her -on as a robe of 
honour : and shalt put her about thee as a 
. 

If thru wilt, thou shalt be 
;:d if thou wilt apply thy mind, 
thou shah be prudent. 

33 If thou love to hear, thou sh 
ceive understanding : and if thou be 

od in the multitude of the elders, 
and cleave unto him that i. 

35 lie wulntg to hear every godly dis- 
... 1 let not the parables of under - 

E thee. 
.1 if thou see.^t a man oil 

. 
4 his door. 
1 
of the L 

n • to 

I 



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ECCLESIASTICUS. 



4 f[ Seek not of the Lord preeminence, 
neither of the king the seat of honour. 

5 Justify not thyself befcre the Lord, 
and boast' not of thy wisdom before the 
king. 

6 Seek not to be judge, being not able 
to take away iniquity, lest at any time thou 
fear the person ol the mighty, and lay a 
stumbling block in the way of thy upright- 
ness, 

7 Offend not against the multitude of a 
city, and then thou shalt not cast thysielf 
down among the people. 

8 "ft Bind not one sin upon another, for 
in one thou shalt not be unpunished. 

9 Say not, God will look upon the mul- 
titude of my oblations, and when I offer to 
the most high God, he will accept it. 

10 % Be not faint hearted when thou 
rnakest thy prayer, and neglect not to give 
alms. 

11 Laugh no man to scorn in the bitter- 
ness of his soul : for there is one which 
humbleth and exalteth. 

12 Devise not a lie against thy brother : 
neither do tne like to thy Iriend. 

. 13 Use not to make any manner of lie : 
for the custom thereof is not good. 

14 Use not many words in a multitude 
of elders, and make not much babbling 
when tbou prayest. 

15 Hate not laborious work, neither hus- 
bandry, which the Most High hath or- 
dained. 

16 Number not thyself among the mul- 
titude of sinners, but remember tliat wrath 
will not tarry long. 

17 Humble thy soul greatly : for the 
vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms. 

18 Change not a friend for any good by 
no means : neither a faithful brother for 
the gold of Ophir. 

19 Forego not a wise and good woman : 
for her grace is above gold. 

20 Whereas thy servant worketh tru- 
ly, entreat him not evil, nor the hireling 
that bestoweth himself wholly for thee. 

21 Let thy soul love a good servant, and 
defraud him not of liberty. 

22 Hast thou cattle ? have an eye to 
them : and if they be fcr thy profit, keep 
them with- thee. 

23 Hast thou children ? instruct them, 
and bow down iheirneck from their youth. 

24 Kast the. i daughters ? have a care 
of their body, and shew not thyself cheer- 
ful toward them. 

25 Marry thy daughter, and so shalt 
thou have performed a weighty matter : 
but give her to a man of u nderstanding. 

26 Hast thou a wife after thy mind ? 
forsake her not : but give not thyself oyer 

ight. woman. 
"lourthv father witll'*thy vkc:e 



Afiocryfih®* 

heart, -nd forget not the sorrows of thy 
mother. 

28 Remember that thou wast begotten 
of them, and, How canst thou recompense 
them the things that they have done for 
thee I 

29 Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and 
reverence his priests. 

30 Love him that made thee with all thy 
strength, and forsake not his ministers. 

31 Fear the Lord, and honour the priest : 
and give him bis portion, as it is command- 
ed thee ; the first fruits, and the trespass 
offering, and the gift of the shoulders, *nd 
the sacrifice of sanctificaticn, and the first 
fruits of the holy things ; 

32 And stretch thine hand unto the 
poor, that thy blessing may be perfected. 

53 A gift hath grace in the sight of eve- 
ry man living, and for the dead detain it 
not. 

34 Fail not to be with them that weep, 
and mourn with-tbem that mourn. 

35 Be not slow to visit the sick ; for that 
shall make thee to be beloved. 

56 Whatsoever thou takestin hand, re- 
member the end, and thou shalt never do 
amiss. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Whom wt may not strive ivith^ 8 nor 

des/iive, 10 nor provoke ', 15 nor have 

to do with. 

STRIVE not with a mighty man, lest 
thou tail into his hand*. 

2 Be not at variance with a rich mang- 
iest be overweigh thee : for gold hath de- 
stroyed many, and perverted the hearts of 
kings. 

3 Strive not with a man that is full of 
tongue, and heap not food upon his fire. 

4 Jest not with a rude man, lest thy an- 
cestors be disgraced. 

5 Reproach not a man that turneth 
from sin, but remember that we are all 
worthy of punishment. 

6 Dishonour not a man in his old age : 
for even some of us wax old. 

7 Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy 
being dead, but remember that we die all. 

8 % Despise not the discourse of the 
wise, but acquaint thyself with their prov- 
erbs ; for of thern thou shalt learn instruc- 
tion^ and how to serve great men with ease. 

9 iSliss not the discourse of the elders ; 
for they also learned of their fathers and 
of them thou skait learn understanding, 
and to give answer as need require th. 

10 *i| Kindle not the fcoals of ;•:. sinner, 
lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire. 

11 Rise not up [in anger] at the pre- 
sence of an injurious person, lest he he in 
wait to entrap thee in thy words. 

12 Lend not unto him that is mightier 
than thyself: for if thou kndeit h:ni,Cjant 
it but lost. 



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Chap, ix, x. 



*4fiocryfiha. 336 



13 Be not surety above thy power ; for 
if thou be surety take care to pay it. 

14 Go not to law with a jud.^e, lor they 
will judge for him according to his honour. 

15 U Travel not by the way with a bold 
fellow, lest he became grievous unto thee ; 
for he wul do according to his own wiii, 
and tnou shall perish with him through his 
iolly. 

16 Strive not with an angry man, and 
^ro not with him into a solitary place ; for 
bJoxl is as nothing in his sight, and where 
there is no help, he will overthrow 

17 Consul;, net with a fool, for he can- 
not keep counsel. 

18 Do no secret thing bcLre a stranger, 
for thcu knowest not what he will bring 
forth. 

19 Open not thine heart to every man, 
kst he ] . ith a shrewd turn. 

chap. ix. 

1 We arc advts.d bow to use cur wives. 
j avoid, 10 and not tu 
change, an aid frii nd. 

BK not jeakMK ovei; the wife of thy bo- 
an evil lesson 

2 Give not th) soul unto a woman, to 
set her l nee. 

1M I est thou 

fall into her -i: 

4 Cse nnt much tt 

: , lest thou be taken 
with her attempts. 

5 G«ize not* u fall not 

6 Gi ■.- 

in thee in the 
..under thuu in 

tt Turn aw \y thine eye frora a beauti- 
ful woman, and lot I 
beaut) ; : 

ith love- 
is kindU 

9 Sit not at all withanotl 

ith her in th 

witft her at the una- ; 
m ho**, and so 
. u fall into d 

10 % 1 , for the 

..e unto him ; 
'• >v wine ; when it is< 

Irink it with | 

■ the un- 
it 

grave. 
13 Keep thee lar from the man 

power to kill, so ihaU 



fear of death ; and if thou come unto him, 
make no fault, lest he take away thy lite 
presently : remember that thou ' goest fe 
the midst of snares, and that thou walkest 
upon the battlements of the city. 

14 As near as thou canst, guess at thy 
neighbour, and consult with the wise; 

15 Let thy talk be with tha wise, and 
all thy communication in the law of the 
Most High. 

1C And let just men eat and drink with 
thee ; and let thy glorying be in the fear 
oi the Lord. 

17 For the hand of the artificer the 
work shall be commended : and the wise 
ruler of the people, tor his speech. 

13 A man of an ill tongue is dangerous 
in his city ; and he that is rash in his talk 
shall be hated. 

CHAP. X. 
1 The advantage* of a wise ruler. 7 The 

inconvenience* of firide, injustice^ and 

covetousuess. 

A WISE judge will instruct his people, 
5 verament of a prudent 
maw is well ordered. 

2 As the judge of the people is himself, 
so are his officers ; and what manner of 
man the ruler oi' the city is, such are they 
th; t dwell therein, 

3 An unwise king destroyeth his peo- 
ple ; but through the prudence of them 
which are in authority, the city shall be 

ted. 

4 Tiie power of the earth is in the hand 
of the Lord, and indue time he will set 
over it one that is profitable; 

5 In the hind of God is the prosperity 
ot man : and upon the person oi the scribe 

^s honour. 
atred to thy neighbour for 
ong, and do nothing at all by in- 

ices. 
ride is hateful before God and 
both doth one commit ini- 

mFe of unrighteous i 

got by deceit, the kj 

• .Hi one people to am 

9Wh) is earth and ashes proud ! 

lung than a covetous 
. 
bouI to see, because whije he liveth, he 

10 The physician cuUeth* ffa L i 

\ a king, fcj- 
morrow shall die. 

ill-, 
heiit creepii g thbgs, worms. 

• I pride is w! i 

I lis heart is 

in. and 



S24 Jfiocryfitm. 



ECCLESIASTICUS, 



stfiocryfiha. 



tion : and therefore the. Lord brought up- 
on diem s range calamities; and ovei> 
threw them utterly. 

14 The Lord hath cast down the thrones 
or proud princes, and ?et up the meek in 
their stead, 

15 The Lord hath plucked up the roots 
of the proud nations, and planted the low- 
ly in their p] z<% 

16 The Lord overthrew countries of the 
he; '.' , en, and destroyed them to the found- 
ati ns of the earth. " 

1 17 He took some of them away, aod de- 
stroyed them, and hath made 'their me- 
morial to cease from the earth. 

18 Pride was not made for men, nor 
furious anger for them that are horn of a 
•woman. 

19 They that fear the Lord, are a sure 
seed, and they that love him, an honoura- 
ble plant: they that regard not the law, 
are a dishonorable seed ; they that trans- 
gress the commandments are a deceiva- 
ble seed. 

, 20 ■■Among brethren, he that is chief is 
honorable ; so are they that fear the Lord 
in his eves. 

21 The rear of the Lord goeth before 
the obtaining of authority : but roughness 
and pride is the losing thereof. 

22 Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, 
their glory is the fear of the Lord. 

23 It is not meet to despise the poor man 
that hath understanding ; neither is it con- 
vergent to magnify a sinful man. 

24 Great men, and judges, and poten- 
tates, shall he honoured ; yet is there none 
of them greater than he that feareth the 
Lord. 

Z5 Unto the servant that is wise shall 
they that are free do service : and he that 
hath knowledge will not grudge when he 
is reformed. 

26_£e not overwtse in doing thy busi- 
ness, and boast not thyself in the time of 
thy distress. 

27 Better is he that laboureth and a- 
boundeth in all things, than he that boast- 
eth himself and wanteth bread. 

28 My son, glorify thy soul in meek- 
ness, and give it honour according to the 
dignity thereof. 

29 Who will justify him that sinneth a- 
gainst his own soul I and, Who will hon- 
our hltn that dishonoureth his own life ? 

39 The poor man is honoured for hi.? 
;-ki: i ; and the rich man is honoured for his 

31 Hethatis honoured in poverty, Kow 
much ij.'-Tcin riches X and he that is dis- 
horn itfi a&le in riches, How much, more in 
poverty ? 

CHAP. 7J. 
& We mdtjTiQt vaunt, nor set fetrfh out' 



selves, 8 mr miniver rashly, 10 nor 
meddle with many matters. 

WISDOM lifteth up the head of him 
that is of low degree, and maketh 
him to sit among great, men. 

2 Commend not a man for his beauty ; 
nei tiier abhor a man lor hi.3 outward Ap- 
pearance. 

3 The bee is little among such as fly ; 
but her fruit is the. chief, of sweet things." 

4 *|| Boast not of thy clothing and rai- 
ment, and exalt not thyself in the day of 
honour: for the works or t he Lord "-are 
wondcrfni, una his works among men are 
hidden. 

5 Many kings have sat down upon the 
ground. ; and one that was never thought 
of, hath worn the crown. 

6 Many mighty men have been greatly 
disgraced ; and the honourable delivered 
into other men's hands, 

7 Blame not before thou hast, examined 
the truth: understand first, and then re- 
buke. 

• 8 % Answer not before thou hast heard 
the cause ; neither interrupt men in the 
midst oi their talk. 

9 Strive not in a matter that concerned h 
thee not ; and sit not in judgment with sin- 
ners. 

10 % My son, meddle not with many 
matters: for fif thou meddle mob 
shalt not be innocent ; and if ihou follow 
after, thou shalt not obtain, neither shult 
thou escape by fleeing-. 

11 There is one th?t laboureth and ta- 
keth pains, and maketh haste, and is so 
much the more behind. 

12 Again, there is another that is slow, 
and hath need of help, wanting ability, 
and full of poverty; yet the eye of the 
Lord iooketh upon him for good, and. set 
bind up from his low estate, 

13 And lifted up bis head from misery, 
so that many that saw it marvelled at him, 

14 Prosperity and adversity, life and 
death, poverty and riches 5 come of theLord. 

1.5 Wisdom , knowledge, and understan- 
ding of the law, are of the Lord : 3o\ e, and 
the way of good works are from him. 

16 Error and darkness had their begin- 
ning together with sinners : and evil shall 
wax old with them that glory therein. 

17 The gift of the Lord remained! with 
the godly, Sod his favour bringeth pros- 
perity for ever. 

18 'There is that waxeth rich by his 
weariness and pinching, and this is the por- 
tion of his reward : 

19 Whereas hesaith, I have found rest, 
and now will eat continually of my goods, 
and yet he knoweth not what time shall 
come upon him, and that he must leave 
those shVg^ to ot-hers, and die. 



Apocrypha. Chap, x 

20 Be Mfrtftnt in thy covenant, and be 
conversant therein and wax c!d in thy 
works. 

21 Marvel net at the works of sinners, 
but trust in the Lerd, and I 

bour : for it is an easy thing in the sight of 
the Lord, on die Hidden to make t poor 
man rich. 

.'he blessing of the Lord is in the 
reward of the u;cdly , and suddenly ; 
eth his blessing to flourish. 

23 Say not, What profit ia thereof my 
service? and. What good Ihtn] 

have hereafter I 

24 Again, say not, I haveenoj 

evil can 
come to me hereafter ? 

25 In the day of j ere is a 
fcrgettulness of affliction : and in the day 
of affliction there is no more remembrance 
of prosperity. 

26 For it is an easy thing unto the Lord 
in the (aav of death, to reward a i 

- 
he affliction of an hour maketh a 
man forget p' - in his end his 

28 judge nonerbfessed before his death : 
for a man shall be known ;n his children. 

29 Bring not every man into thine 
house : fi r the deceitful man hath many 
train* 

30 Like as a partridge taken [and kept] 
in a cage, so is the heart oi tne proud; 
and like as a Bpy, 5 for thy 

31 For hclieth in wait, and turnetb good 
into evil, and in th::. 

lay blame upon the< . 

cap of coals is 
kindled: ana wait for 

33 Take heed of a mischievous man, 
for he worketh wickedness, lest be bring 
upon thee a perpetu il 

34 K< 

and he will disturb thee, and lui .. 
of thine 

c H a r. xii. 

. 10 Trust 

WHEN thru wilt do good, know to 
tli< u d< est it . 

r-ualt fi 

him, vet from th< 

o him that 

give::, 

a sii.i 



i, xiii. jffiocrypha, 

bread, and give it net unto him Je-thc o- 
vermaster thee thereby. Ft r [else] thou 
shah receive twice as much evil for all the 
good thou shak have done ante hitn. 

(> For the Tuost High bateth dinners, 
and will repay vengeance unto the ungod- 
ly, and keepeth them against the . 
day of their punishment. 

7 Give unto the good, and help not the 
sinner. 

8 A friend cannot be known in prosper- 
ity : and an enemy cannot be hidden* in 

9 in the prosperity of a man, enemies 
will be grieved : bat in his adversit; 

a friend wiil depart. 

feres trust thine rncmy : for. nice 
as iron rusteth, sc is his wickedia ■ 

11 Though he humble himself, and eo 
crouching, yet take g 
of him, and thou shait be unto hi:. 
thou hadst wiped a looking- 
shalt know that his r ieen al- 

together wiped away. 

°12 Set him not by thee, lest, when he 
hath overthrow* thee, he stand up in thy 
place ; neither let him sit at tl ; 
lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at 
the las! remember my voids, and be prick- 
ed therewith. 

33 Who will pity * charmer that is bit- 
ten -with a ser] ( s come 
nigh wild beasts I 

14 So one that tr eth to a sinner. 
defiled vithhim in his ana^ Who wi 

15 For will abide wi 

but if thou begin to fall he will not tarry. 

i i An enemy speaketh sweetly with 
his lips, but in his heart he in 
to throw thee into a 
with his e\ es, but if he ai'.y, he 

itwfied with I 

17 If ai ie upon thee* thou 
Shalt find him there first, and though he 

end to help the< 
thee. 

18 He will shake his head, and i 

. 
.nee. 

c n a p. xm. 

mightier than thi ttaiUto 

. C7f. 

HE that touchetli pitch shi 
• 
in, shall l)ch . 
him. 

t, and h ive 

'lie one 
nst the othl l 

. 



326 Jpccrijfiha. 

3 The rich man hath done wrong, and 
yet he threateneth withal : the poor is 
wronged, and he must entreat also. 

4 It thou be for his profit he will use 
thee : but if thou have nothing he will 
forsake thee. 

5 If thou have any thing, lie will live 
with thee : yea he will make thee bare, and 
will not be sorry for it. 

6 11 he have need ofthee, he will deceive 
thee, and smile upon thee, and put thee in 
hope ; he will speak thee lair, and say, 
What wantest thou ? 

7 And he will shame thee by his meats, 
until he have drawn thee dry twice or 
thrice, and at the last lie will faugh thee 
to scorn : afterward, when he steetfi thee, 
he will forsake thee, and shake his head at 
thee. 

8 Beware that thou be not deceived, and 
brought down in thy jollity. 

9 If thou be invited of a mighty man, 
withdraw thyself, and so much the more 
will he invite thee. 

10 Press thou not upon him, lest thou be 
put back ; stand not afar off, lest thou be 
forgotten. 

1 1 Affect not to be mada equal unto him 
■in talk, and believe not his many words : 
for with much communication, will he 
tempt thee, and smiling upon Uiee, will get 
out til} secrets : 

12 But cruelly he will lay up thy words, 
and will not spare to do thee hurt, and 
put thee in prison. 

13 Observe, and take good heed, for 
thou walkest in peril of thy overthrowing : 
■wfcen thou nearest these things, awake in 
thy sleep. 

14 Love the Lord all thy life, and call 
upon him for thy salvation. 

15 *fj Every beast loveth his like, and 
every man loveth his neighbor. 

16' All flesh consorteth according to 
Mod, and a man will cleave to his like. 

17 What fellowship hath the wolf with 
the lamb? so the sinner with the godly. 

18 What agreement is there between 
the hyena and a dog ? and, What peace 
between the rich and the poor ? 

19 As the wild ass is the lion's prey in 
the wilderness: so the rich eat* up the 
poor. 

20 _ As the proud hate humility : so doth 
the rich abhor the poor. 

21 A rich man beginning to fall, is held 
up of his friends : but a poor man being 
down, is thrust also away by his friends. 

22 When a rich man is fallen, he hath 
many helpers : he speaketh things not to be 
spoken, and yet men justify him : the poor 
man slipped, and yet they rebuked him 
too ; he spake wisely, and ccuid have no 
place. 



ECCLESIASTICUS, 



Apocrypha* 

23 When a rich man speaketh, every 
man holdeth his tongue, and look, what he 
saith they extol it to the clouds: but if the 
poor man speak, they «ay, What fellow is 
this ? and, if he stumble, they will help to 
overthrow him. 

24 Riches are good unto him that hath 
no sin, and pqverty is evil in the mouth of 
the ungodly. 

25 The heart of a man changeth his 
countenance, whether it be for good or e- 
vil : and a merry heart maketh a cheer- 
ful countenance. 

26 A cheerful countenace is a token of 
a heart that is in prosperity ; and the find- 
ing out of parables is a wearisome labour 
ct the mind. 

CHAP XIV. 
1 A good conscience maketh men happy. 
20 Men are happy that draw near to 
nvisdom. 

BLESSED is the man that hath not 
slipped with his mouth, and is not 
pricked with the multitude of sins. 

2 Blessed is he whose conscience hath 
not condemned him, and who is not fallen 
from his hope in the Lord. 

3 Riches are not comely for a niggard : 
and, W nat should an envious man do with 
money ? 

4 He that gathereth by defrauding his 
own soul, gathereth for others that shall 
•spend his goods riotously. 

5 He that is evil to himself, To whom 
will fee be good ? He shall not take pleas- 
ure in his goods. 

6 There is none worse than he thaten- 
vieth himself, and this is a recompense of 
his wickedness* 

7 And if he doeth good, he doeth it un- 
willingly, and at the last he will declare 
his wickedness. 

8 The envious man hath a wicked eye, 
he turneth away his face, and despiseth 
men. 

9 A covetous man's eye is not satified 
with his portion, and the iniquity of the 
wicked drieth up his soul. 

10 A wicked eye envieth [his] bread, 
and he is a niggard at his table. 

11 Mv son, according to thy ability do 
good to thyself, and give the Lord his' due 
offering. 

12 Remember that death will not be long 
in coming, and that the covenant of the 
grave is not shewed unto thee. 

13 Do good unto thy friend before thou 
die, and according to thy ability stretch 
out thy hand and give to him. 

14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, 
and let not the part of a good desire over- 
pass thee. 

15 Shalt thou not leave thy travels un- 
to another ? And thy labours to be divi- 
ded by lot I 



Jfiecryfiha, Chap. 

16 Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul, 
for there is no seeking of dainties in the 
grave. 

17 All flesh waxeth old as a garment : 
for the covenant from the beginning is, 
Thou shalt die the death. 

18 As of the green leaves on a thick 
tree, some fall, and some grow ; so is the 
generation of fiesh and blood, cno comcth 
to an end, and another i^ born. 

19 Every work, rotteth and consumeth 

and the worker thereof shall go 
withal. 

20 % Blessed is the man that doth med- 
itate good things in wisdom, and that rea- 
soned! otholv things by his understanding. 

21 He that considereth her ways in his 
heart, shall also have understanding in her 

2 1 Go after her as one that traceth, and 
lie in wait in her ways. 

23 He that ppeth in at her windows, 

: o heariu a at bejr doors. 

24 He that doth lodge near her house, 
also fasten a pin in her walls. 

25 He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her, 
and snail lodge in a lodging where good 

26 He shall set his children under her 
shelter, and shall lodge under her branch- 
es. 

27 By her he shall be covered from heat, 
and in her glory shall he dwell. 

C H A P. 
\om anbraceth those that fear God: 
7 th<: . : her, 

H Lord will < 

the tiiw shall obtain 

II she meet him, 

: of a vir- 
gin. 

3 With the bread i . 

n to drink. 

4 He shall ! 

not be moved, and shall rely uj 
and shall w ' tied. 

7 m . Bu 

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r,xvi. Afticryphq, tZ7 

12 Say not thou be hath caused me to 
err ; for he hath mixed of the sinful man. 

13 The Lord bateth all abomination ; 
and tl.ey that fear God, love it not. 

14 He himself made man from the be- 
ginning, and left him in the hand of his 
counsel : 

15 It thou wilt, to keep the command- 
ments, and to perform accc;* 

ness. 

16 He hath set fire and watei 

thee : stretch forth thy hand unto wheth- 
er thou wift 

17 Before man is life and death, and 
whether him liketh shall be riven him. 

Ifl For, the wisdom of the Lord is great, 
and he is mighty in power, and btholdeth 
all things: 

19 AikI his eyes are upon them that fear 
him, ; i.d he knoweth every work of man. 

20 He hath commanded no map to do 
wickedly, neither hath he given any man 

to sin. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 J? is better to have none than mc ■.. 
children* 20 God's worka are unsearch- 
able* 

DESIRE not a multitude of unprofita- 
ble children, neither delight in ungod- 
ly sons. 

2 Though they multiply, rejoice not in 
them, except the fear of the Lord be with 
them. 

3 Trust not thou in their life, neither 
respect their multitude ; for one that is just 

than a thousand; and better it is 
to die without children, than to have them 
that are ungodly. 

4 For by one that hath ui 

shall the i enished: butthekin- 

dw 1 1 1 the wicked si 

ny such thjn 
i », and mine ear hath hcaj 

er tilings thai: tl 

6 In t 
shall a fire be kind ed; and 

i 

v in the 

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ECCLESIASTICS. 



- 12 As his mercy is great, so is his cor- 
rection also : he judgeth a man according 
to his works. 

- 13 The sinner shall not escape with his 
spoils : and the patience of the godly shall 
sot he frustrate. 

14 Make way for every work of mercy : 
fer every man shall find according to. his 

"WiCM-kSi ■'■ 

15 The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that 
hfe should not know him ; that hispower- 
iiil works might be known to the world. 

16 His mercy is manifest to every crea- 
ture, and hath separated his light from the 
darkness with an adamant. 

17 Say not thou, 1 will hide myself from 
the Lord : Shall any remember me from 
above I I shall not be remembered among 
so many people : for, What is my soul a- 
liiong such an infinite number of crea- 
tures ? 

18 Behold, the heaven, and the heaven 
of heavens, the deep, and the earth, and 
all that therein is, shall be moved when he 
shall visit. 

19 The mountains also and foundations 
of the earth shall be shaken with trem- 
bling, when the Lord looketh upon them. 

20 if No heart can think upon these 
things worthily : and, Who is able to con- 
ceive his ways? 

21 It is a tempest which no man can 
^ee : for the most part of his works are 
hid. 

,22 Who can declare the works of \n 
justice I or, Who can endure them i For 
his covenant is afar off, and the trial of all 
things is in the end. 

23 He that wanteth understanding, will 
think upon vain things ; and a foolish man 
erring,"imagineth follies. 
V 24 My. son, hearken unto me, and learn 
knowledge, and mark my words with thy 
heart. 

•25 I w ? 4H shew forth doctrine in weight, 
and declare his knowledge exactly. 

■ 2-> The wovks of the Lord are done in 
ait, from the beginning : and from 
the time he made them, he disposed the 



I'Qof. 



man 

vean 

tiSey s 
retun 



s tor ever, 
I them \ 



nto all 

Hey neither labour, nor are 
;or pease from their works. 
;ne of them hindereth another, and 

■V) ?>°Yf - •.V() , 'ch 

ipon the 



i.ey shall 

• ■ cilAP. . XVIL 
No~» God created and furnished man. 
14 To avoid all six: 19/or.G-Qd s&eth 
cMtfflngs* 



Jfiocryfiha 

THE Lord created man of the earth, 
and turned him into it again. 
> 2 He gave them few days and a short 
time,and power also over the things therein. 
3 Hecndo wed them with strength by them-* 
selves, and made them according to his lin- 
age, .. 

4 And put the fear of man upon all flesh, 
and gave him dominion over beasts, and 
fowls. 

5 [They rec .ived the use of the five op- 
erations of the Lord, and in the sixth place, 
he imparted them understanding, and in the 
seventh, speech, an interpreter of the cogi- 
tations ther eof.] 

6 Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears* 
and a heart, gave he them to understand. 

7 Withal, he filled them with the knowl- 
edge ot understanding, and shewed them 
good and evil. 

3 He set his eyes upon their hearts, thrf' 
he might shew them the greatness of his 
works. 

9 He gave them to glory in his marvel- 
lous acts for ever, that they might declare 
his works with understanding. 

10 And the elect shall praise his holy- 
name. 

11 Besides this, he gave them knowledge, 
and the law of life for an heritage. 

12 He made an everlasting covenant with 
them, and shewed them his judgments. 

13 Their eyes saw the majesty of his glo- 
ry, and their ears heard his glorious voice. 

14 % And he said unto them, Beware of 
all unrighteousness ; andhegaveevet y mc-n 
commandment concerning Ins neighbour. 

15 Their ways are ever before him, and 
shall not be hid from Ids eyes. 

16 Every man Irom his youth is given to 
evil ; neither could they make to them- 
selves fietrhy hearts for stony. 

17 For in the division of the nations of 
the whole earth, he set a ruler over every 
people ; but Israel is the Lord's portion ; 

18 Whom, being his first born, he norm- 
isheth with discipline, and giving him the 
light of his love doth not forsake him. 

19 ^i Therefore, all their works are as the 
-sun before him, and his eyes are continual- 
ly upon their ways. 

20 None of their unrighteous deeds are 
hid from him, but all their sins are before 
the Lord. 

21 But the Lord being gracious, and 
knowing his workmanship, neither left nor 
forsook them, but spared them. 

22 The alms of a man is as a signet with 
him, and he will keep the good deeds of man 
as the apple of the eye, and give repent- 
ance to his sons and daughters. 

23 Afterward lie will rise up and re- 
ward them, and render their rccompence 
upon their heads. 



JfiocryfM. 



Chap, xviii, y.'ix. 



24 But unto them that repent, he grant- 
ed then) return, and comforted th 
ence, 
2i tteturo unto the Lord, Eind forsake th) 
ie thy prayei face* and 

9. 

.•.•m again to I gh, and 

thee out ofcdark 

the grave, instead ol them which live and 
give thanks : 

nsfc'Mi! ind sound 

in heart shal 

29 II iw gre ^ i i the . ving ki i 

lour God, and his a »mpa -si nun- 

r .til things cannot be in men, be- 
thespn ot man is n 

ler than the s 
the light thereof faiieth : and flesh ai 
evil. 

i*eth the power o! the height 
en, and ali men are but earth and 

CHAP. XVIII. 
4 God's 
nun' a : 11 God is m trt iful. 

HE I rever, created ah 

^ The 1 - righteous, and there 

i the world 

- 
er dividi . ng them from 

■ 
4 S i th he given | 

■ 

OUt his ;. 

SWh h of his 

I '. ut his 

mere i 

for the iv i lerous works 

(he .1. :. 

- 
le leavcihuir, 

■ 
mt U his evil* 
. t m u\\ days at the 

a 

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lis ctanpas- 



evil 1 th erefo re he multiplied li 

IB The mercy ot man is f oward his 
neigiii) ur; out the mercy of the Lord is 
■ he reproveth, and i:uriur- 
Lh, and bring* 
- 
l-i tie i n them that receive 

discij line 

. tents. 
. s >n, blemish no: thy good d ed~, 

igc the heat t 
: - : . 

: a gift ? 

y, and 
I 

and u*e 

. . thyself: 

indlnthif 
mercy. 

-21 Humble thyself before thou be sict^ 
and in the time nisi;: itasice* 

22 Let nothing hinder thee to pay thy 
lue time, and defer not until death 
to be justified. 

: ore thou prayest prepare thyselt: 
!ie that temptetli the Lord. 

24 Think upon the wrath that shall bs 
at the end, and the timed -vengeance when 
he shall turn .-way his face. 

25 When thou hast enough, remember 
the time oi hunger; and when thou art 
rich, think up d poverty and need. 

on the morning until the evening 
the time is changed] and all dungs are 
soon done before the Lord. 

27 A wise man will fear in every thing, 

and in the day or\inning he will beware of 

. but a t'ol will n t observe time. 

ery man of understanding know* 

eth wisdom, and will give praise u . 

,.j her. 

t weieof understanding ra 
« 

n t fter tli lu t., bitrefruh 

31 It i .- desires that 

a 
stack to 

: >. heer, 

i 

trait tor 
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EeCLESIASTIOJS, 



A LABOURING man that is given to 
drunkenness shall not be rich : and 
.he that contemneth small things, shall fall 
by little and little. 

" 2 t Wine and women will make men 
of understanding to fell away : and he that 
cleaveth to harlots will become impudent. 

3 Moths and worms shall have him to 
.heritage, and a bold man shall be taken a- 
wav. 

4 He that is hasty to give credit, is light 
minded ; and lie that sinneth, shall ofiend 
against his own soul. 

5 Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness, 
shall be condemned : but he that resisteth 
pleasures, crowneth his life. 

6 He that can rule his tongue shall live 
without strife : and he that hateth bab- 
bling shall have less evil. 

7 If Rehearse not unto another that 
which is told unto thee, and thou shalt fere 
never the worse. 

8 Whether it be to a friend or toe, talk 
not of other men's lives, and if thou canst 
without offence, reveal them not. 

9 For he heard and observed thee, and 
when time cometh he will hate thee. 

10 If thou hast heard a word, let it die 
with thee, and be bold, it will not burst thee. 

11 A fool travaileth with a word, as a 
■woman in labour of a child* 

12 As an arrow that sticketh in a man's 
thigh, so is a Word within a fool's belly. 

13 Admonish a friend, it may be he hath 
not done it : and if he have done it, that he 
cio it no more. 

14 Admonish thy friend, it may be he 
hath not said it: and if he have,' that he 
speak it not again. 

15 Admonish a friend : for many times 
it is a slander, and believe not every tale. 

IS There is one that slippeth in his 
speech, but not from his heart \ and, Who 
is he that hath not offended with his topgue I 

17 *i Admonish thy neighbour before 
thou threaten him, and not being angry, 
give place to the law of the Most High. 

18 The fear of the Lord is the first step 
to be accepted [of him] and wisdom ob- 
taineth his love. 

19 The knowledge of the command- 
ments of the Lord is the doctrine of life : 
and they that do things that please him, 
shall receive the fruit of the tree of im- 
mortality. 

20 The fear of the Lord is all wisdom, 
and in all wisdom is the performance of 
the law, and the knowledge of his oranip- 
otency. 

21 If a servant say to his master, I will 
not do as it pleaseth thee, though after- 
ward he do it, he angereth him that nour- 
ished him. 

22 The knowledge of wickedness, is not 



jtflQcrypfa: 

wisdom, neither, at any time the counsel 
of sinners," prudence. 

23 There is a wickedness, and the same - 
an abomination, and there is a tool' want- 
ing in wisdom. 

24 He that hath small understanding 
and feareth God, is better than one that 
hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the 
law of the Most High. 

■25 There is an exquisite subtilty, and the 
same is unjust, and there is one that turn- 
eth aside to make judgment appear : and 1 
there is a wise man that justineth in judg- 
ment. 

26 There is a wicked man that hangeth " 
down his head sadly ; but inwardly he is 
full of deceit, 

27 Casting down his countenance, and 
making as if he heard not : where he i» 
not known, he will do thee a mischief be- 
fore thou be aware. 

28 And if for want of power he be hin- 
dered from sinning, yet when he findeth 
opportunity he will do evil. 

29 A man may be known by his look, 
and one that hath under standing by hi* 
countenance, when thou meetest him. 

30 A man's attire, and excessive laugh- 
ter, and gait, shew what he is. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Of silence and speaking: lOofg'fft 
and gain ; 18 of slipfdvg by the tongue : 
24 qj' lying. 
HH HERE is a reproof that is not come- 
A Iy : again, some man holdeth his 
tongue, and he is wise. 

2 It is much better to reprove, than to 
be angry secretly : and he that confessed 
his fault shall be preserved from hurt. 

3 How good is it when thou art repro- 
ved, to shew repentance I for so shalt thoff : 
escape wilful sin. 

4 As is the lust of an eunuch to deflow- 
er a virgin ; so is he that executeth judg- 
ment with violence. 

5 There is one that keepeth silence, and 
is found wise : and another by much bab- 
bling, becometh hateful. 

6 Some man holdeth his tongue, be- 
cause he hath not to answer : and some 
keepeth silence, knowing his time. 

7 A wise man will hold his tongue^ till 
he see opportunity : but a babbler and a 
fool will regard no time. 

8 He that useth many words shall be 
abhorred ; and he that taketh to himself 
authority therein, shall be hated. 

9 There is a sinner that hath good suc- 
cess in evil things : and there is a gain that 
turneth to loss. 

10 % There is a gift that shall not profit 
thee ; and there is a gift whose recompense 
is double. 

11 There is an abasement be«ause ei 

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Jhocryfihc* Chap, 

|k»ry ; and there is th?.t lifteth ep his head 
from a low estate. 

12 There is that buveth much for a lit- 
tle, and repayeth it seven told. 

i;> A wis^e man by his words maketh 
himself beloved : but the graces of tools 
shall be poured out. 

14 The gift of a fool shall do tliee no 
good when thou hast it ; neither yet of the 
envious for his necessity : for he looketh 
to receive many things for one. 

15 He giveth little, and upbraideth 
much, he openeth his mouth like a crier ; 
to-day he lendeth, and to-morrow will he 
ask it again : such an one is to be hated of 
God and man. 

. 16 The fool saith, I have no friend^ I 
I^ave no thanks for all my good deeds, and 
X eat my bread speak evil of me. 
17 How ott, arid of how many shall he 
be, laughed to scorn ! for he knoweth not 
aright what it is to have : and it is all one 
unto him as if he had it not. 

IB % To slip upon a pavement, is better 
-lip with the tongue : so the fall ot 
the wicked shall came sp^ 

l'J Aa e tale will always be 

in the mouth of the u 

..ill be rejected 
when it c "me*. a nth: for 

he will not speak it in due season. 

21 There is that is hindered from sin- | 
niug through want : and when he taketh 
rest, he shall not be troubled. 

lere is that destroyeth his own ! 
sci.l through bashfuiness, andbv accepting 
i rthroweth hi 
2 3 Tneie is that for bashtulness prom- . 
isethto his friend, and maketh him his e.-.- 
*my for no hiug. 

24 % A lie : in a man, \et it 

iuaUy in the i 

thief is better than a man that is 
accustomed to lie: but they bah shall 
ha\c destruction to hei ii 

26 Ttye deposition ofa liar is di honour- 
able, a . •• with him. 

honour with his words : and he that luith 
great men. 
I, shall increase 

>,j Ins mouth that he 

bin tolly, 

. Aietn his 

I \P. XXI. 
"Fktfrm qn as/rematcrftatf* 12 



Aticcnjjiha, &3 1 

Difference* between tliefooland he wise. 

MY son, Hast thou sinned i do so n* 
more, but ask pardon tor thy form* 
er sim. 

2 I, Flee from sin as from the face of a 
serpent : for if thou comest too near it, it 
will bite thee : the teeth thereof areas the 
teem of a lion, slaying the souls of men. 

3 All iniquity is as a two edged sword, 
the wounds whereof cannot be healed. 

_ 4 To terrify and do wrong will waste, 
riches : thus the house of proud men shaJJ 
be made desolate, 

5 A prayer out of a poor man's moutU. 
reacheth to the ears ot God, and his judg- 
ment cometh speedily. 

6" He that hateth to l>e reproved, is m, 
the way of sinners ; but he that fcareth. 
the Lord will repent from his heart. 

7 An eloquent man is known tar and, 
ne ir ; but a man of understanding know- 
eth wtien he slippeth. 

S He that bmldeth his house with other: 
men's money, is like one that gathereth 
himself stones for the tomb of his burial. 

9 The congregation of the wicked is like. 
tow wrapped together : and the end of 
them is a name ot fire to destroy them. 

10 The way of sinners is made plain 
with stones, but at the end thereof is the. 
pit of hell. 

11 Hethatkeepeth the law of the Lord, 
getteth the understanding thereof: and 
the perfection of the tear oi the Lord is 
wisdom. 

12 % He tliat is not wise, will not be 
taught : but there is a wisdom which mul- 
tiplied! bitterness. 

13 The knowledge of a wise man shall 
abound like a Hood : and his counsel is like 
a pure fountain of lite. 

. 14 The inner parts Of a fool are like a 
vessel) and he will hold n< knowl- 
edge as long as he liveth. 

L5 If a skilful man hear a wise word, 
he will commend it, and add unto it ; but 
as ptx Das one qt' no underst; 
it, it displeaseth linn, lh it be- 

hind his buck- 

16 The i.tlk:^ like a burden 
in the way : bqt grace *haUl)fc o und in the 
lips of lh- 

17 The 

■ 
. an I lilu ' • ■ 

s voi< r with 

ter ; but 

31 Learning is unto a wi^e mnn as aa 



m Jpotryfihe* ECCLESIASTIGUS. 

ornament of gold, and like a bracelet up 
his fight arm. ■ 

22 A h 'oiish: man's foot is soon in J 
fBe^ghheura^ house : but a man oi exp 



the dorr into 
kveii nurtured 



Tierce ;s ash-true* ofhi-nu • 

23 A too! wlli peep in at 
the house : l.ut he that is 
will stand ■without. 

24 it is the rudeness of a man to heark- 
en at the door : but a wise man wiii be 
grieved with the disgrace* 

25 The lips oi' talker* will be telling 
such things as pertain not Unto them-; but' 
the words of such as have understanding- 
are weighed in the balance 

-26 The heart- of i< (M is in their mouth : 
but die mouth of the w-ise is in their heart. 

Z-.7 When the ungodly curseth Satan, h- 
ciroeth. his own sou'. 

28 A whisperer defdeth his own sou!. 
ss/d is baaed wheresoever hedwelleth. - ■ 

■' i CHAP* XXll. 

1 Of thr doibjul man, 3 and of a fdoBsh 

dav-g/i/i'Ti 20 What twit-tone a -friend. 

A SLOTHFUL man is compared to a 
filthy st<>ne, and every one will Kisi 
him curb "his dsgn ce. 

2 A sfei ftfu" mar. is c< >mpa red < o the fill h 
of a dunghili : tvary man that takes it up 
wiVi snake his hand. 

3 *j| An evil manured son is the dishon- 
our ot his father ihai begat h.im : aiid a 
[foo;ish] daughter Is born to his loss. 

4 A wise daughter shall bring an in- 
heritance to her husBftiid : but she that 
liveth dj$hcnest'y is he£ father's heaviness. 

'5 She that is bold, dishonoureth both 
her father and her husband, but the} 
both snail despise her. 

6 A tale ant of season [is asj fnttsiek in 
rneuming : but stripes and correction oi 
■wisdom are never out of time. 

'7 Whoso teacheth a fool, is as one that 
gluetha potsherd together, and as he that 
waketh one fr*m a sound sleep. 

3 Ke thattelieth a tale to a fool, speak - 
eth to one in a slumber ? when he hath 
told his tale, 'he will say, What is the mat- 
ter ? 

'9 If children live honestly, and have 
wherewithal, they shall cover the baseness 
cf their parents. 



10 But children being haughty th 
disdain and want cf nurture, do sta 



■ough 
n the 



ndred. 



fo, 



1 for the 



th lost 
for he 



liobilitv of their k: 

11 Weep for the I 
the light : and weej 
•wanteth understanding : rc.ake little weep- 
ingior the dead, for he is at rest : but the 
life of the fool is worse than death. 

12 Seven Hays do men mourn for him 
that is dead ; feuft for a foot -and an ungodly 
man all the days of his life. 

'13 Talk.not mueh with afool, and go 



not to him that hath uo underlain Urg ; 
■ beware oi hi,, lest ih> u Lave «r- one and"i 
Ithfcu Sha)t never bee dj.eei with his ooL : 
taes: ctepaft iron- ham Kffd *h' u -ba!t. 
:hoo_ res=t, and never be ci: quieten with 

I* What is heavier than heratl I and 
What is the name thereof, \m a fcoj i 

15 Sand, and salt, and a mass <■■ iron, 
is easier to bear, than a man witheu: un- 
derstanding. 

16 As bmber girt and bound together' 
in a building, cannot be libsvd v ith blink- 
ing : so the heart that is established by ad- I 
vised counsel, sba'l fear at no time. 

17 A heart settled upon a thought of 
understanding is as a fair plastering on the 
wail oi a nailery. 

18 Paks set < n an high place will never. 
sta; (i agaimt the wind ; so a fearful heart, 
in the imagination oi a idol, cannot stand 

! against any fear 

19 He that prscketh the eye, wiii make 
tears to tall:: and he that* pricaeth the" 

- heart, maketh it to shew her knowledge. 

20 *i| Whoso casteth a ston€ at the lards, 
trayt th them away : and he that upbraid- ! 
eth his friend, breaketh friendships 

21 Though thou drew est a sv, ord at thy 
friend, yet despair not : for there ma.) be. 
a re uruing [tofav< uv."] 

22 if thou hast opened thy mouth a- 
gafrr.t thy friend, fear n< t : for there may 
be a reccnciiiat'n n } except tor upbraid- 
iiig, or pride, or disclosing oi secrets, < r a 
treacherous wound: tor, for these things 
even friend wi.l depart. 

23 Be faithful to thy neighbour in h's 
poverty, that thou mn\ est rejoice in his. 
prosperity : abide stedfast unto him in the 
time of his trouble, that thou maytst be 
heir with him in has heritage : for a mean .. 
estate is not always to be contemned ; nor 
the rich that is foolish to be had in admira- 
tion. 

24 As the vapour and smoke of a fur- 
nace goeth before the fire ; so reviling be- 
fore biood. 

25 1 will not be ashamed to defend a j 
friend : neither will 1 hide myself from 
him. 

26 And if any evil happen unto me by 
I him, extry one that heareth it, will beware 
1 of him. 

| 27 Who shall set a watch before my ; 
mouth, and a seal of wi den, upon my lip£, 
Ithat 1 fall not suddenly by them, and that 
mv tongue de.'-troy me n^t I 

, CHA P. XX11I. 
1 A prayer for grace to fire sin, 23 The i 
;:(!?.< I'trnvi: iiijr wmeih mury ivays. 

OS ORD. Father and Governor of all 
KM who r e life, leave me net to their 
iccuisels", and let me not faM by them.'. •, • < 



Afiocryfihiu Chap 

2 Wno will set scourges over my 
thought, and the dacipiine of wisdom over 
rahie heart i that the) spare me not tor 
. : pass not by my sins : 
ui:;e ignorances increase,and my 
sins abound to my destruction, and I tat! 
be. >re mist adversjiries, and mine enemy 
rej ice over me, whose hope is tar from 
th. naercj . 

4 (J Lord, Father and God of my liie, 
, give me not a proud look, but turn away 

to thv servants always a haughty mind. 

5 Turn away fir »ra me v tin uwoes, and 
cone .ipiscence, an : o!d him up 
Xh.v. - ".vsioserveti.ee. 

6 bet not he greedmesa of the belly, 

of the flesh, take hold o* roe, and 
t over me thy servant into an im- 
n.ind. 

.-, O ye children, the discipline of 
bie th;.t keepeth it snail never 
s lips. 

r shall be left in his fbolish- 
evil speaker and Lie proud 
• 

mouth to swearing: 
naming of the 

• . tt'mua !y 

' r. dc )U- 
tinu il 
It A 

. 
sh .11 off n him : 

and if he i ti, he ma- 

! 

it, but hi* house 

12 TI 

q : God grant th it 
found in I rail such 

13 iJ- 

14 Re 

tl 

bv thy a 

t-hni h . 

15 Til 

• 

kindled 
17 All whoremongfej 

he will not leave off liil liti i 



xxlv. " rfjiocnfir.G. 333: 

13 A man that -breaketh wedl, c 
bg thus in his heart. Who sceth 
am compassed about with darknc 
wall* cover me, and nob ay se«l 
What need I tote^r^ the Most Hi 
not remember my sins : 

19 Such a man only feareth the eves of 
men. and knoweth not that the e\ es of tfcft* 
•Lord are ten thousand times lighter than 
the sun, beholding all the ways or men, a-ul- 
considering the most secret parjts. 

20 He fcoew all things ere ever t'aej 
were created: so also after the/ were 
perfected, he looks*) upon them aih 

21 This man shall be punished in the. 
sti-eets of the city, and whei 

eth not, he ah J] ej taken. 

22 Tims shall it go also * 

that leaveth her husband, and brjngetb in 
an heir bv another. 

2J> 1 For h: st, she hath disobeyed ths_ 
law oi the Must High ; and secondly, she, 
nath trespassed against her own husband ; 
ami thirdly, she hath played the where in 
adultery, and brought children by ai 
man. 
24 She shall be brought out into the a 
; i> n.and inquisition shall be made 
of i.-:v cliiidren. 

r children hall net take root, and . 
chess 

:-• \e her me ii; to be 
cursedj and her reproach sball not'be blot- ' 

27 .\r.d they that rem un shall know , 

than the har 
oi the L rd, .. • 

sweeter than 
mandmeuts ol the Lord, 

28 It is great 

and to be received of him i 
C H A . . 
m doth /iraii 

■ 
17 htr fruit, 

WOM shall praise 1 

'• 
S "1 In the congrepati n of tin- 
I r n* uth, . 
■ bis powt r. 

I 

1 



command mcnt, and he that made me cau- 
sed my t3i.be made to rest, and said, Let 
fhy dwelling be in Jacoo. anu thine inher- 

'■9 He cve'i'vrc nie ^*titri the beginning 

■* r loV' ■ i rfiacfo.'l- 'sei e Be- 

fore! him : arfd so was I esiabli: hedii 

'"31 ttlgwlae.in tl ftovedcit : he gave 
iftcTert, ai jiti was my power. 

HKfple^-feveii in the portion of the Lord's 

: * !"■ ; s exalted like a cedar in Li- 

fedtjt inclas a cypress tree upon the 
^r-v.ntairi?. otHermon. 
; *'14 I was exalted like a palm tree in En- 
gaddi* s e planif in Jericho, as a" 

; : tree hi a pleasant field ; and grew 
dp ks a piaite tree by the water. 

\XS I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon 
and aspalathus, and I yielded - a pleasant 
oSottr like the best myrrh, as gaibanum, 
and onyx, and sweet storax, and as the 
mme of frankincense in the tabernacle. 

: IS As the turpentine tree I stretched 
out my branches, and my branches are the 
branches of honour and grace. 

■17 1 As the viae brought 1 forth plea- 
sant savour, and my flowers are the fruit 
of honour and riches. 

13 I am the mother of fair love, and 
tear, and knowledge, and holy hope : I 
therefore being eternal, am given to all my 
children whieliare named of him. 

19 Come unto me, ail ye that be desi- 
rous of me, and fill yourselves with my 
fruits. 

2Q For my memorial is sweeter than 
hrthey, and mine inheritance than the ho- 
neycomb. 

:v 2f They that eat me shall yet be hun- 
gry, and they that drink me shall yet be 
thirsty. 

*92 He that obeyeth me shall never be 
confounded, and they that work by me 
shall not do amiss. 

~23 : All these things are the book of the 
covenant ofthe most high God, even the 
law which M'dses commanded for an her- 
imge'Vvoto the congregations of Jacob. 

24 Faint not to he stroiig in the Lord ; 
mat he may confirm you, cieave unto him : 

■■■ Lord Almighty is God a'.one, and 
beside him there is* no ether Saviour. 

25 J-Je' fiftieth atlthnigs with his wisdom, 
asr-Phison, and as Tigris in the time of the 
sew fruits. 

1£& i f He maketh the understanding to 
abiuhd like Euphrates, and as Jordan In 
t\± time' Of the harvest. 

67 He npaketh the. doctrine of knowl- 
edge appear as the light, and as Geon in 
*ie-trrne" : Gf vinta;>e. ' 



StifejS. Jpecryf:h^ 

28 The first man knew her not per- 
fectly ; no more shall the last find her out. 
,.2l> For her thoughts are more than the 
sea, and her counsels profounder than the 
great deep. 
_ SO 1 also came out as a brook from * 
river, and as, a conduit into a garden. 

311 said, I will water my best garden, 
and will water abundantly my gardenbedV 
and, lo, my brock became a river, and my, 
river became a sea, 

32 I will yet make doctrine to shine as 
the morning, and will send forth her light, 
afar off. 

33 1 will yet pour out doctrine as pro- 
phecy.! and leave it to all ages for ever. 

34' Behold, that I have riot laboured for 
myself only, but for all them that seek 
wisdom. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 What things are beautiful, <md what 

hateful. 13 Nothing is worse than a, 

'wicked woman, 

IN three things I was beautified, and 
stood up beautiful both before God and : 
men: the unity of brethren, the love of 
neighbours, a man and a wife that agree ■ 
together. 

2 Three sorts of men my soul hateth, 
and I am greatly offended at their lhe : a 
poor man "that is proud, a rich man that is 
a liar, and an old adulterer that doateth. 

3 If thou hast gathered nothing in thy , 
youth, How canst thou find any thing in 
thine age ? 

4 Oh, how comely a thing is judgment 
for gray hairs, and for ancient men to 
know council I 

5 Oh, how comely is the wisdom of old 
men, and understanding and council to 
men of honour I 

6 Much experience is the crown of old 
men, and the fear of God is their glory. 

7 There be nine things which 1 have\ 
judged in my heart to be happy, and the 
tenth I will utter with my tongue : A man 
that hath joy of his children, and he that 
liveth to see the fall of his enemy : 

8 Well is him that dweileth with a wife 
of understanding, and that hafchnot slipped 
with his tongae, and that hath not served 
a man more unworthy than himself: 

9 Well is him that hath found pru- 
dence,, and he that speaketh in the ears of ? 
them that will hear : ' 

10 , Oh , how great is he that fmdeth wis- 
dom * yet is there none above, him that , 
feareth the Lord. 

11 But the love of the Lord passeth all , 
things lor illumination : he thai holdeth . 
it, W hereto shall lie be likened ? 

12 The fear of the Lord is the begin- , 
ning of his love : and faith is the beginning . 
cf cleaving unto him. 



jffiocryfifat* fftiapu 

13 1i [Give me] a»r plague, but the 
plague of the heart : and any wickedness, 
kut the wickedness of a woman : 

14 And any affliction, but the affliction 
from them that hate me : and any revenge 
but the revenge of enemies. 

15 There is no head above the head cf 
a serpent; and there is no wrath above 
the wrath of an enemy. 

16 I had rather dwell with a lion and a 
dragon, than to keep house with a wicked 
woman. 

17 The wickedness of a woman chang- 
eth her face, and darkeneth her counte- 
nance likesackl >th. 

18 Her husband shall sit among his 
neighbours ; and when he heareth it, shall 
sigh bitter i v. 

19 All wickedness is but little to the 
wickedness of a woman : let the portion 
*f a sinner tall upon her. 

20 As the climbing up a sandy way is 
to theMeet 6f the aged, so is a wife full of 
■words to a quiet man- . 

21 Stumble not at the beauty of a wo- 
man, and desire her not for pleasure. 

22 A woman, it she maintain her hus- 
band, is full of anger, impudence, and 
much reproach. 

l wicked woman abateth the cou- 
rage, maketh an heavy e untenance, and 
a wounded heart : a woman that will not 
comfort her husband in distress, maketh 
weak hands and feeble knee-. 

24 Of the woman came the !>eginning 
•t sin, and through her we ail die. 

25 Give the water no parage : neither 
a Wicked woman liberty to gad abroad. 

26 If a . >t have 
her, cr d thy flesh, and give 
her a b let her go. 

c ii a r. -\\ 

bad women. 

th a vir- 



B 



tui-o erofhisdayi 

sliui be double. 

2 A vir*'i jus woman rejoiceth her hus- 
band, and oe slial] I 
life in peace, 

n, which 
I 

4 Whether a man 

shall at all times rejoice with a chceful 

5 Tht that mine heart 

I 
fraid ; the 
together ! i false 

i 

6 ]Vn 

her wo- 
man, ai ■ of the tongue which 

•ommunicatoUi witfi ail. 



Mcvi* J/iocnjfih*. 2% 

7 An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and, 
fro : he that hath hold of her is as tliougkv 
he held a scorpion. .. 

8 A drunken woman, and a gadder a- 
broad, causeth great anger, and she Mid 
not cover her own shame. 

9 The whoredom of a woman may be 
known in her haughty iooks and eyelid. 

10 If tl iv daughter be shameless, keep 
her in strait!} , lest she abuse heiself ihroiigk,-. 
over much liberty, 

11 Watch over an impudent eye ; ar.i 
marvel not it she trespass against thee. 

12 She will open her moudi as a thii-str" 
traveler when he hath found a fountain^, 
and drink of every water rear her : by- 
every hedge will she hit down, and open 
her quiver against every arrow. 

1:> The grace of a wife delighteth her 
husband, and her discretion will fatten hit 
bones, 

14 A silent and loving women is a gift, 
of the Lord ; and there is nothing so mucin 
worth as a mind well Instructed. 

15 A shamefaced and faithful womam 
is a double grace, and her continent mmd 
cannot be vallued. 

16 As the sun when it arisal 

high heaven; so is. the be /*«*" 

wife, in the ordering of her house. 

17 As the clear light i 
candlestick; so is the beauty ol 
in ripe age. 

13 As the golden pillars are upor. 
sockets e.f silver : so avethe iair fte: wick , 
a constant heart. 

19 My son, keep to- * —■- I ijine.agp , 
sound; 'and g'.ve not thy strength u» 

50 When thou hast gotten 
possession through all rh( 
thine own seed, trusting in tlie, gixxlnes* of 
thy stock. 

savest shall 
l^e T-.. the eoniidence ef 

I 

■vn harlot shall he ac runted U %\ it* 
tie ; I l «w<r a- 

gainst deal 

23 -a as a poiv 

iy ucinaa 
is given ' Li rd. 

24 A di ii c Citemnctk 

man will r.wi- 
< 

. becouut- 

i her liuv 
ise< fall; but ^hc • 
Ur \ ride khafl 

A a scold, 
BSfcUj - -' '. to drive away the t 
ir .s. 



■ £36 Apocrypha. 



ECCLESIASTICUS, 



) 



23 There be two tilings tliat grieve my 
^■jfcart ; and the third maketb me angry ': 
**a man of war that ^atiereth poverty, and 
men oi '.'understanding that are not set by ; 
and one. that returned! from righteousness 
to sin, tlie Lord pre pareth such an out; lor 
i&e -word. 

29 A merchant shall hardly keep him- 
self frdni doing. wrong ; and an huckster 
TsUaTi not be freed from sin. 

CHAP XXVII. 
"I Gf sin in celling and buying: 25 he that 
& <Msgc.ph a pit c luil iJoIC into it. 
"^VTAMY have sinned tor a small mat- 
| xVi ter ; and he tnat sceketh for abun- 
dance w ..! turn his eyes away. 

As a nail sticketh fast between the 

>g of the stones; so doth sin stick 

: between bu\ ing and selling. 

' 3 Unless a man hold himself diligently 

the fear of the Lord, his house shall 

n be overthrown. 

4 As when one sifteth with a sieve, the 
r titse remaineth ; so the filth of a man in 

falfe 

5 The funva.ee prove h Lhe potter's ves- 
sels ; so the trial of man is in his reason- 
ing. 

o The fruit declareth if the tree have 
been dressed : so is the utterance of a con- 
ceit in the heart of man. 

7 Praise no man before thou hearest 
him speak : for this is the- trial of men. 

S It thou followest righteousness, thou 
shall obtain her, and put her on, as a glo- 
rious long robe. 

9 T! ie birds will resort unto their, like; 
*:o will truth return unto them that practise 
in her. 

10 A s the lien lieth in wait for the prey ; 
so sin for tbem that work iniquity. 

11 The discourse of a godly man is al- 
ways with wisdom ; but a fool changeth 
as the moon. 

12 if thou be among fhe indiscreet, ob- 
serve the time ; but be continually among 
men of understanding. 

13 The discourse of fools is irksome, and 
their sport is in the -wantonness ot sin. 

14 The talk of him that sweareth much , 
feaketh the hair stand upright; and their 
braw's make one stop his ears. 

' 15 The strife of the proud is.bloodshed- 
itlng, and their reviiings are grievous to 
the ear. 

16 Whoso dr-covereth secrets loseth his 
credit : and shall never find a friend to hid 
rninci. 

17 Love thy friend, and he faithful unto 
him : but if thou bewrayest his secrets, fol- 
low no more after him : 

18 For as a mail hatl: destroyed his ene- 
my ; so hast thou lost the love of thy neigh- 
tcur. 



Afmryfiha, 

19 As ons that letteth a bird go out of his 
hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and 
shait not get him again. 

20 Follow after him no more, for he is 
too far off ; he is as a roe escaped out of 
the snare. 

21 As for a wound, it may be bound up : 
and alter reviling there may be reconcile- 
ment : but he that bewraytth secrets is 
without hope. 

22 He that winketh with the eyes, work- 
ed) evil : and he that knoweth him, will 
depart from him. 

23 When thou art present he will speak 
sweetly, and will, admire thy words: but 
at the "last lie will writhe his mouth, and 
slander thy sayings. 

24 J have hated many things, but noth- 
ing like him, for the Lord will hate him. 

25 % Whoso casteth a stone on high, 
casteth it on his own head ; and a deceit- 
ful stroke shall make wounds. 

26 Whoso diggeih & pit shall fall therein ; 
and he that setteth a trap, shall be taken 
therein. 

27 He that worketh mischief, it shall 
fall upon him, and he shall not know whence 
it cometh. 

28 Mockery and reproach are from the 
proud : but vengeance as a lion shall lie in 
wait for them. 

29 They that rejoice at the fall of the 
righteous, shall be taken in the snare, and 
anguish shall consume them before they die. 

30 Malice and wrath, even the^e are a- 
bominations. and the sinful man shall have 
them both. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 

1 yj 'gainst revenge, 8 quarrelling , 10 an~ 

ger, 15 and backbiting. 

HE, that revengeth, shall find vengeance 
from the Lord, and he will surely 
keep his sins [in remembrance.] 

2 Forgive thy neighbour the hurt that 
he hath done unto thee, so shall thy sins 
also be forgiven when thou prayest, 

3 One man beareth hatred t gainst an- 
other, and, Doth he seek pardon from the 
Lord? 

4 He sheweth no mercy to a man which 
is like himself : and, Doth he ask forgiv- 
ness of his-own .sins i 

5 If he that is but flesh nourish hatred, 
Who will entreat for pardon of his sins ( 

6 Remember thy end, and let enmity 
cease : [remember] corruption and death, 
and abioe in the commandment-:. 

7 Remember the commandments, and 
bear no malice to thy neighbour : [remem- 
ber] the covenant of the Highest, and 
wink at ignorance. 

8 *ji Abstain from strife, and thou shalt 
diminish thy sins; for a furicus man wiU 
kindle strife. 



Aftocfyfifla. 

9 A sinful mat, di-.qaie'eth friends, and 
maketn debate amoi oa$ be at 
peace. 

10 *" As the matter of the fire is, so it 
burneth : and as a m h is, so is 

to his riches his 
ingcr r 

ill be in- 

11 An hastv contention kindleth afire : 
and an I >iood.' 

12 li 
if thou ! 
and botl : louth. 

13 Curse ti 

: tor such have destroyed man; 

1? A backbiting tongue hath di: 

tod driven them from nation to n»- 
;-ong cities hath it pulled down, 
and overthrown the houses ol gre 

15 •,{ A backbiting tongue hath cast out 
virtuous women, and deprived them t 
their labours. 

16 Whoso hearkeneth unto it, shall ne- 
ver find rest, and never dwell quietly. 

17 The stroke of the whip maketh 
marks in thejBesh : but the stroke of the 
tongue breaketh the bones. 

18 Many have fallen by the edge of the 
■VQrd : but not so mam - as have fallen by 
the tongue. 

19 Well is he that is defended from it, 
and hath not passed through the venom 
thereof: who hath not drawn the yoke 
thereof. m bound in her bands. 

20 For the yoke thereof is avokeof iron, 
and the bands thereof are bands oi brass. 

21 The death thereof is an evil death, 
the gra tterthan it. 

12 It shall not have rule over them? that 
!, neither shall they be burned with 
reof. 

ke the I>ord si 
into it, and it shall burn in them, 
be quenched ; it shall be sent upon them 
them as a leopard, 
hedge thy possession 
and bind up thy silver 

hrny words in a balance, 
. '. Har tor thy mouth, j 
then slide not I 
lieth in wait. 

1 1 lend: 4 ' :,;■ 
fraud the lentl-\ 



Chap, xxix, * ry/i'ia. 857 

3 Keep thy word, and deal faithfully 
with him, and thou sh'alt always find the 
thing that is necessary ior thee. 

4 1 Man) , when a tiling was lent them, 
reckoned it to be found , and put them to 
trouble that helped them. 

5 Till he hath received, be wifl kiss a 
ind ; and for his neighbour's mo- 

■ ■•-■issiy :"but when he 
shook! repay, he will prolong the time, 
and return words of grief, and complain 
eft'., thnei 

6 If he prevail, he shall hardly receive 
the half, and he will count as if he had 
found it : it' not, he hath deprived him of 

I he hath gotten him an en- 
emy witfiout cause : he payeth him with, 
; and for honour, he 

r used to lend 

for other men's ill dealing, fearing to be 

led. 

8 Yet ha \-c thou patience with a man in 

late, and delay not to shew him. 

n 

poor for the command- 
ment's sake, and turn him not away be- 
cause of his poverty* 

10 Lose tht money for thy brother and 
thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone 
to be lost. 

1 1 Lay up thy treasure according to the 
commandments of the Most High, and it 
sbal| bring thee more profit than gold. 

12 Shut 0]) alms in thy store houses : 
and it shall deliver thee from all affliction . 

13 It shall fight for thee against thine 
enemies, better than a mighty shield and 
strong spear. 

14 An honest man is surety for his neigh- 
bour : but he that is impudent willforsak* 
him. 

15 Fof« t not the friendship of thy sure 
ty, for he h ith given his life for thee. 

will overthrow the good 
estate ot his surety : 

17 And he that is of an unthankful mind, 
(rill leave him [in danger] that delivered 

him. 

18 Suretyship hath und< nemany i 
estate, at 

. /, driven from thin 

. tl j \,. a.v r d 

jng th* 

I - 

. 



&38 Jpocry/iha.. 



ECCLE3JASTICUS. 



Jpocryfik&. 



22 Better is the life of a poor man in a 
mean cottage, tlian delicate fare in another 
man's house. 

' 23 Be it little or much, hold thee con- 
tented, that thou hear not the reproach of 
thy house. 

24 For it is a miserable life to go from 
house to house : for where thou art a 
stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth. 

25 Thou shalt entertain, and feast, and 
have no thanks : moreover, thou shalt 
hear bitter words : 

. 26 Come, theta stranger, and furnish a 
table!, and feed me of that thou hast ready. 
•' 27 Give place, thou stranger, to an hon- 
ourable man, my brother cometh to be 
lodged, and I have need of mine house. 

23 There things are grievous to a man 
of understanding : the upbraiding q£ house 
room, and reproaching ot the lender. 

1 CHAP. XXX. 

t'li is good to correct our children, 7 and 
''not to be too fond of than. 14 Health 
is better them nveahh. 

HE that Ioveth his son, causeth him 
oft to (eel the" rod, that lie may have 
joy of him in the civ,'. 

'2 K<j tffat chastiseth his son, shall have 
joy in hhn. and skan rejoice of hi in among 
his acquaintance. 

" 3 Heiljat'teacheth his son, grievetlithe 
enemy ; and before his friends he shall re- 
joice 'of him. 

4 Though his father die, yet he is as 
URJ&ght he were not dead ; lor" he hath left 
one behind him that is like himself. 

5 While he lived, he saw and rejoiced 
in Mm : and "when he died, he was not sor- 
row ful. 

J 6 He left behind hijh an avenger against 
his* enemtesy and one that shall requite 
kindness to his friends. 

[7 '.% ;H'e that maketh too much of his 
son, shall bind up his wounds, and his bow- 
els will. be troubled at every cry. 

\8 Ah horse not broken becometh head- 
strong': and a child left to himself will be 
wilful. 

,9 Cocker. thy child, and he shall make 
thee afraid ; play with him, and he will 
bring thee to heaviness. 

10 Laugh not with him, lest thou have 
sorrow "with him, and lest thou gnash thy 
teeth in the end. 

11 Give him no liberty, in his youth, 
and wink not. at his fellies.. 

■12 Bow down his neck while he is young, 
and feat 'him.. on the --ides while ke.is a 
cnUd,Te-t he ^vaxsti:V,ibrh v ahdbe disf5- 
he4ient:ur;.to .thee, and so bring sorrow to 
tlifhe heart. 

_13.Ci;i rlh^himtb da- 

hour, ie ..-. . urbe^ncfience^ 

uote'tlicei * ' 



14 1 Better is the poor, being lound and 
strong of constitution, than a rich man 
that is afflicted in his body. 

15 Health and good estate of body are 
above all gold, and a strong body above in- 
finite wealth. 

16 There is no riches above a sound 
bodv, and no joy above the joy of the heart. 

17 Death is better than a bitter lite, or 
continual sickness. 

18 Delicates poured wpon a mouth shut 
up, are as messes of meat set upon a grave. 

19 What good doeth the offering unto 
an idol i for neither can it eat, nor smell ; 
so is, he that is persecuted of the Lord. 

20 He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth 
as tn eunuch that embraceth a virgin, 
and sigheth. 

21 Give not over thy mind to heaviness, 
and afflict not tlm.cif in thine own counsel. 

22 The gladness of the heart is' the life 
of man, and the jo) fulness of a man pro- 
longed! his days. 

23 Love thine own soul, and comfort thy 
heart, remove sorro\v far from thee:, for 
sorrow hath killed many, and there is no 
profit therein. 

24 Envy and wrath, shorten the .life? 
and carefulness bringeth age before' the 
time. 

25 A cheerful and good heart will have 
a care of his meet and diet. 

CHAP. XXXI. 
1 Of the desire of riches, 1'2 of modera- 
tion or excess in eaiing, or chinking 
wine. 

WATCHING for riches consumeth 
the flesh, and the care thereof dri* 
veth away sleep. 

2 Watching care will not let a man 
slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep. 

3 The rich hath great labour in gath- 
ering riches together, and when he rest- 
eth he is filled with the delicates. 

4 The poor laboreth in his poor estate, 
and when he leaveth off he is. still needy. 

5 He that ioveth geld shall not be justi- 
fied, and he that iolloweth corruption shall 
have enough thereof* 

6 Gold hath been the ruin of many ; and 
their destruction was present. 

7 It is a stumbling block unto them that 
sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall beta- 

.widi. 
S Blessed is the rich that is found wit ^ 
outbtermsh, and hath not gone after gold. 
9 W.Up Is he ? and we will call hin1 bles- 
sed ?. for wonderful things hath he done 
arh&ng his people. 

1C Who hath been tried thereby, and 
f. una perfect i then let him glory, Wtv*_ 
might offend, and hath not (.:fendcd t or, 

wl, and hath not done it i 
- t\ His goods shall be established, mi 



j&fiscryfiha. 
the cong 



ilms. 

ye is an 
ed more 
weepeth 

B, those 
thee: and cie- 
. 

-'sake; 
anil be 

; man}', 
I. 

r a man 
rtuied, and he fetcheth not his 

.. tmeth of m derate 

ngsoi the belh ait 

thou h ist been forced toe.it, 
i forth, vomit, and t 

me, and d >pise me 
not, and at the last tlv u sh i't find 

thy works be quick, bo shall 
thei e no stcknt 

23 \V it, men 

ng will be be 

24 But against him thaHs ini| 

murmur, 

and the testis 

^ ine, for 

i 

s, ma- 

fool, til' h 

and roak 

31 R 

give him no despiteful w< i 

villi urging him [»• drink]. 



, C.HA.P. XXXU. 

| 1 Of his di ej or master dfa 

cfG . 18W 
CQunsti 

■ 
j TF thou be 
j X lilt not thyself up, b 
oe of the rev 

. when thcu hast done all thy p£ 

merry with them, -nd recc 
'eriiig of the 
k thou that art the elder, for ft 
meth thee, but with sound judgment^ 
; iiiid hinder not fnus 

icre thcic h a 
ew not forth wisdom out 
of time. 

5 A concert of musick in j: banquet of 
wine, is as a signet of carbuncle set m gold. 

6 As a Signet of an emerald sec in a 
musick 

wine. 

in, if there be need of 
. scarcely when thou ait 
twice as 

8 Let thy speech be short, compvehend- 
.' • ; be a* < . 

e Lh, and yet holdetli his ton 

9 If th it men, make 
not th> 

ire ai f'.ace, uie not many 
. 

• thunder geeth lightning, 
and befbi hall go fa- 

• up betimes, and be not the last, 

leliy. 
icre take thy pastime, and do 
what thou Wilt ; bu r . sin not by 

bless him that 
. epfenished thee with 
his good ' 

th the Lord will re- 
nd they that see& 
■ 

..! be fil- 
• but the hvpocrite will be 

i 

he renroved, 

1. is will, 
-considerate, 
i ijiut d-iun- 

:re, andwhfcn 

I u niay- 

. - - 



S£0 Apocrypha, 



ECCLESIASTICUS. 



21 Be not confident in a plain way. 

22 And beware of thine own children. 

23 If In every good work trust thy own 
soul, for this is the keeping of the com- 
mandments. 

24 He that believeth in the Lord tnketh 
heed to the commandment, and he that 
trusteth in him shall fare never the worse. 

"C HAP. XXXIII. 

1 The safety of him that fear eth the Lord, 

7 Time's and seasons are of God. 

THERE shall no evil happen unto him 
that feareth the Lord, but in tempta- 
tion even again he will deliver him. 

2 A wise man hateth not the law ; but 
he that is an hypocrite therein, is as a ship 
in a storm. 

3 A man of understanding trusteth in 
tile law, and the law is faithful unto him 
as an oracle. 

4 Prepare what to say, and so thou shalt 
•be heard : and bind up instruction, and 
then make answer. 

5 The heart of the foolish is like a cart 
wheel : and his thoughts are like a rolling 
axletree. 

6 A stallion horse is as a mocking friend, 
he neigheth under every one that sitteth 
upon him. 

7 *j[ Why doth one day excel another, 
when as all the light of every day in the 
year is of the sun ( 

8 By the knowledge of the Lord they 
were distinguished, and he altered seasons 
and feasts. 

9 Some of them hath he made high days 
and hallowed them, and some of them hath 
he made ordinary days. 

10 And all men are from the ground, 
and Adam was created of earth. 

11 In much knowledge the Lord hath 
divided them, and made their ways diverse. 

12 Some ofthem hath he blessed and ex- 
alted, and some of them hath he sanctifi- 
ed and set near himself s but some of 
them hath he cu.ried and brought low, 
and turned out of their places. 

13 As the clay is in the potters hand, to 
fashion it at his pleasure : so man is in the 
hand of him that made him, to render to 
them as liketh him best. • 

14 Good is set against evil, and life a- 
gaiust death; so is the godly against the 
sinner, and the sinner against the godly. 

15 So look upon all thfeworksof the Most 
High, and there are two and two, onea- 
gainst another. 

16 I awaked up last of all, as one that ga- 
thereth after the grape gatherers; by the 
blessing of the Lord I profited, and filled 
my wine press like a gatherer of grapes. 

17 Consider that I laboured not for my- 
self only, but tor all them that se$k Jearn- 



Apocrypha. 

18 Hear me, O ye great men of the peo- 
ple, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers 
of the congregation. 

19 Give not thy son and wife, thy broth- 
er and friend, power over thee while thou 
livest, and give not thy goods to another : 
lest it repent thee, and thou entreat for the 
same again. 

20 As long as thou livest and hast breath 
in thee, give not thyself over to any e 

21 For better it is that thy children should 
seek to thee, than that thou shou'klest stand 
to their courtesy. 

22 In all thy works keep to thyself the" 
pre-eminence, leave not a stain in thine 
honour. 

23 At the time when thou shalt end thy 
days, and finish thy life, distribute thine in- 
heritance. 

24 Fodder, a wand, and burdens, arc 
for the ass ; and bread, correction, and 
work, for a servant. 

25 If thou set thy servant to labour thou 
shalt find rest : but if thou let him go idle, 
he shall ^eek liberty. 

26 A yoke and a collar, do bow the 
neck : so are tortures and torments for an 
evil servant. 

27 Send him to labour, that he be not 
idle : for idleness teacheth much evil. 

f 28 Set him to work as is fit for him : if 
he be not obedient, put on more heavy fet- 
ters. , 

29 But be not excessive toward any, 
and without discretion do nothing. 

30 h thou have a servant, let him be un- 
to thee as thyself, because thou hast bought 
him with a price. 

31 If thou have a servant, entreat him 
as a brother: for thcu hast need of him 
as of thine own soul : if thou entreat him 
evil, and he run from thee, Which way 
wilt thou go to seek him i 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 Of dreams. 13 7 'he iirais- -and blessing 
ofthem that fear the Lord. 18 The of- 
ferings of the Kvic he d, God accept eth riot. 
THE hopes of a man void of under- 
standing are vain and false ; and 
dreams lift up fools. 

2 Whooo regardeth dreams is like him 
that catcheth at a shadow, and foilcweth 
after the wind, 

3 The vision of dreams is the resem* 
blance of one thing to another, exeiias 
the likeness of a face to a face. 

4 Of aft unclean thing, What can- be 
cleansed ? and, From that thing which ie 
false, what truth can come ? 

5 Divinations, and soothsay in gs, and 
dreams, are vain, and the heart lancieth 
as a woman's heart in travail. 

6 If they be not sent from the Most 
High in thy, visitation, set not thy heart 
jupoa them. 



Jffocryphu,- Chap, 

7 For dreams have deceived many, and 
they have failed that put their trust in 
them. 

8 The law shall be found perfect with- 
out lies: and •visdom is perfection to a 
faithful mouth. 

9 A man that hath travelled knowtth 
many tilings ; and he that hath much ex- 
perience will declare wisdom, 

10 He that h.ith no experience know- 
eth little; but he drat bath travelk 

of prudence. 

11 When 1 tra\ eiled, I saw many things, 
and 1 underhand nww than 1 can ex- 
press. 

12 I was <it times in danger of death : 

tl delivered I se thing*. 

13 K The spirit ot those th it 

Lord shall live, fcr their hope is in him 

that saved* them. 

. iioso feareth the Loi 1 shall not 
r be afraid, for he is hishope. 

15 lilessed is the soui of him that tea' - 
eth the Lord : To whom dodi he look i 
and. Who is his stre' 

16 For the eyes of die I/)rd are upon 
them that lovfe him, he istht 

tectfe n ■ stay, a detei 

heat, a:. noon, ; 

. an help 

17 Kt 
etli -ho 

. - 

19 1 
the oflbi . 

Eaciried fur sin by the multitude of tacri- 

90 Whoso bringeth an offering of the 
goods of the poor, deeth a> « ix that killeth 
liie son before his fathei '- 

' tie bread oft] 
hethatdefraudtthh: a . man ol 

blood* 

. 

«th the labourer of his tur< 

but hu,- 

diet cur* 

2t) So is it \ 
his sin^, and . 
<amc -. Who will : 



Jfiocryfiha. 841 , 

CHAP. XXXV. 
1 S.:crijice8 fUeasing to God. 14 Til* 
;rr of .the JathcrL'a^cf the i?«4o»fc 
avd of ihc humble in spirit. 

Hit keepeth the law bringeth offt*r- 
ings enough : he that taketh hee \ to 
■..nrandment, offeicth a {.eacvciler- 
■ 

2 fie that requiteth a good turn offer - 
eth fine tl >ur : and he that gtyeth alms 

| 

3 r< i dep; ot trcin is ickedness is at:.! 
ng to the Lord: and to f< i 

righte uuness is a propitiation. 

4 Tnou shalt net appear empty before 
the Lord. 

5 For all these things [are to be dene] 
because of thee mmandtnent. 

6 The offering ofi '.'-th 
the aitar fat, and tho sweet savour thereof 

i:;;h. 

7 The sac t man is accr 
able, ;.nd the memorial th< . cr 
be forgotten. 

8 Give the Lord his honour v 

eye, and diminish not th :> ci" 

erfulcouh- 

e, and dedicate thy tithes with &lad- . 

10 Give unto the Moj; luig 

I as thou 

.ye. 

11 F r the L;r:l rec inpe.'.sedi, and 

' : C 'ill!" 

tor such he v, 

to uui i hi Lord ? 

■ 

13 H 

a poor man, but will uea 
. 

14 *; He will n it 

tionof tin fath« rless: n< r tlie 
retb out Her a mplaint. 
i j Do not the U id- 

. J • 

' smt;l; the I .< I 
'i favour, anc 1 
i 
17 1 h< p ayei ol the 
(he cli . h, he vfill 

i ill 

<i»t. 
wj i i'i. .t be 

iid 
under die 
d rtnayei) \ 
■ 

. :>ro- 
- 



143 






Ap.ocryfiha. ECCLESIASTICU3. 

Till he have rendered to every man 

r-.iing to his deeds, and to the works of 

- -cording to their devices; till he 

red the cause of his people, and 

i to rejoice in his mercy. 

is seasonable in the time of 
c'.ouds of rain in the time of 



CHAP. XXXVI. 

1 A ;:■ | • ' for the church against the 
es thereof; 18 A &6dcl heart, and 
i cL 

HiVE mercy upon us, O Lord God 
of all; and beholds: 
\nd send mv fear upon all the na- 
tk s that seek not after thee. 

3 Lift up thy hand against the strange j 
ru ions, and let them see thy power. j 

4 As thou wast sanctihVd in us 
them: so be thou magnified among them 
before us. 

5 And let fchem know thee, as •• 
known thee, that there is no God but enlv 
thou, O God. 

6 Shew new signs, nnd make other 
strtmge wonders, glorify thy hand, and thy 
right arm, that they may set forth thy 
w ond rou s wo rk s . 

7 Raise up indignation, and pour out 
•wrath :, takeaway the adversary, and de- 
stroy the enemy. " 

8 Make the time short, remember the 
covenant, and let them declare thy won- 
derful works. 

9 Let him that escapeth be consumed 
h'- file rage of the fire, and let them per- 
il 

10 Smite in sunder the heads of the ru- 

ne heathen, that say, There is none 
but we, 
ather all the trites cf- Jacob to- 
arid inherit thou them, as trcm the 
beaming. 

: Lord, have mercy upon the peo- 
y>> that is called by thy name, and tiopn 
I - .e', whom thou ha t named thy first 
fccrn. 

13 O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy 
holy cifv, ;he place of thy rest. 

14 Fill Sioh ■with thine unspeakable or- 
sCifis, and thy people with thv glory. 

15 Give testimony unto those that thou 
hast postered from the beginning, and 
rai.se up prpphels that Ijaye been in thy 
name. 

16 Reward them itnai wait for thee, and 
let thy prophejtsJbe found faithful. 

1 17 OL'.id-, he it the prayer of thy ser- 
vants, according to the blewing of Aaron 
over thy people, that •allthey *h 
ur5on the "earth, may know 
the Lord, the eternal God. 

18 % The belly devoured al ■ -- .* • et 
is one meat beUer <l a ■ .-. h . 



AjcQcryfiha. 

19 As the palate tasteth divers kinds of 
venison : so doth an heart of understand- 
ing talse speeches. 

20 A frowafd heart causeth heaviness : 
but a man of experience will recompense 
him.' 

21 A woman will receive every man, 
yet is one daughter better than another. 

22 The beauty, of a woman cheererh 
the countenance, and a man loveth nothing 
better. 

23 If there be kindness, meekness, and 
comfort in her tongue, then is not her hus- 
bond like other mem 

24 He that getteth a wife, begianeth a 
possession, a help like unto himself, and a 
pillar of rest. • 

-25 Where no hedge is, there the pes- 

d ; and he that hath no "wife, 

Lnderup and down mourning. 

ho will trust a thief well .appointed, 

ipeth from city to city? so, [Who 

- a] a man that hath no house, q nd 

lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him ? 

CHAP. XXXV II. 

1 Sow. to know friends and counsellors* 

27 Learn to refrain thine afi/i elite. 

EVERY friend saith, I am his friend 
also : but there is a friend which is on- 
ly a friend in name. 

2 Is it not a grief unto death, when a o>ii- 
panjon and friend is turned to an enemy I 

3 O wicked imagination. Whence earn- 
est thou in to cover the earth with deceit ? 

4 There is a companion which rejoiceth 

sperity of a friend, but in the time 
oftro gainst hhn. 

5 There is a companion, which hclpeth 
his friend for the beily, and taketh up the 
buckler against the enemy. 

6 Forget not thy friend m thy mind, and 
be not unmindful of him in thy riches. 

7 Every counsellor extolleth counsel ; but 
there is some that counselleth for himself, 

8 Beware of a counsellor, and know be- 
fore what need he hath, for he will counsel 
for himself, lest he cast the lot '-•pop, thee. 

9 And say unto thee, Thy way is good : 
and afterward he stand on the other side to 
see wtiat shall befa) tnee. 

10 Consult net with one that suspecteth 
thee : and hide thy counsel from such as 
envy thee. 

11 Neither consult with a wom^n, touch- 
ing her "of whom she isjealous, neither with 
a coward in matters oi war ; nor. with a 
merchant concerning exchange ; nor with 
a buyer of selling ; nor with an envious man 
of thankfulness ; nor with an unmerciful 
man touching kindness ; nor with the sloth- 
ful for any work ; nor with an hireling for 
a year or finishing work, nor with an idle 
servant of much business: hearken notun* 

. .iter c£ counsel. 



Jpbcryfiha. Chap. 

12 But be continually with a goodly man 
whom thou knowest to keep the command- 
ments of the Lord, w 

ing tc thy mind, and will sorrow with thee 
ii th*u shaft miscarry. 

13 And letthe counsel ofthineown heart 

for there is no man more faithful 
unto thee than it. 

14 For a man's mind is sometime wont 
to tell him more than itchmen, 
that sit above in an high t< 

15 And abovi ray to the Most 
High, that he will dii \ in ti uth. 

16 Lc 

frThecoui v hanging 

of the i . i 

r : gccd 
ngueru- 
p them ct ntim 

'ise and teach - 
v 
it shewethw 

him from the 

t tructeth his people; 

- 

t 

\ of the life 
i d: but the d 

hit p< 
7 l My 

end see what i 

* 
e\ 1 1 j • 

* 

■ 
31 1'.\ ' • emai 

c: l-i /.in. 

• H j - 



:<xxviii. Apocrypha* 841 

4, The Lord hath created medicines out 

of the earth ; and he that is 
abhor them. 
5 Was not the water made sw e 
hat the virtue thereof m 

I he hath given men skill that he 
■ i\ his marvellous 
works. 

i such doth he heal [men] and 

pains. 

th live apothecary make a 

fjus works there is no 

u him is p^ace over all the 

:• kness be not 
gent; i, . , the Lord, a 

will mak 

10 Lea 
hands ai i inse thy Ik. i 
all wickedness. 

11 Gh our and a memorial 
ike a fat offering, as 

not b> ■ 

12 Then give place to the physician, ior 
. .1 hath created him : lei him net 

go from thee, for thou hast need of him. 

13 There is 
there is good so 

r they shall also pray unto the 
Lord, that he would prosper that which 
they ^ive for ease and remedy to prolong 
life. 

15 He that unneth before his Maker, 
let him fall into the hand of the physician* 

16 K My son, let tears fall down over 
;it, as if thou 

great harm thyseli: and 
a cording to til I 
ct pot his burial. 

17 Wt 
«nd use : is worthy and 

v* km 
l thyself tor th) . «. 

18 For of he * 
:• • the curse 

e 
- 

I 

■ 

- 



844 Apocrypha* 

hath little business shall become -wise. 

25 How can he get wisdom that hold- 
eth the plough, and that g lor ieth in the 
goad ; that driveth oxen, and is occupied 
in their labours, and whose tafk% of bul- 
locks ? 

26 He giveth his mind to make fur- 
. rows : and is diligent to give the kine fod- 
der. 

27 So every carpenter and workmaster 
that laboureth night and day ; and they 
that cut and grave seals, and are diligent 
to make great variety , and give themselves 
to counterieit imagery, and watch to finish 
a work : 

28 The smith also sitting by the anvil 
and considering the iron work-, the vapour 
of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fight - 
eth with the heat of the furnace ; the noise 
of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his 
ears, and his eyes look still upon the patern 

..: of the thing, that he maketh ; he setteth 
his mind to finish his work, and watcheth 

§ to polish it perfectly : 

29^ So doth the potter sitting at his work, 
and turning the wheel about with his feet, 
who js ahv ay ^carefully set. at his work : 

jf and maketh all, his work by number ; 

30 He fushioneth the clay with his arm, 

..--and ■boweth down his strength before his 
feet, he^applieth himself to lead it over ; 
and he is diligent to make clean the fur- 

-;. nace : : 

..-..■ SI. AH; these trust to their hands : and 
every one is wise in his work. 

; . - 33 Widxaut these cannot a city be in- 

; habited.: and they shall not dwell where 
they will, nor go up and down : 

r; 33 They shall not he sought for inpub- 

.--, lick counsel, nor sit high in the congrega- 
tion : they shall not sit on the judges seat, 
; nor understand the sentence of judgment : 
they cannot declare justice and judgment, 

i» and they shall not be found where parables 

fti , are spoken.. ? 

'34 But they will maintain the state of 

_ - the world,- and [all] their, desire is in the 

E work of their craft. . . 

CHA P. XXXIX. 

;•- 3 1 A description qf him that is truly ivise. 

;; j2.Vj;2 exhortation to praise God for 
his imrks. 

BUT he that^vetlvhisjmindtot'he law. 
"of the .-Most High, ancl-is occupied in 
the meditation thereof, will seek out the 
wisdom.-of ail the agcient,-and be occupied 
i;; pjr-opheeies. 

2 He will keep the saj ings of the renown- 
ed fne# : and where; sub.Ul paraUcs are, 
■ • ke - ; ->sr.'. 

- : 3 '-:■ cut the secrets of grave 

semen ces,aifd be corr» ersaivt in dark para- 
..;■ bit*-. 
'\4Kesl;^;^-ye.arv;pi;^^i-^; s&ejij unci 



ECCLESIASTICU5. 



Ajwcryfiha. 
appear before princes: he v ill travel 
tl i rough strange countries, for he hath tri- 
ed the good and the evil among men. 

.5 He will give his heart to resort early 
to the Lord that made him, and will pray 
before the Most High, and will open his 
mouth in prayer, and make supplication 
for his sins, 

6 When the great Lord will, he shall be 
filled with the spirit of understanding : he 
shall pour out wise sentences, and give 
thanks unto the Lord in his prayer. 

7 He shall direct his. counsel, and know- 
ledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate. 

8 He shall shew forth that which he 
hath learned, and shall glory in the law of 
the covenant of the Lord. 

9 Many shall commend hii understand- 
ing, and so long as the world en dureth, it 
shall not be blotted out, his memorial shall 
not depart away, and his name shall live 
from generation to generation. 

10 Nations shall shew forth his wisdom 
and the congregation shall declare his 
praise. 

11 If he die, he shall leave a greater 
name than a thousand : and if he live, he 
shall increase it. 

12 % Yet have 1 more to say, which I 
have thought upon, for I am filled as the 
moon at the full, 

13 Hearken unto me, ye holy children, 
and bud forth as a rose growing by the 
brook of the field : 

14 And give ye a sweet savour as frank- 
incense, and flourish as a lily, send forth 
a smell, and sing a song of praise, bless the 
Lord in all his works. 

15 Magnify his name, and shew fortk 
his praise with the songs of your lipe, and 
with harps, and in praising him ye shall say 
after this manner : 

16 All the works of the Lord are ex- 
ceeding good andwhatsoever he command- 
eth shaif be accomplished in due season. 

17 And none may say, What is this? 
Wherefore is that ijior at time convenient 
they shall all be sought out ; at his com- 
mandment the waters stood as an heap, 
and at the words of his mouth the recep- 
tacles of waters. 

18 At his commandment is done what- 
soever pleased* him and none can hinder 
when he will save. 

; 19 The works of all flesh are before him, 
and noming can be hid from his eyes. • 

20 He seeth from everlasting to ever- 
lasting: and there is nothing wonderful be- 
fore Inm. 

21 A man need not to say, What is 
this? Wherefore isthat I for he hath made 
all things for their uses. 

22 Hi.vbl;°ss;ng covered the dry la,nd as 
a j iver, and. watered it as a iiood." 



Jfpscryfi/ia. 
23 As he hith tuned the w«ti 

. , I-ii - ways are plain un*o the holy, 
■0 are they sttmbiingbiock! 

ed. 

■r the gn-vl are good things created 
ic beginning . 
ners. 

i he principal things for the whole 
use of man's iiie, are water, 
tr of wheat. 

For go dto the 
; solo the ■nnersthe) arc turned iu- 

-i e !* spirits that are created for 

vewftea i their tui-y lay un .«>ore 

: in tint time of destruction they 

md appease the wrath 

made them. 

ine and death, 

eance 

>, .:!id scorpions, 

I the swordj punishing the 

Instruction. 

J l They shall rejoice in his command* 

nient, and they shall l>e r< a<i\ upon earth, 

when Med i3, and when their time is ccn.e 

■ Hi. 

n the beginning I was 
-resolved, and thought upon these things, 
and have left them in writing, 

33 Al! *he works ot the Lord are good 
and he will give every needful thing in due 

34 So that a man cannot say, This is 

p in time they bhallall 

- praise ye the Lord 
* andnuuth, and bless 

\ P. XI.. 

1 Murr, in a roan's lif . 

- 
■ 

the) i - 

hat weave: 

aim' 

mui- 

and in tin 



xl. jfpoe 

6 A little cr nothing is his reek, and af- 
terward he <s in his sleep, as in a day of 

.each troubled in the vision o this 

■ 

7 When alii - 

veileth that Lie tear was nodiing. 

i things happen] unto all flesh, 
both man and beast, and that is sei 5 
more upon sinners. 

9 Death, and b'oodshed, strife 
sword, calamities, famine, tribulation and 
the ^o urge. 

10 These things are created lor the 

-akescamc the flood. 

11 A. 1 things that are of the earth shall 
turn to the earth again ; and th*t which is 
of the waters doth return into the sea. 

19 All bribery and injustice shall be blot- 
ted out : but true dealing shad endure for- 
ever. 

13 The goods of the unjust shall be dri- 
ed up like a river, and shall vanish with 
noise like a great thunder in rail*, 

14 While he openeth his hand, he shaU 
rejoice : so shall transgressor* cLir.e to 
nought; 

15 The children of the ungodly shall 
not bring forth many branches* : but are 
as unclean roots upon a hard rock. 

16 The weed growing upon everv wa- 
ter and bank of a river, ahaii be pulled up 
before all grass. 

17% Bountiiulness is as a most fruitful 
garden, and mercifulness endureth for e- 
ver. 

18 To labour and to he content with that 
a rnan hath, is a sweet life : but he that 
findeth u treasure is above them both* 

19 Children, and the building of a city 
continue a man's name: but a^blame.ess 
wife is counted above them both. 

20 \\ ine and mus ck rejoice t! e heart; 
but the ;< n is above th- 
ai '1 1 

Dth. 

d beau- 
ty : but Diore tii.u uto c m wh te it is 

i ; cnd and a c , et meet 

24 Micthrenand !te'] | 

re than 

} 

sure: but .,: above them 

• 

''ulgar* 
dco, ted covexeth a. 



U5 J/iarr^a. . f ECCLESIASTICUS; 

23 My son, tear! not a beggar's life : for 
Setter it is to die than to beg. 

•29. The life o*' h ; m that dependeth on 
another man's table is not to be counted 
for a life: for he polluted himself with 
other men's meat : but a wise man well 
nurtured will beware thereof. 

30 Begging is sweet in the mouth of the 
aha; i eless : but in his belly thsreshall bum 
a lire. 

G.HA?. %U. 
IThe remembrance of 'death* J4- ITiadom 

is to he uttered, 1 5 Of what things we 

should be ashamed, 

O DEATH, how bitter is the remem- 
brance cf thee to a man that liveth 
si rest in his possessions, unto the man 
that hath nothing to vex him, and that 
hath prosperity in all things : yea. unto 
bim that is yet able to receive merit t 

2 O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto 
the needy, and unto him whore strength 
faileth that is now in the last age, and is 
isexed with all things, and to him that cles- 
paireth, and hath lost patience ll 

3 Fear not the sentence of death, re- 
member them that have been before thee, 
and that come after: for this- is the sen- 
tence ot the Lord over all n*esh. 

4 And. Why arttbouag-ainst the pleas- 
tire of the Most High? There h no inqui- 
sition in the g/ave, whether thou have iiv- 
ed ten, or an hundred, or a thousand years. 

5 The child: en of sinners are abomina- 
ble children, and they that are conversant 
& the dwelling of the Ungodly. 

6 The inheritance of sinners' children 
sir 11 ].er:.sh, and their posterity shall have 
a' perpetual reproach 

7 The children will Complain of an un- 
godly father, becmse they shall be re- 
pr- ■■ehed for his sake, 
- 8 Wee -be "unto you ungodly men, which 

■ -.;aken "the* law of the most high 
G i or if ye increase, it shall be to your 
aestr icrion. 

%S And if ye be born,- ye shall be born to 
a»cur8c: and it ye die, a cur^e shall 'be your 
pcr:i>- n. 

• 10 All that are of the earth shall turn to 
earth ag&ia : so the ungodly shall go from 
a -curse to destruction. 

■ 11 The. mourning of men is about their 
bodies : but art ill name of sinners shall be 
blotted out. 

12 Have relied to thv name : for that 
shall continue with thee above a thousand 
gre^t treasures of gold. 

13 A good iife iuth but few days: but 
a-^ood name end-in eth forever. 

14 % My" ch'klrcn, keep discipline in 
peace : tor "wisdom that is hid, and a trea- 
sure "hat is uot seen, What profit is. in 
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15 A man that hideth his foolishness is 
better than a man that hideth his wisdom. 

16 % Therefore be shamefaced accord- 
ing to my word : for it is not good to re* 
tain ail shame lacedness ; neither is it alto- 
gether approved in every th : ng. 

17 Be ashamed of whoredom before fa- 
ther and mother, and of a Ik before a prince 
and a mighty man : 

18 Of an offence before a judge and ru- 
ler, of iniquity before a congregation and 
people, ot unjust dealing before thy part- 
ner and friend ; , 

19 And of theft in regard of the place 
where thoi> sojourned, and in regard ot th« 
truth of God and his covenant ; and to lean 
witli thine elbow upon the meat, and of 
scorning to give and take ; 

20 And of silence before them th at salute 
thee, and to look upon an harlot ; 

21 And to turn away thy lace from thy 
kinsman, *or to take away a portion or a 
gift, or to gaze upon another man's wife ;, 

22 Or to be -over busy with his maid, 
and come not near her bed ; or of up- 
braiding., speeches before friends : and af- 
ter thou hast given,,upbraid not ; 

23 Or of iterating and speaking again 
that which thou hast heard, and of re* 
vealing of secrets., 

24 So shalt thota be truly shamefaced, 
and find favour before all men. 

CHAP. XLII. 
1 IVhereof we shcidd not be ashamed, 15 

The works and greatness of God. 
/~YF these things be not thou ashamed, 



and accept no person to sin therebv 

2 Of the law of the Most High, and his 
covenant, and of judgment to justify the 
ungodly ; 

3 Of reckoning with thy partners and 
travellers,. or of the gift of the heritage of 
friends : 

4 Of exactness of balance and weights^, 
or of getting -much or little ; 

5 And of merchants indifferent selling,. 
of much correction of children, and to make 
the side of an evil servant to bleed. 

6 Sure keeping is good where an evil- 
wife is, and shut up where many hands 
are. 

7 Deliver all things in number and 
weight, and put all in writing that thou 
givest out, or receivest in-. 

3 Be not ashamed to inform the unwise 
and foolish, and the extreme aged that coin* 
tendeth with those that are young ; thus 
shalt thou be truly learned, and approved 
of all men living. 

9 The father waketh for the daughter 
when no man knoweth, and the care for 
her taketh away sleep : when she is \ ofng, 
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relreMitth. 

h is counsel he appeaseth thedeep, 
and piautetn isjandstnerein. . 

24 They that sail cm tie sea tell of the 
danger Uici-eot ; and when we bear it with 
car ear&, we marve. increat.. 

25 For tiierein be strange and won- 
drti&s works, variety of ail' kinds oi oeastb, 
and whales ere .tied. 

25 By h ft] EUe end of them hath pros- 
perous success; and by his word all taints 
consist. 

27 We- may -speak -much) and yet come 
short : wherefore in sum, he is ah. 

2o How shall we be ab.e to magnify 
him :' For he is great above all ins works. 

29 The Lord is terrible and very great, 
and marvellous is his power. 

39 VViien ye glorify the Lord, exalt him 
as "much as \e cm ; for even yet whl he. 
far e::ceed: and when ye exalt hhu put 
forth ail your strength, and be not weary ; 
fo:' ye can never goiar enough. 

Si Wno nath bees iv.m that he might 
tel 1 us r and, Who can magnif him as iie isi 

32 There are yet hid greater things 
than these be, for we have seen but a few 
or his works. 

33 For the Lord hath made ail things, 
and to the godlv liatii he given wisdom. 

CHAP XbiV. 
2\he firaise of certain holy men, 

LET us now prai-e famous men, and 
•our fathers that begat us. 

2 The Lord hath wrought great glory 
by them, through his great power irorn the 
beginning. 

3 Such as did bear rule in their king* 
doms. men renowned fort-heir power, giv- 
ing counsel by their understanding, and 
de caring prophecies .: 

4 Leaders of the people by their coun- 
sels, and by their knowledge of learning 
meet for t-he people, wise and eloquent in 
their instructions : 

-5 rsueh as found out musical tunes, and 
recited verses in writing : 

6 Rich men furnished with ability, liv- 
ing peaceably in their habitations : 

7 All these were honoured in their gen- 
erations, and were the glory of their tunes. 

8 There be of them that have left a 
name behind them, that their praises might 
be reported. 

9 And some there be, which have no 
memorial, who - are perished as though 
they had never been, and are become as 
though they had never been born, and 
their cWidren after them. 

10 But these were merciful men, whose 
righteousness hath iiGt been forgotten. 

11 With their seed shall continually re- 
main a good inheritance, and their chil- 
dren are within the covenant. 



12 Tneir seed statwrleth fast,"anc their 
children 'or their sakes. 

13 Their seed shall remain for ever r 
and their glory shah not be blotted mr. j 

14 Their bodies are buried in peace, but J 
irn-iv name iivelh for everm re. 

15 Fne ! e< pie- will tell ot their v. ihdorn, 
and t.;e congregation will shew forth their 
praise. 

15 Eftodl pleased the Lord, and was 
translated, being an examp eoi iepenoance 
to all generations. - 

i 7 Noah was f ,und perfect and right- 
eous ; in the time ot wrath, he was taken 
in exchange" [tor the world] ; there.-, re 
was he left a- a remnant unto the earth, 
wir.n the flood c«me. 

18 An everlasting covenant was matle 
with him, that all flesh should perish no 
more by the fiord. 

19 Abraham was a great father of many : 
people ; in glorv was there acne :ike Bftta 
him ; 

20 Who kept the law of the Most High, 
and was in covenant with him: he estab- 
lished the covenant in his flesh, and when 
he was prove.-], he was found faithful. 

21 The-: p.N'ue he assured him by an oath, 
that he would bless the . :.■; seed, ' 
and that lie would multiply him 'as the 
dust ot the earth, and exalt ; 

stars, and cause them to inherit frnn -ea 
to sea, and froth the river unto the utmost 
part of the land. 

22 With I^iac did he establish V'kewise 
[for Abraham hi ike] the bles- 
sing of ail men, and the covenant. 

23 And made it rest upon the head of 
Jacob. He acknowledged him in his bles- 
sing, and gave him an heritage, ?nd divi- 
ded his portions ; among the twelve tribes 
did he part them. 

CHAP. XLV. 

1 Theprar.sc of M^rs, 6 of Jaron, 23 

and Phinees. 

A^D he brought out of him a merciful 
man, which found favour in tire sight 
of all flesh, eveD Moses, beloved of Gt-d 
and men, whose memorial is blessed. 

2 He made him like to the glorious saints' 
and magnified him, so that his enemies 
Istooci in fear of him. 

I 3 By his words he caused the wonders 
•to cease, and he made him glorious in the; 
'sight of kings, and gave him a command- 
iment fcrhis peopte,"and shewed him part 1 
jof his glory. 

{ 4 He sanctified him in his faithfulness,; 
land meekness, and chose him out of all- 
ho en. 

• 5 He made him to hear his voice, and 
brought him into the dark cloud, and; 
!g ire him commandments before his face, 
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and appeased the wicked murmuring. 
' 8 And of six hundred thousand people 
eji foot, they two were preserved to brjng 
them into the heritage, even unto, the land 
that fioweth with milk 'and honey. 

9 °J[ The-Lord gave strength also unto 
■Caleb, which remained with him unto his 
<jld,age: so that he entered' Upon the high 
places of the land, and his seed obtained 
!t ir ran heritage i 

10 That all thechildrcia of Israel might 
.sefe thdt. A is good to- follow the Lord. 

, 11 And concerning the judges every one 
byname, Whose heartwent.net a whoring 
£or departed from the Lord, tet their 
memory be blessed. 

12 Let thbfr bones -flourish cut of their 
place, and Jet the name of them that were 
honoured be continued upon their children. 

13 II Samuel the. prophet ci the Lord, 
.beloved of his Lord, established a kin'g- 
-dom, and anoinledpvinc.es over his -people. ' 

14 By the law of the Lord he judged 
the congregation and the Lord had respect 
unto Jacob, 

15 By his faithfulness he was f und a 
true prophet, c-nd by hh word he was 
lenown to befait'am! in vision. 

15 He called upon the mighty Lord, 
tvhen his enemies pressed upon himon-ev- 
ry side, when tie offered the sucking lamb. 

17 Arid the Lord thundered froinHeav- 
sn and with a great noise made his -voice 
to be heard. 

18 And he destroyed the rulers of the 
Syrians, and all .the princes of the phiiis- 
■ tines. 

19 And before his long sleep he;made 
protestations in the sight or the Lord and 
ads anointed, I have not taken any man's 
goods so much as a shoe : and no man did 
■accuse him. 

20 And after his death he prophesied 
and shewed the king his end, and lilted up 
l;is voice from the earth in prophecy, to 
b-ot out the wickedness of the people. 

CHA P. XLV1I. 
1 The praise qf'J\ r at}ian,2 of David, 12 of 
Sobynon^his #&n/, andinjirmitics^c*. 
A KD after him rose up Nathan to pro- 
J~\. phesy in the name of David. 

2 \ As is the fat taken away, from the 
peace offering, so wasX)avidchcsen out of 
the .childi en of Israel. 
' $ He pla\ ed with lions as with kids, and 
•with bears as with Iambs. 

" 4 Slew he not a giant when he was yet 
but young i And dfd he not'take away re- 
proach from the people when he lifted up 
nfs hand with a stone in the sling, and beat. 
down the boasting of -Goliath i 

S For he called upon the most high Lord, 
£~d he gave him strength in his tight hand. 



to slay that "mighty warrior, and set u$ 
the horn of his people. 

6 So the people honoured him with tea 
thousands, and praised him in the blessings 
of the Lord, in that he gave him a crown, 
of glory. 

7 For he destroyed the enemies on eve- 
ry side, and brought to nought the Philis- 
tines his adversaries, and brake their horn 
in sunder unto this day. 

.8 In all his works he praised the Holy 
One most high, with words of glory ; f 
with his whole heart he sung songs, an4 ) 
loved' him' 'that made him*. 

9 He set singers also before the altar, that 
by their voices they might make sweet 
melody, and daily sing praises in their 
songs. 

10 He beautified their feast, and set irk 
order the solemn times, until the end, that 
they might praise his holy name, and that 
the temple might sound from -morning. 

hi The Lord took away his sins, and 
exalted his horn forever : he gave him a 
covenant of kings, and a throne of glory in 
Israel. 

12 % After him rose up a wise son, and 
for his sake he dwelt at large. 

13 Solomon reigned in a peaceable time, 
and was honoured .; for God made all qui- 
et round about him, that he mhht bui!4 
an house in his name, and prepare his 
sanctuary for ever. 

14 How wise wast thou in thy youth, and 
as a flood filled with 'understanding! 

15 Thy soul covered the whole earth, 
and thou filledst it with dark parables. • 

16 Thy name went. far unto the islands;- 
and for thy peace thou wast beloved. 

17 The countries marvelled at thee for 
thy songs, and proverbs, and parables, and 
interpretations. 

■IS By the name of the Lord God, which 
is called the Lord God of Israel, thou didst 
gather gold as tin, and didst multiply silver 
as lead. 

19 Thou didst bow thy loins unto wom- 
en, and by thy body thou wast brought in- 
to subjection. 

20 Thou didst stain thy honour, and pol- 
lute thy seed : sothatthOubroughtest wratly 
upon thy children, and wast grieved for 
thy foliy. 

21 So the kingdom tfas divided, and.out 
of ^Ephraim ruled a retellsous kingdom. 

22. But the Lord will never leave cil'his 
mercy, neither shall any oi his works par- 
ish, neither will he aboiisb the posterity of 
his elect, and the seed of him that lovetfe 
him he will not take away : whereiv e he 
gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him 
a root unto David. 

23 .Thus rested Solomon with his fathers, 
;i©d of his seed 'he left behind him KoboacB? 



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no under»tai turned a- 

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:. of Nebat who 

sic, and shewed Ephraim 
i f sin : 
24 And their sins were multiplied ex- 
at ot the 

2Sfox thev - all wickedness 

tin tne vengeance c ..a* upon them. 

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2 He re famine upon them, 

and b* hi.« >:ea: lie diinisiishcd their number. 

the word of the Loid he shut up 

vetij and also three times brought 

fire. 

4 O Ellas, how wast thou honoured in 

' and who may glory 

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death, and his soul from the place ot" the 
iv the word ot the Most High : 
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. from their bed : 
7 Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord 
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nee : 

anointed k -evenge, 

•( phttsto succeed after him : 
,0 wast taken up in a whirlwind 
of tire, and in . 

b ho wavt or I :-o><fs in 

judgment, befcre it break forth into fur)', 
and to turn die heart of the fetl 
tfee son, and t-> re tore the t 

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slept in love, frr v,<j 

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with lii^ 

moved with tlk- firrtvner ot any prince, 
ii g him in: 

13 N lira ; and 

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18 In his time Sennacherib came up, 
Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand 

Sion, and blasted j r 

19 Then trembled their hearts and 
hands, and they Were 10 pain, as vomeu. 
in travail. 

2U Bu* they called upon the Lord which. 
is metci u!, and stretched < ui their oanda 
U .ward nim, and immediate}} the Holy Ooe, 
.11 out (A heaven; and delivered 
tfiem by the ministry of Esay. 
Wnt! M of tJbte Assj 

ed them. 

22 Fur Jtiekias had done the thing tftat 
. was str< ng in the. 

v. a) s ( f 1 )a\ id ' Efiaj die pro- 

phe , w b 12 d faithful in his vi- 

si ;i. had commanded him. 

23 In his time the sun wont backwan^ 
ned the king*i 

ZA i iv saw by an excellent spirit what 
should c s at th s last, and ht 

ed them that mourned in l 1 

25 He she v.? 1 
forever, and seciet thaigs ere e\er they 
can e. 

CHAP. JCL1X. 
1 Hie Art *», 4 qf Dtn 

Ezekias. 6 0/ Jeremy, a of j. 

11 ZortbatetyCZc. 

THE remembrance of Josias is like the 
composition of the perfume that i* 
the art of the apothecary: it iv 
1 all mouths, and as music k_ 
at a b inqpetof wine. 

2 He behaved himself uprightly in th-s 
rsion of the [ eople, and took away 

the abominations of iniquity. 

3 He directed hb heart unto the 
and in the time of the ungodly he establish- 
ed the worshi] 

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flourish a gain out of their place : for they 
comforted Jacob, and delivered them by 
assured hope. 

11 1i How shall we magnify Zorobabel ? 
feven be was as a signet on the right hand : 

12 So was Jesus the son of Josedec: 
■who in their time builded the house, and 
set up an holy temple to the Lord, which 
■was prepared for everlasting glory. 

13 And ar&ong the elect was Neemias, 
•"imose renown is great, who raised up for 
ua the wails that were fallen, and set up 
the gates and the bars, and raided up our 
raui again. 

14 But upon the earth was no man ere* 
sited like Lnocli; lor he was taken from 
the earth. 

15 Neither was there a man 'born like 
fsuto Joseph, a governor oi his brethren, a 
stay of the people, whose bones were re* 
girded of the Lord. 

1 6 Bern and iieth were in great honour a- 
radng men, and so was Adam above every 
living thing in the creation. 

C H A F. U 
1 Of 'Simon the son efOnia*. 22 Hotv the 
JiCGpls were laug/U to firaiae God y and 
farm,'. '27 Tiie conclusion. 

SIMON the high priest, the son.ofOnias, 
who in his life repaired the house a- 
gain, and in his days fortified the temjjfe : 

2 And by him was built from thefounda*- 
&en the doable height'jthe high fortress of 
taz wall about the temple. 

3 In his days the cistern to receive water, 
being in compass as the sea, was covered 
With plates of brass: 

4 He took care of the temple that it should 
not fall, and fortified the city against be- 
sieging: 

5 How was he honored in the midst ot 
the re: pie, in his coming out of the sanctu- 
an I 

6 He was as the morning star in the 
midst of a rfloud, and as the moon 'at the 
lui 1 : • 

7 As the sun shining upon the temple of 
the Most High, and as the rainbow giving 
light in the bright clouds : 

8 And as die flower oi roses in the spring 
*$, the year • as lilies by the rivers of water's, 
r.nd as the branches of the iraukincense 
tree in the t ; me of .-.ummer : 

9 As fire and incense in the censer, and 
as a vessel oi beaten gold set with all man- 
lier of precious stone* '• 

.10 And as-afair rave tree budding forth 
fruit., and as a cypres* tree which growetb 
Up to the cleans. 

11 When he put on the robe of honour, 
era; v- w clothed wirli the perfection of glo-r 
ry. when h.e went up to the holy altar, he 
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priest's hands, be himself stood by the , 
hearth of the altar, compassed with his 
brethren round about, as a young cedar in 
Libanus, and as palm trees compassed they 
him round about. 

13 So were all the sons of Aaron in their 
glory, and the oblations of the Lord in their 
hands, before all the congregation of Israel, 

14 And finishing the service at the altar 
that he might adorn the offering of the 
most high Almighty. 

15 He stretched out his hand to the cup, 
and poured of the blood of the grape, he 
poured out at the foot of the altar a sweet 
smelling savour unto the most high King 
ot ail. 

16 Then shouted the sons ot Aaron and 
sounded the silver trumpets, and made a 
great noibe to be heard for a remembrance 
before the Most High. 

17 Then all die people together hasted, 
and fell down to the earth upon their faces 
to worship their Lord (iod Almighty, the 
Most High. 

18 The singers also sang praises with 
their voices, with great variety of sounds 
was there made sweet melody. 

19 And the people besought the Lord, 
the Most High, by prayer before him that 
is merciful, till the solemnity oi the Lord 
was ended, and they had finished his ser- 
vice. 

20 Then he went down, and lifted up 
iiis hands over the whole congregation of 
the children of Israel, to give the blessing 
of the Lord with his lips, and to rejoice in 
his name. 

■21 And they bowed themselves down to 
worship the second time, that they might 
receive a blessing from the Most High. 

22 II Nnw therefore bless ye the God 
of ail, which only doeth wondrous things 
every where, which exalteth our days 
from the womb, and dealeth with us ac- 
cording to his mercy. 

23 He grant us joyf ulness of heart, and 
that peace may be in our days in Israel 
lor ever : 

24' That he would confirm his mercy 
with us. and deliver us at his time I 

25 There be two manner of nations 
which my heart abhwreth, and the third 
is no nation : 

26 They that sit upon the mountain of 
Samaria, and they that dwell among the 
Philistines and that foolish people that 
dwell in Sichern. 

27 % Jesus the son of Sirach, of Jerusa- 
lem, hath written in this book theinstruc- 
ric/.i of understanding and knowledge, who 
out of his heart poured forth wisdom. 

28 Blessed is he that shah be, exercised 
in these things, and he that layeth them ua 
in his heart shall b«c*me wise. 



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;; igs: for the light of the Lord 
leadeth him, who gvetn wisdom to the 
god:/. Blessed be the Lord f< 
Amen, Amen. 

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i e, and bless thy name, O Lord. 

13 When 1 was yet young, or ever I 
went abroad, I desired wisdem openly in 

.• er« 

14 I prayed for her before the temple, 
. :r ou: even to the end. • 

15 Even from the flower, till the grape 
, iid'ii my. heart delighted in her: 

my fiapt ".vent die : ight way, from my youth 
ht latter her. 

mine ear a little, and 
it much learning. 
17 1 profited therein, thcrttfort will I 
i lum that givethme 

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I purposed to do after her, and 
Lb it which is good ; 
s j shall l nolbecontbu 

.! with her, and 
in my doings 1 was exact : I stretched forth 
le heaven alxne, an J be* 
:cs e; htr. 

20 1 directed my soul unto her, and I 
found her in purcness : 1 have had my 

aed with her from the beginning, 
.'.'. 1 not he forsaken. 

21 My heart was troubled in seeking 
her i therefore have I gotten a good pos- 
._ 

22 The Lord hath given me a tongue 
for m> reward, and 1 will praise him 

r.th. 

23 Draw near unto me, ye unlearned, 
and dwell in the house of learning. 

- . Wherefore are ye slow, and, What 
say ye of these thing-;, seeing your souls 
'sty* 

25 1 opened my mouth, and said, Buy 
I ourselves without money. 

26 Put your neck under the \oke, and 
l j she is 

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this book in the hearing of Jechoni 
sen of Joachim king of Juda, and in the 
ears of all the people that came to hear 
the book. 

4 And in the hearing of the nobles, arid 
of the king's sons, arid in the hearing of 
the elders, and of all the people from the 
low est unto the highest, even of all them 
that dwelt at Babylon, by the river bud. 

5 Whereupon/ they wept, fasted, and 
prayed before the Lord. ' 

6 They made also a collection of money 
according to every man's power : 

7 If And they sent it to Jerusalem unto 
Joachim the high priest, the son of Chel- 
cias.son ofSalom, and to the priests, and 
to all the people which were found with 
him at Jerusalem. 

8 At the same time when he re ceived 
the vessels of the house of the Lord that 
were carried out of the temple, to return 
them into the land of Juda, the tenth day 
of the month Sivanyrzame/^, silver vessels 
which Sedecias,, the son of Josias king of 
Juda had made. 

9 After that Nabuchcdonosor king of 
Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and 
the princes, and the captives, and the 
mighty men, and the people of the land 
from Jerusalem, and brought them unto 
Babylon. 

10 And they said, behold, we have sent 
you money to buy you burnt offerings, and 
sin offerings, and Incense, and prejmre ye 
fftanna, and offer upon the altar of the 
L.ord our God ; 

11 And pray for the life of Nab 
onosor king of Babylon, and for the Hie of 
Balthasar his son, that their days may be 
upon earth as the days of heaven. 

12 And the Lord will give us strength, 
and lighten our eyes, and we shall live lin- 
ger the shadow of Nabuchodonosor king 

' of Babylon, and under the shadow of Bal- 
. thasar his son, and we shall serve them 
many days, and find favour m their sight. 

13 Pray for us also unto the Lord cur 
God, for we have sinned against the Lord 
our God ; and unto this day the fury of 
the Lord and his wrath is not turned from 
us. 

14 And ye shall read this book which 
we have sent unto you) to make confession 
in the house of the Lord, upon the feasts 
and solemn days. 

15 And ye shall say, To the Lord cur 
God behngeth righteousness, but unto us 
the confusion of faces, aszV ia come to pass 
this day unto them of Juda, and to the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem, 

16 Atid to our kings, and to our princes, 
and to our priests, and to cur prophets, 
and to our fathers. 



BARUCH. Apocrypha. 

17 For we have sinned before the Lord, 

18 And disobeyed him, and have not 
hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our 
God, to walk in the commandments that 
he gave us openly : 

19 Since the day that the Lord brought 
our forefathers out of the land of Egvpt, 
unto this present day, we have been diso- 
bedient unto the Lord our God, and. we 
have been negligent in not hearing his 
voice. 

20 Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us, 
and the curse which the Lord appointed 
by Moses his servant, at the time that he 
brought our fathers out of the land of E- 
gypt, to give us a land that floweth with 
milk and honey, like as it is to see this day. 

21 Nevertheless, we have not hearkened 
unto the voice of the Lord our God, ac- 
cording unto all the words of the prophets, 
whom he sent unto us : 

22 But every man followed the imagi- 
nation of his own wicked heart, to serve 
strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of 
the Lord our God. 

CHAP. II. 
The prayer and confession which the Jews 
at Babylon made, and sent in that book 
unto the brethren at Jerusalem* 

THEREFORE the Lord hath made 
good his word which he pronounced 
against us, and against our judges that 
judged Israel, and against cur kings, and 
against our princes, and against the men of 
Is] ei and Juda. 

2 To bring upon us great plagues, such 
as never happened under the whole heav- 
er.; as i: came to pass in Jerusalem, accord- 
ing to the things that were written in the 
law of Moses. 

3 That a man should eat the flesh of 
his own son, and the flesh of his own daugh- 
ter. 

4 Moreover, he hath delivered them to 
be in subjection to all the kingdoms that 
are round about us,« to be as a reproach 
and desolation among all the people round 
about, where the Lord hath scattered 
them. 

5 Thus we were cast down, and not ex- 
alted, because we have sinned against the 
Lord our God, and have not been obedient 
unto his voice. 

6 To the Lord our God appertainetk 
righteousness : but unto us and to our fa- 
thers open shame, as appeareth this day. 

7 For all these plagues are come upon 
us, which the Lord hath pronounced a- 
gainst us. 

& Yet have we not prayed before the 
Lord, that we might turn every one from 
the imaginations ot his wicked heart. 

9 Wiierefore the Lord watched over 
us tor evil, and the Lord hath brought it 



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7 And for this cause thou hast pr : thy 
fear in cur hearts, to the intent that we 
should call upon thy name, and praise fchee 
iii cur captivity : for we have called to 
mind all the iniquity of our forefathers that 
sinned before thee. 

8 Behold, we are yet this day in our 
captivity, where thou hast scattered us, 
for a reproach and a curse, and to be sub- 
ject to payments, according to all the ini- 
quities of our fathers whicrTdeparted from 
the Lord our God. 

9 Hear, Israel, the commandments o'f 
life : give ear to understand wisdom. 

10 How happeneth it, Israel, that thou 
art in thine enemies' land, that thou art 
•waxen old in a strange country, that thou 
art defiled with the dead : 

11 That thou art counted with them 
that go down into the gr&\ e i 

12 Thou hast forsaken the fountain of 
wisdom. 

13 For if thou hadst walked in the way 
of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in 
peace for ever. 

14 Learn where is wisdom, where is 
strength, where is understanding ; that 
thou mayest know also where is length of 
days, and life, where is the light of the 
eyes, and peace. 

15 Who hath found out her place ? or, 
Who hath come into her treasures I 

16 Where are the princes of the hea- 
then become, and such as ruled the beasts 
upon the earth : 

17 They that had their past time with 
fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up 
silver and gold wherein men trust, and 
made no end of their getting I 

18 For the}' that wrought in silver, and 
were so careful, and whose works are un- 
searchable, 

19 They are vanished and gone down 
to the grave, and others are come up in 
their steads. 

20 Young men have seen light, and 
dwelt upon the earth : but the way of 
knowledge have they not known, 

.' 21 Nor understood the paths thereof, 
nor laid hold ot it: their children were 
far off from that way. 

22 It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, 
neither hath it been seen in Theman. 

23 The Agarenes that seek wisdom up- 
on earth, the merchants of Meran and of 
Theman, the authors i search- 
ers out of understanding : none of these 
have known the v.' ay of wisdom, or remem- 
ber her paths. 

24 O Israel, how great is the house of 
God, and how large is the place of I 
session ! 

25 Great, and hath none end; high, 
and immeasurable. ' 



EARUCH. , Apocrypha: 

26 There were the giants femous from 
the beginning, that were of so great stat- 
ure and so expert in war. 

27 Those did not the Lord choose, nei- 
ther gave he the way ot knowledge unto 
them : 

28 But they were destroyed, because 
they had no wisdom, and perished through 
then' tm n foolishness. 

29 Who hath gone up into heaven and 
taken her, and brought her down from the 
clouds ? 

30 Who hath gone over the sea, and 
found her, and will bring her tor pure gold I 

31 No man knoweth her w 7 ay, nor think - 
eth of her path. 

32 But he that knoweth ail things, know- 
eth her, and hath found her out with his 
understanding : he that prepared the earth 
for evermore, hath filled it with icurfooted 
beasts : 

S3 He that sendeth forth light, and it go- 
eth : calleth it again, and it 'obex eth him 
with fear. 

34 The stars shined in their watches, 
and rejoiced : when he calleth them, they 
say, Here we be ; and so with cheenui- 
ness they showed light unto him that made 
them. 

35 This is our God, and there shall none 
ether be accounted of, in comparison of 
him. 

36 Fie hath found cut all' the way of 
knowledge, and haih given it unto j £l cob 
his servant, and to Israel his beloved. 

37 Afterward did he show himself upon 
earth, and conversed with men. 

CHAP. iV. 
The hook of commandments is 'hat wisdom 
which zvas commended in (he former 
chapter. 

TH IS is the book of the commandments 
or God, and the law that enriureth 
for ever : all they that keep it shall come 
to life ; but such as leave it shall die. 

2 Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold ct 
it : walk in the presence of the light there- 
of, that thou mayest be illuminated. 

3 Give not thine honour to another, ncr 
the things that are profitable unto thee to 
a strange nation. 

4 O Israel, happy are we : for things 
that are pleasing to God are made known 
unto us. 

5 Be ot good cheer, my people, the me- 
morir.l of Israel. 

6 Ye were sold to the nations, not for 
[your] destruction: tut because ye moved 
God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the 
enemies. 

7 For ye provoked him that made you, 
by sacrificing unto devils, and not to God. 

' 8 Ye have forgotten the everlasting Goci , 
that brought you up ; :md ye have grieved 
Jerusalem; that nursed you. 



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-over, even the woods, and every 
s v :et smelling tree, shall overshadow Is- 
rael by the GGiiamandment of God. 
9 For God shall lead Israel with joy In 
of his glory, with the mercy and 
s that cometh from him. 

The Epistle of Jerimy.' 

VI. 



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A Jeremy 

sent unto them which were to be led 

captives into Babylon, by the king-of the 
Babylonians, to certify them as it was 
commanded him of God. 

2 Because of the sins - 
committed beft 

■way captives into Babylon, by Kabuchodo- 
nosor king of the Babylonians. 

3 f So when ye be come unto Babylon 
ye shall remain there many years, and for 
a long season, namely, seven generations ; 
and after that I will bring you away peace- 
ably from thence. 

4 Now shah ye see in Babylon gods of 
silver, and of gold, and of woooYbc! neupon 
shoulders, which cause the nations to fear. 

« are therefore that ye in no wise 
be like to strangers, neither be ye afraid 
ct them when ye see the multitude before 
them and behind them, worshipping them. 
6 But say ye in your hearts, G Lord, we 
leftist worshij 

is with you, and I my- 
self caring for your souls, 

8 As for their tongue, it is polished by 

rkman, and they themselves are 
glided and laid over with gold, yet arc they 
bat false, and cannot speak. 

9 And taking gold, as it were for a vir- 

tm that loveth to go gay, they make crowns 
arthe heads of their gods. 

10 Sometimes also the priests convey 
from their gods gold and silver, and be- 
sfcaw it upon themselves. 

11 Yea, they will give thereof to the 
common harlots, and deck them as men 
vrith garments, [being] gods of silver, and 
gods of gold, and wood. 

12 Yet cannot these gods save them- 
selves from rust and moths, though they 
fee covered with purple rain 1 eat. 

13 They wipe their frees because of the 
dust of -the temple, when there is much 
Tapon them : 

14 And he that cannafc put to death one 
that offended) him, holdeth a tceptre, as 
though he « t re nidge of the country. 

15 He hath, ;dsr in his right kand a dag- 
ger, and an axe : but cannot deliver him- 
self from war and t.hipves. 

16 Wi;?i'fV' the] are known not te he 
I therefore *e ■•>/ them not 



17 For like as a vessel that a man useth 
is nothing worth, when it is broken ; even 
so it is with their gods : when they be set 
up in the temple, their eyes be iuliof dust,, 
through the feet oi them that come in. 

IS And as the doors are made sure on 
upon him that offendeth the king; 
as being committed to suffer death : even 
so the priests make fast their temples With 
doors, with locks and bars, lest their gods 
be spoiled with robbers. 

19 They light them candies, yea, more 
than for themselves, whereof they cannot 
see one. 

20 They are as one of the beams of the 
temple, yet they say their hearts are gnaw- 
ed upon by things creeping out of the earth, 
and when they eat them and their clothes, 

21 Their faces arc blacked through the 
smoke that cometh out of the temple. 

:n their bodies and heads' sit bats, 
swaHaws, and birds, ana the cats also. 

this ye may know that they are no 
re fear them not. 

24 Not y, the gold that is a* 
bout them to make them beautiful, except 
they wip . they will not shine : 
f or neither when they were molten did they 
feel it. 

25 The things wherein there is no breath, 
are bought for a most high price. 

26 They are borne upon shoulders, hav- 
ing no feet, whereby they declare unto men 
that they be nothing worth. 

27 They also that serve them are asha- 
med ; for if they fall to the ground at any 
time, they cannot rise up again of them- 
selves : neither if one set them, upright, can 
they move oi themselves : neither if they 
be bowed down, can they make themselves 
straight : but they set giits before them as 
unto dead men. 

28 As for the things that are sacrificed 
unto them, their priests sell ahd abuse : in 
like manner their wives lay up part there- 
of in salt, but unto the poor and impotent 
they give nothing of it. 

29 Menstruous women, and women in 
childbed eat their sacrifices : by these things 
ye may know that they are no gods : fear 
them not. 

30 For how can they be called gods I be- 
- cause women set meat before the gods 

of silver, gold, and wood. 

31 And the priests sit in their temples, 
having their clothes rent, and their heads 
and beards shaven, and nothing upon their 
heads: 

32 They roar and cry before their gods, 
as men do at the feast when one is dead. 

33 The priests also take off their gar- 
ments and clothe their wivesand children ! 

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SONG of the THREE CHILDREN. 



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sitteth upon ; as also to a dead body that is 
cast into Me dark. 

72 And ye shall know them to be no gods 
by the bright purple that rotteth upon them : 



and they themselves afterward shall be ea- 
ten, and shall be a reproach in the country* 
73 Better, therefore] is the just man that 
hath none idols : for he shall be far from 
reproach. 



The Song of the Three Holy Children, 

Which foiloweth in the third Chapter of Daniel; alter this place — fell down bounding 
to the irddst of the burningfin~yfurna.ee — verse 23. That which foiloweth is not in 
the Hebrew, to wit, And they ivsike of— unto these words, Then Nebuchadnezzar—* 
verse 24. 



2 Azarias his firayer and confession in the 
Jiamc. 28 The i-ong of the three chil- 
dren in the oven. 

AND they walked in the midst of the 
fire praising God, and blessing the 
Lord. 

2 % Then Azarias stood up an:; 

on this manner : and opening his mouth in 
the midst of the iire. said, 

3 Blessed art thou, O Lord God. of our 
fathers, thy name is worthy to be praised 
and glorified for evermore: 

4 For thou art righteous in all the things 
that thou hast done to as: yea true are all 
thy works, thy ways are right, and all thy 
judgments truth. 

5 In all the things that thou hast brought 
upon us, and upon the holy city of our fa- 
thers, even Jerusalem, thou hast executed 
true judgment: for according to truth and 
judgment didst thou bring all these things 
upon us, because of our sins. 

6 For we have sinned, and committed 
iniquity, departing from thee. 

7 In all things have we trespassed, and 
not obeyed thy commandments, nor kept 
them, neither done as thou hast cammancl- 
ed us, that it might go well with us. 

8 Wherefore, all that thou hast brought 
upon us,and every thing that thou hast dene 
to us, thou hast done in true judgment. 

9 And thou didst deliver us into the hands 
of lawless enemies, most hateful fqrsakers 
of God, and to an unjust king, and the most 
wicked in all the world. 

10 And now we cannot open our mouths, 
we are become a shame and reproach to 
thy servants, and to them that worship thee. 

11 Yet deliver us not up wholly, tor thy 
name's sake, neither disannul thou 

enant : 

12 And cause not thy mercy to depart 
from us, for thy beloved Abraham's sake, 
for thy servant Isaac's sake, and tor thy 
holy Israel's sake ; 

13 To whom thou hast spoken and prom- 
ised, That thou wouldest multiply their 
eed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand 
hat lieth upon the sea shore. 



14 For we, O Lord, are become less than 
any nation, and be kept under this day in 
ail the world) because of our sins. 

15 Neither is there at this time prince 
or prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or 
sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place 
to sacrifice before thee, and to find mercy. 

16 Nevertheless in a contrite heart and 
an humble spirit let us be accepted. 

17 Like as in the burnt offerings of rams 
and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands 
of fat lambs : so let our sacrifice be in thy 
sight this day, and grant that we may 
wholly go after thee : for they shall not be 
confounded that put their trust in thee. 

18 And now we iollow thee with all our 
heart, we fear thee, and seek thy face. 

19 Put us not to shame : but deal with 
us after thy loving kindness, and according 
to the multitude of thy mercies. 

20 Deliver us also according to thy mar- 
vellous works, and give glory to thy name, 
O Lord : and let all them that do thy 
servants hurt be ashamed ; 

21 And let them be confounded in all 
their power and might, and let their 
strength be broken ; 

22 And "let them know that thou art 
Lord, the only God and glorious over the 
whole world. 

23 1 And the king's servants that put 
them in, ceased not to make the oven hot 
with rosin, pitch, tow and small wood ; 

24 So that the flame streamed forth a- 
bove the furnace forty and nine cubits. 

25 And it passed through, and burned 
those Chaldeans it found about the fur- 
nace. 

26 But the angel of the Lord came down 
into the oven, together with Azarias and 
his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire 
out of the oven ; 

27 And made the midst of the furnace 
as it had been a moist whistling wind, 'so 
that the fire touched them not at all, nei- 
.therhurt nor troubled them. 

23 % Tken the three, as out of one mouth 
praised, glorified and blessed God in the 
furnace, saying, 



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Lard: praise and exalt him above 

51 O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye 
the Lord: praise and t we all 
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The History of Susanna* 



862 

Set apart from the Beginning of Daniel, because it is not in the Hebrew, as neither the 
Narration of Bel and the Dragon. 



Tivo judges hide themselves in the garden 
of Susanna , to have their pleasure of her, 

THERE dwelt a man in Babylon, cal- 
led Joacim. 

2 And he took a wife, whose name was 
Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very 
fair woman, and one that feared the Lord. 

3 Her parents also were righteous, and 
taught their daughter according to the law 
of Moses. 

4 Now Joacim was a great rich man, 
and had a fair garden joined unto his house, 
and to him resorted the Jews because he 
was more honourable than all. others. 

5 The same year were appointed two 
pf the ancients of the people to be judges, 
such as the Lord spake of, that wicked- 
ness came from Babylon from ancient judg- 
es, who seemed to govern the people. 

6 These kept much at joacim's house : 
and all that had any suits in law, came un- 
to them. 

7 Now when the people departed away 
at noon, Susanna went into her husband's 
garden to walk. 

8 And the two elders saw her going in 
every day and walking : so that their Just 
was inflamed toward her. 

9 And they perverted their own mind, 
and turned away their eyes, that they might 
not lock unto heaven, nor remember just 
judgments. 

10 And albeit they both were wounded 
idth her love : yet durst not one shew a- 
notherhis grief. 

11 For they were ashamed to declare 
their lust that they deshed to have to do 
with her. 

12 Yet they watched diligently from day 
to day to see her. 

13 And the one said to the other, Let us 
now go home : for it is dinner time. 

14 So when they were gone out, they 
parted the one from the other, and turn- 
ing back again, they came to the same 
place ; and after that they had asked one 
another the cause, they acknowled their 
lust : then appointed they a time bath to- 
gether when they might find her alone. 

15 And it tell out, as they watched a fit 
time, she went in as before, with two maids 
only, and she was desirous to wash herself 
in the garden : for it was hot. 

. 16 And there was no body there, save 
the two elders that had hid themselves, 
and watched her. 
17 Then she said to her maids, Bring 



me oil and washing balls, and shut the gar- 
den doors that I may wash me. 

18 And they did as she bade them, and 
shut the garden doors, and went out them- 
selves at privy doors, to fetch the things 
that she had commanded them : but they 
saw not the elders, because they were hid* 

19 Now when the maids "were gone 
forth, the two elders rose up, and ran un- 
to her, saying, 

20 Behold the garden doors are shut, that 
no man can see us, and we are in love 
with thee, therefore consent unto us, and 
lie with us.' 

21 If thou wilt not, we will bear witness 
against thee, that a young man was with 
thee : and therefore thou didst send away 
thy maids from thee. 

22 Then. Susanna sighed, and said, I 
am straitened on every Iside : for if 1 do 
this thing, it is death unto me : and if I do 
it not, I cannot escape your hands. 

23 It is better for me to fall into your 
hands, and not to do it, than to sin in the 
sight of the Lord. 

24 With that Susanna cried with a loud 
voice ; and the two elders cried out a- 
gainst her. 

25 Then ran the one, and opened the 
garden door. 

26 So when the servants of the house 
heard the cry in the garden, they rushed 
in at a privy door, to see what was done 
unto her. \ ' 

c 27 But when the elders had declared 
their matter, the servants were greatly 
ashamed : for there never was such a re- 
port made of Susanna. 

28 And it came to pass the next day, 
when the people were assembled to her 
husband Joacim, the two elders came also 
full of mischievous imagination against Su- 
sanna to put her to-death ; 

29 And said before the people, Send for 
Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joa- 
cim's wife : and so they sent'. 

30 So she came with" her father and mo- 
ther, her children, and all her kindred. . 

31 Nov/ Susanna was a very delicate 
woman, and beauteous to behold. 

32 And these wicked men commanded 
to uncover her/cc<?, (for she was covered) 
that they might be filled with her beauty, 

33 Therefore her friends and all that 
saw her wept. 

34 Then the two elders stood up in the 
midst of the people, and laid their hands 
upon her head. 



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Chap. i. 



Apocrypha, 8o3 



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these two aside, one far from another, and 
I will examine them. 

52 So when they were put asunder one 
from another, he called t ne of them, ano> 
said unto him, O thcu that art w 

iness, now thy sins which thou 
: lifted aforetime are come to light: 
r thou hast on 
ment, and hast condemned the ini 
and hast let the guilty go free, albeit the 
Lord saith, The innocent and righteous 
shalt thou not slay. 

5-t Nov.- men if thou hast seen her, tell 
me under \\hat tree saw< 

r I Who answered, 
k tree. 
.1 Daniel s.tid, Very well ; thcu 
against thine own hi 
now the angel ot God hath received the 
. 

ed to bring the other, and said unto him, 
Othou seed ot nd not ot Juda. 

beauty hath deceived thee, 

.57 Thus ha- ith the daugh- 

ters ot Israel, and the] 

: but tl»e daughter oi Juda 

thou take them compai j 
gether? \ an holm 

en said Daniel unto him, Well, 

ler the a i^h the 

sword to cut thee in two, that he may de- 

e assembly cr 

>.d who 
kim. 

:: own is. Uth : 

: 

'luin- 
he k'm- 



The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dra- 
gon : cut off from the end o/'D an iel. 



19 The fraud of BeVs fir zests is discov- 
ered by Daniel : 32 he, is preserved hi 
the lions' den , 42 and Ms enemies cast 
intoiht mme. 

AND king Astyages was gathered to 
his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia re- 
ceived his kingdom. 

2 And Daniel conversed with the king, 
and was honoured above all his friends, 

3 Now the Babylonians had an idol 
called Bel, and there was spent upon him 
every day twelve great measures of fine 
^our, and forty sheep, and six vessels of 
wme. 

4 Acd the king worshipped it, and went 
daily to adore it': but Daniel worshipped 
tiis own God. And the king said unto 
him, Why dost not thou worship Bel ? 

5 Who answered, and said, Because I 
may not worship idols made with hands, 
but the living God, who hath created the 
heaven and the earSh, and hath sovereign- 
ty over all flesh. 

6 Then said the king unto him. Think- 
est thou not that Bel is a living god ? Seest 
thou not how much he eatetfi and driok- 
eth every day ? 

7 Then Daniel smiled, and said, O king, 
be not deceived : for this is but clay with- 
in, and brass without, and did never eat 
or drink any thing. 

8 So the king was wroth, and called for 
his pi iests, and said unto them, If ye tell 
me not who this is that devaureth these ex- 
penses, ye shall die. 

9 But if ye can certify me, that Bel de- 
voureth them, then Daniel shall die : for 
he hath spoken blasphemy against Bel. 
And Daniel said unto the king, let it be ac- 
cording to thy word. 

10 Now the priests of Bel were three- 
score and ten, besides their wives and chil- 
dren. And the king went with Daniel in- 
to the temple of Bel. 

11 So Bel's priests said, Lo we go out ; 
But thou, O king, set on the meat, and 
make ready the wine, and shut the door 
fast, and seal it with thine own signet : 

12 And to-morrow when thou Gomest 
in, if thou findest not that Bel hith eaten 
tip all, we will suffer death ; or eise'Dan- 
':-' ■ that speaketh falsely against us. 

13 Ana they little regarded it : for un- 

_ rhh; tliey bad made a privy en- 
trance, whereby they entered in continual- 
ly, and c< nrumed those things. 

14 So when they were gone forth, the 
king set meats before Bel. Now Daniel 
fead commanded his servants to bring ash- 



es, and those they strewed throughout all 
the temple, in the presence of the king a- 
lone": then went they out and shut "the 
door, and sealed it with the king's signet, 
and so departed. 

15 Now in the night came the priests 
with 'heir wives and children, as they were 
wont to do, and did eat and drink up all. 

16 In the morning betime the king a- 
rose, and Daniel with him. 

17 And the king said, Daniel, Are the 
seals whole ? And he said, Yea, O king, 
they be whole. 

18 And as soon as he had opened the 
door, the king looked upon the table, and 
cried with u loud voice, Great art thou, O 
Bel, and with thee is no deceit at all. 

10 % Then laughed Daniel, and held the 
king that he should not go in, and said, Be- 
hold now the pavement, and mark well 
whose footsteps are these. 

20 And the king said, I see the footsteps 
of men, women, an4 children. And then 
the king was angry, 

21 And took the priests, with their 
wives and children, who shewed him the 
privy doors where they came in, and con- 
sumed such things as were upon the ta- 
ble. 

22 Therefore the king slew them, and 
delivered Bel into Daniel's power, wiio 
destroyed him and his temple, 

23 And in that same pjace there was a 
great Dragon, which they of Babylon : 
worshipped. 

24 And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt 
thou also say that this is orbrass ? Lo, he 
liveth, he eateth and drinketh : thou canst 

| not say that he is no living god : therefore 
worship him* 

25 Then said Daniel unto the king, I 
will worship the Lord my God: for he is 
the living God. 

26 But give me leave, O king, and I 
shall slay this dragon without sword or 
staff. The king said, I give thee leave. 

27 Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and 
hair, and did seethe them together, and 
made lumps thereof: this he put in the 
dragon's mouth, and so the dragon burse 
in sunder : and Daniel said, Lo, these are 
the gods ye worship. 

28 When they ot Babylon heard that, 
they took great indignation, ar.i conspired 
against the king, saying, The king is be- 
come a Jew, and he hath destroyed Bel, he 
hath slain the Dragon, and put the priests 
to death, 

29 So they came to the king, and said^ 



PRAYER OF MANASSES. 



Afiocryfihz. 

or else we will destroy 
thee and thine hot 

SO Now when the king saw that they 
> pressed him s 
delivered L 

ol V. 
where I 

re were seven 

i 

:y a prophet, 
culled 1 1 . 
and had 
g unginl it to the 

id unto 
I 

I 

. Lord, I never 
1 knuw where 

took him 



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by the crown, and bare him by the hair of 
cf his head, and through the vehemency 

irit set him in Babylon over the 

3 Habbacuc cried, saying, ODan- 
ke the dinner which God 
it thee. 

'. I riiel said, thou hast remem- 

'iod: neither hast thou tor* 

: thee, and love thee. 

. and the 

angel ot the Lord set Habbacuc in his own 

. .., in 

v. day the king went 

- , ; vl : and when became to 

the den, he looked in, and, behold, Darnel 

; .ed the king with a loud 
\ O Lord God 

i 

tad he drew htm out, and cast 
those that were the cause ot his destruction 

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The Prayer o/* Manasses, King of Jvdak, when he 
asholden captive in Babylon. 



Jul Of 

nt there- 

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but thou 

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bove Um 



'•i /is, O Lord, are multipli- 

D 

1 am not worthy to behold ana 

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I : fori 

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\men. 



S6S 



The First Book of the Maccabees. 






chap. I. 

14 Antiochus giveth leave to set ufi the 
fashions of the Gentiles in Jerusalem.^ 
22 and sfioileth it, Ifc. 

AND it happened, after that Alexan- 
der son of Philip the Macedonian, 
■who came out of the land of Chettiim , had 
smitten Darius king of the Persians and 
Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the 
iirst over Greece, 

2 And made many wars, and won ma- 
ny strong holds, and slew the kings of the 
earth. 

3 And went through to the ends of the 
earth, and took spoils'of many nations, in- 
somuch that the earth was quiet before 
him ; whereupon he was exalted, and his 
heart was lifted up. 

4 And he gathered a mighty strong 
host, and ruled over countries, and nations, 
and kings, who became tributaries unto 
him. 

5 And after these things he fell sick, and 
perceived that he should die. 

d Wherefore he called his servants, sue] i 
as were honourable, and had been brought 
up with him from his youth, and parted his 
kingdom among them, while he was yet 
alive. 

7 So Alexander reigned twelve years, 
and then died. • 

S And his servants bare rule every one 
m his place. 

9 And after his death, they all put 
crowns upon themselves, so did their sons 
after them many years : and evils were 
multiplied in the earth. 

10 And there came out of them a wick- 
ed root, Antiochus, surnamed Epiphanes, 
son of Antiochus the king, who had been 
an hostage at Rome, and he reigned in the 
hundred and thirty and seventh year of the 
kingdom of the Greeks. 

11 In those days went there out of Isra- 
el wicked men, who persuaded many, say- 
ing, Let us go, and make a covenant with 
the heathen that are round about, us : for 
sdnce we departed from them, we have 
had much sorrow. 

12 Sethis device pleased them well. 

•13 Then certain of the people were so 
forward therein, that they went to the 
king, who gave them licence to do after 
the ordinances of the heathen : 

14 1 Whereupon they built a place of 
exercise at Jerusalem, according to the 
customs oi the heathen : 

15 And made themselves uncircumcis- 
ed, and forsook the holy covenant, and 
joined themselves to the heathen, and were 
sold to do mischief. 



16" Now when the kingdom was estab- 
lished before Antiochus, he thought to 
reign over Egypt, that he might have the 
dominion of two realms. 

17 Wherefore he entered into Egypt 
with a great multitude, with chariots, and 
elephants, and horsemen, and a great navy. 

18 And made' war- upon Ptolemee, 
king of Egypt : but Ptolemee was afraid 
of him, and lied ; and many were wound- 
ed to death. 

19 Thus they got the strong cities in 
the land of Egypt, and he took the spoils 
thereof. 

20 And after that Antiochus had smit- 
ten Egypt, he returned again in the hund- 
red forty and third year, and went up a- 
gainst .Israel and Jerusalem with a great 
multitude. 

21 And he entered proudly into the sanc- 
tuary, and took away the golden altar, and 
the candlestick of light, and ail the vessels 
thereof, 

22 1i And the table of the shewbread, 
and the pouring vessels, and the vials, and 
the censers of gold, and the veil, and 
the crowns, and the golden ornaments that 
were before the temple, all which he pul- 
led off. 

23 He took also the silver and the gold, 
and the precious vessels : also he took the 
hidden treasures which he found. 

24 And when he had taken all away* 
he went into his own land having made a 
great massacre, and spoken very proudly. 

25 Therefore there was great mourn- 
ing in Israel, in every place where they 
Were ; 

26 So that the princes and elders mourn- 
ed, the virgins and young men were made 
feeble, and the beauty of women was 
changed. 

27 Every bridegroom took up lamenta- 
tion, and she that sat in the marriage 
chamber was in heaviness. 

28 The land also was moved for the in- 
habitants thereof, and all the house of Ja- 
cob was covered with confusion. 

29 And alter two years fully expired, 
the king sent his chief collector of tribute 
unto the cities of Juda, who came unto Je- 
rusalem with a great multitude, 

30 And spake peaceable words unto 
them, but all was deceit : for when they 
had given him credence, he fell suddenly 
upon the city, and smote it very sore, and 
destroyed much people oflsrael. 

31 And when he had taken the spoils of 
the city, he set it on fire, and pulled down 
the houses and walls thereof on every side. 



A/iocryfiJuz. CLap. ii. 

32 But the women ai>d children took 
they captive, ai I the cattle. 

Inen buildecithey the city of 
■with a great i id with 

mighty towers, and made it a stivn^ hold 
for them. 

34 And they put therein a sinful nation, 
wicked men, and fortified themselves 
therein. 

:Z5 They stored it alto \\ ith armour and 
victuals, and when t! hered to- 

gether t 
them up there, 
snare : 

• 

<.y shed innocent blood on 

I 

■ 

icr, and her own I 

rte like a 



Apocrypha* 867 









51 In , vr wrcte he to 



his whole kingdom, and aprx inted c vev- 
seers over all me people, commanding the 
cities of Juda to sacrifice, city bj I 

52 Then many of the people w e I 
■ them, to wit, every one th 

sook the law, and so they commit:' 
in the land ; 

53 And drove the I ) secret 
places, even wheresoever they could fle? 
tor suc 

54 Now the fifteenth day of the month 
md fifth) ear, 

they set up the abomination of desolation 

alt tr, and buflded idol 
through' i y side ; 

55 And burned incense at the doors of 

i pieces 
the books of the . found, 

any the book of the u if any 

. to the law, the kin 

. they should put him to 

their authority un- 
i, to as many 
found in the < 

the month he idol 

d the altar of Gob% 

60 At \. 

n \»o- 

children to be 

61 And 

■• 
resolved, a: 

■ 

IF. 
/em: . 

d he had five 

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rget the 



868 dfiotrypha. 

7 He said, Woe is me \ Wherefore was 
-1 born to see this misery of my people, and 

of the holy city, -and. to. dwell there, when 
it was delivered into the hand of. the ene- 
my, and the sanctuary into the hand of 
*j strangers ? 

8 Her temple is become as a man with- 
out glory. 

9 Her glorious vessels are carried away 
into captivity, her infants are slain in the 
streets, her young men with the sword of 
the enemy. 

- 10 What nation hath not had a part in 
her kingdom, and gotten ofher spoils ? 

11 All her, ornaments are taken away ; 
-of a free woman she is become a bend 

| slave. 

12 And, behold, our sanctuary, even cur 
'-beauty and our glory, is laid waste, and 

the Gentiles have profaned it. 
. - 13 To what end therefore shall we live 
any longer ? 

14 Then Mattathias and his sons rent 
their clothes, and put on sackcloth, and 
mourned very sore. 

15 In the mean while the king's officers, 
such as compelled the people to revolt, 
came into the city Modin, to make them 
sacrifice. 

16 And when many of Israel came un- 
to them, Mattathias also and his sons came 
together. 

17 Then answered the king's officers, 
and said to Mattathias on this wise, Thou 
art a ruler, and an honourable and great 
man in this city, and strengthened with 
sons and brethren : 

18 Now therefore come thou firsthand 
fulfil the king's commandment, like as all 
the heathen have done, yea, and the men 
of Juda also, and such as remain at Jeru- 
salem : so shaft thou and thy house be in 
the number- of the king's friends, and thou 
and thy children shall be honoured with 
silver and gold, and many rewards. 

19 Then Mattathias* answered, and 
spake with a loud voice, Though all the 
nations that are under the king's dominion 
obey him, and fall away every one from 
the religion of their fathers, and give con- 
sent to his commandments : 

20 Yet will I and my sons, and my breth- 
ren, walk in the covenant of our fathers. 

21 God forbid that we should forsake 
the law and the ordinances. 

22 We will not hearken to the king's 
.words, to go from our religion, either on 

the riuht hand, or the left. 

.23 ~JNow when he had left speaking 
-these words, there came one of the Jews, 
in the sight of all, to sacrifice on the altar 
which was at Modin, according to the 
king's commandment. 
24 Which thing .when Mattathias saw, 



I. MACCABEES. _ AfiocrypU 

he was inflamed with zeal, and his reins 
trembled, neither could he forbear to shew 
his anger according to judgment : where- 
fore he ran, and stew him upon the altar. 

25 Also the king's commissioner, who 
compelled men to sacrifice, he killed at 
that time, and the altar he pulled down. 

26 Thus dealt he zealously for the law 
of God, like as Phinees did unto Zambri 
the son of Salom: 

; 27 Arid Mattathias cried throughout the 
city with a loud voice, saying, Whosoever 
is zealous at the- law, and maintained the 
covenant, let h'rrn follow me, 

28 oo he and his sons fled' into the 
mountains, and left ail that ever they had 
in the city. 

. 29 Then many that sought after justice 
and judgment, went -down into the wilder- 
ness, to dwell there : 

^ 30 Both they, and their children, and 
their wives, and their cattle, because af- 
flictions increased sere upon them. 

31 Nowwhen it was told the king's ser- 
vants, and the host that was at Jerusalem, 
in the city of David, that certain men, who 
hadbroken the king's commandment, were 
gone down into the secret places in the 
wilderness, 

32 They pursued after them a great 
number, and having overtaken them, they 
camped against them, and made war a- 
gainst them on the. sabbath day. 

33 And they said unto them, Let that ' 
Which ye have done hitherto suffice ; come 
forth, and do according to the command- 
ment of the king, and ye shall live. 

34 But they "said, We will not come 
forth, neither will we do the king's com- 
mandment, to profane the sabbath day. - 

35 So then they gave them the battle 
with all speed. 

35 Howbeit, they answered them not, 
neither cast they a stone at them, nor stop- 
ped the places where they lay hid ; 

37 But said, let us die all in our innocen- 
cy ; heaven and earth shall testify for us,- 
that ye put us to death wrongfully. 

33 So they rose up against them is bat- 
tle on the sabbath, and they slew them, 
with their wives and children, and their 
cattle, to the number of a thousand people. 

39 Now when Mattathias and his friends 
un< lers ood thereof, they mourned for them 
right sore. 

40 And one of them said to another, If 
we ali do as our brethren have done, and 
fight not for our lives and Jaws, against the 
heathen, they will now quickly root us out 
of the earth. 

41 At that time therefore they decreed, 
saying, Whosoever shall come to make 
battle With us on the sabbath day, wewill 
fight against, him j neither will we die ah r 






Chap* tit 



Jfio<ryfiha. &9 



.: were murdered l:\ 

e unto ha na coropa* 

nighty men of 

i ariiy de- 

d for persecu- 

Ivca unto tlicirt, and 

44 :> < • -ces, and smote 

nd wicked men 
in their wi ath ; I tied to tbe hea- 

then for suvx. 

id Iris triei.cis 
pulled down me al- 

I children soever they found 

e proud 

4o So 

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near that 
unto ni» 

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morrow he shall not be found, btca^e he 
is returned into his dust, and bis thought is 
cocne to nothing. 

64 Whereto: e, ye my sons, be valiant, 
and shew yourselves men in the behalf of 
the in.* ; tor by it shah ve obtain ^.ory. 
03 Ana, oeiu>ld, 1 know that vow broth- 
n i- an .n ot counsel, give e< t r mr 
. jlivc.) : i*e shah" be a lather \xn\a 
\\u. 
06 \ As for Judas Maccabeus, he hath 
i ight) cjKi su-ong, even from his 
u*>: iet mai be ><..ur obtain, and 
:.$'•. the battk of lbs people. 

67 Taktai^o unto you a!! those thatob* 
-ei \ t iue :aw, anu avenge ye the wrong of 

y UJ ptQ|) t'. 

o« Ret. mpence fulh the heathen, and 

teed to iiit cuminarion.ent.ui the law, 

Oj So ::e bit scti thtiii, and was gathtr- 

is. 

70 /Sou ht d.cd in the hundred forty and 

sixth year, and his sons buried him in the 

sepulchres of his fathers, .tt Mod in, and all 

Israel made great lamentation for him. 

C II A P. III. 

o/'Judaa Macca- 
rthroweth 1,'ie forces of 
■ Hyriu. 

Tn Judas, called Maccabe* 
us, rose up in his stead. 
3 Ai d .ill his brethren helped him, and 
a all the* that h'.ld with his lather, 
:.u fought with cheerfulness the bat- 
airaeL 
3 Se hegat hi- people great honour, and 
. a breastplate as a giant, and girt 
i at him, and he made 
host with his sword. 
like a lion, and like 
., i oaring lor his prey* 

cd the wicked, and sought 
., and Luriit up those thai 

the wicked shi mk for fear 

I 

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/! made 
Ch liis acts, and his memorial 

iit^h the cities 
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atl : 
the *jt- 
toed un- 

M cut of 

Ito f«il d««n 
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12 Wherefore Judas Look their spells, and 
Apollonius's sword also, and therewith he 
fought ali his life long . 

13 Now when Seron a prince 6t the amy 
cf Syria, heard say, that Judas had gather- 
ed unto him a multitude and company of 
the faithful, to go out with him to war ; 

14 He sa'd, 1 will get me a name and hon- 
our in the kingdom ; for I will go fight 
with Judas, and them that are w 
who despise the king's commandment. 

15'i5o he made him ready to go up, and 
Ihere went with him a mighty host of the 
ungodly to help him, and to 1 
the children of Israeli 

16 And when he came near to 1 1 
»p of Belhhorcn, Judas went forth to meet 
Km T.'ith a small company. 

17 Who when they saw the host coming 
to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall 
webeable^being sc few, tofight ag 
great a multitu .■.: 
arfe rea^y to lai 

15 Unto whom Judas answered, H i no 
hard matter forminy to be 
kandsofa few ; and with th 
veoitisall one to deliver with a greafemul- 
titude, or a small company : 

19 For the victory of battle stand 
in the multitude of an host, but st 
cometh from heaven. 

20 They come agio imeh pride 
and iniquity to destroy us, and our v, ives 
and children, and to sj us : 

21 But weight tor ou 

22 Wherefore, thel 
verthrow their 
for \ nu he not afi aid oi th en. 

24 Now as soon as he had left off speak- 
ing he leapt suddenly apohtheiir an so 
Seron and his host was overthrow^ bei m e 
him. 

24 And they pirmed thee 
kig down of Bethhoron, i 
where were siain abought eight hundred 
men of them ; and the re 
the land of the ^Philistine s. 

25 Then began the fear or Ju 
his brethren, and an exceeding great dread 
to fall upon the nations round about them : 

26 Insomuch as his fame came unto the 
king, and all nations talked of the battles of 
Judas. 

27 Now when king Anticchus heard 
these things, he was full of incfi 
wherefore he sent and gathered 
ail the ibices of his realm, even a very 
Strong ar'-y. 

28 Ke opened also his treasure, and ga\ e 
his " soldiers pay tor a year, cor.v 
them to be ready whensoever, he should 
need them. 

29- Nevertheless, when he saw that the 
of h« treasures failed, and that the 



I. MACCABEES, Ajiocryii'ria.- 

tributes in the country were small, because 
cf the distention ?ndp:ague, which he had 
brought upon the l?rci, in taking away the 
laws which had been oi r;d time ; 

30 He ieared that lie should not be ab'e 
to bear thecharges any longer, nor to ha\e 
such gifts to give so liberally a* he did be- 
fore : for he had abounded above the kiftga 
that were before him. 

SI Wherefore, being greatly perplexed 
in his mind, he determined to go into 1 er- 
sia, there to take the tributes of the. c un- 
tries, and to gather much money. 

32 So he left Lysias, a Ncblernarh and 
one of the blood royal, to oversee the af- 
fairs of ^he king, from the river Lupine e>. 

herders cf Egvpt : 

33 And to bring up his sen Antiochus 
c ime again. 

34 MoreoveiChe delivered unto birh the 
halt ol his forces, and the elepfcaMs, and 
gave him charge 61 all things that lie wetild 
have done, as also concerning them that 
dwelt inJuda and Jerusalem : 

35 To v,it, that he should send an army 
. em to destroy and net out the 

strength of Israel, and the remnant of Jc- 
and to take away their manori- 
al ice : 
16 A should place strangers 

[i ... ie .-. £ ad ivide their land 

' 27 So tl lalfof the for- 

ces that remained, and departed fn 
och, his royal city, the- hundred forty and 
seventh year : and ha I ;e river 

Euphrates, he wentohrou'gh the high coun- 
tries. 

38 Then Lysk : cl ' the sc?z , 

cfDoryr andGorgias, 

hOusand 

footmen, and so- en thousand horsemen, to 

go into the land cf Juda, and to destroy it, 

Ling commanded. 

they went forth with all their pow- 

ame and pitched by Emmaus in 

the plain country. 

41 And the merchants of the country, 
hearing the fame of them, took silver and 
gold very much, with servehts, and came 
into the camp to buy the children of Israel 
lor slaves; a power also of Syria, and of 

d of the Philistines, joined them- 
selves unto then. 

42 Now when Jud.vs and h ; s brethren 
eries wore multiplied, and 

that the forces d:d encamp themselves irt 
their borders, for they knew h< w the king 
had g : \cn commandment to destroy the 

:)6 utterly abolish them; 
1 4 ; > They said one to anotl 
store the decayed estate of our peOj 
let us fight for our people, and the 
ary. 



44 Tien i 

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C II A P. IV. 

. removed out < 

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iro\n the 

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mournc- swords to tl 
7 And > 

,and well ha 

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r how our father's were de- 

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and after thisyou mayboidly take the spoils. 

19 As Judas was yet speaking these 
words, there appeared a part of them 
looking out of the mountain : 

20 Who when they perceived that the 
Jews had put their host to flight, and were 
burning the tents ; for the smoke that was 
seen declared what was done : s 

21 When therefore .they perceived these, 
things, they were sore afraid, and setir.g 
also the host of Jadaoin the plain ready to 

22 They fled every one into the land of 
strangers. 

23 If Then Judas returned to spoil the 
-tents, where they got much gold aftd sil- 
ver, and blue silk, and purple of the sea, 
and great riches. 

24 After this they went home, and sting 
a song of thanksgiving, and praised the 
Jjovd in heaven : because it is good, because 
his mercy endurctk for ever. 

25 Thus Israel had a great deliverance 
that day. 

26 Jjfow all the strangers that had esca- 
ped, came and told Lysias what had hap- 
pened : 

27 Who, when he heard thereof, was 
confounded and discouraged, because nei- 
ther such things as he would Mere done 
unto Israel, nor such things as ti;e king- 
commanded him were come to pas-. 

28 The next year therefore ibliowing, 
lAsias gathered together threescore thou- 
sand choice men ofjoo^ and five thousand 
horsemen, that he m'ght subdue them. 

29 So thev came into Idumea, and pitch- 
ed their tents at Be'oisura, and Judas met 
them with ten thousand men. 

30 And when he saw that mighty arm}', 
he prayed and siid, Bussed art thou, O 
{Saviour of Israel, who didst quell the vio- 
lence of the mighty man by the hand of 
thy servant David, and gavest tiie host ot 
Strangers into the hands of Jonathan the 
son of Saul, and his armourbearer ; 

31 Shut up this army in the hand of thy 
.people Israel, and let them be confounded 
in their power and horsemen : 

32 Make thenj to be of no courage, and 
.cause the boldness of their strength to fall 
away, and let them quake at their destruc- 
tion : 

33 Cast them down with the sword of 
them that love thee, and let all those that 
fcnow thy^ame, praise thee with thanks- 
|ivfhg. 

34 So they joined battle ; and there were 
slain of the host of Lysias about five thou- 
sand memevan before them were they slain. 

35 Now when Lysias saw his army put 
to flight, and the manliness of Judas's' sol- 
diers, and how they were ready either to 
Sve or die vaiianttyj he went into Antio- 



I. MACCABEES. .uljiocryfiha. - 

chia, and gathered together a 'company of 
strai>ge2a,and having made his army great- ' 
er than it was, he purposed to come again .>. 
intojudea. ' - 

36 Then said Judas and .his brethren, .. 
Behold, our. enemies are discomfited; let f 
us go up to cleanse, and dedicate the sane*' . 
tuary. 

37 Upon this all the host assembled them- ': 
serves together, and wentup into mount &- j 
on. 

33 And when they: saw the sanctuary 
desolate, and the aiiar profaned, and the . 
' gates burned up, and shrubs, growing in:: 
the c-nrts as in the ropes-, o-r morse of the : : 
mountains, yea, and the priests' chambers 
puffed dawn ; : 

39 They rent • their 1 clothes, and made . 
great lamentation, and cast ashes upon : 
their. heads, - 

40 And fell down Sat to the ground up- ? 
on their faces, and blew anahoom with the - 
trumpets, and cried toward heaven,- 

41 Then Judas appointed certain men 
to fight ajpinst those that were in the for- 
i» ess until be had cleansed the sanctuary, 

42 So he ch :se priests of blameless con- 
versation, such as h<ci pieatfu-einthehw ; 
. 43 Who cleansed 'hes'. met uary, and bare 
out the defiled stones into an unclean places 

44 And Wheii as they consulted wh>f to 
do with the altar of burnt offerings, which 
wa- profaned : 

43 The}-' thought it best to pull it down, 
lest it should be a reproach to them, becaasfc 
tire heathen had dehied it • wherefore t hey 
pulled it down, 

46 And laid up the stones in the moun- 
tain of the temple in a convenient pf.ee, 
until there sh 'u'd come a prophet to shew 
what houid be done with them. 

47 Then they took whole stones aoetmW 
ing to the law, and built a new altar ac- 
cording to the former ; 

48 And made up the sanctuary, and the 
things that were within the temple, and 
hallowed the courts. 

49 Tiiey made also new holy vessels, 
and into the temple they brought the 'can- 
dlestick, and the altar" of. burnt offerings, 
and of incense, and the table. 

50 And upon the altar thev burned inr 
cense, and the lamps that were upon the 
candlestick they lighted, that they might 
give light in the temple. 

51 Furthermore, they set the loaves upr - 
on the table, and spread out the veils, and 
finishes all the works which they had be- - 
gun to make. 

52 How on the five and twentieth fay 
of the ninth month, which i* oatled-thd 
month Casleu, in the hundred forty and 
eighth year, they Kose up betimes in the 
morning,- 



Afncryfdia. Chap. 

53 And offered sacrifice recording l0 I 
the law, upm the i.tw aitar oi' Luriit ufier- 
iijgs, whicn they had made. 

54 Lo< k, at what time, and what day I 
the heathen had prof .ned it, even in 

was itdecncattd with b i\gs, unci citherns, 
and harps, and cvnib.'s. 

55 Then all the people fe'l upon their 
faees, worshipping and praising the I 

Of heaven, who haC given tnen. good suc- 
cess 

56 And so thev kept the dedication of 
the altar eight da\s, and offered burnt of- 
ferings with gladness, and sacrificed u*e 
sueriheeot deliverance and praise. 

57 Tney decked alsu the torefront of ^ 
the temple with crowi.5 of gold, and ^s ith 
shields ; and the gates, and the chambers 
tl*ev miewed,and iianged doors upoo them. 

58 Thus wis there very great gladness i 
among the people, tor that tlie reproach 
of the heathen was put away. 

59 Moreover, .VI is anO his brethren, ; 
with the wlK>le congregation o:~ Is: v.e;. or- 
d.tined that the days of the dedication of 
the altar should be 'kept in their season, ( 
horn year to year, by the space of eight 
days, from the five and twentieth d 

the month Caaleu, with mirth and glad- 
ness. 

CO At that time a'so they bonded up the 
mount Sion 
towers round 

i,d tread it down, as. they had done 
before. 

€1 And they setthereagarri/ntokeep 
it: and fortified Bethsura topn 
that the people might have a (V 
it Icumei. 

C II A ?. 
3 Judas tmU 

J iron and Amnion : 25 Ms exfi 

(*nhind : 51 he deti ro.jtth J : .t: . 

heard ti utt trie al'ar a 
i-enewed as 
; n 
2 Whereloc - destroy 

■ 
them, *nd thereupon the 
and destroy the people. 

v of the 

children 

nix! an i that they 

5 He shut them op then fol i bl the tow- 

awl de- 



v. ' Apocrypha. BT9 

6 Afterward he passed ever to the chil- 
dren el Ammon, where he found a mighty 
power, and much people, withTimotnxus 
their captain. 

7 So he .ought many battles with them, 
til at length they were discomfited before 
him : ano he smote them. 

6 And when he had taken Jazar, with 
the towns belonging thereto, he returned 
:nto in 

9 Then the heathen that were at Ga. 
frad assembled themselves together i 

trie Israelites that were in their q o 
to destn i then ; but they fled to t 
tress of Dathtma, 

10 An.' sent letters unto Judas and his 
brethren, The heathen that are round ..- 
bout us aie tssembled together ag ins; us 
to destroy us : 

1 1 And they are preparing to come and 
take the fortress, whereunto we are fled, 
Thnothens being captain of their . 

12 Come Dow then fort a:d oV 

from their hands ; for many ot u ; are 
slain : 

13 Yea, all air brethren that were in 
the places of Tobie, are put to death : their 

..en also they hue 
carried away c .puves, and borne 
their s'u/T, and they have destroyed there 
about a thousand men. 



with high wal 

about, test the Gentile* Aoukl ing, behold, there came cam 



from Galilee, with thei 
repr rted r n I tl i i 
15* And of ptojemais, and of , 

Galilee of the 

• 

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W when Judas and the 

I r • 

d ot them. 

- 
de ivei ti.\ brethren 

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eeuntry 
,where 



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I. MACCABEES, 



so that the heathen were disconifitted by 
him. 

22 And he piirsued them unto the gate 
«f Ptolpmais ; and there were slain of the 
heathen about three thousand men, rvyhpse 
spoils heltook. 

inArhattis, with their wives and their 
children, aed fill that the»y bad) fcookvhe 

away ivr, .■ .-;- . v.vl brought them into Ju- 
dea with great joy. 

24 JutSs Mace ibeus also and his bi;o. 
ther Jonathan wentOA n j rdan an ; [rav. 

* days journey in the wilderness. 

25 «[ Where they met with the Naba- 
jhites, . ■:" .•"•■ eame unto them in o. peacea- 
ble marine v, and told them every thing 
that had happened to their brethren in the 
land of G tlaad ; 

20 An I how that many of them were 

shut up to Bbsora, and Bosoiyand Alema, 

: - ', an I irnatpa, all these 



S7 
theus 
Rahiv 



i shut up in the 
iuritry of Galaad, 
■pw they had ap- 
: against live fores, 
) destroy them "all 



and that against t 
pointed tohringtht 
and to take them ? 
in one day. 

28 Hereupon foas and his host turned 
suddenly by the way of the wilderness un- 
to Bosora ; and when he had won the city, 
he slew all the males with the edge of the 
sword, and took all their spoils, and burn- 
ed the city with fire. 

29 Froi 'hence he moved by night, 
and wenttilfhe came to the' fortress. 

30 And betimes in ihe morning they 
looked up, and behold, there was an in- 
numerable people bee, V,g o.coers, and 
other engines of war to take the fortress : 
for they assaulted them. 

31 When |udas therefore saw that the 
battle was begun, and that the cry of the 
city went up to heaven, with trumpets, 
and a great sound, 

32 He said unto his host, Fight this day 
for your brethren. 

33 So he went forth behind them in three 
companies, who sounded their trumpets, 
and cried with prayer. 

34 Then the host of Timotheus know- 
ing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him ; 
wherefore he smote them with .a great 
slaughter: so that there were killed of 
them that day thousand men. 

35 This done, ifuttas turned aside to 

9 ; and after fo hai - 
he took it, and stew, all the males therein 
.an; 1 receive::; \ u;l, and burn- 

ed it with fire. 

36 From thei : and took Cas- 

I 



41 



^ JfpocryfJuz. 

After these things gathered Timo- 
another host, and encamped agains- 

So JiKb.: -, e^.v.y the host, 

■ ".mi: bt hi sayii^ All the 

?n that b< t u>, are a*- 

h mi* even # very £rc 
He hath a ■■■. Arabians to 

pi '/bed their 
ly to come and 
■ & 

»mto the cap- 

a his host 

'-r first 

s,we shall i to withstand 

ft r he '■ ili migl ttly pj eyaiJ 



: be be a Ira V, and camp I = 
theriyef, we shaj] go over unto inni, 

42 Now v : ;ame near t{»e 

brook, be cau m of tbe people 

to remain by ti . : whom he 

.ga.ve.commandniejit,iS^d»g,Suf%rnQ,jnaii 

to remain in the oamp,'bat let all come to 

t unto them, and 
all the ] . ■■_• ;;. i after, him : then all the hea- 
tnen b-_a. ;; :-oc a ilited before him, cast a- 
way their weapons, and fled unto the tem- 
ple that was at Carnaim. 

44 But they took the city, and burned 
the temple, with ail that were therein. 
Thus was Carnaim subdued, neither could 
they stand any longer before Judas. 

45 Then Judas gathered together all 
the Israelites that were in the country of 
Galaad, from the least unto the greatest? 
even their wives, and their children* and 
their stuff, a very great host, to the tact 
they might come into the* land of Jiidea. 

46 Kow when they came unto JSphron 
(this was a great city in the way as they 
should go, very well* fortified) they could 
not turn from it, either on the right hand 
or the left, but must needs pass through 
the midst of it* 

47 Then they of the city shut them out, 
and stopped up'the gates with stones. 

48 Whereupon Judas sent unto them in 
peaceable manner, saying, Let us pass 
through your land to go into our own 
country, and none shall do you any hurt ; 
we will only pass through on toot : howbe- 
it, they would not open unto them. 

49 Wherefore Judas commanded a.proc- 
lamatjOn to be made through the hosr,lhfet 
every man should pi'ch his tent in the 

here he was. 

50 So the soldiers pitched, and assaulted 
the city allthat day, and all that night, iiH 
; it die length the c;ly was delivered into 



Jfidcrypfur. Chap, 

51 * \ 

through the city, over them that were 
rdan, m- 

her those 

! 

! 

re Ptole- 






r> unto 



!ns men 

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imtn [ 

■ 



down 

. lire, and sjx 

atlea. 
CHAP. VI. 

i 
| 

A- - 
elling 

in the count- : 

^wned for 

very rich 
temple, 

■ 

xiansjhad 
£ came and sought to 

tie : so he 
: with great hea- 

'. I'D. 

5M 

naiea 

. I 

E 

ar- 
i 

i wn the 
he had set up upon • 

. - 

v .c*e 

n his 

• '. had 

If, Into 

I 



ST6 Ajiocryfihct. I. MACCABEES. 

and, beno!d, I perish through great grief 
in n strange land. 

14 Then called he for Philip, one of his 
friends, whom he made ruler over all his 
realm, 

15 And gave him the crown, and his 
robe, and ni'a signet, to the end he should 
bring up his son Antiochus, and nourish 
hi. . up for the kingdom. 

16 6a king Antiochus died there in the 
hundred forty ana ninth year. 

17 Now when Lysias knew tliat the king 
was dead, he set up Antiochus his son, 
whom he had brought up, being young, to 
reign in his stead, and his name he called 
Eupator. 

18 About this time they tturcrwere in the 
tower, shut up the Israelites round about 
th€ sanctuary, and sought always their 
hurt, and the strengthening of the heathen. 

19 Wherefore Judas purposing to de- 
stroy them, called all the people together 
to besiege them. 

20 So they came together, and besieged 
them in the hundred and fiftieth } ear, and 
he made mounts for shot against them, and 
other eng.nes. 

21 Howhdt, certain of them that were 
besoged got forth, unto whom some un- 
godly men of Israel joined themselves : 

22 Ana they went unto the king, and 
said, How long will it be ere thou execute 
judgment, and avenge our brethren I 

23 We have been willing to serve thy 
father, and to do as he would have us, and 
to obey his commandments ; 

24 For which cause they of our nation 
besiege the tower 1 , and are alienated from 
us : moreover, as many of us as they could 
light on, thty slew and spoiled our inher- 
itance, 

25 Neither have they stretched out their 
band against us only, but also against ail 
their borders. 

26 And, behold, this day are they besieg- 
ing the tower at Jerusalem, to take it : the 
Sanctuary also, and Bethsura have they 
fortified. 

27 Wherefore, if thou dost not prevent 
them quickly, they will do greater things 
than these, neither shalt thou be able to 
rule them. 

28 Now when the king heard tins, he 
was angry, and gathered together all his 
friends, and the captains of his army, and 
those tliat had charge of the horse. 

29 There came also unto him from c- 
thtr kingdoms; arid from isles of the sea, 
bands of hired soldiers. 

30 So that the number of his army was 
an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty 
thousand horsemen, and two and thirty el- 
ephants e>ercis< d in battle* 

31 These went through Iduniea, and 



. Apocrypha* 

pitched against Bethsura, which they as- 
saulted many days, making engines of war ; 
but they of Bethsura came out, and burn- 
ed them with fire, and fought valiantly. 

32 Upon this, Judas rrtnoved from the 
tower, and pitched in Bathzacharias,over 
against the king's camp. 

33 Then the king rising very early, 
marched fiercely with his host toward 
Bathzacharias, where his armies made 
them ready to battle, and sounded the 
trumpets. 

34 And to the end they might provoke 
the elephants to fight, they shewed them 
the blood of grapes and mulberries. 

35 Moreover, they divided the beasts 
among the armies ; and for every ele- 
phant they appointed a thousand men arm- 
ed with coats of mai!, and with helmets of 
brass on their heads ; and beside this, for 
every beast were ordained five hundred 
horsemen of the best. 

36 These were ready at every occasion : 
wheresoever the beast was, and whither- 
soever the beast went, they went also, nei- 
ther departed they from him. 

37 And upon the beasts were there 
strong towers of wood, which covered ev- 
ery one of them, and wore girt fast unto 
them with devices : there were also upon 
every one two and thirty strong men, that 
fought upon them, beside the Indian that 
ruled him. 

38 As tor the remnant oF the horsemen, 
they set them on this side and that side at 
the two parts of the host, giving them signs 
what to do, and being harnessed all over 
amidst the ranks. 

39 Now when the sun shone upon the 
shie!ds of gold and brass, the mountains 
glistered therewith, andshined like lamps 
of fire. 

40 So part of the king's army being 
spread upon the high mountains, and part 
on the valleys below, they marched on 
safely, and in order. 

41 Wherefore all that heard the noise 
of their multitude, and the marching of 
the company, and the ratling of the har- 
ness, were moved ; tor the army was very 
great and mighty. 

42 Then Judas and his host drew near, 
and entered into ba'tle, and there were 
slain of the king's army six hundred men. 

43 Eleaasar also, swmamed oavaran, 
perceiving that one of the beasts, armed 
with royal harness, was higher than all 
the ret,' and supposing that the king was 
upon him, 

44 Put himself in jeopardy, to the end 
he might deliver his people, and get him 
a perpetual name: 

45 Wherefore he ran upon him cour- 
ageously through the midst of the battle, 



Jftocry Chap, 

hand and on the left, 
^tfiat they we re divided n 

p the el- 
ephent, 

■:<l. 

47 1 1 
I 

- 

. / came cut ot 

; ot rest 

i id set a 

I 

■ 

l;rc and 
Bt '. slingb. 

and held them buttle 

their ves els 

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i 

S 

. 
I 





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I 
( 

ten: : i 
make peace, 
ol Also Hit _- it u.V- 



vii. AftocryfJra, 87^ 

' i unto them : -whereupon the]' went 
out of the 

62 Then the king entered into mount 
Sion : but when he saw l . .lie 

■ te brake his oath that he had ra 

Iment to pull down the 
.■■ut.. 

63 Afterward departed he in allh • . 
and returned unto Antiochia. whej 

ft uiul Philip lo be I : so 

im, and took the city 
by ft 

CHAP. VII. 

■ ■ , and Demetrha reign* 
etfiin Id* ........ o Alcimu* •would bt 

IN .are d and me ar, 

Demetrius thertnof S 
i in Rome, ami came up v tth B . * v r 
n ten unto a city oi the sea coast, and reign- 
ed therei 

centered into the palace of hi* 
ancest idta- 

Vntiochui andLyaasto bring them 
unto him. 

3 Wh . :e, when he knew it, he said, 
Let me not see their ft 

. - i host slew them. Now when 
i! ius waft set upon the throne oi 
kiitgd 

There came unto him all the wick- 
*.!y men of Israel, having Al- 
..jrous to be high priest, 
a in : 

ed the people to the 
l and his brethren 1 
is, and driven us out ci" 
n land. 

■ send some man whemt 

1 let him go and see what 

. be hath made among us, and in 

him punish thera 

with all them: 

. i the 

t 

I 
I 

I 

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14 For said they. One that is a priest 
of the seed of .Aaron is come with this ar- 
my, and he will do us no wrong. 

15 So he spake unto them peaceably, 
and sware unio them, saying, We will 
procure the harm neither or you, nor your 
friends. 

, 16 Whereupon they believed him: Irow- 
beit, he took of them threescore men, and 
slew them in one day, according to the 
words which he wrote, 

17 The flesh of thy saints have theycaA 
out, and their blood have they shed round 
About Jerusalem, and there was none to 
bury them. 

18 Wherefore the fear and dread of 
them tell upon all the people, who said, 
There is neither truth nor righteousness 
-in them ; for they have broken the cove- 
nant and oath that they made. 

19 After this removed Bacch ides from 
Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in Bezetto, 
•where he sent and took many of the men 
that had forsaken him, and certain of the 
people also, and when he had slain them, 
/ie cast them into the great pit. 

20 Then committed he the country to 
Alcimus, and left with him a power to aid 

■him : so Bacchides went to the king. 

• 21 But Alcimus contended tor the high 
priesthood. 

22 And unto him resorted all such as 
troubled the people, who, after they had 
gotten the land of Judea into their power 
jdid much hurt in Israel. 

25 -Now when Judas saw all the mis- 
• chief that Alcimus and his company had 
done among the Israelites even above die 
heath'.-n, 

24lie went out into all the coasts of Judea 
round about, and took vengeance of them 
that had revolted from him, so that they 
durst no more go forth into the country. 

25 On the other side, when Alcimus 
saw J nu Judas and his company had got- 
ten i -e upper hand, and knew that he was 
not able to abide their force, he went a- 
gain to the king, and said all the worst of 
them that he co'u Id. 

-26 Then |he king sent Kicanor, one of 
'his honourable princes, a man that bare 
deadiv bate *unto Israel, with command- 
- ment 'to destroy the people. 

27 So Nicandr came to Jerusalem with 
a great force ; and sent unto Judas and his 
bi ethren deceitfully with friendly words, 
saying, 

28 Let there be no battle between me 
and you, I will come with a few men, that 
1 mav see you in peace. 

29'Iie came therefore to Judas, and they 
, saluteo one another peaceably. Howbeit, 
the enemies were prepared to tak£ away 
3adas by violence, 



I. MACCABEES. jfflocryfihaS 

30 Which thing, after it was known t« 
Judas, to wit, that he came unto him with 
deceit, he was sore afraid of him, and 
would see his face no more. 

31 Nicanor also, when he saw that his 
counsel was discovered, went out to fight 
against Judas beside Capharsalama : 

_ 52 Where there were slain of Nicanor's 
side above five thousand men, and the rest 
fled into the city of David. 

33 After this went Nicanor up to mount 
Sion, and there came out of the sanctuary 
certain of the priests, and certain of the 
elders of the people to salute him peacea- 
bly, and to shew him the burnt sacrifice 
that was offered for the king. 

34 But he mooted them, and laughed at 
them, and abused them shamefully, and 
spake proudly, 

35 And sware in his wrath, saying, Un- 
less Judas and his host be now delivered in- 
to my hands, if ever I come again in saie- 
1t, 1 will burn up this house y and with that 
he went out in a great rage. 

36 Then the priests entered in, andstoo4 
before the altar, and the temple, weeping 
and saying, 

37 Thou, Lord, didst choose this house 
to bd called by thy name, and to be a house 
of prayer and petition for thy people : 

38 Be avenged of this man and his host, 
and let them fall by the sword ; remem- 
ber their blasphemies, and suffer them net 
to continue any longer. 

39 So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem, 
and pitched his tents in Bethhoron, where 
an host out of Syria met him. 

40 But Judas pitched in Adasa with 
three thousand men, and there he prayed, 
saying, 

41 O Lord, when they that were sent 
from the king of the Assyrians blasphem- 
ed, thine angel went out and smote an hun- 
dred fourscore and five thousand of them, 

42 Even so destroy thou this host before 
us this day, that the rest may know thaft 
he hath spoken blasphemously against thy 
sanctuary, and judge thou him according to 
his wickedness. 

43 So the thirteenth day 1 of the month 
Adar the hosts joined battle: butJSica- 
nor's host was discomfited, and he himself 
was slain in the battle. 

44 Now when Nicanor's host saw that 
he was slain, they east away their weap- 
ons, and fled, 

45 Then they .pursued after them a 
day's journey from Adasa unto Gazera, 
sounding an alarm after them with their- 
trumpets. 

46 Whereupon, they came forth out of 
all the towns of Judea "round about, and 
closed them in ; so that they turning bade 
upon them that pursued, them were, all 



slain with the sword> and not one ef them 
left. 

I rerwards they took the spoils, and 

the prey, and smote off N:canor*s head 

le stretched out 

handed them up tc 

greatly, and they kept dud day v 
great gla 

.!•, they ordained to keep 
yearly th 

j'j '1 

CHAP. VIII. 

wer and 

■ 

nighty 
and valiant men, an 

2 And 

cur. It was l 
and nob) 

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I 

it were \ 

al.->o that 

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and Lytf 

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Chap.viH. Afiocry+tha* S7"9» 

1 diem,, and carried away captives their 
wives and their c iildren and v (,; i"> ; i 

Mid 

pul'ed down their strong h Ids, and 

e their servants unto this 

11 I? ~V2S to! ! him besides, how tiny 
ight under their domin- 

hem ; 

12 Be 1 
relied upon them* they kept amity: and 

• ird 
of their name were afraid of them ; 

help to 
. 

; ; , that 

14 • -e a 

crow:. . .^dinpurplctobciinc;- 

13 \ '. ir.ide for 
... enati b i 

1 twenty men sat in Council 
consulting alway for the peoptej 
be well on!; 
16 \ 

>il their com t 

that oue, and that ' 

; bem. 
1? In considera 

# 
them to it 

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them, as the time shall be* appointed, with 
all their heart : 

26 Neither shall they give any thing un- 
to them that make war upon them, or aid 
them with victuals, weapons, money, or 
ships, as it hath seemed g>'-;d uiro the 
Romans ; but they shall keep their cove- 
Bants without taking any thing therefor. 

27 In the same manner aisu, if war come 
first upon the nation of the Jews, the Ro- 
mans shall help them with all their heart, 
according as the time shall be appointed 
them : 

28 Neither shall victuals be given to 
them that take part against them, or weap- 
ons, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed 
good to the Romans ; but they shall keep 
their covenants, and that without deceit. 

29 According to these articles did the 
Romans make a covenant with the people 
of the Jews. 

30 Howbeit, if hereafter the one paity 
or the other shall think meet to add or di- 
minish any thing, they may do it at their 
pleasures,' and whatsoever they shall add J 
or take away, shall bf ratified. 

31 And as touching the evils that De- j 
metrius dceth to the Jews, we have writ- 
ten unto him, sav ing, Wherefore hast thou 
made thy yoke heavy upon -our friends and 
confederates the Jews I 

32 If therefore they complain anymore 
against thee, we will do them justice, and 
fight with thee by bea ana by land. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Sllcimics and Bacehides conic again with 
new forces into Juuta ; 7 The army of 
Judas jftee Jro?n him.) 17 unci he is dam, 
30 Jonathan '•'■ in his ft/ace. 

FURTHERMORE, when Demetrius 
heard that JSJicanor sua his host were 
Elain in battie, he sent Bacchidesand Alci- 
mus into die land of Juuea the second time, 
and with them die chief strength of his 
host: 

2 Who went forth by the way tbatlead- 
cth to Galgaia, and pitched their tents be- 
fore Masaloth, which is in Arbela, and al- 
ter they had won it, they slew much people. 

3 Also the first month oi the hundred 
fifty and second year, they encamped be- 
fore Jerusalem : 

4 From whence they removed and went 
to Berea, with twenty thousand iootnien, 
and two thousand horsemen. 

5 Now Judas had pitched his tents at 
Eleasa, and three thousand chosen men 
•with him : . 

6 Who, seeing the multitude of the other 
army to be so great, were sore afraid, 
■whereupon many conveyed themselves out 
©f die host, insomuch as there abode of 
them no more but eight hundred men. 

7 % When Judas therefore saw that his 



Jftocryphs, 

host slipt away, arid that the battle pressed 
Upon him, he was sore troubled in mind, 
and much distressed, for that he had no 
time to gather them together. 

t> Nevertheless, unto them that remain- 
ed, he said, Let us arise and go up against 
our enemies, if peradventure we may bo 
ab'e to light with them. 

9 But they dehoried him, saying, We 
shall never be able ; let us now rather 
save our lives, arid hereafter we will re- 
turn with our brethren, and fight against 
them : for we are but lew. 

19 Then Judas said God forbid, that I 
should do this thing, and llee away from 
them : if our time be come, let us die man- 
, fully for our brethren, and let us not stain 
\ out honour. I 

11 With that the host of Bacdridcs re-" 
' moved out of their tents, and stood over 
: against them, their horsemen being divided 
■ into two troops, and their siingers and 
j archers going before the host, and they 
• that marched in the toreward were all 
1 mighty men. 

| 12 As for Bacehides, he was in thuridrt 
; wing, so the host drew near on the two 
pares, and sounded their trumpet*. 

i\ Je, even they 
soi d eir trumpets also, so tlu t the 

! earth shook at the noise of the aiv 
thetw ttlecontinoedfromnTOraingti 

14 Now when Judas perceived that Bac- 
" le$ and the strength of his army v 



chi 

on the right s'de, he took with hfm all die 

hardy men. 

15" Who discomfited the<right wing, and* 
pursued them unto the mount Azotes. 

16 But when they of the left wh.g . nv/ 
that they ol the right wing were discomfit- 
ed, that followed upon Judas, and thi^ethat' 
were with him, hard at the heels from be- ' | 
hind. 

17 °H Whereupon there was a sore bat- 
tle, insomuch as many w ere slain on both 
parts. 

18 Judas also was killed, and the rem- 
nant fled. 

19 Then Jonathan and Simon took Ju- 
das their brother, and buried him in these- 
pulchreof his fathers in Modin. 

20 Moreover, they bewailed him, and s 
all Israel made great lamentation for him, 
and mourned many days, saying, 

21 How i.v the valiant man fallen, that 
delivered Israel ! 

22 As for the other things concerning 
Judas and his wars, and the noble act| 
which lie did, and his greatness, they are 
not written : for the}' were very many. 

23 Now after the death of Judas, the 
wicked began to put forth their heads in 
all the coasts of Israel, ard there arete up 

! all such as wrought iniquity. 



Jffiocryfifi*. 



jiose days also was there a very 
great famine, by reason whereof the coun- 
try revolted, and went with them. 

25 Then Ba se the wicked 
nien, and mu... 

26 And they made inquii 

for Judas^i friends ai .cm unto 

bacchktes, who took vengeance of them, 
and used them despitefully. 

27 So was there a great afiflictii n in Is- 
rael, the like whereof was n< t since the 
time that a prophet was not seen among 

r this cause all Judas*s friends 
l 

nee thy brother Judas d 
man like him to go forth against 
our enemies, and Bacchkles, and 
then of our nation that are at'. 

• 
• Now therefore we have chosen 
-day to be our prince, and cap- 
bis sttad, that thouroayest tight 

31 Upon this, Jonathan took the gov- 
ernance nixtij him • , and rose 

' Mil. 

nun his broth- 
er, and 

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fell down dead, and the remnant lied into 
the mouui 

41 Thus was the marriage turn 
mourning, and the noise oi their a 

i .in 

42 so when they had avenged fu 

■ 
i i J irdan. 
4.J Now when Bacchides heard thereof,! 
he came on tne - 
ot'Jord 

ud to his c n 

I t it •■ indeth q t v.. 
time p 

45 For, behold, thi 

ind us, and the water of Ji i 

- 
.us to ' 
turn m 

46 Wherefore cry ye now unto I 
that ye on 

of your 

47 With that they fie, and 

-• 
a ; but he bin 

• 
with him leaped into Jordan, mid swam' 
■ the fartlier t 

I . over Jordan unto 
49 So there were slain of BaC( 
. about a thousand men. 
pd returned Bacchide* to 
' 

• didhr. 

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S8 Then all the ungodly men held a gan to govern the people, and he destroyed 
council, saying, behold, Jonathan- and his j i he ungodly men out of Israel, 
company are at ease, and dwell without : CHAP. X. 

care: now therefore we will bring* Bac- 2 Demetrius make; h large offers to hove 



chides hither, who shall take them all 
Cfte night. 

59 bo they went and consulted with him. 

60 Then "removed he, and came with a 
great host, and sent letters privily to his 
adherents in Judea, that they should take 
Jonathan and those that were with him,; 
howbeit, they could not, because their 
counsel was known unto them. 

61 Wherefore they took of the men of 
the country, that, were authors of that! 
mischief, about fifty persons, and' slew 
them. 

62 Afterward Jonathan and Simon, and 
they that were with him, got them away 
t^Bethbasi, which is in die wilderness, and 
they re£aire<|the4ecays thereof, and made 
it strong. 

63 Which thing when Bacchides knew, 
lie gathered together all his host, and sent 
Word to them that were of Judea. 

64 Then went he and laid siege against 
Eethbasi ; and they fought against it a 
long season, and made en glues of war. 

65 But Jonathan left his brother Sjnron 
In the city, and went forth himself into the 
country, and with a certain number went 
he forth. 

65 And he smote Odonarkes and his 
brethren, and the children oi Phasiron in 
their tent. 

67 And when he began to smite them, 
and came up with his forces, Simon and 
his company went out of the city, and. 
burned up the engines of war. 

68 And fought against Bacchides, who 
•was discomfited by them, and the)' afflicted 
him sore: ibr his counsel and travail was 
in vain. « 

69 Wherefore he was very wroth at 
the wicked men that gave him counsel to 
come into the country, iosomtfch as he slew 
Hiany of them, and purposed to return in- 
to his own country. , . 

70 Whereof when Jonathan had knowl- 
edge, he sent ambassadors unto him, to 
the end he should make peace with him, 
and deliver them the prisoners. 

71 Which thing he accepted, and did 
according to his demands and sware unto 
him, that he would never do him harm 
all the days of his life. , 

72 When therefore he had restored un- 
to him the prisoners that he had taktn a- 
ibretime out of the land of Judea, he re- 
turned and went his way into bis own land, 
neither came he any more into their bor- 
ders. 

73 Thus the sword ceased from Israel : 
Smt Jonathan dwelt a.i J^achmas, and be- - 



peace with Jonathan : 25 his Lettt, 
the Jews, 

IN the hundred and sixtieth year, Alex-:. 
ander, the son of Antiochus,swni##t?<rf 
Jbpi])hanes, went up and took Ptoiemais : 
for tire people had received him, by means 
whereof he reigned there. 

2 *5f Now when king Demetrius heard 
thereof, he gathered together an exceed- . 
ing great hcs. 5 and went forth against him 

to %ni; 

3 Moreover Demetrius sent letters un- 
to Jonathan with loving words, so as he 
magnified him. 

' 4 For said he, Let us first make peace ■ 
jiwith him, before he join with Alexander 
[againstvus : 

o Else iie will remember all the evils 

that we.havedone against him, and against 

his. brethren, and his people. 

6 Wherefore lie gave him authority to 
gT'he,- tcgo'-hor -an host, and to provide, 
weapons, that he might aid him in battle.: 
he commanded also, that the hostages that 
were in the tower should be delivered him. 

7 Then came Jonathan to Jerusalem, 
and read the letters in the audience of all 
the people, aiui of them that were in the 
tower.: 

8 Who were sore afraid, when they 
heard that'the king had given him author- 
ity to gather together an host. 

9 Whereupon they of the tower deliv- . 
ered their hostages unto Jonathan, and he 
delivered them unto their parents. 

10 Tiiis done, Jonathan settled himaetf 
in Jerusalem, and began to build and re- 
pair the city. 

1 1 And he commanded the workmen 
to build the wads, and the mount Sion 
round about with square stones, for fortifi- 
cation : and they did so> 

12 Then the strangers that were in the 
fortre:-ses which Bacchides had built, fltd 

1 3 Insomuch as every man left his place 
and went into his own country. 

14 On'y at Bethsura certain of those that 
had forsaken the law and the command- 
ments remained still : for it was their place 
of refuge. 

3 5 No w when king Alexander had hea rd 
what promise-; Demetrius had sent unto 
Jonathan : when also it was told him of the 
battles and noble acts which he and ins 
brethren had done, and of the pains that 
thev had endured, 

16 He said, Shall we find such another 
man ? Jnow therefore we will make h;ua 
our ii - :end cJidconiederate. 



Chap 
17 I -i letter, aad • 

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■ 

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I 

jr. 

when Demetrius heard he 

hath prevented us, i 

- 
-sake • 

an 

J3 M >rcc\ er, I I r 



Beers remit the tributes, even of : . 

3-1 Furthermore, i all the 

i 

and :reedom 

j 

",-;/2, or to molest any of 

. 

hat there be enrolled 

ut thirty thou- 

ai>3l the Jews, unco whom pay 

geth to all the king's 

. ! be placed in 
the king's Isbtojne 

■ 
Uv'.:a, which are of trust : ai : 

live after their own 

.lied in 

33 And c.-ncenvn^ the three - 
. to Jadeu ti 
, let them be I 

may be reck 
be under i herau- 

tndper* 

■■• the nc n \pt i 

" 4u Moreover, 1 giveew 

i '.he places a] 
41 And .'ill theoverpkis, > 

works 

ut the W 

1 

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i 

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SS4 Apocrypha. 

they remembered the great evil that he 
wA done in Israel ; ior he had afflicted 
jh.em very sore. 

.u \v.tn Alexander they were well 
pleajset^ because he was the first that en- 
treattu oi true peace with them, and they 
^fei/e confederate with him always. 

■ L-red k.ir.g Alexander great 



nped ever against Deme- 



.45 Then; 
■jjarces^ anu 

tviiJ . 

49 Xhd after the two kings had joined 
JDacee, Dernttnuvs host iied : but Alex- 
ff»4er ioiiowed alter him, and prevailed 

it them. 
, i.ip And he continued the battle very sore 
until the sun went down: and that day 
v.'.** Demetrius sla'n. 

51 AiWward Alexander sent ambassa- 
dors to Ptoiemee king oi' Egypt, with a 
message to tin? effect : 

52 Forasmuch as 1 am come again to 
xr>\ realm, and am set in the throne of my 
prog, nitors, and have gotten the dominion, 
and overthi own Demetrius, and recovered 
ear country ; 

. 53 For aiter I had joined battle with 
him, both he and his hose was discomfited 
bv us, so that we sit in the throne of his 
kii«j.;:0:n : 

54 Now therefore let us make a league 
r, and give me now thy j 



da 

kw.c'iu will g.ve both thee and her gilts, 

aeon! vm to thv dignitv. 

; 55 Til 

jswer, sa> 



L MACCABEES. Jfiocryfito 

62 Yea, more than that, the king com- 
manded to take oil has garments, and 
clothe him in purple : and they did so. 

63 Also he made him sit by himself, and 
said unto his princes, Go with him into 
the midst of the city, and make proclama. 
tion, that no man c uuplaiii against him of 
any matter, and that no man trouble him 
tor any manner of cause . . 

64 Now when his accusers saw that he 
was honoured according to the proclama- 
tion, and clothed in purple, they fled ail a- 
way. 

65 So the king honoured him , and wrote 
him among his chiet friends, and made him 
a duke and partaker oi his dominion. 

66 Afterward Jonathan returned to Je- 
rusalem with peace and gladness. 

67 Furthermore, in the hundred three- 
score rfnd fifth year, came Demetrius son 
of Demetrius, out of Crete into the land of 
his fathers ; 

68 Whereof when king Alexander 
heard tell, he was right sorry, and return- 
ed into Antioch. 

69 Then Demetrius made Appollonius 
the governor oi'Celosyia his general, who 
gathered together a great host, and cam- 
ped in Jamnia, and sent unto Jonathan the 
high priest, saying, 

~"0 Thou alone liftest up thyself against 



[laughter tq wife : and i will be thy son in j us , and I am laughed, to scorn tor thv sake, 



>ea Ptolern.ee "the king gave an- i 
j ing^ Happy be the day wherein ' 
tia u d;dk return into the Sand of thy fa- 
thers, and sattest in the throne of their j 
m. i 

c 5 And now w ill J do to thee, as thou hast ; 
written: meet me therefore at Ptblemais, 
(th w?e mas see que another ; ior I will j 
jciarrj mj daughter to thee, according to 
jthy desire. 

£7 So Jjtolemee went out of Egypt with 
fcL daughter Cleopatra, and they came 
unto Ptulemais in the hundred three score 
. and second year : 

58 Where king Alexander meeting him, 
lie gaye unto him his daughter Cleopatra, 
»iid celebrated Ixer marriage at Ptolemais 
.with great glory, as the manner of kings is. 

59 Mow king Alexander had w ritten un- 
to Jonathan, that he should cume and meet 
him. 

60 Who thereupon went honourably to 
-jViemais, where M met the two kings, 
and gave them and their friends silver and 
jcokCnnd many presents, and found favour 
in their sight. 

61 At ! hat time certain pestilent fellows 
pf Israel, men of a wicked life, assembled 
themselves against him to accuse biro : 
kut the king would not hear them. 



and reproached, and, Why dost thou vaunt 
thy power against us in the mountains! 1 

71. Now therefore, if thou trustest m 
thine own strength, come down to us into 
the plain field, and there let us try the mat- 
ter together : for with me is the power of 
the cities. 

72 Ask, and learn who I am, and th« 
rest that take our part, and they shall tell 
thee, that th> foot is not able to stand be- 
fore our face : for thy fathers have been 
twice put to flight in their own land. 

73 Wherefore now thou shalt not be a- 
ble to abide the horsemen, and so great a 
power in the plain, where is neither stone 
nor flint, ncr place to flee unto. 

74 So when Jenathan heard these words 
of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind, 
and, choosing ten thousand men, he went 
out of Jerusalem, where Simon his broth- 
er met him for to help him. 

75 And he pitched his tents against Jop- 
pe : but they of Joppe shut him out of the 
city, because Apollonius had a garrison 
there. 

70 Then Jonathan laid siege unto it : 
whereupon they of the city let him in for 
fear : and so Jonathan won Joppe. 

77 Whereof when Apollonius heard, he 
took three thousand horsemen, with a great 
host of footmen, and went to Azotus, as 
one that journeyed, and therewithal drew 



hiaifoi * he had a 

whan f llowed after him to 

I 

ere wis , 

.i at i 

i so the 
tired. 

82 'i 

a 

. 

i 

84 By 

. and the ten 

«> Thai tl 

wi'.h t:i 

tad fr tea th- n emoved 

- 

n and his 
r heard 

Id) as the 

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.fyocryfiha. £&* 

thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies 
that were cast ; them that he 

; in the battle ; fc r they hud made 
heaptoft ..riheahoula 

paSS. 

they told tie king whatsoever 
Jonathan the intent he might 

uj : bat the kin^ held bis peace. 

i Jonathan met the king wita treat 
pomp at Joppe. where they saluted one 

I Jonathan, when he had 
, the river called E- 
w-aiii to Jerusalem* 
e having {Ct- 
rl of the cities by the tea, 
ipon the sea coast) imagined 

■Jexander* 
.. be Bent ambassadors un- 
saying) Come let ua 
betwixt us, and 1 will give 
b no Alexander hath, 
and thou shaft reign in thy father's klng- 

it I gave my daugh- 
Bought to slay me. 
II Thus did be slander bim, because 

destn u» of his kingdom* 
i..\ Wherefore betook his daughter 
from him, and gave her to Demetrius, and 
forsook Alexander, so that their hatred 
ilv krvown. 

i nee entered into Antioch, 
where he ^et two crowns upon his head, 
tnecYown ot Asia, and of Egypt. 

14 In the w,:\m season was king Alex- 
ander in Cilicia, because those that dwelt 
a bad revoHedrrosn him. 
u But when Alexander heard of this 
nst him : whereupon 
I hh kbit, and 

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886 Afiocryfiha. 



to Ptoleraais, and wrote unto Jonathan, 
that he should not lay siege to the tower, 
but come an A speak with him at Vtoiernaib 
in great haste. 

.23 Nevertheless, Jonathan, when he 
heard tnis, commanded to besiege it still ; 
and he chose certain of the elders of Isra- 
el, and the priests, and put himself in peril ; 

24 And took silver and gold, and rai- 
ment, and divers presents besides, and 
w ent to Ptolemais, unto the king, where 
toe found favour in his sight. 

25 And tlr ugh certain ungodly men of 
the people had made complaints against 
him, 

26 Yet the king entreated him as his 
predecessors had done before, and promo- 
ted him in the sight of ail his friends, 

27 And cafifii med him in tfe e high priest- 
hood, and in a J the honours that he had 
before, and gave him pre-eminence among 
his chief friends. 

2B Then Jonathan detk-ed the king that 
he would make Judea free from tribute, 
as also the three governments, with the 
country of Samaria ; and he premised 
him three hundred talents. 

29 So the king consented, and wrote let- 
ters unto Jonathan otall these things, after 
this manner : 

30 King Demetrius unto his brother 
Jonathan, anil unto the nations of the Jews, 
senceth greeting : 

31 We send you here a copy of the let- 
ter which we did write unto cur cousin 
Lasthenes concerning you that ye might 
see it. 

32 King Demetrius un4o his father Last- 
henes senieth greeting : 

33 We are determined to do good to the 
people of the Jews, who are cur friends, 
arid keep covenan's with us, because of 
their g iod will toward us. 

34 '"Wherefore we have ratified unto 
them the borders of Jndea, wiih the three 
governments ot Aphenema, and Lvdda, 
and Rumathem, that areadded unto Judea 
from the country ot 'Samaria, and all things 
appertaining unto them, for all such as do 
sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the pay- 
ments Which the king received of them 
yearly aforetime out of the fruits of the 
ear.b and of trees. 

35 And as for other things that belong 
unto us, of the tithes and customs pertain- 
ing unco us, as also the salt pits, and the 
crown taxes, which are due unto as, we 
discharge them of them all for their relic!, 

36 And nothing hereof shall be revoked 
from this time forth for ever. 

57 Now therefore see that thou make a 
copy of these things, and let it be delivered 
unto Jonathan, and set upon the holy mount 
in a conspicuous place. I 



I. MACCABEES. Apocrypha* 

38 After this, when king Demetrius saw 
that the land was quiet before him, and 
that no resistance was made against him, 
he sent away all his forces, every one to 
his own place, except certain bands of 
stfanger^ whom he had gathered from 
the isles of the heathen : wherefore all the 
forces of his fathers hated him. 

39 Moreover, there was one Tryphon, 
that had been of Alexander's part' afore, 
who, seeing that all the host murmured 
against Demetrius, went to Simalcue the 
Arabian, that brought up Anticchus the 
young son of Alexander, 

40 And lay sole upon him to deliver 
him this young Antzochus, that he might 
reign in his father's stead : he told him 
therefore all that Demetrius had done, 
and how his men of war were at enmity 
with him, and there he remained a long, 
seasdn. 

41 In the mean time Jonathan sent unto 
king Demetrius, that he would cast those 
of the tower out of Jerusalem, and tho^e 
a. 50 in the fortresses : tor they fought a- 

Israel, 

42 So Demetrius sent unto Jonathan, 
saving, I will not only do this for thee and 

' ) will greatly honour thee 
and thy nation, if opportunity serve. 

43 Now therefore thou shalt do well, if 
thou send me men to help me ; for all my 
forces are gene from me. 

44 Upon this Jonathan sent him three 
thousand strong men unto Antioch: and 
when they came to the king, the king was 
very glaq of their coming. 

45 Howbeit, they that were of the city 
gathered themselves together into the 
midst of the city, to the number of an hun- 
dred a6d twenty thousand men, and would 
have SCm the king. 

46 Wherefore the king fled into the 
court, but they of the ci<y kept the passa- 
ges of the city, and began to fight. 

47 Then the king called to the Jews for 
help, who came onto him all at once, and 
dispersing themselves through the city, 
siew that day in the city to the number of 
an hundred thousand, 

43 Also they set fire on the city ; and 
gat many spoils that day, and delivered the 
king. 

49 So when they of the city saw that 
the Jews had got the city as they would, 
their courage was abated : wherefore 
they made supplication to the king, and 
cried, saying, 

50 Grant us peace, and let the Jews 
cease from assaulting us and the city. 

51 With that they cast away their weap- 
ons and made peace ; and the Jews were 
honoured in the sight of the king, and in 
the sight of all that were in his realm - r 



jijiocryfiha. Cnap, 

and they returned to Jerusalem, having 
great 

52 So king Dernf.' fte throne 

of his kingdom, and t - uuiet be- 

fore him. 

1 in nil 
that e\ 

from J I He him 

ace ird e had re- 

cei \ ed • 

54 A T 
with him bus, who 

55 Th 

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. purple, 

I 

i 

and all 

him h 

I 

I 

. 
hen put 
67 As tor . i, they 

I 



68 And, behold, the host of strangers 
met them in the plain, who, having bud 
men in ambush tor him in the mountains, 
Came diemselve-s over against him. 

(39 So when they that las in ambu >h roae 
out of tlveir places, and joined battle, all 
that were of Jonathan's side Bed ; 

70 insomuch as there v. 
diem left, except Mattathias the 
Absalom, and Judas the «on of Calphi,thc 
captains of the host. 

71 Then Jonathan rent his clothes, and 

rth upon his head, and prayed. 

irds turning again to battle, 

&od so they ran away. 

own men that wne 

Lrned again unto him, 

him pursued them to Cades, even 

I own tents, and there they cam^- 

'ain of the heathen 

rjd men ; but 
i Jerusalem. 
Cll Vl\ \li. 
1 Jonathan rvneweth ids / 

. 
castles in J 

' u/i by ihc fraud oj Lnjpfiun in 

NOW i ian saw that thi 

• 1 him, he chose certain men, 
them to Ho 

. uship that they had with 

.rers also to L 

.1 So the; 
intothe tes 

■w the 
h yt had i 

Uiat thr\ 

. 
d wrote to tl 

Haan the hig 

. jkI die 

i 
• ■n treated the 



685 Afiocryfihx. 



I. MACCABEES. 



Afxocryfiha* 



none of these things, for that we have the 
holy books of scripture in our hands to 
comfort us, 

10 Have nevertheless attempted to send 
rmto you for the renewing of brotherhood 
and friendship, lest we should become 
strangers unto you altogether ; for there 
is a long time passed since ye sent unto us. 

11 We therefore at all times without 
ceasing both in our feasts, and other con- 
venient d-vys, do remember you in the sac- 
rifices which we offer, and in our prayers, 
as reason is, and as it becometh us to think 
upon our brethren : 

12 And we are right glad of your hon- 
our. 

13 As for ourselves, we have had great 
troubles and wars on every side, foras- 
much as the kings that are round about us 
have fought against us. 

14 Howbeit, we would not be trouble- 
some unto you, nor to others of our con- 
federates and friends, in these wars : 

15 For we have help from heaven that 
succoureth us, so as we are delivered from 
cur enemies, and our enemies are brought 
under fdo£. 

16 For this cause, we chose Numjenius 
the son of Anticchus, and Antipater the 
son^ of Jason, and sent them unto the Ro- 
mans, to renew the amity that we had with 
them, and the former league. 

17 We commanded them also to go un- 
. to you, and to salute you, arid to deliver you 

our letters, concerning the renewing of our 
brotherhood. 

18 Wherefore now ye shall do well to 
give us an answer thereto. 

19 And ,this is the copy of the letters 
which Oniares sent. 

20 Areus king of the Lacedemonians, to 
Onias the high priest, greeting : 

21 It is found in writing, that the Lace- 
demonians and Jews are brethren, and that 
they are of the stock of Abraham. - 

22 Now therefore, since this is come to 
our knowledge, ye shall do well to write 
unto us of your prosperity. 

23 We do writeback again to you, that 
your cattle and goods are curs, and ours 

- are yours. We" do' command therefore 
cur ambassadors to make report unto yen 
on this wise, 

24 Now when Jona f han heard that Be- 
metrius's princes were come to fight a- 
gainst him with a greater host than afore, 

25 He removed from Jerusalem, and 
met them in the land of Amathis : for he 
gave them no respite to enter his country. 

26 He Gent spies also unto their tent's, 
who came agair., an3 told him that they 
were appointed to come upc*i them in the 
night season. 

£' r Wn^refbze so soon ss the sini was 



down, Jonathan commanded his men to 
watch and to be in arms, that ail the night 
long they might be ready to fight : also he 
sent forth centinels round about the host* 

28 But when the adversaries heard that 
Jonathan and his men were ready for bat- 
tle, they feared and trembled "in their 
hearts.and they kindled fires in their camp, 

29 Howbeit, Jonathan and his company 
knew it not till the morning : for they saw 
the lights burning. 

' 30 Then Jonathan pursued after them, 
but overtook them not : for they were gone 
over the river Eleutherus. 

31 Wherefore Jonathan -turned to the 
Arabians, who were called Zabadeans, 
and smote them, and took their spoils. 

32 And removing thence, he came to 
Damascus, and so passed through all the 
country. 

33 Simon also went forth, and passed 
through the country unto Ascalon, and the 
holds there adjoining, from whence he 
turned aside to Joppe, and won it. 

34 For he had heard that they would 
deliver the hold unto them that took De- 
metrius's part ; wherefore he set a garri- 
son there to keep it. 

35 % After this came Jonathan home a- 
gain, and, calling the elders of the people 
together, he consulted with them about 
building strongholds in Judea, 

36 And making the wall* of Jerusalem 
higher, and raising a great mount between 
the tower and the city, for to separate it 
from the city, that so it might be alone, 
that men might neither sell nor buy in it. 

37 Upon' this they came togedier to 
build up the citv, forasmuch as part rf 
the wail toward the brcok on the east 
side was fallen down, and they repaired 
that which was called CapW£natha. 

38 Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, 
and made it strong wi ! h gates and bars. 

39 Now Tryphcn went about- to get the 
kingdom of Asia, and to kill Anticchus the 
king, that he might set the crown upon his 
own head. 

40 Howbeit, he was afraid that Jonathan 
would not suffer him, and that he would 
fight against him; wherefore he sought 
away how to take Jonathan, that he might 
kill him. So he removed and came to 
Bethsan. 

41 Then Jonathan went out to meet him 
with forty thousand men chosen for the 
battle, and came to Bethsan. 

42 Now when Tryphon saw that Jona- 
than came with so great a force, he durst 
not stretch his hand against him ; 

43 But received him "honourably, and 
commended him unto all his friends, and 
gave him gifts, and commanded his men 
of war to be as obedient -unto him, ?s to 
himself. 



rffiocryfiha* Chap, 

-44 Unto Jonathan also he said, Why hast 
thou put all this ptople to so great trouble, 
seeing there is no war betwixt us .' 

45 Therefore send them now home.a- 
gain, and choose a iew men to wait on thee, 
and come thou with me to Ptolemais, for 

1 will give it thee, and the rest ct the 
strung iioldsandiorce-, and all that have a- 
ny charge : as for me, I will return and dfe- 
part : ior this is the cau: e of my connhg. 

46SnJonath lid as he 

bade him, and sent away his host. Who 
went into the land ol : 

47 And with himself he retained but 
three thousand men, of whom he sent two 
thousand into Galilee, and cat thousand 
went with him. 

as socn as Jonathan .entered 
into Ptolemais, the\ of Ptolemais shut the 
aid took him, and all them that 
tli him they slew with the 
40- Then sent Trvphon - 
men and horsemen into Galilee, . 
the great plain, to de 

50 Hut when they knew that J 
and they tliat were with hi 

I 

51 They therefore that I 

ing that thev were • 
fight fortlieir lives, turned b ick igairi. 

52 Wh.-mipon th< 

.■ re they 

- 
ition. 
:re round 

about t . 

■aid the . nor an; 

to Ifcelp 

men. 

xm. 

2 Simon is made captain in •".' 

natluiria t<,m(>. 
40 Simon xuinneth Gaza, and the towt r 
atJeruaoL m. 

N, when Simon heard that Tryph< n 
had \\ \v si 

2 And saw that th 
tremblii it up to Jeruea- 

things 1, 
s house, 

■ 

4 By 

lone. 

efcrebeit'fiu 



xiii. Jjiocriipha. 8S9 

I should spare mine own life in an) time 
of trouble: lor 1 am no Letter tli.. n my 
brethren. 

6 Doubtless I will avenge my nation, 
and the sanctuary, and our wive-, and our 
children: for all'the heathen are gather* 
ed to destroy us oi very malice. 

7 Now as soon as the people heard these 
words, their spirit revived. 

8*' And they answered with a loud \< ve, 
saying, Thou shalt he our leader instead 
and Jonathan thy brottyjr. 

y Fight thou our battles, and whatev- 
er thou commandest us, that will < 

10 So then he gathered together 

men of war, and made hast- to finish the 
walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified i . 

11 Also he sent Jonathan the son of Ab-J 
salom, and with him a gre t fxvwef.toJ p- 
pe : who casting out'them that were 

in remained there in it. 

12 So Tryphon removed from Ptole- 
mais with a great power to in\ 

land of Judea, and Jonathan was with him 
in ward. 

13 Br d his tents at 

h< plain. 

14 is- i phon knew thatSi- 

of his brother 

■ hanthy broth- 
er in hold, ir is tor m< is owing 
-.mgthc 
i unto him. 
16 \\ 
< rits of silver and two i 

. ,t when Ik is at 11 

»• 

that thei 

Qture he show 
.'red of the] 

18 VVhomighthave ;aid, Becau« 

him not. the m< in- an D, there- 

. htm dead. 

19 So he sent them the children and the 
hundred ' yptindiasem* 

'■( letJonathai 

20 And after this< mel ryflha 
vadethe land,ai ifc round 
aboul b) the w&J that eadk th unt 

ra : but Simon 

im in every pla 
went* 

bv the w': 

tthcre 

fell a ve: 



800 ^pocry/iha. 

he came not. So he departed, and came 
into the country of Galaad. 

23 And when he came near to Bascama 
he slew Jonathan, who was buried there. 

24 Afterward Tryphon returned and 
went into his own land. 

2.5 Then sent Simon, and took the bones 
of Jonathan his brother, and buried them 
in .Modin, the city of his fathers. 
__ 26 And all Israel made great lamenta- 
tion for him, and bewailed him many days. 

27 H Simon also built a monument upon 
the sepulchre of his father and his breth- 
ren, and raised it aloft to the sight, with 
hewn stone behind and before. 

28 Moreover, he set up seven pyramids 
one against aaother, for his lather \ and his 
mother, and his four brethren. 

29 And in these he made cunning devi- 
ces, about the which he set great pillars, 
and upon the pillars he made all their ar- 
mour for a perpetual memory, and by the 
armour ships carved, that they might be 
seen of ail that sail on the sea. 

30 This is the sepulchre which he made 
at Modin, and it standeth yet unto this day. 

31 Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with 
the young king Antiochus, and slew him, 

32 And he reigned in his stead, and 
crowned himself king ot iVsia, and brought 
a great calamity upon the land. 

33 Then Simon built up the strongholds 
, in Judea, and fenced them about witti high 

towers, and great walls, and gates, and 
bars, and laid up victuals therein. 

34 Moreover, Simon chose men, and 
sent to king Demetrius, to the end he should 
give the land an immunity, because all that 
Tryphon did was to spoil. 

35 Unto whom king Demetrius answer- 
ed, and wrote after this manner ; 

36 King Demetrius unto Simon the high 
priest, and friend of kings, as also unto the 
.elders and nation of the Jews, sendeth greet- 
ing': 

37 The golden crown, and the scarlet 
robe, which ye sent unto us, we have re- 
ceived : and we are ready to makea sted- 
fast peace with you, yea, and to write un- 
to our officers, to confirm the immunities 
which we have granted* 

38 And whatsoever covenants we have 
made with you shall stand ; and the strong 
holds which ye have builded, shall be your 
own. 

39 As for any oversight or fault com- 
mitted un'o this day, we forgive it, and the 
crown tax also, which ye owe us: and if 
there wereauy other tribute paid in Jeru- 
salem, It shall no more be paid. 

40 % And look \vho are meet among you 
tobe in our court, let them beer rolled, and 
Jet there be peace betwixt us. 

41 Thus tb.Q yoke cf the heathen was 



I. MACCABEES. Jtftocryftfia. 

taken away from Israel in the hundred and 
seventh year. 

42 Then the people of Israel began to 
write in their instruments and contracts, 
In the first year of Simon the high priest, 
the governor and leader of the Jews. 

43 In those days Simon camped against 
Gaza, and besieged it round about ; he 
made aiso an engine of war, and set it by 
the city, and battered a certain tower, and 
took it. 

44 And they that were in the engine 
leaped into the city ; whereupon there was 
a great uproar in the city : 

45 Insomuch as the people of the city 
rent their clothes, and climbed upon the 
walls with their wives and chiidren, and 
cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon 
to grant then* peace. 

46 And they said, Deal not with us ac- 
cording to our wickedness, but according 
to thy mercy. 

47 So Simon was appeased toward them, 
and fought no more against them, but put 
them out of the city, and cleansed the hou- 
ses wherein the idols were, and so entered 
into it with songs and thanksgiving. 

48 Yea, he'putalluncleannessoutofit, 
and placed such men there as would keep 
the law, and made it stronger than it was 
before, and built therein a dwelling place 
for himself. 

49 They also of the tower in Jerusalem 
p/ere kept" so strait, that they could neither 
come forth nor go into the country, nor buy, 
nor sell: wherefore they were in great 
distresss for want of victuals, and a great 
number of them perished through famine. 

50 Then cried they to Simon, beseech- 
ing him to be as one with them : which 
thing he granted them ; and when he had 
put them out from thence, he cleansed the 
tower from pollutions ; 

51 And entered into it the three and 
twentieth day of the second month, hi the 
hundred seventy and first year, with 
thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, 
and with harps, and cymbals, and with vi- 
ols, and hymns, and songs : because there 
was destroyed a great enemy out of Israel. 

52 He ordained also that that day should 
be kept every year with gladness. More- 
over, the hill of the temple that was by the 
tower he made stronger than it was, and 
there he dwelt himself with his company. 

53 And when Simon saw that John his 
son was a valiant man, he made him cap- 
tain of all the hosts, and he dwelt in Gazara. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Demetrius is taken by the king of Per-. 
6W. 4 The good deeds o/ Simon to his 
country : 26 a memorial of his acts is 
set up in Sion. 

NOW in the hundred threescore and 
twelfth .year, king Demetrius gath- • 



Apocrypha. Chap. 

ei-ed his forces together, and went into 
Media, to get turn help to fight against 
Trvphon. 

2 But when Arsaces, the king ot Per- 
sia and Media, heard that Demetrius was 
entered within his borders, he sent cue of 
his pr;nces to take him alive : 

3 Who went and smote the host of De- 
metrius, and took him, and brought him to 
Arsace*, by whom he was put in ward. 

4 % As lor the land of Judea, that was 
quiet all the days of Simon ; lor he sought 
the good of his nation in such wise, as that 
evermore his authority and honour pleased 
them well. 

5 And as he was honourable in aH liis 
acts, so in this, that he u.ok Joppefor an 
haven, and made an entrance lo the isles 
or the sea, 

6 A ad enlarged the bounds of his na- 

; I recovered the country, 

7 And gathered together a great num- 
!vr o. captives, and h.-id the dominion of 

.. and bethsura, and the tower, cut 

oi the which he took ail uncleanness, nei- 

.s there any that resisted him. 

•S Tnen did fine? till their ground in 

i gave her increase, 

■ trees of the tieid their fruit. 

9 The ancient men sat ail in the streets 

ling together of gcxl things, and 

mg men put on glciious and warlike 

1U lie provided victuals for the cities 
and set in them all manner of munition, so 
that his honou. i 

end of the world. 
1 i 1 le made peace in the land, and Is- 
- ced with gres 

■i sat under his vine 
:';£ tree, and there v. 
them : 

there any left in the 
fight against them : j ea, the kings 
es were oven 
14 Moreover, he strengthened ail those 
of his people that were brought I 

edout: and i 
wer ot 'tim . he took 

nctuary, and 
[At. 

Rome) 

that his 

I 

td ruled the< 

13 T; v m in tables of 

Ishjpai 

...! made with JurV*> a 
■ 

Tore the 
coagrc . 



xiv. Jflocrgfi&t. 891 

20 And this is (he copy of the letters 
that the Lacedemonians sent ; The rulers 
ot the Lacedemonians, with the city unto 
Simon the high priest, and the elders, and 
priests, and residue of the people of the 
Jews, our brethren, send greeting : 

21 The ambassadors that were sent un- 
to our people certified usof your glory and 
honour : wherefore we were glad of their 
coming, 

22 And did register the things that they 
spake in the counsel of the people, in this 
manner, Numenius son of Antiochus, and 
Antipater son of Jason, the Jews' Ambas- 
sadors, came unto us to renew the friend- 
ship they had with us. 

23 And it pleased the people to enter- 
tain the men honourably, and to put the 
copy of their ambassage in publick re- 
cords, to the end the people of the Lace- 
demonians might have a memorial there- 
of : furthermore, we have written a copy 
thereof unto Simon the high priest. 

24 After this Simon sent S T umenius ta 
Rome with a great shield of gold of a thou- 
sand pound weight, to confirm the league 
with them. 

25 Whereof when the people heard, 
they said, What thanks sh-tll we give ta 
Simon and his sons ? 

26 ■; Tor he, and liis brethren, and the 
house of his lather, have established Israel, 
and chased away in fight their enemies 
n\ m them, and confirmed their liberty. 

lien they wrote it in tables of 
brass, which they set upon pillars in mount 
Sion : and this is the copy of the writing ; 
i day of th\ month Elul, in 
the hundred threescore and twelfth year, 
being tl>e third year of Simon the hig*« 
priest, 

28 At Saramcl in the great congrega- 
tion of the priests, and people and rulers 
ot the nation, and elders ot the country 
ese tlungs notified unto us. 

*re hav: 
.try, wherein 
i 

: i • Of M 

I 

- 
■ 



852 Apocrypha. 



t MACCABEES, 



gether with Bethsura, thatlieth upon the 
borders oi Juuea, where the armour of the 
enemies had been before ; but he set a gar- 
rison /Jews there: 

34 Mc .cove r, he tortified Joppe, wh'ch 
lieth upon the sea, and Gazara that bor- 
dereth upon Azotus, where the enemies 
had dweit before: but he placed Jews 
there, and furnished them with all tilings 
convenient for the reparation thereof.) 

35 The people therefore, seeing the acts 
of Simon, and unto what glory he thought 
to bring his nation, made him their gov- 

- ernor and chief priest, because he had 
done all these things, and for the justice 
and faith which he kept to his nation, and 
for that he sought by all means to exalt his 
people. 

36 For in his time things prospered in 
his hands, so that the heathen were taken 
out of their country, and they also that 
were in the city of David in 'Jerusalem, 
who had made themselves a tower, cut of 
w hich they issued and polluted ail about 
the sanctuary, and did much hurt in the 
holy place : 

37 But he placed Jews therein, and for- 
tified it for the tafety of the country and 
the city, and raised up the wails of Jerusa- 
lem. 

38 King Demetrius also confirmed him 
in the high priesthood according to those 
things. 

39 And made him one of his iriends, 
and honoured him with great honour. 

40 For he had heard say that the P^o- 

- inans had called the Jews their iriends, 

- and confederates, and brethren ; and that 
they had entertained the ambassadors of 
Simon honourably ; 

* ' - 41 Also that the Jews and priests were 
well pleased that Simon should be their 
governor and high priest for ever, until 
there should arise a faithful prophet; 

42 Moreover that he should be their 
captain, and should take charge of the 
sanctuary, to set them over their works, 
and over the country, and over the ar- 
mour, and over the fortresses, that, I say, 
he should take charge of the sanctuary ; 

43 Beside this, that he should be obeyed 
of every man, and that all the writings in 
the country should be made in his name, 
and that he should be clothed in purple 
and wear gold : 

44 Also that it should be lawful for none 
cfthe people 6r priests to break any of 
Ihese thirds, or to gainsay Ins words, or 
to gather an assembly in the country with- 
out him, or to he clothed in purple, or wear 
% buckle of gold : 

'>5 And whosoever should do otherwise, 
er break any of these things, lie should be 
punished. - ■ 



Apocrypha* 

46 Thus it liked all the people to deal 
with Simon, and to do as hath been said, 

47 Then Simon accepted hereof, and 
was well pleased to be high priest, and 
captain, and governor of the Jews and 
priests, and to defend them all. 

• 48 So they commanded that this writing 
should be put in tables of bras.?, and that 
they should be set up within the compass 
of the sanctuary in a conspicuous place ; 

49 Also that the copies thereof should 
be laid up in the treasury, to the end that 
Simon and his sons might have them. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 Antiochus d*sireth leave to pass through 
Judea, and granteth great homurs to 
the Jetvs : 27 he quarrelleth with Si- 
mon, 39 andsendeth some to annoy Jw 
dea. 

MOREOVER, Antiochus son of De- 
metrius the king, sent letters from 
the isles of the sea, unto Simon the priest 
and prince of the Jews, and eo all the peo- 
ple ; 

2 The contents whereof were these : 
King Antiochus to Simon the high priest 
and prince of his nation, and to the people 
of the Jews, greeting; 

3 Forasmuch as certain pestilent men 
have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, 
and my purpose is to challenge it again, 
that I may restore it to the old estate, and 
to that end have gathered a multitude ot 
foreign soldiers together, and prepared 
ships ci war ; 

4 My meaning also being to go through 
the country, that I may be avenged of them, 
that have destroyed it, and made many 
cities in the kingdom desolate : 

5 Now thereiore, I confirm unto thee 
all the oblations which the kings before me 
granted thee, and whatsoever gifts besides 
they granted. 

6 1 give thee leave also to coin money 
for thy country with thine own stamp. 

7 And as concerning Jerusalem and the 
sanctuary, let them be Iree: and all the 
armour that thou hast made, and fortresses 
that thou hast built, and keepest in thine 
hands, let them remain unto thee. 

8 And if any thing be, or shall be, owing 
to the king, let it be forgiven thee, from 
this time forth for evermore. 

9 Furthermore, when we have obtained 
our kingdom, we will honor thee, and thy 
ration and thy temple, with great honor, 
so that your honor shall be known through- 
out die world. 

10 In the hundred threescore and four- 
teenth year went Antiochus into the land 
of his fathers : at which time all the forces 
came together unto him, so that few were 
left with Tryphon. 

11 Wherefore being pursued by king 



AkQC\ - Chap. 

Anti :d ui>l» Dt»ra, which lieth 

by the sea side: 

re upon 
him all at is forces had 

hus against Do- 
. twen- 
i ii en of wa . thou- 

sand . 

d the ci- 
ty f ships close to 
die toton, on the 

jy iaucl and by sea, neither suffered he 
any to go out or in. 

15 In the mean season came Nu men iu; 
and his compariy from Rome, having let- 
ters tp the kings and countries \ wherein 
were written these tilings : 

16 Lucius, consul of the Romans, unto 
king Ptolemee, greeting: 

r c Jews' ambassadors, our friends 
derates, came unto us to renew 
the >>ld friendship and league, being sent 
from Simon the high priest, and from the 
people ol th- 
is And the) brought a shield oi go|d of 

4 

• thought it good therefore to write 

unto the kings and countries, that they 

them nojiarm, nor fight against 

nor yet aid 

. 

21 If therefore then be any* pestilent fel- 

untry 

t tht m unto Simon the 

t, that he m ly punish them ac- 

te he likewise 

ami to 

i, and 

C ii i, and 

tnd Rhedus, and 

idus, and 

| 

wrote to 

es, by which 
hutupTryp could 

Shnofl sent i 
men to aid I 
*ir. 
! . receive 



. xvi « jJfiocryfiha. WZ 

ZS rurthermore, he sent unto him Ath- 

enobius, one of his friends, to Cvimmu^g 

with him, and say, Ye withhold Joppe ana 

Gazara, with the tower tliat is in Jerusa- 

es of my realm. 

n -.js thereof) e have wasted 

and done great huri in the land, and got 

raiuiun of many places within my 

kingd 

Now therefore deliver the cities 
j e have taken, and the tributes of the 
• eof >e hare gotten dominion 
• the bordei s ot Judea : 

3 1 ( h e se give me for them five hundred 
talents of silver, andibr the harm that ye 
have done, and the tributes of the cities* 
other five hundred talents: If not we will 

id fight against you, 

32 Su Aiienobius the ling's friend came 
to Jerusalem : And w hen he *aw the giory 
of Simon, anil the cupboard of goki tnd sil- 
ver piatr, and iiis ereat attendance, he was 
astonished, and tJid him the king's mes- 
sage. 

33 'Ihen answered Sim<\n and »aid un- 
to him, We ha\ e neither taken other men's 
kind, nor hodden that which appertaineth 

,, out the inheritance of our fathers 
wliich i in* enemies had wrongfully in pos- 
session a certain time. 

34 Wherefore we, having opportunity, 
hold the inheritance of our lathe i -, 

35 And whereas thou demandetl Joppe 
and Gazara, albeit the? did great harm 
u. it » the people in our country, ) et will we 
give an hundred talents tor them. Here- 
unto Athenobius answered him not a word ; 

j eturned in a rage to the king and 

into him ot these speeches, 

i A Simon, and of all that he; 

had seen: whereupon the king \. 

« roth. 

the mean time fled Tryphon by 

a the king made CendebeMScap- 

. c him an host 
emen. 
i. indedhira to remove his 
Jso he eei nn landed 
him to b 

e people j Luc 

i 1 IV- 

Jamni.i, a:. J 
began to provoke the | 

I 

. < < ut the* might 

. 
CHAP. 

3 J*d*i .: : hi for- 



394 Apocrypha. II. MACCABEES. 

■ ces sent by Antiochm : 11 Simon and two 
of his sons treacherously murdered. 

THEN came up John from Gazara, 
and told Simon his father, what Cen- 
flebeus had done. 

2 Wherefore Simon Galled his two eldest 
sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, 
I and my brethren, and my father's house, 
have ever from our youth unto tins day 
iought against the enemies of Israel ; and 
things have prospered so well in our hands, 
that we have delivered Israel oftentimes. 

3 5" But now 1 am old, and ye, by God's 
mercy, are of a sufficient age : be ye instead 
of me and my brother, and go and fight 
Hot our nation, and the help from heaven 
be with you. 

4 So he chose out of the country twenty 
thousand men of war with horsemen, who 
-went out against Cendebeus, and rested 
that night at Modin. 

5 And when as they rose in the morning, 
and went into the plain, behold, a mighty 
great host both of footmen and horsemen 
came against them : howbeit, there was 
a water brook betwixt them. 

6 So he and his people pitched over a- 
gainst them : and when Tie saw that the 
people were afraid to go over the water 
brook, he went first over himself, and then 
the men seeing him, passed through after 

7 That done, he divided his men, and 
set the horsemen in the midst of the foot- 
men : for the enemies' horsemen were ve- 
ry many. 

8 Then sounded they with the holy 
trumpets : whereupon Cendebeus and his 
host were put to flight, so that many of 
them were slain, and the remnant gat them 
to the strong hold. 

9 At that time was Judas, John's broth- 
er, wounded : but John still followed after 
them, until he came to Cedrou, which 
Cendebeus had built. 

10 So they fled even unto the towers in 
the fields of Azotus ; wherefore he burned 
it with fire : so that there were slain of 
them about two thousand men. After- 
ward he returned into the land of Judea 
in peace. 

11 % Moreover, in the plain of Jericho 
was Ptolemcus the son of Abubus made 



Apocrypha* 



captain, and he had abundance of silver 
and gold : 

12 For he was the high priest ' s son in law. 
. 13 Wherefore his heart being lifted up 
he thought to get the country to himself 
and thereupon consulted deceitfully against 
Simon and his sons to destroy them. 

14 Now Simon was visiting the cities 
that were in the country, and taking care 
for the good ordering of them ; at which 
time he came down himself to Jericho 
with his sons, Mattathias and Judi.s. in 
the hundred three score and seventeenth 
year, in the eleventh month tailed Sabat : 

15 Where the son of Abubus receiving 
them deceitfully into a hide hold, called 
Dccus, which he had built, made them a 
great banquet i howbeit, he had hid men 
there. 

16 So when Simon and his sons had 
drunk largely, Ptolemee and his men rose 
up, and took their weapons, and came up- 
on Simon into the banquetting place, and 
slew him, and his two .- ens, and certain of 
his servants. 

17 In which doing he committed a great 
treachery, and recompensed evil for good. 

18 Then Ptolemee wrote these things, 
and sent to the king, that he should send 
him an host to aid him, and he wouid de- 
liver him the country and cities. 

19 He sent others also to Gazara to kill 
John : and unto the tribunes he sent let- 
ters to come unto him, that he might give 
them silver; and gold, and rewards. 

20 And others he sent to take Jerusa- 
lem, and the mountain ol the temple. 

21 Now one had ran afore to Gazara,. 
and told John that his father and brethren 
were slain, and, quoth he } Ptolemee hath 
sent to slay thee also. 

22 Hereof when he heard, he was sore 
astonished : so he laid hands on them that 
were come to destroy him, and slew them ; 
for he knew that they sought to make him 
away. 

23 As concerning the rest of the acts of 
John, and his wars, and worthy deeds 
which he did, andthe building of the walls 
which he made, and his doings, 

24 Behold, these are written in the 
chronicles of his priesthood, from the time 
he was made high priest alter his father. 



The Second Book of the Maccabees. 



chap. I. 

A letter of the ^ cms from Jerusalem to 
them of Egypt, to thank God for the 
death of Antiochut. 



THE brethren, the Jews that be at Je- 
rusalem and in the land of Judea, 
wish unto the brethren the Jews that are 
throughout Egypt, health and peaee ; 



-ijiocryfiha*. 

2 God be gracious unto yon. and re- 
member his covenant that lie made with 
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Ids faithful 
servants ; 

give you a;l an heart to serve 
him, and to do his will, with a goo J cour- 
age and a willing nai 

4 And open your hearts in his law and 
commandments, and send you peace, 

5 And he.ii le at one 
with you, and never forsake you in time of 

1 now we be here praying for you. 

tat time as Demetrius reigned, in 

the hundred three score and ninth year, we 

you in ihe e; 
ot trouble thai in those 

years, from the time that Jason and his 
land and 

I;ed in- 
cntothe 

. 

I aves. 

. 
10 In the h i . I eighth 

.: were at Jr 

d Judas, 

f/jnt gree i ^tobulas, 

. who was of 

aid to the 

1 L In ered us 

- 

I 

.'s priests. 

. 
, and his 
that v. i re - 

15 Which 
had set forth, 

oy into the i 

■ in : 

:.cs like thu: 

. them in 

37 IV- 

• iw pur- 

we thought it nee . 

mi^'iit 



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keep it, «•? the fc ait of the tabernacles, 
and of the fire, rvhich was given us', wh?u 
Neemias effered sacrifice, alter tliat he had 
builded the temple and the altar. 

13 For when our fathers were led into 
Persia, the priests, that were then devout 
took the tire of the altar privily, and hid it 
in an hollow place ot a pit without water, 
where they kept it sure, so that the place 
was unknown to all men. 

20 Now after many years, when it plea- 
sed Gvxl, Neemias, being sent from the 
king of Persia, did send of the posteriry of 
tho-e priests that had hid it, to the fire : 
but when they told us they found no fire. 
but thick, water ; 

22 Then commanded he them to draw 
it up, and to bring it ; and when the sac- 
[ in, Keemias commanded 
the priests to sprinkle the wotd 

D with the water. 

. e ime 
came that the sun shone, which a. 
hid in the cbud, there was a great fire 
kindled, so that every man marvelled. 

I prayer whilst 
the sacrifice was consuming, 1 say bcth 
the pi iesti, and all the rest, Jonathan be- 
ginning, and die rest answering thereunto, 
as Neemias did. 

2-i And the prayer was after this man- 
ner; O Lord, Lord God, O.eatoroi ail 
• ho art tearful and .strong, and 
is, and merciful, and the only and 

25 The only giver of all things, die only 
just, aim thou that 

. I from all trouble, and didst 
choose the fathers and sane 

For thv whole 
sen 

27 Ga. . het that are scat - 

: . i -. 
mong the heathen, tact 

abhorred) • 

.-. -hi/a artoui 

. 

p in thy hcly 

Ma sung psalms ot 
iving. 

ben the sacrifice m 

left to be poured on the ^tea: 

Be, there was 
kindled" a' flam consumed by 

the light that anted from the a ; 

\ the king of Persia, that in tie 

i e led a- 

red wa- 



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ter, and that Neemias had purified the 
sacrifice? therewith. 

34 Then the king inclosing the place 
made it holy, after he had tried the matter. 

35 And the king took many rifts, and 
bestowed thereof on those whom he would 
gratify.. 

36 And Neemias called tins thing Naph- 
thar, which i? as much as to say, a clean- 
sing : but many men call it. Nephi. 

tHAP. II. 
1 What Jeremy the prophet did: 5 how 
• he hid the icbcrnc.de, the ark, and the 
alter. 

IT is also found in the records, that Jer- 
emy the prophet commanded them that 
were carried away to take of the fire, as 
it hath been signified i 
" 2 And how that the prophet, having 
given them the law, charged them not to 
tonret the commandments r!" the Lord, 
and that they should not err in their minds 
■yvfien they see images of silver and gold, 
with their ornaments, 

3 And with ether such speeches ex- 
horted fte them, that the law' should not 
-depart from their hearts. 

4 It was also contained in the same wri- 
ting^ that the prophet being warned of 
God, commanded the tabernacle and the 
ark to go with him, as he went forth into I 
the mountain, where M«se* climbed up,', 
and saw the heritage of God. 

5 ^[ And when Jeremy came thither, 
lie found an hollow cave, .wherein he laid 
the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar 
of incense, and so stopped the door. 

6 And some of those that followed him, 
came to mark the way, but they could not 
find it. 

7 Which when Jeremy perceived, he 
blamed them, saying, As for that place, 
it shall be unknown until the time that 
God gather his people again together, and 
receive them unto mercy. 

8 Then shall the Lord shew them these 
things, and the glory of the Lord shall ap- 
pear, and the cloud also, as it was shewed 
unto Moses, and as when Solomon desired 
that the place might be honourably sanc- 
tified. 

9 It was also declared, that he being 
wise, offered the sacrifice of dedication, 
and of the finishing of the temple. 

lOVftnd as when Moses prayed unto the 
Lord, the fire came down from heaven, 
and consumed the sacrifices : even so 
•prayed Solofnon also, and the fire came 
down from heaven, and consumed the 
burnt offerings. 

11 And Mos£s said', Because the sin of- 
fering was net tpbe eaten, it was consumed. 

12 So Solomon kept those eight days. 
22 The same things also were reported 



in the writings and commentaries ot'Kee- 
rnias ; and how he, founding a library, gath- 
ered together the acts of the king^anct- 
the prophets, and of David, and the epis- 
tle-. fiFthe kings concerning the holy gifts* 

14 In like manner also Judas gathered 
tpgether ali those things that were lost by 
reaSdh of the war we'had, and they re- 
main with us. 

15 Wherefore if te have need thereof, 
send some to fetch them unto you. 

16 Whereas we then are about .to cele- 
brate the purification, we have written un- 
to you, and ye shall do well, if ye keep the 
same days. 

17 We hope also that the God that de- 
livered all his people, and gave them all 
an heritage, and the kingdom, and the 
priesthood, and the. sanctuary, 

18 As he promised in the law, will short- 
ly have mercy upon us, and gather us to- 
gether out of every land under heaven un- 
to the holy place": for he hath deTivegfd 
us out of great troubles, and hath purified 
the place. 

29 Now as concerning Judas Maccabeus 
and his brethren, and the purification of 
the great temple, and the dedication of the 
altar, 

20 And the wars against Antiochus E- 
piphaneg, and Eupator h-s son, 

21 And the manifest signs that came 
from heaven unto those that behaved them- 
selves manfully to their honour for Je.oa- 
ism : so that, being but a few, they over- 
came the whole country, and chased bar- 
barous multitudes, 

22 And recovered again the temple re- 
nowned ail the world over, and freed the 
city, and upheld the laws which were go- 
ing down, the Lord being gracious unto 
them with all favour ; 

23 AU thest things, I say, being declared 



by Jason of Cyrene in five books ; we wilj 
Cisay to abridge in one •lunie. 

24 For considering tlfc infinite number, 
and the difficulty which they find that de- 
sire to look into the narrations of the story, 
for the variety of the matter, 

25 We have been careful, that they that 
will read might have delight, and that they 
that are. desirous to commit to memory 
might have ease, and that all, into whose 
hands it comes, might have profit. 

26 Therefore to us, that have taken up- 
on us this painful labour of abridging ; it 
was not easy, but a matter of sweat and 
watching ; 

27 Even as it is no ease unto him that 
prepareth a banquet, and seeketh the ben- 
efit of others : yet for the pleasuring of ma- 
ny he will undertake gladly this great pain, 

28 Leaving to the author the exact hand- 
ling cf every .particular, and labouring to 
follow the rules of an abridgement-. 



tfduu- " 

29 For as the master builder of a new 
liGUse must care for the v. 
"but he diat underta:-. . it, ana 

paint k. . ..: fit things lor the a- 

dorning thereof: even sol think it is with 
us. 

20 To stand upon every point, and go 
over tilings at large,' and to ue carious in 
particulars, belon^eth to the fiTSt author 
ol the story : 

31 But to use brevity, and avoid much 
labouring of the work,' is tobe gi 
him that will ina^ >' r . 

32 Here t 
on\w addingthus much to that wh 

id, That it isafooiish thing to make 
prologue, and to be shore in me sto- 
ry itself. 

CHAP. III. 
i Of the honour done O the temple by the 
kings of the Gentiles, 4 Simoi 
Hlinjhat treasures are in the temple. 

NOW when the holy city was inhabited 
with all peace, and the laws were 
kept very well, because of the godliness of 
Onias the high priest, and his h 
wickedness, 

2 It came to pass that even the kings 
themselves did honour the place, and mag- 
niiy the temple with their best gins : 

3 Insomuch that Seleucus king 
of his own revenues bare all me c »sts be- 
longing to the service oi the sad 

44 Bat one Simon of the 
min, who was nude governor oi l 

order in the city. 

5 And when he could not overcome O- 

Apolionius .". 
Threat i was governi 

6 And told him that the I 

- lull of infinite 



there was such money laui up f.»r the 
lief of widows and fatherless child] en ; 

11 And that some oi it belonged to Hit- 
canus ton of Tobias, a man or great dig- -- 

ind not as that wicked Simon had 
misinformed : the sum wheretii in all was 
lour hundred talents of saver, and two 
hundred of gold : 
19 And that it was altogether imp 
hi r such wrongs should be done unto 
omitted it to the holiness 
place, and to the majesty and invi-; 
sanctiry < r the temple, honoured o* 
ver all the world. 

13 But Heliodorus, because oftheking*r 
commandment given him, said, Thai m 
any wioe it must be brou > king's 

treasury. 

M So at the day which he appointed, he 
entered in to order this matter : where- 
fore there was no small agony throughout 
the whole cr 

15 But the priests, prostrating themselves 
before the altar in their priests' vestments,- 
called unto heaven upon him that made a 
law concerning things given to be kep:, 
that they should safely be preserved, tor 
such as had committed them to be kept. 

16 Then whoso had looked the high 
priest in the nice, it wouLd have wounded 
his heart: for his countenance and the 
changing ot his colour declared the in- 
ward agony ol his mind. 

17 For the man was so compassed with 
I horror ot the body, that it was 

■ to them that looked upon him, 
I n its ii: his heart, 
lb Others ran flocking out of their hou- 
ses to the genera] suppl 
I 
19 And the n 

and the 



so that the mo • • to the walls, 



did not pertain t| the accou I 
nets, was inn . 

• bring all into the king's h 
if when Apoilonius came to the 

king, a 

nt to bring him the I 

8 So forthwith I Icliodnru 
CC, quo) 

,'s purpose. 

i he was come to Jerusalem, 



holding their I 
. made supplic 

kultitude of aU 
I the high pri 

■ 
safe and 
them. 

mis executed 

that which v. • 

present him- 



and had been court* the ; self with I 



high pri lira what 

. 

these ' 

10 Then «! M 



Lord of spirits, and tl 

all thai h h ni 

■■ Dished .it tl 
fainted, and - ; aid. 



S9S A/iocryphd. 11. 

25 For there appeared unto them an 
horse with a terrible rider upen him, and 
adorned with a very fair covering, and he 
ran fiercely, and smote at Heliodorus with 
his forefeet, and it seemed that he that sat 
upon the horse had complete harness of 
gold. 

26 Moreover, two other young men ap- 
peared before him, notable in strength, 
excellent in beauty, and comely in appar- 
el, who stood by him on either side, and 
scourged him continually, and gave him 
many sore stripes. 

27 And Heliodorus fell suddenly unto 
the ground, and was compassed with great 
darkness : but they that were with him 
took him up, and put him into a litter. 

28 Thus; him that lately came with a 
great train and with all his guard inio the 
said treasury, they carried cut, being una- 
ble to help himself with his weapons : and " 
manifestly they acknowledged the power 
ot God ; 

29 For he by the hand of God was cast 
down, and lay speechless without all hope 
of life. 

30 But they praised the Lord that had 
miraculously honoured his own place: for 
the temple, which a little afore was full of 
fear and trouble, when the Almighty Lord 
appeared, was filled with joy and gladness. 

31 Then straightways certain ot Helio- 
dorus's friends prayed Onias, thathe would 
call upon the Most High to grant him his 
life, who i a _, ready to give up the ghost. 

. 32 So the high priest, suspecting lest the 
king should misconceive that some treach- 
ery had been done toHeliodorus by theJews, 
offered a sacrifice for the health of the man , 
■ 33 Now as the high priest was making 
an atonement, the same young men in the 
same clothing appeared and stood beside 
.Heliodorus, saying, Give Onias the high 
priest great thanks, insomuch as for his 
3&ke the Lord hath granted thee life ; 

34 And seeing that thou hast been scour- 
ged from heaven, declare unto all men the 
mighty power of God. And when they 
kad spoken these words, they appeared no 
more? 

35 So Heliodorus after he had offered 
sacrifice unto the Lord, and made great 
vows unto biro that had saved his life, and 
saluted Qnias, returned with his host to 
t&e king. 

SG Then testified heto all men the works 
of the great God, which he had teen with 
his eyes. 

' 37 And when the king asked Heliodo- 
rus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet 
artce again to Jerusalem, he said, 

38 f thou hast any enemy or traitor, 
Send him thither, and thou shalt receive 
i-im wpUscourgtdi if he escane 



MACCABEES. Aflvcryfma. 

life : for in that place, no doubt, there is 
an especial power of God. 

39 For he that dweUeth in heaven hath 
his eve on that place, and defendeth it : 
and he beateth and destroyeth them that 
come to hurt it. 

40 And the things concerning Heliodo- 
rus, and the keeping of the treasury, iell 
out on this sort. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Simon dander elh Qnias : 34 Androni- 
cus tmiterousiy murdereth him : 36for 
which the king cause th Jiim to be put to 
death. 

THIS Simon now, of whom we spake 
afore, having been a bewrayer of the 
money, and of his country, slandered Oni- 
as, as if he had terrified' Heliodorus, and 
been the worker of these evil?. 

2 Thus was he bold to call him a traitor, 
that had deserved well of the city, and ten- 
dered his own nation, and was so zealous 
of the laws. 

3 But when their hatred went so far, 
that by ftneof Simon's factk>n>murderi were 
committed, 

4 Onias seeing the danger of' this con- 
tention, and tii at Apollouius, as being the 
governor of Celosyrla and Phenlce, did 
rage, and increase Simon's malice. 

5 He went to the king, not to be an accu- 
ser of his countrymen, but seeking the good 
of all, both public and private : 

6 For he saw that it was impossible that 
the state should continue quiet, and Simon 
leave his folly, unless the king did look 
thereunto. 

7 But after the death of Seleuchus, when 
Antiochus,called Epiphanes, took the king- 
dom, Jason the brother of Qnias laboured 
underhand to be high priest, 

8 Promising unto the king by interces- 
sion three hundred and three score talents 
of silver, and of another revenue, eighty 
talents : 

9 Beside this, he promised to assign an 
hundred and fifty more, if he might have 
license to set him up a place for exercise, 
and for the training up of youth in the fash- 
ions of the heathen, and to write them of 
Jerusalem by the name of Antiochians. 

10 Which when the king had granted, 
and he had gotten into his hand the rule, 
he forthwith brought his own nation to the 
Greekish fashion. 

11 And the royal privileges granted of 
special favour to the Jews by the means ot. 
John the father of Eupolemus, who went 
ambassador to Rome tor amity and aid, 
he took away ; and putting down the go- 
vernments which were according to the 
law, he brought up new customs against 
the lav; : 

12 For he bui't gladly a place ot eser- 



J/iocrijfite. Chap, 

cise under the tower itself, and brought the ; 
chief yotiiig men under I i,and , 

made them 

13 Now such was the height of Greek 
fashions, and increase of h 

i ihe exceeding 
of Jason j 

14 That th< 

the altar, ! ; i 
the temple, and neglecting the sacr. : - 
hastened to be partakers of the unlawful ! 
allowance in the place i after j 

the game of Di.cu* called them forth ; 

15 Net ot their 
fathers, but liking die glory of the Gre- 

16 By reason whereof sore calamity 

nthem: for they hud them to 
temiesand avengers, whose cus- 
tom they followed so earnestly, and unto 
•whom they desired to be like in all things. 

17 For it is no', a fight thing to do w ick- 
edly against the laws of God: but the 
time following shall declare these thing*. 

18 Now when the game that was used 

• ■ Tyrus, the 

s Jason sent special 
mess Jcrusalem,who were An- 

ticK ■'. ry three hundred drachms 

of silver to the sacrifice of Hercules, which 

. thought fit not to 

cause it was 

.u nt, but to be reserved fur other 

fcac- 

■ 

■. ofMe- 

, An- 
. 
affected t r his 

own safety : whi . I Jop- 

lein . 

. 

in v. 

i 

- 

him for • 

fen: 

Iver. 

I 



i. lv. Jl/iocryfiha. R9D 

hood, but having the fury of a crm 1 tyrant, 
and the rage of a savage 1/ 

Then Jason, who had undermined 
hi.-, own brother, being undermined by an- 
d to flee into the coun- 
try of the Ammoni es. 

nelaus got the principality ; 
but as for the money that he had promised 
unto the king, he took no good order for 
it, albeit Sostra&M the ruler oi' the castle 
recuired it : 

°,8 For unto him appertained the gath- 
ering of the customs. Wherefore they 
were both called before the king. 

29 Now Meneiaus left his brother Ly- 
m his stead in the priesthood ; 
/ C rates, w ho was gover- 
nor of the Cj pnans. 

3D While those things were in doing, 
they of Tarsu-aiid Mailos made insurrec- 
tion, because they were given to the king's 
concubine, called Antiochis. 

31 Then came the king in all haste to 
appease matters, leaving AndromcuS, a 
man in authority, for his deputy. 

32 Now Meneiaus, supposing that he 
had gotten a convenient time, stole certain 
Teasels of gold out of the temple, and gave 
some of them to Andronicus, and seme he 
sold into Tyros and tne cities round about. 

33 Which when Onias knew oi a surety 
he reproved him, and withdrew himself 
into a sanctuary at Daphne, that iicth by 
A itiochia* 

34 «J Wherefore Meneiaus, taking An- 
dronicus apart, prayed him to get Onias 
into his bund ; v, ho being persuaded there - 
unto, andcoir.ing toOnias in deceit, gave 
him his right hand with oaths; undthougli 

cted l>ij /iim, yet peMuaded 
hehimto Come forth oi the sanctuary: 

whom forthwith he shut up 
ustice. 

the which cans- 

li^aatton, and were bwk h 
tor the unjust murder of the man. 
36 ^| And when tl 

. 

in with« 

Dt, hi - 

purple, 



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his punishment, as he had deserved. 

39 Now when many sacrileges had been 
committed in the city by Lysimachus with 
the cement ot Menelaus, and the bruit 
thereof was spread abroad, and the multi- 
tude gathered themselves together against 

-Lysimachus, many vessels of gold being 
already carried away. 

40 Whereupon the common people ri- 
sing, and being filled with rage, Lysima- 
ehu's armed about three thousand men, and 
began first to offer violence ; one Auranus 
bemg the leader, a man far gone in years, 
and no less in folly. 

~ 41 They then seeing the attempt of Ly- 
•~simachus, some of them caught stones, 
some clubs, others taking handfullsof dust, 
*that was next at hand, cast them all to- 
gether upon Lysimachus, and those that 
: set upon them. 

• 42 Thus many of them they wounded, 
and some they struck to the ground, and 
-all of them they forced to n*ee : but as for 
-the church robber himself, him they killed 
beside the treasury. 

: 43 Ot these matters therefore there was 
an accusation laid against Menelaus. 

44 Now when the king came to Tyrus, 
three men that were sent from the senate 
pleaded the cause before him : 
* AS But Menelaus, being now convicted, 
promised Ptolemce the sonot Dorymenes, 
to give him much money, if he would pa- 
sclty the king toward him. 

46 - Whereupon Ptolemee taking the 
king aside into a certain gallery, as it were 
to take the air, brought him to be of an- 
other mind : 

47 Insomuch that he discharged Mene- 
laus from the accusations, who notwith- 
standing was cause of all the mischief : 
and those poor men, who if they had told 
their cause, yea, before the Scythians, 
should have been judged innocent, them 
he condemned to death. 

48 Thus they that followed the matter 
for the city, and for the people, and tor the 
holy vessels, did soon suffer unjust punish- 
ment. 

49 Wherefore even they of Tyrus, mo- 
ved with hatred of 'hat wicked deed. cau- 
sed them to be honourably baricd. 

50 And so through the covetou*ness of 
them that were in power, Menelaus re- 
mained c tili in authority, increasing in mal- 
ice, and being a great traitor 
zens. 

CHAP. V. 
2 Qf th'e srgrts and ;okt:ns s T een in J 
15 The sfn e?nf 

M(t€€(rbett&ficeih\ ierneas. 

A: OUT tti 
pared his second voyage VntoJ£gypt : 

■ 2 % And then it happened, that through 



the citi- 



rusa- 
fc, 27 



Aftocryfiha, 
all the city, for the space almost of forty 
days, there were seen horsemen running 
in the air, in cloth of gold, , and armed with 
lances, like a band of soldiers. 

3 And troops of horsemen in array, en- 
countering and running one against an- 
other, with shaking of shields, and multi- 
tude Of pikes, and drawing of swords, and 
casting of darts, and glittering of golden 
ornaments, and harness of all sorts. 

4 Wherefore every man prayed that 
that apparition might turn to good. 

5 Now when there was gone forth a 
false rumour, as though Antiochus had 
been dead, Jason took at the least a thou- 
sand men, and suddenly made an assault 
upon the city ; and they that were upon 
the walls being put back, and the city at 
length taken, Menelaus fled into the castle : 

6 But Jason slew his own citizens with- 
out mercy, not considering that to get the 
day of them of his own nation would be a 
most unhappy day of him ; but thinking 
they had been his enemies, and not his 
countrymen, whom he conquered. 

7 Howbeit, for ail this he obtained not 
the principality, but at the last received 
•name for the reward of his treason, and 
fled again into the country of the Ammon- 
ites. 

8 In the end therefore he had an unhap- 
py return, being accused before Aretas the 
king of the Arabians, fleeing from city to 
city, pursued of all men, hated as a for- 
saker of the laws, and being had in abom- 
ination, as an open enemy of his country 
and countrymen, he was cast out into E- 

gypt- 

9 Thus he that had driven many out ot 
their country? perished in a strange land, 
retiring to the Lacedemonians, and dunk- 
ing there to find succour, by reason of his 
kindred : 

10 And he that had cast out many un- 
buried, had none to mousn for him nor 
any solemn funerals at all, nor sepulciy e 
with his fathers. 

11 Now when this that was done came 
to the king's ear, he thought that Judea 
had revolted: whereupon removing out 
of Egypt in a furious mind, he took the 
city by force of arms, 

12 And commanded his men of war not 
to spare such as they met* and to slay such 
as* went up upon ihe houses. 

13 Thus there was killing of young Hud 
old, making away of npten, women aird 
children, slaving of virgin?* and imams. 

1 4 And there were destroyed wkhin tfce 
space of diree whole nays, fourscore thou- 
sand, whereof forty thousand were slain in 
the conflict ; and no fewer soid than slain. 

15 % Yet was he hot content with this, 
but presumed to go into the most U 



AhDcryfihxi. Chap. 

pie of all the world ; Menelaus, that trai- 
tor to the law ., and to his own country, be- 

iking the holy vessels with pol- 

; profane hands pul- 

were dedicated 

bv ot er kings dentation, and 

\ i honour of the place, he gave 

17 And' so haughty was Anti c 
mind, tbs 

was angry tor a while for the sins of them 
that dwelt in the city, and therefore his 
eye was not up 

18 For had the) not been formerly 

is, tms man as soon as 

me, bad f rthwith been scourged, 

and put back from his presumption, as 

ros was, Whom Seieucus tlie king 

sen; to view the treasury. 

19 Nevertheless, G d did not choose 

; the pi ices sake, but the 
people's sake. 

the place itself, that 

taker with them of the adversity 

th it hap] nation, did afterward 

in the benefits sent from the 

Lord : and as it was forsaken in the wrath 

v, so ag un the great Lord 

being reconciled, it was set up with all 

. 

21 So when Antiochus had carried out 
o r tlie temple a thousand and eight hun- 
dred talent*, he departed in all haste unto 
Antiocl in In- pride to make 

. 1 the se t p i 
the haughtiness oi his mind', 
to vex the na- 
tion at lerusal r his country a 
Phrygi: ' more barba- 
rom than he thai sat Wm t • 
23 And at Garizim 4 Andronicus; and 
ho, worse than all the 
rest,b it i mid over th< 

mind against hiscoun- 
n the Jews. 
StHestnt also that detest ible rin 
er AppnkxuAS, with an armj ol t 
thousand, commanding hi ni 

were m their best age, and 
to sell the wo neni as ■ 

and pre- 
sence, didforbear ti 
■ 

a ded hi^ men to 

hem that were 
I 
running through the City 

97 1 But h) os, with nine 

ut, withdrew 
iid lived in tl 

tains a.ter u>: manner of beasts, wjth his 
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jfficcryfllia. 90l 
company, Who fed on herbs continually 
lest they should be partakers of the pollu- 
tion. 

CHAP. VI. 

1 The Jews are com/ieUcd to leave the law 

of God. 4 The temple is defiled, 

NOT long after this, the king sent an 
old man of Athens, to compel the 
Jews to depart from the laws of their fa* 
thers, and not to live alter the laws of God ; 

2 And to pollute also the temple in Je- 
rusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupi- 
tur Olympius ; and that in Garizim of Jn- 
pitor the Defender ot strangers, as they did 
desire that dwelt in the place. 

3 The coming m oi this mischief was 
sore and grievous to tlie people: 

4 % For the temple was filled with riot 
and revelling, by the Gentiles, who dallied 
with harlots and had to do with women. 
wjthin me circuit ot the holy places, and 
besides that brought in things that were 
not lawful. 

5 The altar also was filled with p»ofan« 
things which the law f< .biddeth. 

6 Neither was it lawful for a man to 
keep sabbath days, or ancient feasts or to 
profess himself at all to be a Jew. 

7 And in the day of the kings birth, ev- 
ery month they were brought by bitter 
constraint to eat of the sacrifices ; andt 
when the i'eabt of Bacchus was kept, the 
Jews were compelled to go in procession 
to Bacchus carrying ivy. 

b Moreover, there went out a decree 
to the neighbour cities of the heathen, bv 
the suggestion 01 Piolemee,n gainst theJews, 
that they should observe the .>ame fashions, 
and be partakers of their sacrifices : 

9 Aral who-o would not conform them- 
to the manucrsot 'die Gentiles.shoukl 
beput to death. Then might a man havf 
see i th i ,-_ny. 

l'J For thciv were tno women brought, 

who had circumcised their chiidren,whom, 

when they had openly led round about the 

city, the babes hanging at their breast% 

cast them down headlong from tlie 

1 1 And others that had nm together in- 
to caves near by, t<> keep the sabbath day 
secret .. covered to Philip, were 

e they made a 
ivesy lor the hon- 
our ot tin- m >st a icredday* 

13 Now 1 beseech those that read this 
not discouraged] i)r 

il that they judge thos* 
punishments not t" be lor destruction, but 
for a chastening of our nation. 

i 3 I his great good- 

iot suffered 

any long time, but forthwith punished. 

14 Fur not as with other nations, w noun 



m J/iocryjJix. H.. MACCABEES, 

the Lord patiently forbearetli to punish, 
till they he come to the iuinessoi their sins, 
so dealeth he With us, 

15 Lest that being come to '.lie height of 
sin, afterwards he should take vengeafcefe 
of us. 

16 And therefore he never withdraw - 
eth his mercy iron) us. And though he 
punish with adversity, yet doth he never 
forsake his people* 

17 But .-let this that we have spoken he 
for a warning unto us. And 'new v. ill we 
come to the declaring of the matter in a 
few words. 

18 Eleazar one of the principal scribes, 
m\ aged man, and of a well favoured coun- 
teijanceywas constrained to open his mouth 
and to eat swine's flesh. 
. 19 But he choosing rather $b' die glori- 
ously, than to li' e st ined with sUeh an a- 
bomination, spit it lord"!, and came of his 
own accord to the torment, 

20 As it behoved them to come, that 
are resolute to stand out against such 
things as are not lawful lor lore of liieto 
be tasted. 

• 21 But they that had the charge of that 
wicked feast, for the old acquaintance they 
had with the man, taking him aside, 6e- 
- sought hi into bring flesh of his own pro- 
vision, such as was lawful for him to use, 
and make as if he did eat of the f.esh taken 
from the sacrifice commanded by dieting ; 

22 That in so doing he mghi be deliv- 
ered from' death, and for cl. . bfcH friendship 
■with them, find favour, 

. 23 But he began to consider discreetly, 
andas became his age, and the excellency 
of his ancient years, and the honour of his 
grey head, v, hereunto he was come, and 
his most honest educavi.: .n hmti a child, or 
rather the h/ly l.iw made and given by 
God : therefore he answered accordingly 
tmd willed them straight/ways to send him 
to the grave. 

24 -For it becomethnot env age, said he, 
in any wise to dissemble, whereby many 
young persons might think that Eleazar 
being four score years old an 4 ten, were 
dow gone to a strange religion. ; 

25 Aral so they through mine hypocri- 
sy, and desire to" live a little time." and a 
moment longer, should be deceive 
and '» g ■ a H an to mine old age, and make 
it abominable. 

25 For though for the present time I 
should be delivered from the punishment 
of men : yet should 1 not escape the hand 
of the Almighty, neither alive nor dead. 

27 Wherefore now manfully changing 
this life, 1 will shew myself such an one as 
inine agerequireth, 

28 And leave a Rotable example to such 
as be young, to die willingly and courage - 



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ously for the honourable and holy laws : 
arid when he had said these words," imme- 
diately he went to the torment : 

29 They -that/led him, changing the good 
will they bare him a little belore, interna- 
tred, because the foresaid speeches pro- 
ceeded, as they thought, from a desperate 
mind. 

30 But when he was ready to die with 
stripes, he gr< aned, and said, It is mani- 
fest unto the Lord, that hath the holy 
knowledge, that whereas 1 might have 
been delivered from death, I now endure 
sore pains in body, by being beaten ; hue 
in soul am well content to suffer these 
things, because I fear him. 

31 And thus this man died, leaving his 
death for an example of a noble courage, 
and a memorial of virtue not only unto 
young men, but unto all his nation. 

CHAP. Vil. 
The constancy and cruel death ef seven 
brethren and their mother in one day, 
because they 'would not eat swine's jlcsh 
at. the king's commandment. 

IT came to pass also, that seven breth- 
ren with their mother were taken, and 
compelled by the king, against the law, to 
taste swine J s itesh, and were tormented 
with scourges and whips. 

2 But one of them that spake first, said 
thus, What wonkiest thou ask or learn of 
us I "We are ready to die, rather than to 
transgress the laws of our fathers. 

3 Then the king being in a rage, com- 
manded pans and caldrons to be made hot : 

-4 Which forthwith^ being heated, he 
commanded to cut out the tongue of him 
that spake first, and to cut off the utmost 
parts of his body, the itst ol his brethren 
and his mother looking on. 

5 Now when he was thus maimed in all 
his members, he commanded him, being 
yet alive to be brought to the fire, and to 
be fried in the pan : and as the vapour of 
the pan was for a good space dispersed, 
they exhorted one another with the mo- 
ther, to die manfully, saying thus, 

6 The Lord Gocl fooketh upon us, and 
in truth hath comfort in us, as Moses in 
his song, which witnessed to their faces, 
declared, saying, And he shall be com- 
forted in iris servants. 

7 So when the first was dead after this 
manner, they brought the second to make 
him a mocking stack : and when the) had 
pulled off the skin of his head with the 
hair, they asked him, Wilt thou eat be- 
fore thou' be punished throughout every 
member of thy body- 

8 But he answered in his own language, 
and said, "No. Wherefore he also receiv- 
ed the next torment in order as the form- 
er did* 



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shall 

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**ody and lite ior the laws cf cur fathers, 
beseeching God, that he would speedily be 
merciful unto our nation, and that then by 
torments and plagues ma) est confess that 
ke alone is God j 

38 And that in me and my brethren, 
the wrath of the Almighty, which is justly 
brought upon all our nation, may cease. 

39 Then the king, being in a rage, hand- 
led him worse than ah the rest, and tuck 
it grievously that he was mocked. 

40 So this man died undefined, and put 
his whole trust in the Lord. 

41 Last of all, after the sons, the mother 
died. 

42 Let this be enough now to have spo- 
ken concerning the idolatrous feasts, and 
the extreme tortures. 

CHAP. Vill. 
1 Judas galkereth an host : 9 JVicanor is 
'- sent again?*, hivi-: 16 Judas JiuUeth 
' him to flight, 28 tmd dividclh t.W spoils : 



T 



35 .'Yicanoi-'Jlcfth nvil-h grit f to jintiuch. 
HEN Judas Maccabeus,and they that 



were with him, went privily into the 
towns, and called their kinsfolks together, 
and took unto them all such as continued 
in the Jews' religion, and assembled about 
six thousand mem 

2 And they called upon the Lord, that 
he would look upon the people that was 
trodden down ot all, and also pity the tem- 
ple profaned ot ungodly men ; 

3 And that he would have compassion 
upon the city, sore defaced, and ready to 
be made even with the ground, and hear 
the blood that cried unto him, 

• 4 And remember the wicked slaughter 
of harm ess infants, and the blasphemies 
committed against his name ; una that he 
would shew his hatred again t the wicked. 

5 Now when Maccabeus had his com- 
pam about him, he could not be withstood 
by the heathen : for the wrath of the Lord 
-v\as turned into mere}', 

6 Therefore he came at unawares, and 
burnt up towns and cities, and got into his 
hands tne most commodious places, and 
overcame and put to flight no small num- 
ber ot his enemies. 

7 But specially took he advantage of 
trie night for such privy attempts, inso- 
much that the bruit ol his manliness was 
spread every where. 

8 So when Philip saw that this man in- 
creased little by little, and that things pros- 
pered with him still more and mure, he • 
wrote unto Ftolemeus the governor ot Ce- 
losyria and Phenice, to yield more aid to 
the king's affairs. 

9 1 Then forthwith choosing Nicanor 
the son of Patroclus, one of his special 
friends, he sent him with no fewer than 
twenty thousand of ail nations under Wm, 



ABEES. Jltccryfih^ 

to root cut the whole genera' ion of the 
Jews ; ana witn bin; he joined also Got - 
gias a captain, who in nlattcrs of war Had 
great experience. 

10 So Nicnnor undertook to make so 
much money ff the captive Jews, ashhoiod 
defray die uibute ot two thousand taints, 
winch the king was t ; . p iy u»tire Romans. 

11 Where&re imnvd'ately he sent to 
the citie- upon the ::ea coast, prod fining 
asaleet the captive Jews, and promising 
that they sheaud have four score and ten 
bodies tor one talent, not expecting rbq 
vengeance that was to follow uixui him. 
fro«1 toe Almighty God. 

12 Now whew word was brought unto 
Judas of Nicanor's cooiing, andVhe had 
imparted un*.o those that were with him 
tir _t the army was hi 

13 They that were feariul, and • 
ed the justice of God, fled, and envoy ed 
themselves away. 

14 Others Sol" all that titer had It ft, arr! 
withal besought Jit Lord to deliver them, 
being sold by the -wicked Nicanor before 
thev met together : 

15 And it not for their own sake--, yet 
for the covenants he .had made with their 
lathers, and ior his hrtly 

name's sake by which they «vere ciiiod. 

16 ^j bo Macc-'.bens called ii:s men to- 
gether unto the number of six thoasantij 
and exhorted them not to be strict 
terror of the enemy, nor to fear the g> eat 
multitude of the heathen, who core w rong- 
fullv against them, but ro fight manfully, 

17 And to set before their eves the in- 
jury that they had unjustly done to the holy 
place, and the cruet handling of the city, 
whereof they made a mockery, and also 
the taking away ot the government of their 
forefathers : 

18 For they, said he, trust in their 
weapons, and boidne s ; but Our confidence 
is in the Almighty God, who at a bock can 
cast down both them that come against 
us, and also all the world. 

19 Moreover, he recounted unto them 
what helps their forefathers had found, 
and how they were delivered, when tinder 
Senacherib an hundred fourscore and five 
thousand perished* 

20 And he told them of the battle that 
they had in Babylon with the Galatians; 
hov.' they came but eight thousand in all to 
the business, with tour thousand Macedo- 
nians, and that the Macedonians being per- 
plexed, the eight thousand destroyed an 
hundred and twenty thousand, becau-.e of 
the he : p that they had from heaven, and 
so recei red a gi eat booty. 

£1 Thus when he had made them bold 
with these words, and read/ to dfe for the 
laws a od tire country, he divided his army 
iuto four partjs - t 



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Chip. ix. 



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22 And j; ined v>\\\\ himself his own 
brethren, leaders ot i 
men, aw .. giving 

iien. 

the hoh lxK>k : and when he bad Rven 
them this watch ww 

: leading (he first b 
I 
24 And bv the help r.f the Almighty 
v above hire 

part or > ., ami so p'-c ati to 

light : 

came to 
I 

in -ed : 

.- c ahbath, 
and therefore they would no long 

We them. 

vhen they had g-ithered their ar- 
■ . and !-p< tied theii 

e abbath, 
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red them unto 
: ch was the-beginning of mei- 

;»< n them. 

h, when they 
i sto 'if maimed 

i led among themselves and their 

■ 

rcirul Lord to be re 

:re with 

i 
gainst them, ' 

- Ives i Ha- 
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i 

-Lord brer. u;ht down 

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glorious apparel, and liscom*. 

|>Hny, he C n. 

j 

that the J 

..cci the laws that I c 
them. 

C 11 A P. IX. 

. Jr>,w Per* 

C8 i, 

, <h*hosor out oi th< 

entered the 

. d to hold die citv u.i 

multi: tmseWes 

with tbeir v j 

, at to flight of the ii.h: 
with sh 

3 Now when he C 

' him what had haj 
:• and Tim 

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bcdyof this wicked man, and whiles he 

lived in sorrow and. pain, his flesh tell a- 
way, and theiitthinessoihis smell was noi- 
some to all his army. 

10 And the man" that thought a little a- 

: oiild reach to the stars of heaven,no 
\fd endure to carry for his intolera- 
ble stink. 

11 Here therefore being plagued, he be- 
gan to leave off his great pride, and to 
come to the knowledge of himself by the 
scourge of God, his pain increasing every 

. moment. 
l 12 And when he himself could not abide 
his own smell, he said these words. It is 
meet to be subjectmroGod, and that a man 
that is mortal should not proudly think of 
feimself, as if he were God. 
• 13 This wicked person vowed also unto 
the Lord, who now no more would have 
mercy upon him, saying thus, 

14 That the holy city (to the which he 
was going in haste to lay it even with the 
ground, and to make it "a common bury- 
ing place) he would set at liberty : 

15 And as touching the Jews, whom he 
had judged not worth} so much as to be bu- 
ried, but to be cast out with their children 
to be devoured of the fowls and wild beasts, 
he would make them ail equals to the cit- 
izens of Athens : 

16 And the holy temple, which before 
he had spelled, he would garnish with 
goodly gifts, and restore ail the holy ves- 
sels, with many more, and out of his own 
yever-uo defray the charges belonging to 
the sacrifices : 

17 Yea, and that also he would become 
a Jew himself, and go through all the world 
that was inhabited, and declare the power 
of God. 

18 But for all this his pains would not 
cease: for the just judgment of God was 
come upon him : therefore despairing of 
liis health, he wrote unto the Jews the let- 
ter underwritten, Containing the form of a 
supplication, after this manner : 

19 Antiochus, king and governor, to the 
good Jews his citizens wisheth much joy, 
health and prosperity : 

20 If ye and your children fare well, and 
your affairs be to your contentment, 1 give 
verv great thanks to God, having my hope 
in heaven. 

21 As for me, I was weak,or else I would 
have remembered kindly your lv 
goodwi: g outof'Persia,a:.d be- 
ing taken with a grievous disease, 1 thought 
it necessary to care for the common safe- 
ty of all: 

• 22 Not distrusting mine health, but hav- 
ing great hope to escape this sickness. 

23 But considering that even my father, 



II. MACCABEES. Apocrypha. 

24 To the end, that if any thing tell out 

contrary to expectati n, or if anv tiding* 

were brought that were grievous', they of 
the land knowing to whom the state was 
left, might not be troubled. 

- 25 Again, considering how that the prin- 
ces that are borderers and neighbours un- 
to my kingdom, wait for opportunities, and 
expect what shall be the event,! have ap- 
pointed my son Antiocnus king, whom I 
often committed and commended unto ma- 
ny of you, when 1 went up into the high 
provinces : to whom I have written astol- 
lowing : 

26 Therefore I pray and request you to 
remember the benefits that 1 have done un- 
to } ou. generally, and in special, and that 
every man will be still faithful to me and 
my son. 

27 For I am persuaded that he, under* 
standing my mind, will favourably and 
graciously \ ield to your desires. 

28 ^ Thus the murderer and blasphem- 
er having :A)i'fcred most grievously, as he 
entreated other men, so died he a misera- 
ble death in a strange country in the moun- 
tains. 

29 And Philip that was brought up with 
him, carried away his body, Who also fear* 
ingthe son of Antiochus, went into Egypt 
to Ptotemeus Pniiometor. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Judas Yetaxiereih the city, and pvrijieth 
the temples 35 Gazara is taken, and 
Timotheus main. 

NOW Maccabeus, and his company, 
the Lord guiding them, recovered 
the temple and the city : 

2 But the altars which the heathen lr;d 
built in the open street, and also the chap- 
els they pulled down. 

3 And having cleansed the temple, they 
made another altar, and stricking stones^ 
they took fire out of them, and offered a 
sacrifice after- two years, and set forth in- 
cense, and lights, andshewbread. 

4 When that -was done, tney fell flat 
down, and besought the Lord that they 
mightcome no more into such troubles ; 
but it thev sinned any more against him, 
that lie himself would chasten them with 
mercy, and that they might not be deliv- 
ered unto the blasphemous ana barbarous 

5 Now upon the same day that the 
strangers profaued the temple, on the ve- 
ry same day it was cleansed agttiu, even 
the five and twentieth day of tne same 
month, which isCasieu. 

6 And they kept eight days with glad> 
ness,as in the feast oi the tabernacles, re- 
membering that not long a fore they had 
held the least of the tabernacles, when aa 



at what time he led an arm}- into the high i they wandered in the mountains and dens 
countries, appointed a successor, ■'•■' like beasts* 






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branches and 

.:id sang 
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justice unto the 
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in aj • he took, in han L, lie 

;>ie\v in the holds more than twenl 

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IT. MACCABEES. 



the blasphemies, assaulted the wall manly, 

and with a tierce courage killed all that 
tliev met witnai. 

36 Others likewise ascending after them, 
whites they were busied with them that 
were within, burnt the towers, and kind- 
ling fives, burnt the blasphemers alive ; 
sind others broke open the gates, and hav- 
ing received in the rest 01 the army, took 
the cay, 

o r And killed rimotheus that was hid in 
a certain pit, ana Chereas his brother, with 
Apollophanes* 

'S3 When this was done, they praised 
the Lord with psalms and thanksgiving, 
who had done so great things for lsraei, 
and given them the victory*. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 Lys'a* flunking to get Jerusalem) 8 is 

fndtoJUght. 16 Tne letter a of 'Lysias to 

theJeivs, ts'c. 
"|V]"0 1 iohg atter this, Lysias the king's 
-L^i prelector and cousin, who a^o man- 
aged the affairs, took soie displeasure for 
tilings that were (lone. 

2 And when he had gathered about four 
scare thousand with all the horsemen, he 
came against the Jews, thinking to make 
the city an habitation oi the Gentiles, 

3 And to make a gain of die temple, as 
of 'he other chapels a the heathen, and to 
set the high priesthood to sale every year: 

4 Not at all considering the power of 
God, but puffed up with ins ten thousands 
of footmen, and his thousands of horsemen, 
and his four score elephents. 

5 So he cam? to Judea, and drew near 
to Bethsura, which was a strong town but 
distaBt from Jerusalem about live furlongs, 
and he laid sore siege unto it. 

6 Now when they that were with Mac- 
e&beus heard that he besieged the holds, 
they ar.d all the people with lamentation 
and tears besought theLord, that he would 
send a good angel to deiiver Israel. 

7 Then Maccabeus himself first of all 
took weapons, exhopting the other that 
they would jeopard themselves jogether 
with him to help their brethr*" : so they 
went forth together with awillSvg mind. 

8 ^i And as thev were at Jerusalem, 
there appeared before them on horseback, 
one in White cioathing, shaking his armour 
of go'd. 

9 Then they praised the merciful God 
all together, and took heart, insomuch, that 
ihey were ready, not only tc ueht wnh men, 
but with most cruel beast, and to pierce 
through vails of iron. 

• 10 Thus they marched forward in their 
armour having an helper from heaven: 
for the Lord was merciful unto them. 

11 And giving a charge upon their en- 
mies iikelioQa, they slew eieyen thousand 



Ajiocryfihz., 

footmen, and sixteen hundred horsemen, 
and put all the other to flight, 

12 Many of them also being wounded 
escaped naked : and Lysias himself tied a- 
way shamefully, and so escaped. 

13 Who, as he was a manor" understand- 
ing, casting with himself what loss he had 
had, and considering that the Hebrews 
could not be overcome, because tne Al- 
mighty God helped them,hesent unto them, 

14 And persuaded them to agree to aH 
reasonable conditions, and promised that 
he wouid persuade the king that he must 
needs be a friend unto them. 

15 Then Maccabeus consented to all 
that Lysias desired, being careful of the 
common good; and whatsoever Maccabe- 
us wrote unto Lvsias concerning the Jews, 
the king granted it. 

16 % r or there were letters written un- 
to the Jews from Lysias to this effect : Ly- 
sias unto the people of the Jews sendet/i 
greeting ; 

17 John and Absalom, who were sent 
from you, delivered me the petition sub- 
scribed, ana made request tor the perform- 
ance of the contents thereof. 

IS Therefore what things soever were 
meet to be reported to the king, I have 
declared them, and he hath granted as 
much as might be. 

19 If then ye will keep yourselves loyal 
to tne state, hereafter also will 1 endeavour 
to be a means of your good. 

20 But of the particulars I have given 
order, both to these, and the other that 
came from me, to commune with you. 

21 Fare ye well. The hundred and 
eight and fortieth year, the tour and twen- 
tieth day of the 7«o?z//2l)icscorinUiios. 

22 Now the king's letter contained these 
words: King Anticchus unto his brother 
Lysicts, sendet/i greeting : 

'23 Since our father is translated unto 
the gods, our will is, that they that are 
in our realm live quietly, that every one 
may attend upon his owu affairs. 

24 We understand also, that the Jews 
would not consent to our father,, for to be 
brought unto the custom oi the Gentiles, 
but had rather keep their own manner of 
living : for the winch cause they require 
of us. that we should suffer them to live 
after their own laws. 

25 Wherefore our mind is that this na- 
tion shall be in rest, and we have deter- 
mined to restore them their temple, 
that they may live according to the cus- 
toms oi their forefathers. 

26 Thou bhait do well therefore to send 
unto them, and grant them peace, that 
when the) are certified oi cur mind, they 
ma y be ot good comfort, and ever go cheer- 
fully about their owuatiars. 



Afiocryfiha* 



/Uhe letter 
fiati 
Ring Antic 

• rJcMre w.ts 1 > k«- 

il depart 

■ - 
31 A . eir own 

kin : 

. i hat he 
. \ . u. 
eye well. In tbe hundn 
and eigh.h year, and the fifteenth day of 
- inthicus. 

Quintus 
ambassa- 
; unto the 

: 

V 

- 
rye have 

. for you ; 

■ • 

mind. 

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WI ' nanb> were 

Tii ' 

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» 

j 

^ , to the 

■ 



rderera 

i wuvn, and burnt the haven by 
the boats on fire, and dio* 

as shut up he 

■ of Joppe. 

■.! that the; Jamnites 
inded to do in like manner unto the 
Jews that dwelt among them, 

9 lie came upon the Jamnites also by 
night, and set tire on the haven, and the 
navy, so that the light of the fire whs teen 

an, two hundred and forty fur- 
longs off, 

10 Now when they were gone from 
th.cnce.nine. furlongs, in their j wnaey to- 
ward Timotheus, no fewer than live thou- 

i on/ad, and five hundred horse - 
i abians sot upon him. 

11 Whereupon there w vis a very sore 
battle; But J i y the he pot 

: the victory; so that the Nom- 

ades ol Arabia being overcome, besought 

peace, promising both to give 

10 pleasure him otherwise. 

12 Then Judas thinking indeed that they 

• profitable in many things, grant- 
ed them peace, whereupon they shook 
hands, and so they departed to their tents. 
tlso alxjut to make abridge 
to a cert • ty, which w;as 

inhabited by people 

U But they ; hin it, put such 

at pro- 
\ ictuals, that they b 
idely toward them ttiat we re witii 

13 Wherefore Jud i . 

f war, 
lawn Jericho in the I 
ga> e a I 

10 Ai; ■ will (4 God, 



I AC C ABBES, 
•who were ol Maccabeus'* captains, vent 
forth, and slew those that Tifnothens had 

left in the fortress, shore ten thai 
men. 

30 And M. : 
I .mds, and set them over the bands 
•"■■en: against TS 

him an hundred and twenty Ghaosai 
of ioot, and two I 
horsemen. 

2 1 No w when Ti m o I 
edge bf Jodasfa c 
en and ch 

town was hard I 

came unto, by reason ci the si 

ail the places : 

.: when Jadas his fii . 
in sight, the 

him that see h a8 
running th : 3 

23 Juc. ::i pur- 

smnfj retch- 

es, of wherr. - about th 
men. 

when 

!-.:m g :.-use he had : 

V parents. »ik ..en ci' 

somecf the 
death, fhcard not be 

25 Sd 
many words, that he w 
with 

theyletbimgctc: . 
ren. 

26T:v- :Vrth to 

Camion, and to the temple c 
and there he slew five and t 
sand pe 

stroyed them.Jud. 

•ward Ephi 

sias abode, tntfe ;:" d - 

vers D 

kep: 

Y 

ity Gjiwh' 
his power brea kd 

them that 

to.Scy- 

from J 



jffiocryfihe, 
with them, and entreats 
in the time ot their adversity • 
2 1 They gave them thanks, desiring 
them to be u unto them, and so 

ne to Jerusalem, the feast of the 
weeks approaching. 
3C And after they e ast called Pentecost 
it forth against Gorg ; as the gover- 

35 Who came out with three thousand 

indfbur hundred horsemen. 
24 An J. it happened that in their fight- 
ing together, a few ot the Jews were slab. 
: which time Dositheus, one of Ba- 
cenor's company, who was en horseback, 
■'ong man, was still upon G 
ing hold of his coat, drew | 
a id when he would have taken that 
five, a horseman of Thr.icia 
upon him smote eft" his shoulder, 
is ned unto Marisa. 
E n they that Were with tidr- 
u long, and were weary, J d- 
e would 
n self to oe their helper and leader 
.ttle. 

i that he began in hs 
language, and sung a k>u i 

--s upon Gor- 
e n, he put them to B 
5 sS . . ..ost.and came 

the sabbath 
1 in the s 

39 An ipon the day following, as the 

came 

ike up tke bodies of them that were 

: bury them with their kinsmen 

coats of ev: 

; that- i things coosecra- 

lianhes, which is 

the taw. Then eve- 

c cause where - 

re praising the Lord, 
who had opened the 
iat were hid, 

: a prayer, and 

fted might 

>ut out oi remembrance. Be- 

; ted the peo- 

: p themselves from sin forsomuca 

eh; eyes the things 

. the sin* of those that 

were sJ 

; he had made a gat':. 

D 

achros of saVer, he 
offer a sin c 9 

:'iat he 

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.t'/iocry/iha. Chap 

were slain should have 

been superfluous and tor the 

dead. 

45 And also in that ne perceived that 
there was great favour! id up 
that died godly. It x md good 

.. Whereupon lie made 
cfliatJon for the dead, that the;.- - 
delivered from sin. 

CHAP. XTII. 
1 Eufialor irwadeth Judra : 13 / 

/losrin defeated: 23 he maket/i fieace 

-.v'i: Judas. 

IN the hundred forty and ninth )ear it 
was told Judas that Anticchus Enpator 
was coming with a great power into Judea, 

2 And with linn" Tas'ius his pr 
ond ruler of his afiVtf?, havmg either of 
them a Grecian power, of tootroen an hun- 
, : ten 'housand, and horsemen five 
. and intee hundred, and elephants 
two and twenty, and three hundred char- 
iots armed with hocks. 
'■o Menejaus also joined himself with them, 
and with £rcat dissimulation encouraged 
Ar.ticchus, not for the safeguard of the 
country, but because he thought to have 
been r nor. 

4 But tl»c King oi kings moved Antio- 

. ^ mind against this wicked wretch, and 
Lysiasinl rn ed the king, that th 
the ai use or' all mischier, king 

commanded tobring him unto Bew . 

put hirn to deadi, as the manner is in 
that pi 

5 Now there was m '\ 
of fifty cubits high, full H 

-\\(\ instrument, whi 
flanged flown into the asht 

to f!e 

7 S 
mini 

rth,and thai i 

8 1 
man] 

\NCie holy,h 

and 1 

10 \Vh I 

lie commanded me mu 
the Lord Oicht and d ly, th; t if < 

li< in them, 
n their law, 
rjantT}*,aiid Fi . tem- 

ple : 

j Ke- 
en but a lit' i 
d, to be in subjection to the blasphe- 
iations. 
3o when they ha • all done this togeth- 



xi$« Apocrypha* 91 1 

er, and besoughFthe merciftil Lord wit!: 
weeping atld tasting, and lying flat Upon the 
ground three days long, Judas having ex- 
horted thcru, commanded they should be 
in a readiness, 

1 3 \\ rt Judas being apart with the elders, 
determined before die king's host should 
enter into Judea, and get the city, to go 
forth and trv the matter infigii;\ by the 
help of the Lord. 

he had committed all to the 
■ o-ri'J, and exhe? ted his so! • 
diers to fight manfully, even unto death, ihv 
the law.-, the temple, the city, the count r\ 
and the common * eaith, he camped by Mo - 
diu. 

15 And having given the watch word to 

hat were about him, Victory is of 
ith the most valiant and choice 
young men, he went into the king's tent by 
right and slew in the camp about four 
nous id men, and the chiefest of the ele- 
phants, with all that were upon him. 

16 And at last they filled the camp with 

.1 tumult, and departed with gnod 
success. 

17 This was done in the break of the 
day, because the protection of the Lord 
did help him. 

18 % Now when the king hatl taken a 

i ie went 
about to take the holds by policy, 

10 And marched toward riethsura, which 
was a strong hold of the Jews : but he wa 
put tor:: md tostoJ i'is men : 

20 For Judas had conveyed unto them that 
were ki it, such thin 
21 But Hh tdocus, who was in the Jew's 
. the secrets to 

jht out and v.!. 
put turn in pi 
lwithtb«minHcihsura 
s, gave hw handbook their*s, 
• ' ith Judas, m 

ttilip, who m i 
in Antioch wa 

ual con 

■ 
I 

25 Came to Ptolemais: the people there 
were grt i • inta ; loi thei 

ike then 

26 L\ ..as went up to the j 

o o( the 

Cll 



9i2 'Apocrypha* 



• peace ivhh him. 46 Razis killelh 
. himselj. 

AFTER three years was Judas inform - 
ed that Demetrius the son ot Seleu- 
cus, ha\ 105 entered by the haven of Tri- 
polis wkh a great power and navy. 

2 Had taken the country and killed An- 
ticchus, and iLysiashis protector. 

o Now one Alrimus, who had been high 
priest, and had defiled himself wilfully in 
the times r» their mingling with the Gtn- 
ti/esj seeing that by no means he could save 
himself, nor have any more access to the 
holy altar, 

4 Came to king Demetrius in the hun- 
dred and • one and fiftieth year, presenting 
unto him a crown of gold, and 2 palm, and 
also of the boughs which were us.d so* * mn- 
ly in the temple : and so that day he held 
his peace. 

5 Howbeit, having gotten opportunity to 
further his foolish enterprise, and being 
.called into council by Demetrius, |and ask- 
ed how the Jews stood affected, and what 
they intended* he answered thereunto: 

6 '% Those of the Jews thai be called As- 
. v, hose captain is J udas Maccabeus, 
nourish war, and are seditious, and will not 
let the realm be in peace. 

^Therefore I, being deprived of mine 
ancestors' honour, i mean the high priest- 
hood, am now come hither : 

8 First, verily for the unfeigned care 1 
have of things pertaining to the king ; and 
secondly, even for that i intend the good of 

vn countrymen : for all ou,i 
lall misery, t^irc ugh the unadvised 
esaie. 

9 ^Vnerefo 1 ' lg thou know- 
est all these tl 1 il for the coun- 
try aoo 1 is pressed on e- 
verysjde, at ; to the clemency that 
thou <■: ■■',;. 

fudas liveth, it is not 
should i>e quiet. 
ltTh lien of him but 

. others of the 1 . : teing malicious- 

ly set against J udas, 
metrius. 
12 Ar, ] 
been master of thflieiephants, and 
him go; hesenUumiortb, 

13 Con 

*e great 
- 

14 Then t! e "' 

1 
of the 

15 Now wlv 
^or-'s c len were 
lip against them, they cast earth uj 
heads,*a ipplicaticntojiim th^jt 

•ever, an;] who 



II. MACCABEES. Apocrypha. 

always helpeth his portion with manifesta- 
tion of his presence. 

16 So at the commandment of the cap- 
tain they removed straightways from 
theo.ee, and came near unto them at the 
town of Dessau. 

17 Now Simon, Judas's brother, had join- 
ed battle with Nicanor, but was somewhat 
discomfited through the sudden silence of 
his enemies. 

IS % Nevertheless, Nicanor hearing of 
the manliness of them that were with Jo- 
das and the courageousness that they had 
to fight for their country, durst not try the 
matter by the sword. 

19 Wheicfcre he sent Posidonius, and 
Theodotus, and Mattathias, to reake peace. 

20 So when they had taken long advise* 
mentthereupon, and the captain had made 
the multitude acquainted therewith, and it 
appeared that they were all of one mind, 
they consented to the covenants, 

21 And appointed a day to meet in to- 
gether by themselves : and when the day 
came, and stools were set tor either ot them, 

22 Judas placed armed men, ready in 
convenient places, lest some treachery 
should be suddenly practised by the ene- 
mies : so they made a peaceable conreici cv«, 

23 Now Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, 
and did no hurt, but sent away the 
that came flocking unto him. 

24 And he would not willingly hove Ju- 
das out of his sight : for he loved the man 
from his heart. , 

25 He prayed him also to take a wife, 
and to beget children : so he married, was 
quiet, and took part of this life. 

2u but Alcimus perceiving the love tint 
was betwixt them, and considering the cov- 
enants that were made, came to Demetri- 
us, and told him that Nicanor was .. 
affected toward the s r ate: for that he had 
ordained Judas, a traitor to his lea 1 
the king's successor. 

£7 Then the king being in a rage, ar.d 
1 with the accusations of the mc st 
man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying 
ich displeased with the cov- 
enants, and commanding him that he should 
send Maccabeus prisoner in all haste unto 
Antioch. 

23 When this came to Nicanor's hear- 
ing, he was much confounded in himself, 
it grievously that he should make 
ai tide ; whiph were agreed upon, 
. being in no fault. 

use there was no dealing a- 
g, he watched his time to ac- 
is thing by policy. 

Landing, "when Maccabeus 
saw that Nicanor began to be churlish unto 
him, and t hat he entreated him more rough- 
ly than he was wont, perceiving that such 
sour behaivoju* came not of good, he gath- 






Chap. 



1 together not a few ot his men, and 
withdrew himself from Nji 
Zi But the ' he was 

S3 He stj 

tth in 

■ 

btal 

parted. 

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the throng ; and standing upon a 

, as Ills blood was now quite 
plucked out his bowels, and ta- 
rn in both his hands, 
upon the throng, and calling upon the Lord 
tore him those 

CHAP. 

Bts and 
>ut any 

, which h 

. . . . ct • . . 

p Cue. most ungracious wretch de- 
re ;t Mighty One in 

i 1, There is inheav- 

i ud the other, And 1 alsoam 
and 1 coinm 

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public 

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I 

Lhe vit - 

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914 J/mcry/i/ta. II. MACCABEES. 

tue, holding up bis hands, prayed for the 
whole body or the J«ws. 

13 This done, in like manner there ap- 
peared a man with gray hairs, and exceed- 
ing glorious, who was of a wonderful and 
fcxce ent majesty. 

14 Then Onias answered, saying, This 
is a lover or the brethren, who prayeth 
much tor the people^ a$d for the holy city, 
to ?mh Jeremias the prophet of God. 

15 Whereupon Jeremias holding forth 
his right hand, gave to Judas a sword of 
gold, and in giving it, spake thus, 

16 Take this holy sword, a gift: from 
God, with the which thou shalt wound the 
adversaries. 

17 Thus being well comforted by the 
■words of Judas, which were viry good, 
and able to stir them up to valour, and to 
encourage the hearts of the young men, 
they determined not to pitcfc camp, but 
courageously to set upon them, and man- 
fully to try the matter by conflict, because 
the city, and the sanctuary, and the temple, 
were in danger. 

13 For the care that they took for their 
wives, and their cjjildren, their brethren, 
and kinsfolks, was in least account with 
them : but the greatest and principal fear 
was for the holy temple. 

19 Also they that were in the city took 
not the least care, being troubled for the 
conflict abroad. 

20 And now when as all looked what 
should be the : tie enemies were 
already come n lc arftiy was set 
in array, and the beasts conveniently pla- 
ced, and the horsemen set in wings, 

21 JVladcabeiis.8eeiag.the coming of the 
muk'tudc, and the divers preparations of 
armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, 
stretched out his hands toward heaven, 
and. called upon the Lord that worketh 
wonders, knowing that victory cometh not 
by arms, but even as it seemerh good to 
him, lie giveth it to such as are worthy : 

22 Therefore in his prayer he said after 
this manner, O Lord thou didst send thine 
angel in the time of Eaiekias king of Judea, 
and didst slay in the host of Sennacherib, 
an hundred lour iscore and five thousand : 

23 Wherefore now also, O- Lord of 
heaven, send a good angel before us, for a 
bear and dread unto them ; 

24 And through the might of thine arm, 
let those be stricken with terror, that come 
against thy hoiy people to blaspheme : 

ended thus. 
i Nicaaor, and thev that were with 



Ajiocryftiia* 
himxame forward with trumpets andsongs. 
26 But Judas and his company encountered 
the enemies with invocation and prayer. 

27 So that fighting with their hands fc 
and praying unto God with their hearts, 
thev slew no less than thirty and five thou-« 
sand men : for through the appearance of 
God thev were greatly cheered. 

28 Tf Now when the battle was done, 
returning again with' joy, tliey knew that 
Nicanor lay dead in hisharness. 

29 Then they made a great shout, and 
a noise, praising the Almighty in their own 
language. 

30 And Judas, who was ever the chief de- 
fender of the citi~ens,both ;n b* N dy and mind, 
and who continued his love toward his coun- 
trymen all his life, commanded to strike off 
iSicanors's h£ad, and his hand, with his 
shoulder, and bring them to Jerusalem* 

31 So when he was there, and had call- 
ed them of his nation together, and set the 
priests before the altar, he sent for them 
that were of the tower, 

32 And shewed them vile Nicanor's 
head, and the hand of that blasphemer, 
which with proud brags he had stretched 
out against die holy templeof die Almighty. 

33 And when he had cut out the tongue 
of that ungodly Nicanor, he commanded 
that they should give it by pieces unto the 
fowls, and hang up the reward of his mad- 
ness before the temple. 

34 So every man praised toward the 
heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed 
be he that tuith kept his own place undefined .- 

35 He hanged also Nicanor's head up- 
on the tower, an evident and manifest sign 
unto all, of die help of the Lord. 

36 And they ordained all with a common 
decree, in no case to let that day pass with- 
out solemnity, but to celebrate the thir- 
teenth day of die twelfth month, which in 
the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day 
before Mardocheus's day. 

37 Ttms went it with Nicanor ; and 
from that time forth the Hebrews had the 
city in their power. And here w ill 1 make 
an end. 

33 And if I have dene well, and as is 
fitting the story, it is that which I desired-: 
but if slenderly, and meanly, it is that 
which I could attain unto. 

39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or 
water alone. ; and as wine mingled with 
water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste : 
even so, speech, finely framed delighteth 
the ears of them that read the story, Aiid 
here shall be an end. 



FIE APOCRYPHA. 



THE 



NEW TESTAMENT. 



Gospel according to Saint Matthew. 



chap. i. 

1 TbcfatA 18 His con* 

Ti the generation of Jesus 
son of D^vid, the son of 

Jium b -gat Isaac ; and Is 
. una Jacob tx-g^t Judas and his 

. Judas begat Phares and Z tra of 
. t:d Phares begat Esrom ; and 
n begat Arum; 

• begat An.inUfob ; and A- 
n,i ;! ■ lasson ; andNaasscn be- 

gat Salmon; - ■ 

5 And Salmon begat rVoz of R->chab ; 
and I Obed of Ruth ; and Obed 

Da\ id the king ; and 
d of tier that 

aS ; 

oam ; andRo- 
Asa ; 
nd J'-sa- 

- 
Eae» 

I And Lzo ; and 

. begat 

- 
:>eg.it 

I 

■ 

to I; ; and 



from the carrying away into Babylon unto 
Christ, are fi uruen generations : 

13 •, Now the birth of Jesus Christ was 

on this wise : When as his mother Mary 

IS] moused to Joseph, before ti.ev came 

r she was found with child oi the 

. tost. 

19 Then Joseph her husband, being a 
juit man, and not willing to make her a 
publick example, w as minded to put her 
away privily* 

20 But while he thought on t hoe things, 
behold, the angel oi" the Lord apj. cured un- 
to him ia a dream, saying, Joseph, thm 
son of David, fear not to take unto thee 
Mary thy wife : For that which U conceiv- 
ed in her is of die Holy Ghost. 

21 1 And the shall bring ton h a. son, and 
th hi shall call his name JESUS : for he 
shall save his people from their sins. 

22 Now all thia was done, that it might 
be fulfilled which wuj spoken of the Lord 
by the prophet, saving, 

23 H Behold a virgin shall be with child, 
and ntall brine forth a son, i'ml they shall 
call his name Emmanuel, which being in- 
terpreted is, God wit] 

Then Joseph being raised from sleep, 
the angel of the Lord had bidden 
him, and took unto him Ins wife : 

.vi knew her not until she had brought 
f rth her first born son : and he culled nis 

I A P. II. 
ruing to Christy 11 vtor- 
fy/tt. 

Nn in Bethle- 
hem Herod 
the k men 
■ 

rn king 

of the J u- in 

• e to wot hip him. 

3 Win . rd these 

-lem 

with hhn. 

• d oi tham w 

rm, In Pct!t>- 



&18 Jlerod^ cruelr*.. 



5 Ana* thnu, Bethlehem, in the land ot 
Jvjda, art not the least among the prince* 
oi'Juda: tor out of thee shall come a gov- 
ernor, that shall rule my people Israel. 

7 Then Herod, when he had privily call- 
ed the wise men, inquired ot them diligent- 
ly what time tire star appeared. 

8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and 
said, go and search diligently for the young 
Child ; and when ye have found him, bring 
me word again, that 1 ma}' come and wor- 
ship him also. 

9 When they had heard the king, they 
departed ; and, lo, the star, which they 
saw in the east, went before them, till it 
came and stood over where the young 
child was. 

10 When they saw the star, they rejoic- 
' ed with exceeding great joy. 

11 ,11 And when they were come into 
' the house, they saw the young child with 
" Mary his mother, and fell down, and wor- 
shipped him : and when they had opened 
their treasures, they presented unto him 
' gifts ; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. . 
12 And being warned of God in a dream 
(hat they should not return to Herod, they 
departed into their own country another 
way. 

IS And when they were departed, be- 

hflld, the <mgel of the Lord appeareth to 

" Joseph in a dfeam, saying. Arise, and take 

the young child and his 'mother, and flee 

; into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring 

- thee word : for Herod will seek the young 

child to destroy him. 

14 If When he arose, he took the young 
child and his mother by night, and depart- 
ed into Egypt 

15 And was there until the death of Her- 
od : that it might be fulfilled which was 
•spoken of the Lord by the prophet, say- 
ing, Out of Egypt have 1 called my son. 

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he 
was mocked ot the wise men, was exceed- 
ing wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the 
« luldj-en th.it were in Bethlehem, and in 
all 'die coasts thereof, from two years old 

• and under, according to the time which he 
had diligently inquired of the wise men. 

17 Then was fulfilled that which was 
spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, 

18 In Rama was there a voice heard, 
lamcntation.and weeping,and grear mourn- 
ing, Rachel weeping/or her children, and 
would not be comforted, because they are 
not. 

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, 
an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream 
lo Joseph in Egypt) 

20 Saj ing, Arise, and take the young 
chid and. his mother, and go into the land 
(it Israel : for they are dead which icu&ht 
the young child's life. 



.St. MATTHEW, j Ckrisiis bafiimd, 

21 And he arose, and took the young 



child and hi; mother, and came into the • 
land of Israel: 

22 But when he heard that Archelaus 
did reign in Judea hi the room ot his fa- 
ther Herod, he was afraid to go thither : 
notwithstanding, being warned of God in a 
dream, he turned aside into the parts of 
Galilee : 

23 And he came and dwelt in a city call- 
ed Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophets, He shall be 
called a Nazarene. 

CHAP. III. 
1 John fir racket A. 4 His apparel, meat > 
and baptism. 7 He reprehendeih the 
Pharisees, 13 and baptize th Christ in 
Jordan. 

IN those days came John the baptist, 
preaching in the wilderness ot J udes, 

2 And saying, Repent ye : tor the king- 
dom ;;t heaven is at hand 

3 For this is he that was spoken ot by 
the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of 
one cr\ ing in the wilderness, Prepare jre 
the way of the Lord, make his paths 
straight. 

41 And the same John had his raiment 
of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about 
his loins, and his meat was locusts and wild ' 
honey. 

5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and 
all Judea, and ail the region round about 
Jordan, 

6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, 
confessing their sins, 

7 % Buc when he saw many of the Phar- 
isees and Sadducees come to his baptism, 
he said unto them, O generation of vipers,, 
Who hath warned j ou to fee from the 
wrath to come .' 

8 Bring forth therefore, traits meet for ' 
repentance : 

9 And thinjk not to say within yourselves, 
We have Abraham to our father: for, I 
say unto you, That God is able of these 
stones to raise up childreti unto Abraham.- 

1G And now also the ax is laid unto the 
root of the trees : therefore, every tree 
which bringeth jiot forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire, 

111 indeed baptize you with water un- , 
to repentance : but lis that cometh after 
me is mightier than I, wfcose slues I am 
not wcrthy to bear; he shall baptize ycu ' 
\\ ith the Holy Ghost, and with fire. 

12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will 
throughly purge his floor, and gather his 
wheatinto the garner ; but he will bum 
Up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 

13 *| Then cometh Jesui frc-m Galilee 
to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of hint; 

14 But John forbad him, saying, 1 have 
need to be baptfceti bftfcee, and, Comest 
thtuteme? 



15 And Jesus anr nto him, 
Sbfkrti becom- 
eth usio rij'nl u!i rig itcousnes>. Then he 
suffered him. 

16 And Jev.:s, whei he W 
■wen: u;j straightway out of the water.: 
and, lo, die beaS en* were i pened unto him 

saw the spirit of U 
like a dove, and 

17 And, lo, a voice ftt>ro hea\ 
ing.This is my beloved Son, in whom l am 
wtil pleased. ' 

CHAP. IV. 
2 Christ fen ih^ i* (emftttd, and over- 
/;. 17 y/V6 . 

the smpted of the 



"v. 



And whfn he had fasted forty days 
. . h< afterwards an 

hofigrecT. 
3 And when the tempter came to him. 
Ifthtu be the Son of God, corn- 
made bread. 
- iid, It is writ- 
ndt Ihcb;. bread a.' one, but 
at or the 

'.; ; rn up into the 
n a pinnacle ol 

If thou l>e the 



7 } 



VI 



ims i-t tl 
to him, / 



Chap. W. v. It f sermon an i.\ 

16 The people winch sat in darkness 
saw great light ; and to them w : 
theug : onand shadow ct dtadi, light i« 
- ung up. 

17 ■„ From that time Jc-us began to 
preach, and to say, Repent, tcr the kii 
uoui ofheat&i is at hand. 

lb ' .v.idJc-.u walking by die sea of 
Gali'.eej saw two buethivn, Sunan caile\l 
Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a 
.. : for they were h.-her-. 
19 And hesaith unto them, Follow me, 
• ill make you fishersoi men. 
. . - roightway Left (heir:.-- 
and followed him. 

~ ; l And going on frem thence, he saw 
other I I ..b- 

edee, and John his brother, in a ship with 
Zfcbedee their father, mending their nets; 
and he called them. 

22 And they immediately left the ship 
and their father, and followed him. 

23 And Je^us went about all Galik 
teaching in their synagogues, and v 
iiig the gospel 6\ the kingdom, ai • 
all manner of sickness, and aii n 

die people. 
And his fame went throughout all 
Syii i: and (hey brought unto him all | 
people that were taken v it ri divers ri»« 
eases and torments, and those which were 
rith devils, and those which 
- It, and those that had the pal- 
. i.e he tied them. 
' 25 And there followed iul- 

titude: of people horn Qalil e, and y row 
Decapolis, and ) r ■ m&frOfi 

t I 

J } \ '/. <j u re bit M ed. 1 J . 1 

ttgfd of the mm 
led. 



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II : 

I 

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923 The light cftlie cfiosHes. St. MATTHEW. 

11 Blessed are ye, when mep. shall re- 
vile you, and persecute you, and shall say 
all manner of evil against you falsely tor adultery : 
m ; sake. \ 28 'But I sn 

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad : for I 
great is your reward in heaven : fox so 
persecuted they the prophets which were ! 
Deiorc you. 

13 K Ye are the salt of the earth : but 
if the salt have lost his savour, Wherewith 
shall it be salted I It is thenceforth good 
for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be 
trodden under foot of men. 

14 Ye are the light of the world. A 
city that is set en an hill cannot be hid. 

15 Neither do men light a candle, and 
put it under a bushel, but on a candle- 
stick ; and it giveili light unto all that are 
in the house. 

16 Let your light so shine before men, 
that they may see your good works, and 
glorify your Father which is in heaven, 

17 Think not that 1 am come to destroy 
the law, or the prophets : 1 am not come 
to destroy, but to iulnl. 

IS For verily I say unto you, Till heav- 
en and earth pass, one jot or one tittle 
s-hall in no wise pass from the law, tiil all 
be fulfilled. 

19 Whosoever therefore shall break 
cgie of these least commandments, and 
shall teach men so, he shall be called the 
least in the kingdom of heaven : but who- 
soever shall do" and teach th't m, the same 
shall be called great in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

20 For I say unto you, That except your 
righteousness snail exceed the rigfileous- 
ness or the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall 
in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

21 % Ye have heard that It was" said by 
them ot old time, Thoushalt not kili ; and 
•whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of 
the judgment : 

22 But I say unto you, That whosoever 



The lav txfi - 

27 Ye have heard that it was said by 
them of old time, Thou shalt not commit 



is angry with his brother without a cause 
shali be in danger of the judgment : and 
"Whosoever shail say to his brother, Raca, 
shall be in danger of the council : but who- 
soever shall say, 1 lieu fool, shali be in 
danger of hell fire : 

23 Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to 
the altar, and there rememberest that thy 
brother hath aught against thee ; 

24 Leave there thy gift beiure the altar, 
and go thy way ; first be reconciled, to thy 
brother, and then come and offer tny gilt. 

25 Agree with thine a dversary quickly, 
■whiles thou art in the way with hinj ; lest 
at anytime the ad versa ry deliver thee to 
the judge, and the judge deliver thee to 
the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 

26 Verily 1 say unto thee, Thou shalt 
by no means come out thence, till thou 
hast paid the uttermost farthing. 



say unto yon, That whosoever 
lookelh on a woman to lust after her. Hath 
committed adultery with her already in 
his heart. 

29 And if thy right eve offend thee, 
pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it 
is profitable fer thee that tme :< thy num- 
bers should peron, and not that thy whole 
bodv should! be cast into hell. 

30 And it Hiy right hand offend thee, 
cut it off, and cast it from thee : £ r it is 
profitable for thee that one of tin [Mem- 
bers should perish, and not that thy whole 
bodv should be cast into hell. 

31 It hath been said. Whosoever shall 
put away his wife, let him give her a 
writing of divorcement : 

32 But 1 say unto you. that who^oeve 
shali put away his wile, saving for the can; 
of fornication, causeth her to commit adn 
tery : and whosoever shall marry her th- 
is divorced cemrnitteth adultery." 

35 Again ve have heard that it ha 
been said by them of old time. Thou sh: 
not forswear thyself, but shalt perform u. 
to the Lord thine oaths : 

34 But 1 say unl >you, Swear not at af 
neither by heaven ; for it is God'.; th.-rn 

S5 Nor by the earth ; for it is 
stool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is t 
city of the Great King. 

35 Neither shalt thou swear by thy he? ' 
because thou canst not make ore hair whii$ 
or black : 

37 But let your communication be, Yea, 
yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is mi 
than these comethof evil. 

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, 
An eye tor an eye, and a tooth tor a tooth : 

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist 
no' evil : but whosoever shall smite thee 
on thy right cheek, turn to him the other 
also. 

40 And if any man will sua thee at the 
•law, and take away thy coat, let him have 

thy cloak also. 

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to 
go a mi e, go with him twain. 

42 Give to him that asketh thee, and 
from him that would borrow of thee turn 
not thou away. 

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, 
Thou shaW love thy neighbour, and hate 
thine enemy : 

44 But 1 say unto you, love your ene- 
mies, bleos them that curse you, do good 
to them that hate you, and pray for thern 
which despiteful !y "use ycu, and persecute 
you ; 

45 That ye may be the children of your 
Father which is in heaven : for he'maket h 

iiis sun to rise on the evil and on the. good, 



- Of alms andfiraycr. Chap. 

and sendcth ram on thejust and on the un- 
just. 

46 For if ye love them which love you, 
reward have ye? Do not even" the 
publicans the same I 

\ A A >e salute your brethren only, 
What do ye more than other* ? Do not 
even the pubncan>so ( 

perfect, even as your 
Father winch i-> in heaven is perlect. 

C H A P. \ 1. 
1 Of alms, Sfirm/rrt 14 fjrgivenessy 16* 
fastings 19 our ireaiure, 24 and against 
tliy care 

TAKhl need that yc do not your alms 
ie men, to be seen of them: 
otherwise \e nave no reward of your Fa- 
ff nidi is in heaven. 
2 Therefore, when thou doest thine 
alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, 
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and 
in the streetsj that they may have glory of 
men. Veriiv 1 say unto you, They have 
their reward. 

J Liu', when thou doest alms, let not thy 
id know what thy right hand doeth: 

4 Thai thine alms may be in secret : 

>eeth in secret, 
ward thee openly • 

5 1i And when thou pravest, thou sh§lt 
not be as the hypocrites arc : for they love 
to praj Lies and in 
the corners oi . it hey ma\ be 

unto you, They 

6 But thou, when thou praj est, enter 

thou bust shut 
thy door, praj ;r which isinse- 

eth ill se- 
cret, a penly. 
t Bui when ye praj , u e not vain npe- 
aoy think 
1. 1 be ueard for their much 
speal 

« Be not ye therefore like unto them: 
for your Father knoweth what things ye 
• ye ask hiin. 
9 After this manner thei efore pray ye : 
leaven, Hallow- 
come. Toy will be- 
ll (i - "ad. 
12 And lor/ue us our debts, as we for- 

t into temptation, but 
nevil : For thine isthektog- 
*J"in, and t'ue power, and (he 
ever. 

14 r \ For if ye forgive men t ; 

, your heaven!. llalsoioi- 

15 But if ye fbnpwe not n 
| 

four£respas 



Jgmnst worldly cart. ??1 

16 IT Moreover, when \ e fast, be net 
as the hypocrites, ot a sad c untenance : 
ror tney disfigure their faces, that they 
may appear unto men to last. Verily I 
say unto you, They hive th-Jr reward. 

17 bu* thou, when tliciu latest, anoint 
diiue Ik ad, and wash thy lace ; 

13 That thou appear not unto men \n 
fast, but uu o thy father, which to 
cret ; and thy Father, which seeih in e- 
cret, shall reward thee openly. 

hJ % Lay not up for yourselves treas- 
ures upon earth, where moth, and rustdo*i 
corrupt, ana where thieves break th 
and steal : 

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures 
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust 
doth corrupt, and where tnieves do ncc 
break through nor steal : 

21 For where your treasure is, there 
will your heart be aJMM 

22 The light oi'iiie body is the eye : if 
therefore thine eve be single, thy whole 
body shall be mil or Ugbt. 

2o But if thine eye be evil, thy whole 
body shall be full of darkness. J 
fore the light that is in thee be darkness, 
how great U that darkness I 

24 1 No man can serve two m 

for either he will hate the. one, and love. 
the other; or else he will ho.d to I 
and devpise the other. Yc cannot *erve» 
God and mammon. 

25 Therefore 1 say unto you. Tike to 
thought tor your life, what ye snail eat, or 
what ye .-.hall drink ; nor jet for \ 

dy, what je shall put on, is no r . 

more than meat, and t iao r:.i- 

oient i 

26 Behold the fowls of the air : for the 
sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather 
into bams; yetyour heavenly Fat ■> 
cththem. Are ye not much better than 
they I 

27 Which of you, 
can add one cubit un 

I d. Way take 
ment.' C insider the 
they grow ; ihey toil not, 

Jgfcjn : 

Solomon in all 

like one of t: .. .*•*»♦ 

. 
I 
•o the oven 

•n t 
31 Ti. 

ihall we 
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922 Christ exkortetk to prayer* St. MATTHEW. 

33 But seek ye first :the kingdom of God, 
and his righteousness ; and all these tilings 
shall be added unto you. 

34 Take therefore no thought for the 
morrow: tor the morrow shall take thought 
ior the things of itseif. Sufficient unto the 
day is the evil thereof. 

CHAP. VJI. 
I Christ, endu..g his sermon in the mounts, 
feprovcth rash judgment, 6forb?ddtih 
to cast holy things to dogs, 7 cochorteth 
to prayer, 13 io enter in at the strait 
gate, 15 to beware of false prophets, 
3SX and not to be hearers only, Out doers 
.of the word. 

JUDGE not. that ye be not judged. 
-2 -For with what judgment ye judge, 
ye shall be judged : and with what meas- 
ure ye mete, it shall be measured io you 
again. 

3 And, Why beholdest thou the mote 
that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest. 
wot the beam that is in thine own eye I 

4 Or, How wilt thou say to. thy brother, 
Let me pull cut the mote out of thine e> e : 
gnd, behold, a beam in in thine own eye . ? 

5 Tiieu hypocrite, first cast out the 
beam cut of thine own eye ; and then shalt 
thou see clearly to cast out the mote out 
©f thy brother's eye. 

i* 6 % Give not that which is holy unto 
the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls be- 
fore swine, lest they trample them under 
their ieet, and turn again and rend you. 

7 % Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, 
and ye shall find ; knock, and It shall be 
opened unto ycu : 

8 For every one that asketh receiveth ; 
and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him 
that knecketh it shaU be opened. 

9 Or, What man is there of you, whom 
if his son ask bread,will he give him a stone? 

10 Or if he ask a fish, Will he give him 
a serpent? 

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to 
give good gifts unto your children, How 
much more shall your Father which is in 
heaven give good things to them that a^k 
him I ■ 

12 Therefore all things whatsoever je 
would that men should do to you, do ye 
even so. to them : for this is the law and 
the prophets. 

13 \ Enter ye in at the strait gate : tor 
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that 
leadeth to destruction, and many there be 
•which go in thereat : 

14 because strait is the gate, and nar- 
row is the way which leadeth unto life, 
and few there lie that find it. 
j 15 1 Beware ot false prophets, which 
come to you in bleeps' clothing, but in- 
xvardiv they are ravening wolves. 

16 Ye bhali know them by their fruits. 



He cleamethtke leper* 

Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs • 
of thistles I - . . . 

17 Even so every good tree bringeth . 
forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bring- 
eth forth evil fruit. 

18 A good me cannot bring forth evil . 
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth 
good fruit. 

19 Every tree that bringeth not forth 
good fruit, is hewn down ana cast into the 
hre. 

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall - 
know them. 

21 *[ Not every one that saith unto pie, 
Lord, Lord, shall enter Into the kingdom 
ot heaven ; but he that doeth the" will #i my 
Father, which is in heaven, 

22 Manv will say to mo in that clay, 
Lord, Lord, Have we not prophesied m 
thy name ? And in thy name have cast 
out devils I And m thy "name cone many 
wonderful works ? 

23 And then will I profess unto them, I 
never knew you ; depart from me, ye that ' 
work iniquity. 

24 Therefore whosoever heareth these- 
sayings of mine, and doeth them, 1 wnl 
liken iiim unto a wise man, which built his [ 
house upon a reck S 

25 And the rain descended, and the 
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat 
upon that house ; and it feii-not : tor it was 
founded upon a rock. 

26 -And every one that heareth these, 
sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shaft* 
be likened unto a foolish man, which buiit / 
his house upon the sand : 

27 And the rain descended, and the 
floods carrie, and the winds blew, and beat 
upon that house , and it iell : and great-' 
was the fall of it. 

28 An* it came to pass, when Jesus had' 
ended these sayings, the people were aston- • 
ished at his doctrine : 

29 For he taught them as one having, 
authority, and not as the scribes. 

CHAP. Vlll. 

2 Clirist cleanseth the leper, Shcaleth the 
cent iermfs servant, 14 Peter's mott't r 
in law, 16 and many other diseased; IS- 
sheweth how he is to be foUowvu ; 23 
slilU.th the tempest on the se*a ; 28 dri* 
velh devils out of two ??wn possessed, 
31 and suffhelh them to go into the 
swine. 

\1 THEN he was come down from the 



mountain, great multitudes follow- 
ed him. « 

2 % And, behold, there came a leper 
and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if tncu 
uilt, thou canst make me clean. 

3 And Jtsus put torth his -hand, and 
touchedlhim, saying, 1 will ; be thou clean. 
And immediately ImUpiety \\us>c.-ti-.nLu;." 



Chap. 
4 And k 

simony unt 
.-.d wiicn J<. 

e came unto him a 
. oeseeching him, 

-*rvantliethat 
home 
>-d. 

aajth unto him, 1 will come 

J him. I 

nswered and said, 

I, I am net worthy that thou should- 

est came u:. :: but >peik the 

. and my serrantsba I 

man under authority yhav- 
ir»g so'.-diers under me : and i 

. ; and to ant 
i.uh: and torn; servant, 
Dothi*, and he cot hit. 

ll> When Jest* heard it, he mai 
and b 
unt 

11 A:.'i 1 sa) ur.:: \- u, That roa 

shall sit 
ad Jacob 

be \>. g of teeth. 

Go thy way ; and r.> tin n hast believed, 
«o tie it d tie unto thee. And his servant 
h' ur. 

intoPe- 

band, and the 
...'. minis* 

'he even v 



epuittiUethtemfienU 3-3 

22 Bat Jew said un'.o him, Follow me ; 
the dead bury their dead. 
k id when he was entered into i 
ship his disciples I -lowed htm. 

. d, behold, the;e arose a 
tempest in the 

was c vered v. ; a : but he wa-i 

asleep. 

"zS And hi9 disciples came to him, and i- 
woke him, saving, Lord, sa\ e u* : wc pei • 
ish. 

26 And he sai h nnto them, Why are yo 
fearful, O >e of Ii, tie faith ? Then tie arose, 
and rebuked the winds and the sea ; ami 
there was ajjeat calm. 

27 tint the men marvelled, saying ,What 
manner of mail is this, that even the winds 
and the sea obey him ! 

•281 Aiul when he was come to the other 
side, into the count y of the Gergesencs, 
there met Km two possessed with devils, 
c ruing nut of the tomb*, exceeding fierce, 
so that no man m-ght pass b) thai way. 

ri, behold, they cried cut, suxing. 
What have we to d'. with thee, Jt- 
Sr.n oi G ui come hither tc tor- 

ment us before the time ? 

d there was a good way off from 
them an herd of m<iny swine, feeding. 

31 U Sj the devils besought him, say- 
ing, If thou c«t>t us < ut, buffer us to go a- 
wai into the herd of swine. 

52 And he saki unto them, Go. And 
when t;.ey were come oat, they went into 
the herd of swine : and, beheld, the wh< le 
herd of swine ran violently down a steep 
place into the sea, and peri-hed in the wa- 

A they that kept them fl.d, and 
i r w ay* into the city, and t 

dlen to the per.;- 

v came 
outtonl i I when they saw him, 

the) bes fchat he w<vuld 

out of lb* 

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"»» Christ crfkth Matthew. 

t-ins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, 
and walk ? 

6 But that ye may know that the Son of 
Man hath power on earth to forgive sins, 
(then saith he to the sick 6f the palsy) A- 
rfee, take up thy bed, and go unto thine 
house. 

7 And he arose, and departed to his 
bouse. 

8 But when the multitudes saw it, they 
marvelled, uid glorified; God, which had 
given sfcch power unto n.en. 

9 % And as Jesus passed forth from 
thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, 
sitting at the receipt of custom : and he 
saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, 
and followed him. 

10 % And it came to pass, as Jems sat 
at meat in the house, behold, many publi- 
cans and sinners came and sat down with 
him and his disciple--. 

1 1 And when the Pharisees saw it, they 
said unto his disciples, Wiry eateth your 

•plaster with publicans and sinners ' 

12 But when Jesus heard that^ he said 
auto them, They that be whole need not a 
physician, but they that are sick. 

13 But go ye and learn what that mean- 
cth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice : 
for I am not come to call the righteous, 
but sinners to repentance. 

14 Then came to him the disciples of 
John, "saying, Wiry do we and the Phari- 
sees fast oft, but thy disciples last not ? 

15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the 
children of the bridechamber mourn, as 
long as the bridegroom is with them? But 
|he days will come, when the bridegroom 
shall be taken from them, and then shall 
they fast. 

16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth 
unto an old garment, for that which is put 
in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, 
and the rent is made woi-se. 

17 Neither do men put new wine into 
old bottles : else the bottles break, and the 
wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : 

'but they put new wine into new botdes, 
"and both are preserved. 

18 While he spake these things unto 
them, behold, there came a certain raVr, 
and worshipped him, saying, My daughter 
h even now dead: but come and lay thy 
hand upon her, and she shall live. 

19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, 
and so did his disciples. 

20 And, behold, a woman, which was 
diseased with an Lsue of blood twelve 
> ears; came behind 7;//??, and touched tile 
hem of his garment: 

21 Tcr'-he said within hevsrif, If "I may 
-but. touch his garment, I Shall be whole 



St. MATTHEW. The diseased rared. 

of good comfort ; thy faith hath made thee 
whole. And the woman was made whole 
from that hour. 

T3 Arid when Jesus came into the ru- 
ler's house, and saw the minstrels and the 
people Braking a nuise, 

24 He said unto them, Give place : for 
the maid h» not dead, but sieepeth. And 
they laughed him to scorn. 

25 But when the people were put forth, 
he went in, and took her by tne nana, and 
the maid arose. 

26 And the fame thereof went abroad 
into all that land. 

27 And when Jesus departed thence, 
two biind men followed him, crying, and 
saying, Thou Son of David, ha\ e mercy 
on us. 

28 And when lie was come into the 
house, the blind men came to him : and 
Jesus saith unto them, Beiieve ye that I am 
able to do this . ? They taid un.o him/ Yea, 
Lord. 

29 Then tcuched he their eves saying, 
According to your laith be it unto you. ■ 

30 And their eyes were opened ; and 
Jesus straitly charged them, saving, See 
that no man know it. 

31 But they, when they were departed, 
spread abroad his fame in all that country. 

32 As they went out, behold, they brought 
to him -a dumb man possessed with a devil. 

33 And when the devil was cast cut the 
dumb spake : and the multitudes marvel- 
led, saying, It was never t o seen in Israel. 

34 But the Pharisees said, he casteth out 
the devils thi ough the prince of the devils. 

35 And Jesus went about all the cities 
and villages, teaching in their synagogues, 
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, 
and healing every sickness and every dis- 
ease among the people. 

36 But when he saw the multitudes, he 
was moved with con, passion on them. W 
cause they tainted, and were scattered a- 
broad, as sheep having no shepherd. 

37 Then saith he uuto his disomies, The 
harvest truly is plenteous, but the labour- 
ers are lew ; 

33 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harvest, that he will send forth labourers 
into his harvest. 

CHAP. X. 

The cfioitles are stnt to ao miraclea^ and 

to preach. 

A>'D when he had called unto him his 
twelve disciples, he gave them pow- 
er agorhbt unclearfspirits, to cast them out, 
and to heal kH manner of sickness and ail 
mar.nt r of d ; .sea.-e. 

2 Now the names ci the twelve apost'es 

are these ; The first, Simon, v ho is called 

22 Bu. -d him about, and ttd Ardrew his brother ; James 

i/n> ton of Zetetfec ind Jclin his'bftthcr j 



•jrge to the u/iostles. Chap, 

3 Philip, and Bartholomew ; Thomas, 

aodMattJ he son 
i^bocus, wh 

i n the Can Judas Is- 

I him. 

plh, and 
vju not into the 

. 

iuc!. 

9 Pi i ^oid, i. or silver, nor 

> fur your journey, 

fur the work, i. au u worthy 

ever tit) or town ye 

. i it is worth) ; 

• 

. d it" theh< U9 

; 

w , 

receive 
you, n i 

I die dust 
i 

Lhey will 

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I 

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i. xi. Jihn sendcth hid uiacifiksto Christ, 525 

24 The disciple is nut above hU master, 
nor the e b|s lord* 

25 ]t i-, enough tor the disciple that he 
>l the servant as his 

.iter of 
), Hew much more 
household - ? 
i e : for there 
is nothing <:• -vertd ihat shall not be reveal- 
ed : * id j i id, that shall not be known. 
27 Wh it i tell you in darkness, that 
ui light.: aril what ye he*r in 
e upon the housetops. 
n I tear not thetn which kill the 
it are not able to kill the soul : but 
• r him which u able to destroy 
both soul and body in hell. 

: rows sold forafar- 
. j id one of them shall not tall on 
;ur Father. 
ii of your head are 
-•j red. 
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more 
value than many span 

/hosoeter therefore shall confess 
; , him will I confess also be- 

• hi :li is in he; \ 
joever shall deny me before 
ii will 1 also deny before my Fa- 
ther which is in heai 

34 Thin!: not th it I ".m come to sen J 
. : 

.ord. 

35 For I am come to set a man at vari- 
7: father, and the daughter 

i er mother, ;md the daughter in 
■ n-r in taw, 
So" And a man's ices shall be they ot his 
own h> ust hold. 

- r mother more 

rtroTthy cf me : and he tha r . 

iter more than me, is 

It ithnothiscr 
- rthy of me. 

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936 Ingratitude upbraided. 

The testimony of Christ ccnctrnhig 
John. 20 Christ up.bruid.tih the umhank- 
fuhzcss and imfieniten.ee oj Chorazin, 
Bethsmda, and Capernaum, 25 and 
jircdseih hs Fathtr"s wisdom in reveal- 
ing the gospel to the simple. 

AND it came ro pass when Jesus had 
made an end of commanding his 
twelve disciples, he departed thence to 
teach and to preach in their cities* 

2 % Now when John had heard in the 
prison the works of Christ, he sent two of 
his disciples, 

3 And said unto him, Art thou he that 
should come, or do we look for another I 

4 Jesus answered, and said unto them. 
Go and shew John again those things which 
ye do hear and see t 

5 The blind receive their sight, and the 
lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and 
the deat hc^r. me dead are raised up, and 
the poor have the gospel preacher . 

6 And blessed is hc- } whosoever < 
be offended in me. 

7 % And as they departed, Jesus began 
to say unto the multitudes concerning John, 
What went ye out into the wi'.dcrness to 
see f A reed shaken with the wind 1 

8 But what Nvent ye out for to see? A 
man clothed in soft raiment ? Belw 
that wear soft clothing are in kiugs' houses'. 

9 But, What went ye cut for to see i A 
prophet ? Yea, I say unto you, and more 
than a prophet. 

10 Fur this is hs, of whom it is written, 
Behold, I send my messenger before thy 
lace, which shall prepare thy way before 
thee. 

11 Verily I say unto you, Among them 
that are born of wemen,* there hath not ri- 
sen a greater than John the Baptist : not- 
withstanding,!^ that is least in the kingdom 
of heaven is greater than he. 

12 And from the days of John the Bap- 
tist, until now, the kingdom of heaven suf- 
fereth violence, and the violent take it by 
ibrce. 

13 For all the prophets and the law 
prophesied until John. 

14 And it" ye will receive it, this is Eli- 
as which was for to come. 

15 He that hath ears to hear Jet him hear. 

16 But, Whereunto jhal'I I iiken this gen- 
eration? It is like unto children sitting in 
the markets, snd calling unto their fellows. 

17 And saying. We have piped unto you, 
and ye have not danced ; we have mourn- 
ed unto you, and ye have not lamented. 

li For John came neither eating nor 
drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 

19 The Son of Man came eating and 
drinking, and they say. Behold, a man 
gluttonous, and a winebibher, a friend of 
publicans and sinners. Eat wisdom is just- 
ified of her children. 



St. MATTHEW. The Pharisees reproved. 

20 % Then began he to upbraid the cit- 
ies wherein most of his mighty works were 
done, because they repented not : 

21 Woe unto thee,Chorazir*! woe unto 
thee, Bethsaida I for if the mighty works, 
w hich were done in you, had been done in 
Tyre and Sidon, they would have repent- 
ed long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 

22 But I say unto vou, It shall be more 
tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of 
judgment, than for you. 

23 And thou, Capernaum, which art ex- 
alted unto heaven, shait be brought down 
to heli : for if the mighty works, which 
have been done in tnee, had been done in 
Sodom, it would have remained until this 

Ca 1 . . 

24 But I say unto you, That it shall be 
more tolerable for the land ot Sodom in the 

judgment, than for thee. 

25 ^i At that time Jesus answered, and 
said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of hea- 
ven and earth, because thou hast hid these 
things from the wise and prudent, and hast 
revealed them unto babes. 

20 Even so, Father : lor so it seemed 
g cdia thy sight. 

2/ All things are delivered unto me ct 
er : and no man knowedi the Son, 
but the Father ; neither knoweth any man 
the Father, save the Son, and he to whom- 
soever the Son will reveal him. 

28 Come unto me, ail ye that labour and 
are heavy laden, and 1 will give you rest. 

29 Take n«y yoke upon yon, and learn 
of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart, 
and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 

30 For my voke is easy and my burden 
is light. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 The disci Jilts pluck the ears of " 
the sabbath. 31 Blasphemy against the 

Ghost shall not be forgiven. 
A T that time Jesus went on the sabbath 
-TX cay through the corn ; and his dis- 
ciples were an hungrtd, and began to- 
pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 

2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they 
said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that 
which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath 
day. 

3 But he said unto them, Have ye not 
read what David did, when he was an 
hungred, and they that were with him ; 

4 How he entered into the house of God, 
bat the shewbread, which was not 

lawful for him to tat, neither for them 
which were with him, but only for the- 
priests ? 

5 Or have ye not read in the law, how 
that on the sabbath days the priests in the 
temple profane the sabbath, and are blame- 
less I 

6 But I say unto you. That hi this plact 
is (.ne greater than the temple. 



The blind and duaib healed. 






7 But it ye hud known w] 
clh , 1 wiii have mercy , and 1 ' 

would not ha\ e 

8 Foi -ven of 

9 And wlk,'. 
he went into • 

10 A . 
had his ha 
him, saying, Is 

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11 And he said unto them, W 
-sha'l there Ik 

on the 
sabbath 
lift it 

nan better than 
a sheep? Wherefore it i= iawiul I 

13 T . Stretch 

be stretched it 
forth ; and it was restored 

the c 

14 Then the Pharisees went I 
held a counsel against him, how the 

him. 

» Jesus kne . . 
dvewr himselt from tneixe : 

led them 
al: ; 

16 And charged them that they should 
not make him kir 

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ir children < 

' Ise how can one enter into a strong 

:, andsj 
ad the stron 

not with me is against me : 
and he that gathereth not with in : 
tereth abroad. 

9 1 % Where I y ou, All man- 

ner ot sin raid I 

/ 

82 And Leth a wt'i'dr.- 

:, it shall be . 
him ; but 

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• tree good, and his 
fruit gw make (be tree cor- 

rupt, and his fruit corrupt : for the tree is 

vipers, How 

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Divers other parables. 



of a man, he wa*keth through dry plrxes, 
seeking re«rt, and findeth none. 

44 Tlien he saith, I v/ili return into my 
house from whence 1 came out ; and when 
he is come, ! e findeth it empty, swept, 
and garnish*' o. 

45 Then goeth he,*nd takjetb with him- 
self seven other spirits more wicked than 
himself, and they enter in and dwell there : 
and the last state oUhvl man is worse than 
the first. Even so shall it be also unto this 
wicked generation, 

* 46 While he yet talked to the people, 
behold, his mother and his brethren stood 
^without, desiring to speak with him. 

47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy 
mother and thy brethren stand without, 
"desiring to speak with thee. 

48 But he answered and said unto him 
that told him. Who is my mother . ? and, 
Who are my brethren ? 

49 And he stretched forth his hand to- 
wards his di: ciples, and said, Behold my 
jaaother and my brethren ! 

/ 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my 
Father which is in heaven, the same is my 
•brother, and sister and mother. 

CHAP. Xlli. 
3 Of the newer and the seed. 24 Dive? s o- 
tker parables. 34 Why Christ sfifike in 
parables, 

THE same day went Jesus out of the 
'.•-•use, and sat by the sea side. 

2 And great multitudes were gathered 
together unto him, so ftiat he went into a 
ship, and sat ; and the whole multitude 
stood on the shore. 

3 *li Ai id he pake many things unto them 
in parabies, saying, Behold, a sower went 
forth to sow ; 

4 And when he sowed, seme seeds fell 
-by the way side, and the fowls came and 
devoured them up. 

5 Some fell upon stony places, where 
they had not much earth : and forthwith 
they sprung up because they had no deep- 
ness of earth :■ 

6 And when the sun was up, they were 
" scorch f d ; and because they had not root, 

they withered away. 

7 And some fell among thorns ; and the 
thorns sprung up and choked them : 

8 But other fell into good ground, and 
brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, 
seme sixty toW, seme thirty fold. 

9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

10 And the disciples came, and said un- 
to him, Why speaketh thou unto them in 
parables . 

11 He answered end said unto them, 
jCecause it is given unto ycu *o know the 
vnyf.teiies of the kingdom of heaven, but 
to them it is net-given. 

J2 for whosoever bath, to him shall fcc 



given, and he shall h'a\ e more abundance i 
but whosoever hath riot; horn him shall be 
taken away even that he hath. 

13 Therefore speak ] to them in para- 
bles : because they seeing, see not : and 
hearing, they hear not, neither do they un- 
derstand. 

14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy 
of Esaias, which saith, B) hearing yeshail 
hear, and shall not understand ; and see- 
ing ye shall see, and shall not perceive : 

15 For this people's 1 heart is waxed gross, 
and their ears are dull oi hearing, alio their 
eyes thej have closed ; lest at any time 
they should see with their eyes, and hear 
with their ears, and should understand 
with their heart, and should be converted, 
and 1 should heal them. 

16 But blessed are your eyes, for they 
see : and your ears, iorthey hear. 

17 For verily 1 say unto you, That ma- 
ny prophets and righteous men have de- 
sired to see those things which ye see, and 
have not «een them ; and to hear 'those 
things which ye hear, and have not heard 
therm. 

18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the 
sower. 

19 When any one heareth \ he word of 
the kingdom, and understandeth it not, 
then cometh the wicked one, and catcherh 
away that which was sown in Ins heart. 
This is he which received seed by the way 
side. 

20 But he that received the seed into 
stony places, the same is he that heareth 
the word, and anonwithjoy receiveth it ; 

21 Yet hath he not root in hiimelf, but 
dureth for awhile: for when tribulation 
or persecution ariseth because of the word, 
by and by he. is offended. 

22 He also that received seed among the 
thorns, isjve that heareth the word ; and 
Che care of this world and the decekfalness 
ot riches choke the word, and he beccm- 
eth unfruitful. 

23 But he that received seed into the good 
ground, is he that heareth the word : and 
understandeth it ; which also beareth fruit, 
and biingeth forth some an hundred ioid, 
some sixty, some thirty. 

24^| Another parable put he forth unto 
them, saying, The kingdom ot heavensis 
likened unto a man which sowed good seed 
in his field: 

25 But while men slept, his enemy came 
and sowed tares among the wheat, and 
went his way. 

c 26 But when the blade was sprung up, 
and brought forth fruity then appeared the 
tares also. 

27" So the servants of the householder 
came and said unto him, Sir, Didst not 
thou sow good seed in thy he"4 I Frt-ra 
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«k..;.h. he feared the multitude, because 
they counted him as a prophet. 

6 iiut when Herod'sbirth day was kept, 
the daughter of Herodias danced before 
them, and pleased Herod. 

7 Wnereupoa he promised with an oath 
to give her whatsoever she would ask. 

. 8- And she being before instructed: of her 
snot her, said, Give me here John Baptist's 
head in a charger. 

Jf And the king --nevertheless, 

for the oath's sa them which sat 

- "with him at meat) he commanded ic to be 
given ken 

10 And he cent, and beheaded John in 
the prison. 

11 And his head was brought in a char- 



Men's traditions* 



ger. and given to the 
brought Al tQ her mot] 

12 And his disciple 
the body, and buried i 
Jesus. 

13 % When Jesus h 
ed thence by si 
and when the people 
they followed 

14, And Jesus -went f 
multitude, afl 
sion toward them, ant 

15' And when it w 
pies came to him, sa> 



rdofit 

desert place apart : 
lad heard thereof* 
of the cities, 
■ch, and saw a great 
moved with compas- 
,d he healed their sick. 
m?as evening his disci- 
ving, This is a desert 
is now past; send the 
they may go into the 
t lemseives victuals. 
36 But ie^ns said unto them, They need 
Sjot depart ; give ye them to eat. 

17 And tiiey &iy unto him. We have 
here but five loaves, and two fishes* 

18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 
39 And he commanded the multitude to 

sit down on the trass, and took the five 
loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up 
to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave 
the loaves t&Ms disciples, and the disciples 
to the multitude. 

20 And they did all eat, and were filled ; 
and they took up of the fragments that re- 
mained, twJtive baskets mi). 

21 And t"u;y that had eaten were about 
five thousand men, besides women and chil- 
dren, 

' 22 If And straightway Jesus Constrained 
his disciples to get into a ship, and to go be- 
fore him unto the other side, while he sent 
the multitudes assay* 

23 And when he had sent the multitudes 
away, he went up into a mountain apart to 
' )|>ray : and when the evening was come, 
• alone. 

as now In the midst of 
with waves : for the wind 



26 And when the disciples saw him walk- 
ing on the sea, they were troub'ed, saying, 
It is a spirit ; and they cried out for fear. 

27 But straightway Jesus spake unto 
them, saying, Be of good cheer ; It is I ; 
be not afraid. 

28 And Peter answered him, and said, 
Lord, If it be thou, bid me come unto thee 
on the water. 

29 And lie said, Come, And when Pe- 
ter was come down out of the ship, he walk- 
ed on the water to go to Jesus. 

30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, 
he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he 
cried, saying, Lord, save me, 

31 And im mediately Jesus stretched forth 
his hand, and caught him, and said unto 
him, O thou of little faith, Wherefore didst 
thou da 

32 And when they were come into the 
ship, the wind ceased. 

3 3 Then they that were in the ship came 
and worshipped him, saying, Ola truth 
thou art the Son of God. 

34 And when they were gone over, they 
came into the land of Gennesaret. 

35 And when the men of that place had 
bv>wle: ! ge of him, they sent out into aU that- 
country round about, and brought unto him 
all that were diseased ; 

36 And besought themjhat they might 
only touch the hem of Ins garment : and 
as many as touched were made perfectly 
whole. 

CHAP. XV. 
3 God' 's commandments, andmerfs tradi- 
tions. 10 What dcjileih a man. 
THEN came to Jesus scribes and Phari- 
sees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the 
tradition oi the elders I for they wash not 
their hands when they eat bread. 

3*ft But he answered and said unto them, 
Why do ye also transgress the command- 
ment of God by your tradition ? 

4 For God commanded, saying, Honour 
thy father and mother: and, He that curs* 
eth father or mother, let him die the death. 

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to/«# 
father or his mother, // u a gift by what- 
soever thou mightest be profited by me : 

6 And honour not his father or his moth- 
er, he shall be free. Thus have ye made 
the commandment of God of none effect by 
your tradition. 

7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias proph- 
esy of you, saying, 

8 This people drawelh nigh unto me 
with their mouth, and honoureth me with 
their lips ! bit their heart is far fioni me. 

9 But in vain they do worship me, teach- 

:" vines the comwiaacin .ruts ot men. 

10 % And ne called the multitude, and 
said. unto them,Hear and uadersfiiad s 



What dsjucth a man. Cha 

11 Not tliat « o mouth i 
defileth 
outot ■•. 

12 Then can 
to him. Know* 
irereoflb 

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k up of the .. thai 

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tteagnofJon f the 

Phar>. 
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II e heokih aLunaticki 



member the five loaves ot the five thouj. 
hand, ana how many baskets ye took up J 

10 ISetlier the seven loaves of the fcur 
thousand,and huvv many baskets} e took tfp? 

11 Flow is it that ye do not understand 
• that I spake it not toyouc.'-r.cernincbi eaci, 

■ that ye should beware of the leaven of the 
» Phar;tees and of the Sadducees . ? 

12 When understood they how that he 
bade them not beware of the leaven of 
bie,.a, ftlt of the doctrine of the Pharisees 
ami ot the Sadducees. 

• 13 WhemJestts came into the coa-ts of 
-Cea.na ' v 'j : p[>, h'j asked his di. c p es, 
sa- ing, Whom ao men say tnat 1 the Son 
oi Mi n am ? 

14 And they said, Some say that thou 
art John the Baptist : s> 'me, Eiias ; and qf- 

r% tilers Jeremias, or oneof trie prophets. 

15 He sailh unto them. But, Whom say 
ye trait I am? 

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, 
' Thau art the Christy the con of the living 

God. 

17 And Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjofc 
ftesli and bloOd hath not revealed it unto 

-thee, but my Father which is in heq 

18 And! say also unto thee, That thou 

■ art Peter, and upon this rock 1 will buiijd 
my church ; and the gates of hell shall not 
prevail against it. 

- r 19 ArA 1 will give ur.to thee the keys of 
-' the kingdom' olhea^ert': and' via.: ,. 

■ thou fchait bind on earth shall be bound in 
heaven : and whatsoever thou slialt loose 

* on earth shall be loosed in heaven.. > 
"■ 20 Then charged he "his disciples that 
i they should teil-no man that he w as Jesus 
the'Christ. - 

2 1 •- < jf From that time forth began Jesus 
to shew unto his disciples how that he niust 
go unto Jerusalem, and softer many things 
of the eiders arid chief priests and scribes, 

. and be killed, and be raised again the third 
dav. - 

22 Then Peter took him, and began to 
rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, 
Lord : this shall not be untothee. 

23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, 
: Get thee behind me, Satan : • thou art em 

' offence unto me : -for thou savourest not 
the things that be of God, but those that 
be of men. 

24 Then said Jssus unto his disciple-:, 
If any man will come afar me, lei him de- 
ny himself, and take up his crossi and fol- 
low me. 

whosoever'wjft efeve his life shall 
los-e - >, ever will lose his . 

id it. 

a 1 , if he 
He his 
own s< ul I t a, W hat shall a i 
exchs 



27 For the Son of Man shall come in 
the glory Of his Father with his angels ; 
and then he shall reward every man ac- 
cording to his works, 

28 Verily 1 say unto you, There be 
some standing here, which shall not taste 
of death, till they see- the Son of "iVIi.a 
comih g in 'hi* ki il a d c ; n . 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 The transfiguration of Christ. 14 He 
heale th a tunaikk. 22/oretrlleth his own 
passion^ 2-1- and /iai/trh tribute* 

AND after six days Jesus takeih Peter, 
Jam. ■-, his brother, and 

bringeth them up into an high mountain 
apart, 

2 And was transfigured before them : 
and his face did shine as the sun,' said his 

a was white as t he-light. 

3 And, behold, there appeared unto 
them Moses and Eiias talking with him. 

:n answered Peter, and said unto 

Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to he here : 

if thou wiit, let us make here three teber- 

; one for thee, and one for Moses, 

E5ia& 

5 While he yet spake, heboid a bright 
cloud overshadowed them : and. behold, 
a voice out ot the c'oud, which said, This 
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased ; hear ye him. 

6 And when "the disciples heard it. they 
tell on their lace, and were sore afraid. 

7 And Jestfs came and touched them, 
and sail be not afi a:d. 

S And when they had lifted up their 
eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. 

9 And as t... wn trom the 
mountain, Jesus charged them, saying. 
Tell the vision to no man, until the Sun of 
Man be risen again from the dead. 

10 And his disciples asked him, saying, 
Why then say die scribes that Eiias must 
first come i 

11 And Jesus answered, and said unto 
them, Eiias truly shall first come, and re- 
move ail things. ' 

12 But I say unto you, That Eiias- is 
come already, and they knew him not, 
but have done onto him whatsoever they 
listed. Likewise shall also the Son of-Man 
surfer of ;hem. 

13 Then the disciples undelete: 
he spake unto them of John ! 

14 li And when die; e to the 
multitude, there camu to him a certain 
man, kneeling down to hint arid sa 

15 Lord, have mercy on my sen : for 
he is lunatick, and sore vexed-: for oft- 
times he klleth into the fire, and oit into 

a.er. 

16 And J brought him to thy disciples, 
and they 

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joined together, let not man put asunder. 

7 They bay unto him, Why did Moses 
then command to give a writing of di- 
vorcement, and to put her away. 

8 He saith unto them, Moses, because 
of the hardness of your hearts, suffered yen 
to put away your wives: but'from thebe- 
"ginningit was not so. 

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall 
put away his wife, except it be for forni- 
cation, and shall marry another, commit- 
teth adultery : and wheso marrieth her 
which is put away doth commit adultery. 

10 His dkciples say unto him, If the 
case of the man be so wiih hi* wife, it is net 
good to marry. 

11 But he said unto them, All -men can- 
not i-eceive this saying, save thexj to whom 
it is given. 

12 For there are some eunuchs, which 
were so born from their mother's womb : 
and there are some eunuchs, which were 
made eunuchs of men : and there be eu- 
nuchs, which have made themselves eu- 
nuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. 
He that is able to receive it, let him re- 
ceive it. 

> 13 Then were there brought unto. him 
little children that he should put his hands 
on them, and pray i and the disciples re- 
buked them. 

14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children 
and forbid them not, to come unto me : 
for of suck is the kingdom of heaven. 

15 And he laid Ms hands on th&m, land 
departed thence. 

- 16 If And, behold, one came and paid 
unto him, Good master, What good tin rig- 
shall I do, that I may have eternal life I 

17 And Ire said unto him, Why callest 
thou me good ■? There is none good but. 
one, that is God ; but if thou wilt enter 
into life, keep the commandments. 

18 He saith -unto him, Which? Jesus 
said, Thou shaltdono murder, Thou shalt 
not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steaj , 
Thou shalt not bear false witness, 

19 Honour thy father and thy mother : 
and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 
thyself, 

20 The young man saith unto him, All 
these things have 1 kept from my youth 
up : What lack I yet J 

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be 
perfect, go and sell that thou ha^t, ami 
give to the poor, and thou shalt hive trea- 
sure in heaven : and come and jbllow me. 

22 But when the young man heard that 
saying, he went away sorrowful : for he. 
had great possessions. 

23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, 
Vertfy 1 say unto yrui, That a rich man 
shall hardly enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 



24 And when he her! begun* to reckon, 
one was brought unto him, which owed 
him ten thousand talents. 

25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, 
liis lord commanded him to be sold, and 
his wife, and children, and all that he had, 
and payment to be made. 

26 The servant there : ore fell down, and 
worshipped him, saying, Lord, have pa- 
tience with me, audi will pay thee aft. 

27 Then the lord of that servant was 
moved with compassion, and loosed him, 
and forgave him the debt. 

28 But the same servant went out, and 
found one of his fellow servants, which 
owed him an hundred pence : and he laid 
hands on him, and took Aim by the throat. 
saying, Pay me that thou owest. 

29 And his fellow servant fell down at 
liis feet, and besought him, saying, Have 
patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 

30 And he would not : but went and cast 
him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 

31 So when his fellow servants saw what 
was done, they were very sorry, and came 
and tuld unto th.ir lord all that was done. 

32 Then his lord, alter that he had call- 
ed him, said unto him, O thou wicked ser- 
vant, I forgave thee all that debt, because 
thou desiredst me: 

" .33 Shouldest not thou also have had 
.compassion on thy fellow servant, even as 
vl had pi ty on thee ? 

34 And his lord was wroth, and deliv- 
ered him to the tormentors, till he should 
pay all that was due unto him. 
( 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Fa- 
ther do also unto you, it ye from your 
hearts forgive not every one his brother 
their trespasses. 

-CHAP. XIX. 
2 Chrhlhealeth the sick, 3 answer eth. the 
' Pharisees touching divorcement, 16 and 
, sheiveth how to attain everlasting life. 

AND it came to pass, that when Jesus 
had finished these sayings,de depart-' 
ed from Galilee, and came into the coasts 
■ of Judea beyond Jordan. 
. 2 And great multitudes followed him ; 
and he healed them there. 

3 1 The Pharisees also came unto him, 
tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it 
lawful for a man to put away his wife for 
every cause i 

4 And he answered and said unto them, 
Have ye not read, that he which made 
them at the beginning made them male 
and female. 

5 And said. For this cause shall a man 
leave father and mother, and shall cleave 
to his wife : and they twain shall be one 
Hash ? 

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, 
kit one flesh. What therefore God hath 



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24 And again 1 say unto you, It is easier 
for a camel to go through the ej e of a nee-* 
die, than for a rich man to enter into the 
kingdom of ( 

25 When his disciples heard r>, they 
were exceedingly amazed, saying, \\ r ho 

a be saved I 

26 But Jesusbeheld /£t'7«,and said un*o 

sVkh men this is impossible ; but 
J ;d all things are possible. 

27 Then answered Peter and said unto 
him, Behold, we haverfbrsaken all, anil 

J thee ; vhat shall we have there- 
fore I 

Vnd Jesus said unto them, Verily I 
83)' unto you, That ye which have followed 

■.c regeneration, when the Son of 
Man shall sit in the throne of his g Ion , \ e 

1 1 sit ujxjn twelve thrones, judging 

$Vf tribes oi Israel. 

•id every one that hath forsaken 
houses, or brethren, or sisters, or lather, 
nr mother, or wife, or children, or lands. 
for my name's sake, shall receive an hen- 
id, and Bhall inherit everlasting life. 
50 But many that are first sUallbe last; 
and the last shall be first. 

CHAT. XX. 
J Of (he labourer* in the vineyard. 20 
■ t<ai. 'nth his dim iftft * to b<- lowly. 
1? )R the kingdom of heaven is likeunio 
X a man thai i% an r, which 

went out early in the morning to biie la- 

wrth the 

, he sent them 

3 And he went out about the third hour, 

4 And said unto them, Go j e also into 

neyard, and whatsoever is right 1 
will give you*. And they went tl 

it .ilKiut t'ae sixth and 
and did likewi e. 

■ '. found otlu • 

unto him, Because no man 
path hi] ith unto then 

, (hut sb'ill yc 

them thrir hire, 

i when they came •,. 

>ey received c- 
\cry man a penny* 

10 But when the BfUt came, they suppo- 
sed that they should 

hndthey likewise" received eery man a 
lienny. 



11 And when they had received if, they 
murmured' against the good man of the 
house, 

12 Saying, These last have wrou&ht but 
one hour, and thou hast made them equal 
unto us, w hich have borne the burden and 
heat of the day. 

13 But he answered one of them, and 
said, Friend, 1 do thee no wrong : Dklst 
not thou agree with me for a penny ? 

1 1 Take that thine », and go thy way : I 
will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what / 
will with mine own I Is thine eye evil, le- 
cau-e I am good ? 

15 So die last shall !>e first, and the first 
last : for many be called, but few chosen. 

If And JeStts g< ting up to Jerusalem took 
the twelve disciples apart in the wi 
said unto them, 

J 3 BehoW, we go up to Jerusalem : ?tA 
the Son of Man shall be betrayed unto the 
chief priests, and unto the scribes, and thoy 
shall condemn him to deathy 

10 And shall deliver him to the Gent'lcS 
to mock, and to rcourgc, and to crucify 
him ; and the third day he shall rise again. 

20 % Then came to him the mother of 
Zebedee's children with her sons, worship- 
ping him, and desiring a certain thing of 
him. 

id he said unto her, What wilt 
ie saith unto him. Grant that these 
my two sons may sit, the one on thy right 
hand) and the other on the left, in thy king- 
dom. 

22 But Jesus answered and '-aid. Ye 

• what ye ask. Are ye able to drink 

of the cup that 1 shall drlitk-o^ andtobe 

baptized with thi m bap- 

h .' Thev bay unto him, We are 

ab'e. 

'.he saith unto them, 
Indeed oi my < up, and be baptized with the 

that 1 am b: pii/e<[ ui'li : but to 
jhon my right hand, and on my left, i.-. not 

prepared of my Fat fu r. 

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29 And as they departed from Jericho, 
a great multitude followed him. 

30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by 
the way side, when they heard that Je^us 
passed by, cried ont, skying, Have mercy 
on us, O Lord, thou Snjj of David. 

31 And the multitude rebuked them, be- 
cause they should hold their peace : but 
they cried the more, saying, Have mercy 
<m us, O Lord, thou Son ot David. 

32 And Jesus stood stilts and called them, 
and said, What will ye that I shall do unto 
you P 

33 Thev • say unto him, -Lord, that our 
eyes may be opened. 

34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and 
touched their eyes ; and immediate^ tint ir 
e\es received sight, mdthev flowed hhh. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Christ rid cih imo Jcru-.uUm up&n'-an 
a*s ) 12 and casfeth out the buy a s and 
sellers. 

AND when they drew nigh unto Jeru- 
salem, and were cane to Beihpage, 
Unto the mount of Oaves, then sent Jesus 
two di -cip'es, i 

2 Saying unto them, Go into the village 
over against you, and straightway ye shad 
find an ass tied, and a colt v ith her : iocse 
them, and bring them unto me. 

3 And if any man say aught unto you, 
ye shall say, The Lord "hath need oi them ; 
and straightway he will send diem. 

4 All this was done, that it might be ful- 
filled which was spoken by the prophet, 
$aying« 

5 Teli ye f he daughter of S:on, Behold, 
thy king cometh unto thee; irieek, and sit- 
ting upon an ass, and a colt the foal ot an 
ass. 

6 And the disciples went and did as Je- 
sus commanded them, 

7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and 
put on them their clothes, and they set him 
therein. 

& And a very great multitude spread 
their garments "in- the way; others cut 
down branches irom the trees, and straw- 
ed them in the v. a . 

9 And the multitudes that went before, 
and that followed, pried, saying, Ho anna 
to the son of David : Blessed is lie that 
cometh in the name of die Lord , Ilosan- 
ijaia the highest. 

10 And when he was come into Jerusa- 
lem, ah thecity.was moved, paying, Who 
is this. t 

11 And the multitude said, This is Je- 
sus the prophet of Nazareth o Galilee. 

12 % And Jti.us went into the temple of 
God and cast out all them that sold and 
bought in the. tempos, and overthrew the 
tables otihe money clvmrcrs^andthe seats 
o* them that j^d£w& 



The fig tree cursed. 

13 And said unto them. It is written, 
My house sha.il he caked the house of 
prayer ; but ye have made it a dm of 
thieves. 

14 And the blind and the lame came to 
him in the temple ; and he healed them. 

15 And when the chief priest* and scvibos 
saw tue wonderiul things that he did and 
the children crying in the temple", and say- 
ing, liosanna to the son of David ; they 
were sore displeased. 

16 And said unto him, Hearest thou 
what these say: 1 And Jesus saith unto 
them, Yea ; Have ye never read. Out of 
the Giouth of babe's and sucklings thou 
hast perfected pi aisc ? 

17 And he ,ei't them, and went out of the 
cry into Bethany ; and he lodged the; e. 

18 N' >w. in the mornuig. as lie returned 
into the city, he hungered. 

19 Ana When he saw a fig tree in the 
way, he came to it, and found noueiiij 
thereon, but leave;; only, and said unto it, 
Let no fruit grow on tl.ee hence, orward 
for ever, And presently the fig tree with- 
ered away. 

; 20 And when the disciples saw //, they 
marvelled, paying, LLw soon is tne 6g tree 
withered away ! 

21 Jesus answered, and said unto them, 
Verily 1 say unto you, it' ye have iai'.h, and 
doubt not, ye sha.l not only do this which 
h done to the fig tree, but also if ye shad 
say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, 
and be thou cast into the sea ; it shall b&s 
done. 

22 And all things whatsoever ye shall 
ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 

23 Anil when he was come into the tem- 
ple, the chief prieits and the tideia ot the 
people came unto him as he was teaching, 
and said, By what authority doest th u 
these things i and, Who gave thee this 
authority t 

24AndJesur, answered, and said unto 
them, 1 also will ask jouone thing, which 
if ye tell me, 1 in like wi^e will tell you by 
what authority 1 do these things'. 

2i Tne baptism of John, Whence was a 
it, from heaven., or otmen I And they iiea»-i 
soned with themselves, -a\ing, If we shidh. 
say /From heaven ; he w ill say unto ui } 
;Why did ve not then believe him ? 

In Bur if we shall say, Of men ; we fear ; 
the people ; for ail hold John as a prophet. .• 

27 And thev answered Jesus, and said, 
We cannot tfiu. And he said unto theho, : 
Kiilhpr teil 1 you by what authority I- tia 
thee things. 

23 But/ What think ye I A certain man 
had two sons ; and he came to the fi 
and said, Son, go work to-day in mywine* 
yard. 

29 He answered, and sajd,lw:]lx2t 
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saith be unto them, Render therefore uiko 
Cesar the - li are Cesar's: and 

unto G .- amGod's. 

22 V. trd these words, 
theymarvtilcdjiaidieithim, and went their 

War. * 

23 f The same cay came to him theSad- 
ducees, v tat there is no resui> 
jrection, and asked him, 

24 Saving, Master, Moses ~>a'd, If a man 
die, having no children, his brother shall 
marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his 
brother. 

25 Now there were with us seven breth- 
ren : and trif first, when he had married 
a wife,, deceased, and, having no issue, left 
his wife unto his brother : 

2o Likewise the .second also, and the 
third, unto the seventh, 

27 And last of all the woman died also. 

28 Therefore^ in the resurrection, Whose 
wife shall she be of the seven? for they ail 
had her. 

29 Jesus answered, and said unto them, 
Ye do err, not knowing the scripture-, nor 
the power of God. 

SO For in the resurrection they neither 
1 Larry, nor are given in marriage, but are 
j. s the angels of God in heaven. 

31 But as touching the resurrection of 
the dead, Have ye not read that which was 
. spoken unto you by God, saying, 

< 32 I am the God of Ahranam, and the 
God ipflsaac, and the God oi Jacob I God 
is not the God oi the dead, but oi the living. 
. 33 And when the multitude heard this, 
they were astonished at his doctrine. 

34 But when the Pharisees had heard that 
he had put the Sadducees to silence, they 
were gathered together. 

35 Then one of'thern, which was a law- 
yer, asked Tffffi a question, tempting him, 
and paying, 

36 M aster, Which is the great command- 
ment in the law ? 

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shaltlove- 
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
With all thy soul, and with aii'thy mind. 

38 This'isthe first and great command-: 
ment. 

39 And the second is like unto it* Thou 
eh alt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

40 On these two commandments hang' 
all the law ;-.nd the prophets. 

41 Whiie the Pharisees, were gathered 
together, Jesus asked them, 

42 baying, What think ye of Christ r 
Whose son is he ? They say unto him,' 
The son of David. 

43 He saith unto them, Row then doth 
„ David in spirit call him Lord, saying) 



St. MATTHEW. Against bgrnrisy. 

44 The Lord said '.into my Lord, Sit thou 
on my right hand, till I make thine ene- 
mies "thy footstool . ' 

45 If . David then call him Lord, How is 
he his sen- 1 

46 And no man was able to answer him 
a word, neither durst any mar., from that 
day torth ask him any more aixsiions. 

I CHAP. XXIII. 

1 The scribes' and Pharisee.? good cJor- 
trine, but evil examples &f life. 34 The 
destruction of Jerusalem foretold. 

THEN spake Je&us to the multitude, 
and to his diciples, 

2 Saying, The scribes and the Phari- 
sees sit in Moses's seat ; 

3 All therefore whatsoever they bid y r; ii 
observe, thai observe and do: but do "not 
ye after their works : tor they say, and do 
not. 

4 For they bind heavy burdens and griev- 
ous to be borne, and lay them on man's 
shoulders: but they themselves will not 
move them with one of their lingers. 

5 But all their works, they do for to be 
seen of men: they make broad their phy- 
lacteries, and enlarge the borders of their 
garments, 

6 And love he uppermost rooms at leasts, 
and the chief seats in the synagogues, 

7 And greetings in the markets, and to- 
be called of men, Rabbi, Rabb ; . 

8 But be not ye called Rabbi ; for one is 
your Master, even Christ ; and all ye are 
"brethren. 

9 And cv>\\noman your father upon the 
earth : lor one is your Father which is in 
heaven. 

10 Neither be ye called masters : for one 
is your master, even Christ. 

11 But he that is greatest among yon 
shall be your servant. 

12 And whosoever shall exalt himself 
shaii be abased ; and he that shall humble 
himself shall be exalted. 

13 But woe unto you, scribes and Phari- 
sees, hypocrites ! tor ye shut up the king- 
dom of heaven against men: lor ve ueith- 
go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that 
are entering to go in. 

14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisee^, 
hypocrites i for ye devour widows' hc:i e., 
and ior a pretence make long prayer ; 
therefore ye shall receive the greater dam- 
nation. 

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisee';, 
hypocrites ! lor ye compass sea and 1 and 
to make one prosel) te, and when he is 
made, ye make him twofold more the ChiftJ 
of hell "than vcurselves. 

16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which 
say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, 
it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear 
by the gold of the- temple, he is a debtor I 



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16 Then let them which be in Judea fiee 
ii>to the mountains : 

17 Let him which is on the housetop 
rot comedown to take any thing out oi his 
house : 

. 18 Neither let him which is in the field 
return buck, to take his clothes. 

19 And woe unto them that are with 
cbiJd, and to them that give suck in those 
davs I 

20 But pray ye that your flight be not 
in the winter, neither on the sabbath day : 

2i For then shall be great tribulation, 
Iflich as was not since the beginning of the 
world to this time, no, nor ever snail be. 

22 And except those Gays should be 
shortened, there should no iiesh be saved : 
but tor the elect's sake those claj-s shall be 
shortened. 

f 23 Then if anv man shall say unto you, 
Xo, here is Christ, or there ; believed not. 

24 For there shall arise false Christ*, 
and ialse prophets, ana shall shew great 
sigus and woiukrs ; insomuch that, if it, 
'.were possible, they shall deceive the very 
elect. 

25 Behold, I have told you before. 

26 Wherefore if they snail say unto you, 
Behold, lie is in the desert : go not forth : 
•behold, he is in the secret chambers ; be- 
lieve it not. 

27 For as the lightning cometh out or 
the east, and shinetu even unto the west ; so 
.shah also the c >ming ol the Son of Man be. 

28 For wheresoever the carcass is, there 
.'■will the eagles be gathered together. 

29 *j! immediately alter the tribulation 
of those da. s shall the s un be darkened, 
and the moon shall not give her light, ana 
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the 
powers ol: the heavens shall be shaken : 

! 30 And then shall appear the sign of 
the Son of Man in heaven : and then shah 
all the tribes ol the earth mourn, and they 
shall see the Son of Man coming in the 
clouds of heaven with power and great 
glory. 

31 And he shall send his angels with a 
great sound of a trumpet, and they shall 
gather together his elect from the four 
winds,from one end ot heaven to the other. 

32 Now learn a parable ot'the fig tree ; 
When his branch is yet tender, and put- 
tcth forth leaves, ye know that summer is 
nigh : 

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all 
these things, know that it is near, even at 
the doors. 

34 Verilv 1 sav unto you, This genera- 
tion shall not pass, till all these things be 
fulfilled. 

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, 
but my words shall not pass away. 

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no 



Parable of the ten virgins* 

maris no, not the angels of heaven, but my 
Father only. 



37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall 
also the coming of the Son ol Man be. 

oo For as in the days' that were before 
die flood they were eating and drinking, 
marrying and giving in marriage, until 
the day that Noe filtered into the ark, 

39 And knew not until the flood came, 
and took them all away ; so shall also the 
coming ot the Son ol Man be. 

40 Then shah two be in the .field ; the 
one shall be taken, and the other lett. 

41 Two women shall be grinding at the 
mill ; the one shall be taken, and the other 
kit. 

42 Watch therefore : For ye know not 
what hour your Lord doth come. 

43 But know this, that if the good man 
of the house had known in what watch the 
thief would come, he would* have watch, 
cd, and would not have suffered his house 
to be broken up. 

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in- 
such an hour as ye think not die Son of 
Man cometh. 

45 Who then is a faithful and wise ser- 
vant, whom his lord hath made ruler over 
his household, to give them meat in due 
season ( 

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his 
lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. 

47 Verily i say unto you, that he shall 
make him ruler over all his goods. 

43 Bui and if that evii Servant shall say 
in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming ; 

49 And shall begin to smite his teilovr 
servants, and to eat and drink with the 
drunken ; 

50 The lord of that servant shall come 
in a day when he looketh not tor him, and 
in an hour that he is not aware of, 

51 And shall cut him asunder, and ap- 
point/^ his portion with the hypocrites : 
there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. 

C II A P. XXV. 
1 The parable of the ten virgins^ 14 arA 
of the talents. 31 Also the description 
of the last judgment, 

THFJN shall the kingdom of heaven be 
Jiktned unto ten virgins, which took 
their lamps, and went iorth to meet the 
bridegroom. 

2 And five ot them were wise, and five 
ivere topi i ah. 

3 They that were foolish took their 
lamps, and took no oil with them : 

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels 
with their lamps. 

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they 
all slumbered and slept. 

6 And at midnight there wasacry made 
Behoid,the i >ri ucy com cometh ; eoyeout 
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v cr sick, or in prison, and did not minister 
unto thee ? 

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, 
Verily 1 say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did 
it not" to one of the least of tnese, ye did it 
me. 
45 And these shall go away into ever- 
lasting punishment : but the righteous in- 
to life eternal. 

C H A P* XXVI. 
1 The rulers conspire against Christ* 14 
Judas selletk Mm, 3 7 Christ eatcth the 
passover. 47 Me is betrayed by Judas. 

AND it came to pass, when Jesus had 
finished all these sayings,, he said un- 
to his disciples, 

2 Ye know that after two days is the 



Christ eateth the fiassover. 



feast of the passover, and the Son of Man 
is betrayed to be crucified. 

3 Then assemb'ed together the chief 
priests, and the scribes, and the elders of 
the people, unto the palace of the high 
priest, who was called Caiaphas, 

4 And consulted that they might take 
3esus by suoiiity, and kill him, 

5 But they said, Not on the feast day, 
lest there be an uproar among the people. 

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in 
the house of Simon the leper, 

7 There came unto him a woman hav- 
ing an alabaster box of very precious oint- 
ment,, and poured it on his head, as he sat 
at meet, 

8 But when his disciples saw if, they 
had indignation, saying, To what purpose 
is this waste ? 

9 For this ointment might have been 
sold for much, and given to the poor. 

10- When Jesus understood^, he said un- 
to them, Why trouble ye the woman I For 
she hath wrought a good work upon me. 

11 For ye have the poor always with 
you ; but me ye have not always. 

12 For in that she hath poured t 

me.nt on my body, she did it for my burial. 

13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever 
this gospel shall be preached in the whole 
world, there shall also this, that this wo- 
man h ath done,be told for a memorial ofher. 

' 14 If Then one ot the twelve, called Ju- 
das Iscariot went unto the chief priests, 

15 And said unto them, What will ye 
give me, and 1 will deliver him unto you ? 
And they covenanted with him for "thir- 
ty pieces' of silver. 

16 And from that time he sought oppor- 
tunity to betray him. 

17 f Now the first day of the feast of 
unleavened bread the disciples came to Je- 
sus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that 
we prepare for thee to eat the passover ? - 

18 And he said. Go into the city to such 
a man, and say unto him, The Master 
faith, My time is at hand : I will keep the 



passover at thy house, with my disciples. 
19 And the disciples did as Jesus had 
appointed them ; and they made ready 
the passover. 

*20 Now when the even was come, he 
sat down with the twelve. 

21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily 
I say unto ycu, ttiat one of you shall betray 
me, 

22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, 
and began every one of them to say unto 
him, Lord, Is it I i 

23 And he answered and said, He that 
dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the 
same shall betray me. 

24 The Son of Man goeth as it is writ- 
ten of him ; but woe unto that man by 
whom the Son of Man is betrayed '. it had 
been good for that man if he had not beeo 
born. 

25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, 
answered and said, Master, Is it I I Ke 
said unto him, Thou hast said. 

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took 
bread and blessed it, and brake it, and gave 
it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat ; 
this is my body. 

27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, 
and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all 
of it ; 

28 For this is my blood ot the new. testa- 
ment, which is shed for many for the re- 
mission of sins. 

29 But 1 :,ay unto you, I will not drink 
henceforth of' this fruit of the vine, until 
that day when 1 drink it new with you in 
my father's kingdom. 

30 And when they had sung an hymn, 
they went out into the mount of Olives. 
"31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye 
shall be offended because of me this night : 
for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, 
and the sheep of the flock shall be scatter- 
ed abroad. 

32 But after I am risen again, I will go 
before you into Galilee. 

33 Peter answered and said unto him, 
Though ah men shall be offended because 
of thee, yet will I never be offended. 

31 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say un- 
to thee, That this night, before the "ccck 
crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 

35 Peter said unto him, Though I 
should die with thee, yet will I not deny 
thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. 

36 Then rometh Jesus with them unto 
a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto 
the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and 
pray yonder. 

37 And he took with him Peter and the 
two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sor- 
rowful and very heavy. 

38 Then saith he unto them, My soul 
is exceeding sorrowful, even unto 



Chmtis betrayed 



Chap. SJCvii. 



by Judau 943 



ith me. 
a Little further, and 
.-, and prayed, saying, O my 
ible, let this ( 
i:x)m l;,: less, not as I will, but 

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cometh unto the disciples, 
andfindt 
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y, that ye enter not 
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ing,Omy Father, if 

from me, cx- 

ind them asleep 

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u^eth he to his disciples, ana 

ep on now, and take 

or is at hand, 

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great multitu rdsand staves, 

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led him away to Caiaphfts tlie high priest, 
where the scribes and the eiders were as» 
s moled. 

58 But Peter followed him afar off unto 
the high priest's palace, and went in, and 
sat with the servants to see the end. 

59 Now the chief priests and elders, and 
all the council, sought false witness against 
Jesus to put him to death ; 

60 But found none : yea, though many 
false witnesses came, yet found they none* 
At the last came two felse witnesses, 

61 And said, This /elbow said, 1 am able 
to destroy the temple of God, and to build 
it in three days. 

62 And the high priest arose, ariffsaid 
unto him, Answerest thuti nothing . ? What 
i.-i it which these witness against thee ? . 

63 But Jcus held his peace. And the 
high priest answered and said unto him, I 
adjure thee, by the living God, that thou 
tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Sen 
of God. 

64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said : 
Nevertheless, 1 say unto you, Hereafter 
shall ye see the Son of Man sitting on the 
right hand of power, and coming in the 
clouds of heaven. 

65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, 

le hath spoken blasphemy : What 
further need have we of witness 
hold, now ye have heard his blasphemy, 
link ye ! Ti iej answered and 
leath. ' 
07 Then did the] spit in his face, and 
buffettedhim ; and others smote Aim with 
the palms of their hands, 

66 S.sing, Prophesy unto us, thai 

vs.tt without 
and a dam 

ilee. 

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944 Ch rist delivered to Pilate, St. MATTHEW, 

WHEN the morning was come, all the 
chief priests and elders tif the peo- 
ple took counsel against Jesus to put him 
to death. 

2 And when they had bound him, they 
3ed him away, and delivered him to Pontius 
Pilate the governor. 

3 % Then Judas which had betrayed 
him. when he saw that he was condemn- 
ed, repented himself, and brought again 
thethsrty pieces of silver to the chief priests 
and elders, 

4 paying, I have sinned in that I have 
betrayed the innocent blood. And they 
slid, What it that to us I See thou to t/ia't. 

5 And he east down the pieces of silver 
in the temple, and departed, and went and 
handed himself. 

6 And the chief priests took the silver 
pices, and said., 1: is not lawful for to put 
them into the treasury, because it is the 
price oi' blood. 

7 And they took counsel, and bought 
with them the potter's held to bur)' stran- 
ger, in. 

8 Wherefore that field was called the 
field ofbl sod :Unto this day. 

9 Then was fulfilled that which wat 

t h *e r ic pro;. bet, saying, 
r k the th rty pieces of silver, 
that was valued. whom 
the, b4 die pliiMren of Israel did value ; 

10 And gave them for trie potter's field, 
as the Lj£rd appointed me. 

11 Ana Jesus stood before the governor : 
and the governor asked him, saying, Art 
thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus 
said unto him, Thai sayest. 

12 And when he was accused of the 
chief priests and elders, he answered no- 
thing. 

13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest 
th' ii not how many things they witness a- 
gainst thee ? 

14 And he answered him to never a 
word ; insomuch that the governor mar- 
velled greatly. 

15 Now ac that feast the governor was 
wont to release unto the people a prisoner, 
whom they would. 

16 Anti they had then a notable prisoner 
called Barabbas. 

17 Therefore' when they were gathered 
together, Pilate said unto them, Whom 
will ye that I release unto you ? Barabbas, 
or Jesus which is called Christ. 

IS For he knew that for en,yy they had 
delivered Kim. 

19 When he was set down on the judg- 
ment seat, bis wife sent unto him, saying, 
th th ithist man: 
ior I have suffered many things this day in 
a dream because bi 
-. 20 But the chief priests and ciders p£r- 



and Judas fkmgeth himseff, 

suadeel the multitude^ that they should ask 
Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 

21 The governor answered and said 
unto them, Whether of the twain will ye 
that I release unto you I They said Bar- 
abbas. 

22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I 
do then with Jesus, which is called Christ ? 
They all say unto him,Let him be crucified." 

23 And the governor said, Why, what 
evil hath he done ? But they cried out the 
more, saying, Let him be crucified. 

24 When Pilate saw that he could pre- 
vail nothing, but that rather a tumult was 
made, he took water, and washed his hands 
before the multitude, saying, 1 am innocent 
oi the blood of this just person ; see ye to iu 

25 Then answered all the people mid 
said, His blood be on us, and on our chil- 
dren. 

26 Then released he Barabbas umo 
them : and when he had scourged Jesus, 
he delivered him to be crucified. 

27 Then the soldiers of the governor 
t >ok Jesus into the common hall, and gath- 
ered unto him the whole band of soldiers, 

28 And they stripped him, and put on 
him a scarlet robe. 

29 And when they had platted a crown 
ot thorns, they put it upon his head, and a 
reed in his right hand : and they bowed 
the knee before him, and mocked him, 
saving, Hail, king or the Jews I 

-39 And they spit upon him, and took 
the reed, and smote him on the hedd. 

31 *fr And after that they had mocked 
him, they took the robe off from him, and 
put his own raiment on him, and led him 
away to crucify him. 

32 And as they came out, they found a 
manofCyrene, Simon byname: him they 
compelled to bear his Gi 

33 And when they were come unto a 
place called Golgotha, that is to siy, a 
place of a scull, 

34 They gave him vinegar to drink 
mingled with gall: and when he had last* 
ed thereof, he would not drink. 

35 And they crucified him, and parted 
his garments, casting lots, that it aright be 
fulfilled wh«ch was spoken by the prophet, 
They parted my garments among them, 
and upon my vesture did they cast lots.- 

36. And sitting down they watched him 
ther© ; 

37 And set up over his bend, his Recu- 
sation written, THilS IS JESUS THE 
KING OF THE JEWS. 

3S Then were there two thieves cruci- 
fied with him, one Gn the right hand, arid 
another on the left. 

39 And they that passed by reviled him, 
waeg'ma; their heads, 

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St. MARK. 



and catteth Peter and other a* 



13 Saying, say ye, His disciples came by 
night, and state him away while we slept : 

14 And if this come to die governor's 
ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. 

15 So they took the money , and did as they 
•were taught : and this sa> ing is common- 
ly reported among the Jews until this day. 

16 7\ Then the eleven disciples went a- 
way into Galilee, into a mountain where 
Jesus had appointed them. 

17 And when they saw him they wor- 
shipped him : but some doubted. 



13 And Jesus came and spake unto them, 
saying, All power -is given unto me in heav- 
en and in earth. 

19 1f Go ye, therefore, and teach all na- 
tions, baptizing them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost : 

20 Teaching them to observe all tilings 
whatsoever I have commanded you : and, 
lo, 1 am with you ahvay, even unto the pnd 
of the world. ' Amen. 



The Gospel according to Saint Mark. 



chap. I. 

1 John Mafitisfs office. 9 Jesus is bafitized, 
12 tempted, 14/ireachet/i, 16 caUeihPeiei 
a: td j fh crs, 32 and caret, h many. 

TH.L ..oMuiU.g of the gospel of Jesus 
Christ, the Son of God ; 

2 As it is written in the prophets, Be- 
hold, I send my messenger before thy face, 
■which shall prepare thy way before thee. 

3 The voice ot cne crying in the wilder- 
ness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,make 
his paths" straight. 

4 John did baptize in the wilderness and 
preach the baptism of repentance for the 
remission of sins. '"" 

5 And there went cut unto him all the 
land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and 
were all baptized oi him in the river of Jor- 



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prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching 
the gospel of the kingdom of God, 

15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and 
the kingdom of God is at hand : repent 
ye, and believe the gospel 

16 n t \ Now as he waiked by the sea of 
Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his 
brother casting a net into the sea : for they 
were fishers. 

17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye 
after me, and I will make you to become 
fishers of men. 

IB And straightway they forsook their 
nets, and followed him. 

19 And when he had gone a little Far- 
ther thence, he saw 7 James the son ofZe- 
bedee, and John his brother, who also were 
in the ship mending their nets. 

20 And straightway he called them ; 
and they left their father- Zebedee in the 
ship with the hired servants, and went af- 
ter him. 

21 And they went into Capernaum ; 
and straightway on the sabbath day he en- 
tered into the synagogue,, and taught. 

: 22 And they wei*e astonished at his dec- 
trine : for he tan- lit them as one that had 
[authority', and not as the scribes. 
I 23 And there was in their synagogue a 
;man with an unclean spirit ; and he cried 
• ut, 

24 Saying, Let ua alone ; What have we 
to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth I 
Art thou come to destroy us ? J know thee 
who thou art, the Holy One of God. 

25 And Jesus rebuked him, sayjng,Hekl 
thy peace, and come out of him. 

26 And when the unclean spirit had 
torn him and cried with a loud voice, he 
came out ot him. 

27 And they were all amazed, insomuch 
that thev qut-tioned among themselves, 
saj ing, What thing is this ? What new dec- 

bis I For with authority comtHfand- 
eth he even the unclean spirits, and they 
do obey ' 



ure th the tick, 



SS Arid imp !'ame spread a- 

/ ut all the region round about 
Galilee. 

29 And forthwith when they were come 
OUt ot tl d into the 

Andrew, wit] 
I tin. 

•'smother lay sick of 
hey tell him of her. 
31 And he came and took her by the 
'ip ; and imn - 

e red unto 

even, when ? ! .e sun did set 
that were dis- 
eased, and them that were possessed with 

33 And all the city was gathered togeth- 
er at tin 

. id he healed many that were sick 
of divers diseaj out many de- 

t the devils to. speak, 
becau • him. 

35 And in the morning, rising up a jrreat 
went cut and depart- 
ure with 
' after him. 

i they luid found him, they 
said unto him, All men seek for thee. 

lid unto them, Let us go in- 
xn there 
aiso : for therefore came 1 

! in tiieir synagogues 

ut devils. 

per to him, be- 

. down to him, 

•:, It thou wilt, tljcu 

me clean. 

urn, and 

- -d from him, 

nd he m 

43 And he straitly charged i.ion, and 
forthwith sent him »> 

44 And saith onto him, See thou say 
nothing * 

thysell; I 

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1Kb //much, an 

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P. II. 
1 Chriv 

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Chap. ii. Ued. 947 

2 And straightway many were gather- 
ed together, ins 

room to receive fAem,no, not so ;■.. 
about the door : and he preached the word 
unto them. 

3 And they come is ring one 
sick of tl 

4 Arid could not c( )m 
unto him for the press, they uncovered the 
roof where be was: and when tl, 

d where- 

5 Whtn Jesus saw their faith, be said 
unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be 



i thee. 

6 But there were certain of the scribes 
sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 

7 Why doth this mmi thus speak blas- 
phemies ? Who can forgive sins but God 
only ? 

S And immediately when Jesus perceiv- 
ed in hisspirit that they so reasoned with- 
in themselves, he said unto them, Whf 
reason ye these things in your hearts i 

9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick 
of the palsy. Thy sins be forgiven thee ; 
or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed and 
walk ? ' 

10 But that ye may know that the Son 
of Man hath power on earth to forgive 
sins, (he saith to the bick of the palsy) 

11 i say unto thee. Arise, and take up 
thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 

12 And immediately he arose, took up 
the bed, and went forth before them all; 

1 1 that they were all amazed, and 
glorified (kxj, saying, we never saw it on 

13 AikI he went forth again by the sea 

i titude resorted unto 
him, and he taught them. 

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receipt 
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And la 

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948 The^WieiedimdJkaled. St. MARK, 

19 And Jesus said uuto them, Canthe 
-children of the briaechamber last, white 

the bridegroom is withrth^m I as long as 
:-lhe< have the bridegroom with them, they 
^eannc* iast. ' ' 

20 i:u. the days will come, when, the 
b: icegroomshall be taken awa} from them, 

;and then shall they fast in those days? 
\3 21 No man also seweth a piece of new 
• cloth on an old -garment:' else -the new 
-piece that filled It up, takem away from 

the old, and the rent is made worse. 

- 22 And no man putteth new w'ne into 
-x>ld bottles : else the new wine doth burst 
Hhe bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the 

bottles will be marred ; but new wine must 
dbe put into new bottles. 

23 Audit came to pass, that he went 

-through the cornfields on the sabbath day ; 
-and his disciples began as they went, to 

pluck the ears of corn. 

: 24 And the Pharisees said unto him, 

Behold, Why do they on the sabbath day 

.that which is not lawful ?« 

25 And he said unto them, Have ye 
-never read what David did, when lie had 
need, and was an hungrttfJ, he, and they 
ibat were with him I 

26 How he went into the house of God 
•in the -days of Abiathar the high priest, 
and did eat the shewbread. which is not 
lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave 
also to them which were with him I 
■■ 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath 
was made for man, and not man for the 
sabbath : 

; 28 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord 
also of the sabbath. 
*M - CHAP. III. 

1 7Vie withered hand healed. 13 The a- 
'^'.jiosties chosen. 22 The scribe* confu- 
5 ied. 31 Who are C/irist's relations. 

XjL g^gue • and there was a man there 
Whichnad a withered hand. 

-2 Ajid the v watched pirn, whether he 
would heal him on the sabbath day ; that 
iftey 'might accuse him. 
' 3 And he saith unto the man which had 
the withered hand, Stand forth. 
~~4 And he^ith unto them, Is it lawful 
IB flb gcKxEcn Ihe" sabbath days, or to do 
evij? Tosaye life, or to kBl? But they 
ieldth 

r~5 And -v 1 looked round about 

on them with anjgftpij being grieved for the 
ft-d . aid) unto the 

tcv. id. -And he 



I --'■- hand was^resta- 

:\tVr 

isees went Forth, and 

i6s£ counsel with the He;v< '.i- 

■' might destroy 



• ^Th'e afibstles chbtcm 

7 But Jesus Withdrew himself with his 
disciples to the sea : and a great multitude 
from Galilee followed him, andironi Judea j 

8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idu- 
mea, and from beyond Jordan ; and they 
"about Tyre and Sidcfa, a great multitude, 

ey had neard what great things he 
e unto him. 

9 And he spake to his disc'oles, that a 
small ship should wait on hirn, because ox* 
the multitude, lest they should throng him. 

10 For lie had healed many : insomuch 
that they pressed upon him for .to touch 
him, as many as had plagues. 

11 And unclean spirits, when they saw 
hirn, fell down before him, and cried, say- 
ing, Thou art the Son of God. 

12 And he straitly charged them that 
1( I not make him known. 

te goeth up into a mountain, 
and calk in \o him wh on he would : and 



• ordained twelve, that they 
im, and that he might send 
them forth to preach. 

15 And to haveribwer to heal sickness- 
es, and to cast out devils : 

16 And Simon he surnamed ¥e*.ev ; 

17 And James the son ofZebedee, .'.rid 
John the brother of James ; and lie sur| 
named them B aahtrges, which is, The 
sons of thunder : 

18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bar-;, 
tholome w, and Matthew, and Thomas, and 
James the son of Aipheus, and Thaddeus, 
and Simoh the Cauaanite^ 

19 And Judas iscariot, which also be- 
trayed him : and day wont into an house, 

20 And the multitude cometh together 
again, so that they could nut so much as 
eat bread. 

21 And when his friends heard qj iff 
they went out to lay hold on him : ior they 
said, He is beside himself. 

22 "If And, the scribes which came do vvri 
from Jerusalem said, He hith Bee 
and by the prince of the devils 6aste*th he 
out cfevilj . 

23 And he called them unto hirn, and 
said unto them in parables, How can '.Sa- 
tan cast eut Sataq ? 

24 And it a kingdom be divided against 
itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 

25 And if a house be divided against it- 
self, that house cannd Standi 

25 And if Satan rise up against him e :f,- 
and be divided, he cannot stand, but li; t!i 
an end. 

27 No man can' enter into a strong man's 
house, and spoil hit g<~; ds, except 

first bind the Strong man j and the. lie 
will spoil liis house. 

28 Verih 1 say unto you, All sfl 
ho forgiven unto the sons of men, v 



Thefiarabie cfthe 8<ni>er, Chap, 

phemies wherewith soever they shall blas- 
pheme : 

29 But he that -hall blaspheme against ! 
the Holy Giiu.sc hath never forgive 

but is in danger of etei nai damnation : 

30 Because they said, ile iidih an un- 
clean spirit. 

311 There came then his brethren and 
his mother, and, ->t muing without, sent 
Unto him, Calling him. 

32 And the multitude sat nbout him, 
and they said unto rum, Behold, thy mother 
and thy brethren with, u; seek for thee. 

33 And he answered t.un, saying, Who 
is my mother, or my brethren I 

34 Arid he looked ' on them 
which sat about him, tn>l said, Benoid my 
mother and my brehren I 

35 For whosoever shall do the will of 
God, the same is my brother, and my 
sister, and mother. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Tlie juirable of the sower, 14 The mean- 
ing thereof. ~6 Of the seed grovjvig 
an i of the mustard seed. 

AND he began again to teach by the 
seaside: and tliere was gathered 
Onto him a great multitude, so that he en- 
tered into a ship, and sat in the sea ; and 
the whole multitude was by tiie sea on the 
land. 

2 And he taught them many things by 
Parable*, and s<t;d unto them in his doc- 

3 Hearken ; Behold, there went out a 

SO ACT tl 

4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, 
■ome fell by the way-side, and the fowls of 
the air came and devour- d it up. 

fell on stony ground, where 
. i immediately 
it sprang up, because it had no depth of 
earth : 

6 But when the sun was up, it was 
sc TChed : and because it had no root, it 
with-" 

7 Ana some fell among th 
thorns grew up, and choked it, 

i fell on good ground, and 
I fruit that sprang up and i 

10 And when he . 

were about him with the twelve, i 
him the 

11 And he said in I 
is given to know thr 
dom of G' (1 : but on 

cut, all these Uiiugs are don-j in pa 

12 That veein^ tl and not 
perceive; air. 

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, iv. end the meaning thereof. 949 

and not understand ; lest at any time they 
should be converted, and tUir sins should 
lie forgiven them. 

13 And he said unto them, Snow ye 
not this parable ? and, How then wal ye 

II pan b'es I 

14 * rt The ower soweth the word. 

15 Aad these are they by the way-side 
where the Word is sown ; but when urey 
luve heard, Satan Cometh immediately, 

. Lh away uie word that was sown 
,n their hearts* 

l6Andthe.-.e are they likewise which 
are sown on stony gn und ; who, when 
they have heard the word, immediately 
receive it with gladness ; 

1~ And have no root in themselves, anti 
so endure but tor atime : afterward, when 
afflict in or persecution arjseth tor the 
word's sake, immediately they are offend- 
ed. 

18 And these are they which are sown 
among thorns ; such as hear the word, 

19 And the cares of this world, and the 
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of o- 
ther things entering in, choke the word, 
and it becomeUi unfruitful. 

20 And these are they which are sown oq 
good ground ; such as hear the word, and 
receive i( y and bring forth fruit, some thir- 
ty fold, some sixty, and some an hundred. 

21 And he said unto them, is a candle 
brought to be put under a bushel, or un- 
der a bed I Aud not to be set on a candle- 
stick f 

22 For there is nothing hid, which shall 
notl>e manifested ; neither was any tiling 
kept secret, but that it should come abroad* 

23 If any man have ears to hear, 1st: 
him hear. 

24 And he said onto them, take heed 
what ye hear: with what measure ye 
mete, it shall be measured to you : and unto 
you that hear shall more be given. 

he that hath, to him shall be giv« 
be that hath not, from him thall 
. even that which he hath. 
\; d he 9 ml, So is the kingdom of 
God, Sjtfa man should cast seed into the 
gn und ; 
27 And should sleep, and rise night and 
the wed should spring and grow 
--.noweth iv t I 

• the earn brii geth fc rth fruit o! 
herself ; first the blade, then the- car, attes 

. in the ear« 

V) But vhen the truit is brought fonh> 
' he fickle, be- 
e&t is come. 

3 . H ' \\ hereunto shall we) 

or, With what 
.'. we c< n.{,arc it I 

Dastard seed, 

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SCO The legion of devils cast Cut. St. MARK 



than all the seeds that be in the earth : 
■ 32 But when it is sown it groweth up, 
and becometh greater than aii herbs, and 
snooteth out great branches; so that the 
fowls of the air may lodge under the shad- 
ow of it. 

33 And with many such parables spake 
fte the word unto them, as they were able 
to hear it. 

34 But without a parable spake he not 
unto them : and when they were alone, he 
expounded all things to his disciples. 

35 And the same day, when the even 
was eome, he saith unto them, Let us pass 
over unto the other side. 

36 And when they had sent away the 
multitude, they took him even as he' was 
in the ship. And there were also with him 
other little ships. 

37 And there arose a great storm of 
wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so 
that it was now full. 

■ 38 And he was in the hinder part of the 
ship, asleep on a pillows and they awake 
him, and say unto him, Master, Carest 
thou not that we perish ? 

39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, 
afnd said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And 
the wind ceased, and there was a great 
jcalm. 

40 And he said unto them, Why are ye 
so fearful ? How is it that ye have no faith i 

- 41 And they feared exceedingly, and 
• saie one to another, What manner of man 
is this, that even the wind and the sea obey 
fcim i 

CHAP. "V. 
1 Christ casteth out the legion of devils, 
• 25 heals the bloody issue-, 35 and raises 
Jair-us's daughter. 

AND they came over unto the other 
side of the sea, into the country of the 
Gadarenes. 

.2 And when he was come out of the ship, 
immediately there met him out of the tGmbs 
a- man with' an unclean spirit, 

3 Who had his dwelling among the 
tombs ; and no man could bind him, no, 
not with chains: 

_ 4 Because that he had been often bound 
■with fetters and chains, and the chains had 
been plucked asunder by him. and the fet- 
ters broken in pieces : neither could any 
man tame him. 

'-5 Anti always, night and day, he was in 
the mountains, and in the tombs, crying 
arid cutting himself with stones. 

' 6 But when he saw 3esus afar off, he ran 
and worshipped him, 
. '7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, 
What hare I to do with thee, Jesus, thou 
Son of the mo^t high God? 1 abjure thee 
by God, that thou torment me not. 

c 8 For he said unto him, Come out of the 
man thou unclean spirit. 



Christ healeth the bloody issue* 

9 And he asked him, What is thy name : 
And he answered, saying, My name is L©* 
gion : for we are many* 

10 And he besought him much that he 
would not send them away out of the coun- 
try. 

11 Now there was there nigh unto th« 
mountains a great herd of swine feeding. 

12 And all the devils besought him, say- 
ing, Send us into the swine, that we may 
enter into them. 

13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. 
And the unclean spirits went out, and en- 
tered into the swine : and the herd ran 
violently down a steep place into the sea 
(they were about two thousand), and were 
choked in the sea. 

14 And they that fed the swine fied, and 
told if in the city, and in the country. And 
they went out to see what it was that was 
done. 

15 And they come to Jesus, and see him 
that was possessed with the devil, and had 
the legion, siting, and clothed, and in his 
right mind : and they were afraid. 

16 And they that saw it told them how 
itbefel to him that was possessed with the 
devil, and also concerning the swine. 

17 And they began to pray him to de- 
part out of their coasts. 

18 And when he was come into the ship, 
he that had been possessed with the devil 
prayed him that he might be with him. 

19 Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, but 
saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, 
and tell them how great things the Lord 
hath done for thee, and hath had compas- 
sion on thee. 

20 And he departed, and began to pub- 
lish in Decapolis how great things Jesus 
had done for him: and all men did marvel. 

21 And when Jesus was passed over 
again by ship unto the other side, much 
people gathered unto him : and he was 
nigh unto the sea. 

22 And, behold, there cometh one of the 
rulers of the synagogue, Jaitus byname; 
and when he saw him he fell at his feet, 

23 And besought him greatly, saying* 
My little daughter lieth at the point of 
death : I pray thee, come and lay thy hands 
on her, that she may be healed ; and she 
shall live. 

24 And Jesus went with him ; and much 
people followed him, and thronged him. 

25 ^i And a certain woman, which had 
an issue of blood twelve years, 

26 And had suffered many things of ma- 
ny physicians, and had spent all that she 
had, and was nothing bettered, but rather 
grew worse, 

27 When she had heard of Jesus, came 
in the press behind, and touched his gar- 
merit : 



($hrisi raiscth Jaxrus's da 



23 For she said, If I may touch but his 

in of her 
blood wai dri< d up; and she ;elt in /i r 
body that she was healed ut that plague. 

wing in 
t ol him, 
d him about 

) <ee her 

a 

him, and told bko all 

.1 he sikl unto her, Daughter, thy 
fehh hr; 
and ■ ;uc 

e cerium 
I : Why 
therf 
I he word that 

■ 

:ie\-e. 
" 37 Ar/J he 

I at cometh to the h^use of the 
. the tu- 
mult, a; -d^ie-t- 

39 And when he was come in, he saith 
rn. But 

he hand, 

being int 

A straightway the dam 

twcl\e | 

raft astcu'-s! 

'. i'h m st r - 

. 

:rymen. 
4^ . . 

ANIj 
, and hi? 

. 'iimfcs.' I 



"Chap. vT. :se&Kt*mned.95t 

and, What wisdom u this 
unto him, th it even such n 
are wrought 1 . 

3 is not this th* carpenter, the son oF 
Mary, die brc ther of James, and ) 
of Juda, and Simon I ... ttussjb* 
ter> here with uo: Andtbey were.. 

s>, and i riim. 

4 But . Qtothem, A prophet 
...t honour, but in his 

unonghisownkin, and ::■ . 

5 And he could there do no might v work, 

.. 1 1 he iled th 

6 And 
Kikt. And 

began ro send l 

8 And 
take nothing !• r their \ un i 
only : no tci ip, no bread, no mooej in their 
purse : 

9 But Be she a v, ith sandals ; and 

. he said -into them, In what p'acc 
soever >e enter into an h<-u-c, thci t 
till ye depart from that place. 
11 Ai^i whos»x.\cr shall not rec 
jKMi, when ycdepart 
oA* the dust tinder y< urfcet i i 
again-it them. 

more tolerable for be 
la) of judgm 

.entoutjand; 
nn'i ihouid rsj 

cast out ma . 

... 

d kjny; He rod heard 

i 

15 Others said, i . 

I : lit lj 

I 
<on f r 1 i * 

fm lav.tul for dive to fcm 

I him ; 

' 2U Fui . 



952 John Bafitist beheaded. St. MARK. 

he was a justman and an holy, and observed 
him ; and when he heard him, he did ma- 
ny things, and heard Him gladly. 

21 And" wheal a convenient day was come, 
that Herod on his birth day made a supper 
to his lords, high captains, and chief es- 
tates of Galilee : 

22 And when the daughter of the said 
Herodias came in, and danced, and pleas- 
ed Herod and them that sat with hini.i the 
king said unto the damsel, Ask ofme what- 
soever thou wilt, and I will give it. thee. 

23 And he swareunlo her, Whatsoever 
thou shalt ask of me, I will give znhee, un- 
to the hall of mv kingdom. - 

24 And she went mrth, and said unto her 
mother, What shall I ask ? And she said. 
The head of John the Baptist. 

25 "And she' came in straightway with 
haste unto the king, and asked, saying. I 
•will that thou give me by and by? in a char- 
ger, . the head of John the Baptist. 

26 And the. king "was exceeding sofry ; 
yet for hip' oath's sake, and for their sakes 
which sat with him, he would not' reject 

kzv. . ; , .— ... ; ...-• 

27 And immediately the king ^ent an 
executioner and commanded his head to be 
brought : and he went and beheaded him 
in the prison. 

28 And brought his head in a charger, 
and gave it to the damsel : and the damsel 
gave it to her mother. 

29 And when his disciples heard of it, 
they came and took up his corpse, and laid 
it in a tomb. 

SO And the aposfes gathered themselves 
together unto Jesus, and toldhim all things, 
both what tliey had done, and what they 
had taught. 

31 And he said unto ^them,' Come ye 
yourselves apart into a desert place, and 
yest a while: for there were many com inn- 
and going, and they had no leisure so much 
as to eat. 

32 And they departed in to a desertpiace, 
by ship, privily, 

• 33 And '.he people saw them departing,; 
and many knew him, and ran afoot thith- 
er out of all cities, and outwent them, and 
came together iintp him. 

34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw 
much people and was moved with compas- 
sion towards them, because they were as 
sheep not having a shepherd : and he began 
to teach them many things. 

35 And when the day was how far spent, 
his disciples came unto him, and said v This 
is a desert place, and now the time is far 
passed : 

36 Send them away, that they may go 
into the country round about, and into tie 
villages and buy themselves bread; icr 
they haye nothing to eat. 



Christ toalketh oft the sea* 

37 He answered and said unto them, 
Give ye them to eat. And they say unto 
him,- Shall we go and buy two hundred pen- 
nyworth of bread, and" give them to eat ? 
08 He saith unto them,' How many loaves 
have ye '? Go and see. And when they 
knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. ' 

39 And he commanded them to make ail 
sit down b} companies upon the green gra^s. . 

40 And they sat down in ranks, by hun- 
dreds, and by fifties. 

41 And when he had taken the five 
loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to 
neaven, and blessed, and brake the 'oaves, 
and gave them to his disciples to Set befoi e 
ihem ; and thetwo fishes divided lie among 
them all. & 

42 And they did all eat, and were filed. 

43 And they took up twe.ve baskets Cull 
•of fhe-fra gmehts, and of the fished . 
■ - 44 Arid y t hey that did eat oi the loaves 

were about five thousand men. 
- 45 ^f And straightway he constrained 
his disciples to eet into the ship, and 10 go 
io the other srae before unm Brthsaida, 
while he sent away the people. 

46 And when he had sent then- away, 
he departed into a mountain to pray. 

47 And when even was come, the ship 
was in the midst of the sea, and he alone 
on" the land. 

48 And h n saw them toiling in rowing t 
for the wind wa°> contrary unto them" : and 
about the fourth wa tch of the night he com - 
eth unto them, walking upon the sea, and 
would have passed by them. 

49 But when they saw him walking up- 
on the sea, they supposed it had been a 
spirit and cried out: 

50 For they all saw him, and were troub- 
led. And immediately he talked with 
them, and saith unto them, Be of good 
cheer ; it is I ; be not afraid. 

51 And he went up unto them into the 
ship ; and the wind ceased ; and they were 
sore amazed in themselves beyond meas- 
ure, and wondered. 

52 For the v considered not the miracle of 
the loaves : -for their heart was hardened. 

53 And when they had passed over, they 
came into the land of Gennesaret, and dreivv 
to the shore. 

54 And when they were come out of the 
ship, straightway they knew him, 

55 And ran through that whole region 
round about, and began to carry about in 
beds those'that were sick, where they heard 
he was. 

56 And whithersoever he entered, into 
villages, or cities, or country, they laid the 
sick in the streets, and besought him that 
they might touch if it Were but tke border 
of his garment : and as many as touched! 
him were*nade who'e. 



Meat dejtleth not a man. 



Chap. vii. An unclean tfiirti cast/at 



CHAP. VII. 
1 The Phirs't-fjinijauii ivith the disri- 
fdez ■ 
14 ."■ 

TiiEN c^rne together unto him the 
. and certain of the scribes, 
- .rin. 

2 And v, hen they saw some oi hi 

t< una !au.t. 
tne Ptiarisees, and ail the Jews, 
\tir hands oit 
h Iding the tradition of the eki 

: ihry come from the market, 
i • t. And met- 
re, which the) have 
ft ashing Of cups 
and p. .nd of tabes. 

ies a iked 

by vvulk net thy disuples according 

id oi the elder*, bui eat breae, 

: said unto thero , Well 

arcthme 
with tfo 

I 

, well ye 

d, that ye 

do aught 
I 

i 
I 



ut ut him, those 

,lct him 
hear. 

17 \ 
1 

perceive, Uui whatavevu tiling Ji 



out entereth into :... ■mot defile 

hnn; 

19 Because it entered mot ' 
hut into the belly, lit into tl e 

neat* ? 
• d he said, That which 
out o» the man, that d< iiieth the n 

1 Bar h\)in within, i ut of the I 
men, proceed evil the ughts, adulteries, fyr- 
nicatwns. mm. 

2J Thefts, covetousnesR, wicker 
ceic, lascWiousness, an evil eye, blasphe- 
my, pride, foolishness : 

23 AH these evil thln;.^ come from with- 
in, and defi e the man. 

2't And from the ce he arose, and went 
into the borders < ; Tyre; ndS don, and en- 
tered into an bouse, and wouid have no 
man know i{; but h m hid. 

25 F< r a certain woman, 

daugb^ er '!:. d an unclean spirit, heard <-•" 
him, ; nd came and ie I at his leet : 

26 The woman was a ( 1 

him 
he would cast forth th? devil out ot 
her daughter. 

27 Battens said onto her, Let ; ' 

dren fij-st be filled : for it Is not n ret to 
i the children's brea asti* 

him, Yes, Lord J Vet the d< gs under the 
iTdren's crumbs. 
- id unto her, Far this say- 
ing, go thy waj ; the ile\ il is &i ne out of 
lighter. 

, and 
beaof 

in h]s 
Li to put his 

in. 

I 

i 
it is, 

i bar- 
deal 

e the 



§54 Four thousand fed. 

CtfAP. VIII. 
1 Christ feedeth the fieofile miraculously. 
10 and refuseth to give a sign to Uic 
Pharisees, 

IN those days the multitude being very 
great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus 
called his disciples unto him, and saith un- 
to them, 

2 I have compassion on the multitude, 
because they haven' >w been with me three 
days, and have nothing to eat : 

3 And if I send them away tasting to 
their own hcuses, they will faint by .the 
way : for divers of them came from far. 

4 And his disciples answered him, From 
whence can a man satisfy these men with 
bread herein the wilderness ? 

5 And he asked them. How many loaves 
have ye ? And they said, Seven. 

6 And he commanded the people to sit 
down on the ground : and he took the sev- 
en loaves, and gave thanks, and brake,and 
gave to his disciples to set before them ; 
and they did set them before the people. 

7 And they had a few small fishes : and 
he blessed, and commanded to set them also 
before them. [ 

. 8 So they did eat, and were filled : and 
they took up of the broken meat that was 
left seven baskets,. 

9 And they that had eaten were about 
four thousand : and he sent them away. 

10 If And straightway, he entered'into 
a ship with his disciples, and came into the 
parts of Dalmnnutha. 

11 And the Pharisees came forth, and 
began to question with him, seeking of 
him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 

12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, 
and saith, Whv doth this generation seek 
after a sign ? Verily I say unto you^ There 
shall no sign be given unto this generation. 

13 And he left them, and entering into 
the ship again, departed to the other side. 

14 Now the disables had forgotten to 
take bread, neither had they in the ship 
with them more than cne loaf. 

15 And he charged them, saying. Take 
heed, beware of the leaven of the Phari- 
sees, and of the leaven of Herod. 

15 And they reasoned among themselves, 
saying, It is because we have no bread. 

17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith 
unto mem, Why reason ye,because ye have 
no bread ? Perceive ye not yet, neither un- 



derstand? Have ye your heart yet hard- 
ened ? 

18 Having eyes, See ye not ? and hav- 
ing ears, Hear ye not i and, Do ye not re- 
member ? 

19 When I brake the five loaves among 
five thousand, How many baskets full of 
fragments took ye up ? They say unto him, 
Twelve, 



St. MARK. Christ of leneth the eyes fifth c blind. 

20 And when the seven among four 
thousand, How many baskets fall oi frag- 
ments took ye up ? And they said, Sever;. 

21 And he said unto them, How is it 
that ye do not understand ? 

22 And he cometh to Bethsaida ; and 
they bring a blind man unto him, and be- 
sought him to touch him. 

23 And he took the blind man by the 
hand, and led him out of the town ; and 
wheli he had spit on his eyes, and put his 
hands upon him, he asked' him if he saw 
aught. 

24 And he looked up, and said, I sea 
men as tree's, walking. 

25 After that he put his hands again 
upon his eyes, and made him look up ; and 
he was restored, and saw every man 
clearly. 

26 And he sent him away to his house, 
saVing, Neither go into the town, nor tell 
it to any in the town. 

27 And Jesus went out and his disciples, 
into the towns of Cesarea Philippi : and by 
the way he asXed his disciples, saying unto 
them, Whom do men say that I am * 

' 28 And they answered, John the Bap- 
tist : but some say Eiias ; and ethers, 
One of the prophets. 

29 And he saith unto them, But whom, 
say ye that I am ? And Peter answereth 
and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 

30 And he charged them that they 
should tell no man of him. 

31 And he began to teach them, that 
the Son of Man nrttis't suffer many things, 
and l>e rejected of the elders, and of the 
chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and 
after three clays rise again. 

32 And he spake that saying openly. 
And Peter took him, and began to rebuke 
him. 

33 But when he had turned about and 
looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, 
saving, Get thee behind me Satan : for 
+ hou Vavourest not the things that be of 
God, but the things that be of men. 

34 And when he had called the people 
unto him with his disciples also, he said 
unto them, Whosoever will come after 
me, let him deny himself, and take up his 
cross, and follow me. 

35 For whosoever will save his life shall 
lose it ; but whosoever shall lose his life for 
my sake and the gospel's, the same shall 
save it. 

36 For, Wliat shall it profit a man, if 
he shall gain the whole world, and lose hk 
own soul ? 

37 Or, What shall a man give in ex- 
change for his soul i 

38 Whosoever therefore shall be asham- 
ed of me and of my words in this adulte- 
rous and sinful generation j of. him also 



CArut trantjiguTcd. Chap. 

shall the Sen of Man be ashamed, when he 
cometh in the glory c: witn the 

CHAP. IX. 

ZJnu "telle th 

nd giv- 

.. 

irato you, that there be some of' them 
ich shall net ■ 
:Uthev na\e ^een the kingdom of 
er. 

-•.is takcth %ith 
- 
etii them up into an high mounta 
be was tra:. 

: Viment became shining, ex- 
ceeding .v ; so a«s n<j ti 
ihethera. 

. ^;ea: and they were talkii 

I Peter answered and saW 

■ 

for thee, arid cue for Moses, and one for 
Eltas. 

6 For he wist not what to say ; for they 
were sore sir 

od that o^er- 

a voice Caine out of 

. UluvedSon: 



:«. J/eJbretelier/i his death. 955 

17 And one of the multitude ai 
and suid, P z 
my son, v;hidi hath „ dumb 

18 AiKl wheresoexeT hetaaeth him, he 
and he 



hen they had looked 
they came d->^n from the 

: 

hat thing* I . 
..Ian we reV. sen from 

ththem- 

ead should r 



ngs,and 
rkten of 

15 A >le, when 



- 
eth with lusueth and {teeth away : 
BAakfe iptes that the] 

him out ; and they c- old not. 
l* He answerets nim,aiidsaitb 7 Of 

all 1 suffer 

you r Bring him unto me. 

30 And they brought him unto him z 

the 

-~nd, 

and .. 

21 . tether. How 

is it . 

. 

: :nintotha 
s, to destroy h'm ; 
tboo canst do any thing, have ccm- 
telpus. 

to hi:n. If thou canst be* 
'■ lieve, a i things are that 

.fth. 

And straightway the father ol I I 
, child cried i with tears, L 

tu mine unbelief. 
25 When Jesus saw that the people 
{ came -ether, he rebuked the 

J -fool spi unto him, Thou dumb 

and deaf spirit, 1 charge thee, come out cf 
/•re into him. 
1 1 26 . ■ .nt cried and rent him 

ime nut of him ; and he wa* ?s 
ad : insomuch that many said, He 
; i> dead. 

k him by the liand, r.r.J 
him up ; and he arose. 
And when he whs ome into the 
ed him prhra 
: we cast him tut I 
29 And he said unto them, this kind can 
r.ig, but by pra>er and 

■ / 1 thev departed t 1 - 

and hewcul . 
d know it. 

I kill 
is killed, he 

■..at saying, 

j 

A hat 
among )iAirsel\es 

34 Hut thcrhrid the 

ted ttmuftg themselves, 

. and called the 
r.to then u If any man 



V56 ToucMng divorcement. 

desire to be first, the same shall be last of 
all, and servant of all. 

36 And he took a child, and set him in 
the midst o^ them : and when he had taken 
him in his arms, he said unto them, 

37 Whosoever shall receive one of such 
children in my name, receiveth me : and 
whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not 
ine, but him that sent me. 

38 And John answered him, saying, 
Master, we saw one casting out devils in 
thy name, and he followeth not us : and we 
forbid him, because he Iblloweth not us. 

39 But Jesus said. Forbid him not : tor 
there is no man which shall do a miracle 
in my name, that can lightly speak evil of 
me. 

40 For he that is not against us is on our 
part. 

41 For whosoever shall give you a cup 
of water to drink in my name, because ye 
belong to Christ, Verily I say unto you, he 
shall not lose his reward. 

42 And whosoever shall offend one of 
these little ones that believe in me, it is bet- 
ter for him that a millstone were hanged 
ragout his neck, and he were cast into the 
sea. 

43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off : 
it is better for thee to enter into life maim- 
ed, than having two hands to go into hell, 
into the fire that never shall be quenched : 

44 Where their worm dieth not, and 
the fire is not quenched : 

45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: 
It is better for thee to enter halt into lite, 
than having two feet to be cast into hell, 
into the fire that never shall be quenched : 

45 Where their worm dieth not, and 
'the fire is not quenched. 

47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it 
cut : it is better for thee to enter into the 
kingdom of God with one eye, than having 
two eyes to be cast into hell fire : 

48 Where their worm dieth not, and the 
fsre is not quenched. 

4S For every one shall be salted with 

fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with 

salt. 

50 Salt is good : but if the salt have lost 

his saltness, Wherewith will ye season it ? 

Have salt in yourselves, and have peace 

•ce with another. 

CHAP. X 

2 Touching divorcement. 13 Little chil- 
dren brought to Christ. 23 The danger 
cf riches. 

AND he arose from thence,and cometh 
into the coasts of Judea by the farther 
side of Jordan : and the people resort unto 
him again ; and, as he was wont, he taught 
them again. 

2 1 And the Pharisees came to him, 
and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to 
put away his wife I tempting him. 



St. MARK. Little cUldren brought to C/irist. • 

3 And he answered and said unto them, 
What did Moses command you ? 

4 And they said, Moses suffered to 
write a bill of divorcement, and to put her 
away. 

5 And Jesus answered' and said unto 
them, For the hardness of your heart he 
wrote you this precept. 

6 But from the beginning of the creation 
God made them male and female. 

7 For this cause shall a man leave hi3 
father and mother, and cleave to his wife ; 

8 And they twain shall be one fiesh : so 
then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 

9 What therefore God haih joined to- 
gether, let not man put asunder. 

10 And in the house his disciples asked 
him again of the same matter. 

11 And hesaith unto them, Whosoever 
shall put away his wife, and marry another, 
committeth adultery against her. 

12 And if a woman shall put away her 
husband, and be married to another, she 
committeth adultery. 

13 1 And they brought young children 
to him, that he should touch them : and 
his disciples rebuked those that brought 
them, 

14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much 
displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the 
little children to come unto me, and forbid 
them not : for of such is the kingdom of 
God. 

15 Verily I say unto yon, Whosoever 
shall not receive the kingdom of God, as a 
little child, he shall not enter therein. 

16 And he took them up in his arms, 
put his hands upon them, and blessed them. 

17 And when he was gone forth into 
the way, there came one running, and 
kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Mas- 
ter, What shall I do that I may inherit eter- 
nal lite I 

18 And Jesus said unto him, Why call- 
est thou me good I There is none good but 
one, that is God. 

19 Thou knowest the commandments, 
Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do 
not steal, Do not bear false witness, De- 
fraud not, Honour thy father and mother. 

20 And he answered and said unto him, 
Master, all these have I observed from my 
youth. 

21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, 
and said unto him, One thing thou lack- 
est : go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, 
and give to the poor, and thou shalt have 
treasure in heaven: and come, take up 
the cross, and follow me. 

22 And he was sad at that saying, and 
went away grieved : for he had great pos- 
sessions. 

23 If And Jesus looked round about, and 
saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall 



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i jan to cr\ out, and - 
David, have 

48 And many charged him that he should 
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son of David, h 
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49 And Jesus i toed still, and command- 
ed him to be called. And thev caU the 

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the colt tied by the door without, in a place 
: ere two ways met ; and -Pie;, Loose him. 
.5 And certain of them that stood there 
3 unto them,What do ye,locsing the colt? 

6 And the}- said unto them even as Je- 
s»s haft commanded : and they let them go. 

7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, 
a^d cast their garments en him ; and he 
sal upon him. 

I many spreai their garments in 

Ike way : and others cut down brandies 

i \he trees, and strewed them in the v,a . . 

. _ they that went before, and they 

..ed, cried, saying, Hosanna ; 

: sed is he that cometh in the name or' 

_ ord ; 

19 Blessed be the kingdom of our father 

David, thet cometh in the name of the 

una in the highest. 

11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, 
ape! into the temple : and when he had 
forked round about upon all things, and 
now the even tide was come, lie went out 

... the twelve. 

12 % And en the morrow, -when they 
were come from Bet was hungry : 

2 3 And seeing a fig tree afar off, having 
leaves,, he came, if haply he might find 
any thing thereon : and when he came to 
it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the 
time of figs was not yet. 

14 And Jesus answered and said unto 
it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for 
ever. And his disciples heard//. 

,15 And they come to Jerusalem ; and 
Jesus went into the temple, and began to 
cast out them that sold and bought in the 
temple, and overthrew the tables of the 
money changers, and the seats of them that 
loves ; 

nd would not suffer that any man 
should carry em/vessel through the temple. 

17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is 
it not written, My house shall be called of 
all nations the house of prayer i But ye 
liave made tt ieves. 

18 And tin- 3 chief priests 
heard it\ and sought how they might de- 
stroy him : for they feared him, w 

» all the people was 'astonished at his dec- 
trine. 

Id And when even was come, he went 
cut of the city. 

20 And in the morning, as they passed 
by, they, saw tlie fig tree dried up from the 
roots. 

21 And Peter calling to remembrance, 
saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree 

:■/ u cursedstls withered away. 
.;d Jesus answering, saith unto 
then). Have faith in God. 

23 For verily I say unto you, That who- 
soever shall say unto this mountain, Be 
... I be thca cv. 1 ;; hue the 



The I 

'' shall not doubt in his heart, but 
eve that those things which he 
saith shall come to pass j he shall ' have 
whatsoever he saith. 

-retore I say unto you, What 
thiugg soever ye desire, when ye pray, be- 
lieve that ye receive iliem^ and ye shall 
have ihenu 

25 And when ye stand praying, forgive; 
if ye have aught against any : that your 
'Father also wnich is in heaven may for- 
give you \ our trespasses. 

25 But if ye do not forgive, neitl 
your Father which is in heaven I 
your trespasses, 

27 And they come again to Jerusalem : 
and as he was walking in the temple,tuere 
come to him the chief priests, and the 
scribes, and the elders, 

28 Andsaj. unto him, By what authori- 
ty doest thou the e things i 'and, Who gave 

lis authority to go these things ? 

s.j And Jesus answered and said unto 
them, 1 will also ask of you one question, 
and answer me, and I -will teli yea "... 
authority 1 do the e things. 

SO The baptism of John, Was it from 
heaven, or of men I Answer me. 

31 And they reasoned with themselves, 
sayk>g,If we shall say, JFrom heaven ; be 
will say, Why then did ye not belie* e 

2.2 But if we shall say, Of me" 
feared the people : -for all mm counted 
John, that he was a prophet indeed. 
• 33 And they answered, and said unto 
Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answer- 
ing, saith unto diem, Neither do I tell you 
by what authority J do these t 
CHAP. -XII. 
1 The fiar able sf the vineyard. 13 Touch - 

ing the/iaying of tribute-, 18 and the rt- 
Tecthn. 41 The widow and her thus 

mites* 

AKD he began to speak unto them by- 
parables. A certain man planted it . 
vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and 
digged a fiiace for the wine hit, and built 
a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and 
went into a far Cluivtv. 

2 And at the season he sent to the hus- 
bandmen a servant, that be might receive 
from the- husbandmen of the nuit of the 

jrand. 

3 And they caught him and beat him, 
and sent him away en 

4 And again he* sent unto them 
servant ; and at him they cast stoi 
wounded him in- the head, and sent him a- 

Lmefully handled. 

5 And again he sent another ; and h : m 
they killed, and many ethers; beating 
some, and killing s 

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43 And he called unto him his disciples, 
and saith unto them, Verily I say unto \ou, 
That this poor widow hath cast morp in, 
than all they which have cast into the trea- 
sury. 

44 For all they did cast in of their abun- 
dance; but she of her want did cast in all 
that she had, even all her living. 

CHAP. X1JI. 

1 The destruction of the temple. 9 Perse- 
GUtkmsfor the gosfiei. 14 Great calami- 
ties to the Jews. 24 Christ'* coming to 

judgment. 32 The hour ofn 'uncertain. 

AlSiD as he went out of the temple, one 
othis disciples saith unto him, Mas- 
ter, see what manner of stones, and what 
buildings are here I 

2 And Jesus answering said unto him, 
^eest thou these great buildings I There 
shall not be left one stone upon another 
that shall not be thrown down. 

3 And as he sat upon the mount of O- 
lives over against the temple, Peter and 
James, and John, and Andrew asked him 
privately, 

4 Tell m when shall these things be ? 
and, WhaXshaU be the sign when aTl these 
things, shall be fulfilled ? 

5 And Jesus answering them began to 
say, take heed lest any man deceive you : 

6 For many shall come in my name, say- 
ing I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 

7 And when ye shall hear of wars, and 
rumors of wars, be ye not troubled : for 
such things must needs be ; but the end 
ahallno be yet. 

8 For nation shall rise against nation, and 
kingdom against kingdom : and there shall 
be earthquakes in divers places and there 
shall be famines and troubles : these are 
thebeginnings of sorrows, 

p % But take heed to yourselves : for they 
shall deliver you up to councils ; and in the 
synagogues ye shaU be beaten : and ye shall 
be brought before rulers and kings for my 
sake, tor a testimony against them. 

10 And the gospel must first be publish- 
ed among all nations. 

11 But when they shall lead youavA de- 
liver you up, take no thought beforehand 
•what ye shall speak, neither do ye preme- 
ditate : but whatsoever shall be given you 
in that hour, that speak ye : for it is not ye 
that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 

12 Now the brother shall betray the bro- 
ther to death, and the father the'son ; and 
children shall rise up against their parents, 
and shall cause them to be put to death. 

13 And ye shall be hated ol all men for 
my name's sake : but he that shall endure 
unto the end, the same shall be saved. 

14 *H But when ye shall see the abomin- 
ation of desolation, spnken of by Daniel the 

■ j>ropb ? et ; standing where it ought aot 3 (let 



ARK. Of Chnsts coming to judgment^ 
him that readeth understand) then let them 
that be in Jude^flee to the mountains ; 

15 And let him that is on the housetop 
not go down into the house, neither enter 
therein, to take any thing out of his house*. 

16 Ana let him 'that is in the field, not 
turn back again for to take up his garment. 

17 But.woe to them that are with child I 
and to them that give suck in those days. 

18 And pray ye that vour flight be not in 
the- winter. 

19 For in those days shall be affliction, 
such as was not from the beginning of the 
creation which God created unto this time, 
neither shall be. 

20 And except that the Lord had short- 
ened those days, no flesh should be saved : 
but for the elect's sake, whom he hath cho- 
sen, he hath shortened the days. 

21 And then if any man shall say to you, 
Lo, here is Christ ; or, lo, he is there ; be- 
lieve him noi. 

22 For false Chrrsts and false prophets 
shall rise, and shall shew signs and won- 
ders, to seduce, Mit ivere possible, even the 
elect. 

23 But take ye heed ; Behold, 1 have 
foretold you alltl 

m 24 "Si" But in those days, after that tribula- 
tion, the sun shall be darkened, und the 
moon shall not give her light. 

25 And the stars of heaven r.hall fall, and 
the powers that are in heaven shall be sha- 
ken. 

26 And then shall they see the Son of 
Man coming in the clou-is with great pow- 
er and glory. 

27 And then shall he send his angels, and 
shall gather together his elect from the 
four winds, from the uttermost part of the 
earth to the uttermost pari: of heaven* 

28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree : 
When her branch is yet tender, and put- 
teth forth leaves, ye know that summer is 
near ; 

29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall 
these things come to pass, know that it is 
nigh, even at the doors. 

30 Verily I say unto you, That this gene- 
ration shall not pass, till all these things be 
done. 

31 Heaven and earth shall pass away : '. 
but rny words shall not pass away. 

32 1 But of that day and that hour know- 
eth no man, no not the angels which are in 
heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 

33 Take ye heed, watch and pray : for 
ye know not when tlie. time is. 

34 For the Son of man is as a man ta- 
king a far journey, who left ins house, and 
gave authority to his servants, and to every 
man his work, and commanded the porter 
to watch. 

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:t us go ; loj he that be- 
mediately, while he yet 
idas, one of the twelve, 
eat multitude with swords 

the chief priests and the 
ders. 

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zing, Whomsoever 1 shall 

he; take hi in, and lead 

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say, 1 will destroy t&s 

temple that is v7%k\c with hands, and with- 
in three d; vys I wilibuiid another made with- 
out hands. > 

59 But neither so did their witness agree 



"id toe ! -or! up ^ the 

id asked tyii g, Answerest 

Ivng? Y :,-i:'ch- lhe»e wit- ■ 

the held hispeacej and answered 

high priest asked hiim> 

rim, Art thou the Christ, 

s said, I am : and ye shall 
Son of Man sitting on the right 
power, and coming in the clouds 

en the high priest rent his c n othes, 
i, What need we any iurther wit- 



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acnaster: and kissed him. 

46 And they laid their hands on him, 
and took him. " 

47 And one of'them that stood by, drew 
a sword, and smote a servant oi the high 
priest, and cut off his ear. 

_ 48 And Jesus answered and said unto 
them, A . e , o cut, as against "a thief, 
with swords ands iifi staves to take mer 

49 I walsdaiiy with you in the temple 
teaching, and ye took me not : but the 
scriptures most be raifiiled. 

50 And the, ;,; prsook him, and fied. 

51 And there followed h'rn a certain 
young man, having a linen cloth ca 

his naked body ; and the young men laid 
hold on him : 

52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled 



64 Ye! h? or 1 hebte henn ; \V t 
think ye ? And they all condemned him to 
be guilty of death. * 

65 And some began to spit on him, and 
to cover his face, and to buffet him, and 
to say unto him, Prophesy : and the ser- 
vaoo; did strike him with the palms of their 
hands. 

66 -% And as Peter was !.)eneath in the 
paiace, there ccmeih one of the maids of 
the high priest j 

67 And when sfee saw Peter waiiming 
himself, she looked upon him, and said, 
And thou. also wast with iesusfcf Nazareth. 

68 But he denied, saying, I know net, 
neither understand I what 'hou sayesti 
And he went out into the porch ; and ike 
cock crew. 

69 And a maid saw him again, and be- 
gan to say to them that stood by, This is 
one of therm 

TO And he denied it again. And a little 
after, tfaey that stood by said Again toPe- j 
tor, Sureiy thou art one of them : iortheu 
art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth 



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tne cn-ex priests, and the elders and . l€ 
scribes. 

54 And Peter followed him afar off, e- 
ven fftto the palace of the high priest : arid 
lie sat with the servants, and warmed him- 
self at the fire. 

55 And the chief priests and all tj 

ght for witness against Jesus to put 
hisa to death ; and found none. 



second time the cock crew. 

the word that 

is said i, Bt fore the cock crow 

ny me thrice. And 

whenhethou tit tl . ; eon, he wept. 

C H A P. XV. 
1 Jesus brought bound and accused before 
Pilate, 15 is delivered to be a ; 
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because it was the preparation, that is, the 
day before the sabbath, 

43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable 
counsellor, which also waited for the king- 
dom of God, came, and went in boldly un- 
to Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 

44 And Pilate marvelled if he were al- 
ready dead : and calling unto him the 
centurion, he asked him whether he had 
been any while dead. 

45 And when he knew it of the centu- 
rion, he gave the body to Joseph. 

46 And he bought fine linen, and took 
ham down, and wrapped him in the linen, 
and laid him in a sepulchre which was 
hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone un- 
to the door of the sepulchre. 

47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary 
the mother of Joseph, beheld where he was 
laid. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Christ's resurrection , 19 He ascendeth 
, into heaven. 

AND when the sabbath was past, Ma- 
ry Magdalene, and Mary the. moth- 
er of James, and Salome, had bought sweet 
spices, that they might come and anoint 
him. 

2 And very early in the morning the 
first day of the week, they came unto the 
sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 

3 And they said among themselves, Who 
shall roll us away the stone from the door 
of the sepulchre I 

4 And when they looked, they saw that 
the stone was rolled away : lor it was ve- 
ry great, 

' 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they 
saw a young nun sitting on the right side, 
clothed in a long white garment ; and they 
were affrighted. 

6 And he said unto them, Be not af- 
frighted : Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth,which 
was crucified : he is risen ; lie is not here : 
behold the place where they laid him. 
fc. 7 But go your way, t;ell his disciples and 



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Peter that he goeth before you into Gali- 
lee : there shall ye see him, as he said un- 
to you. 

8 And they went out quickly, and fled 
from the sepulchre ; for they trembled 
and were amazed : neither said they any 
thing to any man : for they Were afraid. 

9 Now when Jesus was risen early the 
first day of the week, he appeared first to 
Mary Magdalene, put of whom he hadtast 
seven devils. 

10 And she went and told them that 
had been with him, as they mourned and 
wept. 

11 And they, when they had heard that 
he was alive, and had been seen oi her, be- 
lieved not. 

12 After that he appeared in another 
form unto two them, as they walked, 
and went into t: country. 

13 And they \ nt and" told it unto the 
residue : neither believed they them. 

14 Afterward he appeared unto the e- 
leven as they sat at meat, and upbraided 
them with their unbelief and hardness of 
heart,because they believed not them which 
had seen him after he was risen; 

15 And he said unto them , Go ye into 
all the world, and preach the gospel to e- 
very creature, 

16 He that believeth and is baptized 
shall be saved ; but he that believeth not 
shall be damned. 

17 And these signs shallfollow them that 
believe ; In my name shall they cast out 
devils ; they shall speak with new tongues ; 

18 They shall take up serpents ; and if 
they drink any deadly thing, it shall not 
hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the 
sick, and they shall recover. 

19 1| SO then after the Lord had spoken 
unto them, he was received up into heav- 
en, and sat on the right hand of God. 

20 And they went forth, and preached 
every where, the Lord working with them, 
and confirming the word with signs follow- 
ing. Amen. 



The Go s p e l according to Saint Luke. 



CHAP. I, 
1 Luke's preface. 5 Thr conception of 
Jihn Baptist^ and of Christ. 57 The 
nativity and cinumddo?i of John, 07 
T!ir ftnofihecy of 'Zacharius. 

FORASMUCH as many have taken in 
haul to set forth in order a e 
tion of those things which are most sorely 
believed among us, 

2 Even as they delivered them unto us, 
which from the beginning were eye wit- 
nesses, and ministers ci/the word ; 



3 It seemed good to me also, having had 
perft ct understanding of all things from the 

t, to write unto thee in order, most 
excellent Theophilus, 

4 That thou mightest know the certainty 
of those things, wherein thou hast been in- 
structed. 

5 t THERE was in the days of Herod, 
the king of Judea, a certain priest named 
Zacharias, of the course of Abia : and his 
wife wee of the daughters of Aaron, and 
her itame w&* Elisabeth. 



The concefiticn of John BafitUt) Chap . I 

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ci the altar of inc.- i 

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1 J Hut the angel said unto him, Fear 
bariaa : for thv prayer is heard; 
• Lshalloeartheeason, 
and thou shalt call his name John. 

1 ill m shah have joy and glad- 
si i ill rejoice at his birth. 

in the sight of 

shall drink neither wine nor 

link; and lie shall be filled with 

st, even from hi* mother's 

j < Fthe children of Israel 
shall he tore 

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and of Christ. 965 

25 Thus huth the Lord dealt with me 
in the days wher i he J bed on>/z<r, to 
take away my reproach among men. 

Lndinthfi sixth month the angel 
Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of 
named Naz 

used to a man whose 
name was Joseph, of the bouse of David ; 
and the b was Maryi 

me in unto her, and 
said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, 
i thee : Messed art liiou a- 
m^ng \v 

: ! when she saw him she was trou- 
bled at his saying, and cast in her mind 
inner of salutation this should be. 

30 And the angel said unto her, Fear 
not Mary : lor thou hast found favour with 
God. 

31 And behold thou shalt conceive in 
thr womb, and bring forth a 
call his name Ji 

3: He shah lie great, and shall 
cd the Son of the Highest : and I 
God shall give unto him the throne of his 
father David : 

33 And he shall reign over the house of 
. 

shall be no end. 

34 Then said Mary unto the ang< 1, 1 1 m 
shall this be, seeing i know not a man ? 

3 ) And theangpi answered and said un 
to her. The Holy Ghost shall oome upon 
it snail 
overshadow thee : therefore also that holy 
thing which shall Ik- born oi thee, shall be- 
Cal!< a 

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46 And blessed is she that believed : for 

J, M; soul 3 
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47 An< Jd in God 
my : ; rviour: 

'48 F 3 fheJow estate 

ofhisharidniaic 
forth all -bleseed. 

megres 

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him from generation to g 

51 He 

.'. e proud in the 
:ion of their hearts. 

le mighty from 
/, oi low degree. 

52 He ha£h tilled I . 

a he hath sent empty 
away. 

hbolgenhi -rvant Israel, in 
I em brar.ee of his mercy ; 
55 A - ■ toAbra- 

indto his seed eA r er. 

l-.vy abode with b i 

5 and returned to her own 

i-tlrs full time *came 
that she should be delivered ; and she 
brought forth a son. 

'.ours and her 
how the Lord had shewed great 
merer upon her j a iced with 

her. ' 

59 And it came to pass, that 

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child ; and th : 

of his father. 

60 iVndhis mother ■j\-::;<ivex\ and said, 

11 be called J 
unto her, 

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is father, 
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68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; 

tth visited and redeemed h: . 

i :'. hath rail ed up an horn of sal va- 

1S in the house of his servant David; 
70 As he spake by the month of nisho- 

te'ts, which have been since the 

at we should be saved from our 
enemies, and from the hand of all that 
hate b : 
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,-i- his holyco- 
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ther Abraham, 

would grant unto us, that 
we. being delivered nut of the hand of oar 

ss before 
our hie. 

76 And thou, child, shaft t 

prophet • 

before the to prepare nis 

77 To giveknowlc 3 em unto 
e by the remission of their 

To Through the tei of our 

hereby the from on 

high hath vis;'. \ 

79 To give light to them that sit in dark- 
ness and in the o guide 
our feel 

. and waxed 

Israel. 

CHAP. li. 
2 ■ ' th uil the Roman t 
6 C/irL: : -j?:n!ivity. 21 Hi.: 

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there went cut a d Cesar 

Augustus, liiat all the war] 

as was governor of S 

3 And all went to be cry one 
into bis owricity. 

4 And Joseph m Gali- 
lee, out c : 

Bethlehem ; because 

5 To be taxed with J 

6 % And '.i t, While they 
plished 

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13 And he said unto them, Exact no 



Son, Why hast thou thus dealt with us ? 
Behold, thy father and I have sought thee 
sorrowing. 

49 And he said unto them, How is it 
that ye sought me ? Wist ye not that I 
must be about my Fathers business I 

50 And they understood not the saying 
which he spake unto them. 

51 And he went down with them, and 
came to Nazareth, and was subject unto 
them : but his mother kept all these say- 
ings in her heart. 

52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and 
stature, and in favour with God and man. 

CHAP. III. 
} John's preaching and baptism. 15 His 
testimony of Christ, 19 Herod imprh- 
cneth John. 21 Christ is baptised, 23 
Hi* genealogy, 

NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign 
of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate, be- 
ing governor of Judea, and Herod being te- 
trarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip te- 
trarch of lturea and of the region of Trach- 
onitis,and Lysanias the tetratph ofAbilene, 

2 Annas and Cakphas being the high 
priests, the word of God came unto jfchn 
the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 

3 And he came into alt the country a- 
bout Jordan, preaching the baptism of re- 
pentance for the remission of sins ; 

4 As it is written in the book of the words 
cf Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice 
of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare 
ye the way of the Lord, make his paths 
straight. 

5 Every valley shall be filled, and every 
rnountain and hill shall be brought low'; 
and the crooked shall be made straight, 
and t he rough ways shall be made smooth ; 

6" And all flesh shall see the salvation of 
God. 

7 Then said he to the multitude that 
pam$ forth to be baptized of him, O gen- 
eration of vipers, Who hath warned you 
X.Q flee from the wrath to come ? 

8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of 
repentance, and begin not to say within 
yourselves, We have Abraham to our fa- 
ther ; for 1 say unto you, that God is able 
of these stones to raise up phildrea qnto 
Abraham. 

9 And now also the ax i laid unto the 
root of the trees : every tree therefore 
which bringeth not forth good fi uitis hevi n 
down, and cast into the fire. 

10 And the people asked him, saying; 
What shall we do then i 

ii Jfie answereih and sarin unto them, 
He that hath two coats, lee him impart to 
him that ha-.h none : and he ihat h^th meat, 
let him do likewise. 

12 Ths;) came also publicans to be bap- 
tized, and saig unto kim, *Iastci . 
Shall wedo? 



more than that which is appointed you. 

14 And the soldiers likewise demanded 
of him saying, And what shall we do ? 
And he said unto them, Do violence to no 
man, neither accuse any falsely ; and be 
content with your wages. 

15 % And as the people were in ex- 
pectation, and all men mused in their" 
hearts, of John, whether he were the 
Christ, or not : 

16 John answered, saying unto Mr;;? all, 
I indeed baptize you with water ; but one 
mightier than J cometh, the latchet of 
whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : 
He shall baptize you with the HolyGhost, 
and with fire : 

17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will 
thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather 
the wheat into his garner ; but the chaff 
he will burn with fire unquenchable. 

18 And many other things in his ex- 
hortation preached he unto the people. 

19 If But Herod the tetrarch, being re- 
proved by him for Herodias his brother 
Philip's wife, and for all th,e evils which 
Herod had done, 

20 Added yet this above all, that he 
shut up John in prison. 

21 % Kow when ail the people were 
baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also 
being baptized, and praying, the*heaven 
was opened, 

22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a 
bodily shape like a'deve upon him, and a 
voice came from heaven, which said, Thou 
art my beloved Son ; in thee 1 am well 
pleased, 

23 *" And Jesus himself began to be a- 
bout thirty years of age, being (as was sup- 
posed) the son cf Joseph, which was the 
sow of Heli, 

24 Which was the son of Matthat,which 
was the sen of Levi, which was (he son of 
Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which 
was the f>c?i of Joseph, 

U-- Which was Ike son of Mattathias, 
which was the son of Amos, which was the 
sen of N :h was the sen of Eslj, 

which was the son of Nagge, 

26 Which was the. wn of Maath, which 
.was the son of Mattathias, which was "he 
son of Seme!, v. hica was ike son of Joseph, 
which was the. son of Juda, 

27" Which was the son of Joanna, which 
was the ..:;? c f Rhesa, which was the so^ 
of Zorobabc.', which was the son of Sake 
was the son of Neri, 
r.ich was the son or Melchnwhich 
s wwj of Addi, which was the sen 
of Cosam, which was the son of EL. 
which was the son cf Er, 

29 Which was the son of Jose, which 
wasj'/r, ic?: of Elkzer, which was the ion 



Christ's tanfit&ticm and victory, I 

of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, 
vhich was the .v.n tA Levi, 

i • -.;meon, -which 

was the mm 6f Juda, \ 

was the son or Eliak 
31 Which was fAe 

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St. LUKE. 



The leafier cleansed 



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1 Christ teacheih out. of Peterh shifi. 4tA' 
miraculous draught of fishes. 12 The 
tefiet cleansed. 17 The fwlsij healed. 
27 Matthew called. 

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prosy : felj on his lace, 
d, if thou wile, . 

-j him ■■ ing, 1 will 1 : be thou clean. 
And imf 
from him. 

14 And 3 him 'o tell no man : 

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972 Christ chooseth the twelve, St. LUKE. 



: 11 And they were filled with madness ; 
and communed one with another what 
they might do to Jesus. 

'■ 12 % And it came to pass in those days, 
that he went cut into a mountain to pray, 
and continued all night in prayer to God. 

13 And when it was day, he called unto 
hfm his cli^c'ples ; and of them he dfctose 
twelve, whom also he named apostles ; 

14 Sfvtion'i (whom he also named Peter), 
and Andrew his brother, James and John, 
Philip and Bartholomew. 

1 5 Matthew and Thorn as, James the son 
ol AJpheus, and Simon called Zeiotes, 

16 Aw! Judas the brother ot'J-imes, and 
3ndas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. 

17 And lie came down with them, and 
stood m the plain, and the company of his 
disciples, and a great multitude of people 
put of all Judea' and Jerusalem, and from 
the sea coast of Tyre and Sid on, which 
came to hear him and to be healed of their 
diseases ; 

18 And they that were vexed with un- 
clean spirits : "and they were healed. 

19 And the whole multitude sought to 
touch him : for there went virtue out of 
liim and healed them all. 

20 And he lifted up his eyes on his dis- 
ciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor ; for 
your's is the kingdom of God. 

21 Blessed are ye that hunger now : for ye 
shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep 
now : for ye shall laugh. 

22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate 
yon, and when they shall separate you from 
their company, and shall reproach z/ow,and 
cast out your name as evil, ior the Son oi 
Man's sake. 

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for 
joy t for, behold, your reward is great in 
heaven : for in the like manner did their 
fathers unto the prophets. 

24 But woe unto you that are rich : for 
you have received your consolation. 

.25 Woe unto you that are full ! for ye 
'shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh 
mow ! for ye shall mourn and weep. 
P 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall 
speak well of you ! for so did their fathers 
to the false prophets. 

27 Bat I say unto you which hear, Love 
your enemies, do good to them which hate 
you. 

28 SfeSS them that curse you, and pray 
for them which despitefully use you. 

. | ni.to him 'hat smiteth thee on the 
'tvt: el leek, offer also the other : ana him that 
,,v;ay thy cloke, forbid not to take 
thy coal ajso^ 

. c to every man that asketh of thee ; 
lir/i that taketh away thy goods, ask- 
jheirt not again. 

id as y * would that mm should do 
: \ to you, do ve also, to them likewise. 



Of loving our enemies 

32 For if ye love them which love you 
what thank have ye ? For sinners also love 
those that love them. 

33 And if ye do good to them which d@ 
good to you, what thank have ye ? For 
sinners also do even the same. 

34 And if ye lend/o them of whom ye 
hope to receive, what thank have ye ? For' 
sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as 
much again. 

3 5 But love ye your encmies,and do good, 
and lend, hoping for nothing again ; and 
your reward shall be great, arid ye shall ' 
be the children of the Highest : for he is kind 
unto the unthankful a'nd to the evil. 

36 Be ye therefore merciful, as yowr Fa- 
ther also is merciful. 

37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : 
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemn- 
ed : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : 

33 Give, and it shall be given unto you ; 
good measure, pressed down, and shaken 
together, and running over, shall men give 
into your bosom. For with the same mea- 
sure that ye mete withal, it shall be mea- 
sured to you again. 

39 And he spake a parable unto them. 
Can the blind lead the blind ? Shall they 
not both fall into the ditch ? 

40 The disciple is not above his master : 
but every one that is perfect shall be as his 
master. 

41 And, Why beholdest thou the mote 
that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest 
not the beam that is in thine own e)e •" 

42 Either, how canst thou say to thy 
brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote 
that is in thine eye, when thou thyself be- 
holdest not the beam that is in thine own 
eye ? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the 
beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt 
thou see clearly to pull out the mote that 
is in thy brother's eye. 

43 For a good tree bringeth not forth 
corrupt fruit ; neither doth a corrupt tree 
bring forth good fruit. 

44 For every tree is known by his owr* 
fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, 
nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes* 

45 A good man out of the good treasure 
of his heart bringeth forth that which is 
good; and an evil manout of the evil treas- 
ure of his heart bringeth forth that which 
is evil : for of the abundance of the heart 
his mouth speaketh. 

46 And, Why call ye me Lord, Lord* 
and do hot the things which J say ? 

47 Whosoever comethto me, and hcar- 
eth my sayings, and doeth them, 1 will 
shew you to whom he is like : 

48 He is like a man which built an house, 
and digged deep, and laid die foundation on 
a rock : and when the flood arose, the 
stream beat vehemently upon that house. 



The Centurion's faith. 



Chap. 



John's mc*Hngtrt ans-vcrcd. §7$ 

r.nd they that bare him stood still. And 
he said, Young man, I say unto thet \ 

15 And lie tliat was dead sat up, anxl 
be^an to speak. And he cohered him 
to his mother. 

16 And there came a fear on all : and 
they glorified God, saying, Tnat i 
prophet is risen up among us ; and, Tnat 
God hath visited his people; 

17 And this rumour of him went forth 
through all Judea, and throughout all the 
region round . 

And t'uc disciples of John shewed 
him ot all these things. 

19 And John, calling unlo&mtwoof his 
to Jesus, saying, Art 

thou l;e that should come i or, Look we 
tor air 

20 When the men were come unto him, 
they said, John Baptist liat)i wot as unto 

3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent | the lit thou bet hat should come? 
unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching or, Look *c for another? 
him that he would Qome and be 

\ant. 

4 And when thev came to Jesus, they be- 

him instantly, saj ine, '1 hat he was 
hom he should do this: 

. d, and he hath 
gpgue 



and couM not shake it ; for it was founded 
upon a rock. 

49 But he that heareth and doeth nnt, 
is ,\'<t a man that without a found.. . 
an house upon the earth ; against w 
Stream did beat vehemently, and immedi- 
ately it fell ; and the ruin of that house was 

CHAP. VII. 
1 The centurion's faith. ll Christ rckcth 
the widow's wn, 18 atitwereth John** 
h testimony of 

him. 37 Mara litugdaituc an 
driafsfect. 
"VfOW when he had ended all his say- 
1N higl in the audience of die peopk, he 
. nto Capernaum. 
; a certain centurion's servant, who 
. unto him, was sick, and read) to 
die. 



ne hour he cured ma- 
ny of their infirmities and plagues, and of 

evil spirits ; and unto many the 
blind he gave J-i^ht, 

22 Then Jesus answering, said unto 

them, Go your way, and tell John what 

things ye have seen and heard ; how diat 

6 Then Jesus' went with them. And I the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are 



when he was now n.>t Ear from die house, 

iturion sent hands to him 
unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I 
am not worthy Uut thou shouldest enter 

undc; 

e neither thought I myselt 
: but say in a 

mt shall l>e healed. 

ity, having under me; 

mother, 

. 

9 When Jet ■ 

and turned hi 
i Unto the people that followed 
.. I h.i\e not found so 
r tel. 

10 An aiming 

hole that 
had been 

• came to pn^sth'-d 

*ilh him, and 

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mother, 

■ 

13 And when the Lord saw her, 

D her, and feaid ui 

14 And h? c ;me and touched the Her ; 



cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead arc rai- 
sed, to the poor the gospel is preached. 

23 And blessed is //c, whosoever shall 
not be i Mended in me. 

24 % And when the messengers of John 
were departed, he began to speak unto 
the people concerning John, What went ye 
out into the v. ikterneas for to see] A reed 
shaken with the wind ? 

2J But, What went ye out for to see ? 
A man clothed in soft raiment I Behold* 
they which are gorgeously apparelled, and 
live dciiciiteh, arein kings' courts. 

2G But, What went ye out lor to see ? 
A prophet I Yea. 1 say unto you, and mucU 
more than a prophet* 

27 This ir. he of whom k is written, Be- 
hold, l a nd nrj mesa 

ball prepare thy way before thee. 
• I say unto you, Among th 
arc torn of women, m< re i 

: but he. 
'.urn ol God, is great- 
er tiuai be. 

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9f4 Mary xnointeih Chris? sfect. St. LUKE. 

in the market place, and calling one to an- 
other, saying, We have piped unto you, 
and ye have not danced ; we have mourn- 
ed to you, and ye have not wept. 

33 For John the Baptist came neither 
eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye 
say, He hath a devil. 

34 The Son of Man is come eating 
and drinking ; and ye say, Behold a glut- 
tonous man. and a winebibber, a friend ot 
pttpiicans and sinners,] 

35 Bat wisdom is justified of all her chil- 
dren. 

36 And one of the Pharisees desired him 
that he would eat with him. And he went 
into the Pharisee';, house, and sat down at 
meat, 

2.7% -"Arid, behold, a woman. in the city, 
•which was a sinner, when she knew that 
Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, 
brought an alabaster box of ointment, 

38 And stood at his feet behind him 
weeping, and began to wash his feet with 
tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of 
her head, and kissed his feel, and anoint- 
ed them with the ointment. 

39 Now when the Pharisee which bad 
bidden him saw it, he spake within him-' 
fcelf, saying, This man, if he were a proph- 
et, would have known who and what man- 
ner of women this is that toucheth him : 
for she k a sinner. 

40 AncUesus .answering said unto him, 
Si men, I have somewhat to say unto thee, 
And he said, Master, say on. 

41 There was a certain creditor which 
had two debtors : the one owed five hun- 
dred pence, and the other -fifty : 

42 And when they had nothing to pay, 
be frankly forgave them both. Tell me 
therefore, which ofthem will love him most? 

43 Simon answered and said, 1 suppose 
that he, to whom he forgave most. And he 
s*aidunto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 

44 And he turned to the woman, and 
said unto S\m<:n,Seest thou this woman? 
1 entered into thine house, thou gavest me 
no water for my feet : but she hath wash- 
ed my feet with tears, and wiped them 
•with the hairs of her head. 

45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this 
woman since the time 1 came in hath not 
ceased to kiss my feet. 

46 My head with oil thou didst not a- 
noinl t but this woman hath anointed my 
feet with ointment. 

47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins 
which are many, are forgiven; for she 
loved much : but to whom iittle is forgiv- 
en the sameloveth little. 

48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are 
&rgiven. 

49 And they that sat at "meat with him 
began to say within themselves. Who is 
■&sthatfci:giveth*ins ^tol 



Women minister unto Christ* 

50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith 

hath saved thee ; go in peace. 
CHAP. Vtll. 

1 Women minister -unto Christ. 4 The par- 
able of the sower, 15 and of the candle* 
26 The legion of devils. 

AND it came to pass afterward, that 
he went throughout every city and 
village, preaching and shewing the giad . 
tidings of the kingdom of God : and the 
twelve were with him, 

2 And certain women, which had been 
healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary 
called -Magdalene, out of whom went sev- . 
en devils, 

•£ And Joanna the wife of Chuza Her- 
od's steward, and Susanna, and many ci- 
thers, which ministered unto him of their 
substance. 

4 «|f And when much people were gath- 
ered together, and were come to him out 
of every city, he spake by a parable : 

5 A sower went out to sow his seed ; 
and as he sowed, some fell by the way 
side : and it was trodden down, and the 
fowls of the air devoured it ; 

6 And some ieil upon a rock ; and as 
soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, . 
because it lacked moisture : 

7 And some fell among thorns ;' and the 
thorns sprang up with it, and choked it : 

8 And other fell on good ground, and 
sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. 
And when he had said these things, he 
cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him 
hear, 

9 And his disciples asked him, saying, 
What might this parable he i 

10 And he said, Unto you it is given t« 
know the mysteries ot the kingdom of 
God : but to others in parables : that see- 
ing, they might not see, and hearing, they 
might not understand. 

il I\ T ow the parable is this : The seed 
is the word of God. 

•12 Those by the wayside are they that 
hear ; then cometh the devil, and takeih 
away the word out ot their hearts, lest 
they should believe and be saved. 

13 They or, the rock are thty, which, 
when they bear, receive the word with, 
joy ; and these have no root, which for a 
while believe, and in time of temptation 
fall away. 

14 And that which fell among thorns 
are they, which when they have heard, gd 
forth, and are choked with cares and rich- ' 
es and pleasures of this life, and bring n» 
fruit to perfection. 

15 Bui that on the good ground are they, 
which in an honest and good heart, having 
heard the word, "keep z/, and bring forth 
fruit with patience. 

16 "«[ No man, when he fcath lifted a 



Legion ofdr: 



Chap. viii. Christ hralcth . ,ur. 975 



vereth it with a vessel, or put- 
i bed ; but setteth it on a 
candlestick, that the 

17 For nothing i- secret, 
be made manifest; neii kWhid, 

13 Take heed there 

c hath, to him sliall 
*-n ; whosoeve. 
be taken even that which he seemetb to 

:!ier and 
his brethren, and could not come at him 

ci it was tolci hrrti by certain which 

I be aw. vert 
My mother ai re these 

-which hear the vvor . do it. 

t lie went in. h nisdis- 

the lake. And 

'I "hen he 

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not ommandthemto go put into the deep. 
of ma- 
ny swine feeding on the m u 

Liim that he 
ihem to eniei into them. A 

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en wentthe ■ 

i the swine : .. 
»wn a steep place into die 
lake, ked. 

,,.nd went and 
in thecity and in the coui 

nd came to Jesus, and found the 
man, out ofwhoi depanjr 

: at thefeet oi Jesus, 

: : and v.vj. 

■ ■. them 

3r Then the whole multitude ot the 
out be- 
lepart from th< 
b en with great fear : and ne went 
u\> into the ship and returned 
w the man outot wli 
were departed, besought him i 

i 
h >\v great things God hath d 

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976 Christ sendsth out his aficsttes. 



him before all the people for what cause 
she had touched him, and how she Was 
healed immediately. . 

48 And he said' unto her, Daughter, be 
of good comfort : thy faith halh made dice 
whole; go in peace. 

4j'j While he yet spake, there cometh 
one fi -cm the ruler of the syoag; gue's 
house, saying to him, Thy daughicr is 
dead ; trouble not the M?.vir. 

50 But when Jesus heard it, he answer- 
ed him, saying, Fesji* Hot: believe only, 
and she shall be made wltole. 

51 And when he came into the house, 
he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, 
and James, and John, and the father and 
the mother of the maiden. 

52 And all wept and bewailed her : but 
he said, weep net ; she is not dead, but 
sieepeth. 

53 And they laughed him to scorn, know- 
ing that she was dead. 

54 And he put them all out, and took 
her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, 
firise-. 

55 And her spirit came again, and she 
arose straightway : and he commanded to 
give her meat. 

56 Ahd her parents were astonished : 
but he charged them that they should tell 
no man what was done. 

C H A P. IX. 
■ 1 Christ sendeih out his apostles. 7 Herod 
is desircun to see him. 28 His trcm^Jfg'- 
uration* 37 He healeth a lunatick. 

THEN he called his tweive disciples to- 
gether, and gave them power and au- 
thority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 

2 And he sent them to preach the king- 
dom of Giid, and to heal the sick. 

3 And he said unto them, Take nothing 
for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, 
neither bread,neither money ; neither have 
two coats apiece. 

4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, 
there abide, and thence depart. 

5 And whosoever will not receive you, 
"when ye go out of that city, shake off the 
very dust from your feet for a testimony 
against them. 

G And they departed, and went through 
the towns, pleaching the gospel, and heal- 
ing every whei $* 

7 % Nov/ Hered the tetrarch heard of 
sAl that w/as done by him : and he was per- 
plexed, because that it wa- said of some, 
that John was risen from the dead ; 

8 And of some, That Elias had appear- 
ed . -md of others, that one of the old pro- 
phe wa* risen again. 

9 And Herod said, John have I behead- 
ed : but, Who is this, or wham 1 hear such 
things ? And he desired to see him. 

10 And the apostles, when they were 



It. LUKE. Herod is dcztrotis to see hhm 

returned, told him all that they had done. 



And he took them , and went aside p 

iy into a desert place, belonging to the city 

Called Be'hsauia. 

11 And the people, when they knew it, 
followed him : and he received ihem, and 
spi k:. unto them of the kingdom of God, 
and iiestfed them that had need of healing. 

12 And when the day began to Wear a- 
way, dien came the twelve, and said unto 
hin\, Send the multitude away, that they 
may go into the towns and. country round! 
about, and lodge, and. get victuals : for we 
are here in a desert pi.ice. 

13 But he said unto them, Give ye .them 
to eat. And they said, We have no more 
but five loaves and two fishes ; except Ave 
should go and buy meat for all this people, 

14 For they were about five thousand 
men. And he said to his ri';$cip'c ' 

them sit down by fifties in a company* 

15 And they did so, and maoethem all 
sit down. 

16 Then he took the five loaves and the 
two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he 
blessed them, and brake, and gave to the 
disciples to set before the multitude. 

1? And they did eat and were all idled : 
and there was taken up of fragments that 
remained to them twelve baskets. 

18 And it came to pass, as lie was alone 
praying, his disciple? were with him : arid 
he asked them, saying, Whom say the 
people that lam? 

19 They answering, said, John the Bap- 
tist ; but some say Eiias ; and others say, 
That one ottheold prophets is risen again. 

20 He said unlo them, But whom say ye 
that I am I Peter answering, said, The 
Christ of God. 

21 And lie straitly charged them, and 
commanded them to cell no man that thing ; 

22 Saying, the Son of Man must suffer 
many tilings, and be rejected of the elders 
and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, 
and be raised the third day. 

23 And he isaid to them all, If aw man 
v/i'.i come after me, let him deny himself, 
and t; ke up his cross daily and follow me, 

24 For whosoever will sa*e his hie shall 

but whosoever will Lose has iifc for 
my safce, the same shall save it. 

25 For, What is a man advantaged, if 
he gain the whole world, and lose himself 
or be castaway I 

26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of 
me and of rny word:?, of him shall the Son 
of Man be ashamed, when he shall come 
in his own glory, and in hk Father's, and 
of the holy a^n£els> 

27 But I tell you of a truth, there be 
some standing here, which shall not taste 
of death, till they see the kingdom of God* 

2$ TAp4 it .came tapass ajayutaaeighe 



Christ hcaleth a hwatickn Chap. 

days : le took Peter, and 

3 ton, ..n<i James, anri v. ent ur> into a mcun- 
pray. 
1 as be prayed, the fashion of his 
iterance* was .-.! r cred, and his rail 

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him, we ' 

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m ike three ta!.- 

for Ehas ; not 

, there came a 
wed them : and they 
red into the cloud. 

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and totu of those 

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them, which of them should be greatest. 

47 And ]esus r percetvmg die thought of 
their heart, took a child n by 

him, 

tnd said unto them , 1 ' iflfl 

receive this child in my i «eth 

me: and whosoever shall rev hee mc v re- 
ceivp;h him that sent me: far he thai is 
least aim >ne yod all, the sac t at. 

And John answered and s 
ter, we saw one casting out devils m thy 
name ; and we forbad him, because li€ 
loweth not with us. 

50 And Jesus said unto hinru V&bv&Jiim 
no: ; tor he th it is not against us, i&for u . 

51 And it . . time 
was come tha! he si - deivod up, 
he stedfastl) set his h rnsalem, 

52 And sent me 

and they went, and entt i ed into a \ i 
of the Samaritans, to mals 

53 And they did not receive him, 
cause his face was as dv i il go 
to Jerusalem. 

54 And when his disci] i Rod 
John, saw tins, the hou 
that we command fi 

heaven, and consume ihcm, c\ 
did? 

55 But he turned and rebuked them, 
and said, Ye know nut what manner of 

j e ai e of. 

Fi r the Son of Man is not come ti 

destroy men's lives, butt saveMcm. And 

they went toauothi 

57 And it came to pass, that, as they 

unto 

■ . ird, i will follow thee whithersoever 

'. i su said unto him, Foxeshave 
I but 
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978 Seventy disciples sent forth. St. LUKE* 



The lawyer* tb.-ptesiiwta* 



vest truly zs grfea.t, but the labourers are 
Jew : pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harvest, that he would send forth labour- 
. wsin'to his harvest. 

3 Go your ways: behold, I send you 
forth as lamb", among wolves. 

4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor 
shoes : and salute no man by the way. 

5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, 
first say, Peace be to this house. 

'6 And if the Son of Peace he there, 
your peace shall rest upon it : if not, it 
shall turn to you again. 

7 And in the same house remain, eat- 
ing and drinking such things as they give ; 
for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go 
Bot from house to house. 

8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, 
and they receive you, eat such "things as 
are set before you : 

$ And heal the sick that are therein, 
and say unto them, The kingdom of God is 
come nigh unto you. 

10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, 
and they receive you not, go your ways 
out into the streets of the same, and say, 

11 Even the very dust of your city. 
•which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off a- 
■gainst you : notwithstanding, be ye sure oi 
this, that the. kingdom oi God is come nigh 
tinto you. 

12" But I say unto you, that it shall be 
sflore tolerable in that day for Sodom, than 
for that city. 

13 "Woe" unto thee, Chorazin ! woe un- 
to thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works 
bad been done in lyre and bydon, which 
have been done, in you, they had a great 
while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth 
and ashes. 

14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre 
and Sidon at \he judgment, than tor you. 

15 And thou Capernaum, which art ex- 
alted to heaven, shall be thrust down toheil. 

1*6 He that heareth you, heareth me ; 
and he that despiseth you, despiseth me ; 
and. he that despised"! me, de.piseth him 
that sent me. 

IT And the seventy returned again with 
joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are sub- 
ject unto us through thy name. 

IS. And he said unto them, I beheld Sa- 
tan as lightning fall from heaven. 

19 Behold, 1 give unto you power to 
tread on serpents and scorp.ons, and oyer 
all the power of the enemy : and nothing 
shall by any means hurt you. 
- 2(3 Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, 
that the spirits are subject unto you ; but 
rather rejoice, because your names, are 
written in heaven. 

21. In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, 
and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of 
heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these 



things from the wise and prudent, and hast 
revealed them unto babes*; even so Fa- 
ther ; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 

22 All things are delivered to me of my 
Father: and no -man knoweth who the 
Son is, but the Father ; and who the Fa- 
ther is, but the Son, and he to whom the 
Son will reveal him, 

23 And he turned him unto his dhci- 
pies, and said privately, Blessed are the 
eyes which see the things that ye see : 

24 For I tell yen, that many prophets 
and kings have tfesreed to see those things 
which ye see, and have not seen them; 
and to hear those things which ye heaiy 
and have not heard them. 

25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood 
up, and tempted him, saying," Master, 
What shah I do to inherit eternal lite I 

26 He said unto lrim, What is written 
in the law f How readest thou ? 

27 And he answering, said, Thou shalt 
love- the Lord thy God with all thy hearty 
and with all thy soul, and with 'all thy 
strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

28 And he said unto him, Thou hast 
answered right : this do, and thou shalt 
live. 

29 But he, willing to justify himself, said 
unto Jesus, and, Who is my neighbour ? 

30 And Jesus answering said, A certain 
■man went down from Jerusalem to Jeri* 
cho, and fell among thieves, which strip-. 
ped him of his raiment, and wounded hi?n t 
and departed, leaving him half dead. 

31 And by chance there CBnae down a 
certain priest that way ; and whenhesaw 
him, he passed by on the other side. 

32 And likewise a Levite, when he was 
at the place, came and looked on him, and 
passed by on the other side. 

33 But a certain Samaritan as he jour- 
neyed, came where he was : and when he. 
saw him, he had compassion on him. 

34 And went to him, ?.nd bound up his 
wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set 
him on his own beast, and brought him to 
an inn, and took care of him. 

35 And on the morrow when he depart- 
ed, he took out two pence, and gave them 
to the host, and said unto him, Take care 
of him ; and whatsoever thou speodest 
more, when I come again, I will repay 
thee. 

36 Which now of these three, thinkest 
thou, was neighbour unto him that fell a- 
mong the thieves ? 

37 And he said, He that shewed mercy 
on, him. Then Jesus said unto him, Go, 
and do thou likewise. 

38 Now it came to pass, as they went, 
that he entered into a certain village, and 
a certain woman named Martha received 
him into her house, 



Christ teachttffhzw tofi . 

39 And she had a sister called 
vrhich also sat at Jesu^'a feet, and heard 
rd. 

...is cumbered about 
, audcame to 
l>ord. Dost thou not care that n 
hath left me to scr \ e aLue : Bid hei 
- help me. 
U * And J aswered unci - 

. t careful 
and troubled about i 
42 But one thing b needful : and Mary 
dch shall 
not betaken an 

CHAP. XI. 
1 Christ teachcih tofiruy, and tliat instant - 
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give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him i 

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17 But he knowing their thoughts, said 
onto them 
itself is bi ia house 

. shall hU k 
cause ye Bay that I cast devils 

HID. 

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30 But if] with thi [God cast 

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the wisdom of Solomon t and, behold, a 
greater than Solomon is here. 

32 The men ot Nineveh shall rise up in 
the judgment with this generation, and 
shall condemn it : for they repented at the 
preaching of Jonas ; and, behold, a great- 
er than Jonas is here. 

33 No man. when he hath lighted a can- 
dle, putteth it inn secret place, neither un- 
der a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they 
which come in may see the light. 

34 The light of the body is the eye : 
therefore, when thine eye is single, thy 
■whole body aiso is full of light : but when 
thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of 
darkness. 

35 -Take heed therefore that the light 
which is in thee be not darkness. 

25 It u»v whole body therefore be foil of 
light, having no part dark, the whole shall 
be full oi ;*ght, as when the bright shining 
of a candle doth give thee light. 

37% And as he spake, a certain Pharisee 
besought him to dine with him : and he 
Went, in, and sat down to meat. 

38 And when, the Pharisee saw it 3 he 
marvelled that he had not first washed be- 
fore dinner.. 

39 And the Lord said unto him, Now 
do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of 
the cup and the platter : but ycor inward 
part is full of ravening and wickedness. 

• 40 Ye fools, Did not he that made that 
which is without, make that which is with- 
in also ? 

41 But rather give alms of such things 
as y e ha ve ; and behold, all things arc clean 
unto you. 

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye 
tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, 
and pass over judgment and the love of 
God : these ought ye to have done, and not 
to leave the other undone, 

43 Woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye 
love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, 
and greetings in the markets. 

44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites ! for ye are as graves which 
appear not, and the men that walk over 
them are not aware of them* 
" 45 Then answered one of the lawyers, 
and said unto him, Master, thus saying, 
tb'u reproaches): us also. 

445 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye 
lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens 
grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves 
touch not the burdens with one of your fin- 
gers.. 

47 Woe tintoyou I for ye build the sep- 
ulchres of the prophets, and your fathers 
killedthem. 

48 Truly ye bare witness that ye allow 
the deeds of your tatbiers : for ibcy in feed 
killed them, and ye, build their sepulchres. 



J^aimt hypocrisy, 
49 Therefore also said the wisdom oi God, 
1 wiil send them prophets and apostles, and 
somt of them they shall slay and persecute: 
oO That the blood of all the prophets, 
which was shed from the foundation of the 
world, may be required of this generation ; 

51 £ rom the blood of Abel unto the blood 
of Zacharias. which perished between the 
altar and the temple : veri'.y I say unto you, 
It shall be required of this generation." - 

52 Woe unto you, lawers ! for ye have 
taken away the key of knovv ledge : ye en- 
tered not in yourselves, and them that were 
entering in ye hindered. 

53 And as he said these things unto them, 
the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge 
him vehemently, and to provoke him t© 
speak of many "tilings: 

54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to 
catch something out oi his mouth, that they 
might accuse him. 

CHAP. XII. 

1 To avoid hypocrisy and fcarfulr.es s in 

publishing Christ's doctrine. 13 To be r 

ware ofcovetousness, 22 and ever rare '- 

fulness. 41 Tlmfaiihjidcnd m ise steward* 

IN the mean time, when there were gath- 
ered together an innumerable multitude 
of people, insomuch that they trode owe 
upon another, he began to say unto his dis-" 
ciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven 
cf the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 

2 For there is nothing covered, that 
shall not be revealed: neither hid, that 
shall not be known. 

3 Therefore, whatsoever ye have spo- 
ken in darkness shall be heard in the light; 
and that which ye have spoken in the ear 
in closets, shall' be proclaimed upon the 
housetops. 

4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not 
afraid of them that kill the body, and after 
that have no more that they can do. 

5 But I will forwarn you whom ye shall 
fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed 
hath power to cast into hell : yea, 1 say 
unto you, Fear him. 

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two 
farthings, and not one of them is forgotten 
before God i 

7 But even the very hajjrs of your head 
are all numbered. Fear not therefore ; ye 
are of more value than many sparn iws. 

8' Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall 
confess, me before men, him shall the Son 
oi Man also confess before the angels oiGod. 

9 But he that denieth me before men 
shall be denied before the angeis of God. 

10 And whosoever shall speak a word 
against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiv- 
en him : bu 1 : unto him that blasphemed', a- 
gainst the Holy Ghost, it shall not be for- 
jiv n. 

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much is given, of him shall be much requi- 
red: and to whoiw men have committed 
much, of him they will ask the more. 

49 1 arc come to send fire on the earth ; 
and, What will 1, if it be already kindled i 

o-'J But I have a bap 1 km to be baptized 
■with ; and hov/ am 1 straitened till it be 
accomplished ! 

• 51 buppose ye that I am come to give 
F.eace on eanh i I tell you, nay j but rather 
division : 

52 For from henceforth there shall be 
five in one house divided, three against two, 
and twe against three. 

he father shall be divided against 
the son, and.the son against the lather ; the 
mother against the daughter,^ id thedaugh- 
fer aga'astthe mother, the mother in law 
against her daughter inlaw, and the daugh- 
ter in law against her mother in- law. 

54 And he said also to the people, When 
ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straight- 
way ye say. There cometh a shower; and 
so it is, 

55 And when ye see the south wind blow, 
ye say, There "will be heat'; and it com- 
eth to 'pass. 

55 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the 
face of the sky and of the earth ; but, How 
is it that ye do not dhcern this time ? 
■ 5T Yea, and, Why even of yourselves 
judge ye not what is right ? 

5 8 When -thou goest w ith thine ad ver sa- 
yy to the magistrate, as thou art in the w ay, 
give diligence that thou rhayest be deliver- 
ed from him ; lest he ha'e thee to the judge, 
*and the judge deliver thee to the officer, 
and the officer cast thee into prison. 

59 1 tell thee,thou shalt not depart thence, 
till thou hast paid the verv last mite. 

CHAP. XIIL 
1 Christ f ir cachet h repentance -ujion the 

fiunishntcnt of the Galileans, and others. 

6 The Jig tree curced. 23 The strait 

prate, 
HpHE&E were present at that season 
A" some that told him of the Galileans, 
\v nose blood Pilate had mingled with their 
sacrifices. 
,• 2 And Jesus answering, said unto them, 
Suppose ye that these Galileans were sin- 
ners ibve all the Galileans, because they 
suffered such things ? 

3 I tell you. Nay : tut. except ye repent, 
< ye shall all likewise perisji. 

4 Or tho.se eighteen, upon -whom the 
tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, Think 
ye that they were sinners above ail men 

• that dwelt in Jerusalem i 

5 1 tell ) r ou, Nay : but except ye repent, 
ye shall all likewise perL.h. 

6 If He spake also this parable ; A cer- 
tain ?nan had a fig tree planted in his vine- 
yard ; and he came and sought fruit there - 
©n ; and found none, 



The Jig tree cursed, 

7 Then said he unto the dresser of his 
vineyard, Behold, these three years I come 
seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: 
cut it down ; Wlvf cumbereth it the ground? 

8 And he answering, said unto him, lord, 
letiit alone this tear also, tilil shall dig a- 
bout it, and dung it r 

9 And if it bear fi-uit, well: and if not, 
then a 1 ter that thou shalt cut it down. 

10 And he was teaching in cue cf the 
synagogues on the sabbath : 

11 And, behold, there was a woman 
which had a spirit of infirmity e'gh/een 
years, and was bowed together, and could 
in no wise lift up herself. 

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called 
her to him^ and said unto her, Woman, 
:h u art loosed from thine infirmity. 

13 And he laid his hands on her : and 
immediately site was made straight, and 
gion.fted God. 

14 And the ruler of the synagogue an- 
swered with indignation, because that Jesus 
had healed en the sabbath day, and said 
unto the people, There are six days in 
which men ought to work : in vhem there- 
fore come and be healed, and not on the 
sabbath tey. 

15 The Lord then answered him, and 
said, Thou hypocrite. Doth not each one 
of you on the sabbath loose his ox< • fris a-s 
from the stall, and lead him away to wa- 
tering . ? 

15 A.Ed ought not this woman, being a 
daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath 
bound* lo, these eighteen years, be ioosea 
mom mis bond on the sabbath day f 

17 And when he had said these things, 
all his adversaries were ashamed : and all 
the people rejoiced for all the glorious 
things that were done by him. 

13 Then said he, Unto what is the king- 
dom of God like? and, Whereunto shall 
I resemble it i 

19 It is like a. grain of mustard seed, 
which a man took, and cast into his gar- 
den ; and it grew, and waxed a great tree ; 
and the fowls of the air lodged in the branch- 
es of it. 

20 And again he said, Whereunto shall 
I liken the kingdom * f God I 

21 It is like leaven, which a woman took 
and hid in three measures of meal, till the 
whole was leavened. 

22 And he went through the cities and 
villages, teaching, and journeying toward 
Jerusalem. 

23 *f Then said one unto him. Lord, 
Are there few that be saved ? And he said 
unto them, 

24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate; 
{or many, 1 say unto you, will seek to en- 
ter in, and shall not be able. 

25 When once the master oi the house 



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984 The great sufifier. 

23 And the lord said unto the servant, 
Go out into the high ways and hedges, and 
compel them to come in, that my house 
may be fiHed. 

24 For I say unto you, That none of 
those men which were bidden shall taste 
of my supper. 

25 % And there went great multitudes 
•with him : and he turned, and said unto 
them, 

26 It any man come to me, and hate not 
liis father and mother, and wife, ansl chil- 
dren, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and 
his own lite also, he cannot be my cnVeipIe. 

27 And whosoever dodl not bear his 
-Cross, and come after me, cannot be my 
disciple. 

28 For, Which of you, intending to build 
sttwwer, sittethnot down first, and cMmt- 
«th the cost, whether he have sufficient to 
finish 27? 

29 Left haply, after he hath laid the 
foundation, and is not able to finish &, all 
that behold it begin 1o motk him, 

30 Saying, This man begin to build, and 
was not abie to finish. 

31 Or, What king, g<"ing to make war 
against another king, sitteth not down first, 
and consulteth whether he be able with tei 
thousand to meet him that cometh a- 
gajnst him with twenty thousand i 

32 Or else, while the other is yet a great 
.ivaf off, he sendeth an ambassage, and de- 
sire th conditions of peace. 

33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you 
that forsaketh not all that he hath, he can- 
not be my disciple. 

34 Salt is good : but if the salt have lost 
his savour,Wherewith shall it be seasoned ? 
' 35 it is neither fit for the land, nor yet 
for the dunghill ; but men cast it out. He 
that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

CHAP. XV. 

1 The parable of the lost sheefi: & Of the 

piece ofsi'ver: 11 Of 7 'he prodigal son . 

^T^HEN drew near unto him all the pub- 

JL JicanS and sinners for to hear him. 

2 And the Pharisees raid scribes mur- 
mured, saying, This man receiveth sin- 
gers, and eateth with them. 

3 And he spake this parable unto them, 
saying, 

4 What man of you, hiving an hundred 
sheep, if lie lose one of them, doth not 
leave the ninety and nine in the wilder- 
ness, and go after that which is lost, until 
he find it I 

5 And when he hath found z7,he layeth 
it on his shoulders, rejoicing; 

6 And when he cometh home, he calleth 
together his friends and teighbours, saying 
nnto them, Rejoice withrne; for I have 
found my sheep which was lost. 

7 I say unioycu, that likewise joy shall 

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St LUKE. 7Vie prodigal son, 

be in heaven over one sinner that repent- 
eth, more than over ninety and nine just? 
persons, which need no repentance. 

8 % Either what woman having ten pie- 
ces of sih er, if ube lose one piect-, doth not 
light a candle, and sweep the house, and 
seek diligently till she find it? 

9 And when she hath found it, she call- 
eth her friends and her neighbours togeth- 
er, saying. Rejoice with me ; tor 1 have 
found the pte'eu which 1 had lost. 

10 Likewise, 1 say usito you, there is 
joy in the presence of the angels, of God 
over one sinner that repeated!. 

11 If And he said, A certain man had 
two sons : 

12. And the younger of them said to his 
. father, Fatber,give me the portion of goods 
that faileth to ??ie. And he divided unto 
them his living. 

13 And not many days after the young- 
er son gathered all together, and took his 
journey into a far country, and there wast- 
ed Ins substance with riotoui living, 

14 And when he had spent all, there a- 
rose a mighty famine in that land : and he 
began to be jo want, 

15 And he went and joined himself to a 
citizen of that country : and he sent him 
into his fields to ke<A swine. 

15 And he would fain have filled his 
belly with the husks that the swine did eat : 
and no man gave unto him. 

17 And when he came to himself, he 
said, How many hired servants of my fa- 
ther's have bread enough and to spare, 
and I perish with hunger I 

18 I will arise and go to my father, and 
will say unto him, Father, I have sinned a- 
gainst heaven, and before thee, 

19 And am no more worthy to be call- 
ed thy son : make me as one of thy hired 
servants. 

20 And he arose, and came to his fa- 
ther. But when he was yet a great way 
off, his father saw him, and had compas- 
sion,*and ran, and fell on his neck, and kiss- 
ed him. 

21 And the son said unto him, Father, 
I have sinned against heaven, and in thy 
sight, and am no more worthy to be called 
thy son. 

22 But the father said to his servants, 
Bring forth the best robe, and put it on 
him ; and put a ring on his hand, and 
shoes on his feet. 

23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and 
kill it ; . »d let us eai, and be merry.: 

24 For this my son was dead, and is a- 
live agon ; ho was lost, and is found. And 
they begin to be merry. 

25 Now his elder son was in the field : 
and as be came and drew nigh to the he-use^ 
lie heard musick and dancing. 



Of the unjust stcvjard. Chap, xvi 

26 And lie called one of the sonvants, 
and as! 

br • her 



The ri 'h glutton and Lazitrt;?. PS *> 

is unjust in tiie least, is unjust also in rouca. 
11 If then i faith- 

is mammon, V. 



. 



fatted calf, becaJ i eu^hiin 

28 An 

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which hath devour* 

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.-:. me, and all that 1 have 

C II \ P. XVI. 

rrprov- 

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mother r.v.u, 
i that which is your 

* n two masters : 

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1 i And he said unto them. W are they 

I 

I TlUlKt- 

16 T.se law and the prophets to 
til John : 

G;>d is preached, and 

17 And it i< e 

and m in 

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5&5 One to forgive another. 



father, that thou wouldest send him to my 
father's house : 

28 For I have five brethren ; that he 
may testifyunto theral 
into this place of torment. 

29 Abraham saith unto hi 
Moses cud the prophets; let them hear 
them. 

SO And he said, Kay, father Abraham : 

feut if one went unto them from the dead, 

they will repent. 

31 And he said unto him, If they hear 

not Moses and the prophets, neither will 

they be persuaded, though one rose from 

the" dead. 

CHAP. XVII. 

I To avoid giving offence, 3 One to for- 
give another. 1 1 The ten lepers. 20 
Of the kingdom of Gcei, and the com- 
ing of the Son of Man. 

THEN said he unto the disciples, It is 
impossible but that offences will 

come : but woe unto him, through whom 

they come i 

2 It were better for him thafca, millstone 
"were hanged about his heck, arid he ca>t 
into the sea, than that he should offend one 
of these little ones, 

3 If Tak# heed to yourselves: If thy 
brother trespass against thee, rebuke him ; 
and if he repent, forgive him. 

4 And if he trespass against thee seven 
times in a day, and seven times in. a day 
turn again to thee, saying, 1 repent ; thou 
shalt forgive him. 

5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, 
increase our faith. 

6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as 
a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto 
this sycamine tree. Be thou plucked up by 
the root, and be thou planted in the sea ; 
and it should obey you. 

7 But which of you, having a servant 
ploughing or feeding cattle, will say unto 
him by and by, when he is come from the 
field, Go and sit down to meat I 

8 And will not rather say unto him, 
..Make leady wherewith I may sup, and 
gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eat- ' 
<m and drunken; and afterward thou 
shalt eat and drink ? 

9 "Doth he thank that servant because 
he did the tilings that were commanded 
him ? I trow not. 

10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have 
clone all those things which are command- 
ed ycu, say, We are unprofitable servants : 
we have done that which was our duty 
to do. 

11 % And it came to pass, as he went 
to Jerusalem, that he passed through the 
mid at of Samaria and Galilee. 

12 And .as he entered into a certain vil- 
lage, there met him ten men that we?e lep- 
ers, which stood afar off. 



St. LUKE, Of Christ's canting. 

13 A~c: they lifted up their voices, and 
said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 

14 And when he saw them, he said unto 
them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. 
And it came to pass, that, as they went, 
they v^ r ere cleansed. 

15 And one of them, when he s^w that 
he was healed, turned back, and with a- 
loud voice glorified God, 

16 And fell down on his face at his fee'e, 
giving him thanks : and he was a Samar- 
itan. 

17 And Jesus answering said, Were 
there not ten cleansed i But where ere the ., 
nine < 

13 There are not found that returned 
to give glory to God , save this stranger. 

29 And he said unio him, Arise, Go thy 
way : thy faith hath made thee whole. 

20 T And when he was demanded of 
the " ; i irisees, when the kingdom of God 
should come, he answered them and said, 
The kingdom of Godcometh not with cb- 



21 Neither shall they gay, Lohere I or 
Jo there ! for, behold, the kingdom of God 
is within you. 

22 And b> said unto the disciples, The 
days will come, when ye shall desire to see 
one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye 
shall not see Yt. 

23 And they shall say to you, See here ; 
or, see there ; go not after them, nor fol- 
low them* 

24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth 
out of the one part under heaven, shjoetlt 
unto the other part under heaven ;' so shall 
also the Son of Man be in his day. 

25 But first must he suffer many things, 
and be rejected of this generation. 

26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so 
shall it be also m the days of the Son of 
Tvjan. 

27 They did eat, they drank, they mar- 
ried wives, they were given in marriage^ 
until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 
and the flood came, and destroyed then 1 , all. 

23 Likewise also as it was in the days 
of Lot; they did eat, thov drank, they 
bought,they sold,they planterl,they builded; 

29 But the same day that Lot went out 
of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from 
heaven, and destroyed them all. 

30 Even thus shall it be in the day when 
the Son of Man is revealed, 

31 In that day, he which shall be upon 

I the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let 
him not come down to take it away : and. 
he that is in the field, let turn likewise not 
return back. 

32 Remember Lot's wife. 

33 Whosoever shall seek to save bis li r c 
shall lose it : and whosoever shall lose 

i life shall preserve!;. 



34 1 tell you, In that night 

€\\, :<nd d.e t ther shah be eft. 

- 
: theon?shaJ and tlit c- 

! And lie sa 

will the i 

C 
1 7'Af u liePhar- 

A ike a parable unto them to 

and ik t to faint ; 

I here was in a city a judge, 

. - 

and she 

6 lid within hinm-li, Though 

I will a\ 
comtBj 

Sinto him, 

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. >:viii. ( :. 987 



when hia disc | 

1 them unto him, and 
[« d to come unto 
such is 
die kingdom ol G< d. 

rily 1 say unto you, W i 
si a i he t receive die kingdom ol < ! 

ter, \\ hat shall 1 do toiu- 

lit And Jcsu^ s: ; ;d unto him, Why call- 
ed \\\ou me good r None r* good, save one, 

~o Thou knowest the commandments, 

D Do not kill, Do 

sa, Hon- 

!■ and thy mother. 

e have I kept 
\ \ i uth up, 

unto him, Yet lackest thou one 
thing : Bell ail that tl I distri- 

bute unto the j 

md come, follow me", 
praa've- 
rowful: for I ieh. 

wful, he said, How hard 

i 

r it is easier for a camel to go 
thai 

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983 Zaccheus. the publican. 



come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind 
man sat by the way side begging : 

36 And hearing the multitude pass by, 
he asked what it meant. 
. 3? And they told him, That Jesus of 
iSIazanelh passetti by. 

SS And lie cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son 
of l)av!d,have mercy on me. 

39 And they which went before rebuked 
him, that he should hold his peace : but 

"he cried so much the more, Thou Son of 
l)av;d, have mercy en me. 

40 And Jesus stood, and commanded 
him to he brought unto him : and when he 
..whs come near, lie asked him, 

'"' 41 Sa\ in*, What wi:t thcu that I shall 
do unto thee f And he said, Lord, that I 
ma f receive my sight. 

42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy 
sight : thy faith hath saved tl.ee. 

43 And immediately he received his 
sight, andfoHowed him, glorifying God : 
and all the people, when they saw ft, gave 
praise unto God. 

CHAR XIX. 
1 The publican Zaccheus, 11 The ten 
pieces of money* 2^ Christ rideth into 
Jerusalem, 41 weepeth over it, 45 and 
Jiifrgeth the temple, 

ATsD Jesus entered and passed through 
Jericho, 

2 And, behold, there was a man named 
Zaccheus, which was the chief among the 
publicans, and he was rich. 

3 And he sought to see Jesus who he 
■was ; and could not for the press, because 
he was little of stature. 

4 And ho ran before, and climbed up in- 
to a sycamoi e tree to see him ; for he was 
to pass that way. 

5 And when Jesus came to the place, 
he looked up, and saw him, and said unto 
him, Zaccheus, make haste and come 
down ; for to-day 2 must abide at thy house. 

6 And he maoe haste, and came down, 
sijmJ received him joy cully. 

7 And when they saw zf,they ail mur- 
mured, saying, . That he was gone to be 
guest with a man that is a sinner, 

", 3 And Zaccheus stood, and said unto 
"tiae Lord ; Behold, Lord, the half of my 

feeds 1 give to the poor : and if I have ta- 
en any thing from any man by fake accu- 
sation,! restore him fourfold. 

9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is 
salvation come to this house, iorsomuch 
as he also is a son of Abraham. 

10 For the Son of Man is come to seek 
^nd to save that which was lost. 

11 II Aud as they heard these things, he 
added and spake a "parable, Ixcau . was 
nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought 
that the kingdom of Gud should immedi- 
ately appear. 



St. LU&E. -Parable of the nobleman* 

e said therefore, A certain noble- 



12 
man went into a far country to receive for~ 
himself a kingdom, and to return. 

13 And he cafled his ten servants, and 
delivered them ten pounds, and said unto 
them, Occupy till 1 come. 

14 But his citizens hated him, and sent 
a message after him, saying, We will not 
have this man to reign over us. 

15 And it came to pass, that when he 
was returned, having received the king- 
dom, then he commanded these servants 
to be called unto him, to whom he had giv- 
en the money, that he might know how 
much every man had gained by trading. 

16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, 
thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 

17 And he said unto him, VVe'l, thcu 
good servant: because thou hast been 
faithful in a very little, have thou authority- 
over ten cities. 

18 And the second came, saying, Lord, 
thy pound hath gained five pounds. 

19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou 
also over five cities. .*. 

20 And another came, saying, Lord, 
behold, h ere is thy pound, which I have 
kept laid up in a napkin : 

21 For 1 feared thee, because thou art 
an austere man : thou takest up that thou 
layedst not down, and reapest that thou 
didst not sow. 

22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine 
own mouth will 1 judge thee, thou wicked 
servant. Thou fcnewest that I was an 
austere man, taking up that 1 laid not 
down, and reaping mat I di* not sow : * 

23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my 
money into the bank, that at my coming! 
might have required mine own with usury ( 

24 And he said unto them that stood by, 
Take from him the JflSund, and give it to 
him that hath ten pounds. 

25 And they said unto him, Lord, he 
hath ten pounds, 

26 For 1 say unto you, That unto every 
one which hath shall be given; and from 
him that hath not, even that lie hath shall 
be taken away from him. 

27 But those mine enemies, which would 
not that I should reign over them, bring 
hither, and slay them before me. 

28 *p And when he lrad thus spoken, he 
went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 

£9 And k came to pa^s, when he was 
come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at 
the mount cahed the mount of Olives, he 
sen: Iwoot'hjs disciples, £ 

50 Saying, Go ye into the village over 

:,:. , in the which at your entering. 

ye hal: fend a colt tied, whereon yet never 

man • at : loose him, and bring himhnhcr. 

31 An 1 ii an) man ask you, Whj do ye 
loose htm ? Thus sh-ti ye say untoliim, 



Christ ride'h into Jerusalem. 

because t!« Lord hath need of him. 

re sen: went their 

« . . a 3 he Lud said unco 

ad they said, The Lord hath need 
■ ■" mtoJ 

D I - It 

and thev ^i J 

J5 a.. ..id their 

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44 A ven with the 

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j^:.c to tiet.tr- > 

48 A find what n <^^H| 

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ANi) 

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onto him, saving. Toil us, 
By what authoi things? 

I wili also ask you one thing ; ami a 
me : 
4 The baptism of John, Was it tram 
. or of men ? 

ed with their 

. i n ; he 
then believed ye him not? 

6 But . Ot men ; ail. the 

for they be persua- 
het. 

7 And red, that they Could 
nc»t tell whence it « 

. to them. Neither tell 
. things.' 
..•.ktoihepeo- 
.1 abie ; A 

husbandmen, 
Dgtune. 

10 An 

to the husoanclin. n, that they should jrive 

vineyard : but 'the 

, and sent fom away 

1 1 And again he sent another servant ; 

lim als \ and entreated fiim 
■ d sent turn away emptv . 

12 Aug agaki hj sent a third : and they 
woundi nd cast him 

13 Then said h.e Lord of the vineyard, 
What ah !i I do? I w\\\ !-end my beicvect 
son: it may !>e they will reverence hint 

him. 

. the husbandmen saw him, 
- themselves, , 

Tni-» ii the heir: c;r.>e, let ns \. 
• OICC may be I ur . 

ineyardi 

sh dl ths 
m I 

16 hk eschus-' 

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t&G Of the resurrection. 



21 And they asked him, saying, Master, 
we know that thou sayest and teachest 
1 igjitly, neither acoeptest thou the person 
'•c/ am/, but teaches the way of God truly : 

22 is it lawful ior us to give tribute un- 
-to Cesar, or no . ? 

23 But he perceived their craftiness, 
and said unto them, Why tempt ye me . ? 

24 Shew me a penny. Whose image 
and superscription hath it ? They answer- 
ed and said, Cesar's. . 

25 And he said unto them, Render 
therefore unto Cesar the things which be 
Cesar's, and unto God the things -which 
be God's. 

26 And they could not take hold of his 
words before "the people : and they mar- 
veiled at his answer, and heid their peace. 

27 If Then came to him certain of the 
f.ladducees, which deny that there is any 
resurrection ; and they asked.J.nm, 

2b' Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto 
us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, 
imd he die without children, that his bro- 
ther should take his wile, and raise up seed 
unto his brother. 

29 There were therefore seven breth- 
ren ; and the first, took a wiie, and died 
without children. 

30 And the second took he r to wife, 
and he died childless. 

31 And the third took her ; and in like 
manner the seven ateo : and they left no 
children, 'and- died. 

32 Lust of all the woman died also., 

33 Therefore in the resurrection, Whose 
Trite of them is she'i 1 For seven had her to 
\vife. 

34 And Jesus answering, said unto them, 
i?he children of this world marry, and 
are given in marriage ; 

35 But they which shall be accounted 
-worthy to obtain that world, and the re- 
surrection from the dead,neiUier marry, 
nor are given in marriage ; 

' 36 Neither, can they die any more : ior 
they are equal unto the angels ; and are 
the children of God, being the children of 
the resurrection. 

37 Now that the dead are raised, even 
Moses shewed at the bush, when he call-, 
eth the Lord the God of Abraham, and 
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 

38 For he is not a God of the dead, but 
of the living .; for all live onto him. 

S'J Then certain of the scribes answer- 
ing, said, Master, Thou hast well said. 

40 And alter that they durst not ask 
him any question at all. 

41 And he said unto theiriyHow say they 
that Christ is David's son i 

42 And David himself saith in the book 
ol Psalms, The Lord said m. to my Lord, 
-»£ thou ou nay right hand, 



■St* LUKE. Destruction of the temple foretohL 

43 Till I make thine enemies thy loot- 
stool. 

44 David therefore calleth him Lord, 
How is he then his son I 

45 Then, in the audience of all the peo- 
ple, he said unto his disciples, 

46 Beware of the scribes, which desire 
to walk in long robes, and love greetings 
in the markets, and the highest seats in the- 
synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 

47 Which elev our widow's houses, an i 
for a shew make long prayers : the same 
shall receive greater damnation, 

-CHAP. XXI. 
5 The destruction of the temfile and city U 
for etc Id. 25 The signs of the last day. 



AND he looked up, and saw the rich 
; 



of the last day. 
ind saw the rid 
men. casting their gifts into the trea 
sury. 

2 And he saw also a certain poor widow 
casting in thither two mites. 

3 And he said, Of a truth! say unto y©u s 
That this poor widow hath cast in more 
than they ail : 

4 For all these have of their abundance 
cast in unto the offerings of God : but she 
of her penury hath cast in all the living 
that she had. 

5 If And as some spake of the temple, 
how it was adorned with goodly stcnes and 
gifts, he said, 

6 As for these things which ye behold, 
the days will come, in the which there 
shall not be left one stone upon another, 
that shall not be thrown down. 

7 And they asked him, saying, Master, 
But when shall these tilings be i and, What 
sign %>/// Mere 6e when tfiese things shall 
come to pass I 

8 And he said, Take heed that ye be 
not deceived : ior many shall come in my 
name, saying, 1 am Cfnist ; and the time 
drawetb near: go ye not therefore after 
them. 

9 But when ye shall hear of m ars and 
commotions, be not terrified: for these 
things must first come to pass ; but the 
end is not by and by. 

1 Then said he unto them , "Nation sh all 
rise against nation, and kingdom against 
kingdom : 

li And great earthquakes shall be in 
divers places, and famines, and pestilen- 
ces ; and fearful sights and great signs 
shall there be from heaven. 

12 But, before all these, they shall lav 
their hands on you, and persecute you, de- 
livering you up to the s\ nagogues, and into 
prisons, being brought before kings and 
rulers for my name's sake. 

13 And it shall turn to you for a testi- 
mony. 

14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not 
to meditate before what ye thaU answer ; ■ 



ill give you 

I 

shall be hated 

! not an hai: 

let them which 

. in those 

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992 The Lord's supfier instituted. St. LUKE. 

and said, Take this, and divide it among 
yourselves: 

13 For I say unto you, I will not drink 
of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom 
of God shall come. 

19 % And he took bread, a 1 gave 
thanks, and brake rU, and gave unto them, 
saying, This is my body Which is giveiiior 
you : this clo hi remembrance of me. 

20 Likewise also the cup after .supper, 
saying, This cup is the new testament in 
my blood, which fa shed for you. 

21 But, behold, theh-md pf him that be- 
irayeth me is with me on the table. 

22 And truly the Son of Man g eth, as 
it was determined : but woe uutq that man 
by whom he is betrayed i 

23 And they begun to inquire among 
themselves, which of them it was that 
should do this thing. 

24 And there was also a strife among 
them, -which of them should be accounted 
the greatest. 

25 And he said unto them, the kings of 
the Gentiles exercise lordship over tkem ; 
ana they that exercise authority upon them, 
are called benefactors. 

25 But ye shall not 'be so: but be that 
is greatest among yoH, let him be as the 
younger ; and he that is chief, as he that 
cloth serve. 

27 For whether is greater, he that sjt- 
•teth at meat, or he that serveth i J$ not lie 
that sitteth at meat I But I am among you 
us he that serveth. 

23 Ye are they which have continued 
■with me in my temptations : 

29 And 1 appoint unto you a kingdom, 
as my Father hath appointed unto me ; : 

30 That ye ma}- eat and drink at my 
table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, 
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. . 

31 And the Lord said, Simon, Sirionj 
behold, Satan hath desired to have you, 
that he may sift you as wheat : 

32 But 1 have prayed for thee, that thy 
faith fail not : and when thou art convert- 
ed, strengthen thy brethren. 

33 And he said unto him. Lord, I am 
ready to go with thee, both into prison, and 
to death. 

34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the 
cock shall not crow this day, before that 
thou shaft thrice deny that thou knowest 
me. 

35 And he said unto them, When 1 sent 
you without purse, and scrip, and -h' es, 
Lacked ye any thing r And they said, No- 
thing. 

36 Then said he unto them, But now, he 
■ that hath a purse, let him take zV, andlike- 

•wh-e Ms scrip : and he that ham no sword, 
'•■ let him sell his g »ment, and buy one. 
5T For 1 say unto you, That this that is 



Christ betrayed and denied, 
written must yet be, accomplished in me. 
And he was reckoned among the trans- 
gressors: for the things concerning me 
have an end. 

38 And they said, Lord, behold, here 
are two swords. And he said unto them. 
It is enough, 

39 And he came out, and went, as he 
was wont, to the mount of Olives ; and his 
"disciples also tallowed him. 

40 And when he was at the place, he 
said unto them, Pray that ye enter not in- 
to temptation. 

41 And he was withdrawn from them 
about a stone's cast, and kneeled down„and 
prayed, 

42 Siying, Father, If thou be willing* 
removi this cup from me : nevertheless, 
not my will, but thine, be done. 

43 And there appeared an anrel unto 
him from heaven, strengthening him. 

44 And being in an agahybe prayed 
more earnestly : and his sweat was as it 
were great drops of blood falling down to 
the ground. 

45 And when' he rose up from prayer, 
and was come to his disciple's, he found 
them sleeping tor sorrow. 

45 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? 
Rise and pray, test ye enter into temptation. 

47 And while he vet spake, behold, a 
multitude, and he that was called Judas*, 
one of the twelve, went before them, and 
drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. 

43 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, Ee- 
travest thou the Son of Man. with a kiss ? 

49 When they which were about him 
saw what would folfnv, they said unto him, 
Lord, Shall we smite with the sword ? 

50 And one of them smote the servant of 
the high priest, and cut offliis ri^ht ear. 

5.1 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer 
ye thus far. And he touched, his ear, and 
healed him. 

52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, 
and captains of the temple, and the elders, 
which were come to him, Be ye comermt, 
as against a thief, with swords* and staves ? 

53 When 1 was daily with you in the 
temple, yestretched forth no hands against 
me : but this is your hour, and the power 
ot darkness. 

54 Then took they him, and led Inm^ [ 
and brought him into the high priest's I 
house. And Peter followed h far off. 

55 And when they had kindled a fire in 
the midst of the hall," and were set down to- 
gether, Peter sat down among them. . 
.. 56 But a certain maid beheld him as he 
sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon 
him/and said, This man was also with him. 

57. And he denied him, saying, Woman, 
I know him not, 
SB And after a little while another, saw 



Chrki accus ■=-.' 



Chap, xx'ii 



.: enrv 
: i not. 

hour af- 

. 

ediatelV, 
<:k crew. 
01 And the i . >r< n ned, 

'. 

• mocked 

I 

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i tie face, an 

it that 

phemous- 

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i 

rfll not an- 

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longed uuo Herod'i jun:^ 



Pilot ? in desire*.. r !orf>t»a*chin. 99$) 



h;mto Herod, ■» 

.'. :i:ne. 
8 And when Herod saw Jesus, lie whs 

g i^iad : i< r ; i 

m.inj.j]^. 

bim. 

, ; "i in nr- 
he answered ' 
' 10 And ihe i 

ind vehemently accused him. 
n I Herod with bis men ol 

.. and mocked Abn, and ar- 

i! to Pilate. 

■ 
were made friends together: for 
i 

I 
the chief priests and the 

i unto them, Ye h 

i 

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15 No, nor yet Hi 
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St. IA:KE.- 



Mi» resurrection* 



23 But Jesus turning unto tbem, said, 
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not tor me, 
but weep lor yourselves, and tor your chil- 
dren. 

., 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in 
the which they shall say, Blessed arc me 
barren, and the wombs that never*HPfe, 
and the paps which never gave suck. 

30 Then shall they begin to say to the 
mountains, Fall on us j and to the hills, 
Cover us. 

31 For if they do these things in a green 
tree,'What shall be done in the dry f 

32 And there were also two other male- 
factors led with him to be put to death. 

33 And when they were come to the 
place, which is called Calvary, there they 
Crucified him, and the malefactors, one on 
the right hand, and the other on the left. 

34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive 
them ; for they know not what they do. 
And they parted bis raiment, and cast lots. 

S5 And the people stood beholding. And 
the rulers also with them derided /jzm.say- 
ing. He saved others; lei him save him- 
" self, if he be Christ the chosen of God. 

36 And the soldiers also mocked him, 
Coming to him, and offering him vinegar. 

37 And saying, If thou be the King or 
the Jews, save thyself. 

S3 And a superscription also was writ- 
ten over him in letters of Greek and Lat- 
in, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING 
GF THE JEWS. 

39 And one of the malefactors, which 
were hanged, railedon him, saying, It diou 
be Christ, save thyself and us. 

49 But the other answering, rebuked 
him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, see- 
ing thou art in the same condemnation I 

41 And we indeed ju&.ly ; lor we re- 
ceive the due reward oi our deeds : but 
this man hath done nothing amiss. 

42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, re- 
member me when thou comest into thy 
kidgdom. 

43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say 
unto thee, To-day shaltthou be with me in 
paradise. 

44 And it was about the sixth hour, 
and there was darkness ever all the earth 
until theninth houri 

45 And the sun was darkened, av;d the 
veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 

46 «[ And when Jesus had cried v/ith a 
loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands 
I commend my spirit: and having said 
thus, he gave up the ghost. 

47 Now when the centurion saw what 
was done,'. he glorified God, saying, Cer- 
tainly this was a righteous man. 

48 And all the people that came togeth- 
er to that sight, beholding the things which 
were done, 'smote their breasts, and re- 
turned. 



49 And -all his acquaintance, and the 
women that followed him from Gaiilee, 
stood afar off, beholding these things. 

-50 *[ And, behold, there was a man nam- 
ed Joseph, a counsellor : and he was a good 
man, and a just ; 

,^>1 Tnesame had not consented to the 
counsel and deed of them ; he was of A- 
rimachea, a city of the Jews : who also 
himself waited for the kingdom of God. 

52 This man went unto Pilate, and beg- 
ged the body of Jestis. 

53 And he took it down and wrapped 
it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that 
was hewn in stone, wherein never man be- 
fore was laid: 

54 And that day was the preparation, . 
and the sabbath drew on. 

55 And the women also, which came 
with him frurri Gaiilee, followed after, and 
beheld the sepulchre, and how his body 
was laid. 

55 And they returned, and prepared 
spices and ointments ; and rested the sab- 
bath day according to the commandment. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
I Christ's resurrection dt glared to the 

women. 13 He lihnself aflfleareih, 3& 

giveth a charge to the apostles^ 50 and 

a-scendeth. 

NOW upon tha first day of the week, 
very early in the morning, they came 
unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices 
which they had prepared, and certain o- 
ihers with them, 

2 And they found the stone rolled away 
from the sepulchre. 

3 And they entered in, and found not the 
body of the Lord Jesus. 

4 And it came to pass, as they were 
much perplexed thereabout, behold, two 
men stood by them in shining garments : 

5 And as they were afraid, and bowed 
down their faces to the earth, they said un- 
to them, Why seek ye the living amojjg 
the dead? 

6 He is not here, but is risen : remem- 
ber how he spake unto you when he was 
yet in Galilee, 

7 Saying, The Son of Man must be de- 
livered into the hands of sinful men, and 
be crucified, and the third day rise again. 

8 And they remembered his words. 

9 And returned from the sepulchre, and 
told all these things unto the eleven, and to 
all the rest. 

10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joan- 
na, and Mary the mother of James, and ei- 
ther women that were with thern, which 
told these things unto the apostles. 

11 And their words seemed to them as 
idle tales, and thev believed them not. 

12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the 
sepulchre -j and stooping ftdwrn, he beheld • 



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the linen clothes laid by themselves, and 
departed, wondering in himself at that 
Aghich was come t ■ 

13 % AnJ, behold, two of them went 
that same day to a village called Emmaus, 

. • 

14 And they talked together of all these 
s which had nappe 

15 And it came to pass, that, while they 
communed together led, Jesus 
himself drew near and went with 

16 But their eyes were holden that they 
i not know him. 

id he said unto them, What man- 

•s are these that ye 

eto another,asye walk,audaresad? 

13 And the one of them, whose name 

was Cleopas, i said unto him, 

Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and 

hast not known the tilings ' 

to pass there in these day3 ? 

■ them, What things ? 
Andthev said unto him, Concerning Je- 
sus of Nazareth, which was a prophet, 
mighty in deed and word before C od and 
all the' people ? 

20 And now the chief priests and cur 

delivered him tow condemned to 
. and have crucified him. 

21 But we trusted that it had heen he 
which should i el : and 
beside all this to-day is the third da) sine e 

things were done. 

22 Yea, add certain women ata 
company made us astonished, which were 

hre ; 

. 
they cam 
. 

od them whi 
with us went to the sepulchre, and found 
'even so as the women had said: but him 
w not. 
len he said unto them, () 

veall that the proph- 

U »t Christ to have 

i all he 
prophet ided unto them in all tl>e 

bcriptui himself. 

and brake, and gave to t. 

out oi 



32 And they said one to another, Did 
not our heart torn within u: , 

ed with us by the way, and white lie open- 
ed to us the scripti. : 

33 An .' the same hour, and 

/■and theelev- 
ea^itheiea together, ana mem that were 
■ in. 

34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and 

ed to Simon. 

35 And they told what things were done 
in the wa u he was known of 
them in breaking oi bread. 

36 a , And as they thus spake, Jesus him- 
seif stood in the midst of them, and saitk 
unto them, Peace be unto you. 

37 But they were terrified and affrighted! 
and supposed that they had seen a .spirit. 

d he said unto them, Wny are ye 
troubled? and, Why do thoughts arse 

39 Beheld my hands and my feet, that it 
isl myself,!mi:d!e me, and see: for a spir- 
it hath not fiesh c.r.d bones, as ye see ma 
have. 

40 And when he had thus spoken, he 

I 
.., d while the;. I not tor 

joy, anci he said unto them, 

42 And they gave him apiece of a broil- 
ed fish, and'-: rib. 

43 And lie took /;,'and did eat before 
them. 

■) he said unto them, These are 
ds which 1 spake unto you, while 
with y< u, that all things i 
fulfilled which were written in the 
Moses, and in the prophets, and in the 
. . concerning me. 

i Opened he their undei 
ing, that they might understand th< 

• m, Thus it is writ- 
ten, and; thus it beho\ suffer, 
and to rise Irom the< 

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The Gospel according to Saint John. 



chap. I. 

1 The divinity, humanity, and office of 
Jesus Christ. 15 The testimony of 'John. 
35 The calling of Andrero^ PeCcr,i2'c. 

IN. the beginning was the Word, and the 
Word was with God, and the yVbrd 
was God. 

2 The same was in the beginning with 
God, 

3 All things were made by him ; snd 
without him was not any thing made that 
was made. 

4 In him was life ; and the life was the 
light of men. 

5 And the light shineth in darkness ; and 
the darkness comprehended it not. 

6 There was a man sent from God, 
■whose name vms John. 

7 The same came for a witness, to bear 
witness of the Light, that ail men'through 
Kirri might believe* 

S .He was not that Light, but was cent 
tv> bear witness of that Light. 

9 That was the trod Light, which light- 
em e\ try man that cometh into the world. 

10 He was in the world, and the world 
' %vas made by him, and the world knew 

bim not. 

11 He c?.me onto his own, and his own 
received him not. 

.. 12 but as many as receivedhim, to them 

; gave he power to become the sons of God, 

even to them that believe on his name : 

13 Which were born, not of bleed, nor 
' of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of 
' in an, but of God. 

14 And the word was made flesh, and 
dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, 
the glory as of the only begotten of the Fa- 
ther), hit 1' of grace and truth. 

15 1[ John bear witness of iiirii, andcri- 
t ed, saying, Tins was he of whom I spake, 

. He ttiat cometh after me is preferred be- 
i-j) e me : for he was before me. 

.16 And of his fulness have all we re- 
ceived, and grace for grace. 

17 For thelaw was given by Moses, but 
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 
. .16 No man hath seen God at any time ; 
" the : only begotten Son, which is in "the bo- 
som of tite Father, he hath declared him. 

19 Aud this is the record of John, when 
the Jews sent priests and Levites from Je- 
rusalem to ask him, Who art thcu ? 

20 And he confessed, and denied not ; 
but confessed, I am not the Christ. 

21 And they asked him, What then ? Art 
thou Eli as I And he saith, 1 am not. Art 

. thee thatprophet ? And he answered, No. 

22 Then said they unto him, Who art 
thcu ? that we may give an answer to them 

« ; icnt us. What say est thou of thyself : 



23 He said, I am the voice of one crying 
in the wilderness, Make straight the way 
of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias, 

24 And they which were sent were of 
the Pharisees. 

25 And tliey asked him, and said unto 
him, Why baptized thou then, if thou 02 
not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that 
prophet ? 

26 John answered them, saying, 1 bap- 
tize with water : but there standeth one 
among you, whom ye know not ; 

27 He it is, who coming after me is pre- 
ferred beiore me, whose shoe's latchet I 
am not worthy to unloose. 

28 These ti lings were done in Bethabara 
beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. 

29 The next day John seeth Jesus com- 
ing unto hirn, and saith, Behold the Lamb 
of God, which taketh away the sin ot the 
world I 

30 This is he of whom I said, After me 
cometh a man which is preferred before 
me : tor he was beiore me. 

31 And 1 knew him not: but that he 
should be made manliest to Israel, there- 
fore am i come baptizing with water." 

32 And John bare record, saying, I saw 
the Spirit descending from heaven iike a 
dove, and it abode upon him. 

33 And I knew him not : but he that 
sent me ' > baptize with water, the same 
said unto me, Upon whom thou shait see 
the Spirit descending and remaining on 
hhu, the same is he which baptizeth witn 
the Holy Grhost. 

34 And 1 saw, and bare record that 
this is the Sen of God. 

35 ^ Again the next day after, John 
stood, and two of his disciples ; 

36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, 
he saith, Behold the Lamb of God I 

37 And the two disciples heard him 
speak, and they followed Jesus. 

38 Then Jtsus turned, and saw them 
following, and saith unto them, What seek 
ye i They said unto him, Rabbi, ("which is 
to say, being interpreted, Master), where 
dwellest thou i 

39 He saith unto them, Come and see. 
They came and saw where he dwelt, and 
abode with him that day : for it was about 
the tenth hour. 

40 One of the two which heard John 
sfieafc and followed him, was Andrew, Si- 
mon Peter's brother. 

41 He first tindeth His own brother Si- 
mon, ana saih unto him, We have found 
the Alexias, which is, being interpreted, 
the Christ. 

42 A\x\ he brought him to Jesus. And 
When Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art 



Water turned into -vine. Chip. 

Simon the .son ofJona ; thou sh lit be call- i 
ed Cephas, which • <, A 

stone. 

43 The day following, Je us would go 
forth into Galilee, and tindeth Philip, and 
&aith unto una f 

.11 N< Bethsaida, the 

citv « ■ Andrew and Peter. 
. 45 Philip fiudeth Nailianael, and saith 
unto him, We have foui d him of whom 
Moses m the I iw", and thj pn ply • 
write, Jesusof N 

46 And Natliaoaf ! said 
there any good thing come out oi I 
icth i unto him, C 

4r Jesus sa* M . to him, 

- j'ii of him, BelioW an Israelite in- 
deed, in whom hi no guite ! 

.'. un ohim, V 
kaoweat thou me? K and 

. unto him, B< called 

thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, 1 
- 

49 Nathanael answered and saith unto 
him, . God; thou 
art til 'ael, 

50 Jesua ind said unto him, 
Bee. , I saw thee under 
the 6 Thou shalt 
see gi e 

51 A,i n, Verily, veri- 
ly, 1 

>Jea\ ' end- 

ing and ae: 

I \V. li. 
1 (Mat tur 
fiat - rnaumandJertuai 

13 ami fmrgeUi tiic ten 

AND the th i 
ud the 

un acr a Jesus was the 

ther of Jesus saith unto aim, '1 he) li 

4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, What 
. to do with ti. 

ith unto the 

• 
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\ he saith unto tin 

And the\ b 

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wnich drew the water knew; die gover- 
nor of the least c . led • ootms 

10 And saith unto him, Ever) 

the beginning doth set wine; 

and wncn men iiave well dpuok,then that 
sv< rse : but thou hast kept the 
ie until now. 

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus 
in Cana oi Gal lee, and in; uifested forth 

; and hisdisciple ; believed on him. 

Alter tins he went down to (J. 1 . - 

he, and his mother,and hisbret:.- 

ciples : and they continued 

• man\ days. 

1 3 \ \ s' passover was at 

hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 

14 And found in the t-jmple those that: 
sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the 
sitting : 
1j And when he had made a scourge 
of small curds, he drove them ail cut of the 
nd the sheep, and the oxen ; and 
poured out thecwangersr 1 money, and over- 
threw the tab 

16 And saidunto them that sold doves, 
Take these things hence; make not my 
Father's house an house oi merchandise. 

17 And his disdples rememhered that 
it was written, The zeal of thine bouse 
hath eaten me up. 

is Then answered the Jews and said 
unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, 
» that thou doest these things i 

19 Jesus answered and said unto them. 
Destroy this temple, and in three days f 

e itup. 

20 Then said the Jews, Forty and si:C 

fnpte in building, and, Wile 
:> i:i three dafs \ 
■ ike 61 the temple of hi 
■ I ■■ ■ 

remembered 
. -o them; and 

iw When he was in Jerusalem at 
'cast day t man) be- 

. . saw the "mir- 

• 
D) should te3ti». 

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©98 The necessity of regeneration, 

can do these miracles that thou doest, ex- 
cept God be with him. 

3 Jesus answered and said unto him. 
Verily, verily, 1 say unto thee, Except a 
man be born again, he cannot see the king- 
dom of God. 

4 Niccdemus saith unto him, How can 
•a man be born when he is old ? Can he 
enter the second time into his mother's 
.womb, and be bora I 

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say 
•unto thee, except a man be born of wa- 
ter and of ihe Spirit, he cannot enter issto 
the kingdom of God. 

6 That which is born of the flesh is 
0esh ; and that which is born of the Spirit 
is spirit. 

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye 
mast be bom again. 

8 Tne wind bloweth where it listeth, 
and thou nearest the sound thereof, but 
canst net tell whence it cometh, and whith- 
er it goeth ; so -is every cne that is born 
of the spirit. 

9 Nicodemus -answered and said unto 
him, How can these things be I 

10 Jesus answered and said unto hira, 
art thou a master of Israel, and kno west 
not these things ? 

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We 
speak that we do know, and testify that we 

.have seen ; and ye receive not our witness. 

12 If i have told you earthly things, and 
ye believe net, How shall ye beiieve, if I 
:t.e'i] you o/tieavenly things I 

13 And no man hath ascended up to 
•heave- , but he that came down from heav- 
■cn, even the Son of Man which is in heaven. 

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent 
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of 
Man be lifted up : 

15 That whosoever befieveth in him 

but have eternal life. 

16 For God so loved the world, that he 
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever 
be ieve':h in him ■should not perish, but 
have everlasting hie* 

17 For God sent not his Son into the 
"w;,vj to condemn the world; but that 
the world through him might be saved. 

18 He th at belie vethon him is not con- 
• demuf a : out he that believe; lint is con- 
. demned already, .because he hath not be- 
lieved in the name of the oaly begotten Son 
of God. 

19 And this is the condemnation, that 
-light it- come into the world, and men lov- 
ed darktiess rather than light, because 
their dtods were evil. 

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth 
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest 
his '-eds shook] be reproved. 

21 Bat he that doeth truth cometh to 
the light, that his deeds may be made man- 
liest, that they are wrought in God. 



St. JOHN. The doctrine of Jo fa. - 

22 K After these things came Jesus and 
his disciples into the land of Judea ; and 
there he tarried with them, and baptized, 

23 And John also was baptizing in iE- 
non near to Salim, because there was much 
water there : and they came, and were 
baptized. 

24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 

25 Then there arose a question between 
some of John's disciples and the Jews a- 
bout purifying. 

26 And they came unto John, and said 
unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee 
beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest wit- 
ness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all 
men come to him. 

27 John answered and said, A man can 
receive nothing, except it be given him 
from heaven. 

28 Ye yourselves bear -me witness, that 
I said, 1 am not the Christ, but that 1 am 
sent before him, 

29 He that hath the bride is the bride- 
groom: but the friend oi the bridegroom, 
which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth 
greatly because of the bridegroom'^ voice : 
this my joy therefore m fulfilled. 

30 He must increase.but 1 must decrease. 
31- He that -cometh from above is above 

all : he that is of the ea*th is earthly, and 
speaketh of the earth : he that comedi 
from heaven is above all. 

32 And what he hath seen and heard, 
that he testitieih \ and no man receiveth 
his testimony. 

33 He that hath received his testimony 
hath set to his seal that God is true. 

34 For he whom God hath sent speak- 
eth the words of God : tnr God giveth not 
the Spirit by measure unto him. 

35 The Father loveththe Son, and hath 
given all things into his hand. 

36 He that believeth on the Son hath 
everlasting life : and lie that believeth not 
the Son shall not see life.; but the wrath of 
God abideth on him. 

CHAP. IV. 

!■ Christ talkcih luith a woman ofSamariz. 

27 his disciples marvel. 31 Christ* s zeal 

for God's glory. 43 He departeth int+ 

Galilee, and htalcth the ruler's son. 

WHEN therefore the Lord knew how 
the Pharisees had heard that Jes«s 
made and baptized more disciples than 
John, 

2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, 
but his disciples). 

3 He left Judea, and departed again in- 
to Galilee. 

4 And he must needs go through Sama- 
ria. 

5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, 
which is called Sychar, near to the parcel 
of ground that Jacob gave to his sen Jcseph. 



mum. Chap, 

6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus 
therefoi c, bt ■ . - ouruey, 
sat thus on the 

sixth hour. 

7 Thers cometh a worn r 

to draw water : Je^as saith unto her, Give 
. : ink. 

8 For his disciples 
to the city to buy ;. 

9 Tl naria un- 
to him, How 1 < a Jew, 
I 

DO deal- 
ings wi 

10 Jtr ., and siid unto her, If 
thou kn who it is 
I ink ; thou 

of him. and he would 
have . ing water. 

11 The woman saith unto hin 

iig to draw with, and the 
.-hence then 
that l:\ 

1 2 Art tltou greater than onr father Ja- 

himself, and . . and his 

i 

ler shall 
■ 

dvinketh of t 
give hirn, shall never thirst; 
but the 

in him a well of water sj . 
1 1 to. 

i thirst i ot, 

) her, Go, call thy 

I 

and he 
band : in lit . 

20 < 

I 

is die ;■ 

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iv. Mary Sam . e* DS9 

25 The woman saith rato him, I know 

Christ: 
when he is come, he t> 

26 Jesus saith unto her, i 
to tlure an 

Z * Ai.u upon thts-came 
and marvelled that he talked w ith 
:i; .n : yet no man said, 

, Whj talkest t w a with her I 

L'S Tin her water p< t, 

and, went Iter a 

nesce a man, which told me all 

came untohhrw 
31 ^ In the mean while Lis du 

| 

i e meet 

"-■cipies one to 

- 

34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is 
i and to 
finUh his work. 

: ye. There are yt 
then cometh b 
hold, 1 - . 'Lilt up you 

and li*3k on the fields ; fot they ..ie white 

. I he that reapeth receiveth wa- 
i eth iruit unto life eternal: 

eth ma\ rej i 

: :e, One 
and another i 

ors. 

: Uiid« 

unto him, the*) 
larrj with them 

if 

, 



. 



ICto Christ healeth the riders son. §fc JOHN. 

46 So Jesus came again into Cana of 
Galilee, where he made the water wine. 
And there was a certain nobieman, whose 
son was sick at Capernaum. 

47 When he heard that Jesus was Gome 
outofJudea into Galilee, he went unto 
him, and besought him that he would come 
down, and heal his son : for he was at the 
point ot death. 

48 Then said jesusunto him, Except ye 
see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. 

49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, 
come down ere nay child die. 

50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way ; 
thy son liveth. And the man believed the 
word that Jesus had spoken unlohim, and 
lie w eat his way. 

51 And as he was now going down, his 
servants met him, and told him y saying, 
Thy son liveth. 

52 Then inquired he of them the hour 
•when he began to amend. And they said 
unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour 
the fever letthim. 

53 So the father knew that it was at 
the same hour, in the which Jesus said un- 
to him, Thy son liveth : and himself be- 
lieved, and his whole house. 

5 i This is again the second miracle that 
jesus did, when be was come out of Judea 
inio Galilee. 

CHAP. V. 
2 Jesus, an the sabbath day, cureth him 

tka t was diseased eight and thirty years. 

10 The Jews cavil, andp.trse.cuie him 

for it* 

A FTER this there was a feast of the 
Jr\. jews ; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 

2 Nov/ there is at Jerusalem, by the 
sheep market, a pool, which is called in 
the Hebrew tongue Bethesda. having five 
porches : 

3 In these lay a great multitude of im- 
potent folk, of blind, halt, withered, wait- 
ing for the moving of the water. 

4 For an angel went down at a certain 
season unto the pool, and troub'ed the wa- 
ter : whosoever then first after the troub- 
ling ot the water stepped in, was made 
-whole of whatsoever disease he had. 

5 And a certain man was there, which 
had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 

6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew 
that he had been now a long time in that 
ease, he saith unto him, Wirtthou be made 
whole? ^-' 

7 The impotent man answered him» Sir, 
2 have no man, when the water is troubled, 
to put me into the pool : but while I am 
coming, another steppeth down before me. 

8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up 
thy bed, and walk. 

9 And immediately the man was made 
•whole, and took up his bed, and walked ; 



The Jews persecute Christ. 
and on the same day was the sabbath. 

10 % The Jews therefore said imto him 
that was cured, It is die sabbath day : it 
is not lawiul for thee to carry thy bed. 

IX lie answered them, He that made 
me whole, the same said unto me, Take 
up thy bed, and walk. 

12 Then asked they him, What man is 
that which said unto thee, Take up thy 
bed. and walk I 

13 And he that was healed wist not who 
it was : for Jesus had conveyed himself a-' 
way, a multitude being in ih'ai place. 

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the 
temple- and said unto him. Behold, Thou 
art ma., whole : sin no more, lest a worse 
thing come unto thee. 

15 The man departed, and told the Jews 
that it was Jesus, which had made him 
wh'ile. 

10 And therefore did the Jews perse- 
cute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because 
he had done these things on the sabbath day. 

17 But Jesus answered them, My Fa- 
ther werketh hitherto, and I work. 

18, Therefore the Jews sought the more 
It kill him, because ne hot only had bro- 
ken the sabbath, but said also that God vvus 
his Father ,making himself equal withGod. 

19 Then answered Je^us, and said unto 
them, Verily, verily. 1 say unto you, The 
Son can do nothing of himself, but what he 
seevh the Father da : icr what things so- 
ever he dceth, these also doeth the Son 
likewise. 

20 For the Father Ioveth the Son, and 
shewed him all things that himself doeth : 
and he will shew him greater works than 
these that ye may marvel. 

21 For as the Father raiseth up the 
dead, and quicbeneth them ; even so the 
Son quickeneth whom he will. 

22 For the Father judgeth uo man, but 
hath committed all judgment unto the Son : 

23 That all men should honour the Son, 
even as they honour the Father. He that 
honoured! not the Son, honoureth not the 
Father which hath sent him. 

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 
that heareth my word, and believeth on 
him that-sent me, hath everlasting life, and 
shall not come into condemnation ; but is 
passed from death unto life- 

25 Verily, verily , I say unto you, The 
hour is coming, and now is. when the dead 
shall hear the voice of the Son of God ; 
and they that hear shall live. 

26 For as the Father hath life in him- 
self; so hath he given to the Son to have 
life in himself; 

27 And hath given him authority to ex- 
ecute judgment also, because he is "the Son 
of Man. 

28 Marvel not at tfcis : for the hour is 



Christ ahetseth who he is. 



Chap. 



He' feed ft h jtveth 



coming, in the which all that are in the I A PTER these things Je^is w 
%vc\. . bis voice, , t\ the sea of Galilee, wh. . 

29 And shall Dome forth ; they that hi i 
dooegbod, unto the i-esnrrection of IHe; 2 A la great mu! . 
and they that have done e\il, unto the re- t because tbej saw i is 
sumeneu Ci'ciam;. ! did on (hem that wei 

■ mine own self do nothing : ; 3 And 
my judgment is ; and there 
k ntt n «:■.. e i 4 And thepassover, afea: 

ieh. 
meS o When Je«us then lifter! up - 

31 If ibear witness of myself, my wit- ' and saw a greatcomi 
uess i 

32 Tl eat ? 



that tiie witness 
tare wit- 

- 

I 

than <'/iar 

in them 

_ 

o mc, that yc 
41 I 

me, and j 

in his i 

I 

I 



6 Andthts he said to prove him : 

nth fiv<r 

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#02 The fiecfile reproved. 

21 Then they willingly received him in- 
to the ship : and immediately the ship was 
at the land whither . 

22 p ' The day following, when the peo- 
ple whic'ft stood on the other side of the 
^ea saw that there was none other boat 
there, save that one v/hereunto his disci- 
re Entered, arid that Jesus vent not 

-with his disciples into the boat, but that his 
disciples were gone away alone ; 

231 (Howbeit, there came other boats 
from Titerias nigh unto the place where 
e it hvtzd, after that the Lord had 
given thanks): 

24 When me people therefore saw that 
Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, 
the}- also took shipping, and came to Ca- 
pernaum, seeking tor Jesus. 

25 And when tbej had found him on the 
other side oi the sea, they said unto him, 
JRabbi, When earnest thou hither ? 

25 Jesus answered them and said, Veri- 
ly, veriiy, Isav unto you, Ye seek me, not 
because ye saw the miracles, but because 
ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 

27 La!)our not for the meat which per- 
ishech, but for that meat which endureth 

' unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man 
shall give unto you : For him hath God 
the F, -her sealed. 

28 Then said they unto him, What shall 
■we do, that we might work the works of 
Godf 

29 Je^us answered and said unto them, 
Tins is the work oi God, that ye believe on 
him whom he hath sen:. 

SO They said therefore unto him. What 
sign shew est thou then, that ive may see, 
arid believe thee.?. What dost thou work I 

31 Oar lathers did eat manna in the 
<$esert; as it is written, lie gave them 
bread from heaven to eat. 

52 Then Jesus said unto Ihem, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not 
that bread from heaven ; but my Father 
giveth vou the true bread from heaven. 

33 For the bread of God is he which 
cometh down from heaven, and giveth life 
unto the world, 

34 Then said they unto him, Lord,ever- 
jnove give us this bread. 

35 A'.id Jesus said unto them, I am the 
bread of life: he that cometh to me shall 
never hunger ; and he that believetii on 
me shall never thirst. 

36 But 1 said unto you, that ye also have 
seen me, and believe not. 

37 All that the Father giveth me shall 
come to me ; and him diat cometh to me 
Iwiii in no wise cast out. 

38 For I came down from heaven, not 
to do mine own will, but the will of him 
that sent me. 

Vnd this is the Father's will which 



St. JOHN. They murmur at Christ^ 

hath sent me, that of all which he hath giv- 
en me 1 should lose nothing, but should 
raise it up again at the last day. 

40 And this is the will of him that sent 
me, that every one which seeththe Son and 
believeth on him, may have everlasting 
life : and 1 will raise him up at the last day. 

41 The Jews then murmured at him 
because he said, 1 am the bread which 
came down from heaven. 

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the 
son of Joseph* whose father and mother 
we know i How is it then that he sai.h, I 
came down from heaven ? 

43 Jesus therefore answered and said un- 
to them, Murmur not among yourselves. 

44 No man can come to me, except the 
Father wh>:'o hath sent me draw him ; 
and 1 will raise him up at the last day. 

45 It is written m the prophets, Anel 
taey : hah be all taught of God. Every 
man therefore that hath heard, and hath 
learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 

46 Not that any man hath seen the Fa- 
ther save he which is oi" Gud, he hath seen 
the Father. 

47 Verily, verily, J say unto yon, Kr> 
that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 

43 I arn that bread of lie. 

49 Your Fathers did eat manna in the 
wilderness, and are dead. 

50 This is the bread which cometh down, 
from heaven, that a man may eat thereof,, 
and not die. 

51 I am the living bread which came 
down from heaven : if any man eat pf this 
bread, he shall live for ever': and the 
bread that I will give is my flesh, which I 
will give for the life of the world. 

52 The Jews therefore strove among 
themselves, saying. How can this man gn e 
us his fiesh to eat ? 

5.3 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, 
veriiy, I say unto you. Except ye eat the' 
flesh of the Son of Man, and* drink his 
blood, vehave no life in you. 

.54 Whoso eateth my fresh, and dnnketh 
»iy blood, bath eternal 'life ; and I will raise 
him up at the last da v. 

55 For niv 9esh is meat indeed, and my 
blood is drink indeed. 

56 He that eateth my fiesh, and drink - 
eth mv blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him- 

57 As the living Father hath sent me, 
and I live by the Father : so he that eateth 
me, even he shall live by me. 

58 This is that bread" which came down 
from heaven : not as your fathers did eat 
manna, and are dead : he that eateth of 
this broad shall live for ever, 

59 These things said he in the syna- 
gogue, as lie taught in Capernaum. 

60 Manv therefore of his disciple?., when 
they had heard thhe, s lid, This is an hard 
saying ; Who can hear it I 



Jc*z9 refiroveth his kinsmen, Chap, 

61 When Jesus knew in himself that his 
disciples murmured at it, he said unio 
them, Doth this oflend u u i 

hat and it ye shall >ee the Son of 
terehe was before.' 

63 It is the spirit that ouickeneth ; the 
flesh pn : .: : tue words that 1 
speak unto you, Mt^ are spirit) and Mr*/ 
are life. 

64 But there are some of you that be- 
iievenot. Fuv Jeans knew from the be- 
ginning who they were that believed net, 
and who \ him. 

65 And lie said, J. liereiore said 1 unto 
vou ; that no man can come unto me except 
it were given unto him of my Father. 

66 * From that time man) oi hisdisci- 

i back, and walked no more wkh 
him. 

67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, 
W ill ye also go a . . 

63 Then Simon Peter answered him, 

Lord, to whom shall we go.' Thou hast 

.1 tile. 

e and are sure that 

Christ, the Son ol the living 

70 Jesus answered them, Have not I cho- 

twe)ve,and one of j ou is a devil. 
7\ He spake oi Judas 1 cariot i 
Simon ; for he it was that shou.d betray 
him, being one of tl 

C li A P. \ IL 
1 Jesus 

unto the J, » t ; 1 ! 

teach 

1 4 

A) 1 I 

I Ihinru 

3 His brtthi 

ludeu, that thy 
the work* ; .. 

4 For eth any 

thing io i '^tili to 

. 

in him. 

Vly time 

7 The world cam . hut me 
ithatetb, because 1 bat the 
workf I 

8 Go ye up unto l] 
yet unto 

iull c n 

9 \\ hen he had said th< se words unto 
{hem, hu aix. 



vii. He te& 

10 % But when his brethren were gone 

upaiien went he also up unto the .east, not 
openly, but as ; t were in secret. 

11 Then the Jews sought him at tha 
least, and said, Where is lie \ 

12 And there was much murmuring a- 
mong ti'.e people concerning him : farsonft 
said, rLs is a good man : others said, Nay, 
but he deceiveth the people. 

13 Huwbek, n ) man spake openly of 
him for fear of the Jews. 

14 1 Now about the midst of the feast 
Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 

15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, 
How knoweth this man letters, having I 

er learn 

16 Jesus answered tliero, and said, M/ 
doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 

17 If any man will do his will, he shall 
know at' the doctrine, whetherit be of God,. 
or whether 1 speak of myself. 

13 He that speaketh o'i himself, seeketh 
his own glory : but he that seeketh 1 i: >> 
that sent him, the same is true, and 
in. \ww igbtfeOUSness Li in him. 

19 Did not M< ises git e you the law, and 
yei none of you keepeih the law r Why 

ibout to kill me I 

20 Tiie people answered and said, Thou 
!.a r ; acta i : Whogoeth about to kill theei 

vered and said unto them, 
1 ha\ e done one work, and ye all marvel. 

us 1 1 it i efi a e gave tu fto j i 
cufneibien: (not because it i-> i 
bui of the father-) : and ye on the sabbath 
daj circumcise a man. 

. man on the sabbath day receive 
circumcision, that tlu t 

not b< brok oe, be- 

cause I have made amao every -••. t.awhola 

24 Judge not aca i 

>.iit. 
.:> i i. Jrrusa- 

, d they 

27 11 vhuice 

neth, no man 

I 

I 

eot meistruf, 

i 

and he ! 

- 

USB his 

31 Aim 

him,andsakl, Vvben < ■>• WiH 

cles than then 

- 



1004 Divers of unions of Christ* St. JOHN, 

32 The Pharisees heard that the peo- 
ple murmured such things concerning him; 
:md the Pirar-sees and the chiet priests sent 
officers to take him. 

S3 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a 
little while am I with you, and then I go 
Unto mgii that sent me. 

34 Ye shctl! seek rne, and shall not find 
me : and where I am, thiliitr ye cannot 
come. 

35 Then said the Jews among them- 
selves, Whither will he go, that we shall 
*iot find him . ? Will he go unto the dis- 
agreed among the Gentiles, and teach the 
Gentiles i 

36 W'hAt manner of saying IS this that 
he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find 
•met and where 1 am, thit her ye cannot 
come i 

37 In the last day, that great day of the 
ieast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any 
lhan thirst, let him come unto me, and 
drink. 

38 He that believeth on me, as the scrip- 
Uue hath said, cut of his belly shall flow 
rivers of living water. 

39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which 
they that believe on him should receive; 
tor the Holy Ghost was tx&yGVgiv&ij be- 
cause that Jesus was not yet glorified. 

40 If Many oi the people therefore, 
when they heard this saying, said, Ola 
truth this is the Prophet. 

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But 
some said, Shall Christ come out of Gali- 



lee \ 

42 Hath not the scripture said, That 
Christ cometh of the seed of David, and 
out of the town ol Bethiehem, where Da- 
vid was ? 

43 So there was a division among the 
■people because of him. - 

44 And some of them would have taken 
him : but no man laid hands on him. 

.45 % Then came the officers to the chief 
priests and Pharisees ; and they said unto 
them, Why have ye not brought him ? 

•46 The officers answered, never man 
spake like this man. 

47 Then answered them the Pharisees, 
v^re ye also deceived ? 

.48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pha- 
risees believed on him i 

49 But this people who knoweth not the 
jjsiw are cursed. 

50 Nicodemus saith unto them (he that 
Came to Jesus by night, being one of them), 

.51 Doth our law joclge-a«M man, before 
it hear him, and know what lie doeth ? 

52 They answered and said unto him, 
Art thou also of Galilee ? Search, and 
look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. 

53 And every man went unto his own 
house.. 



Christ, the light of the world, 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 Christ deliver eth the woman taken in a~ 
dultery, 12 He fireachcth himself the 
light of the world, amtjustfieth his doc- 
trine, 

JESUS went unto the mount of Olives. 
2 And early in the morning he came 
again into the temple, and all the people 
came unto him ; and he sat down, and 
taught them. 

3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought 
unto him a woman taken in adultery ; and 
when they had set her in the midst, 

4 They say unto him, Master, this wo- 
man was taken in adu!tery,in the very act. 

5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, 
that such should be stoned : but, VVhat 
sayest thou ? 

6 This the}- said, tempting him, that they 
might have to accuse him . but Jesus stoop- 
ed down, and with his ringer wrote on the 
ground, as though he heard themnot. 

7 So when ti.ey continued asking him, 
he lilted up himself, and said unto them, 
He that is without sin among you, let him 
first cast a stone at her. 

8 And again he stooped down, and wrote 
on the ground. 

9 And they which heard z7, being con- 
victed by their own conscience, went out 
one by one, beginning at the eldest, even 
unto the last : and Jesus was left alone, 
and the woman standing in the midst. 

10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, 
and saw none but the woman, he said unto 
her, Woman, Where are those thine ac- 
cusers ? Hath no man condemned thee ? 

11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus 
said unto her, Neither do 1 condemn thee : 
go, and sin no more. 

12 ^i Then spake Jesus again unto them, 
saying, I am the light of the world : he 
that lolloweth me shall not walk in dark- 
ness, but shall have the light of life. 

1 3 The Pharisees therefore said unto 
him, Thou bearest record of thyself ; thy 
record is not true. 

14 Jesus answered and said unto them, 
Though I bear record of myself, yet my 
record is true : for I know whence 1 came, 
and whither 1 go : but ye cannot tell whence 
I come, and whither 1 go. 

15Yejudge alter the flesh : Ijudge no man: 

16 And yet it 1 judge, my judgment is 
true : for I am not alone, but land the Fa- 
ther that sent me. 

17 It is also written in your law, that the 
testimony of two men is true. 

18 1 am one that bear witness of myself, 
and the Father that sent me beareth wit- 
ness of me. 

19 Then said they unto him, Where is 
thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither 
know me nor my Fadier ; if ye liad known 



Tht Jcu .'' boasting of Abraham. Chap, 

me, ye should have known my Father also. 
20 The- e words spake Jesus in the treas- 
ury, . !e: and no 
man \ him ; for his hour was 
not yet t 

go my way* and ye shun kme,andshall 

die mj cur sins: whither 1 ^o, ye cannot 
come. 

2i Then said the Jews, Will he kill 
himself ? because ne suith, Whither I b o, 
ye cannnt come. 

23 And he said unto them, Ye are from 
beneath ; 1 am from above ; ye are of tiiis 
world ; 1 am not of this v. 

24 I s-licI therefore unto ycu, that ye 
shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not 
that 1 am he, ye slrtll die in year sins* 

25 Then said they unto him, Who art 
thou r And Jesus saith unto them, Even 
the same that 1 said unto you from the oe- 
ginning. 

26 I have many things to say and to 
judge of you : buc he that sent me is true ; 
and 1 speak to the world these things 

i 1 have heard of him. 

17 They understood not that he spake 
to them of the Fail 

28 Then said Jesns unto them, When 
ye have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall 
ye know that 1 am he, and thai I do no- 
thing ol myself ; but as my Father hath 
taught me, J speak these things. 

v d he that sent me is with me: 
the Father baft not left me alone; fori 
do always tfio* se him. 

Ji> Ashe ^p ike these words, many be- 
lieved on him. 

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which 
believed on him, It' 
word, i . 

oJ And ye shall know the truth, and 

- 
'nam's v.. 

.: : Huw sayest thou, Yc 

them, Verily, verily, 
« mmittethsin 

snt abide th not in the 
.., Hbuleth ever. 
the Son then 

\y word 

would do' the v 



viii. Thci r. basting re fir wed. 1005 

40 Eat now ye seek to kill me, a man 
that hath told ycu the truth, which lhave 
ri God : this did not Abraham. 

des Is otyGur father. Then 
said they to him, We be not born or forni- 
cation ; we have one hither, even God. 

42 Jesus said unto them, It God were 
your Father, ye would love me : for I pro- 
rth and came from God ; . neitlier 
came I of myself, but he sent me. 

hy do ye not understand my speech? 
Even because ye. cannot hear my wcrd. 

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and 
the lusts ot your father ye will do. He was 
a murderer f rem the beginning, and abode 
net in truth, because there is no truth in 
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speak - 
eth of his own : tor he is a iiar, and the fa- 
ther of it. 

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye 
beiieve me not. 

4o Which of you convinceth me of sin ? 
And if 1 say the truth, Why do ye not be- 
lieve me I 

47 He that is of God heareth God's 
words : ye therefore hear them not, be- 
cause re are not of God. 

4S Then answered the Jews, and said] 
unto him, Say we not well tliat thou art a 
Samaritan, and hast a devil ? 

49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil ; 
but I honour my Father, and ye do dis- 
r me. 
.if seek not mine own glory z 
there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 

Ji Verily, verily, 1 say unto you, If a 
rrfari keej ,. he' shall never see 

I the Jews unto him, Now 
we know that thou hast a devil. Abra- 
ham is d :,d thou 

n keep mj saying, he shall. 

. reater than our Father A- 

braham, which isdead rophets 

chou thyielf .' : 

[flhonoui r.nself, 

..\ Father that 

hmej ol whom y« say that he is 

- yc have not known him ; but I 
know him : and it 1 should say, 1 know 
him not, I shall be a liar like u, * 
g. 
ced to 

. 

m i 

verily ,1 

I am. 

. ent nut 
.-by. 



lie blind man's, 



icU restored. 



CHAP. IX. 

I He that was born blind is restored to 
'sight. 1 3 He is brought to the Pharisees, 
o4 They excommunicate him. 35 Christ 
receivel'i him, and he confaseth Christ. 
A ND as Jesus pavsed by, he saw a man 
■JLjl. which was blind from his birth. 

2 And his disciples asked him, saying, 
Master, Who did sin, this man, or his'pa- 
rents, that he w.?s born blind i 

3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man 
sinned, nor his parents: buf that the. works 
of God should be made manifest in him. 

4 I must, work the works ot" him that 
.sent me, while it is day : the night cometh, 
When no man can work. 

5 As job;; as 1 -am-m-the world, I am the 
light of the vvofld. 

6 When lie had thus spoken, he spat on 
the ground, and made clay of the spittle, 
and he anointed the eyes of the blind man 
with the clay, 

7 And skid uteto Him, Go wash in the 
vjogI otbiioam, (which is- by interpretation, 
Sent). He went his way therefore, and 

3, and came seeing. 

8 1 \ ie neighbours therefore,, and they 
which before had seen him that he whs 
bli, >.d,said,I>not this he that sat and begged? 

9 Some said, Tnis is he : others said, 
He is like him : but lie said, I am he. 

10 Therefore said -.they unto- him, liow 
were thine eyes opened? 

11 He answered and said, A man that 
^■called Jesus made clay, and anointed 
mine eyes, and said unto me. Go to the 
pool of Siloani) and wash : and Iwent and 
v. v. shed, and i received sight. 

12 Then said they unto him, Where is 
he ( lie said, 1 know net. 

•13 f They bi ought to- the Pharisees 
him that aforetime was blind. 

- 14 And it was the sabbath day when Je- 
sus made the clay, and opened h'13 eyes. 

15 Then again the Pharisees also, asked 
hirn how he had received his sight. He 
said unto 'them, He put clay upon miae 
eves-, and i washed, and do see. 

' 16 Therefore said some' of the Phari- 
sees, This man is not of God,- because he 
keepeth not die sabbath day. Others said, 
liow can a man that is a sinner do such 
miracles I And there wasadrivision among 
them. 

17 They say unto the blind man again, 
What sayest tlVou of him, that he hath o- 
pej ied thine eyes f He said, He is a prophet. 

1 3 But the Jews did not believe concern- 
ing him, that he had been blind, and re- 
ceived his sight, until they called the pa- 
ilti-s ; ! him that had received his sight. 

13 And they askedlhem, saying, Is this 
you*' son, who ye say was born blind I How 

toadotb4ioauw see^ 



JOHN. The Pharisee? excommunicate hh& 

20 H:s parents answered them and said, 
We kriuw that this is our son, and that he 
was born blind : 

21 But by what means he now seeth, 
we know not ; or who hath opened his 
eyes, Ave know not : he is of age ; ask him ; 
he shall speak for himself. 

22 These words spake Ins parents, be- 
cause they feared the Jews : tor the Jews 
had agreed already, that if any man did 
confess- that lie was Carist, he should be. 
put out of the' synagogue. 

23 Therefore said ids parents, lie is of 
age : ask him. 

24 Then again called they the man that 
was blind, and said unto him', Give God the 
praise: we know that this man isa&inncr. 

25 He answered and said, Whether he 
be a sinner or no, 1 know not : one tiling 1 

, know, that, whereas I was blind, how I*ee. 
\ 26. Then said they to him again, What 
did he to thee . ? How opened lie thine eyes I 
27 He answered them, 1 have toid you 
already, and ye did not hear I Wherefore 
would ye hear it again i Will ye also be 
his disciples ? 

^28 Then they reviled him, and ssid, 
( Thou art his disdple ; but we are Moses's 
I- disciples. 

I 29 We know that God spake unto Mo- 
j 9es : as for this fellow, we know not Iron* 
' whence he is* 

30 The man answered and said unto 
them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, 
that ye know not from whence he is > and 
yet he hath opened mine eves. 
_ 31 Now we know that God heareth not 
sinners : but if any man be a worshipper 
of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 
32 Since the world began was it not 
heard, that any man opened the eyes of 
one that was born blind. 

3d li this man were not of God, he 
could do nothing. 

34 % They answered and said unto him, 
Thou wast altogether born in sins, and, 
Dost thou teach us ? And they GaM him out, 

35 *i Jesus heard that the) had cast him 
out ; and when he had found him, he said 
unto him, Dost thou believe, on the Sun of 
God ? 

36 He answered and said, Who is he, 
Lord, that i might believe on him ? 

37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast 
both seen him, and it is he that talketh with 
thee. 

38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And 
he worshipped him. 

39 And Jesus said, For judgment 1 am 
come into this world, that they which see- 
not, might ^ee ; and that they which see, 
might be made blind. 

40 And some of the Pharisees which 
were with him heard these words, -diuH 
said unto him. Are we blind, alio * 



\:r, andlkt 

41 Jf-n- said unto them, If ye w< I 

ild have no sin: but now )e say, 
3 ; therefore your sin rema 
CHAP. X. 

! hefiherd. 
\"> J) He fircv- 

f'hy hif /un narks, that he is Christ, 

V! say unto \< u, He 

therway, 

• lie that entei ic door is 

pherd of the 

hint the p i • and the 

bear his voice . dleth his 

own sheep by name, and leadeth l 
4 Ami when 

[j 
:.nji : tor they know liw 
.5 And a stranger 

from him : for they 1. 
tue \ 

• i them : 
not what tliii 
onto them. 

rfly, 1 say unto you, I 

• 

thjevea and r but the aJit^p did 

nvt ! 
9 1 an man en- 

. 

1 1 J . . 

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i I 'i '. 

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gain amc: yings. 

:in s lid) II 
' \ \\\ hear ye 

21 Others said, 'I h 
of him tl 
pen the eves of the blind ? 

' i .c fea^t 
oi tJie 

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Isaid unto ;. 
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3 COS Lazarus' 's death* 



St. JOHN* 



CShrisi 



NOW a certain man was s'c 1 -, vJamtd 
Lazarus, ot Bethany, the town of Ma- 
ry and her sister Mar ha. 

2 It was '/2j * Alar/ which anointed the 
Lord with ointment, and v. iped his feet 
■with her hair, whose brother Lazarus w; 5 
sick. 

3 Therefore his sister* sent unto him, 
saving, Lord, behold, he whom thou lo\- 
cst is sick. 

4 When Jesus heard that, he said. This 
sickness is not unto death, but tor the glory 
of God, that the Son of God might be glo- 
rified thereby. 

5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her 
sister, and Lazaras. 

6 When he had heard ther efore that 
lie was sick, he abode two days still hi the 
tame place where he was. 

7 Then after that saith he to his disci- 
T/ks, Let us go into Judea again. 

8 His disciples say unto him, Master, 
the Jews of iate sought to stone thee ; and, 
Goest thou thither Sgain : 

9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve 
hours in the day ? If any man walk in the 
day, he-stumbled] not, because he seeth 
the light ci this world. 

10 But if a man walk in the right, he 
stcmbteth, t re is no-light i . 

11 These things said he : and after that 
he saith unto them, O-r ft? end Lazarus 
sieepeth ; but I go, that I may awake him 
out of sleep. 

12 Then said his disciples, Lord, i: he 
sleep, he shall do well. 

13 Howbek, Jesus spake of his death : 
bat they thought that he had spoken of 
taking of i vst in sleep. 

14 Then said Jesus unto them plain';:, 
Lazarus is dead. 

15 And J am glad for your sakes that 1 
was not there, to the intent ye may be- 
lieve ; nevertheless, let us go unto him. 

16 Then said ThWias, which is called 
Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us 
also' go, that we may die with him. 

17 Then when Jesus came, I 
that he had tain in the gra^ e I 
ready. . 

18 Now Bethany was nighunto Jerusa- 
lem, about fifteen fs 

19 And man j 

tha and M .e;u- 

mg their brother. 

20 Then hi . 
that Jesus • 

but Mary sac stifl in the 

21 Then sai.i Mai :-, Lord, 
if thou hadsi been here, my \x . 3 
not died. 

22 But I kno 

ever thou wilt ask ol Sod, vjci will ^;vez; 



23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother 
shall rise again. 

24 Martha saith unto him* J km 

he shall rise again in the redirection at 
the last day. 

25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resur- 
rection, and the lite: he that behevei ti in 
me, though he weredead, yet shall he live : 

26 And whosoever liveth and believ 'i 
in ire shall never die. Bciiev est thru this ? 

27 She saith unto him. Yea. Lad ; 1 be- 
lieve that thou art the Christ, the Sen of 
God, which should come into the v 

28 And when she had so said, shew err. 
her way .and called Mary her sifter secret- 
ly, saying, The Master is come, and call- 
eth tor thee. 

29 As sc. n as she heard that, she arose 
quickiy, and came unto him. 

30 Now Jesus was net yet cme in-o the 
town, but was in that place where Mar- 
tha met him. 

31 The Jews then which were with her 
in the houSje and comforted her, when 
they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily 
and went out, followed her, saying, she 
goeth e to uv-tp there. 

32 Then when Mary was come where 
Jesus was, and saw hi down at 
hisieet, saving unto ban. Lord, If thou 
hadst been here, m- brother had n 

33 When Jesus thert weep- 
ing, Eind the Jews . 

came with her, he g. le spirit, 

an a w a s t r r u b I e d . 

3i And said, Where have ye !ai 
They saic untoh : m, Lord, come and see. 

35 Jesus wept. 

5-5 Tiien said the Jews, Behold how lie 
loved him 1 

37 And some o\ them said, Could n r t 
. which opened the eyes of the 
blind, have caused that even this man 
should not have died t 

33 Jesus therefore again groaning : 
self, cometh to the gr.;ve. It was 
and a stone lav upon it. 

39 Jesus said. Take ye away this stone. 
Martha- ham that was dead, 

1, Lord, by this time he 
for he hath foui-days. 

40 Jesus saith unto . t unto 

t, if thou wouidest relieve, thou 
y ct God ? 

41 Then the) the atone/row 

; 

3 said, Father, 
me. 

irest me 
e which 



J6ary anoint eth C Chap. 

bound h clothes : 

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Jem. J 

4;> I i 

51 Ai 
I 

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...:m. 

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y,\\. CkrUt tideth iato Jerusalem* K) 

hiitt, 

o Why was not this . 

6 Tiii-. 1^ - 

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gainst 

i . . 
8 For the poor always ye have . 

!were : 

13 Took 

14 And I 

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10 Vrhri 

26 It an 



faOU?. __ 

28 Fattier, g'crify thy name; Then 
ftanoe there a voice from heaven, saying, 
3 have both glorified :- } and will .glorify it 

2S '.Hie people therefore, that stood by, 
-and heard it, said that it thundered: others 
said, An angel spake tohirri. 

30 Jesus answered and said, This voice 
came not because of me, but for your sakes. 

31 Now is the judgment of this world : 
"•r.ow shall the prince of this world be cast 

<rmt. 

32 And I, if I be Bfted up from the earth , 
tv ill dm wall men unto me. - - 

33 This he said, signifying what death 
lie should die. 

34 The people answered him. We have 
iieard out of ihelaw that Christ abideth 
forever : and. How gayest thou, The Son 
«f Man muse be lifted up ? Who is this Son 
-of Man ? 

35 Then .Jesus said unto them, Yet a 
little while is the light with yen. Waik 
■while ye have the light, lest darkness coo-.e 
fejbonydu: for he t'nat walketh in dark- 
less knoweth not whither he geeth. 

S6 While ye have light, believe in the 
; e may be the children of light. 
etc things spake Jesus, and departed, 
: : -himself from them. 

Bw though he had done so many 
b dLWQ them, yet they believed not 

381 . .-'of Er-aias thepropb- 

£tm>gptbeiu -he spake, Lord, 

ievedlour report.' and, To 

' om hath tide arm of the Lord been re- 
pealed ? ; " ". '. •" 

. . 39 Therefore they could net believe, be- 
•cause that F.saias fend again, 
L 4 He hat h blinded their eyes, and hard- 
ened their hea^ ; that they should not see 
"■'y)>h their e> : e^,tfOr understand vn'^htfiHr 
lieaj;t,aadbe converted, arid 1 should heal 
them. 

41*T'nes6 things s?.5d' Esaias, when he 
saw his glory, and spake of him. 

42 Nevertheless, among the chief rulers 
£iS6' many believed on him ; but Ijec^use of 
the Pharisees they did not Confess tern, Jest 
they should be put out of the synVrgogue : 

43 For they loved thepraise ofrneti more 
than the praise of God. 

■ 44 Jesli scried and said, I7e thatbel'iev- 
eth on me, believed: not on me, tut ouhrm 
that sent me. 



JITS. K: v icifilfffecf. 

45 And he that seeth me, seethhim that 

46 1 am come a .light into the world, that 

er h Herein on me should not a- 
b o- In darkftessi 

d if any man hear my words, and 
believe not, 1 judge him not: fori came 
not to judge the world, but to save the 
world- 

■48 He that rejecteth me, and receive- h 
not my words, hath one that judgeth him : 
the word that 1 have spoken, the saraeshaH 
judge him in the last day.. 

49 Fori have not spoken of myself: but 
the Father which sent nae, he gave me ft 
comniahejfnent, tvhal 1 should say, and 
what] slioukl sneak. 

50 And I know that bis commandment 
is life everlasting : whatsoever I speak 
t hereto rcyeven as the .Father said onto hie, 
so I speak* 

€ H A P. XIII. 
1 Jews washeth- his disci files'* feet, and vac- 

horteth th*>m to humility and charily. 

36 Heforvjarneth Peter of his denial. 
jVTOW before the feat>t of the passover, 
.jl\ wiien Jesus knew that his hour was- 
come that he should depart out of this 
world ; unto the Father, having loved his 
own which were in the world, he loved 
them unto the end. • 

2.And supper being ended, the devil hav- 
ing ho-wput into the heart of Judas Iscari- 
ot,.Simoirs son, to betray him ; 

3 'Jesus knowing that the Father had . 
given all things Into his hands, and that he 
was come from God, and went to Got! ; 

4 Heriseth from supper, r-nd laid aside 
his garments; and took a towel, and gird- 
him.^eif : 

5 After that he poureth water into a ba- 
son, and began to wash the diciples' feet, 
and to wipe them with the towel where- 
with hewasgiidtii. 

6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter : and 
Peter said unto him, Lord, Dost thou wash 
my feet ? 

7 Jesus answered and said unto him. 
What } do thou knowest not now;, but 
thou shalt know hereafter. 

.8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never 
wash my feet. Jesus answered him, if I 
wash thee not, thou hast no part with wa > 

9 Simon Peter saithunto h4fl^Lord, not 
my feet only,' but also -'my bands ajhd my 
head. - - 

10 Jesus saith to him, Tie thai " 

cd needeth hot save to wash Aw feet, but is 
clean <ivtvy whit: and ye ate dean, but 
not al]. 

■ li For he knew who sha i 
therefore said he, Ye are not all ! . 

■ 12 So after he had washed there : ■ 

had taken hi garments, imd was-se^dowfi 



raying qf Clirift Jvretofd, Cha 

again, lie said 'into them, Know ye what I 
have done to you? 

U Ye call me Master and Lord: and 

I am. 
1-1- It 1 then, yourL iter,have 

tour leet; . it to vvi.ui 

15 F a an example, 

ihouldao as 1 to you. 

16"W By, i >u, The 

lord; Dei- 
bent I 
ir it vv. know mea 

uaJl: I km 
i liavei 

tliat eateth bread with me 
. ifted ujj his bed against i 
10 New I tell -)C, that, 

onto you, Ke 

. he was 

at m,c oi 
-.eon an- 

* . N 

d, 1 
;j, when 1 have dipped u, 

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I 

i!e I : m 
with you 



( 

you, That ye loi 

loved you, tha nether. 

I 

• Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, 
tthcu I Jesus answei 
V, hither i go, thou canst not follow me 
..: >nou slult follow me afte 
t< r said onto him, Lord, Wh) can • 
i >w ti.ee now r 1 will lay down mi 
lile ; i 

tvered him, Wilt thou lay* 
down dry lilt lor my sake l Verily, verily, 
o thee, The cock shall not crow, 
. rice. 
CHA P. XIV. 

lis discifdes; Gfiro- 

tht 

IETnot year heart be troubled: ye 
■* be] join me. " 

■v man- 

.<.\c toid 

you. I go to prepare a plaj | 

VOL', I v. . 

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J'012 The Comforter promt 

14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, 
I wil; db it. 

15 If ye love me, keep my command- 
ments. 

16 And I will pray the Father, and he 

e you another Comforter, that he 
may abide with you tor ever ; 

17 2i,ven the Spirit of tru h : whom the 

cannot receh e, because it seeth him 
i)6ti neither kneweth him : but ye know 
>r lie dweileth with you, and shall 
kemyeii. 

. leave you comfortless : I 
you. 

19 Ye> a hale white, and the world seeth 

rifoiie ; but ye see me : because I 
live, ye shah live also. . 

20 At that day ye shall know that I am 

ather, and you in me, and 1 in you, 

21 He that hath my commandments, 
,y,.(\ keepeth then), he it is that loveth me : 
hjvH he that loveth me shall be loved oi my 
'"'..tker, and 1 will love him, and will 'man- 
ifest myself to aim. 

22 Judas saitJi unto him, not Iscariot, 
Lord, How is it that thou Wilt manifest thy- 
self unto us, and riot unto the world ? 

23 Jesus answered, and said, unto him, 
Mr man love me, he will keep my words; 
ipd my Father will love him, and wc will 
-■:" 'u unto him, and make cur abode with 
him. 

24 He that loveth me not, keepeth not 
rny sayirjgs : arc 1 1* e word which yo hear 
is not rrine, but the Father's v. hich sen: me, 

25 These drugs have 1 spoken unto 
you, being yet present with you. 

26 But the Comforter, which is the Ho- 
]y ; Ghost, whom the Father will send in 
my name, he shad teach you all things, 
and bring ah things to your remembrance, 

/. er 1 have said unto you. 
-;ce 1 leave with you, my peace I 
give unto you : not as the world giveth, 
give 1 unto you. Let not your heart be 
troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

28 Ye have beard 'now 1 said unto you, 
. I go away, and conte Sfsairi untc you. 1( 
ye loved Sne, ye would rejoice, because 1 
said. I go unto the Father ; for my 



is greate 



: my Father 



: id now I have told you before it 
come to pass, that when it is come to pass, 
ye might believe. 

60 Hereafter I "will not talk much With 
yet- : for the prince of this world cometh, 
..ngm me. 

rid may know that I 
] ■ Father ; and as the Father gave 

ment, even so i do. -Arise, 
let as aohesce. 

CHAP. XV. 
The mutual love bnioeen Christ <:?id Jus 
mem-yet *, unuer iiie parable of the vine* 



St. JOHN. Christ's leve to his members. 

I AM the true vine, and my Father is 
the husbandman. 
2 Every branch in me that beareth not 
fruit he taketh away : and every branch 
that beareth fruit he"purgethit,thatit may 
bring forth more fruit. 

3. Now ye are clean through the word 
which I have spoken untoy cu. 

4 Abide in me, and 1 in \ ou. As the 
branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it 
abide in die vine ; no more can ye, except 
) e abide in me. 

5 1 am the vine, ye are the branches : 
He that abideth in me, and 1 in him, the 
samebringeth forth much fruit : for with- 
out me ye can do nothing-. 

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast 
forth as a branch and is withered ; and 
men gather them, and cast them into the 
fire, and the)' are burned. 

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide 
in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and- it 
shah be done unto yen. 

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye 
bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. 

9 As the Father hath "loved me, so have 
1 loved ;. ou : continue ye in my love. 

10 It ye keep m) cammandments, ye 
shad abide in my love ; even as I have kept 
my Father's commandments, and abide in 
his love. 

11 These things have 1 spoken unto you, 
that my joy might remain in you, and that 
y cur joy might be full. 

12 This is my commandment. That ye 
love one another, as 1 have loved vou. 

13 Greater love hath no man than this, 
that a man lay down his i he for his friends. 

14 Ye are my friends, If ye do whatso- 
" ever 1 command you. 

15 Henceforth' I call you net servants; 
for the sen ant knoweth not what his lord 
doeth : but I have called you friends; for 
all things that I have heard of my Father 
1 have made known unto you. . 

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have 
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye 
she uld go and bring forth fruity and that 
your fruit should remain : that whatsoever 
ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he 
ma\ give it you, 

\7 These things 1 command you, that 
ye love one a no her. 

18 If the world hate you, ye know that 
ithated me bef re it hated y< u. 

19 If ye were of the world, the world 
would love his own : but because ye are 
not of the world, hut I have cho.-cn you 
out of the world, therefore the world ha- 
teth \ ou. 

26 Remember theword that I said unto 
you; The •;;•-. i ate'i* than his 

lord. It they have persecuted .nc, they 
will also persecute you ; if they have kept 



Christ comfortelh his disd/ilcs, 

:-ivr, thcv ^viii keep yours also. 
21 But all tl do unto 

you for my n . because they 

know not him that sent me. 

me and spoken unto 
them, they had not had sin : but now thcv 
■ 
23 hk Father 

. I had hot d 

:idid, the\ had 
. -5in : but n^\s !:a\e the) 
and hated both ith her. 

Reword 
ti their 

. when the . 

send unto _\ou from 
tn the Spii it 

c been with me from the be- 
ginning. 

CHA P. 

Ghost, 

T» 

I 

they do unto 
d tli»- Fa- 

\i.il these 
things i 

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of truth, 

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Chap. xvi. by thefiromUe of the Holy Ghoet. 101$ 



soever lie shall hear, chat shall he speak s 
and he will shew you things to ccne. 

14 He shall glorify me: for he shall re* 
ceivc limine, and shall shew// unto yoii. 

15 All things that the Father haA are 
mine : therefore said I, that he stutll u«.ke 

i , and shew it unto yen 

16 A lijttle while, and ye shall 

I again a little v-t.i-e, and yesttall 
I go to the Father. 
1.' Then said some of his disciple) a- 
im ng themselves, \\ hat i« ttlis I 

while, and ye shall 

not see me: Bud again a little v, hill, am! 

ve shall see me : t'.nd, Because 1 eo to the 

B 

si is this 

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19 Now Jesus kriewthat t 
Sirous to ask him, and said unto them, Dd 
ye inquire among yoursoltesoftbat I said} 
A little m mej ana 

little while, and ye shall see me ? 

j e shall b work! 

• shall be sot rowful, 
I 

i when sock in travail hath 
but a* 
■■■ is delivered of th< 
eth no more the anguish, for }<y 
i ui i«> born into the world. 

! yc now therefore have sorrow: 

but 1 wi i r heart 

id > our joy no man taketb 

, I ». . . ntoyou.YVhaM 
c shall ;^k the ftathc r in my name, 
lie will 

I • 
my name i ask, and y« shall receive, tat 
■ may be full.' 

ken unto 
f( u in pi 

: 

! 
■ 

- I hu\e be- 



1014 Christ fifffjcth for his afiostles. St. JOHN. Jesus is taken. 

15 1 pray not that thou shculdest take 
them out of the world, but that thcu should- 
est keep them from the evil. 

16 They are not of the world, even as I 
am not of the world. 



31 J sus answered them, Do ye now be- 
I'.eve i 

32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now 
come, that ye shall be scattered, every man 
to his own, and shall leave me alone : and 
yet I am not alone, because the Father is 
-with me. 

33 These things I have spoken unto 
you, that in me ye might have pea^e. In 
the world ye shall have tribulation : but be 
of eood cheer ; 1 have overcome the world. 

C HAP. XVI I. 
1 Christ fir ay eth to his Father to glorify 
him, 6 and to f /reserve his apostles 11 
in unity, 17 and in truth. 

THEaE words spake Jesus, and lifted 
up his eyes to heaven and s.id, Fa- 
ther, the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, 
that thy Son also may glorify thee : 

2 A* thou hast given him power overall 
flesh, that he should give eternal life to as 
manv as thou hast given him. 

3 And this is life eternal, that the\ might 
know thee the only true God, and Jesus 
Christ, whom thou hast sent. 

4 1 have glorified thee on the earth : I 
tiave finished the work which thou gavest 
me to do. 

5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me 
with thine own self, with the glory which 
I had with thee, before the world was. 

6 f 1 have manifested thy name unto the 
men which thou gavest me out of the world: 
thine they were, and thou gavest them me ; 
and they have kept thy word. 

7 Now they have known that all things 
whatsoever thou hast given me are ot thee. 

b For 1 have given unto them the words 
which thou gavest me ; and they have re- 
ceived them-, and have known surely that 
I came out from thee, and they have be- 
lieved that thou didst send me. 

9 1 pray for them: 1 pray not for the 
world, but for them winch thou hast giv- 
en me ; for thev are thine. 

10 And all mine are thine, and thine 
are mine : and I am glorified in them. 

lit And now! am no more in the world, 
but these are in the world, and I came to 
thee. Holy Father, keep through thine 
own name those whom thou hast given me, 
that thev may be one, as we are. 

12 While 1 was with them in the world, 
1 kept them Mthy name : those that thou 
gave-.t me llnye kept, and none of them 
is lost, hut the son of perdition ; that the 
scripture taigh't be fulffled. 

13 And now come I to thee ; and these 
things I speak in the world, that they might 
have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 

14 I nave given them thy word ; and 
the world hath hated 'them, because they 
are not of the world, even as lain not of 
the world. 



17 1 Sanctify them through thy truth : 
thy word is truth. 

*18 As thou hast sent me into the world, 
even so have I also sent them into the world. 

19 And for their sakes I sanctity myself, 
that they also might be sanctified through 
the truth. 

20 Neaher pray I for these alone, but 
for them also which shall believe on me 
through their word ; 

21 That they all may be one ; as thou, 
Father, art in me, and 1 in thee, that they 
also may be one in us: that the world may 
believe that thou hast sent me. 

22 And the glory which thou gavest rne 
I have given them ; that they may be one, 
even as we are one : 

23 1 in them, and thou in me, that they 
may be made perfect in one ; and that the 
world may know that thou hast sent me, 
and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 

24 Father, 1 will that they also, whom 
thou hast given me, be with me where I 
am, that they may behold my glory, which 
thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me 
before the foundation of the world. 

25 O righteous Father, the world hath 
not known thee : but I have known thee r 
and these have known that thcu hast sent 
me. 

26 And I have declared unto them thy 
name, and will declare it : that the love 
wherewith thou hast loved me may be in 
them, and J in them. 

CHAP. XV1IT. 
1 Judas betray eth Jesus. 15 Peter deni- 
eth him. 28 He is arraigned before Pi- 
kite. 

WHEN Jesus had spoken these words, 
he went forth with his disciples o- 
ver the brock Cedron, where was a gar- 
den, into the which he entered,and his dis- 
ciples. 

2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, 
knew the place : for Jesus ofttimes resort- 
ed thither with his disciples. 

3 Judas then, having received a band 
of men and officers from the chief priests 
and Pharisees, cometh thither with lan- 
terns and torches and weapons. 

4 Jesus therefore knowing all things that 
should come upon him, went forth, and 
said unto them, Whom seek ye ? 

5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazs- 
re'h. Jesus saith unto them, lam he. And 
Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with 
them. 

6 As soon then is he had said unto thftru 
I am hr, ihey went backward, and fell to 
the ground. 



l*ttcr dcmeth Jesu*. 

7 Then asked be them again, Whom 
seekve? And they said, Jesu* ut Nazareth. 

8 Jesus answered, 1 have told you that I 
am he : it therefore ye seek uie, let the >e 
go the : 

9 That the saying might be fulfilled, 
-which he spake, Of them which thou ^.\- 
est me ha\ e 1 lo>t none. 

10 Then bimon Peter having a sword, 
drew it, and smote the high priest'* ser- 
vant, and cut off his right ear. The ser- 
vant's name wah Malchus. 

11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up 
(byword into the sheath : th< u ( i 

. drink 
it? 

band and the capta 
officers ot the Jews took. Jesus, and buund 
him, 

1 And led him away to Ann 
for he wa^> hither in law to Caiaphas } which 
h priest that • 

1-1 Now Cai iphas 
counsel to the Jews, that 

\j • 
and to did another disc liple : that disciple 
was k'; nd went 

lie high 

16 Hut Peter 

it that other disciple, which 
Was known unto the high pi ! 

nut > her that trougut in 

kept the 

s, ti i 
ned themselves : 
., and warmed 

• then a-ked Jesus of 

iou me ? A»k them 
I 1.1 uuto 

! -j d, 



Chap. xix. Ms arraignment. 101^ 

Art not thou also one ot his distip:e> I He 
denied tt> *i\d said,l am i. 

io(Jne of the servant* ot the high priest^ 
l>eu.£ A;« kinsman wh< se earP< er cutoff, 
saith; D:diiut 1 :,ee thee in the garden with 
hiraj 

27 i'cter then denied a£*in : anu imme« 
diateh die c*ck crew. 

- > * Then led the) Jesus from Caiaphas 

unto the nail ot judgment : and it Wa*ear« 

Jj ; and the) themaefveswenf not into the 

at hail, lest they shruid be cuti ed ; 

tat thepassover. 

x then went out unto them, and 

. .: .ajcuiatiuii oi ing \ e a£&inst this 

SO The) answered and said unto him, 
If he wi actor, we would pot 

slivered him up unto thee, 
ol i'heu said Pilate unto them. Ti.keye 
him, and judge him according to your few. 
'1 he Jews therefore said unto him, It is hot 
lawful for us to put any man to death : 

night be 
fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what 
death he should die. 

oJ Then P»i ite eot< red into the judg- 

ment hall i nd said 

unto him, A< •, th< u u . Jews f 

34 Jesus answered b outbis 

. icUit thee oi 

mei 

e answered, Am I a Jew ? Thine 
a and the chief priests have de- 
livered tkee unto me: What hast thou 

usanswerad, M; kingdom 
of tiiis world: if my k I r of this 

world, then would my *r\ 
1 should not be i lh< Jews : but 

m not from hence* 

oi, Art 
thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou 
sayestthat 1 1 m a king. To this o 
i (me 1 into the 

wm Id, tlsat 1 sl»( uld Ixrar witness unto rife 
truth. Ev< i) • tie that bol 

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np rfEN Pikte therefore took Jesus, and 
JL joourged him. 

2 And the soidiers platted a crown of 
thorns, and put it on his head, and they 
put on him a purple robe, 

3 And Sftia, Hail K-ing of the Jews S and 
they smote him with their hands. 

' 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and 
sai'.h unto them. Behold, I brir.g him forth 
to you, that ye may know that I find no 
fauit in him/ 

*" 5 Then came Jesus lorth wearing the 
p'cwn ot thorns, and the purple robe. Ai id 
gilats saith unto them, Behold the man I 

€> \Vben the chief priests therefore and 
pincers saw him, they cried out, saying, 
Qjrucify him, crucify hi:it, Pilate saith un- 
to them, Take ye him, and crucify him; 
|or I find no fault in him, 

7 r p*^ * cws answered him, We have a 
law, ?nd b} cur 'law he ought to die, be- 
cause he made himseit the Son of God, 

3 When Pilate therefore heard that say- 
|u£h? was the qicre afraid ; 

9 And went again into the judgment 
ball, and saith unto^esus, Whence art 
thou ? But Jesus ptvejiim no answer. 
" ' 10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest 
thou not unto roe ? Knowest thou not that 
I hv.-e ^wert^.Giucify thee, and have 
power to release thee ? ' 
' \k Jesu* answered, Thou couldest have 
po pewer at all against me, except it were 
given thee from above: therefore he that 
delivered me unto thee'hath the greater sin; 

12 And from thenceforth Pirate sought 
to release him : but the Jews cried out, 
saying, If thou let this man go, thou art 
not Cesar's friend : whosoever maketh 
himself a king, speaketh against Cesar. 

13 When Pilate therefore heard that 
saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat 
down in the judgment seat in a place that 
is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, 
(Jabbatha. 

14 And it was the preparation of the 
passcver, and about the sixth hour : and he 
saith unto the Jews, Beheld your King ! 

15 But they cried out, Away \\\'d\ him. 
away w jth I'inu crucify him. Pilate saith 
unto them. Shall I crucify your King ? The 
chief Rrjesta lowered, \Ve haye no king 
but Ce*ar. 

* 16" T'i?n delivered be him therefore 
unto them to be crucified, And they took 
If sus, and led him a>* . 

g his cross went forth 
into a place caVed tiie place of a skull, 
which is cailed in JfbeHebrew, Go!g< :- f ha. 

l c 4 Where they crucified" him, and two 
other with him, on either side onv, and 
Jesus in the. ra 

5 19 And Pi la.ie wrote a titTe, and put it 
cm the cross. And the writing was JE- 



SUS OF NAZARETH THE K1KQ 
OF THE JEWS." 

20 This title then read many of the 
Jews : for the place where Jesus was cru- 
cified was nigh to the city : and it was 
written in Hebrew, and Greek, cuid 
Latin. 

21 Then said the chief priests of the 
Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of 
the Jews ; but that he said, I am King of 
the Jews. 

22 ^llate answered, W'hat 1 have writ- 
ten 1 have written. 

23 Then the soldiers, when they had 
crucified Je*u:-, took hi> garments, i.ud 
made tour par's, to even soldier a Dei t • 
and also hid coat : now the coat ^Es with- 
out seam, woven trom the top throughout, 

24 They said therefore among them- 
selves, Let us not rend it, b km 
it, whose it shall be: that the scripture 
might be fulfilled, which saith, The\ part* 
ed my raiment among them, and tor my 
vesture they did cast Jets, 'f hese ti tngg 
therefore the soldiers did. 

25 Now there stood by the cress o! Je- 
sus, his mother, and his mother's siy.er, 
M ary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary 
Magdalene, 

25 When Jesus therefore saw his mo- ' 
ther and the disciples standing by, whom 
he lovedj he saith unto his mother, ' 
man. Behold thy Son ! 

2? Then saith he to the disciple, Be- 
held thy mother I And from that hour 
that disciple took her unto his own home. 

28 ^j After this, Jesus knowing that all 
things were now accomplished, -that the 
scripture migntbe fulfilled, saith, 1 thirst. 

29 Now there was set a vessel full of 
vinegar: and the? filled a sponge with 
vinegar, and put it upon h\ sscp, and pat 
\\ tqhis Jpouth. 

30 \Vhen Jesus therefore had received 
the vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he \ 
bow -jo his head, and gave up the ghost. 

31 TFhe Jews therefore, because it 

the preparation, that the bodies should not 
remain upon the cross on the sabbath day;, 
(for that sabbath day was an high day), be- 
sought Pilate tha: their legs might be bro- 
ken, and that they might be taken : 

j2 Then came the soldiers, and brake 
the legs or the first, and oi'the other which. 
was crucified with him. 

33 But when they came to Jesus, and 
saw that he was cleud already, they brake 
apt his legs : 

34 But one of the soldiers with a spear 
pierced hioside, and tbrthwith c^m. 

out blood and water. 

35 And he that saw it bare record, and : 
h' s record is true : and he knoweth thjL* 
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28 And Thomas answered and said un- , 
to him, my Lord and my God. 

29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, be- 
cause thou hast seen me, thou hast believ- 
ed: blessed ore they that have not seen, 
and yet have believed. 

SO And many other signs truly did Je- 
sus in the presence of his disciples, which 
are not written in this book : 

31 But these are written, that ye might 
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 
God ; and that believing ye might have 
life through his name. 

CHAP. XXI. 

1 Christ appearing again) 15 giyeth Peter 

a charge; 20 andrcbuketh his curiosity. 

AFTER these things Jesus she v/ed him- 
self again to the disciples at the sea 
©1 Tiberias ; and on this wise shewed he 
himself. 

2 There were together Simon Peter, 
and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathan- 
aei of Cana in Galilee, and the sows of 
Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. 

3 Simon Peter saith unto them, 1 go a 
fishing. They say unto him, 1 We also go 
•with thee. They went forth, and entered 
into a ship immediately; and that night 
they caught nothing. 

4 But when the morning was now come, 
Jesus stood on the shore : but the disciples 
knew not that it was Jesus. 

5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, 
Have ye any meat J They answered him, 
No. 

6 And he said unto them, Cast the net 
on the right side of the ship, and ye shall 
find. They cast therefore, and now they 
were not able to draw it for the multitude 
of fishes. 

7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus 
loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. 
Now when Simon Peter heard that it was 
the Lord, he girt A js fisher's coat unto him, 
for he was naked and did cast himself into; 
the sea. 

8 And the other disciples came in a little 
ship, (for they were not far from land, but 
as it were two hundred cubits), dragging 
the net with 'the fishes. 
' 9 As soon then as they were come to: 
land, they saw a fire oi coals there, and ! 
■fish laid thereon and bread. 

20 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the 
-fish which ye have now caught. 

11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the 
net to land lull oi great fishes, an hundred, 
and fifty and three : and for all there were- 
so nr.ny, yet was not the net broken. 

12 Jsau's saitL unto them, come anddme*, 



St. JOHN. ffe giveth Peter a charge* 

And none of the disciples durst ask him, 
Who art thou? knowing that it was th$ 
Lord. 

13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, 
and giyeth them, and fish likewise. 

14 This is now the third time that Je- 
sus shewed himself to his disciples, alter 
that he was risen from the dead. 

15 % So when they had dined, Jesus saith 
to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, Lov^ 
est thou me more than these ? He saith un- 
to him, Yea, Lord : thou knowest that I 
love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
lambs* 

16 He saith to him again the second 
time, Simon son of Jonas, Lovest thou me ? 
He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou know- 
est that I love thee. He saith unto him, 
Feed my sheep, 

17 He saith unto him the third time, Si- 
mon, son of Jonas, Lovest thou me? Peter 
was grieved because he said unto him the 
third time, Lovest thou me ? And he said 
unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; 
thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith. 
unto him, Feed my sheep. 

18 Verily, verily, 1 say unto thee, When 
thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and 
walkest whither thou wouldest : but when 
thou shalt be old,thou shalt stretch forth thy 
hands, and another shall gird thee, and 
carry thee whither thou wouldest not. 

19 This spake he, signifying by what 
death he should glorify God. And when 
he had spoken this, he saith unto him, 
Follow me. 

20 If Then Peter, turning about, seeth 
the disciple whom Jesus loved following ; 
which also leaned on his breast at supper, 
and said, Lord, Which is he that betray* 
eth thee ? 

2 L Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus Lord, 
And what shall this man do? 

22 Jesus saith unto him, If" I will that he 
tarry till I come. What is that to thee? 
Follow thou me. 

23 Then wen: this saving abroad among 
the brethren, that that disciple should not 
die. yet Jesus said not unto him, He 
shall not die ; but, It 1 will that he tarry 
till 1 come, Whau'.s Mat to thee? 

24 This is the disciple which testifieth 
of these things, and wrote these things ; 
and we know that his testimony is true. 

25 And there are also many other things 
which Jesus did, the which, if they should 
be written .every one, 1 suppose that even 
the world itself could not contain the books 
that should be written. Amen. 



The Acts of the Apostles. 



1019 



G H A P. I. i in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the 

1 A repetition of flart of 0;rut*s history. \ number of the names together were about 

an hundred and twenty), 

16 Men and brethren, thisscripture must 
needs have been fulfilled, which the Ho-> 
lv Ghost bv the mouth ot David spake be- 
fore concerning Judas, which was guide ta» 
them that rook. Jesus. 

\7 For he was numbered with us, and 
had obtained part of this mini stry. 

18 Now this man purchased afield with 
the reward of iniquity : and falling head- 
long, he burst asunder in the midst, and all 
his bowels gushed out. 

19 And it was known unto all the dwel- 
lers at Jerusalem ; insomuch as that field 
i* called in their proper tongue, Acelda- 
ma, that is to say, The field of blood. 

20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, 
Let his habitation be desolate, and let do 
man dwell therein : and his bishopricklef 
another take. 

21 Wherefore of these men which have 
comparued with us all the time that the 
Lot fl J. Sus went in and out among us, 

22 Beginning from the baptism of John, 
unto that same day that he was taken up 
from us, must one be ordained to be aw k- 

ith us of hU resurrection. 

23 And they appointed two, Joseph cal- 
led Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, 
a; id Matthias. 

24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, 
Lunl, which tnowei.t the hearts of all me*, 
lh< a v I < ; .- ifthesitwo thou hast chosen, 

25 That he may take part of this minis- 
try and , 1 mm which Judas by 
transgression fell, that he might g 
own plate* 

26 And they e;ave forth their lots ; r -nd 
the tat tell uponMatthii 
bered with the 

CHAT. II. 
The afiQfitUit filled H 

AND when the day 
tnly were all w . 

in one plnce ; 
2 And suddenly there can i . 

filled all th< house wh< i 

j And tin it lern do- 

ven ton jues ..s of an , to each 

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15 Matthias choaen into the, afios!lcs/ii u 

THE former treatise have 1 made, O 
Theophiius, of all that Jesus began 
botii to do and teach, 

2 Until the day in which he was taken up, 
after that he through the Holy Ghost had 
given commandments unto the apostles 
whom he had chosen : 

3 To whom also he shewed himself alive 
alter his passion by main infaliibe proofs, 
heingseen of them forty days, and speak- 
ing of the things pertaining to the kingdom 
otGxl. 

4 And, being assembled together with 
them, commanded them that they should 
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for 
the promise of the Father, which, saith 
he, ye have heard of me. 

5 For John tru'y baptized with water; 
but ye shall be baptized with theHoly Ghost 

not many days hence. 

6 When they therefore were come to- 
gether, they asked of htm, saying, Lord, 
Wift th ,u at this time restore again the 
kingdom to Israel I 

7 And he said unto them, It is not for 
you to know the times or the seasons, which 
the Father hath put in his own power. 

8 But ve shall receive power, alter that 
the HWyOhost has come upon you : and 
ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Je- 
rusalem, rind in all Judea, and inSamaiia, 
and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 

9 Ami when he had spoken these things. 
■while they beheld, lie was t.ikm up; and 

a cloud received him out of their Sight. 

10 And while Uu f fastly t< - 
•ward he '.ven as he went Up, behold, two 
men Stood by them in white a;»p ird : 

11 Which al-> i a rid, Ye men ol I 

\V if stand ye Racing up Into heaven r Tins 

ne Jesusi which is taken up from you 

into heaven, shall so come in like manner 

DQ £0 into heaven. 

they onto Jerusalem 
mount called Olivet, which is 
ii d iv\j< umej . 

13 And when the-, in, thev 
v up into an upj»cr roan, when 

b<rt.h PeO ' and John, and An- 

irtholomew, 
and Matthew, James thr son of Alpheus, 
and ,Simon Zeli H is the brother 

Of J trees. 

14 T inued with one accord 
in praser and m\ a ith the wo- 
men, and Mar) the m is, and 
with his brethren. 

13 *; And iri th K e ays Peter stood up 



1020 Pan of Chris f 3 history. the ACTS, 

multitude came together, and were con- 
founded, because that every man heard 
them speak in his own language. 

7 And they were all amazed and mar- 
relied-, saying one to another. Behold, Are 
not all these which speak Galileans I 
: 8 And, How hear we e \ ery man in our 
own tongue, wherein we were born I 

9 Par'thians, and Medes, and Elamites, 
9nd the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in 
judea, andCappadocia,in Pontus, and Asia, 
' 19 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, 
and in the parts of Lybia about Gyrene, and 
Strangers of Itome, Jews and Proselytes, 

11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear 
them speak in our tongues the wonderful 
works of God. 

12 And they were all amazed, and were 
in doubt, saying one to another, What 
nienneth this I 

13 Others mocking said, These men are 
lull of new wine. 

14 But Peter, standing up with the elev- 
en,, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, 
Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at 
Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and 
hearken to my words : 

15 For these are not drunken, as ye sup- 
pose, seing it is but the third hour ot the 
day : 

16 But this is that which was spoken. by 
the prophet Joel ; 

IS And it shall come to pass in the last 
days, saith God, I will pour out ot my 
Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and 
your daughters shall prophesy, and your 
young men shall see visions, and your old 
inen shall dream dreams : 

: 18 And on my servants and on my hand- 
maidens I will pour out in those days oi 
inv Spirit ;•■ and they shall prophesy : 

"19 And I will shew wonders in heaven 
above, and signs in the earth beneath; 
Mood , and fire, and vapour of smoke : 

" -20 The sun shall be turned into dark- 
ness, and the moon into blood, before that 
great and notable day of the Lord come: 
■"SI And it shift!! come to pass, that who* 
soever shall call on the name of the Lord 
sfealFbe saved* 

- 22 Ye men-of Israel hear these words ; 
Jesfw of Nazareth, a man approved of God 
amongyoubv miracles a; id wonders and 
s : ,. .-^V'inch'Gou did by him in the midst 
.o aS ve 3 ourselves also know : 
'23 I Z'tin", being delivered b; 
mihate counsel a.ndtoreknc 
ye have taken, and by wics 

land slain; 

. 24 Whom God hath rass 

l:)e ;1 \he pains of death: 

not possible that he should b 

25 For David speakethc< 

foresaw Uif h<&4 always 6 



the descent of the Holy tiho'st^ 

ior he is on my right hand, that I should 
not be moved ; 

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and 
m> tongue was glad"; moreover" also my 
flesh shall rest in hope : 

27 Because thou wilt not leave mv soul 
in heli, neither wilt thou suiter thine' lioiy 
One to see corruption. 

28 Thou hast made known to me the 
ways of life; thou shaft make me full of 
joy with thy c< uoteftaribe* 

29 Menand brethren,let me freely speak 
unto you of the patriarch David, that he 
is both dead add buried, and his sepulchre 
is with us unto this day* 

30 Therefc >re being a prophet, and know- 
ing that God had sworn with an oath to 
him, that of the fruit of his loins, accor- 
ding to the ilesh, he woukl raise up Christ 
iosit on his thro ne ; 

31 He, seeing this before, spake of the 
resurrection of Christ, that his soul was 
not left in hell, neither his Sfesfa did see cor- 
ruption , 

"""32 This Jesus hath God raised up ; where* 
of we all are witnesses; 

33 Therefore being by the right hand 
of God exalted, and" having received of 
the Father the promise o* the Holy Ghost, 
he hath shed forth this* which ye now see 
and hear= 

34ForDavid is not ascended into the heav- 
ens : but he saidi himself, The Lord said 
unto my Lord, S«t thoa on mj right hand, 

35 Until I make thy foes thy loutstoo). 

36 Therefore let all die house of Israel 
know assuredly, that God hath made that 
same Jesus whom ye have crucified, both 
Lord and Christ* 

37 Now when they heard this, they Were 
pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter 
and to the rest of the apostles, Men and 
brethren. What shall we do 1 

33 Then Peter said unto them, Repent^ 
and be baptized every one oi you in the 
name of Jesus Christ, tor the remission df 
sins, and ye stiad receive the girt of the 
Holy Ghost* 

39 For the promise is unto you and t« 
yoUr children, and to all that are alar c tfl 
trOen as niany as the Lord otir God shall 
cnih 

40 And with many other words' did he 
testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves 

Gtti this untoward generation. 
-41 Then ihfii leceived his 

he same C^y 
re Wer fa therk about three 

\sanri so&l9« 

3 And they Continued sted*astly in the 
'iv.s' doctrine and fellow -hip, and in 

Ot i>?ead, and pr.oers. 
And fear came upon every soul : and 
' wonders and signs were done' by thfr 

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aphas, and John, and Alexander, and as 
many as were of the kindred of the high 
priest, were gathered together at Jerusa- 
lem. 

7 And when they had set them in the 
midst, they asked, By what power, or by 
what name, have ye done this i 

8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, 
said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, 
and eiders of Israel, 

9 If we this day be examined of the good 
deed done to the impotent man, fry what 
means he is made whole : 

10 Be it known unto you all, and. to all 
the people of Israel, that by the name of 
3esus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye cruci- 
ited, whom God raised from the dead, 
even, by him doth this man stand here be- 
fore you whole. 

11 This is" the stone which was set at 
nought ol you builders, which is become 
the head of the corner. 

12 Neither is there salvation m any o- 
ther : for there is none other-name under 
lieaven given among men, whereby we 
must be saved. 

"'13 1 Now when they saw the boldness 
©f Peter and John, and perceived that they 
were unlearned and ignorant men, they 
marvelled ; and they took knowledge of 
them, that they had been with Jesus. 

14 And ' beholding the man which was 
healed standing with them, they could say 
nothing against it. -.-'. 

15 But when they had commanded 
them to go aside out of the ' council* they 
confer red among themselves, 

16 Saxing, What shall; we do to the^e 
men? For that indeed a notable miracle 
nath been dme by them is manifest to all 
them that dwell in Jerusalem j and we 
cannot deny iu 

17 But that it spread no further among 
the people, let us straitly threaten them, 
that they speak henceiorth to no man in 
this name. ■ , .... ...... 

' 18 And they called them and command- 
ed them not to speak at all nor teach in 
the name of Jesus. 

19 But Peter and John answered and 
said unto them, Whether it be right in the 
sight ot God to hearken unto you more 
than unto God, judge ye; 

20 For we cannot but speak the things 
which we have seen and heard. 

21 So when they had further threaten- 
ed them,vhey let them go, -finding nothing 
how they might punish them, because of 
the people : lor all men glorified God for 
that which was done. 

22 For the man was above forty years 
old, on whom this miracle of healing was 
-shewed. 

23 And being let go, they went to their 



The ACTS. .Ananias and Sapphira* 

own company, and reported all that the 
chief priests and elders had said unto them, 

24 And when they heard that, they lilt- 
ed up tiieir voice to God with one accord, 
and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast 
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and 
all that in them is: 

25 Who by the mouth of thy servant 
David hast said,Why did the heathen rage y 
and the people imagine vain things * 

26 The kings of the earth stood up, and 
the rulers were gathered together against 
the Lord, and against his Christ. 

27 For of a truth against thy holy child 
Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both He- 
rod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, 
and .'the people of Israel,, were gathered 
together, 

28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and 
thy counsel determined before to be done. 

29 And now, Lord, hehold their threat- 
enings : and grant unto thy servants, that 
with all boldness they may spe~akthy word, 

30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal ; 
and that signs and wonders may be done 
by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 

31 And when they hadprayed, theplace 
was shaken where they were assembled 
together ; and they were all filled with the 
Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of 
' God with -boldness. 

1 32 And the multitude of them that be- 
lieved were of one heart and of one soul : 
neither said any of them that aught of the 
things which he possessed was his own; but 
they had all things common. - 

! 33 And with great power gave the a- 
jpostles witness of the resurrection of the ; 
.'Lord Jesus : and great grace was upon 
them all. 

34 Neither was there any among them 
that lacked : for as many as were posses* 
'sors of lands or houses, sold them, and 
brought the prices of the things that were' 
'sold,. . ' 

I ;35, And laid them down at the apostles* 1 
feet : and distribution was made unto ev- 
ery man according as lie had need. 

36 And Joscs, who by the apostles was 
surnamed Barnabas, which is, being inter- 
preted, The son of consolation, a Levite, 
unci of the country of Cyprus, 

37 Having land, sold it, and brought the 
money, and laid it at the apostles' feet, 

CHAP. V. 
1 The death of Ananias and Sappkira, 
17 The apostles imprisoned again, and 
delivered. 

BUT a certain man named Ananias, 
with Sapphira his wife, sold a posses- 
sion, 

2 And kept back part of the price, his 
wile also being privy to it, and brought a 
certain part, and laid it at the apostles' fceU 



The afiostle* imfiriswed, Chap, 

3 But Peter said, Ananias, Why hath I 
Satan iiUed thine heart to iie to the Holy 

I /I to keep back pari of the price 
of the land ? 

4 Whiles it remained, Was it not thine 
cad I And after it w;n sold* was 

thine own power > Why hast thou con- 
ceived thii thing in thine heart.'' Thou 
unto men, but unto God. 

5 And Ananias hearing these words fell 

.(! gave up the ghost : and great tear 
came on ah them that heard these things. 

6 And the young men arose, wound him 
up, and carried htm cut, an 

7 And it was about the space o! three 
hours after, -when hjc wife, not knowing 
what w; 

H And J'eter an wered unto her, Tell 
me whether ye sold the land tor s,o mucn I 
And she said, Yea, torso much. 

y Then Peter said unto her. How is it 
that ve have agreed together to tempt the 
Spirit of the Lord t Behold, the 

licb-have buried thy husband arj 
at the door, and shall earn' diee cut. 

10 Then fell shedown straight .vay athis 
feet, and yielded up tr.e gt.c 3 t: and the 

ime in, and touad her dead, 
vying fur forth, buried her by her 

11 And great fear c~rre ?:prn all the 
churoii, and upon as a d thete 

. 

12 And by the hands of the apostles 
were m r.ders wrought 
amuug tl \ w*re ail with 
one accord in bolomon's porch. 

t no man ji ;n 
hlmsell bo them ; but the people magoih- 
• 

14, And believers were the more added 
to the Lord) multitude! both ol . 

15 Insomuch that tliev brought forth the 
! them on beds 
that at the least the 

the c.c 
healed < 

• 

wa\ laid their h 
and po 

19 But the 
opened the pr 
forth, and said, 

20 Go, stand and speak m the temple 
to the people ail the words i 
i 2X And when they heard tfiut- 



, v. Gamalu ft tommtL 10:T 

tered into the temple early in the morning, 
and taught. But the high priest came, 
and they that were with him, and called 
the council together, and all the senate bf 
the children oi Israel, ?a>d sent to the pris- 
on to have them brought; 

Bit when the officers came, and 
found them not in the prison, they return- 
ed, and told, 

23 Saving, The prison truly found we 
shut with all safety, :;nd the keepers stand- 
ing without before the doors': but whea 
we had opened, we found no man within* 

24 ] the high priest and the 
captain o: the temple and the ehief priests 
heard these things, they doubted of them. 

95 Then came one and told them, say- 
, die men whom ye put in pris- 
on are standing in the temple, and teach - 
ing thepeople. 

26 Then went the captain with theeff.- 
c:rs, and brought them without violence : - 
red the people. :ald 

:.ed. 
2T And when they had brought therrt , 
, e the council : ami 
high ] i .?m, 

L>h! not we straitly command 

you thj j e stM uld not teach in thisname ? 

, ye have filled Jerusalem v.itix 

your doctrine, and intend to bri;:^ this: 

■ od upon us. 

29 Then Peter and the other apostles 
ana a ei .-. d , and said, We ou^ht to obey God 
rather tl un 

30 The Grid of our fathers raised up Jc- 

>m \ e>iew rind hanged on a tree, 
oi Him hath God exalted with his right 
hand, to kc a Prince ana a Saviour, fbi to 
oes i 

and i 

hath riv( n to them tliatobey htm. 

When they bn 
cut to the heart) and took cou;, 

tood there up one in the CO 

of the . 
people 

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hat sat in the eosaacil. 
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tbprayei : istryofthewora. 

5 And the saying pleased the v. hole mul- 
titude; and they chose Step i, a man 
full of faith, and of the H 

Philip, and Prochofus, ar-d Nie'anor, and 
Tim on, and Farmenasj and Nicola?, a 
ptoselyfe of Anticch : 

6 Whom the v set before- the apostles; 
and when they had prayed, they laid thetr 
hands on them. 

7 And the word of God increast 
the number of the disciples-mult 
Jerusalem greatly; and a; : la 

of the priests were obedient to the faith. j " ■ 

8 And Stephen, full ot faith and power, 
did great wonders and miracles among the 
people. 

9 8 J Then there artise certain of thesyn- 
agouge, which is called t/ie syndgagut of 
the Libertines, and Cyremarr--, and' Alex- 
andrians, and of them ot'Ctlicia and of A- 
sia, disputing with Stephen, 

10 And they were not able to resist the 
wisdom and the spirit bv which he spake. 

11 Then they suborned men which said, 
We have heard him speak blasphemous 
jwords against Moses, and against God; 

12 And they stirred up the people, and 



it., no, not so much as to set .1 i a -, yet 

give it to mm 

iter turn, 

That his 
■ad; and 
bondage, 
and en re .c them evil I 

7 And the nation to whom they shall be 
in bondage will I judge said God: and af- - r 
ter (hat shall they come forth, and serve 
oielh displace. 

8 And he gave him tlie covenant of cir- ■ 

n begat Isaac, • 
;hth day ; and 
Isa^o begat Jacob; and Jacob tiggatthe 

' 9 And . : bs, moved with evA'7, 

sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with 

10 And delivered him out of all his af- 
flictions, and gave him favour and wisdom 
in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt ; mid 
he made him goA ei nor over Egypt and all 
his hoase. 

11 Now there 1 cornea dearth over all the : 
land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great af- 
fliction ; and ourfathers tound no sustenance. 

12 But when Jacob heard that there was 
corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 

13 And at the second time Joseph was . 
made known to his brethren ; and Joseph's 



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1926 The church planted in ■Samaria, The 

my footstool : What house will ye build i 
me ? saith the Lord : or, What is the place I 
of my rest? 

50 Hath not my hand made all these I 
things i 

51 Ye stiffnecked and unc.TC'U^c\3ed in 
heart and ears, -ye do aiway ; resist the' Ho- 
ly Ghost : as your fathers did, sti do ye. 

52 Which el the prophets hive not \ our 
lathers persecuted . ? And the)' have sLin 
them which shewed before oi the coming 
of the Just One ; Of whom ye have been 
now the betrayers and murderers : 

53 Who have received the law by the 
disposition of angels, and have not kept it. 

54 1[ When the \ heard these things, they 
■were cut to the heart, and they gnashed 
on him with their teeth. 

55 But he, being lull of the Koly Ghost, 
looked up stediastiy into heaven, and saw 
the glory of. God, and Jesus standing on the 
right, hand of God, 

55 And said, Behold, I see the heavens 
ope' : ed,:'.nd theSon of Man standing on the 
right hand ot God. 

57 Then they cried out with a loud 
voice, and stopped their ears, and ran up- 
on him with one accord, 

58 And cast him out of the city, and 
stoned him : and the witnesses laid down 
their clothes at a young man's feet, whose 
name was Saul. 

59 And they stoned Stephen, calling up- 
on Goo', and- saying, Lord Jesus, receive 
*vy spirit. 

60 'And he kneeled down* and cried 
with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to 
their charge. And when he had said this 
he ieil asleep. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 The church 9 fdanted m Samaria^ 14 is 
confirmed by Peter and John, 26 Phil- 
ip sent to baptize an eunuch. 

AND Saul was consenting unto his 
death. And at that time there was 
a great persecution against the church 
■which was at Jerusalem ; and they were 
all scattered abroad throughout the regions 
of Judea and Samaria, except the apostle-. 

2 And devout men carried Stephen to his 
burial, and made great lamentation over 
him. 

3 As for Saul, he made havock of the 
church, entering into every hou^e, and 
haling men and women committed them 
to prison. 

4 Therefore they that were scattered a- 
broad, went every where preaching the 
word. 

5 Then Philip went down to the city of 
Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 

6 And the people with one accord gave 
heed unto those tilings which Philip spake, 
hearing and seeing the miracles which he 
dm. 



ACTS, and confirmed by Peter and John, 

7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud 
voice, came out of man> that were posses- 
sed tvi.h them : and many taken with pal* 

! sies. and that \\\rre lame, were healed. 

8 And there was great joy in that city, 

9 But there was a certain man, called 
Simon, which beforetitr.e in the same city 
used sorcery, and bewitched the peop'eot 
Samaria, giving out that himself was some 
ere.? tone: 

10 To whom they all gave heed, from 
the least to the greatest, saying, This man 
is the great power of God. 

11 And to him they had regard, becausa 
that of lung time he had bewitched them 
with sorceries. 

12 But when they believed Philip, preach- 
ing the things concerning the kingdom of 
God, and the name ol Jesus Christ, they 
were baptized, both men and women. 

13 Then Simon himself believed also: 
and when he was baptised, he continued 
with Philip, and wondered, beholding the • 
miracles and sign? which were done. 

14 % Nov; when the apostles which were 
at Jerusalem, heard that Samaria had re- 
ceived the word of God, they sent unto 
them Peter and John : 

15 Who, when they were come down, 
prayed tor them, that they might recer.e. 
[the Holy Ghost; 

16 For as yet he was fallen upon none 
of them : only they were baptized in the 
name of the Lord Jesus. 

17 Then laid they their hands on them, 
and they received the Ploly Ghost. 

18 And when Simon saw that through 
laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy 
Ghost was given, he offered them money, 

19 Saying, Give, me also this power, 
that on whomsoever 1 lay hands, he may 
receive the Holy Ghost. 
'' 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money- 
perish with thee, because thou hast thought 
that the gift of God may be purchased with 
money, . . 

21 Thou hast neither part nor lot mthis 
matter : for thy heart is not right in the 
sight of God. 

22 Repent therefore of this thy wicked- 
ness, and prav God, if perhaps the thought 
of Mrine heart may be forgiven thee : 

23 For I perceive that thou art in the 
gall of bitterness, and wthe bond of ini- 
quity. 

24 Then answered Simon, and said, 
Pray ye to the Lord for me that none oi . 
these things which ye have spoken come 
upon me. 

25 And they, when they had testified 
and preached the word of the Lord, re- 
turn to Jerusalem, and preached the gos- 
pel in many villages of the Samaritans. 

t 25 % And the angel of the Lord spake 
ui-.to "Fhiiip, saying, Arise, and go toward 



'SauTs miraculox* conversion : 



Chcp. ix. 



lie flreacheih C'.r'.hi, 1017 



the soirh unto f he w -y that gneth do*n 

luwstemunto Gazaywl 

• i went : am. 
a it: eunuch of gre 

thei . ndace queen oi the Ethi- 

opians, who had the oiarge of allber trea- 
sure, and bad come to Jerusalem for to 

uip, 
Was retunrng, and sitting in his 
chariot, read Esaks the prop 

29 Thi saia unto Philip, Go 
near, and j in th) self to this di I 

30 And Philip ran thitherto him, and 
heard tun read i -> and 
said, UudersianuCbt ih'.u whatthoui 
est? 

, 1 he said, How can I, except some 
man should guide n.e ? And 
;> th<it he would corae up i 

32 The place of the scripture which he 
read v.astuis, He was led as 

. id like a lanib gl 

,udgmcnt was 
tak. 
geajL' rathe 

. 1 the eunuch answered PI i 
said, J pray thee, Ot 

ll,oi oi som« 

35 Then Philip opened his mcuth, and 
each- 

I ■' . 

nded the chariot to 
oth into 
the wau 

i2ed him. 
: when they were < 
•■ 

I , 

c 
C II 

I ..« pric t, 

9 And 

d tlu. 



women, he 7r<:~\\i brin^ them bound unto 
Jerusalem. 

3 A:;d as he journeyed, he came near 
Damasca 

round about him a light tram heaven : 

4 And heiell to the earth, 
voice saying ur.to him, baui, San 
pcr^ecuresc thou me .' 

5 A;.d he said. Who art thou, Lord ? 
And tneLord bald, i am Jesus whom thou 
persecuted : i; is hard for thee to kick a- 
gainst ihe pricks* 

6 And lie trc.n'oling an ] astonished >aicf, 
Lore!, What wilt diouh.nemetodo r And 
the Lord id go in- 
to the tit) , and k shall Lc told trice what 
Uioi; must do. 

the men which journeyed with 
him stoo ice, but 

mam 

.^ul arose from the earth ; and 

eyes v. ere opened, he ^w ro 
man: bo tumd, and 

9 And without sight, 

: nk. 
^ a certain 

as ; and to him 
iaid the Lord in a viskn, Ananias. And 
. Lord. 
11 And the Lord *ciH. unto him, Arise, 
and go . eet which is 

J I f, behold, 

13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I 

i, now 

much evii he haUi done to thy saintsatJe- 

vnro the 
■ 

ij tiut tho i ::hn. Godly 

way : lor he ii 

i hiklrtn «»t 1 

16 Foi 

. 

17 Al . ,nd en- 

I 



;.om hia 
- 
en sight : 

Jy AW 



tors TteJmikywdttokillSmd. The 

was strengthened. Then was Saul Certain 
days with the ciibcipies which were at Da- 
i 

20 . in-} straightway he preached Christ 
in the synagogues, that he is the Son < Lt/-. 

21 Butall that heard him were amazed, 
and said, is not this he that destroyed them 
which called on thus name in Jerusaietn, 

• and came hither for that intent, ftiat he 
them bound untu the phiet 

: Saui increased the more in 
Iconihunded the Jew?; which 
Damascus, proving that this is 
very C 





ayswer^ful- 




.o kili him : 




as known of 


- td li 


e gates day 


3 took 


iim by night, 


e wal 


, in a r.i-ket. 


a<j co; 


ue to Jerusa- 




he dis- 



: 

. 27 B 
him to 
them V 



:n to him, and 

>• at Damascus 











50 Wh 


ich 


when i 


. hreo knew, 


they hrou 


5 nt 


him do 


wn io Cesar ea, and 


$ent hini t 


rth 


to Tar 


sus. 


„31 Then had the ch 


arches rest through - 


cut all Ju 


lea 


o»vl '"' 


nd cj rftaria, 


and were ( 






1 walking in.ihe tear 


pi the Lore 






comfort or the Ho- 








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iass as Peter passed 








?o, he came down 


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33 And 


thei 


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$md a certain man 


named Ei 


eas, 


which 


had kept his bed 


eighfcyean 


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Peter said \ 


liitd him, Eneas, Je- . 


sus Christ 




eththe 


- ; arise, and 


make thyl 




And he arose immediately. 

lat dwelt in Lydda and Sa- 


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nd tun 


ed to the : 


; 36 1 N( 






s at Joppa a certain 








la, winch by inter- 


was iuil c 


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>rcas : this woman 




od WO 


^ks and a misdeeds 



which she did. 

' 57 And it came to jpass in those days, 
that she was sick, and died : whom when 
they had washed; they laid her in an upp sr 

chamber. 



r th for Peter, 

38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh 

iples had heard that 
iim two 
m en , desi ring him tn at - not delay 

to come to them. 

39 Then Peter arose and went with 
them. W.hen he was come, they brought 
him into the upper chamber :' and all the 
widows stood by him weepikg, and shew- 
ing the coats and garments wfcich Dorcas 
made, while she was with them. 

40 But Peter put them ail forth, and 
kneeled down,- and prayed; and 

him to_the body, said, Tahitha, arise. And 
she opened her eyes: and when she saw 
Peter, she sat up. 

41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted 
her up, and when he had called the saints 
and widows, tie presented her alive. 

42 And it was known throughout all 
Joppa ; and many believed in the Lord. 

43 And it came to pass that ho tarried 
many days in Joppa with one Simon a 
tanner. 

CHAP. X. 

1 Cornelius sendeth for Peter* oHisvinon* 

^I^HEiiE was a certain man in Cesa- 

Jl rea called Cornelius, a centurion of 

the band called the Italian band. 

2 A devout man. and one that feared 

God with all his house, which gave much 

1 aims to the i j >rayed to God al- 

3" i He saw in a vision evidently ahotft 

l the ninth h' rn;.;elot'God 

to him, and saying unto him, 

4 And wheq he looked on him, he was 
afraid, and said, What is it, Lord i And he 
said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms 
are come up for a memorial before Gcd. 

5 And now send men to Joppa, and call 
for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: 

6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, 
whose house is by the seaside: he shall tell 
thee what thou bughtest to do. 

7 And when die angel which spake un- 
to Cornelius was departed, he called two 
of his household servants, and a devout sol- 
dier of them that waited on him continu- 

8 And when he had declared all these 
thing's auto them, he sent them to Joppa. 

9 On the morrow as they went oi 
journey, and drew high unto, the city, Pe- 
ter wont up upon the house top to pray a- 
bout the sixth hour : 

10 And he became very hungry, and 
would .have eaten : but while they made 

into a. trance, 
id saw heaven opened, and a cer- 
tain vessel descending unto him, as it had 
been a great sheet knit at th* four corners, 
and iej dew to the earth; 



Peter preach eth Chs 

12 Wherein were all manner of foor- 
footedbe a th, and wild beasts, 
and creeping things, and fowls ol the air. 

13 And there came a voice to him,R.se, 
Peter; kill, and eat. 

14 But Peter s id, not so Lord ; for I 
have never eaten any thing that is com- 
mon or unclean. 

15 And the voice f-fiake unto hi 
the second wme, What G- ,d hath e 
that call not thi u cornm* n. 

1G This was done thrice : and the ves- 
sel was received op again into heaven. 

17 NOW while Peter dotted in 

vhat tl ) '' be had seen, ilr ukl 

mean, behold, die men which w< 
from Cornelius had made inquiry for Si- 
mon's house,aiid stood before the gate, 

18 And called, and asked whet 

tuch was so: named Peter, were 
lodged I 

19 While Peter thought on the vision, 
the Spirit said unto him, Ikhoid, three 
men seek thee. 

20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, 
and go with them, doubting nothing : for 1 
bavei 

21 Then Peter went down to the men 
which were sent unto him from Cornelius; 
and said, Behold, lam he whi m ye seek : 
What u the cause wherefore ye arecome? 

22 And they said, Cornelius the centu- 
rion, a just man, and one that teateth God, 
and of good report among all the nation 
c* the Jews, was warned from God by an 

;el to send for thee into Lis house, 
and to hear words of thee* 

23 Then called he them in, and 
thnn. And on the morrow Peter went a- 
•way with them, and certain brethren from 
lappa accompanied him. 

24 And the morrow afrer the ! 

into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for 
them, and had called together his kinsmen 
and near friends. 

25 And as Peter was coming in, Corne- 
lius met him, and fell down at his feet, 
and worshipped him* 

n 6 But Peter took him up, s:\} ir.g, Stand 
an a man. 
I ilked with him, he went 
many that were come tn- 

id unto them, Ye 
unlawful thing for a man 
keep company u 

■ 
that 1 should not call any 
inc.' 

' y(m Wi l.out 

or what intent ye have 

.'lius said. Four days ago 1 



.p. X. to Cornel'us. 1025 

was fasting until this hour: and at the ninth 
hour 1 prayed in my house, and, behold, a 
man -to. )d before me in bright clothing, 

Cl And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is 
heard, and thine alms are had in remem- 
■ -i (he sight of Gcd. 

ore to Joppa, and call 
e surname is Feier ; he 
the hou,e o.' enc Smion a tan- 
E s side : who, when he com- 
ic unto thee. 

33 immediately theretorc 1 sent to thee p 

I i art come. 
Now therefore are we all here present be- 
fore God, to hear all things that are com- 
manded thee of God. 

34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and 
said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no 
respecter o: persons : 

35 But in every nation he th3t feareth 
him, and worketh righteousness, is accept- 
ed with him. 

36 The word which God sent unto the 
children of Israel, preaching peace by Je- 
sus Christ : he is Lord of all : 

37 That word, / say ye know, which . 
was published throughout all Judca, and 
began from Galilee, after the baptism 
which John preached ; 

38 How God anointed Jesus of Naza- 
reth with the Holy Ghost and with power r 
who went about 'doing good, and healing 
all that were oppressed of the devil ; for. 
God was with him. 

39 And we are witnesses of all things 
which he did both in the land of the Jews, 
and in Jerusalem, whom they sJew and 

don a tree : 

4u Him God raised up the third day, 
and shewed him openly ; 

41 Not to ah the people, but unto wit- 
nesses chosen before of God, even to us, 
who did e; t and dr-nk with him after he 
u the dead. 

-i J And he commanded us to preach un- 
to the people, and to testify mat it is he 
tt hicli was ordained of ttod to 0c the Judgti 
of quick 

4 3 Tonka give all the prophets witness, 
that through hi> name * I lie** 

eth in him shall rece ve remission of sins. 

44 While Peter yet spake the e wi 

(he Holy Ghost fell on ail them v.hiou 
beard the word* 

45 And they of the circumcision which 
believed w< re astonished, asmanyascamo 
with Peter, bee oise that < □ the Gentile* 
also was poured out the gift ot the Holy 

4t> For they heard them speak with. 
Then an* 
swered Peter, 

47 C m any mar. forbid watftr, that I : 
should not be yjpf 

ed the Holy G.- jwc' 



2§:0 Peter accused* 



m 48 And he commanded them to be bap- 
tized in the name of the Lord. Then 
prayed they him to tarry certain days. 
CHAP. XI. 
1 Peter accused^ dejendcth himself. 

AND the apostles and brethren that 
were in Judea, heavd that the Gen- 
tiles had also received the -word of God. 

2 And when Peter was come up to Je- 
rusalem, they that were of the circumci- 

• sion contended with him, 

3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men un- 
circumcised, and didst eat with diem. 

4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from 
the beginning, and expounded it by order 
unto them, saying, 

5 I was in the city of Jcppa praying : 
and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain 
vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, 
let down from heaven by iour corners ; and 
it came even to me : 

6 Upon the which when 1 had fastened 
mine eyes, I considered, and saw four- 
looted beasts of the earih, and wild beasts, 
and creeping things, ar*d fowls of the air. 

7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, 
Arise, Peter ; slay ?nd eat. 

8 But 1 said, Not so, Lord : for nothing 
common or unclean hath at any time en- 
tered into my mouth. 

9 But the voice answered me again from 
heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call 
not thou common. 

-10 And this was done three times : and 
all were drawmap again into heaven. 

11 And behold, immediately there were 
three men already come unto the house 
where 1 was, sent from Cesarea unto me. 

12 And the Spirit bade me go with 
them, nothing doubting. Moreover these 
srx brethren accompanied me, and we en- 
tered into the man's house : 

13 And he stewed -us how he had seen 
an angel in his house, which stood and said 
unto him, Send men to Joppa, a8d call for 
Simon, whose surname is Peter ; 

a»14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby 
thou and all thy house shall be saved. 

-15 And as I began to speak the Holy 
Ghost fell on them, as on us, at the begin- 
ning. 

1C Then remembered I the word of the 
Lord, how that he &aid, John indeed bap- 
tized with water ; but ve shall be bapti- 
zed with the Holy Ghost. 

• 17 Forasmuch then as God gave them 
the like gift as//r didwnto us, who believ- 
ed on the Lord Jesus Christ, What was I, 
thatl could withstand God ? 

. IS When they heard these things, they 
held their peace, and glorified God. saying, 
Then hath God also to the Gentiles grant- 
ed repentance unto life. 

19 Now they which were scattered a- 
fcimd upon -the persecution that arose, a- 



The' ACTS. The goshel is sfireai. 

bout Stephen, travelled as far as Phenice, 
and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the 
word to none but unto the Jews only. 

20 And some ot them were men'of Cy- 
prus and Cyrene, which, when they w«re 
come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, 
preaching the Lord Jesus. 

21 And the hand of the Lord was with 
them : and a great number believed, and 
turned unto the Lord. 

22 Then tidings of these things came un- 
to the ears of the church which was in Je- 
rusalem : and they sent forth Barnabas, 
that he should go as far as Antioch : 

23 Who, when he came, and had seen 
the grace oiGcd, was glad, and exhorted 
them ail, that with purpose of heart they 
would cleave unto the Lord. 

24 Jf cr he was a good man, and full of 
the Holy Ghost and of-faith : and^nucb 
people was added unto the Lord. 

25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, 
tor to seek Saul ; 

25 And when he had found him, he 
brought him unto Antioch. And it came 
to pass, that a whole year they assembied 
themselves with the church, and taught 
much people. And the disciples were 
called Christians first in Antioch. 

27 And in these days came prophets 
from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 

28 And there stood up one of them nam- 
ed Agabus,and signified by the Spirit that 
there should be great dearth throughout 
all the world : which came to pass in the 
days of Claudius Cesar. 

29 Then the disciples,every man accord- 
ing to his ability, determined to send relief 
unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea : . 

30 Which also they did, and sent it to the 
elders by the handset" Barnabas and Saul. 

CHAP. XU, 

1 Herod fierszcuteth the Oirhtians, 20 

His ftride, and irdserable death. 

NOW. about that time Herod the king 
stretched forth his hands to vex cer- 
tain of the churcli. 

2 And he killed James the brother of 
John with the sword. 

3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, 
he proceeded further to take Peter also. , 
Then were the days oi unleavened bread.' 

4 And when he had apprehended him, 
he put him in prison, and delivered him to 
four quaternions of soldiers to keep him ; 
intending after Easter to bring him tort^. 
to the people. 

5 Peter therefore was kept in prisox ; 
but prayer was made without ceating of 
the church unto God for him. 

6 And when Herod would have brought 
him forth, the same night Peter was sleep- 
ing between two soldiers, bound with two 
chains: and the keepers before the door 

kepUoe.prisos, _ 



Peter reieaifd bij ar. . Owp, 

7 And, behold, the angel of the I/^rcl 
pme upon Ant, and a light shintd in the 
I 

rise op quickly. 
And his chains fell off from Mm h 

8 And the ntobioij Gird 

and hind on thy landafe. And so 

me. 

9 And he went out, and 

and wbt net that it was true v. ' 

the angel ; but thought ne saw a 

10 When he were past the fir-* 
second ward, they c*me unto die 

nto the city ; whicli 

. and they v-tnt 
Med on through one v ■ 

ted from him. 
a me to him- 
self, hi lety, that 
id bathde-" 
. 
people of 
I VS. 

lered the 

■ 

- 

lLg. 

13 A nd as Pete r k noc be ' 

-.1, named 
fthoda. 

14 And? when ike 

es H Ixit 
I 
gate. 

rboy art 
mad. 1 

■ 
him. 

the huh . 

to then 

< 
these tl, 

other j 

noi.g the v.. 

rod had m 

• 

de. 

Wr ) the 

I 

1 /tfry. 



:m. Heft 

in royal appare^ sat 1 
mace an oration ante 

« not God 

ateo of worms, 

rordcrt God grew as 

26 i n '. Barnabai and Saul p 
from Jefusaleni* when they hud I 

..i them John, 
whose surname 

C H A P. X1JI. 
I t go to the GaitiUs: 

Ni 
was Ed . 
- 

was called Niger, and Luc. - 
ten. which had been 
Dd the tetrarch, and Saul. 
2 As I . d, and 

ftttfid. ne rioly Ghost sinY:, S 
Bojnabn* and b^ui tor the *. i 

S And wher. they had fas . 6 
and laid i^ir Lund^ 

\ So they being sent forth b> the Hdv 
Ghoi • 
theoce tl ey laifcd to Cyprus. 

Johni ten 

o And 
isle unto 

7 \\ 1. , oi the 

K But I 
name by 

t\"x\\ w: 

... 



WSS 1 h. The ACTS. 



Tn; G 



ben Paul and his 06 _ 

to Berga 
Id PamphyKa ; and J bo departi 
u.z n, returned te J:. isa em* 

. ted from Per- 
ils, and 
imgue OD Ihc 
•■ . 
15 A 
the prophets, the 
■ 

for E : ■ - ■ ■■■... 

15 T..~: - 

that fearG ence. 

17 T. , .: Israel 

of Egypt, and with an high ari jrought 
be the 

1 8 And abaft the: 

.. - 

19 Adc i ■ . I - I edse en 

[he 
their] 

S 1 And after th 

hundred 

21 Ai .a king : 

sp: : : 

h'rn. he 
. 3 irking: 

3 h?.\ : . : ■'.: Je vC, a man 

after mi l 
my 1 ■ 

th G<xi. accor- 
ding to to /: promise] raised onto Israel a 
Saviour, k 

£4 V. c d before 

Incoming .-to all 

the people of Israel. 

25 And as John fulfilled his course, lie 
said, Whom think ye that I am ? I am not 
ftr. But, behold, there ccme-h one after 
me whose slices of Am feet 1 am not 

thy to loose* 

26 Men tatd brethren, children of the 
Stock of Abrahan 

ycu feareth God, loycu is the word of this 
salvation sent. 

27 Fertile.- that /.well at Jerusalem, and 
their rulers, becanse they knew hi . 

nor ye: the voices of the prophets 1 
are read every s I . "ey have fol- 

■ filed • emningAtVm 

28 An .ad no canse of 
death in him, yet desired they Pilate that 
he should be 

29 And when they had fulfilled all that 
*ras wrjrtea of him/ they toek him down 



r- -- '-' ■:.:.kim in a sepulchre. 
im from the 

- 
u, who are b s witnc 

- And we declare m 3 tidings, 

oeuiiio 

33 G - unto us 

raised up Je- 

: 

psalm, 1 have I 

. v.ee. 

34 _ : . .1 tsccncei .- 
up from the 

35 Wherefore he - 

- - 

1 - Da .1, after he had served bis 
■ tell cm 
d was laid u 
saw corn pt 09 : 

hora God raise 
no cor: u 

re, men 

-A 
ycu, wh _ 
•411 sets, and -wonder, 

and perish; frr i ark in yottr 

se be- 
e i: unto ycu. 
-A f And teJews were .< 

of the synagouge, the Gentiles be 

rtbe preached to them, 
stb. 
43! ot me congregation wasbro- 

ken up, many of the Jews and reiigous pfc s- 

m. persuaded them to rr 
done in the grace of God. 

44 .' nd the next sa bath * 

: 

t when the Jews sai 
they were filled with env 
gainst those things which 
Paul, contradicting and bl 

45 Then Paul and Barn; 

.. it was necessary 

ad first Ir.vebeei 

ng ye pot it from 

ofev 

we rum to theGenmes, 

47 For so hath the Lord 
mxtfing, I have set theetc 
Gentilesi that then should, 
ticn unto the ends ot the sa 



Paul htolctk a en t file 



48 And when the Gentiles heard this, 
they were fc,iad, and word of 

: and as many a^> were crduajed 
to eternal lite believed. 

49 And the word of the Lord was pub- 
• 
irred up the 

i 

Paul and Ban 

51 But 

XIV. 

- 

A Ionium, that 

. that a 
I 

( 

- 
- 

I held with the' J 
! 

Bed unto 

■ 

■ 

8 • And tbf 

«tra, in 

- 

with I 

'hiih whta the jostles, Barnabas 



Chap. xir. DUsenricr. about cimtmcuith* 

and Paul heard oJ\ they rent their clothes, 
and ran in anions the 

15 And sayin s , Sirs, Why do ye tl 
thing?? We also are men of hi 
with \ou, an. pn a thai ye 

' ib an 'urn from a - the 

I and U 
16 Who in panel toon* 

to walk in th i. 
ith- 

. 
filling on, 

lii And with ace rr- 

. 

drew him outoi die city, tupping he had 
ad. 

■bout hi.. . iota the 

rted with 

Ji And when |n< j 

i 

- 

23 ( :. ming the souls of l 

.i tin m 

■ 

- 

I : i d the door oi . 

- 



-■ 
Jferoafcas, and taruun other ©1 them, khcaio* 



$834: Letters to the churches. 



The ACTS. 



Paul and Barnabas contend 7 * 



go up to Jerusalem unto the applies and I 
elders about this question. 

3 And being brought on their way by 
the entirety they passed through Phenice 
and Samaria, (*idaring the cor. -.-ei si on of 
the Gentiles : and they caused grfeat joy 
unto all the brethren. 

4 And when they were come to Jerusa- 
lem, they v/ere received of the church, and 
vf the apostles and elders, and they declar- 
ed all things that God had done with them. 

5 Bat there arose up certain of the sect of 
thePharisees, which believed, saying, That 
it was needful to circumcise their?, and to 
command them to keep the lav.' of Moses. 

6 % And the apostles and elders came 
together for to consider ot this matter. 

7 And when there had been much dis- 
puting, Peter rose up, and said unto them, 
Men and brethren, ye knew how that a 
good while ago God made choice among 
us, that the (jentiles by my mouth should 
hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 

8 And God : , which knoweth the hearts, 
bare them - witness, giving them the Holy 
Ghost, even as he did unto us ; 

9 And put no difference between usaud 
.them, purifying their hearts by faith, 

10 Nov/ therefore, Why tempt ye God, 
to put a yoke upon the neck ci the disci- 
ples, which neither our fathers nor we 
were able to bear I 

11 But we believe that through the grace 
of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, 
even as they. 

12 Then all the multitude kept silence 
and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, 
declaring what miracles and *voiKj6rs God 
had wrought among the Gentiles by them. 

13 And after they had held their peace, 
3ames answered, saying, Men ana' breth- 
ren, hearken unto me : 

fc_: 14 -Simeon hath declared how God at the 
first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of 
them a people for his name. 

15 And to this agree the words of the 
prophets : as it is written, 

16 After this I will return, and will 
build again the tabernacle of David, which 
is fallen down ; and I will build again the 
rums thereof, and I will set it up : 

17 That the residue of men might seek 
after the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon 
whom my name is called, saith the Lordj 
who doeth all these things. 

18 Known unto God are all his works 
ir.om the beginning Oi the world. 

19 Wherefore my sentence is that we 
trouble not thorn, which from among the 
Gentses are turned to God. 

; 20 Hut that we wri*:e unto them, that 

they abstain from pollutions of idols, and 

i- cation, ar-d/rc/^2 things Strang- 



21 For Moses ot old time, hath in every 
c«ty them that preach him, being read it* 
thy synagogues every sabbath day. 

22 Then pleased it the apostles and el- 
ders with the whole church, to send chosen 
men of their own company to Antioch with 
Paul and Barnabas ; JVame'tfi Judas sur- 
named Barsabas, and Silas, chief men a- 
mong the brethren : 

23 And they wrote letters by them af- 
ter this manner ; The apostles and elders 
and brethren send greeting unto the breth- 
ren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch, 
and Syria, and CHicia : 

24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that 
certain which went out from us have trou- 
bled you with words, subverting your souk,, 
saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep-'' 
die law : to whom we gave no such com- 
mandment : 

25 It seemed good unto us, being assem- 
bled with one accord, to send chosen men 
unto you,, with our beloved Barnabas and 
Paul. 

26 Men that have hazarded their live* 
for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

27 We have sent therefore Jtidas and 
Silas, who shall also tell you thfc same 
things by mouth. 

28 For k seemed goodto the Holy Ghost 
and to us, to lay upon you r\o greater bur- 
den than ihese necessary things ; 

29 That ye abstain from meats offered 
to idols, and from blood, and from things 
strangled, and trom fornication : from 
which if ye keep yourseh es, ye shall do 
well. Fare ye well. 

30 So when they v/ere dismissed, they 
cams to Antioch : "and when they had gath- 
ered toe multitude together, they deliver- 
ed the epistle : 

31 Which when they had read, they re- 
joiced for the consolation. 

32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets 
also themselves, exhorted the bretlueri 
with many words, and confirmed them. 

33 And after they had tarried there & 
space, they were let go in peace from the 
brethren unto the apostles. 

34 Notwithstanding, it pleased Silas to 
abide there still. 

55 Paul also and Barnabas continued in 
Antioch, teaching and preaching the word 
of the Lord, with many others also. 
v 36 And some days after Paul s?id uiitj 
Barnabas, Let us go again and visit oar 
brethren in every city where we haie 
preached the word of 'the Lord, and me 
how they do. 

37 And Barnabas determined to ta.ee 
with them John,whose surname was Mark. 

33 But Paul thought not good to tike 
him with them, who departed from them 
from Pamphylia, and went uot with .them 
to the work. 



¥cvl ccnverteth L Chap, rvi; 

39 And the contention w^s si sharp be- 

n them, that they departed asunder 

■ ; ana so Barnabas took 

_iied unto Cyprus ; 

,' chose Sila> and departed, 

beinvr n commended by the brethren unto 

the grace of God- 

41 And he went through Syria and Ci- 
confirming the churches. 

c a a p : x\j. 

1 Patdcircumcueih Timothy. Wconvert- 
and cakctA out a 

THEN came l>e to Derbe and Lystra : 
■ 
r named Timotheus, the sen ofa a. r- 
tain woman, which was a Jewess, L,rxl be- 
tua father vrat a Gr eek : 
2 Whieti was well reported of by the 
brethren that were at L#sti a and Iconium. 
3 Him would Paul have toapfiatl 

itockand circumci ed him, be - 
cause of t he J e w s m ! \j en w e i c 

^iie w all that his cither was 
a Greek. 

4 And as they went through the cities, 
ti.e> delivered them the decrees, for to 

: e ordained o. the apostles 
ana eiders which wete at Jerusalem* 

5 And ^o were the churches established 

innumber daily. 

6 Now when the) had gone uiroughout 
Phrygiaand d 

l bidden of the liol) Ghost to preach 

come to Mysia, the;. 
to go into bith} ma : but the Spirit 
sutiered them 

I ysia came down 
to Troas. 
9 And a vhiau appeared to Paul in the 
tHexc stixxi . I uedonia, 

and prayed him. aa; 
Macedonia, and help us. 

mediately we endea\ 

bjesn. 

11 T -ing from Ti 

- 

I 

was w< nt 

■ 

orted thither. 
14 % And a I 
ia, a seller of purple, 
ra, which worshipped God, be 
fflnse heart the Lord opened, thai 



Paul end Sl!c* released. 1 . • * 

tended unto the things which were 
oi Paul. 

15 And when she was baptized, i 
household, she besoug 

Dave judged me to be 

come into my house, and abide there. And 

she constrained us. 

16 And it came to pass, as we went to 

:. certain damsel possessed with a 
spirit of divination met us, which 
her masters much gain b\ s 

17 'l'he same followed Paul and u 
cried, saying, ^hese men are the h 

of the moat high G d, which shew unto 
us the way oi sa.vation. 

18 And this did she many clay-. 
Paul, being grieved, turned and said to i! e 
spirit, I command thee in the name of Je- 
sus Christ to come out of her. . 
came out the same hour. 

A when her masters saw I 
hope of their gains was gonf 
Paul rr.d Silas, and drew them in 
set place unto the ruk 

'. brought them to the magistrates, 
rhesemen, being Jews, dc ei 
ingly trouble our city, 

21 And teach customs, which are not 
lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, 
being R< 

2 J And the multitude rcse up together 
: em : and the magistrates rent r.J 
their clothes ,and commanded to beat 

23 And when they had laid many stripes 
upon them, they cast them into i 
charting the jailor to keep them i 
h >, having received such a 
thrust them into theii ■. I made 

I last in th • 

I Paul and Silas pray- 
ed, and sang praises unto God : a 
prist nets heard d i 
2o And 

kejsothai the fi andat* i 
re shaken: andhnmedj 

the doOl :y one i 

| 
■ D, he on ' 

.dthou limit U* saved, *J|0 
thy h. I 

jpake unto aim tb* 



1036 Fauljireacheth at Thessalonica, The ACTS. 



Bcn<iy and Athens* 



of theLord, and to all that were in hishouse. 

33 And he took them the same hour of 
the night, and washed their stripes ; and 
was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 

34- And when he had brought them into 
his house, he set meat before them, and 
rejoiced,believing inGod with all his house. 

35 And when it was day. the magistrates 
gent the Serjeants, saying, Let those men go, 

36 And the keeper of the prison told 
this saying to Paul, The magistrates have 
sent to let you go : now therefore depart, 
and go in peace. 

Sir But Paul said unto them, They have 
beaten us openly uncondemned, being Ro- 
mans, and have cast us into prison ; and 
now, Do they thrust us out privily ? Nay, 
verily ; but let them come themselves and 
fetch us out. 

38 And the serjeants fold these words 
unto the magistrates : and they feared, 
when they heard that they were Romans. 

39 And they came and besought them, 
and brought them out, and desired them to 
depart out of the city. 

40 And they went out of the prison, and 
entered into the house of "Lydia : and when 
they had seen the brethren, they comfort- 
ed them, and departed. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 Paul ftreacheth at Thessalonica, 10 

Berea, 16 and at Athens* 34 Some are 

converted. 
"KTOW when they had passed through 
XN Amphipolis and Apollcnia, they came 
to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of 
the Jews : 

2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in 
unto them, and three sabbath days rea- 
soned with them out of the scriptures, 

3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must 
needs have suffered, and risen again from 
the dead ; and that this Jesus, whom I 
preach unto you, is Christ. 

4 And some of them believed, and con- 
sorted with Paul and Silas ; and of the de- 
vout Greeks a great multitude, and of the 
chief women not a few. 

5 But the Jews which believed not, mo- 
ved with envy, took unto them certain lewd 
fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a 
company , and set all the city on an uproar, 
and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought 
to bring them out to the people. 

6 And when they found them not, they 
drew Jason and certain brethren unto the 
rulers of the city, crying, These that have 
turned the world upside down are come 
hither also; • 

7 Whom Jason hath received : and these 
all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, say- 
ing that there is another king, one Jesus. 

8 And they troubled the people, and the 
rulers of the city, when they heard these 
things. 



9 And when they had taken secu-ity of 
Jason, and ot the other, they 7 let them 'go. 

10 % And the brethren immediately 
sent away Paul and Silas by night unto 
Berea : who coming thither, went into the 
synagogue of the Jews. 

11 -These were more noble than those 
in Thessalonica, in that they received the 
wordwith all readiness of mind, and search- 
ed the scriptures daily, whether those 
things were so. 

12 Therefore many of them believed ; 
also of honourable women which were 
Greeks and of men not a few. 

13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica, 
had knowledge that the word of God was 
preached of Paul at Berea, they came 
thither also and stirred up the people. 

14 And then immediately the brethren 
sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea ; 
but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. 

15 And they that conducted Paul brought 
him untoAthens: and receiving a command- 
ment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come 
to him with all speed, they departed. 

16 *f Now while Paul waked for them at 
Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when 
he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 

17 Therefore disputed he in the syna- 
gogue with the Jews, and with the devout 
persons, and in the market daily with them 
that met with him. 

18 Then certain philosophers of the 
Epicureans, and ot the Stoicks, encounter- 
ed him. And some said, What will this 
babbler say ? Other some, He seemeth to 
be a setter forth ot strange gods : because 
he preached unto them Jesus, and the re- 
surrection. 

19 And they took him, and brought him 
unto Areopagus, saying, May we know 
what this new doctrine, whereof thou 
speakest, is ? 

20 For thou bringest cer.ain strange 
things to cur ears : we would know there- 
fore what these things mean. 

21 For all the Athenians and strangers 
which were there spent their time in no- 
thing else, but either to tell or to hear some 
new thing. 

22 Then Paul stood in the midst of t 
hill, and said, F<?menof Athens,Ip' 
that in all things ye are too supers 

23 For as I passed by and bei 
devotions, I found an altar wif 
scription, TO THE UNK 
GOD. Whom therefore ye 
worship, him declare I unto yoi 

24 God that made the wor 
things therein, seeing that he 
heaven and earth, dwellethnot 
made with hands; 

25 Neither is worshipped v 
hands, as though he needeth < 






Paul lab'jiireth tvith his hands. Chap. 
seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and 
all *h ngs ; 

26 And hath made of one blood all na- 
tions or men tor to dwell on all the face of 
the ear.h, and hath determined the times 

.-^pointed, and the bounds of their 
ition ; 

27 That they shou'd seek the Lord, it 
haply rhe, might fee: after brim, and find 
him, though he be r.ot rur irom every one 
of us : 

For in him we live, and move, and 

have cur being ; us certain also of your 

e said, For we are also his 

" n S« 

; as we are the off- 
ught net to think that 
. ead is tike unto gold, or silver, or 
stone, graven by art and man's device. 

od the times of this ignorance God 
winked at ; but now commandeth all men 
viieretorei>ent : 
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in 
the which he will jadge the world in right- 
.' man whom he hath or- 
dained ; whereof he hath given usiurar.ee 
in fliat he hath raised him 
from the dead. 

heard of the resurrec- 
tion ol I indothers 
Baid,We 
33 So Huu! c gthem. 

the which wen 

CHA P. \MH. 

1 Paul ndfj end 

■ 
7n a 

A. 

2 And found n certain J 

. them, 
rought ; for by 

■ 
and Timotheus were 
testified to the Jewi that Jt> 

raiment, 

he upon 
ean: from hence- 

7 A;: : entered 

1 Justus, 



xviii. He is accused before Gallia* 103? 

i one that worshipped God, whose house* 
joined hard to the s> nag* ^ue. 

8 And Crispus, the chiet ruler of the* 
synagogue, believed en the Lord with all 
his house ; and many of the Gorinthian3 
hearing, believed, and were baptized* 

9 % Then spake the Lord to Paul in 
the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but 
speak, and hold not thy peace : 

10 For 1 am with thee, and no man 
shall set on thee to hurt thee : for 1 have* 
much people in this city. 

11 And he continued there a year and 
six months, teaching the word of God a* 
mong them* 

12 And when Gallio was the deputy of 
Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with 
one accord against Paul, and brought him 
to the judgment seat, 

13 Saying, This /ttf</#>pertuadeth men 
to worship God contrary to the law* 

14 And when Paul was now about to 
open fiis mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, 
It it were a matter of wrong or wicked 
lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I 
should bear with you. 

15 But if it be a question of words and 
names, and of your Jaw, look ye to it ; for 
I will be nojudge of such matters. 

16 And he drave diem from the judg- 
ment seat, 

17 Then all the Greeks look Scsihcnes, 
the chief ruler ot the S) hagc gue, «nd beat 
him before the judgment seat. And Gal- 
lio cared for hone of those things, 

. ■ ■ | Paul a ft r (hi? tai tied there yet 

d while, and then took his ieave o 

brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, ana 

With him PrisdUa arid Aqu'la; having 

' shorn /.;'tfhead;n Cenchrea : for he had a 

vow. 

V.i And he came to Bphefcus, and left 
them there : but he himself entered into the 

i, n they de ii ed him to tarry long- 
er time with u ' ii', he i onseuted not ; 

• bade ihern v "'gi I 

.i eneans In tp this feust that toitH 
eth in Ji nwtatem : but 1 wil , 

I 

. dat Cesarea, 

Dt ^oaie time 
(.'id r,hfl di l» \\ I over nil tt.e 

country ofQalatia and Pterygia m order* 

nening all tl: 

24 Ami a certain Jt w named Apollos, 

Mcxa^dria, an eloquent mm, and 

mighty in the scriptui es, came to Lphesus. 

. was instructed in the way 

of the Lord ; and being fervent in I 

ently the thing? 



1$38 The Holy Ghost "given. The ACTS. 

of the Lord, knowing only the baptism ot 
John. 

26 And he began to speak boldly in the 
synagogue : whom when Aquila and Pris* 
cilia had heard, they took him unto them, 
and t xpounded unto him the way ot God 
more perfectly* 

27 And when he was disposed to pass 
into Aehaia,the brethren wrote,exhorting 
the disciples to receive him : who, when 
he was come, helped them much which 
bad believed thmigh grnce : 

28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, 
and that pubiickly, shewing by the scrip- 
tures that Jesus was Chriit. 

CHAP. XIX. 
The Holy Ghost it given by Paul's hands. 

AND it came to pass, that, while Apol- 
lo* wat at Corinth, Paul having pass- 
ed through the upper coasts, came to E- 
phewts: and finding certain disciples, 

2 He said unto them, Have ye received 
theHoiyGbostsinceye believed ? And they 
said unto him, We have not so much as 

- heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 
S And he said unto them, Unto what then 
were ye baptized ? And they said, Unto 
John's baptism. 

4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized 
with the baptism of repentance, saying unto 
the people, that they should believe on him 
which should come after him, that is, on 

'Christ Jesus. > i 

v 5 When they heard this, they were bap- 
tized in the name ot the Lord Jesus. 

i 6 And when -Paul had laid his hands 
upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them ; 
and they spake with tongues, and prophe* 
sied. •■> 

-- 7 And all the men were about twelve. 

: 8 And he went into the synagogue, and 
spake boldly for the space of thee months, 

- disputing and persuading the things con- 
cerning the kingdom oi God. 

9 But when clivers were hardened* and 
believed not, but spake evil ot that way 

-before the multitude, he departed from 
them, and separated the disciples, dispu- 

" ting daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 

• 10 And this continued by the space of 

. two s ears ; so that ail they which dwelt in 
Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, 

-both Jews and Greeks. _ 

, 11 And God wrought special miracles 

•by the hands ot Paul ; 

12 So that from his body were brought 

•unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and 

-the diseases departed from them, and the 
evn spirits went out. of them. 

15 Then certain of die vagabond Jews, 

'exorcists, took upon them to call over them 
which had evil spirits, the name oi ihe 

: Lmd Jesus, saying, We adjure ycu'byJe- 
tus whom "Pa ui preacheth. 
14 And there were seven. .: 'sons of one 



The exorcist^ books burned. 



Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the prieats,which 
did so. 

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, 
Jesus I know* and Paul 1 know j but, Who 
are ye £ 

16 And the man in whom the evil spirit 
was, leaped on them and overcame them, 
and prevailed against them, so that they 
fled out of that hou-e naked and wounded. 

17 And this was known to all the Jews 
and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesut ; and 
fear fell on them all, and the name of the 
Lord Jesus was magnified. 

13 And many that believed came, and 
confessed, and shewed their deeds. 

19 Many of them also which used curi- 
ous arts, brought their books together, and 
burned them before all men : and they count- 
edthe price of thum, and iound it hfty 
thousand pieces of silver. 

20 So mightily grew the word of God 
and prevailed, 

21 After these things were ended, Paul 
purposed in the spirit, when he had parsed 
through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to 
Jerusalem, saying, After I nave been there, 
1 must aiso see Home. 

22 So he sent into Macedonia two of 
them that ministered unto him, timothe* 
Us and Erastus ; but he himself stayed in 
Asia for a season. 

23 And the same time there arose no 
small stir about that way. 

,24 For a certain man named Demetrius, 
a silversmith, which made silver .-.hnnes 
for Diana, brought no small gain unto the 
crafts-men ; 

25 Whom he called together with the 
Workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, 
ye know that by this craft we have our 
wealth : 

26 Moreover, ye see and hear, that not 
alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout, 
alt. Asia, This Paul hath persuaded and 
tumed.away much people,saying,that they 
be no .gods, which are made, with hands: 

27: So that not only this our .cratt/isin 
danger to be set at nought ; , but also that 
the temple ot the great goddess Diana 
should be despised, and her magnificence 
, should bedestro ed, whom all Asia and 
the world wnrshippeth. 

28 And when they heard these sayings , 
they were full of wrath, and cried out, 
saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 

29 And the whole city was filled with 
Confusion :. and having caught Gaius and 
An[.stafchus, and of Macedonia, Paul's 
companions in travel, they rushed with 
one accord into the theatre. 

30 And when Paul would have entered 
in unto the people, the disciples suffered 
him not. 

31 And certain of the chief of Asia, 
which were his friends, sent unto him, de- 



An uproar against Paul t 



Chap. xx. 



hcrstieth Eutychua. 1039 



siring him that he would not adventure 
hinrne'.r into the theatre. 

32 Some therefore cried one thing, and 
some another : for the assembly • 
fused ; and the m. re part knew not there- 
fore the) were come together. 

J "5 And the ■ drew Ale lander out of the 
multitude, the Jews putting him forward. 
Ani Alexander beckoned with the liand, 
and would have m<:de hi? delence unto the 

3-i But when they knew th it he was a 

Jew, ail with ut the space of 

urs cried out, Great i* Diana of the 

dans. 

35 And when the town c erk hadappeas- 

ed the people.he said, Ff menol Epbesus, 

I :' k isweth not how 

-that the cir. • oi the Ephesiansisa worshiji- 

per oS'.: ud ofthe 

wn/roui Jupiter I 

ie things cannot 
e ought to be quiet, 

r it h i ve brought hither these mon 

are neither ; - hurches, 

. Biers of your goddess . 

Demetrius, and the 

with him,have a mat- 

v man, the Itw is '<] **n, and 

I lead one 

Z9 But if \e inquire any thing concer- 
ning othe it shall be determined 

to be called in 
ere being 

rive an account 

41 And when he had thus ipoken,he 

I Pout ' At Troo* 

AND i 

I unto him I . 

. 

) when he h 

1 given them much 
ece, 
three month . 

when 'he Je^ 

, he purposed 
to reo. 

4 Ant! I him into Asia, 
Sopater of Bereai and of the I 

US ; and 
Tim itheut , 

5 These going be! F V us at 
Trot*. 

1 1 An d away frenj Philiippi 



a'ter the days of unleavened bread, and 
! came unto them to Troas in five Says ; 
where we abode seven days. 

7 And upon the first day of the week, 
when the disciples c i me together to break 
bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to 
depart on the morrow j and continued his 
speech until midnight. 

S And there were many lights in the uj> 
per chamber, where they were gathered 
together i 

9 And Siere sat in a window a certain 
young man named Eutychus, being fallen 
into a deep sleep : and as Paul w^s long 

i aching, he sunk down with sleep, and 
ell down from the third loft, and was tak- 
en up deal. 

10 And Pan) went down, and fell on him 
and embracing /Wot, said, Trouble, not 
yourselves: for his life is in him. 

n When he therefore was come up a- 
; gain, aiul had broken bread, and eaten, and 
talked u long while, even till break of day, 
I so be departed. 

12 And they brought the young man a- 
live, and were not a ihtle comforted* 

13 And we went before to ship, anjdsail- 
ed unto Assos, there intending to take in 
Paul: fir so had he appointed, minding 
hknaeUfeo go 

14- And when he met with us at Assos, 
we took aim in, and came to Mttylene. 

15 And w< sail* I thence, and came the 
next day over against Chios ; and the next 
day vie arrived at Samos, and tarried at 
Tr g>iJ!u;n: and the next day we came 

I 'us. 

16 For Paul had determined to sail by 
Ephesus, because he would not spend the 
time in Asia : for he hasted, it it wore pos- 

I 'i him, to be at Jerusalem the day of 
cost. 

17 And from Miletw he sent to ?.phe- 
ms. and called the elders of the church. 

' when they were come n.him.he 
said unto them, Ye (mow, from the first 
day that] came into Asia, after* hat man- 
ner 1 have been with you at ill se.is >o*i 

rvingthe L r.l with all humility 
of mind, andwhh many tears, and temp- 
tations, which betel doc by the lying in wait 

Jews, : 

rhon i k ••/ b ick nothing that was 

profitable unto yOUi but have ihfiwed \ou, 
and have t Might you publicklv, and troru 
hpq i 

and also 
toth pentance toward (i>d, 

and faith towatdooj I Christ* 

bound m the 
spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing tlic 

•%es<eth 
In even d and afflk> 

. me. 



£040 Paul's charge to the elders* The ACTS.' jigabusjoretelleih Pauls bonds. _ 

4 And finding disciples, we tarried there 



24 But none of these thing move me, nei- 
ther count 1 my lite dear unto myself, so 
that 1 might finish my course with joy, and 
the ministry which I hare received ot the 
Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace 
tf God. " ' 

25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, 
among whom 1 have gone preaching the 
kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 

26 Wherefore 1 take you to record this 
day, that J am pure from the blood of all 
men* 

27 For I have not shunned to declare 
Unto you all the counsel of God* 

28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, 
and to all the flock, over the which the 
jjoly Ghost hath made you overseers, to 
feed the church ot God, which he-hath pur- 
chased with his own blood. 

29 For I know this, that after my de-p 
parting shall grievous wolves euter in a- 
fnojig you, not sparing the flock. 

30 Also of your own selves shall men a- 
yise, speaking perverse things, to draw a? 
way disciples after them. 

31 Therefore watch, and reriiember,that 
by the space of three years I ceased not to 
warn every one night and day with tears. 

32 And now, brethren, I commend you to 
God, and to the word of his grace, which >s 
able to build you up,and to give you an inher- 
itance among all them which are sanctified. 

33 I have coveted no man's silver, or 
gold, or apparel. 

34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these 
hands have ministered unto my necessities, 
and to them that were with me. 

35 I have shewed you all things, how 
tlvat so labouring ye ought to support the 
weak, and to remember the words of the 
|-.ord Jfe^us, how he said, it is more blessed 
\q give than to receive, 

So" And when he had thus spoken, he 
kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 

3f And they all wept sore, and tell on 
Paul's neck, and kissed him, 

38 Sorrowing most of all for the words 
which he spake, that they should see his 
face no more, A»3 they accompanied him 
u.nto the ship. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Paul %vill not be dissuaded from going 
'. to Jerusalem. 9 Philips daughters 

firojihetessts. 

AND it came to pass, that after we 
were gotten from them, and had 
launched, we came with a straight course 
ynto Coos, and the day following unto Rho- 
des, and from thence unto Patara ; 

2 And finding a ship sailing over unto 
Phenicfa, we went aboard, and . et forth. 

3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, 
we left it on the left hand, and sailed into 
Syria, and landed at Tyre : tor there the 
fjirip was, to unlade her burden. 



seven days : who said to Paul, through the 
Spirit,that he should not go up to Jerusalem . 

5 And when we had accomplished those 
days, we departed and went cur way ; and 
they all brought us on our way, with wives 
and children,till we were out of the city ; and 
we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed, 

6 And when we had taken our leave one 
ef another, we took ship ; and they return? 
ed home again 

7 And •when- we had finished our course 
from Tyre, we came to Ptolepnals, and sa* 
luted the brethren, and abode with them 
one day. 

8 And the next day we that were of 
Paul's company departed, and came unto 
Cesarea : and we entered into the house of 
Philip the evangelist, which was one of 
the seven ; and abode with him. 

9 •! And the same man had four daugh? 
ters, virgins, which did prophesy. 

10 And as we tarried there many days, 
there came down from Judea a certain 
prophet, named Agabus. 

11 And when he was come unto us, he 
took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands 
and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy 
Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem b nd 
the man that owneth this gird>e, and shall 
deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. 

12 And when we^ieard these things,, 
both we, and they ot" that place besought 
him not to go up to Jerusalem. ' 

13 Then Paul answered, what mean ye 
toweep and'tcbreak mine heart f For I am 
ready, not to he bound only, but also to die 
at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus* 

14 And when he would not be persuad- 
| ed, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord 

be done, 

15 And after those days we took up our 
carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. 

15 There went with us also certain of 
the disciples of Cesarea, and brought with 
them one Mnason of Cyprus, an oid disci- 
ple, with whom we should lodge. 

17 And when we were come to Jerusa* 
lem, the brethren received us gladly. 

18 And the day following. Paul went in 
with us unto James; and all the elders 
\vere present. 

19 And when he had saluted them, he 
declared particularly what things God had 
wrought among theGentiles by his ministry. 

20 And when they heard it y they glori- 
fied theLord, and said unto bim,Thou seest, 
brother, how many thousands ol Jews there 
are which believe ; and they are all zeal- 
ous of the law: 

21 And they are informed of thee, that 
thou teaches! all the Jews which are among 
the Qentiles to forsake Moses, saying that 
thev ought not to cirtcfmcjse their children^ 
neither to walk after the customs, 



paid goetfi to Jerutalem y Chap. 

22 What is it therefore ? The m 
must needs comv; together: for they will 
heir fiat th™ art c 

23 D ) there to thee : 

. e tuur men \ a vow on 

self with 

- e rnir.g thee. 

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I 
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. 

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iv hen ih' 

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. .. help: 

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for the \ 
lowed after, i 



xxn. and is afiirthmJ.'d. 1041 

37 And ns Paul \ 

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40 A n 

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.: verily a n 

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i the perfect nv i 

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nen, 

doth bear me 

H)0. 

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1042 Paul dcdareth his conversion. The ACTS. MTe-jiteadeth his cause, 

and all their council to appear $ and brought 
Paul down, and «et him before them. 



13 Came unto me, and stood, and said un- 
to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. 
AndtheEame hour I looked up upon him. 

14 And he said, The God ci'our lathers 
hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know 
his will, and see that Just One, and should*- 
est hear the voice of his mouth. 

15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all 
men of what thou hast seen and heard. 

16 And now, Why tarriest thou f Arise, 
and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, 
calling on the name of the Lord. 

17 And it came topass, that, when J was 
come again ro Jerusalem, even while I 
prayed in the temple, Twas in a trance ; 

18 And saw him saying unto me, Make 
haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusa- 
lem ; for they will not receive thy testimo- 
ny concerning me, 

19 And I said, Lord they know that I im- 
prisoned, and beat in every synagogue, 
them that believed on thee: 

20 And when the blood of thy martyr 
Stephen was shed, I also was standing. by, 
and consenting unto his death,and kept the 
raiment of them that slew him. 

21 And he said unto me> Depart ; for I 
will send thee far hence unto the Gen- 
tiles. 

■ 22 And they gave him audience unto this 
word, and then' lifted up their voices, and 
said, away with such a fellow from the 
earth : for it is not fit that he should 
live. 

'23 And as they cried cut, and cast off 
their clothes, and threw dust into the air. . 

•24- The chief captain commanded him 
to be brought into the castle, and bade that 
he should be examined by scourging ; that 
he might not know wherefore they cried so 
against him.- 

25 U And as they bound him with thongs, 
Paul said unto the centurion that .stood by, 
is'4t lawful for you to scourge a man that 
is a Roman, and imcondemned ? 

26 ;; When; the centurion heard tfiaf, .he 
went and told the chief captain, saying,. 
Take heed what thou, doest : for this man 
is a Roman. 

27" Then the chief captain came, and 
said mrtd him, Tell me, Art thou a Ro- 
man ? He said, Yea. 
_2S And the chief captain answered, 
With a great si;m obtained 1 this freedom. 
And Paul said, 'But I viz* free bom. 

25 Then straightway they departed 
fv'>:Ti hirn which should have examined 
hiftVj and the chief captain also was a- 
frafir, after he knew that he was a Roman, 
and because he had a~und him. 

SO On the morrow, because he would 
have known the certainty wherefore he 
was accused tf the J'ews,he loosed him from 
&f bands, and commanded the chief priests 



CHAP. XXKi 

1 Paul fdeadath his cause. 7 Distention a* 
mongtus accusers. 23 He is sent to Per 
lix. 

AND Paul, earnestly beholding the 
council, said, Men and brethren I 
have lived in all good conscience before. 
God until this clay. 

2 And the high priest Ananias com* 
mancied them that stood by him, to smite 
him on the mouth. 

3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall 
smite thee, thou wU'ted wall : for, Sittest 
thou to judge me after the law, and com- 
mandest me to be smitten contrary to the 
law ? 

4 And they that stood by said, Revilest 
thou God's high priest ? 

5 Then said Paul, 1 wist no: brethren, 
that he was the high priest : for it is writ- . 
ten, Thou sh<dt not speak evil of the ruler 
of "thy people. 

6 But when Paul perceived that the one 
part were Sadducees* and the o» her Phar- 
isees, he cried out in the council, i- sen amC< 
brethren, I am - Pharisee .':-- 
Pharisee: of the hope »n< . 

the dead I run called n quest 

7 1i Ana when he had sow 
rose a clissensi< n betw een ; ie 1 *l - 
the Sadducecs : and the multitLr.! 1 
vided. 

i 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no 
.resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit : but 
:the Pharisees confess both. 
I 9 And there arose a great cry : and the 
scribes that were of the Pharhees' part a- 
pose, and strove, saying, We find no evil 
iu this man : but if a spirit or an angel hath 
fcpoken to him, let us not fight, against 
God. 

! 10 And when there arose a great dis- 
sension, the chief captain, ft a ring lest Paul 
sheuM have been puhed in pieces ot them, 
commanded the soldiers to go down, and 
to take him by force from among them, and 
to bring him into the ca-stle. 
I II And the night following the Lord 
stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, 
Paul : for as thou hast testified of me ir$ 
Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also 
at Rome. 

: 12 And when it was day, certain of the 
Jews banded together, and h und them- 
selves under a curse,saying,that they would, 
neither eat nor drink till they had killed 
Paul. . 

13 And they were more than forty 
which had made this conspiracy. 

14 And they came to tl <e chief priests 
and elders, and said, We have bound our. 
selves under a great curse, that we wyi 
eat nothing until we have slam Paul. 



Pout is sent to Felix. Chap, 

IS Now re ye with the council 

* ue bring 

him ci wu ui.. 

m »rc perfect- 
ever hC 
i him. 

icnteied 
iric i l. . told i'.iul. 

ten P iul called* ne of the ccnturi- 

nuinu;. i : hath .* 

• 

the chief captain^ aid said, Paul '.lie pris- 

i 

b imto thee, u 

l\) i . captain took him by 

-mC pll- 

vatelv, .. rjtf What is that thou 

. teli me i 

agreed 
to desire thee that thou wouklesi 
down Haul KMDorrow into the < unci!, as 
thougii they v. 
hini more \> rl 

21 But doQotto u --in: for 

there iie in w.< 

with an ■ i ea n i 

drink in im: and 

ing foraprort 

• 

tei! do otan that tbou bast -j»ewed iIk^- 
■ 

i u.-ito him ' 

. tw - hundred 

. 

ide i in m in 
n 

tter alter thi. 
tQMB 

should h 

I 

laid t" I' 

ii 



xxiv. ' He is accused by Tertullus. 1043 

n & it t ) his accusers also to say before thee 
what tU-y had against him. FarewoJ. 

31 Then the soldiers as it was ccm- 
manded them, ti*>k Paul, and brought 
himbj night to Antipat is. 

32 On the morrow they kit die horse - 

p witu him, and returned to the 

...j Who, when they came to Cesarea, 
and delh ^icd the tpistle to the governor, 
u Paul als.-.bel'ore him. 

overnorhad read the 
i i^k< d ct what province he was. 
- ^CHAi that he was of 
• 

r thee, said he, when thine 
toe. And he com- 
him tobe Kept in Herod's judg- 
balL 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 Paul'accused by Tertu ..■*>■, 10 answer* 

tthfor himself, 

\ ND after five i Ananias ;he high 

* *• pri L with the. elders, and 

' r named TeHuItus, 

wh ) informed the governor against Paul. 

; when he Was called" forth, Ter- 

••'", sa\ ing, Seeing 

quietness, and 

ire done unto this 

. nee, 
C4 ep it always, and in all places, 
i e Felix, with all thankfulness. 

■■.-.th, landing, thatl Ixn.ouurihcr 
into thee, 1 pray thee that thou 
' hear u-» of thy clemency a tew 

: r " ' and this man a pesti* 

Ii lit ft ivw a da mover of sedition 
ut the • orW 
tot the N aai 

out to profane 
vt took, ana 
bave juci , law; 

h great yjoleoo 

I .nils, 

i accusers to come 
whom thyself 

n'cd, sa)in£, 

unto tin* 

U .wertor 



1&14 Paul answer elh for himsetf. The 

raising up the people, neither in the syna- 
gogues, nor in the city ; 

13 Neither can they prove the tlv'ngs 
whereof they now accuse, me. 
" 14- But this 1 confess unto tree, that af- 
ter the way which they call heresy, sj 
worship 1 the God of my "fathers, believing 
all things which are written in the law and 
hi the prophets: 

25 And have hope toward God, which 
they themselves also allow that there shall 
be a resurrection of the dead, both of the 
iust and unjust. 

16 And herein do I exercise myself, to 
"have always a conscience void 6t offence 
toward God, and toward inert. 

17 Now after many years I came to 
bring alms to my nation, and offerings : 

18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia 
found me purified in the temple, neither 
vith multitude, nor with tumult : 

19 Who bught to have been here before 
thee, and object, if they had aught against 
me. 

20 Or else let these same here say. if 
thev have found any evil doing in me, while 
I stood before the council, 

21 Except it be for this one voice, that 
I cried standing among them, Touching 
the resurrection of the dead, 1 am called 
in question by you this day. 

22 And when Feiix heard these things, 
having move perfect knowledge of that 
vav, he deferred them, and said, When 
Lvvi;is the chief captain shall come down, 
twill Know the uttermost of your matter. 

23 And he commanded a centurion to 
fc e$ p Paul, and to let him have liberty, and 
that be should forbid none of his acquaint- 
ance to minister or come unto him. 

24 And affer certain days, when Felix 
came with his wile Drusiila. which was a 
Jewess, he sent forPaul,arid heard him con- 
cerning the faith in Christ. 

25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, 
temperance, and judgment to come, Feiix 
trembled, and answered, Go thy way for 
* his time ; when 1 have a convenient sea- 
son, I will call for thee. 

26 He hoped also that money should; 
. have been given him of Paul, that he might 

loose him : wherefore he sent for him the 
cltener and communed with him. 

27 But atter two years, Portius Festus 
came into Felix's room j and Felix, willing; 
tb shew the Jews a t>-easure,left Paui bound. 

CHAP. XXV; 
1 Paul accused by the Jews before Fes- 
tus, afipcalelh unto Cesar. 
ATOW when Festus was come into the 
IN province, after three days he ascend- 
ed from Cesarea to Jerusalem. 

2 Then the high priest and the chief of 
\ .he Jews informed him against Paul, and 
t&sought hint, 



ACTS. Ute is accused by the Jtpfr 

3 And desired favour against him, that 
he would tend for him to Jerusalem, laying 
wait in the way to kill him , 

4 Eat Festus answered, that Paul should 
be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself 
should depart shortly ihithtr. 

5 Let them thereiore,said lie, which a* 
roong you are able, go down with me, and 
accuse this man, it there be any wicked- 
ness in him. 

6 And when he had tarried among them 
more than ten days, he went down unto 
Cesarea ; and the next dav sitting on the 
judgment seat, commanded Paul to be 
brought. 

7 And when he was come, the Jews 
which came down from Jerusalem stood 
round about, and laid many and grievous 
complaints against Paul, which they could 
not prove : 

8 While he answered for himself, nei- 
ther against the law of the Jew*, neither 
against the temple, nor yet against Cesar* 
have I offended any thing at all, 

9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a 
pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt 
thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be 
judged of these things before me ? 

10 Then said Paulj 1 stent at Cesar's 
judgment seat, where i ought to be judged ; 
to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou 
very well knowest. 

11 For if 1 be an offender, or have com 
mitted any thing worthy of death, I refuse 
not to die : but ii there bv none of these 
things whereof these accuse me, no man 
may deliver me unto them. I appeal un- 
to Cesar. 

12 Then Fes f us, when he had conferred 
• with the council, answered, Hast thou ap- 
pealed unto Cesar ? Unto Cesar shaltthou 
go. 

13 And after certain days king Agrip- 
pa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to sa- 
iute Festus. 

14 And when they had been there many 
days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto 
the king, saying, There is a certain main 
left in bonds by FeiiX : 

15 About whom, when I was at Jerusa- 
lem, the chief priests and the elders of the 
Jews informed me, desiring to have judg 
ment against him. 

16 To whom 1 answered, It is not the y 
manner of theKomans to deliver any n 

to die, before, that he which is accus 
have ths accusers face to face, and Iw 
license to answer tor himself concerning 
the crime laid against him. 

17 Therefore when they were come 
hither, without any delay on the morrow I 
sat on the judgment seat, and 1 command^ 
ed the man to be brought forth. 

IB Against whom, 'when the accusers 



Paul declareth his iifgj 



Chap, xxvi. 



and Kh conversion. 1045 



stood up, they hrought ncne accusation of 
such things as I supposed : 

19 But had certain questions against him 
of their own superstition, and Gt one Jesus 
which was dead, "whom Paul affirmed to 
l)e alive. 

20 And because I doubted of such man- 
ner of questions, 1 aAed him whether he 
would go to Jerusalem, and there be judg- 
ed of these matters. 

21 But when Paul had appealed to be 
reserved unto the hearing ot Augustus, 1 
commanded turn to be kepttill I might send 
him to Cesar. 

21 Then Agrippa sJd unto Testus, I 
would also hear the man myself. To-mor- 
row, said he, thou shaft hear him. 

,d on the moi ;-cw, when Agrippa 
was come, and Bernice, v, ith great pomp, 
and was entered into the place of hearing 
with the chief captains, and pih>cipa.l men 
ot the city, at Festus's commando, 
jught forth* 

' tus said, King Agrippa, and 

all men which are here present with us, 
.ins man, about whom all the mul- 
titude of the Jews have dealt \siih me, 
Lota at Jerusalem, and also here, crying 
that he ought not to live any longer. 

2z Bui when 1 found tli.it he had com- 
mitted nothing wo: thy of death, and that 
he himself hadi appealed to Augustus, 1 
have determined to .v.nd him. 

)t whom I have no certain thing to 

write unto my lord* Wherefore] have 

it him forth U Ispecial- 

ippa, that, alter 

somewhat 

to v . 

. to me unrea 
to send lid ootwithalto signily 

lim. 
C 11 A P. XXVI. 
1 Paul, befui 
/</;•, 12 una his con 4 Fettu* 

chargtth him with mudncm. 

THEN Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou 
permitted to speak lor thyself. 
Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and 
.■•red for himself: 
2 1 think mvself happy, king AgTipna, 
... answer tor myself this day 
i- all the dungs whert- 
■; ed of the Jews : 
specially Areolae /] 
expert m all customs and questions whk h 

;reani : whcrelorel be>ee(_h 

thee to hear me patiently. 

life from my youth, 
which was at the first among mineewj| 
nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews ; 

5 Which knew me from the beginning, 
if they would testify, that i.ftez the most 
f our relig;'. n, 1 lived a Phar-. 
L 6 



6 And new I stand and am judged for 
the hope of the promise made of God unto 
our fathers : 

7 Unto Which ftromUe our twelve tribes, 
instantly serving God day and night, hope 
to come. For which hope's sake, king 
Agrippa, 1 am accused of the Jews. 

8 why should ii be thought a Uiing in- 
credible with yru, that Gcd should raise 
die dead i 

9 1 verily thought with myself, that I 
ought to do' many things contrary to the 
name of Jesus of&azareth : 

10 Which thing! also did in Jerusalem s 
and many ol the saints uid 1 shut up in pris- 
on, having received authoiity from the 
chief priesis ; and v hen they were put to 
death, I gave my voice against them, 

11 And I punished them oft m every 
synagogue, and compelled them to blas- 
pheme ; and being exceedingly mad u- 
gainst them, I peisecuied them even unto 
strai.ge cities. 

12 U Whereupon as I went to Damas- 
cus, with authority and COmtyJSsk 

the chief piv 

1 3 At midday, O king, I saw in the way 
a light from heaven, above the brightness 
of the sun, shining round about me and 
them whicii journeyed with me. 

14 Aiid when we were all iallen to the 
earth, 1 heard a voice speaking unto me, 
and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul* 
Saul, Why persecutes* thou me t I: is 
hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 

15 And I s;.id,Who art thou, Lord i And 

I am Jesus whom thou persi 
K But rise, and stand ujxm thy f< 

1 have appeared unto thee f rthii] 

to make thee a minister and a witness 

lxAh of these things which thou h. 

and ofthose things in the winch 1 will ap- 

jx-:tr unto thee ; 
17 Delivering thee from the pe 

from the Qentnes, unt>> whom no. 

thee* 
]• To opentl I tnkthem 

from omHmem to light, 

er of Satan unto bod, that they , 

ceive forgivruess ol uns, Ahd inhei 

i.-rn whk h are SSOCtified by faith 
in me. 
19 M Hereupon, O king Agrippa, 1 was 

Onto the heavenly vision : 

20 But shewed hist unto tlj^r,, 
mascus, and at Jerusalem, and thr 

nil the ooasts < f Jodeaj and t'icn to me 
(that they mould repent and turn to 
Cod, ami do works meetfi r repen 

21 Fortl esc cau 

%, the t'-mple, nnd went about to kill fa . 

' tined help of 
Goo\1 continue unto this day, wii 
both to cnall i 



1046 Paul's voyage to Rome. The ACTS. 

things than those which the prophets and 
Moses did say should come : 

23 That Christ should suffer, and that 
be should be the first that should rise from 
the dead, and sh<u;d shew light unto the 
people, and to the Gentiles. 

24 f And as he thus spake for himself, 
Festus said With a loud voice, Paul, thou 
art beside thyself; much learning doth 
make thee mad. 

25 Buthe said, lam not mad, most no- 
ble Festus ; but speak forth the words of 
truth arid sobernessi 

26 For the kingknoweth of these things, 
before whom also I speak freely : tor I am 
persuaded ttiat none of these things are 
bidden from him : for this thirg was not 
done in a corner. 

27 King Agrippa, Believest thou the 
prophets ?. I knew that thou believest. 

28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost 
thou persuades* me to be a Christian. 

29 And Paul said, I would to God, that 
not only thou, but also ail that hear me this 
day, were both almost, and altogether such 
as I am, except these bonds. 

30 And when be had thus spoken, the 
king lose up, and the governor, and Ber- 
nice, and they that sat with them ; 

31 And when they were gone asicle,they 
talked between themselves, saying, This 
man doeth nothing worthy of death or of 
bonds. 

32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, 
This man might have been set at liberty, 
if he had not appealed unto Cesar. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 Paul, shipping toward Rome, 10 fore- 
telleth the danger of the voyage, 11 but 
is not believed. 14 They are tossed 
*iviih a tempest, 41 and shipwrecked ; 
43 yet all come safe to land. 

AT\ T D when it wa& determined that we 
should sail into Italy, they delivered 
Paul .and certain other prisoners unto one 
named Julius, a centurion of Augustus's 
band. 

2 And entering into a ship ol Adramyt- 
tium, we launched, meaning to sail by the 
coasts of Asia ; one Aristarehus, a Mace- 
donian of Thessalonica, being with us. 

3 And the next day we touched at Si- 
clon. And Julius courteously entreated 
Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his 
friends to refresh himself. 

4 And when we had launched from 
thence, we sai ed under Cyprus, because 
the winds v/ere contrary. 

5 And when we had sailed over the sea 
of Ciiiciaand Pamphvla,we came toMy- 
ra, a city of Lycia, 

6 And there the centurion found a ship 
of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he 
put U3t;:f rein* 



The tempest^ 

7 And when we had sailed slowly many- 
days, and scarce were come over against 
Cnidus ; the wind not suffering us, we sail- 
ed under Crete, over agam&Sahnone ; 

8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a 
place which is called, The Fair Havens ; 
nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. 

9 Now when much time was spent, and 
when sailing was now dangerous, because 
the fast was now already past, Paul ad- 
monished theni>> 

10 1 And said unto them. Sirs, I per- 
ceive that this voyage will be with hurt 
and much damage, not only of the lading 
and ship, but also of our lives. 

11 "fi Nevertheless, the centurion be- 
lieved the master and ihe owner of the 
ship, more than those things which were 
spoken by Paul. 

12 And because the haven was not com- 
modious to winter in, the more part ad- 
vised to depart thence also, if by any means 
they might attain to Phenice, and there to 
winter ; which is an haven of Crete, and 
lieth toward the south west and north west, 

13 And when the south wind blew soft- 
ly, supposing that they had obtained their 
purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close 
by Crete. 

14 *jf But not long after there arose a- 
gainst it a tempestuous wind, called Eui o- 
clydon. 

15 And when the ship was caught, and 
could not bear up into the wind, we let her 
drive. 

16 And running under a certain island 
which is called Clauda, we had much work 
to come by the boat : 

17 Which when they had taken up, they 
used helps, undergirding the ship; and, 
fearing lest they should fall into the'quick- 
sands, strake sail, and so were driven. 

18 And we being exceedingly tossed 
with a tempest, the next day they 'lighten- 
ed the ship ; 

19 And the third day we cast out with 
our own hands the tackling of the ship. 

20 And when neither sun nor stars in 
many days appeared, and no small- tem- 
pest lay on us, all hope that we should be 
saved was then taken away. 

21 But after long abstinence Paul stood 
forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, 
ye, should have hearkened unto me, and 
not have loosed from Crete, and to have 
gained this harm and loss, 

22 If And now I exhort you to be of 
good cheer : for there shall be no loss of 
av.ij man's life among you, but of the ship. 

23 For there stood by me this night the 
angel of God, whose 1 am, and whom I 
serv% 

24 Saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must 
bt brought before Cesar ; and; lo, God hath 



PauUujftrtth shifiwreck. Chap 

ee nil them that sail v, ith thee. 

25 Wherefore, Sirs, be of i >d cheer . 
tori believe Gjd, that k si 

,1 me. 

26 Howbeit, we must be cas' 
certain island. 

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twenty 
further, they sounded lound u 

I 

;:irig on, 
I 



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s rest, some on boai 

. And 

CHAP. XXV11J. 

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fastened 

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1048 Faulfireacheth at Rome* ROMANS, 

15 And from thence, when the breth- 
ren heard of us, they came to meet us as 
far as Appii Forum, and, The Three Tav- 
erns ; whom when Paul saw, he thanked 
God. and took courage. 

Ip And when we came to Rome, the 
centurion delivered the prisoners to the 
captain of the guard 5 but Paul was suffer- 
ed to dwell by himself with a soldier that 
kept him, 

17 And it came to pass, that after three 
days Paul called the chief of the Jews to- 
gether : and when they were come to- 
gether, he said unlo them, Men and breth- 
ren, though I have committed nothing a- 
gainst the people, or customs of our fa- 
thers, yet was 1 delivered prisoner from 
Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, 

18 Who, when they had examined me, 
would have let me go, because there was 
no cause of death in me. 

19 ]3ut when the Jew's spake against zV, 
I was constrained to appeal unto £esar ; 
pot that 1 hadaughtto accuse my nation of. 

20 For this cause therefore havel called 
for you, to see you and to speak with you : 
because that lor the hope ol Israel I am 
bound with this chain. 

21 And they said unto him, We neither 
received letters out of Judea concerning 
ikee, neither any oi the brethren that came 
shewed, or spake any harm of thee. 

22 But we desire to hear of thee what 
thou thinkest : for as concerning this sect, 
we know that every where it is spoken a- 
g.;inft<> 

23 And when they had appointed him a 



Mis calling commended* 

day, there came many to him into his lodg- 
ing ; to whom he expounded and testified 
the kingdom of God, persuading them con- 
cerning Jesus, both out of the law of Mo- 
ses, and out of the prophets, from morn- 
ing till evening, 

24 And some believed the things whieh 
were spoken, and some believed not, 

25 And when they agreed not among 
themselves, they departed, after that Paul 
had spoken one word, Well spake the Ho- 
ly Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto cur 
fathers, 

2S Saying, Go unto this people, and say, 
Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not un- 
derstand ; and seeing ye shall see, and not 
perceive. 

27 For the heart of this people is waxed 
gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, 
and their eyes have they closed : lest they 
should see with their eyes, and hear with 
their ears, and understand with their heart, 
and should he converted, and 1 should heal 
them. 

28 Be it known therefore unto you, that 
the salvation of God is sent unto the Gen- 
tiles, and that they will hear it. 

29 And when he had said these words, 
the Jews departed, and had great reason- 
ing among themselves. 

30. And Paul dwelt two whole years in 
his own hired house, and received all that 
came in unto him, 

31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and 
teaching those things which concern the 
Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no 
man forbidding him. 



Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans. 



CHAP, I. 

% PauVs calling commended, 16 What 
his gosfiel is. 18 God's anger at sin, 
21 The Gentile's sim. 

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called 
to be an apostle, separated unto the 
gospel of God, 

. . 2 Which he had promised afore by his 
prophets in the holy scriptures, 

3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, which was made of the seed of Da- 
vid according to the Sesh ; 

4 And declared to.be the Son of God 
with power, according to the spirit of ho-. 

. linos, by the resurrection from the dead ; } 

5 By whom we have received grace 
and apostleship, for obedience to the iaith, 
ajnopg all nations, for his name : 

6 Among whom are ye also the called of 
Jesus Christ: 

7 T all that be in Rome, beloved of God, 



called to be saints: Grace to you, andpeaee 
from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus 
Christ for you all, that your faith is spo- 
ken ol throughout the whole world. 

9 For God is my witness, whom I serve 
with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that 
without ceasing 1 make mention of you al- 
ways in my prayers ; 

10 Making request, if by any means now 
at length I might have a prosperous jour- 
ney by the will of God, to come unto you. 

1! For 1 long to see you, that \ may im- 
part unto you some spiritual gift, to the end 
ye mav be established ; 

12 That is, that \ may be comforted to- 
gether with you by the mutual faith both 
of you and me. 

13 Now I would not have you ignorant, 
brethren, that oftentimes 1 purposed to 



God's anger at sin. 



Chap.ii. 



Who are justijiei, 1049 



come unto you, (bat was let hitherto) that J 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despite* 
I might have bome fruit among yea also, I ful, proud, boasters, inventors of evilthings, 



even as among other Gentile^. 

14 I am debtor both to the Gre 

to the barbarians; both to ihe wise, and 
to the unwise. 

15 So, as much as in me is, 1 am re idy 



disobedient to parents, 

31 Without understanding, covenant 
breakers, without natural affection, im- 
placable, unmerciful ; 

33 Who, knowing the judgment of God, 



to piv ou that ai ea: that they which commit such things are 



Rome also. 

16 •; For I f ;he gos- 

pel ot Christ : for it ot God 

unto salvation to every cue that belie veth ; 
to the Jew first, and also to die Greek. 

If For therein is the righteousness of 
Qod revealed from i: as it js 

•writ". kith. 

18 II I 
from h 

unrighw [the truth 

i 

19 Because 

of God i> manifest in them ; tor God hath 
sh- wed it unto them. 

»le things of!/ 

arly seen, 
being a 
maue, even his ou u '1 G >•!- 

ire without e 

21 *: 



worthy of death, not only dothesame, bnt 
have pleasure in them diat do them. 
C H A P. II. 

■ incxcuxablr, Whether * 
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1 THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, 
() man, whosoever Ihou art that 
judges! : for wherein tlioujuagest another, 
thou conuertihest thyself j for thou di.t 
judges! . 

'j But we are sore that the judgment of 
God is according to truth against them 
lings. 

3 And thinkest th< u mis, O man, that 

do such tilings, and 
same, th it thai sh3lt escape the 
at oi G \l 

4 Or despisest thou the riches of his 
goodness and forbearance, and longsuCer- 

• rat the goodness of 



God, they gl untied him not as < ' '. iee to r ;;entance i 



were th 
imagin 
oarka 

22 Professing then 
they became 

the glory of th 
I 
.le man, and to birds, and four- 

'J4 Vv i gave them up 

to undo ugh the lusts of their 

own hearts, to».; ; (honour their o* 
between th 

25 Who changed the truth o f ( , 
a lie, and worshipped 
ture more than tneCrc itor,wh 1 1 

for ev< . 

2G For this il,cm Up 

unto vile affections: : for even thi i 

natural use into th it which 
lure: 

• men, leaving 
rral use ot the worn in, burned in 
. 
that which i i 

J in then- knowli 

fornication, u i 

lioiousnoss : full of envy, n 

j 



:'y Bui after thyhardness-and impenitent 
heart treasurest up unto thysejH wrath jv- 
gainst the day of wrath, and revelation of 
C. id ; 

6 Who will render to ever; man ac- 
cording to hi-, & 

7 To them who by patient boatinuanctj 
in will doing seek for g!orv, and honour, 
and immortality, eternal lite: 

8 Rut unto oil 

and do not truth, but obey un- 

righti ousnesSi iodignatii n and wrath , 

9 Tribulaupn and anguish, upon 

soul of man that docth evil, of the Jew first, 
and also oj the Gentile ; 

U But dory, honour, ant] 
er) man • th g^xl, io thi 

11 For there is no n 

] J I-.] i wo tinned v 

lawjihall 

.hall be 

■ law . 

law arc 

shall be justified. 
H V •• wh< n th [ 

I the law, 

1 s \V 

aho bearing w:' 



1050 Row circumcision firqfaeih. ROMANS. 3 



mean while accusing or else excusing one 
another) ; 

16 in the day when God shall judge the 
secrets of men by Jesus Christ" according to 
my gospel. 

17Behold,thou art called a Jew, andrest- 
cstin the law, and rnakest thy boast oiGod, 

18 Andknowest /tfVwill, and approves! 
the things that are more excellent, being 
instructed out of the law ; 

19 And art confident that thou thyself 
art a guide of the blind, a light of them 
which are in darkness, 

20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher 
of babes, which hast the form of knowledge 
and of the truth in the law. 

21 Thou therefore which teachest an- 
other, Teachest thou not thyself ? Thou 
that preachest a man should not steal, 
Dost thou iteal ? 

22 Tli^i that savest a man should not 
commit adultery, Dost thou commit adul-r 
tery ? Thou that abhorrest idols, Dost thou 
commit sacrilege ? 

23 Thou thai, rnakest thy boast of the 
law, Through breaking the law dishonour- 
ed thou God I 

24 For the name of God is blasphemed 
smong the Gentiles through you, as it is 
-v/uitten. 

25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if 
thou keep the law : but if thou be a break- 
er'- o^che f >:w, thy circumcision is made un- 
ci'rcumcisioR. 

26 Therefore, if the unc'rcumcision 
keep the righteousness of the law, Shall 
not his uncircumeision be counted for cir- 
ciimdsion ? 

27 And, Shall not uncircumcision which 
is by nature, il it fulfil the law, judge thee, 
who b'f the letter and circumcision dost 
transgress the law ? 

28 "For he is not a Jew, which is one 
outwardly ; neither is that circumcision, 
wlvch is outward in the flesh ; 

29 put he is a. Jew, which is one inward- 
ly ; and circumcision is that of the heart, 
in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose 
praise is not of men, but of God. 

CHAP. II J. 
i The Jews' prerogative. 20 None justi- 
fied by tht law, but all by faith. 
W\ \ AT a d van t age then ha th the Jew ? 
or, What profit is there, of circum- 
cision ? 

2 Much every way: chiefly, because 
that unto them were committed the pra* 
desoiGod. 

3 For, What if some did not believe ? 
Shall their unbelief make the faith of God 
without effect ? 

4 God forbid : yea, let God he true, but 
everymau a liar j as it is written^ That 
tkou roightest be justified in Uiy pyi 



JVbnc justified by the law* 

mightest overcome when thou art judged. 

5 But it our unrighteousness commend 
the righteousness of God, Wnat shall we 
say ? Is God unrighteous who taketh ven- 
geance? (1 speak as a man) 

§ God forbid : tor then, How shall God 
judge the world I 

7 For if the truth of God hath more a- 
bounded through my lie Unto Ins glory ; 
Why yet am I also judged as a sinner ? 

8 "And not rather, (as we be slanderous- 
ly reported, and as some affirm that we 
say) L.et us do evil, that good may come ; 
whose damnation is just.* - 

9 What then ? Are we better than they? 
No, in no wise : tor we have before proved 
both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all 
under sin ; 

10 As it is written, There ismone right- 
eous, no, not one : 

11 There is none that understandeth, 
there is none that seekcth after God. 

12 They are all ?one out of the way, 
they are together become unprofitable; 
there if none that doeth good, no, not one. 

13 Their throat is an open sepulchre ; 
with their tongues they have used deceit ; 
the poison of asps is under their lirs : 

14 Whose mouth is full oi cursing and 
bitterness :• 

15 Their feet are swift to shed blood : 

16 Destruction and misery are in their 
ways : 

17 And the way of peace have they not 
known : 

IS There is no fear of God before their 
eyes. 

19 Now we know that wfrat things so- 
ever the law saith, it saithto them who are' 
under die law : that every mouth may be 
stopped, and all the world may become 
guilty before God. 

20 1[ Therefore by the deeds of the law 
there shall no flesh be justified in his sight ; 
tor by the law is the knowledge of sin. 

21 But now the righteousness of God 
without the law is manifested, being wit- 
nessed by the law and the prophets ; 

22 Even the righteousness of God which 
ts by faith of Jesus Christ unto all, and up- 
on all them that believe : for there is no 
difference : 

23 For all have sinned and come short 
of the glory of God ; 

24 Being justified freely by his grace 
through the redemption that is in Christ 
Jesus : 

25 Whom God hath set forth to be a 

, n through faith in his blood, ta 
declare his righteousness for the remission 
of sins that are past, through the forbear-* 
ante of God ; 

25 T«> declare, I say, at this time his 
righteousness : that he laigltt be just, and 



' bc&evcrt, Cha 

thejustiner oihim which bclieveth in Jesu-j. 

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1052 Sin mid death came by Adam. 



us, in tbafj while we were yet sinners, 
'Christ died for us. 

9 Much more then, being now justified 
by his blood, we shall be sa\ td from wrath 
through him. 

10 For if, when we were enemies, we 
were reconciled to God by the death of 
his Son, much more, being reconciled, we 
thall be saved by his hie. 

11 "Aiid not only so, but we also joy in 
G\i through i ur Lord Jesus Christ, by 
whom Ave have now received the atone- 
ment. 

12 ij Wherefore, as by one man sin en- 
tered into the world, and death by sin ; 
and so death passed upon all men, lor that 
all have sinned. 

13 For until the law sin was in the world: 
but sTn is not imputed when there is no law. 

14 Nevertheless, death reigned from 
Adam to Moses, even over them that had 
not sinned alter the similitude of Adam's 
transgression, who is the figure of him that 
was to come. 

15 But not as the offence, so also is the 
jfree gift. For if through the offence of 
"one many be dead ; much more the grace 

of God, and the gift by grace, which is by 
cjie man,- Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto 
f$a$y. 

lo And not as it was by one that sinned, 
so is the gift : for the judgment was by one 
to condemnation, but the free gift is of ma- 
ny offences unto justification. 

' 17 *i For if by one man's offence death 
reigned by one ; much more they which 
receive abundance of grace and of the gift 
of righteousness shall reign in life by one, 
?e.?us Christ. 

13 Therefore, as by the offence of one 
.judgment came upon ail men to condem- ' 
nation^ even so by the righteousness of one 
the free gift cajneupon all men unto just- 
ification of lite. 

15 For as by one man's disobedience 
many were made sinners, so by the obedi- 
ence of one shall many be made righteous. 
20 Moreover, the law entered, that the 
ice might abound. But where sin a- 
bounded, grace did much more abound : 
2i That as sin hath reigned unto death, 
. oven so might grace reign through right- 
eousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

C H A P, VI. 
1 We must not live in sin, 12 nor let sin 
reign in u$* "22 Death is the wages of sin. 
rHAT shah we say then t Shall we 
continue in ^ that grace may a- 
Lound ? 

3 God- forbid. How &Wl we, that are 
iead to sin, iive any longer therein I 

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as 
were baptized into Jesus Christ, were bap- 
r]^ r A ihtohi^deaui I 



ROMANS. Death is the ttiages of sih> 

4 Therefore we are buried with himbv 



bapti<m-,?nto death;, that like as Christ 
was raised up from the dead by the giory 
of the Father, even so we also should wait 
in newness of hie. . 

■5 Forir we have been planted together 
in the likeness of his death, we shall be also 
in thejikcjiezs of his resurrection : 

6 Knowing this, that our old man is cru- 
cified with Vw??, that the body of sin might 
be destroyed, that heiteeforth we should 
not serve sin. 

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin, 

8 Now if we -be dead with Christ, we 
believe that we shall also live with him : 

9 Knowing that Christ being raised from 
the dead, dieth no more; t death hath no 
more dominion over him. 

10 For in that he died, he died, unto sin 
once : but in that he liveth, ae iiveth unto 
God. 

11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to 
be dead indeed unto *in, but alive unta 
God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

22 *ii Let not ?in tiierefore reign in your 
mortal body, that ] e ^oouid obey it in the 
lusts thereof; 

lo Neither yield ye your members as in- 
struments of unrighteousness unto sin : but 
yield yourselves urn* God, as those that 
are alive from the dead, and your mem- 
bers as instruments of righteousness unto 
God. 

14. For sin shall not have dominion over 
you : . for ye are not under the law, but un* 
der grace. 

15 .What Uien? Shall we sin, because 
we are not under the law, but under grace : 
God forbid. 

16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield 
yourselves servants to obey,his servants ye 
are to whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto 
death, or of" obedience unto righteousnee*. 

17 But God be thanked that ye were the 
servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from 
the heart that iorm of doctrine which was 
delivered you. 

IS Leing then made free from sin, ye 
became the servants or' righteousness. 

19 Ispeak alter the manner of men, be- 
cause of the infirmity of your flesh : for as 
ye have yielded your members servants to 
uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity.; 
even so now yield your members sei v.ants 
to righteousness unto holiness, 

20 For when ye were the servants of sin 
ye were free from rigbAeouFi;ess. 

2 1 What fruit had > e th en in those things 
whereof ye are now ashamed? Fertile 
end of those things is death, 

22 But. now being made free from sin, 
and become servants to God,*yeha> 
fruit, unto ho ine;. s, and the end everlasting 
life. 



ifbw far the poiver of the Lvt is. Chap, vi 
33 • V r the wages of sin is death ; but 

A I 1 - Y»I. 
1 JVb r&k*th j.'jwer over a men ht 
The Utwunoi 

Kl 

POT a man as long 

2 For the w >man which hath an ' 

and by tin? law Xohei iong 

aftheliveth: hut if the husband be 3 

$>he i • r: <e law of /W hu c i 

liveth, 
aer man, *foc si wit 
: but it her hu- 
n that law ; » 
she is no adu'teress, though -he be marri- 
ed to another man. 

, my brethren, ye also are 

become dead to the l.»w by the body of 

be married to 'an - 

Otht' . to the 

ce< ing forth fruit unto 

5 For when we were in the fle^, the 
thru 

n I i brin^ forth 

we are delivered trim Hie 



J • known 

MS hiw liad s | 

v.n, taking occasion br » 

: ught in me 

' . for without the law sin 

without the! 

. c came, sin re- 

ntndmcnt, wl. 

22 1 Wherefore the law 
eenmandmen; > , . just, ant! -><d. 

.ntome? God tort '. 

tin ful. 

UForwe know ti 
Ml: but I am carnal, fold und'.: 

15 For that which I not: for 

would, thai it what I 

bate, that da^ 






viii. W l >at harmcameih ofthcjlcsk. 1 - 
16 Ittnen I do ti jt, i 

. it, 

Id For 1 know i u g is in n y 

fle>li,dwel^u 

■ I ML 

iy Ft . that] not: 

but the evil which i \. t Ido. 

i\, it is nr» 
m ire 1 that do it, but s,n that d . 

21 1 find then a law, that when I w 

i»t with me. 

I ^r I delight . | God after 

the inward n 

93 But] fter law in my mera- 

mv mind, 

to the law 

> wretched man that lam ! Who 
shall deliver me from the body o< hi* death f . 

2j 1 thank God through Jes 
our 1. i,wiunhcnrind 1 mi 

the taw of God j but with the i 
the law of sin. 

CHAP. VIII. 

■alien, 5, 13 
What harm cotticthofiheJle*h. 6,14 
and what g'<o r l of the Sfitrit t 17 and 
,/ God'* children, 

TIE it th« refore no condemnation 
tothi . ■ e in Christ ] 

whjD walk tie fab, but after the 

Spirit. 

2 For the law fUfemChrfat 

It made me free from the hnroT 

tin :ind I 

3 For what the law could not do, in that 

d send- 

4 Th it 

arentter • 

; 

.he law 
tlut are in the flesh Cto* 

d dweil 









it it life 



1054 We arc spyetfhy kept 



ROMANS. 



Paul's sorrow for the Sct&s* 



Je.:U3 from the dead dwell in you, he that 
raised up Christ from the dead shall also 
quicken, your mortal bodies by lib Spirit 
that dwelleth in you. 

12 Therefore, brethren, weatre, debtors, 
not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 

13 *,[ For ii ye live after the flesh- ye shall 
die : but if ye through the Spirit do morti- 
fy the deeds of the body, ye shall live, 

14 ^[ For as many as are led by the Spir- 
it oi God, they are the sons of 'God, 

U For ye have not received the spirit 
of bondage again- to fear-; but ye have re- 
ceived the Spirit of adoption, whereby we 
cry, Abba, Father'.* 

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with 
Cwr spirit, that we are the-chiidren of God: 

17 ^1 And it children, then heirs ; heirs 
of God, and joint heirs with Christ ; it so 
be thai 'we suffer with /iim y that we may 
be also glorified together. 

18 For ! reckon that the sufferings of 
this present time arc hot worthy -to be corn- 
/>am/ with the glory which shall be reveal- 
ed in ns. 

' 19 For the earliest expectation of the 
creature waiteth tor the manifestation of 
the sons ol God. 

, 20 For the creatine was made subject 
to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of 
hkn who hath subjected the same'm hope ; 
21 Because the" creature itself also sjiall 
be delivered from the bondage of corrup- 
tion into the glorious liberty ot the children 
el God. 

'22 For avc know that the whole creation 
groaneth and travailtt-h in pain together 
until now. 

23 And not only they^hnt ourselves also, 
which have the firist fruits of the Spirit, 
even we ourselves groan within ourselves, 
ivatting lor the adaption, to wit, the re- 
demption of our body, 

24 For we are saved by hope : but hope 
mat is seen is not hope : for what a man 
seeth, Why doth he yet hope for? 

2.5 But if we hope for that we see not, 
then da we with patience wait for ii, 

26 Likewise the Spirit also healeth our 
-ThSn^kies : for we know not what we 

should pray tor as we ought : huttheSpir- 
K'it;-;elf nu-.keth intercession for us with 
•groanh)gs which cannot be uttered. 

27 And he that sear cheth the hearts 
knoweth what is tlie mind of die Spirit, be- 
cause he maketh intercession for the saints 
according to ihcivitt of God, 

28 And we know that all things work 
together for good to them that love God, to 
them who are the Called according to his 



purpose* 

29 For whom he did foreknow, he 



ilso 



"tikr x>redestinate to be conformed to the 
image of his -Son , that hemight be the first- , 
bom among many brethren. 



30 More ever whom he did predestinate, 
them he also called : and whom he called* 
them he also justified : and whom he jus- 
tified, them he also glorified. . 
3 1 What shall we then say to these things ? 
If God be for us, Who can be against us I 

32 He that spared not his own Son, but 
delivered him up for us all, How shall he 
not with him also freely-give us all things I 

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge 
of God's elect i It h God that justifieth. 

34 W T ho 13 he that condemneth I It in 
Christ that.died, yea rather, that is risen 
again,w T ho is even at the right hand of God, 
who also maketh intercession for us* 

.35 "Who shall separate us from the love 
ol Chirst.^ Shall tribulation,. or : distress, 
or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, 
or peril, or sword' . - 

36 As it is written," For thy sake we are 
killed all the day long ; we are accounted 
as sheep for the slaughter. 

37 Nay, in all these things we are more 
than conquerors through him that loved us, 

.38 For 1 am persuaded, that neither 
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principali- 
ties, nor powers, nor things present, nor 
things to 'come, 

39 Nor height,nor depth, nor any other 
creature, shall be able to separate us from 
the love ot God, which is in Christ Jesus 
our Lord. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 PauVs sorrow for tJic Jews, 7 AHA* 
braham's seed were not the children of 
thejiromise. 25 The tailing oj the Gen- 
tiles ', andrejection of the Jews* 
I SAY the truth in Christ, 1 lie not, my 
conscience also bearing me witness ir» 
the Holy Ghost, 

2 That 1 have great heaviness and con* 
tinual sorrow in my heart. 

3 For I could wish that myself were ac- 
cursed from Christ for my brethren, my 
kinsmen according to the flesh : 

4 Who are Israelites ; to whom fiertain- 
cth the adoption, and the glory, and the 
covenants, and the giving ot the law, arid 
the service of God, and the promises ; 

5 Whose ore the fathers, and of whom 
as concerning the flesh Christ came y who is 
over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 

6 Not as though the word of God hath 
taken nolle effect. For they are not all Is- 
rael, which are of Israel : 

7 *|I Neither, because they are the seed 
of Abraham, are they all children : but, 
In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 

8 That is, They which are the children 
of the flesh, these are not the children of 
God : but the children of the promise are 
couuted for the seed. 

9 For this is the word -of promise, At 
this time >v ill I come, and i&rah shall iiaye 

ft SOB, 



The calling of the ( / 



Chip. x. 



Believer* s/ 



10 And not only this ; but v. 

b* had conceived by one, e*'n* by 

11 (For the chtidrrn beincr not yet bom, 
neither having done any good or evil, that 
the purpose of God according to election 

•and, net of works, but of him that 
; 

ras said unt« her, Tire e. 
■ney onager. 
13 As it is written. J tcob hnvc I 
but Esau have lrr: 
MWnatshalJ we say then? Isthrrcm- 
isne*s with ( 
r he Hath ti 
mercy oi» whom 1 v . 
will have compassion on whom 1 . 

16 So then it is not of him that willeth, 

;>im that runneth, but gi God that 
iheweth mere v. 

17 For the -mpturesaith onto Pharr-h, 

I'Ow.t in 

i 

m whom 
he will - .. will he 

truth re- 

tt } Why lust 
; tter power i 





























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\ of Sabbaoth bad K*ft ns a seej. 
we h.td been as jn mad. 

fnat shall we iav then.' n 

, which followed not alter right- 

' ■ 

•iith. 
ftcr the 

Vgfit it 

not by faith, h U the works of 

! at that atum- 

it .= written, Behold, I lay in !^-. 
tmiiling stone and rock ol i I 

eth en him shall r 4 t>r 

G HAP. X. 
difference vf the \ j stqfifie 

• 

B>. my heart** desire and 
r L>rael i», that they 

■ 

:-h thru- 
law !'»i 
which wot the L.w, \ 

!«peaketh 
heart, V> 

■ 

i • 

■vcth un- 



WIS .ill kx ad not cast eff. S.6MANS. 

r,;.t heart]? And, How shall they hear 
without a preacher.?-. 

15 And , How snail they preech, except 
they besei:r?' As itfis written, How beauti- 
ful are. die -feet: "©flthem that." preach the 
gospel of peace, and bring glad, tidings of 
good things!::-.. * : : 



dgainst boasting, 

may not see, atid bow down their back al- 

way. 

Ill say then, Have they stumbled that 
they -should fall ? -God forbid; but rather 
through their fall salvation u come unto 
theGemiles,ior toprcvokethem tojealousv. 
12 Now it the fall of ihem be the riches 
15 But they have not all.. cbevecl the gos-j{ of the world, and the diminishing of them 
pel.' "JBor.£saias saith,. Lord, Who hathi the riches :of the Gentiles, How much more 
1 ft 1 : ieved our. report? R their fulness ? : 

- '-17 So then fdixh comet k by hearing, and' 13 Fcr I speak to you Gentiles, in as 



liea&ngby the word .of God 
J IS- But I say:, Have they not heard ? Yes ! 
■verily, their sound went into all the earth 
ancKlheir.woiThunto the ends of the world.. 
'19 Buti.say, Did not Israel know I First 
-Moses saith, .1 will provoke you to jeal- 
ous} fey them that are no people, and by a 
loohsh nation I willanger you. 
" - 20 But E-aias is very bold, and saith, I 
■was .found of them that sought me not; I 
was made manifest unto them that asked 
vM after me. e 

21 Sat to Israel he saith, Ail day long I 
"have stretched forth my nands unto a diso- 
bedient and gainsaying people. 
C H A P. XI. 



1 God hath hoi eas. off all Israel. 7 Some 
were elected* tr.ertat were hardened 18 

- The Gent ite* man i ot insult iifiou them* 
*T Say: then. Hath God cast awav his poo- 

. Jfe pis : God forbid. For 1 also am an Is- 

- raelitc, oi'the seed of Abraham, o/the tribe 
of Benjamin. 

2 Ood hath not ca^t away his people 
•which lie foreknew. Wet ye not what the 

-'r ci- nature saith ofEHas? HW he makeM 
ttiterdessian to God against Israel, saying, 

-3 Lord, they iiave killed thy prophets, 
and digged down thine altars ; and I am 

"left alone, and they seek my life. 

4 But, What saith the answer of God 
tmto him ? I have reserved to myself seven 

--■ thousand men, who have not bowed the 
knee to the image o/Baal. 

-" :'. 5 Even so then at this present time also 

a there is a remnant according to the election 

■<jf grace. 

'• ' 6- And if by grace, then is it no more of 

xforksr otherwise. grace is no more grace. 
But if it be of works, then is it no more 

/grace ? -otberw ise work is no more work. 
' *i "What thea?" Jsrael hath not obtain- 
ed that which he seeketh for : but the e- 

u Itictsouiiath obtained it, and the rest were 

'.j-KJoded, . 

3 According as is written, God. hath 

„ ogives th*in the spirit of slumber, eyes that 

v they- should not ?see, and ears that they 
should rror/hear,.unto this day. 

9 And David saith, Let their table be 
< ntede a: snare, and a trap, and a stumbiing- 
• block, and:4 recompense unto them : 

10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they 



much as I am the apostle at the Gentiles, 
I magnify mine office : 

14 If by any means I .may provoke to 
emulation them which are my iiesh^ .and 
might save some of them. 

15 For if the casting away of them.de the 
reccncfficg of the worid, What shad the re- 
ceiving o/ <?,Vr/? fe, but life from the dead? 

16 For if the first fruit be holy, the lump 
is also holy : and it the root be hoiy, so are 
the branches. 

17 And it some of the branches be bro- 
ken off. and thou, being a wild olive tree, 
wert grafted in among them, and with them 
partafcestot the root and fatness of the olive 
tree ; 

IS % Boast not against the branches, 
But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, 
but the root thee. 

19 Thou wilt say then, The branches 
were broken off, that I mighthe graffed in. 

20 Well ; because of unbelief they were 
broken of); and thou standest by faith. Be 
not highminded, but fear : 

21 For if God spared not the natural 
branches, take heed le t he also spare not 
thee. 

22 Behold therefore the goodness and se- 
verity of God : on them which fell, severi- 
ty ; but toward thee, goodness, if thou con- 
tinue in his goodness : otherwise thou also 
shalt be cut of)'. 

2.3 .And they also, if they abide not still 
in unbelief, shall be graffed in : tor God is 
abie to graffthem in again. 

24 For it thou wert cut out of the olive 
tree which is wild by nature, and wert 
graffed contrary to nature into a good olive 
tree, How much more shall these, which 
be the natural branches, be graffed into 
their own olive tree i 

25 For 1 would not, brethren, that ye 
should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye 
should be wise hi your own conceits ; that 
blindness in part is happened to Israel, un- 
til the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 

26 And so all Israel shall be saved :. as 
it is written, There shall come cut of Sion 
the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungod- 
liness from Jacob ; 

27. For this is my covenant unto thern, 
.when F shall takeaway their sins. 

28 As concerning the .gospely they, are 



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Chap, xii, xifi. Ofdu'isstomagistrctffi* 1C.57 



enemies 

the elect - beloved il>r the fa- 

theiV - . 

ng ofGvXlcrr 
• 

e not bc- 
i btamed me: cy 
through theii 

31 E< cseaiso now not be- 

lieved, that through your mercy they atso 
may obtaiu mercy. 

; led them all in 
unlxdief,that ht 

> ue depth of the ric 
wisdom and K . 

I .^ments, and hit ways 

k nown 'he mind of the 

te rtsampeooed unto him again ? 
ugh Kim, and 
tenia oe glory, 

fine ever. A 









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according as ( i 
the n 

one l>* 

5 So w re one body in 

one of au- 

i 



11 Not dfothfui va bufinewj fervent in 
spirit ; M 

12 Rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribu- 
lation ; eontiw . 

13 Distributing to the neoesut) o: 

hty. 

14 Bless them which persecute you; 

d curse not. 

15 Kcjnkfe with them that do rejoice? 

p with them that weep. 

16 Be of the same mind one toward an- 

. I 'iid not high things. bo* 
scend to nen or lew estate, lie n 
tceies* 

17 Recompense to no man evil tor evil. 
Provide t sight ofaUGKn- 

lo If it be possible, as much as Lieth. in 

19 1 Dearly tttoved, a\ 

lor it is written, " j mint: lwi3 

i he Lord. 

20 Therefore if tl 

feed him ; if he thirst, givt hir. 
for in so doing ti 
I n h s head. 

21 Bv not overcome of t 

CHAP. OIL 

- 

LET i - 
er j owers. For tl 

stained 

2 Whot o tfei th uefurt i 

G«xi: 

andthrv that resist shall n< 

■ ; i. w»li tl a 
the power? I) thattrhjtli 
H ot the 



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hetl 

!>he» 

•wh.c 

vim 

cue; 



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6 F o t tw Ht m flt ot t p 

. attenatibg 

• 

.tier rbeirt^ r dues; 

whom custom ; iv*r tc whom fear i htt- 

tf c , 
one another : far he that lovcth zr-xkg? 



evil; cleave to that 



1053 Days and meats indifferent* ROMAN 



9 For this, Thou shaltr.oteomm't adul- 
tery. Thou sha't not kill, Thou shall r.ot 
steal. Thou shalt not beat* false witness, 
Thou shait.no- covet : arc i 
other commandment, it is briefly compre- 
hended in this saying, namely, Tnoushait 
ksvft thy neighbour as thyself. 

. 1J Love worketh no ill to his neighbour : 
therefore !cve is the fulfilling of the law. 
11 1; And that, knowing the time, that 



Tc avoid giving .tjff cue?; 

11 For i ! : is written, As I live, saiththe 
Lord, every knee shrill bow to me, and ev- 
ery tongue sha>l confess to God. - 

i 2 So then even* one -of us shall give ac- 
count of himself to God. 

13 % Let us not therefore j'vige one an- 
other any more i but judge this rather, 
that do man put a stumbling block or an 
occasion tofali in his brothers way. 

14 I know and am persuaded by the 



row it is h'gh time to awake out of sleep: i Lord Jesus, that where is nothing unclean 
fbViiow rh our salvation nearer than when \ of itself: but to him that esteemeth any 



we believed 

12 The night is fir spent, the day is at 
hartd: Jet us therefore cast off the work* 
of darkness, and let us put on the armour 
©flightt 

13 Let us walk honestly, a^ in the day ; 
«ot in rioting and drunkenness,not in cham- 
bering and wantonness, not in strife and 
envying. 

14 But put ye on the Lord .lesus Christ, 
and make no*: pfttftsion for the flesh, to 
fulfil the lusts thereof* 

CHAP. XIV. 
4 MJen may not contemn or condemn one 
another- fot thing* inJ'fercnt, 13 but 
take, heed of giving offence in ihem. 

HIM that'is weak in the faith receive 
ve, but net to doubtful disputations. 

2 For one believeth that he may eat al! 
things : another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 

3 Let not him that eateth despise him 
that eateth not : and let not him which eat- 
eth not judge him that eateth : for God 
hath received him. 

4 c Who art thou that judgest another 
man's servant ? Tr fefis own master he 
srnndethorfaileth. Yea, he shaH beholden 
up : frr God is able to make him stand. 

5 One man esteemeth one day above 
another : another esteemeth every day 
tdikt. Let every man be rally persuaded 
in liisownnv-rd. 

6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth 

the Lord ; and he that regardeth 
not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard 
it. He that eateth, eateth to the 1,/ord, 
few he gheM-> God 'hanks ; and he that eat- 
eth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giv- 
ethGod thanks. 

7 For none of us liveth to himself, and 
no mandieth to himself. 

8 For whether ve live, we live 

- we die, we die unto 
•-: : whether we live therefore, or 
die. we are the Lord's. 

9 For to this end Christ both died, and 
rose; and revived, that lie might be Lord 
both of the dead and living. 

10 But, Why dost thou jo dge thy broth- 
er I Gr, Why dost thou set at nought thy 
brother ? For we shall ah stand '. . 

cnent seatof Ctu ■ \ 



thing to be unclean, to him iLut unclean. 

15 But if thy brother be grieved with 
thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. 
Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom 
Christ died. 

16 Let not then your good be evil spo- 
ken of: 

17 For the kingdom of God is not meat 
and drink ; but righteousness and peace, 
and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

18 For he that in these things served! 
Christ is acceptable lo God, andapproved 
oi men. 

1.9 Let us therefore fellow after the 
things which make for peace, and things 
wherewith one may edify another. 
20 For meat destroy not'the work of God* 
All things indeed c~e pure ; but it in evil 
tor that man who eateth with offence. 

21 It is good neither tc eat flesh, nor to 
drink wine, nor any thing whereby dry 
brother &tumbleth,cr is offtnded, or is made 
weak. 

22 Hast thou faith : Have it to thyself 
before God. Happy is he that eondemnetb 
not himself in that thing which heailowern. 

23 And hethat doubteth is damned if he 
eat, because he eo.Uih riot of faith: for 
whatsoever is not oi' faith U sin. 

C H A F. XV. 
1 The strong jmisthe&f with the rjeck. 3 
V >■ may not please oUrsr'-. es : 7 but re- 
ceive one another, as Christ did us all. 
WL then that are strong ou^ht to bear 
the intirrnites of the weak, and not 
to please ourselrrs. 

2 ? Let even- me of us please Ms neigh- 
bour for /as good to edifieati 

5 For even Christ pleased not himself; 
but, as it is wr'tten, The reproaches of 
them that reproached thee fell on me. 

4 For whatsoever things were written 
aforetime were written for our learning : 
that we through patience and comfort of 
the scriptures might have hope. 

5 Now the God of patience and conso- 
lation grant you to be like minded 
ward another, according to Christ 

6 That ye may with one mind and one 

vrify God, even the Fathercicar 
Lord Je>us Christ. 

7 *\\ 'herefore receive ve one aaotfec? 



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: the Gentiles m: 
Gcnti.es, anu uo? unw thy Dane. 





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to preach the 
ere Christ wasn-ii 
j should build opooanother 

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nmch hindcrnl Irom coin 

t i.e*e parts, ai*i i»a.\ : - . v\t ■ ,i-,.._ i.:.< - 

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3#K> JPmiPa thanks is God, 1. CORINTHIANS. 



them.that be of the /iozz$e^o/# of Narcissus, 
•which arc in the Lord. 

12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who 
labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved 
Permits, which laboured much in the Lord. 

13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and 
his mother and mine. 

\ 14 Salute Asyncrkus, Phlegon, Hermas, 
Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which 
are with them. 

15 Salute Philoloeus, and Julia, Nereus, 
and his sister, and Clympas, and all the 
saints which are with them. 

16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. 
The churches of Christ salute you. 

17 Now I beseech you brethren, mark 
them which cause divisions and offences 
contrary to the doctrine which ye have 
learned ; and avoid them. 

18 For they that are such serve not our 
Lord JesusChrist, but their awn belly ; and 
by good words and fair speeches deceive 
the hearts of the simple. 

19 For your obedience is come abroad 
unto all men. I am glad therefore on your 
behalf • but yet 1 would have you wise un- 
to that which is good, and .simple concer- 
ning evil, 

20 And the God of peace shall bruise Sa- 



He exhorteth ic unity, 

tan under your feet shortly. The grace of 
our Lord Jesus Christ 6<? with you. Amen. 

21 If Timotheus my workfellow, and 
Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipator, my kins- 
men, salute you. 

22 I Tertkus, who wrote this epistle, sa« 
lute you in the Lord. 

23 Gaias mine host, and of the whole 
church, saluteth you. Erastus the cham- 
berlain at the city saluteth you, and Quar- 
tus a brother. 

24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be with you all. Amen. 

25 Now to him that is of power to stab- 
lish you according to my gospel, and the 
preaching oi JesusChrist, according to the 
revelation of the mystery, which was kept 
secret since the world began, 

26 But now is made manifest, and by the 
scriptures of the prophets, according to the 
commandment of the everlasting God, 
made known to all nations for the obedience 
of faith : 

27 To God only wise, be glory through 
Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. 

% Written to the Romans from Corin- 
thus, and sent by Phebe, servant of 
the church atCencluea. 



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The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the 
Corinthians. 



C H A P. I. 

1 After salutation and thanksgiving , 10 
he exhorteth to unity, 12 and refiroveth 
their dissensions. 18 God destroy tth 
the wisdom ojthe wise. 

If) AIJL,' called to be an apostle of Jesus 

JL Christ through the will of God, and 

Sosthenes our brother, 

2 Unto the church of God which is at 
Corinth, to them that are sanctified in 
Christ Jesus, called lobe saints, with all 
that in every place call upon the name of 
Jesus Christ cur Lord, both their*;* and 
cur's : 

3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from 
God our Father, timjrom the Lata Jesus 
Christ, 

4 ithankmy God always on your I '-alf, 
for the i- race of God which is given you by 
Jesus Christ j 

•5 That in every thing ye are enriched 
by him, in all utterance, and in rll knowl- 
edge. 

6 Even as the testimony of Christ, was 
confirmed hi ycu : 

t So that ye come behind in no gift; 
waiting &r the coiaing of our Lord JesuS 
Christ ^ 



8 Who shall also confirm you unto the 
er\&,that ye may be blameless in the day 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

9 God is faithtul, by whom ye were 
called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

10 IT Now 1 beseech you, brethren, by 
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye 
all speak the same, thing, and that there be 
no divisions among you ; but thai ye be 
perfectly joined together in the same" mind 
and in the same judgment. 

11 For it "nam been declared unto roe of 
you my brethren, by them which are of the 
home of Chioe, that there are contentions 
among you. 

12 i Now this I say, that every one of 
yon. saith I -Jim of Paul ; and I of Apcilo* ; 
and 1 of Cephas ; and I of Christ. 

13 Is Christ divided I Was Paul cruci- 
fied for yon ? Or were ye baptized in the 
name oi Paul I 

14 I thank God that I baptized none of 
ycu but Crispus and Gaius ; 

15 Lett any should say that I had bap- 
tized in mine own name. 

1G And I baptized a?so the household Q* 



Powrr of j j \mg. Chap, 

Step! . t now not whether 1 

baptii.T 

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G'd ordained before the world ui 

M of the princes of thia 
I they known 

9 Bu* 

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rtol men, the things which God 
hath pn 

10 Bui I unto us 
b) hi Spirit : for the Spirit - 

thin; s \e;u t1 

11 For, wh eth the things 

\-';ich is 
m him : Even so the I d know- 

tGod ; 

that *e might kn « 

speak, d i la 
the words whi» 

b the Hoh Ghost teacheth ; ooot- 
iphitua] things with spiritual* 
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I 
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know Mr they arc spiiitually 

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T. CORINTHIANS. ^fi6stks f aur fathers in Christ, 



*>ut ministers by whom ye believed, even 
as the Lord gave to every man 1 

6 1 have planted, Apollos watered ; but 
God gave the increase. 

7 §6 then neither is he that planteth any 
thing, neither he that watereth ; but God 
that giveth the increase. 

8 Now he that planteth, and he that wa- 
tereth are -one : and every man shall re- 
ceive his own reward according to his own 
labour. 

9 For we are labourers together with 
God : ye are God's husbandry, ye are 
God*s building. 

10 According to the grace of God which 
is given unto me, as a wise master builder, 
I have laid the foundation, and another 
•buildeth thereon . But let every man take 
heed how he buildeth thereupon. 

11 For other foundation can no man lay 
than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

12 Nov/ if any man build upon this 
foundation gold, silver, precious stones, 
wood, hay, stubble ; 

13 Every man's work shall be made 
manifest : for the day shall declare it, be- 
cause it shall be revealed by fire ; and the 
nre shall try every man's work of what 
sort it is. 

14 It" any man's work abide which he 
hath built thereupon, he shall receive a re- 
ward. 

15 It any man's work shall be burned, 
he shall suffer loss ; but he himself shall 
be saved ; yet so as by fire. 

16 % Know 3 r enot that ye are the tem- 
ple of God, and that the Spirit cf God 
dwelleth in you ? 

17 If any man defile the temple of God., 
him shall God destroy ; for the temple of 
God is holy, which temple ye are. 

18 If Let no man deceive himself. If 
any man among you seemeth to be wise in 
this world, let him become a fool, that he 
may' be wise. 

19 For the wisdom of this world is fool- 
ishness with God.' For it is written, He 
taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 

20 And again, The Lord knoweth the 
thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 

21 Therefore, letno man glory in men. 
For all things are your's \ 

22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Ce- 
phas, or the world, or life, or death, or 
things present, or things to come j all are 
yen 's ; 

23 And ve an Christ's ; and Christ is 
God's. 

CHAP. IV. 

1 How to account oj minis Cere. 7 'We have 

rot/ring which we have not received. 15 

The affosttes are cur fathers in Christ. 

LET a man so account of us, as of the 
ministers of Christ, and stewards ci" 
the mysteries of God, 



2 Moreover it is required in stewards, 

that a man be found faithful. 

^ 3 But with me it is a very small thing 

that I should be judged of you or of man's 

judgment : yea, 1 judge not mine own self. 

4 For I know nothing by myself; vet 
am I not hereby justified : but he thatjudg- 
eth me is the Lord. 

5 Therefore, judge nothing before the 
time, until the Lord come, who both will 
bring to light the hidden things of dark- 
ness, and will make manifest the counsels 
of the hearts : and then shall every man 
have praise of God. 

6 And these things, brethren, 1 have in 
a figure transferred to m\ self and to Apol- 
los for your sakes ; that ye might learn in 
us not to think of men above that which is 
written^ that no one of you be puffed up for 
one against, another. 

7 1 For, Who maketh thee to differ 
from another ? and, What hast thou that 
thou didst not receive ? Now if thou didst 
receive it y Why dost thou glory, as if thou 
hadst, not received it ? 

8 Now ye are fall, now ye are rich, ye 
have reigned askings without us: and I 
would to God ye did reign, that we also 
might reign with ycu. 

9 For 1 think that God hath set forth 
us the apostles last, as it were appointed to 
death : for we are made a spectacle unto 
the world, and to angels, and to men. 

10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye 
are wise in Christ ; . we are weak, but ye 
are strong ; ye arc honourable, but we are 
despised. 

11 Even unto this present hour we both, 
hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are 
buffetted, and have no certain dwelling 
place ; 

12 And labour, working with our own 
hands : being reviled, we bless j being per- 
secuted, we suffer it : 

13 Being defamed, we entreat : we are 
made as the filth of the world, and arc Ota 
offscouring ot all things unto this day. 

14 1 write not the- e things to shame you, 
but »s my beloved sons 1 warn you. 

15 1i For though ye have ten thousand 
instructors in Christ, yet have ye not ma- 
ny fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have be- 
gotten rou through the gospel. 

16 Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye fol- 
lowers of me. 

17 For this cause have I sent unto yen 
Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and 
faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you 
into remembranceof my ways which be in 
Christ, as 1 teach every where in eveiy 
church. 

18 Now some are puffed up, as though 
I would not come to vou. 

19 ]3ut I will come to you shortly, if the 



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CHAP. VII. 

2 Of marriage. As It is a remedy against 
fornication. 19 and not lightly to be dis- 
'solved. 

NOW concerning the things whereof ye 
wrote unto me : It is good for a man 
not to touch a woman. 

2 % Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, 
Jet every man have his own wife, aad let 
every woman have her own husband. 

3 Let the husband render unto me wife 
due benevolence : and likewise also the 
wife unto the husoand. 

4 % The wife hath not power of her own 
body, but the husband : and likewise also 
the husband hath not power of his own body, 
but the wife. 

. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except 
zt be with consent for a time, that ye ma ; 
fp ve yourselves to fasting and prayer : and 
come together again, that Satan tempt you 
sot for your incontinency. 

6 But I speak this by permission, and not 
jof commandment. 

7 For I would that all men were even as 
I myself. But every man hath his proper 
gift of God, one arcer this manner, and a- 
iiother after that. 

8 I say therefore to the unmarried and 
widows, It is good for them if they abide e- 
ren as I. 

' 9 But if they cannot contain, let them mar- 
ry : for it is better to marry than to burn. 

10 And unto the married 1 command, 
yet not 1. but the Lord, Let not the wife 
depart from her husband : 

11 But and if she depart, let her remain 
tinmarfied, or be reconciled to her husband : 
and let not the husband put away his wife. 

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord : 
If any brother hath a wife that beiieveth 
npt. and she shall be pleased to dwell with 
;him, let him not put her away, 

48 And the woman -which hath an hus- 
band that beiieveth not, and if he be pleased 
to. dwell with her, let her not leave him . 
.; 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanc- 
tified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife 
is sanctified by the husband : else were your 
children unclean ; but now are they holy. 

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him 
depart; A brother or a sister is not under 
bondage in such cases : but God hath cal- 

Jcd us to peace. 

16 For what knowest thou, O wile, whe- 
J'k-v tbonshalt^av'e thy husband ? Or; How 

!:7iO\ves»t then O man, whether thou shaft 
save thu wife? 

IT Bui as Qod hath distributed $ every 
man, as the Lord hath called every one, 
so let him walk. And so ordain 1 in all 

1 3 Is My rrr h :'. lied be ; r ; g circumcised ? 
JcjirhinG tRrebccpaic ulcii caused, lsany 



I. CORINTHIANS. Marriage notto be lightly dissolved 

called in unck-cumcision ? let him not be- 
come circumcised. 

19 1 Circumcision is nothing, and uncir- 
cumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the 
commandments of God. 

20 Let every man abide in the same 
calling wherein he was called. 

21 Art thou calied beagg a servant? 
care not for it : butifthoumayestbemade 
tree, use it rather. 

22 For he that is called m the Lord, be- 
ing a servant, is the Lord's freeman : like- 
wise a.so he that is called,, tefejfrflree, is 
Christ's servant. 

23 Ye are bought with a price ; be not 
ye the servants ot men. ! 

24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he 
is called, therein abide with God. 

25 Now concerning virgins 1 have no 
commandment of the Lord : yet I give my 
judgment, as one that hath obtained mer- 
cy of the Lord to be faithful. 

26 I suppose therefore that this is good 
ibr the present distress, I say, that it is 
good for a man so to be. 

27 Art thou bound unto a wire?. seek 
notto be loosed. Art thou loosed from a 
wife ? seek not a wife, 

28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not 
sinned ; and if a virgin many, she hath 
not sinned. Nevertheless, such shallhave 
trouble in the flesh : but 1 spare you. 

29 But this I say, brethren, the time if 
short : it rerhaineth, that both they that 
have wives be as though they had none ; 

30 And they that weep, as though they 
wept not ;/aod they that rejoice, as though 
they Rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as 
though they possessed not : 

31 And they that u?e this world, as not 
abusing it : tor the fashion oi this world 

■'passeth away. - 

32 But I -would have yon without care-* 
fulness. He that is unmarried careth for 
the things that belong m the Lord, how he 
may please die Lord : 

33 But he that is married careth tor the 
things that are ot the world, how he may 
please his wife. 

34 There is difference aho between a 
wife and a virgin. The unmarried wom- 
an careth for the things ot the Lord, that 
she may be holy both in body! araci in spirit : 
bufshe that is mar ned careth tor Hie things 
of the world, hew she mav please /;..■/■ hrrs- 
bandi 

3 5 And this I speak for your own pinfit ; 

mti that-1 inay cast a sviare upon, you, bot 

for that which is comely, and that ye may 

Lord without destruction. 

56 But if any man think that he behav- 
eth hisrjR if uncomely toward his virgin, if 
she pass the Sower other age, and need 
so require, let him do what he. will, he sin- 
ned! not : let tfeem marry. 



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37 Nevertheless, he tint staE'lethstet?- 

fa-.t in his heart, ha nkftfent 

hath power c\ ill, and hath so 

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£055 Our life like a rate. 

19 For though I be free from all men, 
yet have I made myself servant unto all, 
that I might gain the more. 

20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, 
that I might gain the Jews ; to them that 
are under the law, as under the lav/, that I 
might gain them that are under the law ; 

21 To them that are without law, as 
without law, being not without law to God, 
but under the law to Christ, that 1 might 
gain them that are without law. 

22 To the weak became las weak, that 
I might gain the weak : I am made all 
things to all ?nen, that I might by all means 
save some. 

23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, 
that I might be partaker thereof with you. 

24 1[ Know ye not that they which run 
3n a race, ran all, but one receiveth the 
prize I So run, that ye may obtain. 

25 And every man that striveth for the 
mastery is temperate in all things. Now 
they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; 
but we an incorruptible, y 

26 1 therefore so run,not as uncertainly ; 
so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : 

27 But I keep under my body, and bring 
sV.into subjection :*3est that by any means, 
when 1 have preached to others, I myself 
should be a east away. 

C H A P. X. 
1 The Jews' sacraments, <* types of ours ; 

and their punishments, 11 our exam- 

Plrs. 

MREQVER, brethren, I would not 
c 3ti.:u;d be ignorant, how that 
, all our- fathers were under the cloud, and 
ail passed through the ?ea ; 

2 And were all baptized unto Moses in 
the cloud and in the sea ; 

3 And did all eat the sa^me spiritual meat. ; 

4 And did all drink the same spiritual 
-drink ; for they drank pi that spiritual 
Hock that followed them : trad that Rock 
■was Christ. 

5 But with many of them God was not 
weil pleased : for they were overthrown 
in the wilderness. 

©'$ Now these things were our exam- 
ples, to the intent we should not lust after 
evii thing* * as they also lusted, 

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some 
t-ithem ; as it is written, The people sat 
down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 

£ Neither let us cotifiiait fornication, as 
some oj them committed!-, and fell in one 
day three and- twenty thousand. 

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some 
o the:; ; and were destroyed 

of serpe; vrs. 

: : >ur.T'Or ye,, as some ci them 
. -d, and were destroyed of the 
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I. CO&IN tHIANS. The Jews cur examples. 

to them for ensamples : and they are writ- 
ten for our admonition, upon whom the 
ends of the world are come. 

12 Wherefore, let him that thinketh he 
standeth take heed lest he fall. 

13 There hath no temptation taken vou 
but such as is common to man : but (jod 
is faithful, who will not suffer you to be 
tempted above that ye are able ; but will 
with the temptation also make a way to 
escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 

14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, ties 
from idolatry. 

15 i speak as to wise men; .judge ye 
what 1 say. 

1 6 The'cup of blessing which we bless, Is 
it net the communion of the blood ofChrist ? 
The bread whish we break, Is it not the 
communion of the body of Christ I 

17 For we being many are one bread! 
and one body ; for we are all partakers ©f 
that one bread. 

18 Behold Israel after the flesh ; Are 
not they which eat of the sacrifices par- 
takers of the altar ? 

19 What say I then ? That the idol is 
any thing, or that which is offered in sac- 
rifice to idols is any thing .' 

20 Rati say, that the things which the 
Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, 
and not to God : and I would not that ye 
should have fellowship with devils. 

21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, 
and the cup of devils : ye cannot be par- 
takers of the Lord's table, and of the table 
of devils. 

22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ? 
Are we stronger than he I 

23 All things are lawful for me, but all 
things are not expedient : all things are 
lawful tor me, but all things edify not. 

24 Let no man seek his own, but every 
man another's -oealth. 

25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, 
that eat, asking no question for conscience 
sake : 

26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the 
fulness thereof. 

27 If any ot them that believe not, bid 
you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go.; 
whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking 
no question for conscience sake. 

28 But if any man say unto you, This is 
offered in sacrifice unto idols,' eat not ior 
his sake that shewed it, and for conscience 
sake : ior the earth is the Lord's, and the 
fu!r.r<s thereof: 

29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but 
of the i;ther :• for, Why is my liberty judg- 
ed of another man's conscience I 

. GO For it I by grace be a partaker, Why 
am I evil spoken of for that lor which I 
sive thanks ? 
" 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, 



Cfc;v?rir.g heads infirayer: Chap. 

or whatsoever ve do, do all to the glory of 
God. 

32 Give hone offence, neither to the 
Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church 
of God: 

ft, but iUefiro/'- 
it oimanv.that ti ived. 

' CHAP. XL 
1 Of to in foraying. CI Of 

. 23 The 
ma of it. 

Bl me, even us I also 
am of Christ. 
2NowIpi,. elhren, that ye 

remember me in all things, and keep the 
brdinf • \ r .ii. 

3 But know, that the 

• even- man is Christ; and the 
head of the woman in the man ; 
head oi Chi 

4 Every man pre; 

having his head ceve. ireth his 

head. 

5 But even' woman that pr i 

nqnoufr 

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xi, xti. OJ the Lord's rufiticr. 1067 

gether in the church, I hear that there ba 
di . isions among you ; and I partly believe it* 

19 For there must be also he; I 

u, that they which are ap] 
may be made manifest among you. 

20 When ye come together therefore 
into one place, i his is not to eat the Lord's 

21 1 For in eating every one taketh be- 

r his own supper ; and one is 
and another is drunken. 

\ e not houses to eat 
and to drink in I or, Despise ye the church 
< fGod, and shame them that have not f 
What shall 1 say to you I Shall I praise 
you in this f : not. 

23 * For 1 nave received of the Lor:! 

;ht in which he 
>read • 
id Alien he had given thanks, he 
, and said, i 
body, which Is broto n fotf you: 

25 After the same manner also he took 
the cupj wheh he had supped^aying, This 
cup Is the new testamentmmy blood; this 
do ye, as oft as ye drink i/^n remembrance 

r as often M ve eat this bread, and 
drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's 
• ill he C une. 
. herefbre whosoever shall eat this 

elf, and 
drink of 

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1068 Diversity of 'spiritual gifts. 1. CORINTHIANS. 

3 Wherefore I give you to understand, 
that no Hi an speaking o'y the Spirit of God 
ckiieth Jesus' acahvecf; and t/iat no man 
can sav that Jesus is the Lord, but by the 
Holy Ghost. 

4 K j\v tnere are diversities of gifts, bat 
the same Spirit. 

5 And there are differences of adminis- 
trations, but the same Lord. 

6 And there are diversities of. opera- 
tions, but it is the same God which work- 
eth'a'il in all. 

7 IT But the manifestation- of the Spirit 
is given to every man to profit withal. 

" fc> For to one is given by the Spirit the 
word of wisdom ; to another the word of 
knowledge by the same Spirit ; 

9 To another faith by the same Spirit ; 
to another the gifts of healing by the same 
Spirit; 

10 To another the working of miracles ; 
to another prophesy ; to another discerning 
of spirits ; to another divers kinds or' 
tongues ; to another the interpretation of 
toiigiies : 

11 But all these worketh that one and 
the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man 
severally as he will. 

12 % For as the body is one, and hath 
miWty members, and ail the members of 
that one body, being many, are one body : 
so ir 'sciz Christ. 

13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized 
Into one body, whether we be Jews or Gen- 
tiles', whether %ve be bond or tree; and 
have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 

14 tor the body is not one member, but 
many. 

15 ii the foot shall say, Because lam 
not the hand, 1 am not of the body ; Is it 
therefore not of the body ? 

16 And it the ear shall say, Because 1 
am not the eye, I am not of the body ; Is it 
Therefore not of the body ? 

17 If the whole body were an eye,Where 
wete the hearing ? If the whole Were hear- 
a^v where were the smelling ? 

18- ]But now hath God set the members 
every one of them in the body, as it hath 
pie ised him. 

19 And if they were all one member, 



Where were the ixx.1; 

20 But now are they mai 
yet but one body. 

21 And the 'eye cannot saj! onto the 
hand, J have no need cf thee : nor again 
the head to the feet, I nave none^d of you. 

22 Nay, much mere 'cho-e members of 
the body/ which seem to be more feeble, 
are necessary : 

23 AndtboaeVwcs^oers of the body, which 
ye think to be lesS honourable, upon these 

• we bestow more abundant honour j and our 
uncomely/iarr* have rncreabun<J?.:ttcome- 
fcness. 



The necessity of charity, 

24 For our comely parts have no need : 
but God hath tempered the bGdy together, 
having given ntare abundant honour to 
that part which lacked : 

25 That there should be no seism in the 
body- .; but that the members should have 
the same care one for another. 

26 And whether one member suffer, all 
the members suffer- with it ; or one mem- 
ber be honoured, all the members rejoice 
with it. 

27 Now .ye are the body of Christ, and 
members in particular. 

28 And God hath set some in the church, 
first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly 
teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of 
healings, he'ps, governments, diversities of 
tongues. 

29 ArezW apostles? Are all prophets? Are 
all teachers : Are ail workers of miracles I 

30 Have all the gifts of healing ? Do all 
speak with tongues I Do all interpret \\ 

31 But covet earnestly the best gifts : and 
vet shew 1 unto you a more excellent way, 

CflAP. XIII. 
1 AllgifiS) h\o ex r client soever y are no- 
thing worth without charity, 4 21tz 
praises thereof. 

THOUGH 1 speak with the tongues of 
men and ot angels, and have not char* 
ity, I am become Co.- sounding brass, or a 
tinkling cymbal. 

2 Andthongh Ihaye the gift qf prophe- 
cy) and understand all mysteries, and aU 
knowledge ; and though I have all faith, 



that 1 could remove mountains, and 
have not charity, I am nothing. 

3 And though I bestow all my goods to 
feed the poor, and though I give my body 
to be burned, and have not charity, it 
prohteth me nothing. 

4 If Charity suffereth long, and is kind; 
charity, envieth not ; charity vaunteth not 
itself, is not puffed up, 

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seek- 
etli not ,her own, is. not easily provoked, 
thinkethn'o e- il; 

6 Rejoiceth not in iniqaity, but rejoiceth 
in the truth ; 

7 jbeareth all tiling?, bdieveth all thing;?, - 
hopeth ai] things, endureth att things* 

8 Charity never faileth : but whether 
th % ~cOe prophecies.they shall tail ; whether 
there be tongues, they shall cease ; wheth- 
er 'there /^knowledge, it shah vanish away. 

9 For we know in part, and We prophe- 
sy 'in part, 

' 10 but when that which is perfect is 
come, tfen that which is in part shall be. 
done away. 

11 When I was a child. I spake as a 
child, I understood as a child, 1 tboi 
a child : but when I became a man, I put 
away chilc&h things. 



Prophet*) is comnvefided^ Chap, 

12 For now we see through a glass 
darkly : but then face to face : now 1 know 
m pari ; but then shall I know even as al- 
so 1 am known. 

13 And now abideth faith, hope, chari- 
ty, these three ; but the greatest of these 
is charity. 

chap. xiv. 

•Kdedyi y Z,\md fire* 
f'rredtfore tycuking tviih tongues* 

FOLLOW atter charity, and deiire 
spiritual gift*) but rather that ye may 
prophesy. 

2 1 For he that speaketh in an unknown 
tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto 

. i in>nianundcr*andeth/i/;?j;how- 
bcit, in the spirh he ipeaketh mysteries. 

3 ^i But he that prophesieth speaketh 

n to edification, and exhortation, 
:md comfort. 

4 ^ He that speaketh in an unknown 

rdhktb himself; but he that pro- 
pnesieth edifieth die church. 

5 1 would thatye all spake wiUi tongues, 
but rather diat ?e prophesied : for greater 
is he th.it propheaieth than he that spt-uk- 
eth with tongues, except he interpret, that 
the thumb may receive edifying* 

6 Mow, bitthren, If 1 come unto you 
speaking wi f h tongues, What shall 1 profit 
you, except 1 aim!! >' t >euk to sou either by 

. , or by prophe* 

e • 

7 Aid tout file" giving 
soundjwhetne t \ » tr^ct pt they 

\a\ iii the sounds, He w shall 
I 

d Fur it the trumpet giv< 
sound, Who shall prepare hiinscu la the 

; • inter bj Che 
d, I low 

knall si - nir. 

10 There are, it m /kinds 

oj them 
I* wit. 

1 1 Thereto) t if 1 know not tl. 

1 shall be unto him that spcak- 
eth a barbarian, and he thai sj eaketh uhutl 
■ i 

I tin* church. 

13 \V ikdh in 
an wtkn 

14 Foi 

yetfi, but in 
is untrui 

15 What Is it ihotl i 

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xivi and preferred* 1C69 

16 Else when thou ihalt bless with the 
spirit, How shall he that occupieth the 
room of the unlearned say Amen at thy 
giving of thanks, seeing he understandetli 
not what thou say est ? 

17 For thou verily givest thanks well, 
but the other is not edified. 

18 1 thank my God, 1 speak with tongues 
more than ye all. 

19 Yet in the church I had rather speak 
five words with my understanding, that6y 
my voice 1 aiight teach others also, than ten 
thousand words in ah unknown tongue. 

20 Brethren, be not Children in under- 
standing : howbeit, In malice be ye chil- 
dren, but in understanding be men. 

21 In i he law it h written, With men of 
other ungues and other iips will 1 speak 
unto this people ; and vet for all that will 
they not hear ine, saith the Lord* 

22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, 
not to them that believe, but to them that 
believe not : but prophesying aerx'et/i not 
for them that believe not, but for them 
which believe. 

23 If therefore the whole church be 
come together into one place, and all speak 
with Ungues, and there come in tfv.se that 
arc unlearned, or unbeliever, Will they 
not say that ye are mud ? 

24 But if ail pi ophesy, and thvrfc come ui 
one thatbelieveth not, or o/ie unlearned, he 
is com utctd of all, he is judged ot all : 

25 And thus are IhC secrets of his heart 
made manifest ; and 5.0 falling down On/rw 
tace he will worship God, and report that 
God ism you of a truth. 

2^ iiow ii it then, brethren? Whin ye 

come together, every one of you li.m'a 
psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue- 
hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. 
Let all things be clone unto edihing. 

~7 Jf any man speak in an u 
tongue, let u be by two, or at most ' , 
and that by course ; and let one int< 
II tliere be no Joterpre 
bun keep silence m the church ; and let 
Qod* 
s speak two or thite^ 
the other jut 
wiy Hung be revealed to fchotliei 

i jn. j-he'.s. 

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1070 Of Christ's resurrection, 

35 What ? Came the word or God out 
from you i Or, Came it unto you. only ? 

57 If any man think himself to be a pro- 
phet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge 
that the things that 1 write unto you are 
the commandments of the Lord. 
. 33 But if any man'be ignorant, let him 
t>e ignorant. 

39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to pro- 
phesy, and lorbid not to speak with tongue?. 

"40 Let all things be done decently and 
Sh order. 

CHAP. XV. 
oBy Christ's resurrection, 12 he firoveth 

the necessity of our resurrection. 21 

The fruit, 35 and manner thereof, 51 

end of the change of them that shall be 

alive then, 

MOREOVER, brethren, I declare un- 
to you the gospel which I preached 
unto you, which also ye have received, and 
■wherein ye stand ; 

2 By which also ye are s;5ved, if ye keep 
in memory what I preached unto you, un- 
less ye have believed in vain. 

3 '% For 1 delivered unto yen first of ail 
that which I also received, how that Christ 
died for cur sins according to the scriptures: 

4 And that he was buried, and that he 
rose again the third day, according to the 
scriptures : 

5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then 
of the twelve: 

6 After that he was seen of above five 
hundred brethren at once ; ot whom the 
greater part remain unto this present, but 
some are fallen asleep. 

7 After that, he was seen of James ; 
then of ail the apostles. 

8 And last of all he was seen of me also, 
as of one born out of due time. 

9 For 1 am the least of the apostles, that 
am no.fmeet to be called an apostle ; hecause 
1 persecuted the church of God. 

10 But by the grace ci God I am what I 
am 'v and his grace which kvas bestowed 
upon me was not in vain ; but I laboured 
inore abundantly than they all : yet not I, 
but the grace of God which was with me. 

. 11 Ti erefcre whether it were lor they, 
so we preach-, and"sC • <■ believed. 
.'' ; 12 IT Now if Chri t bepreachetl that he 
rose from {fee dead, ftbw say some among 
you that there is no resurrection cf the 
dead? 

" 13 But if there be tto resurrection ci 
the dead, then b Christ not rises 
' 14 And if Christ be not ! hen, then is 
cur preaching vain, and your faith is also 
vain. 

15 Yea, and we are fcunc 
$es of God ; because we. have te: 
God that he raised up Christ: whom he 
ra^edncterp,!; ^obe that the dead rUtnu, 



I. CORINTHIANS. 



Of our resurrection. 



16 For if the dead rise not, then is not 
Christ raised: 

17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith 
is vain : ye are yet in your sins. 

IS Then they also which are fallen a- 
sleep in Christ are perished. 

19 b in this life only we have hope in 
Christ, we are of all men most miserable, 

20 But now is Christ risen from the 
dead, and become the first fruits of them 
that slept. 

21 % For since by man came death, by 
man came also the resurrection of the dead. 

22 For as in Adam all die, even so in 
Christ shall all be made alive. 

23 But every man in his own order : 
Christ the first fruits ; afterward they that 
are Christ's at hiis coming. 

24 Then cometh the end, when he shall 
have delivered up the kingdom to God* 
even the Father ; when he shall have put 
down all rule and all authority and power. 

25 For he must reign till he hath put ail 
enemies under his feet. 

26 The last enemy that shall be destroy- 
ed is death. 

27 For he hath put all things under his 
feet. But when he saith, all things are put 
under him, it is manifest that he is except- 
ed, which did put all things under him. 

28 And when ali things shall be subdued 
unto him, then shall the Son also himself 
be subject unto him that put all things un- 
der him, that God may be all in all. 

29 Else, What -hall" they do which are 
baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not 
at all I Why are they then baptized for 
the dead I 

30 And, Why stand we in jeopardy ev- 
ery hour I 

31 1 protest by your rejoicing which I 
have in Christ Jesus our Lord, 1 die daily. 

32 if alter the manner of men I have 
fought with beasts at Ephesus, What ad- 
vantageth it me, if the dead rise not I Let 
us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. 

33 Be not deceived : evil communica- 
tions corrupt good manners. 

" 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not ; 
for some have not the knowledge of God ; 
I speak this to 'your shame. 

35 *$ But some man will say, How are 
the dead raised up I and, With what body 
do they come I 

35 Thou fool, that which thou sowest, 
is not qufekehed, except it die : 

37 And that which thou sowest, thou 
sowest not that body that shall be, but bare 
grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some 
ether grain: 

33 But God giveth it a body as it hath 
pie i sed If.m.and to every seed his own body* 

39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but 
there is one kind o/flesh of men, another 



Of our victory over death. Chap. 

flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and an- 
other o f birds. 

40 There are also celestial bodies,and bo- 

Testrial : bat the glory of the celes- 
tial Is 6ne,an3 the glory of the" terr 
another. 

41 There is one glory of the sun, and 
another glory ci the moon, and another 
glory of the stars: for one star diflereth 
trom another star in 

It is sown in corruption ; it 
roption 



43 It is sown i ; it is raised 



:vs. Friendly admonitions. 1C71 

10 Timothy commended. 13 Friendly 
wmtums, l ■■ 

NOW concerning the cc] 
Saints, as I hare given oi der to the 
ye. 
.: the first day o: the week ;et even- 
ly one ofyou lay by mm in store, as Gcci 
hath prospered him, thut there be no gath- 
hen 1 come. 

I ,hen i cc.iie, whosoever ye bhall 
terSj them wilj 

Jerusalem. 
. it it be meet that i go tdso, they 



in glory : it i , 
ed in power : 

44 It is sown a natural body : it 

dy, and I 

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Adrtm ' 

spiritu • . 

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God ; neither doth l. 
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fcnow that \ 
Lord. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 The breihr. . I 



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for J do pass 

and wint< 

but 1 trust to t: u, if the 

Lord ]>• 
8Buti usinv.iiPente- 

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The afioiilecntwragnh 11. CORINTHIANS. fhemagairmtroiMeSy^^ 

% The first efristle to the Corinthians was 
written from Phiiippi by Stephanas, 
and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and 
Timotheus, 



23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be wiih you. 

24 Mv- love fo with you all in Chrait Je? 
sjus. Amen,, 



The Ssconb Epistle o/* Paul fA* Apostle fo the 

QoRINTHIANSo 



CHAT. I. 

3. 2%? apostle encouragetk them against 
troubles, llandihetveth the sincerity' of 
-,. his preaching. 15 He excuseth hU not 
coming to them- 

PlUL. an apostle of Jesus Christ by the 
will of God^nd Timothyoztf' brother, 
i|pito the church o! God which is at Corinth, 
./with all the saints which are in all Achaia : 
.2 Grace be to you and peace from God 
ourF "ither. 'dvAfmrn the Lord Jesus Christ. 
"3 % Blessed be God, even the Father of 
cur Lord Je.-uv Christ, the Father of mer> 
cies, and the God of all comfort. 
■4 Who comforteth us in all our tribula* 
tion. that we may be ab!e to comfort them 
which are in any* trouble by the comfort", 
• ."wherewith we. ourselves are comforted of 

;God. ' ," •/ 

' 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound 
-in us, so our consolation, also abeundeth by 

. Christ. 

' d And whether we be afEicted, it is for 
your e isolation, and salvation, which is 
effectual in the enduring of the same suf- 
ferings which we also suffer : or whether 
we he comforted, it is for your consolation 
and salvation. 

7 And our hope ot you is stedfast, know- 
ing, that as ye are partakers of the ^uffer- 
ings.so shall ye be also of the "consolation. 
- " 8 For we would not, brethren, have you 
, ignorant of our trouble which jcame to us 
In Avaia,th it we were pressed out of mea- 
sure, above strength, msomucn that we 
desnaired even c»f life : 
. % But we had the sentence of death in 
ourselves, that we should not tru^t in our- 
: selves, but in God which raiseth'the dead : 
.10 Who deUvered u/ from so gre :t a* 
deatli, and doth deliver : in whom we trulst 
. that he will yet deliver its ; 

11 Ye al^o hei-iag t 'gethcr by prayer 

fov U5, that for the gift bestowed up on. us b . 

the mean'* of m ny persons, thanks may 

be given by m.any on our behalf. 

" 12 *1 For our rej icing is this, the te=':> 

...raony of our c science, that \\ simp'ricit; 

" p.nd godly sinrefi*y, not with flesh h- w : sdom , 

. b'r by the grace of jGrodlwe have^h .d air 

. conversation in the world; ut;d nioieabua« 

,d^i:tly to voii ward* ...... 



13 For we write none other things unto 
you, than what vve read of acknowledge ; 
and 1 trust we shall acknowledge even, to 
the end; 

14 As also ye have acknowledged us in 
part, that w* are vour rejoicing, even'asye 
also are ours in the dav of the Lord Jesus. 

15"$ And in this confidence 1 <ras mind- 
ed tc come unto you before, that ye might 
have a second benefit ; 

15 And to pass by you into Macedonia, 
and to come again out of Macedonia unto 
you, and ct you tc be brought* on my way 
toward Judea. 

27 When I therefore was thus minded, 
Djd I u?« lightness? Or, The things: that 
I purose, do I purpose according to the 
flesh, that with me there should be, yea 3 
yea, and nay, nay ? 

IX But as God i? true, our word toward 
you was not yea and nay. 

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, 
who was preached among you by us, even 
by meyandSiivanus, and Timotheus'j was 
not yea and nay, but in him was yea. ; 

26 For all tne promises of God in him 
are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory 
of God by us. 

21 Now he which staUisheth us with 
you in Christ, and hath anointed us is God. 

22 Who hath also sealed us, and givt-^ 
the earnest of the Spirit in cur hearts. 

23 More; ver 1 call God for a record 
upon my soul, that to spare yculcamenot 
as yet unto Corinth. 

24 Not for that we have dominion over 
vour faith, but are helpers, of your joy : for 
by "faith ye bland.'- 

.. v ciiA?. ii 

1 Th? seasons of /ns not coining ttnto 
itletri. 6* Of the excomirtllnicatedp.er' 
eon. 14 • r tf:c.succc&s of his fireafityng 
'"-'• every [Jace. -,- 

B'. T T. I cfeefttlintd tmrwith myself, 
"tlfat iwouid iv* come a gain to you in 
ut^tviojpest. " " -- ". 

2 F r if I make vou sorry, Who is he 
j:hen *.hat maketh^ne glad, 'but the 'same 

".vhlch hni9''c soyrv by me ? 

3 And I wrote' the satte unto youyjes^ 
whefti came, T'^oulcl have sorrow- from 
U\esx> ci whom. I joqgjtt to.rcjcice i ^m% 



Df the €xen7nn»^katedfi€rscn t ; 
. c-.Hiftienccinyou all, \\v>\ u.y joy Is i 

\ Ol you all* 

j 4 For out of much affliction and anguish' 
"ot'he-irtl 

Srief, he hath 
^u me, bui in part; (bat - 
not overcharge y u ill. 

6 f Sufficient to suct ri'rrfkrh>tiib pan- 
, fcb 

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10W Paul's troubles for the faith. II. CORINTHIANS. Of immortal glory. 

4 For we that are in this tabernacle do 



Christ, who is the image of God, should 
•shine unto them. 

5 For we preach not ourselves, but 
Christ Jesus the Lord ; and ourselves your 
servants for Jesus's sake. 

6 For God, who commanded the light 
to shine out of darkness, hath shihedin our 
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge 
of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 
Christ. 

7 % But we have this treasure in earthen 
vessels, that the excellency of the power 
may he of God, and not ot us. 

8 We are troubled on every side, yet 
not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not 
in despair ; 

9 Persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast 
down, but not destroyed ; 

10 Always bearing about in the body 
the dying of the Lord' Jesus, that the life 
also ot Jesus might be made manifest in our 
body. 

11 For we which live are al way deliv- 
ered unto death for Jesus's sake, that the 

: life also ot Jesus might be made manifest 
in our mortal flesh. 

1 2 So then death wcrketh in us, but life 
in you. 

13 We having the same spirit of Faith, 
according as it is written, I believed, and 
therefore have 1 spoken ; we also believe^ 
and therefore speak ; 

14 Knowing that he which raised up 
the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Je- 
ibus, and shall present w.? with yen. 

15 For all things are for your sakes, 
that the abundant grace might thi*c ugh the 
thanksgiving ot many redound to the glory 
of God. 

16 For which cause we faint not ; fc&t 
though our outward man perish, ytet the 
inward ?nau is renewed day by day. / 

17 For oor hgo; sSiction, which is but 
for a molpQentj wbrkfeth for us a far more 
,exceeo;o;-- a:- 1 eternal weight of glory ; 

18 While we look not at the things 
which are seen, but at the things which are 
not seen : far the things which are seen 
are temporal ; but the things which are 
not seen are eternal. 

CHAP. V. 
1 In hofie of immortal glory, 9 and in ex- 
pectance of it, and of the general judg- 
ment. Paul labour eth to keep a good 
conscience. 

J* OR we know that if our earthly house 
of this tabernacle were dissolved, Ave 
have a building of God, an house not made 
with hands, eternal in thehfcavens. 

2 For in this we groan earnestly desir- 
ing to be ciothed upon with our house 
which is from heaven : 

3 If so be that be. we shall 
Jio; he iourd naked. 



groan, being burdened: not for that we 
would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that 
mortality might be swallowed up of life. 

5 Now he that hath wrought us tor the 
selfsame thing is God, who also hath given 
unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 

6 Therefore we are always confident, 
knowing that, whilst we are at home in the 
body, we are absent from the Lord : 

7 For we walk by faith, not by sight : 

8 We are confident, I say and willing 
rather to.be absent from the body, and to 
be present with the Lord. 

9 *ff Wherefore, we labour, that wheth- 
er present or absent, we may be accepted 
ofnfrii. 

.10 For Ave must; all appear before the 
judgment seat of Christy that every one 
may receive the things done in his body, 
according to that he hath done, whether it 
be good or bad. 

11 Knowing therefore .the terror of the 



Lor«j we p< 

manliest un 
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de men ; but we are made 
)d ; and I trust also are 



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d not ourselves a- 
but give you occasion to glo- 
ilt, that ye may have some- 
what to answer ihern. which glory in ap- 
pearance and not in heart. 

13 For whether we be beside ourselves, 
it is to God : or whether we be sober, it is 
for your cause. 

14 For the love of Christ constraineth 
us ; because we thus judge, that if one 
died' for all, then, were all dead: 

15 And that he died for all, that they 
which live should not henceforth live unto 
themselves, but unto him which died tor 
them, and rose again. 

16 Wherefore, henceforth know we no 
man after the fiesh : yea, though we have 
kriownChrist after the flesh,yetnow hence» 
forth know we him no more. 

17 Therefore it any main be in Christ, 
he is a new creature ': old things are pass- 
ed away; behold, all things are become new, 

18 And all t&m'gsar* of God, who hath 
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, 
and hath given to us the ministry of recon- 
ciliation , 

19 Tq wit, that God was in Christ, rec* 
onciling the world unto himself, not impu- 
ting their trespasses unto them ; and hath 
committed unto us the word of reconcilia- 
tion. 

20 Now then we are ambassadors for 
Christ, as though God did beseech you by 
us : we pray you m Christ's stead, be ye 
reconciled to God. 

21 For he hath made him to be sin for 
us, who knew no sin; that wo might be, 
made the righteousness' of God 'in him* 



. /Jtfifuiqps m the ministry. Chap, vi, vii. 

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, 16 1 rejoice therefore that I have Qppfi- 
tfeoce in \ ob mi ail things. 

CHAP. VIII. 
X He etirreth Uum ufi to contribute to the 
s, ib carfimtridttfi i litis cniddtneriu 
TV/rORkOV&Rj brethren, we dojou to 
JLvJL wit oi the grace oi God bestowed on 
tile chufthes of Macedonia 5 

2 How that in a great trial of affection 
the abundance of their joy, and tjitif deep 
poverty, abounded unto the riches oi their 
Bb^raitty. 

' 3 For to their power , I bear jrecerd, 
ye*, and be;. end their power ilky were 

. :lY.ie ' r c^, : 

"4 Pi*ayifjg 6s wi$ much entreaty that we 

■wou-u ! cct:\ tthc giit.. e .nd tukzujionzis the 
fellowship of the mhAsterhig to tne saints* 
: 5 Aha i7:;'s :7iez/ did, not as we hoped, 
but first gave their own selves to the"Lprdj 
and 'unto us by the will o! God ; 

6 h.'somuch, that we desired Titus, that 
as he had begun, so he would also finish in 
you the«same grace also. 

7 Thererore,u • ye abound ineyery thing, 
in faith, ar.d utterance, and knuwlettge, 
arfid in all diligence, and z?2 your love to 
Its, -?5t j that ye ab und in thi* grace also. 

8 J speak" liot b) commandment, but .-by 
ceciiskwi of the forwardness of others, and 
to prove the sincerity of your love. 

9 For ye know the grace ot our Lord 
lesus Christ, that, though he was f>ch, yet 
lor" your sakes he became poor, that ye 
through his poverty might be rich. 

10 And herein I give my advise : for 
this is expedient lor vOu, who have begun 
before, \y>i only to do, but also to be for- 
ward" a 3 ear ago. 

• II How therefore perform the doing of 
it i that there <ivai rr readiness to will, th 
there may be a performance also out of 
That which we have. 

12 For if the^e be first a willing mind, it 
is accepted according to that a mau hath, 
and not according to that he hath, not. 

' 13 For i" nflejm not that other men be 
jeaSed, and ye-burdened : 

14 But by an equality, that now at this 
time your aouhdaiice may be a sujfily tor 
their Want, that their abundance also may 
Lee suf-fty tor your want;, that there 
liiay be equality : * 

15 As it is written, He that had gathered 
roach had nothing over ; an J he that tu.d 
g&herriitittte had no lack. 

lo % But thanks be to Gd, which put 
the same earnest care into the heart jp'i Ti- 
tuS for you. 

17 For indeed he accepted the exhorta- 
tion ; but being more forward, othsuwo 
accord he went unto you, 

18 And we have sent with hhn the 
brother, whose praise is hi the gosj, el . 
• hj Sogfteftfraft the Churches ; 



19 And not that only, but who. was .also 
chos.cn of * the churches to travel with us 
with" this grace, which is administerec by 
m to tne g.'ory of the sam* Lord, and dec* 
iarutiori ej your ready mind ; 

20 Avoiding this, that no man should 
b ame u.-. in this abundance whicii is ad- 
rninMfcn .d b> us; 

_ 21 Providing for holiest thing, hi only 
inthe si^tit ot the Juord., but . also in thi 
sight of men. 

22 And we have sent with them our 
brother, whom we have ouentimes proved 
diligent in many things, but n w much 
moi^e diligent, upon the great confidence 
which 1 have in you. 

23 ..Whether cijy da inquire of Tilus, 
he is niy parurer and te!k>w helper con-' 
ceroing you : or our brethren be inquired 
of, they "are the messengers oi the churches, 
,a?id the glory oi Christ. 

24 Wherefore, shew ye to them, and be- 

churchies a the proof of your loye^ 
and oi our boasting on \ cur behalf. 
CHAP', ix* ,. 

I He shtzveih ivhy he sent Titus, 6 and 

1 tirrelh them up to be bountifiilim aims, 
10 which ahaU yield them a bouniijvi 
increase. 

T^OR as touching the ministering to the" 
J? samls, itis superfiuOtisfyr me rovnite 
10 you s 

2 For 1 know the forwardness of your 
mind, for which I boast of you to them of 
Macedonia, that Aehaia was ready a year' 
ago ; and y our zeal hath provoked very 
many* 

3 Sc*et have I sent the brethren, lest our 
boasting of you should be in yam in this be-» 
half ; that as I said, ye may be ready ; 

4 Lest haply if thty of Macedonia come 
with me, and find 'you unprepared we' 
(that we say not, je) should be ashamed 
in this same confident boasting. 

5 Therefore, I thought it necessary to 
exhort the brethren, that they would go 
before Unto you, and make up beforehand 
your bounty, whereof ye had notice belore, 
that the same might be ready, as a ruatttr 
oj bounty^ and not as of eovetou^ness. 

6 % But this I cay. He which soweth 
sparingly shail reap also sparingly ; ar.d 

te which soweth bountifully shall reap a!~ 
-:o bountifully. 

7 Every man according ss he purpo- 
seth in his heart, so. let Him give; net 
grudgingly, or of necessity : tor God loveti'. 
■" c.-.tcriui giver.- - 

8 /; iid God U able to make all grace a-, 
bound toward you j diat ye, always I 

...1 sufficiency in all things, may abo 
-very "good work 1 

9 As jus written, VHe hath dispersed a- 
broadj he'hath given to the poor. ••;.: 
ti^iteotisness remainsth foi 



PauP* sfuriiual mighf^ Wc. Chap. ::, xi. 

10 t Now he that ministereth seed to 
♦ e - er, twth minister bread tor your 
food, and multiply y»ur seed sown, and in- 
crease the fruit* o't your righteousness ; 

11 Being enriched in every thing to all 
bountifrulness, which causeth through us 

ving to God. 

12 for the administration of this service 
not only supplieth the: want of the saints, 
but is rtbunditnt also by many thanksgiv- 
ings untc God j 

13 Whiles by the o.-periment of this 
ministration, they gloritv God for your 
professed subjection unto the gospel or 
Christ, and for your liberal distribution 
ur.tot!ie:n, and unto all men ; 

14 And by their prayer t« r you, which 
long after you, for the exceeding grace of 

.inks be unto God tor his un- 
speakable gift. 

C H A P. X. 
1 Paul' s spiritual might and authority. 
ur cnifiasx. 

NOW 1 Pari myself beseech yoo by the 
mo gentleness of Christ, 
who in presence an: ' DO, but 

being absent, am Ijold toward you : 

2 But 1 beseech t/ou, that 1 may nst be 
bold when I am present with that a n&- 
dence, wherewith 1 think to be boU 
; us as it we 
ling to the flesh. 

Resh, we 
do not war after the flesh : 
4 For fare are 

I d to the 

id every 
linst the 

...... - : 

; 

ig in a readiness to i 
bedJence, when your obed 

7 Do ye lock on tilings after tl 

ince? If any man trust to 
himself! let him of him- 

self think this again, that, as he »* Christ's, 

8 Poi mewhat 

more of oer 

9 That 

11 Let such anon 

■ 
absent, feed when 

we are p 



Re csmmendcih himsetf. 1077 

12 % Fcr we dare not make our*elve> 
ot the number, or compare ourselves with 
some that commend 1 1 lemseU'e* : but they 
measuring themselves by themselves, and 
Comparing themselves among themselves, 
are net wise. 

13 But we will not boast of things with* 
cut cur measure, but according to the mea - 
sure of the rule,which G -d hath distributed 
to us, a measure to reach even unto you* 

14 For we stretch not curselveb beyond 
cur measure as though we reached not un- 
to ycu : for we are come as far as to yon 
also in preaching the gospel of Christ': 

15 hot boasting of things without cur 
measure, Moll*, of other men** labours: 
but having hope, when your faith is in- 
creased, that we shall be enlarged by you 

ig to cur rule abundantly. 

IG To preach the gospel in the regions 

beyond you. (Bid not to boast m another 

e of things made readyto oar nana. 

1? But he that gloriethjktbim glory id 

the Lord. 

la For not lie that colon 
self is approved, but whom the Lcnrdcom* 
mei deth. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 Paul, being forced. ■ -, i u reth !;. tOi 
menaaiim if himself % tmo 
%i>itli thr other aft'Mte*. 

WOULD to God ye could'bear with 
li ie a little in my folly : ar.d indeed 
h me. 

ith godly 

rid. (Mat I us a 

I i ■ any meansj 

... 

i be currupl . 

. eth ar.- 
-.-\ecl» 
or if 

pose 1 was not 

i udc inspeoc • 

io aba- 
sing m\ i T od, be- 
.cause \\\ ■■: gospel 

y At.: 

it 
cd: and 



I0 : r3 Paul gloriethin affliction* II. CORINTHIANS. He cemmendethhisafiostleshzft* 

the things which concern mine infirmities. 



fi -cm being burdensome unto you, and sc 
v/iU 1 keep myself, 

10 As the "truth of Christ is in me, no 
man shall stop me of this boasting in the 
regions of Achaia. 

11 Wherefore ? Because I love you net ? 
God knoweth. 

12 But what I do, that I will do^that I 
may cut off occasion from them which de- 
sire occasion ; that wherein they glory, 
they may be found even as we. 

13 For such are false apostles, deceitful 
workers, transforming themselves into the 
apostles of Christ. • 

14- And no marvel ; for Satan himself 
is. transformed into an angel of light. 

15 Therefore, it is no great thing if his 
ministers also be transformed as the minis- 
ters of. righteousness, whose end shall be 
according to their works. 

15 1 say again, Let no man think me a 
fool ; it otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, 
that I may boast myself a little. 

17 That which 'I speak, I speak it not' 
after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in 
this confidence of boasting. 

i3 Seeing that "many glory after the 
flesh, I will glory' also. 

19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye 
yourselves are wise. 

20 For ye suffer, if a man bring ycu in- 
te bondage, if a man devour you, if a man 
take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a 
man smite you on the face. 

21 I speak as concerning reproach, as 
though we had been weak. Howbeit 
whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak tool- 
ishU ) 1 am bold also. 

22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are 
they Israelites'? so am I. Are they the 

seed of Abraham I so am I. 

23 Are they ministers of Christ i (1 speak 
cls^ foo!) I dm ; more; m-labeurs-more a- 
bundant,!n stripes above measure, in pris- 
ons more frequent, in deaths oft. 

24 Of the Jews five times received I jbr- 
ty strifes save one. 

' 25 Tfrrice was I beaten with rods, once 
was' I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, 
a night and a day I have been in the deep ; 

25 $n jpurneymgs often, in perils of wa- 
ters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine 
'dmn ■countrymen, :t2 perils by the heathen, 

n perils 1 in the wilder* 
ncss ; i;: perils in the sea,-zw peri's among 
false "brethren ;- 

27 In weariness and ■painfulnessj in 
watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in 
fastings oi'ten.-iti cold and nakedne. :-. 
•' 23 Beside those things that 2 re without, 
that wh ch comethupon me daih - 
■ : dhui zhes; 

y.9 Who is weajc, and I am not weak? 
Who is-6ffe?i2ed r ^hd I z\:r ii not * 



31 The God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which is blessed for ever- 
more, knoweth that 1 lie not. 

32 In Damascus the governor under 
Aretas the King kept the city of the Da- 
mascenes with a garrison, desirous to ap- 
prehend me : 

33 And through a window in a basket 
was I let down by the wall, and escaped 
his hands. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Paul commendtthhUap.o3ilp.shZj}, not by 
te3 revelations, 9 hut by his infirmities, 11 
blaming them for f, rang this boasting* 

IT is not expedient for me doubtless to 
glory. I will come to visions and rev- 
elations of the Lord. 

2 I knew a man in Christ about fourteen 
years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot 
tell ; or whether out of the body, 3 cannot 
tell : God knoweth) such an one caught up 
to the third heaven. 

3 And! knew such a man, (whether in 
the body, or out of the body, 1 cannot teli : 
Gxl knoweth) 

4 How that he-was caught up into par- 
adise, and heard unspeakable words,whiclj 
it is not lawful for a man to utter. 

5 Of such an one will I glory >: yet of. 
myself I will not glory, but in mine infir- 
mities. 

6 For though I would desire to glory, I 
shall not be a loch; for I will say the truth : 
but now 1 forbear, lest any man should 
think of me above that which he seeth me 
to be, or that he heareth of me. 

7 And lest I should be exalted above 
measure through the abundance of the 
revelations, there was given to me a thorn 
in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet 
me, lest 1 should be exalted above measure. 

8- For-this-thiug 1 -besought the Lord 

thrice, that it might depart from me. 

9 % And he said unto me, My grace is 
r.u©cient for thee v for my strength is made 
perfect in weakness. Most gladly there- 
fore will I rather glory in my infirmities, 
thatthe power of Christ may rest upon me. 

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmi- 
ties, in reproaches, in necessities, in per- 
secutions, in distresses for Christ's sake ; 
for v hen I am weak, then am I strong. .. 

11-1T am become a fool in glorying; 

ye h .ive compelled me : for I ought to have 

amended of you : for in nothing 

am I behind the very chiefest apostles, 

though I be nothing. 

i2 Truly. the signs of an ?ipostle were 
wrought among \ on in all patience, in signs, 
and wonders, and mighty deeds. 

13 For, What is it wherein ye were 
inferior to. other churches, except it be 
th^t I myself was not burdensome to you ? 



30 If I mitst needs glory-, I V ill glory of Forgive me this wrong. 



PauPs pleasure inhis infirmities &fc* Chap.xiii. He threaieneth obstinate sinners. 1079 



14 Behold, the third time I am ready to 

come to you: andjK densome 

to you : for I seek not year's, but you : tor 

the children < ip tor the 

entsforthe children. 

spend and be 
u Lhe more abundant- 
ly I lo\ e ved. 
' 16 But be it so, 1 did not burden ycu : 
crafty, 1 caught you 
with guile. 

17 Did 1 make a gain of you by any of 
them whom I seat unto you ? 

18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent 
a brother. Did Thus 

p Walk- 
\ -tepi.' 

19 Again, think ;.e that we excuse our- 

irly bc- 

r, lest, when I 
not find you such as 1 would) and that I 
bhallbe I 

i 
strifes, -veilings. 

tumults, ; 

• when I come again, my 

■ 

- 
i ihe un- 

ness, whi 

C il 

- 

. 
I 



tofore have sinned, and to all other, that if 
I come again, 1 will not spare : 

3 Since ye seek aproot of Christ speak- 
ing in me, which to you ward is not weak; 
b a is mighty in you.' 

4 For though' he was crucified through 
weakness, yet he liveth by the power of 
God* For we also are weak in him, bat 
\\x shall live with him by the power af 
God toward you. 

5 ^ Examine yourselves, whether ye be 
fa the faith, prove your own selves. Know 

wr own selves, how that Jesus 
Chi 1st isin you, except ye be reprobates ? 

6 But I trust that ye shall kjaoW that we 
are not repn " 

7 Now I pray to Gcd that ye do no evil ; 

. we should aj | \ed, but 

that ye bhould do that which is honest, 
though we be as rep: 

8 For we can do nothing against the 
truth, but tcr the truth. 

we are glad, when we arc 
and ) e •.: - od tnis jCkso we wish, 

: Ction. 

10 Thereto; e I write these things, being 

ness, according to the power which the 
itiODj and not 

11 Fin : , farewel. E 

feet, bee of one mind, 

ve and 

14 1 Christ, 

and the ; 

\iueu. 



Epistle of Pali, the Apostle to the Gala- 



re with 

world, according to ib s. 

I 

To whom be glo; 



I 
C 

9 A ^ 

him be 

! 
■ 



VMPaulmarvehattheGalaticms* GALATIAN& Of justification by faith* :_ 

6 But of those, who«emedto be some- 



11 % But I certify ,_you, brethren, that 
the gospel which was preached of me is 
Scatter man. 

12 For 1 neither received it of man, 
neither was I taugRtjVj but by the revela? 
tion of Ji sus Christ. 

13 For ye have heard of my conversa- 
tion in time past in the Jews* religion, how 
that beyond measure 1 persecuted the 
church of God, and wasted it : 

14 And profited in- the Jews' religion a- 
bove many" my equals in mine own nation, 
being more exceedingly zealous of the tra- 
ditions of my fathers. 

. 15 But when it pleased God, whn separ- 
ated me from my mother's womb, and call- 
ed -me b> his grace, 

16 To reveal hisSon in me, that I might 
preach him among the heathen ; immedi- 
ately. 1 conferred not with fle>h and blood : 

17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to 
them which were apostles before roe ; but 
I went into Arabia, and returned again un- 
to Damascus. 

18 Then after three years I went up to 
Jerusalem, to see Peter, and abode with 
him fifteen days. 

19 But other of the apostles saw I none, 
save James the Lord's brother. 

- 20 New the things which I write unto 
you, behold, before God, I lie not. 

21 Afterwards I came into the regions 
of Syria and Ciiicia ; 

22 And was unknown by face unto the 
churches of Judea which were in Christ : 

23 But they had heard «nly, That he 
which persecuted us in times past, nsw 
preacheth the faith which once he de- 
stroyed. 

24 And the"' glorified God in me« 

CHAP. II. 
'IPauiskrweih when he went up again to 
Jerusalem, and why. 1& Of justifica- 
tion by faith, and not by works. 20They 
that are so justified, live not in sin. 

THEN fourteen years after I went up 
again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, 
and tcok Titus with me also. 

2 x\nd I went up by revelation, and 
communicated unto them that gospelwhich 
1 preach among die Gentiles, but private- 
ly to them which were of reputation, lest 
by any means 1 should run, or had run, in 
vain. 

3 But neither Titus, who was with me, 
being a Greek, was compelled to be cir- 
cumcised : 

4 And chat because cf false brethren 
unawares brought: in, who came in privi- 
]v, to spy out cur liberty which we have in 
Christ'iesqs, Coat they" might bring us into 
bondage : 

5 To wliom we rave place by subjec- 
fioiij n6,notfor 'an hour ;~that the truth 91 
the gospel might continue with you. 



what, whatsoever they were, it maketh no ^ 
matter to me ; God accepteth no man's 
person : for they who seemed to be some* : 
what, in conference added nothing to me : 

7 But contrariwise, when they saw that 
the gospel of the uncircumcision was com- 
mitted unto me, as the gospel of the cir» ,. 
cumcision was unto Peter : jj 

8 (For he that wrought effectually in 
Peter to the apostleship of the circumcis- 
ion, the same was mighty in me toward 
the Gentiles) ; 

9 And when James, Cephas and John 8 
who seemed to be pillars, perceived the 
grace that was given unto me, they gave 
to me and Barnabas the right hands of feU 
lowship : that we should go unto the hea- 
then, and they unto the circumcision. - 

10 Only they would that we should re- - 
member the poor ; the same which I also 
was forward to do. 

11 But when Peter was ccme to Anti- - 
och, 1 withstood him to the face, because 
he was to be blamed : 

12 For before that certain came from : 
James, he did eat with the Gentiles : but 
when they were come, he withdrew and 
separated himself, fearing them which. 
we re of the ci rcum ci son. 

13 And the other Jews dissembled like, 
wise with him ; insomuch that Barnabas 
also was carried away with their dissimu-. 
la-ion. 

14 But when I saw that they walked. 
not uprightly according to the truth of the 
gospe), 1 said unto Peter before them all, if 
thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner 
of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, Why 
compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do 
the Jews ? 

15 We.whoare Jews by nature, and net 
sinners of the Gentiles, 

16 Knowing that a man 13 not justified 
by the works of the law, but by the faith; 
of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in 
Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by 
the faith of Christ, and not by tlie works of 
the law : for by the wcrks of the law s 
shall no flesh be justified. 

17 But if, while we seek to be justified 
by Chrjst, we ourselves also are found sin-* 
ners, Is therefore Christ the minister of 
sin ? God forbid. 

18 For if J build again the things which 
1 destroyed, 3 make wyse fatransgressor-i 

19 For I through the law am dead to. 
the law, that I might live unto God. 

50*11 lam crucified with Christ: never* 
theless, I live ; yet not 1, but Christ liveth 
in me : and the life wh'ch J now live in the 
flesh, I live by the faith ot the Son of Gcd 3 
who loved me, and gave himself for me. 

21 I do not ft-uiti.iste-tfie.gracedf Godi 



Believers arc justified, Cbap. 

^r it righteousness come by the law, then 

Mirist is dead in vain. 

CHAP. HI. 

1 Paul asketh what moved them to leave 
the Juith, and defier.d on the 
They chat believe are justified) M and 
blfhfs'd ivith Abraham. 

GIWL1SH Galatians, Who h*th be- 
witched you, that: ye should not obey 
tl* truth, b e) es Jesus Christ 

hath been evidently set forth, crucified a- 
mong > ou I 

2 This only would I learn of you, Re- 
ceived >e die Spirit by the works U the 
law, or by the bearing of t^ith I 

3 Are ye so foolish i Having begun in 
the Spirit, Are ye now made perfe 
the flesh? 

4 Have ye differed so many 
vain i hit he yet in vain. 

5 He therefore that minister, th to you 
the Spirit, and worketh miracles among 

, you, Dotth he it by the works of the jaw, 
1 or by the hearing of faith \ 

6 r Eves as Abraham believed God, and 
it was accounted to him lor righte* i 

7 K.now ye there t . . which 
are oi faith, the same are the children of 
Abraham. 

8 And the scripture, foreseeing 'hat God 
would justify ti 
preached besot 
saying, In the . 

- i then th-*y which be of faith are 
m. 

10 Fv ; 
the law are under the curse : for it is writ- 

. 
not in all things which arc written in the 
b< ok oi the law to do them. 

11 liuttlut no mail is |:st!n>d bv the 
law in the sigh' . A: For, 
Tueju-' 

K And tiit . 

it doeth them shall live in t] 
13 Qui* b . 
I the law, bei 

• t is written, Curseds* every one 
that hangeth on a tree : 

\br iharn mi^ht 

bpirit through faith. 

15 Bi 
of men , 

16 N 

i And to 

17 A 
that was confirmed bei 
the law, which wms I andlhir- 



iii, iv. and blessed with Abraham* 1081 

ty years after, cannot disannul, that it 
should make the promise of none effect. 

IS For if the inheritance be of the law, 
it is no more of promise : but God gave if 
to Abraliam by promise. 

19 Wherefore then serveththe law i It 
was added because of transgressions, till 
the seed should come to whom the prom- 
ise was made ; and it was ordained by an- 
gels in the hand of a mediator. 

.CO Now a mediator is not a mediator of 
one, but God is one. 

j 21 i*the law then against the promises 
. oi Goo I God forbid : tor if there bad been 
• a law given which could have given life,ver- 
tghtecteness should have been by the 
: la* . 

22 Bat the scripture hath concluded all 
. sin, that the promise by faitli of Je- 
sus CUrist might be given to them that be- 
lieve. 

23 But before faith came, we were kept 
r the law, hhut up unto theiuith which 

should afterwards be revealed. 
::4 Wherefore the law was our school- 
er to bring us unto Christ, that we 
^justified by faith. 
25 jiut after that faith is come, we are 
- i . i . school ii vaster. 
i ye are all the children of God by 
Chi i.st Jesus* 
• as man)- ot you as have been bap- 
tized into Christy nave put on Christ. 

28 There Is neither Jew nor Greek, 
there ia neither bond nor free, there is nei- 
ther male nor female ; for ye are all one 
in Christ ' 

29 And it ye be Christ'*, then arc ye 
Abraham' I hciis according to 
the pfftoiae* 

CHAP, IV. 
1 We were under the law till Christ camr. 
5 But Christ freed us. '22 W<are (he 
imam 

NOW 
I torn a 

governors utv 
til th" 

3 Even m x\e, when wc were children, 

4 But when the futoesi of the lime was 
come, (, <ie of a 

I were under 
eive theadop- 

' 

ns, God hath 
sent forth the 5j 

or. 
7 \\\ <, more a ser- 

:un, then an heir 
i of God through Ci.. 



tOtS Christfreedus*:, 

8 Howbeitthen, when ye knew not God, 
ye did service unto them which by nature 
are no gods. 

9 But now, after that ye have known 
God, or rather are known of God, How 
turn ye again to the weak and b^garly 
elements; whereuntoye desire again to be 
in bondage ? 

10 Ye observe days, and months, and 
times, and years. 

It I am afraid of you, lest I have be- 
stowed upon you labour in vain. 

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as lam; 
for I am.as ye are : ye have not injured 
me at all. 

13 Ye know how through infirmity of 
the flesh I preached the eospel unto you at 
the first. 

14 And my temptation which was in 
-my flesh 'ye despised not, nor rejected ; 

but received me as an angel of God, erven 
as Christ Jesus, 

15 Where is then the blessedness ye 
spake of i For I bear you record, that, if 
it had been possible, ye would have pluck- 
ed out your own eyes, and have given them 
to me. 

" 16 Am I therefore become your enemy 
because I tell you the truth I 

17 They zealously affect you, but riot 
well : yea, they would exclude you, that 
ye might affect them. 

IS But it is good to be zealously affect- 
ed always in a good thing , and not only 
when I am present with you. 

19 My little children, of whom I travail 
in birth again until Christ fee formed in you, 

20 I desire to be present with you now, 
and to change my voice ; for I stand in 
doubt e>f you. 

21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under 
the law, Do ye not hear the law ? 

22 % For' it is written, that Abraham 
had two sons; the one by a- bondmaid, the 
other by a freew < >man> 

23 But he 'who was of the bondwoman 
was born after the flesh ; but he of the free 
Woman was by promise. 

24 Which things are an allegory : for 
these are 'he two" covenants ; the one from 
the mount Stnai, which gendereth to bond- 
age, which is Agar. . 

■ 25 Fortius Agar is mount Sinai in Ara- 
bia, and answereth to Jerusalem' which 
now is, and is in bondage with her children. 

25 But Jerusalem which is above is free, 
which is the mother of us all. 

27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou bar- 
ren that bearest not : break forth and cry, 
thou that travailest not • tor the desolate 
hath many more children than she which 

. hath aii husband. 

28 Nov* we, brethren,, as Jsaapwasj are 
the chile, c ■Jw^..Lt, - 



GALAT3AN5. The liberty of the gmfieL- 

29 But as then he that was born alter 
theHesh persecuted him that was born af- 
ter the Spirit, even so it is now. 

SO Nevertheless, What saith the scrip- 
ture ? Cast out the bondwoman and her 
son : for the son of the bond woman shall 
not be heir with the son of the free woman. 

31 So then, brethren, we are net dnV 
dren of the bond woman, but of the free. 

CHAP/V. 
1 Paul rmvetfuhem to stand in their lib' 

erty, 3. and not to observe circumcision^ 

13 but rather love, 

STAND fast therefore in the liberty 
wherewith Qhrist hath made us free, 
and be not entangled again with the yoke, 
of bondage. 

2 Behold,- 1 Paul say unto you, that if ye 
be circumcised, Christ shall profit you no- 
thing. 

3 % For I testify again to every man 
that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to 
do the whole law. 

4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, 
whosoever of you are justified by the law ; 
ye are fallen irom grace. 

5 For we through the Spirit, wait for the 
tiope of righteousness by faith. 

6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumci- 
sion availeth any thing,nor uncircumcisionj 
but laith which worketh by love. 

7 Ye did ran well; Who did hinder you 
that ye should not obey the truth I 

8 This persuasipn cometh not of him 
that calleth you. 

9 A little* leaven leaveneth the whole 
lump. 

10 I have confidence in you through the 
Lord, that ye wiilbe none otherwise mind- 
ed : but he that troubleth you shall bear 
his judgment, whosoever he be. 

11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach cir- 
cumcision,Wh.y do I yet suffer persecution? 
Then is the offence of the cress censed. 

12 1 would they were even cut off which 
trouble you. 

13 if For, brethren, ye have been called 
unto liberty ; only use n' »t liberty for an oc- 
casion to the flesh, but by iove serve one an- 
other. . 

14 For all the law is fulfilled in one 
word, €vcn in this ; Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

' 15 But if ve bite and devourone another, 
take heeefmat'ye be not consumed one ox 
another. 

16 this I say then- Walk in the Spirit, 
and ye shall rot fulfil the lust of the flesh. 

17 For the flesh fcUbteth against the Spi- 
rit, a-.d the Spirit against the flesh': and 
these are contrary the one to the other : so 
that ye cannot do the things that ye would* 

18" But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are 
hot under the law. ' 



The fruit of the Sj.irti. Ch; 

19 Now the works of the flesh are man- 
ifest, which are these ; Adultery, fbrntca- 

:<: leanness, lasciviu. 

.tred.variance, 
emuiath as, heie- 

sies, 

. .is, drunkenness, re- 
I the which J tell 
you before, as 1 have •• hYTime 

past, that tlit 

.. e Spirit ii love, joy, 
peace, V g oodness, 

Be: agiinstsucb 
there 

. id the) that are Christ's have cru- 
ind lusts. 
25 If we live in t. us aho 

walk in the .: 

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6 f Let him that is taught in the word 
communicate unto him that tcathetli in all 
good things. 

7 Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : 
for whatsoever a man soweth, tu- 
be also reap. 

8 For he that soweth to his flesh, sh ill 
of the flesh reap con uptian : but he that 
oweth to the Spint, shall of the Spirit leap 
Kte evei . 

9 ^ And let us not be weary in well de- 

ft, we shall reap, if we 

10 As we have therefore opportunity, let 
us do go< llv unt« 
themwJ household ofJahh. 

li Ye -teli v.- i .re lave wri- 

ter unto you with mme own hand. 

12 As , make a fair 

tin ycu to be 

C rcu'.nc | a buffer 

iiieinselves who are 
circumci- 

i ickedj that they may glory 
Besh* 
14 Hut G ••■d forbid that I 
save in th< cross 
by whom the w 
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tery of his will, according to his good pleas- 
ure, which he hath purposed in himselt j 

10 That in the dispensation of the ful- 
ness of times, he might gather together in 
one, all things in Christ, both which are in 
heaven, and which are on earth j even in 
him ; 

11 f In whom also we have obtained an 
Inheritance, being predestinated accord- 
ing to the purpose of him who worketh all 
things after the counsel of his own will % 

12 That we should be to the praise of 
his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 

13 In whom ye also trusted after that ye 
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your 
salvation ; in whom also after that ye be- 
lieved, ye were sealed with that Holy Spir- 
it of promise. 

14 Which is the earnest of our inherit- 
since, until the redemption of the purchas- 
ed possession, unto the praise of his glory. 

15 Wherefore, I also, after 1 heard of 
your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto 
all the saints, 

16 Cease not to give thanks for you, mak- 
ing mention of you in ray prayers ; 

If That theGod of ourLord JesusChrist, 
the Father of glory, may give unto you the 
Spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the 
knowledge of him : 

18 The eyes.ot your understanding being 
enlightened ; that ye may know what is 
the hope of his calling, and what the rich- 
es of the glory of his inheritance in the 
saints. 

19 And what is the exceeding greatness 1 
of his power to us ward who believe, ac- 
cording to the working of his mighty pow- 
er, 

30 Which he wrought in Christ, when 
he raised him from the dead , and set him 
at his own right hand in the heavenly /2/a- 
ces, 

21 Far above all principality, and pow- 
er, and might, and dominion, and every 
name that is named not only in this world, 
but also in that which is to come : 

22 And hath put all things under his 
Jteet and gave him to be the head over all 
things to the church, 

23 Which is his body, the fulness of him 
that fiUefcb all in all. 

C H A P. II. 
3 What we are by nature, 5 and what we 

are by grace. 10 We are created Jor 

good works* 

A ND yon hath he quickened, who were 
S\ dead in trespasses and sins ; 

2 Wherein in time past ye walked, ac- 
cording to the course of this world, accord- 
ing to the prince of the power of the air, 
the spirit that now worketh in the children 
of disobedience : 

3 Among whom also we all had our con- 



9/ marts satvaticfh 

versation in times past, in the lusts of out 
flesh, fulfilling the desires or the fiesh, and 
ol the mind ; and were by nature the chil- 
dren of wrath, even as others. 

4 But God, who is rich in meroy, for his 
great love wherewith he loved us, 

5% Even when we were dead in sins, 
hath quickened us together with Christ : 
by grace ye are saved : 

6 And hath raised us up together, and 
made us Git together in heavenly places ia 
Christ Jesus: 

7 That in the ages to come he might 
shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in 
his kindness towards us, through Christ 
Jesus. 

8 For by grace are ye saved through 
faith ; and that not of yourselves it is the 
gift of God : 

9 Not of worksjest any man should boast. 

10 H For we are his workmanship, cre- 
ated iriChrist Jesus unto good works, which 
God hath before ordained that we should 
walk in them. 

11 Wherefore remember, that ye being 
in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are 
called Uncircuracision, by that which is 
called the Circumcision in the flesh made 
by hands ; 

12 That at that time ye were without 
Christ, being aliens from the common- 
wealth of Israel, and strangers from the 
covenants of promise, having no hope, and 
without God in the world : 

13 But now in Christ Jesus, ye who some- 
times were far off, and made nigh by the 
blood of Christ. 

14 For he is our peace, who hath made 
both one, and hath broken down the mid- 
dle wall of partition between us ; 

15 Having abolished in his flesh the en-* 
mity, even the law of commandments, con- 
tained in ordinances, for to make in him- 
selt of twain one new man,somaking peace? 

16 And that he might reconcile both un- 
to God in one body by the cross, having 
slain the enmity thereby : 

17 And came and preached peace to you 
which were afar off, and to them that were 
nigh. 

18 For through him we both have ac» 
ces by one spirit unto the Father. 

19 Now therefore,ye are no more strang- 
ers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with 
the saints, and of the household of God ; 

20 And are built upon the foundation of 
the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ 
himsen being the chief corner stone ; 

21 In whom all the building fitly framed 
together, groweth unto an holy temple in 
the Lord : 

22 In whom ye also are builded togeth- 
er for an habitation of God through the 
Spirit, , 



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1 19 Who being past feeling have given 
themselves orer unto lasciviousness,to work 
all vncleanness with greediness. 

20 *ff But ye have not so learned Christ ; 

21 If so be that ye have heard him, and 
have been taught by him, as the truth is in 
Jesus : 

22 That ye put off concerning the for- 
mer conversation, the old man, which is 
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts ; 

23 And be renewed in the spirit of your 
miffld ; 

24 And that ye put on the new man, 
which after God is created in righteous- 
ness and true holiness. 

25 % Wherefore putting away lying, speak 
every man truth with his neighbour : for 
we are members one oi another, 

26 Be ye angry, and sin not: letnot the 
sun go down upon your wrath : 

27 Neither give place to the devil. 

28 Let him that stole steal no more : but 
rather let him labour, working with his 
hands the thing which is good, that he may 
have to give to him that needeth. 

29 Let no corrupt communication pro- 
ceed out of your mouth, but that which is 
good to the use of edifying, that it may min- 
ister grace unto the hearers. 

30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of 
God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day 
of redemption. 

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and an- 
ger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be 
put away from yen, with all malice : 

32 And be ye kind one to another, ten- 
der hearted, forgiving oneanother, even as 
God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

CHAP. V. 
2 Paid exhorteth to charity , 3 to flee for- 
nication, 22 The duties cf wives, 25 
and husbands. 

BE ye therefore followers of God, as 
dear children ; 
21f And walk in love, as Christ also hath 
loved us, and hath given himself for us an 
offering and a sacrifice to God tor a sv^eet 
smelling savour. 

3 II But fornication, and all uncleanness, 
or covetou';nt3s, let i*. not be once named 
among you, as becometh saints ; 

4 Neither filthineas, nor foolish talking, 
nor jesting, which are not convenient : but 
rather giving ot thanks. 

5 For tbis ye know, that no whoremon- 
ger, nor unclean person, nor covetoir- man, 
who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in 
the kingdom of Christ and of God. 

6 Let no man deceive you wl'.h vain 
words : for because of these things cometh 
the wrath of God upon the children ot dis- 
obedience. 

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but. 



EPHESIAKS. Duty of wives and husbands 
now are ye light in the Lord : walk as 
children ot light : 

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all 
goodness and righteousness and truth : 

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the 
Lord. 

11 And have no fellowship with the un- 
fruitful works of darkness, but rather re- 
prove them. 

12 For it is a shame even to speak of 
those things which are done of them in se- 
cret. 

13 But all things that are reproved, are 
made manifest by the light : for whatsoev- 
er doth make manifest is light. 

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou 
that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and 
Christ shall give thee light. 

15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, 
not as fools, but as wise, 

16 Redeeming the time, because the 
days are evil. 

17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but un- 
derstanding what the will of the Lord is, 

18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein 
is excess'; but be filled with the Spirit ; 

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and 
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and mak- 
ing melody in your heart to the Lord ; 

20 Giving thanks always for all things 
unto God and the Father, in the name of 
our Lord Jesus Christ ; 

21 Submitting yourselves one to another 
in the fear of God. 

22 % Wives, submit yourselves unto your 
own husbands, as unto the Lord. 

23 For the husband is the head of the 
wife, even as Christ is the head of the 
church : and he is the saviour of the body. 

24 Therefore as the church is subject 
unto Christ, so let the wives be to their 
own husbands in every thing. 

25 If Husbands, love your wives, even 
as Christ also loved the church, and gave 
himself for it ; 

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it 
with the washing of water by the word ; 

27 That he might present it to himself 
a glorious church, not having spot, or wrin- 
kle, or any such thing; but that it should 
be holy and without blemish. 

23 So ought men to love their wives as 
their own bodies. He that loveth his wiie 
loveth himself. 

29 l^or no man ever yet hated his own 
flesh ; but nourished! and cherisheth it, e- 
ven as the Lord the church : 

30 For we are members of his body of 
his flesh, and of his bones. 

31 For thij cause shajl a man leave his 
father and mother, and shall be joined un- 
to Ins wile, and they two shall be one flesh. 

52 ThisM agreat mystery : but 1 speak 
concerning Christ and the Church. 



Tfi e duty of children. Chap, 

33 Nevertheless, let every- one ot you in 
particular *>o love ins wife wen a$ himself; 
and the wite see that she reverence ber 
husband. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 77?e duty of children, 5 of servants. 

10 Our lift fare. 13 Hie 
Ckruiitn' 

CtilLDRE parents in the 

Lord • right. 

, ur thy father and mother ; which 
is the first commandment with promise ; 

3 That it m i> be well with thee, and 
thou mayest live long on the earth. 

4 And, ye | ,ke not your 

rath : but bring th< 
the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 

i ' nts, be obedient to them that 

are your m titers according to the flesh, 
with rear and trem 
your 

t with eyesci \ 

will* Lit; 

7 \\ i \ as to 

whatsoever gor >d thing 

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i: The Christian's armour. 1GS? 

of this world, against spiritual wickedness 
in high pUces. 

13 % Wherefore take unto you the 
whole armour ol God, that ye maybe able 
to withstand in the evil day, and having 
done all, to stand. 

14 Stand therefore, having your loins 
£irt about with truth, and having en the 
breastplate of righteousness ; 

15 And your feet shod with the prepar- 
ation of the gospel of peaces 

16 Above ail, taking the shield 
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all 
the fiery darts of the wicked. 

17 And take the helmet of solvation, 
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the 

I iod : 

18 Pi . with all praver and 
supplication in the Spirit, 

thereunto with all perseverance and sup- 
□ for all saints : 

19 And for me, that utterance may be 

In me, that i ma) ogx n m\ mouth 
boldly, to make known the mystery of the 

20 For which 1 am an ambassador in 

bands; that therein 1 may speak boldly, 
;it to speak. 

21 DUl | my af- 
fairs, and how I 

and faithful n e Lord, 

I have seui ui 

r hearts. 

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with faith, from God the Father and the 

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10 That ye may approve things that 
are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and 
■without offence till the day of Christ ; 

11 Being filled with the fruits of right- 
eousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto 
the glory and praise of God. 

12 But I would ye should understand, 
brethren, that the things which hapjienect 
tinto me have fallen out rather unto the 
furtherance of the gospel ; 

13 So that my bonds in Christ are mani- 
fest in all the palace, and in ail other filacts : 

14 And many of the brethren in the 
Lf>rd, waxuig confident by my bonds, are 
much more bold to speak the word with- 
out rear. 

15 Some indeed preach Christ even of 
enw and strife ; and some also of good 
will': 

16 The one preach Christ of contention, 
not sincerely, supposing to add affliction 
to my bon&~, : 

17 But the other of love, knowing that 
I am set for the defence of the gospel, 

13 What then? Notwithstanding, every 
way, whether in pretence or in truth, 
Christ is preached ; and 1 therein do re- 
joice, yea, and will rejoice. 

19 For 1 know that this shall turn to 
my salvation through your prayer, and 
the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 

20 According to my earnest expecta- 
tion and my hope, that in nothing 1 shall 
be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as 
always so now also Christ shall be magni- 
fied in my body, whether it be by life, or 
by death. 

21 % For to me to live is Christ, and to 
die is gain. 

22 But if/ Hi vein the flesh, this is the 
fruit of my labour : yet what 1 shall choose, 
I wot not. 

23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, 
having a desire to depart and to be with 
Christ ; which is far better : 

24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is 
more neediul for you. 

25 And having this confidence, I know 
that I shall abide and continue with you all 
for your furtherance and joy ot faith ; 

26 That your rejoicing may be more a- 
bundant in Jesu* Christ for me by my com- 
ing to you again. 

27 Only let your conversation be as it 
feecorneth the gospel of Christ : that whe- 
ther I come and see you, or else be absent, 

• I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand 
fast in one spirit, with one mind seising 
together for the faith of the gospel ; 

28 And in nothing terrified by your ad- 
versaries : which is to them an evident 
tokffs of perdition, but to you of salvation, 
gtnd that of God 



29 For unto 3'ou it is given to the behalf I send Timotheirs sherry unto you 



of Christ, not only to believe on him, but 
also to suffer for his sake ; 

30 Having the same conflict which ye 
saw in me, and now hear to be in me. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Paul cxhorteth to unity and humilUy^ 

19 and to a careful proceeding in the 

way of salvation, 

IF there be therefore any consolation in 
Christ, if any comfort of love, if any 
fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and 
mercies, 

2 Fulfil ye my joy, th at ye be likeminded, 
having the same love, being of one accord, 
of one mind. 

3 Le.t "nothing be done through strife or 
vainglory; but in lowliness of rnind let 
each esteem mother better than themselves. 

4 Look not every man on his own things, 
but every man also en the things of others. 

5 Let 'this mind be in you, which wasai- 
lo in Christ Jesus : 

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought 
it not robbery to be equal with God. 

7 Bat made himself of no reputation, 
and took upon him the form of a servant, 
and was made in the likeness ot men : 

8 And being found in fashion as a man, 
he humbled himself, and became obedient 
unto death, even the death of the cross. 

9 Wherefore God also hath highly ex- 
alted him, and given him a name which is 
above every name ; 

10 That at the name of Jesus every knee 
should bow of thitgs in heaven, and things 
in earth, md tilings under the earth ; 

11 And that every tongue shoukl con- 
fess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory 
ci God the Father. 

12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have 
always obeyed, not as in my presence only, 
but now much more in my absence, work 
out your own salvation with fear and trem- 
bling: 

13 For it is God which worketh in you 
both to will and to do of his gocd pleasure. 

14 Do all things without murmurings 
and disputings ; 

15 That ye may be blameless and harm- 
less, the sons of God, without rebuke, in 
the ii.id.it of a crooked and perverse na- 
tion, among whom ye shine as lights in the 
world ; 

16 Holding forth the word of life; that 
I may rejoice in the day oi Christ, that I 
have not run in vain, neither laboured in 
vain. 

17 Yea, and if 1 be oilered upon the sac- 
rifice and service of your faith, I joy, and 
rejoice with you all. 

18 For the same cause also do yejo)', 
and rejoice with me. ' 

But I trust in the Lord Jesus to 
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religious joy in Godj 



•with me in the gospel, -with Clement also, 
and with other my fellow labourers, whose 
names are in the book of life. 

4 Rejoice in the Lord alway : and again 
I say, Rejoice. 

5 Let your moderation be known unto 
all men. The Lord is at hand. 

6 Be careful for nothing ; but in every 
thing by prayer and supplication, with 
thanksgiving, let your requests be made 
known unto God. 

7 And the peace of God which passeth 
all understanding, shall keep your hearts 
and minds through Christ Jesus. 

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things 
are true , whatsoever things are honest, 
■whatsoever things are just, whatsoever 
things are pure, whatsoever things are 
lovely, whatsoever things are of good re- 
port ; if there be any virtue, and if there be 
any praise, think on these things. 

9 Those things, which ye have both 
learned, and received, and heard, and 
seen in me, do : and the God of peace 
shall be with you. 

10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, 
that now at the last your care of me hath 
flourished again ; wherein ye were also 
careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 

11 Not that I speak in respect' of want ; 
ior 1 have learned, in whatsoever state 1 
am, therewith to be content. 

12 I know both how to be abased, and I 
know how to abound : every where and 
in all things I am instructed both to be full 



and to be hungry, both to abound and to 
suffer need. 

13 I can do all things through Christ 
which strengthened me. 

14 Notwithstanding, ye have well done, 
that y tfdid communicate with mf affliction. 

%5 Now, ye Philippians, know also, that 
in the beginning of the gospel, when I de- 
parted from Macedonia, no church com- 
municated with me as concerning giving 
and receiving, but ye only. 

16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent , 
once and again unto my necessity. 

17 Not because 1 desire a gilt : but I . ■ 
desire fruit that may abound to your ac- 
count. 

18 But I have all, and abound : lam 
full, having received of Epaphroditus the \ 
things which were sent from you, an odour 
of a sweet smeS, a sacrifice acceptable, 
well pleasing to God. 

19 But my God shall supply all your i 
need according to his riches in glory, by 
Christ Jesus. 

20 Nov/ unto God and our Father, be 
glory ior ever and even Amen. 

21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. 
The brethren which are with me greet 
you. 

22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they 
that are of Cesar's household. 

23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be with you all. Amen. 

*i\ It was written to the Philippians from 
Rome by Epaphroditus. 



Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Paul thankelh God for their faith, 9 
prayeth for their increase in grace, 14 
and describeth the iru? Christ. 

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the 
will of God, and Timotheus, our bro- 
ther, 

2 To the saints and faithful brethren in 
Christ which are at Colosse : Grace be 
unto vcu, and peace from God our Father, 
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

3 We give thanks to God and the Fa- 
ther ot our Lord Jesus Christ, praying al- 
ways for you, 

4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ 
Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all 
the saints, 

5 For the hope which is laid up for you 
in heaven, whereof ye heard before in th« 
word of the truth of the gospel ; 

6 "Which is come onto you, as itt* in all 
the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it 
doth also in you, since the day ye heard of 



it, and knew the grace of God in truth : 

7 As ye also learned of Epaphras pur 
dear fellow servant, who is for you a faith- 
ful minister of Christ ; 

8 Who also declared unto us your love 
in the Spirit. 

9 «H For this cause we also, since the day 
we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, 
and to desire that ye might be filled with 
the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and 
spiritual understanding ; 

10 That ye might walk worthy of the 
Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in ev- 
ery good work, and increasing in the 
knowledge of God ; 

11 Strengthened with all might, accord- 
ing to his glorious power, unto all patience 
and long suffering, with joyfuiness ; 

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which 
hath made us meet to be partakers of the 
inheritance of the saints in light : 

13 Who hath delivered us from the pow- 
er of darkness, and hath translated us into 
the kingdom of frs dear Son : 



Paul describeth the true C. Chap, i'u To beware ifiihiiosojihy, 'C?c. 1G1>J 



14 ^ In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, even the forgiveness of 
sins : 

15 Who is the image of the invisible 
God, t ire: 

16 For by him were all things created 
that are in Deal in earth, 
visible and invisible, whether they be 
thrones, or dominion .!ities,or 

: all things were created by him, 
and for him : 

17 And he is . and by 
him all things consist. 

13 And he is the head cf the body, the 
church : who is the beginning, the first- 
u the dead ; that in ail : 

.mir.ence. 
: i: pleased th.r Father that in him 
should all mi:. 

20 And, havi tee through the 

blood oi I 
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seen my face in the Besh ; 

J That their beam might be comforted, 
being knit together in love, and unto all 
riches of the lull assurance of understand* 
ing, to the acknowledgment of the mystery 
of God, and of the Father, and of Christ ; 

3 In whom are hid all the treasures of 

n a; id knowledge. 

4 And this 1 say, lest any man should be- 

• u with enticing words. 

5 For: o the flesh, yet 
am I with you in the spirit, joying and be- 

-lediastiKt, of 
i in Christ. 

6 As ye have there! 
Jesus the I 

7 Rooted and built i nd stab- 

taught, 
abo u ndii 

il you 

thetradii 

i 

wer : 

11 In * . 

12 Buried with him in baptism, v 
faith of ho hath 

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fis though living in the world, are ye sub- 
ject tq 

21 (Touch not ; taste not ; handle not ; 

22 Which all are to perish with theu- 
sitig' fcbmmandraents and doc- 

4.'. - 

have indeexra snew o\ 
Wisdom i : . -\v i i ; j worship, andhufruliti ,and 

negketiag or i! ^ body ; not ia any honour 
toll.- iesh. 

C H A F. ill. 
I Be k Christ. 5 

'': to mortification* 12 to 
cvfidttuhdry L 
cues. 
|r ye thence risen withChrist,seek those 
J- things which are above, where Chr-ilk 
s ittethon the right hand cJ'God. 

your affection on things above, net 
e arth. 

3 For ye are dead, and year life is hid 
* with Christ in God. 

4 When Christ, iv!:o is cur lire. sj 
pear, then 'shall y& also appear \vi\ 
in glory. 

5 H Ivlortiiy therefore your 
which are upon the earth ; "fornication, un- ; 
cleanness, inordinate affection, evil concu- 
piscence, and covetcusness, which is idol- 
atry : 

f which things' sake the wrath of 
God cometh on the children of disobedi- 
ence : 

7 In the which ye also walked some time, 
when ye lived in them. 

S But now ye also put off all these : an- 
ger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy com- 
munication out of your mouth. 

• 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye 
have put effthe eld man with his deeds ; 

10 And have put on the new man, which 
is renewed in knowledge after the image 
of him that created him : 

11 Where there is neither Greek nor 
Jew,circumcision nor uncircumcision,Bar- 

":-n,Scythi an, bonder Ires : but Christ 
is all, and' in all. 

12 % Put on therefore, as the elect of 
G x' bowels of mercies, 
kfnc af mind, meekness, 

ring; 

13 ForoeariUgohe another, and forgiv- 
ing if any man have a qunr- 

eveii as Christ forgave 

gs put on 
if\ of p&feetness. 

yeaceotGoo rule in your 
tiled in 

II in you 

jig and ad- 

jin£ with grace in 
Lord. 



COLOSSIANS. - Anczhor: 

V And whatsoever ye do in word or 
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jcsu..?, 
tl tanks to God and the Father by 
him; 

tbrnit yourselves unto your 
■ the Lord, 
wives, and be 
notbitu hem. 

20Chitdrea parents in all 

things : tor this is well pleading unto the 
Lord. 
21 Fathers, \ your children 

\ lest they- be discouraged. 
rvants, obey in all things, yo 
ters,acci 

service,. c,-s; but in si] 

of heart, 2 

itsoever ye do, (\c,it heartily, 
t unto men ; 
of the Lord, ye shall J 
tl e reward of the inheritance 1 ; for ! 
ye serve the Lord C 

25 But he that dneth -,vrong,shail receive 
3 he hath dene : and 
there is no respect of per? ens. 

CHAP. 1 

1 Pavl'exhorieth to be fervent in firai/rr, 

5 and to walk wisely toward themthat 

Mrr servants 
that anal : know-* 

ingtfiat ; 

■2 Com er, and 'watch in the* 

same v 

J V tths : pi ' I 

would open unto us a door 

r w-hiui. 
lam a3 

• 4 That I ma; si ought 
to speak. 

• 5 11 Walk in wisdom toward them th; t 
are without, redeeming the time. 

6 Let your-speech be alway with grace, 
seasoned" with salt, that ye may know how 
ye ought to answer evert man. 

7 Ail my state shall I ychicus declare; 
unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a 
faithful minister and fellow servant in ihei 
Lord. 

8 Whom I have sent unto you for the 
same purpose, that he might know your 
estate, and comfort your hearts ; 

9 WkhOnesimUsa faithful and beloved? 
brother, who is me of ycu. They shall 

a :.dl things which are 
dtffte here. 

10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner salu- 
sistetfs son to Bar- 
nabas (touched* whom ye received com- 
mandments: if he came unto you, receive 
him), 

11 And Jesus, 
are of the circumcision. These only art 
my fellow workers unto the kingdom of 



Paul sheweth his mindfulness Chap, i, ii. 

God, which have been a ccmfort unto 



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12 Epaphras, who is one of yc 
vant of Christ, sahiteth \ou, a] 
-touring I 

the * i 

I bear bin: I 
gre Lt U 

J 4 Luke, die beloved phy 

rreet you. 
15 Salute the brethi 



dicea, an ntj^he church which 

is in his house. * 

15 And when this epistle is read among 
you, cause that . church 

of the La at ye likewise 

read the efiuiie from Laodicea. 

17 And say to Archipnus, take heed to 
:ry which thou hast received in 
the Lord, that thou fuifii it. 

13 The salutation by the hand of me 
Paul. R , ,. Grace be 

u. Amen. 

.ten from R ;!.-c :o :'.. C 
by TychicuoandOnesimus. 



IVteY'iYU Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessa- 

lonians. 



CHAP. I. 
1 He hheweth his mindfulness of them in 

cere faith ana 

PALL. 

I he Lord 

Grace be u 

p, and'theLord 

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1 Horn the gotfielrjas preached untothem y 
and how ihty red re d u. 17 Why he 
%vaa dctirc;'.)! to §ec them, 

FOR yourselves, brethren, know our 
entrao you, that it was not 

Ui vain ; 

had suffered 
ited, as 
>eknov,, 

God to sp a the gospel of God 

with much w 

our exhortation ?yasnotot deceit, 
i- i.i guile : 

. id to be 
put in trust \. 

• 
•i'ti-. 
, at any time used we flat- 
- BOW, nor a 

6 Nor 

of you, v. ten, v, hca w 

liave been bin I 

7 But u, even 

i 
I 

ito u.,. 

j } how 



1394 PauUkeweth teslovs. I. TKESSALONIANS, 

■who hath called you unto his kingdom and 
glory. 

13 For this cause also thank we God 
without ce.-ising, because when ye received 
the word of God which ye heard of us, ye 
received it not cs the word of men, but as 
it is in truth the word of God, which effect- 
ually worketh also in \ ou that believe, 

14 For ye, brethren, became iollowers 
of the churches of God which in Judea are 
in Christ Jesus : for ye also have suffered 
like things of your own countrymen, even 
as they have of the Jews : 

15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and 
their own prophets, and have persecuted us ; 
and they please not God, and are contrary 
to all men : 

16 Forbidding U3 to speak to the Gen- 
tiles that they might be saved to fill «p 
their sins alway : for the wrath is come 
upon them to the uttermost. 

17 1[ But we, brethren, being taken from 
you for a short time, in presence, not in 
heart, endeavoured the more abundantly 
to see your face with great desire. 

13 Wherefore we would have come un- 
to you, even I Paul, once and again ; »but 
Satan hindered us. 

19 For, What /* our hope* or joy, or 
crown of rejoicing ? Are not even ye in the 
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his 
coming^ 

20 Jb or ye are our glory and joy. 

CHAP. III. * 
1 Paul's love in sending Tiiffothy to them. 
6 Mis joy for them, and desire to see them, 

WHEREFORE, when we could no 
longer lorbear, we thought it good 
to be left at Athens alone ; 

2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and 
minister of Gotland our fellow labourer in 
the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and 
to comfort you concerning your faith : 

3 That no man should be moved by these 
afflictions : for yourselves know that we 
are appointed thereunto. 

4 For verily, when we were with you, 
we told you before that we should suffer 
tribulation j even as it came to pass, and 
ye know] 

5 For this cause, when I could no long- 
er forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by 
seme means the tempter have tempted 
you, and our labour be in vain. 

6 % But. now when Timotheus came 
from you unto* up, and brought us good ti- 
dings of your faith and charity, and that ye 
have good remembrance of us always., de- 
siring greatly to see, us,as we also tus-ee'yon : 

,7 Therefore, brethren, we were com- 
forted over you in all our afiiiciicn and dis- 
tress by your faith : 

8 FoYnow we live, if ye stand fast iiithe 
Lord. -. . . 



He exhort eth to godliness* 

9 For what thanks can we render to God 
again for you, for all the joy wherewith we 
joy for your sakes before our God ; 

10 Night and day praying exceedingly 
that we might see your face, and might 
perfect that which is lacking in your faith ? 

11 Now God himself and our Father, 
and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way 
unto you : 

12 And the Lord make you to increase 
and abound in love cue toward another, 
and toward all men^ even as we do toward 
you : 

13 To the end he may stablish your hearts 
unblameable in holiness before" God, even 
our Father, at the coming of our Lord Je- 
sus Christ with ail his saints 

C H A P. IV. 
1 Paul exhorteth to go onin godliness , 6 to 
holiness^ 9 to love, II to cjuietticss, 13 to 
moderate sorrovjfor the Head, 17 Of the 
resurrection, and of the last judgment* 

FURTHERMORE, then we beseech 
you brethren, and exhort you by the 
Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us 
how ye ought to walk and to please God, 
so ye would abound more and more. 

2 For ye know what commandments we 
gave you by the Lord Jesus. 

3 For this is the will of God, even your 
sanctificatipn, that ye should abstain irom 
fornication : 

. 4 That every one of you should know 
how to possess his vessel in sanctification 
and honour ; 

5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even 
as the Gentiles which know not God : 

6 *ft That no man go beyond and defraud 
his brother in any matter: because that 
the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we 
also have forwatned you and testified. 

7 For God hath not called 'us unto un- 
cleanness, but unto holiness. 

8 He therefore thet despiseth, despiseth 
not man, but. God, who hath also given un- 
to us his holy Spirit. 

9 5 But as touching brotherly love ye 
need not that I write unto you ; for ye 
yourselves are taught of God to love one 
"another. 

10 And indeed ye do it toward all the 
brethren which are in all Macedonia : but 
we beseech ycu brethren, that ye increase 
more and more; 

1 i Tf And that ye study "to be quiet, and 
to do your own business, and to work with 
your own hands ; as we commanded you : 

12 That ye may walk honestly toward 
them that are without, and Uuit ye may 
have, lack of nothing. 

13 % But J would' not have you to be ?g- 
ndrarit, brethren, concerning them which 
are asleep, that ye .sorrow not, even as o- 



thers which have no hope. 



! urcnd cc. Ch 

14 For if we beiie\ and 

of the ai 

_• which aie alive 

tliejw ill the d .niinthe 

Cli 

•ring iojud 6 

B. • times LTid the seasons, 
brci:. I write 

oil. 

. • 
right. 

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ap. L Divers fir cc ejus. 1C95 

.:, but to obtain salvation by our Lord 

wake or sleep, -we should live 

11 Wherefore comiort yourselves to- 

12 And we bese? 
■ a, and 

you : 

1 to esteem 
love tor th< 

p, warn 

. . 

ward all 

15 See that none l e evil un- 

good,both among vol: 
io € I • : ,ore. 

asing. 

• 
ing you. 

19 Quench not the Spirit. 

rophesyipgs. 

21 ?: 

from all appeal 

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1096 Antichrist revealed. 

the churches of God, tor ycur patience and 
iaith in all your persecutions and tribula- 
tions that ye endure : 

5 Which is a manifest token of the right- 
eous judgment oi God ; that ye may be 
cou ned worthy- of the kingdom of God, for 
which ye also suffer : 

6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God 
to recompense tribulation to them that 
trouble you : 

7 Ann to you who are troubled, rest with 
vis, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealef 
from be' ven with his mighty angels, 

8 In flaming fire, taking vengeance <_ 
them that know not God, and that obey i 
the gospel ot our Lord Jesu3 Cnrist : 

9 "Who shall be punished with ever! 
ing destruction from the presence of 
Lord, and from the glory ot his power 

10 When he shall come to be gloi 
!n his saints, and to be admired in all • 
that believe (because our testimony a 
ycu was believed in that day). 

11 1[ Wherefore also we pray «' 
for you, that our God would ecu 
worthy of this calling, and fulfil aH t 
pleasure of his goodness, and the 
faith with power : 

12 That the name of our Lr 
Chr.st may be glorified in you, an 
him, according to the grace of 
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

CHAP. II. 
1 He willeth them to continue 

the truth received, 3 shewing that there 
shall be a departure from the faith, 9 
and a discovery of Antichrist before the 
c- y of the Lord come. 

Nl we besee<$you, brethren, by the 
coming of bur Lord Jesus Christ, and 
by -vt galhei ing together unto him, 

S That ye be not soon shaken in mind, 
or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by 
v/oic'- her by letter^ as from us, as that the 
day of Christ is at hand, 

:'j v Let no p&n deceive you by any 
me. • : f$r tfiat day shall not come, except 
there c .Tie a falling away first, an :1 that 
mau .of sin be revealed, the son of 
tion ; 

i Who oppo'-eth an^ e;*altetli himself 
-. ■:. , all that is called JGodj or 
: t hipped ; so that he as Gcd sitteth in 
the' templej of G^Hi, shevhic himself tpat 
he is God. 

.. that, when I was 
s ? 
'•. withhold^;. 
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. ittth wilt Lei, 
\t the way. 

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II. THESSALC BQgq to be avoided, 

tl and shall destroy 

^ i coming. 

; coming is after 
th all power and 

iivableness of un- 
that perish ; be- 
iot the love oi the 
>£ saved. . 

use God shall send 
.hat they should be- 

ght be damned who 
, but had pleasure in 

.nd to give thanks al- 

irethr en beloved of the 

hath from the begin- 

salvation through sanc- 

ipirit and belief of the 

he called you by our gos- 
iing of the glory of our 
t. 

, brethren, stand fast, and 

,ons which ye have been 

r by word, or cur epistle. 

Lord Jesus Christ himself, 

'ti our Father, which hath 

.j-.vd ip, «.. .1 hath given' its everlasting 

consolation and good hope through grace, 

If Comfort your hearts, and ^tablish 

you in every good word and work. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Paul crarveth their piraycrs, 3 testifieth 
his confidence in them, 6 giveth them 
direr s precej 'its, especially to shunidlc- 
wss and ill company: 

IjMNALLY, brethren pray for us, tfiat 
the word of the Lord may have free 
course, and be glorified, even asf; is with 
you: 

2 And that we may be delivered from 
unreasonable and wicked men : for all 
men have not faith. 

3 If But the Lord is faithful, who shall 
stablish you, and keep you from evil. 

4 Ana we have confidence in the Lord 
touching you, that ye both do and will do 
the things' which we command yon, 

5 And the Lord direct your hearts into 
the I ye : >f God , and into the patient wait- 

\ Now we command you, brethren, 
rd Jesus Christ, that 
yc .vithdraw yourselves from every broth- 
er th a*, walketn disorderly and not after 
the tradition which he received oi' us. 

7 For yourselves know how ye ought to 
follow us": ior we behaved not ourselves 
disorderly among you ; 

8 Neither did we eat any roan's bread 
for nought'; but wrought with labour and 
travail night and day, "that we ift^t UQt 
be chargeable to any of} < 



X/tf" end c fin. 

9 N 
to m tkeourbc 

d we were v 

... 

we c/>m- 

that with q 
their 

it ye, brethren, be 

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1093 Divert frvecejits to Timothy. I. TIMOTHY. Afiostacy foretold. 

9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a 



3 For this is good and acceptable in the 
sight of God c ur Saviour. 

4 Who willhave all men to be saved, and 
to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 

o For there is cne Gcd 5 and ore medi- 
ator between God and men, the man Christ 

6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, 
to he testified in due time. 

7 Whei-eunto- 1 am ordained a preach- 

3 an apostle, (I speak the froth in 
e act) a teacher of the Gen« 
tiles in iai; hand verity* 

8 I will therefore that men pray every 
where, iitcingup holy hards, without wrath 
and doubting. 

9 ^ In like manner also, that women 
adorn themselves in modest apparel, with 
shamefacednws and sobriety ; not with 
broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or cost- 
ly array ; 

10 But (which becometh women prc- 
fes . godliness) with good works. 

- 1 LeX the woman learn in silence with 
af subjection. 

2 2 r Eut I suffer not a woman to teach, 
nor 'o u.-urp c.utiiovicy ever the man, but 
; m sJence. 

13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 
. d Adorn was net deceived, but the 
woman being deceived was in the trans- 
£ es 

15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved 
in chtidbeaciag, if they Continue in faith* 
and charity aad holiness with sobriety. 

' chap. in. 

1 M. - v*d deacons, and their 

: " udtified) 14 and to 

ote to Timothy 
.-sc things i 

Tel IS i ag,H a man 

toe . he desireth a 

g* od work. 

2 _ imeless, tl e 
baste soberiofgood 
bebaviou itality, apt to teach; 

3 No: given to v.ioe, no striker) nrt 
greedy of rlidyy lucre, but patient : not a 

□cvetous •; 
■uleth well hi3 own house, 
[km with all 
" ; 
r if a man k 

toe 

up with 
' prkk 

devil 



pure conscience. 

10 And let these also first be proved ; 
then let them use the office of a deacon, 
beine/rc??2 blameless. 

11 Even so must their wives he grave, 
not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 

12 Let the deacons' be the husbands of 
cne wife, ruling their children and their 
own houses well. 

13 For they that have used the office of 
a deacon well, purchase to themselves a 
good degree, and great boldness in the feith 
which is" in Christ Jesus. 

14 51 These things write I unto thee, 
hoping to come unto thee shortly : 

15 But if I tarn long, that thou mayest 
know how thou oughtest to behave thyself 
in the house of God which is the church of 
the living God, the pHlar and ground of 
the truth. 

16 And without controversy great is the 
mystery of Godliness ; God was manifest 
m the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen cf 
angels, preached unto theGen tiles, believed 
en in the world, received up into glory. 

C H A P. IV. 
Paid fc in the latter times 

there shall be a deflartttfe /rem the faith, 

^TOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, 
^ that in the latter times some shall de- 
part from t'oe faith, giving heed to sedu- 
cing spirits, and doctrines of devils : 

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy: 
their conscience seared with a hot iron ; 

3 Forbidding to marry, and can: : 

to abstain from meats, which God hath 
created to be receh cd with thanksgiving of 
them which believe i.-v". know the truth. 

4 For every creature of God is good, 
and naming to be refused, if it be received 
with thanksgiving: 

5 For it - by the word ol God 
and prayer. 

6 If thou put the brethren in remem- 

: a good 
minister ot Jesus Christ, nourished up io 
the words nd of good doctrine, 

wltereunto th oed. 

7 But refuse 1 old, wives' fa- 
bles, and exert .. : fa r unto &cd- 

^-^ „ ■ ,. , 

8 For bodily exerci • Bute : 

:oeis is profit I things," 

having r l - tlut n3w iS > aud 

of that 

9 ITiis ic a faithful ' wcithy 
of all at 

10 For therefore we both labour, ar»d 
suffer reproach, bee ' » the 

)ur o: all men, 
ly of those that believe, 

12 Le 



Qfjwid^ws andzlders. Cha'p. 

be thou an example of the believers, in 
wn;d, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, 
in i utlivin purity. 

13 Till 1 come, give attendance to read- 
i exhortation, to doctrine. 

14 Neglect u i in thee, 
which was given thee uy prophesy, with 
the laying ont .the presbyte- 
ry. 

' 15 Meditate upon these thing 

15 Y 
doctrine ; continue 

..id ihern 

C II A P. 
1 Rules tobi i re /.roving. 3 

rs. 

REBL 
Either ; ana men as 

bi<^ii 
2 The elder :rs ; the 

4 Hut if an Idren or 

nephews, let is. 

itinuethin 

9 Let 

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16 If any manor woman that belteveth 
have widows, let them rtlicve them, and 
let not the church be charred ; that itmuy 
relieve them that are widows indeed. 

17 *I Let the elder-, u -it nfe wdl, be 
counted worthy of dou! pecially 
they who labour in the word and d 

18 For the scripture saith, Thbfl 
not muzzle the ox that tread*, th 

COTD . And, The labourer is worthy oi his 

- 1 elder receive not an accu- 
Kit before two or three wu:. 

. - tmke before all, that 

21 1 d before God, and the 

that thou tout pre* 

ality. 

; artakeroi other men 
;.nre. 

tic wine fur thy 

often infirmities* 

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1100 P&iiffi love to Timothy. II. T1MOTH Y. Of ' phygellus end Hermpgene*. 



ticji and a snare, and into many 

11 Li'ui fusjts, which drown men 

: uction and perdition. 

■ x the love of money is the root of 

^ i.-ch while some coveted after, 

tStyey bav£ erred ircm the faith, and pierced 

the . s ■ Ives through with many sorrows,; 

ut thou. ' ■■ man of God, flee these 
<hiijtrs; and fbUqw after rightepnjsness, god- 
, \hh, love, patience, meekness. 

12 Fight 'the «ccd fight of faith, lay hold 
©p eternal life, whereunto thou artafso 
called, and hast professed a good profes- 
sion before many witnesses. 

13 I give thee charge in the sight of 
God, who tjuickeneth all things, and before 
Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate 
•witnessed a good confession ; 

24 That thou keep this commandment 
without spot, unrebukable, until the ap- 
pearing of our Lord Jesus Christ : 

15 Which in his times he shall shew, 
who is the blessed and only Potentate, the 
King of kings, and Lord of lords ; 

16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling 



in the light which no man Can approach 
unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can 
see : to whom be honour and power ever- 
lasting. Amen. 

17 Charge them that are rich in this 
world, that they be not highminded, nor 



trust in uncertain riches, but in the living 
God, who riveth lis rirhlv nllThintfc ?r> pn. 

j°y; 



, who giveth us richly ail thing:- to en- 



S That they do good, that -]/:y bench 
in good works, ready to distribute, willing 
to communicate ; • ' / 

19 La;, ing up in store for themselves a 
good foendat;- n against the time to come, 
that they may lay hold on eternal life. 

20 O Timothy keep that which. 
mitted to - voiding profane and 
vain bat! - ions cf science 
falsely so called; 

21 Which some professing have erred 
concerning the faith. Grate be with thee. 
Amen. 

if The first to Timothy was written 
from Laodicea, which is the chietest 
city of Phrygia Pacatiana. 



The Second Epistle of 'Paul the Apostle to Timothy. 



CHAP.'I. 
1 'Foul's love to Timothy^ and Timothy's 
faith. 8 Paul giveth divers exhorta- 
tions. l5 pfPhygeUusahdHermogehes 
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the 
will of God, according to the promif ~ 
of life which is in Christ Jesus, 

2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved sen : 
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the 
Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord. 

3 I thank God, whom 1 serve from my 
forefathers with ' pure conscience, that 
without ceasing 1 have remembrance of 
thee in my prayers night and day ; 

4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being 
rnindnri of thy tears, that 1 may be filled 
with joy ; 

5 When I call to remembrance the un- 
feigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt 
first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mo- 
ther Eunice ; and 1 am persuaded that in 
thec also. 

6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance 
that thousdr up the gift of God, which is 
in th.ee by the putting on of my hands. 

7 For God hath not given us the spirit 
of tear ; but ot power, and of love, and ci 
a sound mind. 

& 1J Be not thou therefore ashamed ci 
the testimony ot our Lord, nor of me his 
prisoner : but be thou partaker of the at- 
Sictiohsofthe gospel according \,p the pow- 
er of God ', 



9 Who hath save d lis, and called w with 
an holy calling, not. according to our works, 
but accordingto his own purpose and grace, 
when was given us in Christ Jesus before 
the world beg; n ; 

10 But is now made manifest by the ap- 
pearing oi our Saviour Jesus Christ, who 

and hath brought life 
gh t th rough the gospel ; 

11 Whereunto lam appointed a preach- 
er, and an apostle, and a teacher of the 
Gentiles. 

12 For the which cause I also suffer 
these things : nevertheless, I am not a- 

J : for I know whom 1 have believ- 
ed- and I am persuaded that he is able to 
keep that which I have committed unto 
mt that day. 

13 iioid fast the form of sound words 
which thou hast heard of me, in faith and 

vhich is in Christ Jesus. 

1 4 That good t! ing which was commit- 
ted unto thee keep, by the Holy Ghost 
which dweUethin us. 

15 *} This thcu knowest, that all they 
whi :h are in Asia be turned away from 
r:.e ; q ; ; whom are Pbygeiius and Hermo- 
gene;;. 

16 The Lord give mercy uutotne house 
of One^iphorus ; for he oft refreshed me, 
and was not ashamed of my chain : 

17 But when he was in Rome, he sought 
me out very diligently, and found me. 





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Salutations, 



13 But evil men and seducers shall wax 
worse and worse, deceiving, and being de- 
ceived. 

14 But continue thou in the th'rgs. which 
thou hast learned and hast. beeo.° assured 
of, knowing of whom thou hast learned 
them ; 

15 And that from a child thou hast known 
the holy scriptures which are able temake 
thee" wise unto salvation, through faith 
which is in Christ Jesus, 

16 ^ All scrinture is given by inspira- 
'tion of God, ana is profitable ior doctrine, 
for reproof, for correction, tor instruction, 
in rignteou«ncss : 

17 That the man of God may be perfect, 
thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Paul eochorteth Timothy, 9 He tuilhlh 
him to come to him, and to bring Mark, 
and thi?ips whicft he wrote for. 

I CHARGE thee therefore before God, 
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall 
judge the quick and the dead at his ap- 
pearing and his kingdom ; 

2 Preach the word ; be instant in season, 
out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort 
with all long suffering and doctrine. 

3 For the time will come when they will 
Bet endure sound doctrine ; but after their 
own lusts shall they heap to themselves 
teachers, having itching ears ; 

4 And they shall turn away their ears 
from the truth, and shall be turned unto 
&bles. 

5 But watch thou in all things, endure 
afBictions, do the work of an evangelist, 
make full proof of thy ministry. 

. For I am now ready to be'offered, and 
the time of my departiire'is at hand. 

7 1 have fought a good fight, I have fin- 
ished my course,! have kept the faith : 

8 Henceforth there is laic! up for me a 
crown ol righteousness, which the Lord, 
the righteous judge, shall give me at that 
day ; and not to me only, but unto all them 
.also that love his appearing. 



9 \ Do thy diligence to come shortly un- 
to me : 

10 For Demas hath forsaken me having 
loved this present world, and is departed 
unto Thessalonica ; Crescens to Galatia, 
Titus unto Dalmatia. 

11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, 
and bring him with thee : for he is profit- 
able to.me for the ministry. 

12 And T chicushaye 1 tent to Ephesus. 
15 The cloak that i loft at Troas with 

Carpus, when thou cornest,bring with thee 
and "Use books, but especially the parch- 
ments. 

14 Alexander the coppersmith did me 
much evil : the Lord reward him accord- 
ing to his works : 

15 Of who n be thou ware also : for he 
hath greatly withstood our words. 

16 At my first answer no man stood with 
me, but all men. forsook me : I pray God 
that it may not belaid to their charge. 

17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with 
me, and strengthened me : ttiat by me. the 
preaching might be fully know, and that 
all the Gentiles might hear : and I was de- 
livered out of the mouth of the lion. 

18 And the Lord shall deliver me from 
every evil work, and will preserve me un- 
to his heavenly kingdom : towljom be glo- 
ry for ever and ever. Allien. 

" 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the 
household of Onesipho'rns. 

50 E i astus abode at Corinth : but Tro- 
phimus have I left at Mileturo sick. 

21 Do thy diligence to come before win- 
ter. Eubulus greeteth thee andPudens, 
and Linus, and Claudia, and all the breth- 
ren. 

22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy 
spirit. Graced with you. Amen. 

1) The second efiistle unto Timotheus, 
, ordained the first bishop of the church 
of the Ephesians, was written from 
Rome, when Paul was brought before 
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C H A P. t 

■ 1 Why Tiius was left in ' Crete. 6 How 
ministers should be qualified. 10 Gfe- 
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PAUL, a servant of God. an&ari 
of Jesus Christ, according to U 
of God's '"elect, and the aeknovfte 
the truth which is after godliness ; 
, . 2 In hope ofetejijal life, which God, (nat 
cannot lie, prbmised beicre the world be- 



gun ; 



3 But liilUV'ui due times manifested his 



word through preaching, which is com- 
mitted unto me according to the command- 
ol God ouf Saviour; . 

4 To Titus, mine own son' after the com- 
mon faith : grace, mercy, and peace, from 
God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ 
our Saviour. 

5 Fur this cause left I thee in Crete, 
that thou shjouldest set in order the th'ngs 
that arc Wanting, and ordain elders in e~ 
verv city, as Jl had appointed thee : 

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13 Bring Zena* the lawyer, And ApoHbs, 
on their journey diligently, that nothing oe 
■wanting unto them. 

14 And let ours also learn to maintain 
good works for necessary uses, that they 
be not unfruitful. 



PHILEMON, &y&&fri 

15 All that are with me salute thee. 

Greet them that love us in the faith. 

G race be with you all. Amen. 

1 It was -written to Titus, ordained the 

•ishipofthe church oftheCte- 

tians, from Nicepolis of Macedonia. 



Epistle o/\Paul the Apostle to Phileir 



Paul dedrcth Philemon to forgive his ser- 
vant, and lovingly to receive him again, 
PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and 
Timothy our brother, unto Philemon 
cur dearly beloved, and fellow labourer, 

2 And to mar beloved Apphia, and Ar- 
chippus our fellow soldier, and to the 
church in thy house : 

3 Grace to you, and peace, from God 
cur Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

4 I thank my God, making mention of 
thee a' ways in my prarers, 

5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which 
thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and to- 
ward all saints ; 

6 Tliat the communication of thy faith 
rr.ay become effectual by the acknowledg- 
ing of every good thing which is in you in 
Christ Jean*, 

7 For we have great joy and consolation 
in thy love, because the bowels of the-saints 
are refreshed by thee, brother. 

- 8 Wherefore, though I might be much 
b'ld in Christ to enjoin thee that which js 
convenient, 

9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech 
thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, 
and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 
. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus 
whom I have begotten in my bonds: 

11 Which in'tima past was to thee un- 
profitable, but now profitable to thee and 

• tome: 

12 Whom I have sent again : thou there- 
fore receive him, that is, mine own bowels : 

13 Whom I would have retained with 



me, that in thy stead he rnighj: hate 
tered unto me in the bonds ot the t 

1 !• But >yithout thy mind would i do nc 
thing ; that thy benefit should not be as it 
were of necessity, but willii 

15 For perhaps he therefore departed 
for a season, that thou shculdest receive 
him for ever ; 

16 !Not now as a servant, but above a 
servant, a brother beloved, s] 

but, How much more unto thee, both in the. 
fle»h, and in the Lord ? 

17 It thou count me therefore a partner, 
receive him as myself, 

18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth 
thee ought, put that on mine account ; f 

19 i Paul have written it with mine own 
hand, 1 will repay it, albeit 1 do not say to 
thee how thou owest unto me even thine 
own Self heskjes, 

20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee 
in the Lord : refresh my bowels in theLord. 

21 Having confidence in thy obedience, 
I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt 
also do more than I say, 

22 But withal prepare me also a lodging : 
for 1 trust that through your prayers I 
shall be given unto you. 

23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fel- 
low prisoner in Christ Jesus ; 

24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demns, Lucas, 
my fellow labourers. 

25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be with yoijr spirit, A 

T Written from Rome to Fhi'cmcn, by 
Onesimus a servant. 



Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews. 



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:/:er, 4 i$ fire/erve d before 
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3 Who befog the brightness iifi 
and thee: 

upholding a!i t] word <l his 

power, *>\ hen h I 'nvelf purged 

sat down on the rig 
Majesty m li 

4^1: 3 so much bejyt< 

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6 But Christ as a Son over his own 
■bouse ; whose house are we, if we hold 
fast the confidence and the-rejoicing of the 
hope firm unto the end. 

. 7 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost! saltb, 
To-day if ye will hear his voice, 

8 Harden not-your hearts, as in the pro- 
vocation, in the day of temptation in the 
wilderness : 

9 When your fathers tempted me, prov- 
ed me, and saw my works forty years. 

10 Wherefore I was grieved with that 
generation, and said, They do alway err 
in their heart, and they have not Jinown 
my ways : 

11 So I sware ; n my wrath, They shall 
not enter into my rest. 

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be 
in any of yon an evil heart or unbelief, in 
departing from the living God, 

13 But exhort one anbther tfaily,while it 
is c Med To-day ; lest any of you be hard- 
en eci through the deceitfuiness of sin. 

14 For we are made partakers of Christ 
if we hold the beginning of our confi- 
dence stedfaafc unto the end ; 

15 While it is said, To-day if ye will 
hear his voice, harden not your hearts as 
in the provocation. 

16 For some, when they hadljesrd, did 
frovoke : howbeit not all that cai)E 
Egypt" by Moses. 

17 But with whom was he grieved forty 
years? Was it not with them that had 
sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilder- 
ness I 

13 And, To whom sware he that they 
should not enter into his rest, but to them 
that believed not ? 

19 So we see that they could not enter 
in because of unbelief. 

CHAP. IV 

i The rest of Christians is attained by 

faith. 12 The power of God's word. 

14 By our high fir iest, J ecus the Son of 
God, subject to infirmities, hut riot to sin, 
16 we ?nu$t and may go boldly to the 
throne of grace. 

LET us therefore fear, lest a promise 
being left us of entering into his rest, 
any of ycu should : eem to come short of it. 

2 For unto us was the gospel preached, 

bs unto diem ; but the word pre icb- 
• t profit tbtma.ot being mixed with 
faith in them that heard/;. 

3 For we »v ; fleved do enter 
into rest,-ar. he said, As 1 have sworn in 
my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest : 
although the works were finished from the 
foundation of the world. 

4 For he Spake in a certain place of the 
seventh day on this wiisfe, And God did rest 
the seventh day from all his works. 

5 And in this place again, Ii they shall 
enter into cry reft, 



HEBREWS/ Christ's priesthood. 

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that 
some muut enter therein, and the\ to whom 
it was first preached entered not in be- 
cause of unbelief, 

7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, say- 
ing in David, To-day, after so long a time ; 
as it is e-aid, To-day, if ye will hear his 
voice, harden, not your hearts. 

8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then 
would he net afterward have spoken of an- 
other day. 

9 There remaineth therefore a rest to 
the people of God. 

10 For he that is entered into his rest, 
he also hath ceased from his own works, 
as God did from his. 

11 Let us labour therefore to enter into 
that rest, lest any man fall after the same 
example of unbelief. 

12 '%■ For the word of God is quick, and 
powerful, and sharper than any two edg- 
ed sword, piercing even to the "dividing 
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the join's 
a.nd marrow, and is a discerher oi tue 
though- s and intents of the, heart. 

13 Neither is there any creature that is 
not manifest mhis sight : but all things are 
naked and opened unto the. eyes oi hiin 
with whom we have to do. 

14 % Seeing then that we have a great 
nigh priest, that is pissed into the heavens, 
Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our 
profession; 

15 For we have not an high priest which 
cannot be touched with the feeling of cur 
infirmities ; but was in all points tempted 
like as we are, yet without sin. 

16 % Let us therefore come boldly unto 
the throne of grace, that we may obtain 
mercy, and find grace to help in time of 
need. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The authority and honottf of our Sa- 
viour's priesthood. 11 Mgllge?ice in 
the knowledge thereof ' reprovta*. 

FOR every "high priest taken from a- 
mong men is ordained for men in 
things pertaining to G.-^d. that he may of- 
fer both, gifts and sacrifices for sittS : 

2 Who can have compassion on the ig- 
norant, .moon them that are rut of the 
way ; for that he himself is also compass- 
ed with infirmity. 

3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for 
the people, so also for himself, u> offer for 
sins. 

4 And no mantaketh this honour unto 
himself but he that is called of God, as 
'iua.s Aaron. 

5 So also Christ glorified not himself to 
be made an high priest ; but he that said 
unto him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I 
begotten thee. 

6 As he saith also in another place .Thou 



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1 will multiply thee. 
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7 And without all contradiction the less 
3s blessed of the better. 

S And here men that die receive lathes ; 
but there lie rcceiveth them } of whom it is 
witnessed that he liveth, 

9 And as I may so say, Levi also, Who 
rcceiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. 

10 For he was yet in the loins of his la- 
ther, when Meichisedec met him* 

11 "if 1 f therefore perfection were by the 
Levitical priesthood, (for under it the pec- 
people received the *iaw), What further 
need was there that another priest should 

■ the order of Meichisedec, and not 
■.led after the order of Aaron ? 
iS For the priesthood being changed 
there is mzid'e of necessity a change also oi 
the law. 

13 For he of whom these things are spc- 
fcejn pertaineth to another tribe, ol" which 

ii gave attendance, at the altar. 

14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang 
out of Juda ; of which tribe Moses spake 

ig concerning priesthood. 

15 And it is yet far more evident: for 
that after the similitude of Meichisedec 
there ariseth another priest, 

16 Who is made, not after the law of a 
< i [} ), commatidmentjbut after the power 



17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest 
forever a her the order of Meichisedec. 

18 For .bcrc is verily a disannulling of 
the (commandment going before for the 
weakness and unprofitableness thereof* 

19 For the low made nothing perfect, 
but the bringing in of a better hope did j 
by the winch we draw nigh unto God. 

20 Arid inasmuch as not without an 
oath he was made priest «* 

21 For those priests were made with- 
out an oath ; but this with an oath by him 
that said unto him, The Lord sware and 
will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever 

he order of Meichisedec ; 
v so much was Jesus made a surety 
cf a better testament. 

23 And they truly were many priests, 
-■ere not suffered to continue 
;i of death: 

man A Because he continueth 
!; an unchangeable priesthood. 
25 Wherefore ne ' s al °» e a1iSQ t0 save 
them to the uttermost that come unto God,. 
hv him, string he ever lireth to make in- 
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holy, harmless, undefiled, separate 
' ■ ■ and made I igher than the 

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Bis priesthood UtokQMgmbtii 

23 For the law maketh men hftgh priests 
which have infirmity ; but the word cf tv 
oath, which was since the laW, maketh I ic 
Son, who is consecrated for even,': 

C H A P. VIII. 

1 By Christ's eternal ftrieithiood the Levit- 

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make the : -, for, See, saith he, 

that thou oou.ing to the 

■ : lo thee in the mount. 

6 But now hath he obtained a more ex* 
. ich also he is 

the mediator of a bet it, which 

was established upon better promises. 

7 *Sf For if that first covenant had beea 
faultless, then should no place have been 
sought for the second. 

8 Foi findinj I uilt with them, "c 
Behold the d ■; ; o come, safth the Lord* 
when I will make a new covenant with the 
house otlsri lai d with the house of Judah. 

9 Not ace ■■ ' ig to the e >vei*a»tihat I 
made with their fathers in the day when I 
took them by the hand to lead them out of 
the land of Egypt : because they continued 
not in my covenant, and I regarded them 
not, saith the Lord. 

10 For '.his is the covenant that I will 
make with the house oi Israel after those 
days, saith the Lord ; I will put my laws 
into their mind, and write them in their 
hearts : and I will be to them a God, and 
they si vail be to me a people : 

11 And they shall not teach every mm 
his neighbour, and every man his brother, 
saying, Know the Lord i for all shall know 
me, froi a the ! sja st to the greatest. 

12 For 1 will be merciiul to th< 
righteousness, ■ '■ their sins and their in* 
iquitiei . jer no more. 

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in burn? offerings and sacrifices for 
sin th ii3 h ,-t had no pleasure. 

7 Then said 1, Lo*, I come (in the vol- 
ume i i j written oi me) io do 
thy wi':., OGod. 

8 Above, when he said, Sacrifice and 
offering and burnt offerings, and offering 
ior sin thou wouldest riot, neither hadst 
pleasure therein; which are offered by die 
law ; 

9 Then said be, Lo, I come to do thy 
will, O God. He taketh away the first, 
that he may establish thesecoftd. 

By the which will we are sancti- 
fied through the offering of the body of Je- 
sus Christ race for alL 

11 And every priest standeth daily min- 
istering and offering of r entimes the same 
sacrifices, which can never rake away sins : 

12 But this man, utter he had offered 
one sacrifice for sins, lor ever sat down on 
the right hand of God ; 

13 From henceforth expecting till his ! 
enemies I a made his footstool'. 

14 s ): For by one offering he hath per- 
fected fi r eve:- them that are sanctified. 

15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a 
witness to us, tor after that he had said be- 
fore, 

16 Thisz'j? the covenant that I will make 
with them after those days, saith the Lord, 
i will put my laws into thdr hearts, andin 
their minds will I write them ; 

17 And their sins and iniquities will I 
remember no more. 

18 Now where remission of these is, 
there is no more < ffering I r sin. 

19 Having therefore, brethren .'. 

into the holie -.thy the blood of Jesus, 

20 By a new and living way, Which he 
hath consecrated for us, through the veil, 
that istOsay,hi .flesl ; 

21 An< i high priest over the 
house u 

S3 Let us draw nenr with a true heart 
in full assurance of faith, having our hearts 
sprii kled from ahevilcxaisdence, and our 
1 with pure water. 
23 i etuS ho'd fastthe profession ci' our 
v ti\ wa\crir.g ; ior he U 
th:a pr- M hod i 

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judgment and fiery ha%uath n. v. 
devour the adversaries. 



HEBREWS. Of hotting fast the. faith 

23 HetbatdespisedMoses'slaw died with- 
out mercy under two or three witnesses: 

29 Of how much ^orer punishment , sup- 
pose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who 
hath trodden under foot the Son of God, 
and hath counted die blood of the covenant, 
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy 
thing, and&ith dune despite unto the Spi- 
rit ox g: 

30 For we knosfe him that hath said, 
Vengeance bdonget h unto me, I « 
corripense, saith the Lord. And 
The Lord shall jad^ehis people. . 

51 It ia a fearful thing to full into the 
hands of the living God. 

32 But call to remembrance; the former 
days, in. which, aiaerye were illuminated, 
ye endured a great right of afflictions ; 

33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gaz- 
ing stock both by reproaches and afflic- 
tions ; and parti} - , whilgt ye became com- 
panions of them that were soused; 

34 For ye had compassion of me in my 
n 3 took joyfully the spoiling of your 

goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have 
in heaven a better and an enduring sub- 
stance. 

35 Cast not away therefore your confi- 
dence, which hath great recompense of 
reward. 

36 For ye have need of patience, that, 
after ye have done the will of God, ye might 
receive the. promise. 

37 For yet a little while, and he that 
shah come will come, and will not tarry. 

38 Now the just shad live by faith ; but 
if any man draw back, my soul shall have 
no pleasure in him. 

39 But we are not of them who draw 
back unto perdition ; but of them that be- 
lieve to the saving of the scul. 

C HA P. XI. 
1 What faith is. 6 Without faith tot Can- 
not please God. 17 The fruit* thereof* 
NQYV faith is the substance of things 
hoped for, the evidence of things not 



2 For by it the elders obtained a good 
report. 

3 Throue;!i faith we understand thatthe 
worlds were framed by the word of God, 

which are seen were not 
: . Lings which do appear. 

4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more 

; aenfice than Cain, by which he 
witness that he was' righteous, 
God testifying of his girts: and by it he 
etspeaketfi. 

5 By faith Enoch was translated that 

! ■ ; and was no 

him: for be- 
fore his translation he . timeny, 
, leased God. 

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please Aisi; for he that cometh to God 



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set hi*, and let us run with patience the 
race that is set before us, 

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and 
r of our fafth ; who for the joy that 
efore him, endured the cross, des- 
pising the shame, and is set down at the 
and of the throne of God, 
L 3 For consider him that endured such 
contradict-:- lio linsf Himself, lest 

ve be. wearied i your 'minds; 

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i] a ; s with sons : for, What sen is he 
whijiii the father chasteneth not ? 

g J$ut if ye fee without chastisement, 
ai p .v.-tukers, then are ye bas- 

9 Fm'thfermore; we have had fathers of 
ourflesh which ddrrected us, and we gave 

ice-;: Sha'.i we not much ra- 
unto the Fa* her of spi- 

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fei own pleasure-; but he 

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voice of words ; which voice thev that 
heard entreated that the word .should not 
be spoken to them any more : 

20 For they could not endure tint which 
was commanded. And if so much as a beast 
touch the mountain, it shall hi ptoned, or 
thrust through with a dart : 

21 And so lerri&'e was tl 
tid, Iexceeditw 

22 % But ve are cr . 
and unto iha city of I 

1 Jerusalem, and to an innumera- 
ble company of angels* 

23 To the ge .•' y and r hnrch 
oi the first born, wliiri .are '7, : 

en, and to God the Ju< pdtpTtbe 

spirits of just men made pei 

24 And to J r the new 
covenant, and to the blood of;spi h 

that speaketh better things tmn 
Abel. 

25 See that ye refuse not him that ipeak- 
eth. For if they escaped not wna refused 
him that spake ( n earth, much moresAa// 
not we escafii way from him 

25 Whose voice then shook the earth : 
but now he hath promised, saying, Ye-: 
once more I shake not the earth only, but 
also heaven, 

27 And this word. Yet once nw I 
nifieth tl i of those things that 

lings that are ma.de, 
not be* shaken 
may remain. 

28 Whef'efei kingdom 
which cannot be removed, let us have 
grace, whereby we may serve pod 

ablv with reverence and godly fear : 

29 For our- God is a consuming fire. 

CHAP. XIII. 

void a ••' God's 

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:Z'C. 

LET ' e continue. 

2 Be not forgetful to entertain stran- 
gers : for thereby some have entertained 
angels unaware;. 

e . trial: are in bands as 

bound with them ; and them which suffer 

bi ipg yourselves also in the > 

body. 

4' II Marriage z',9. honourably in all, and 

d : but whoremonger^arrd 

adulterers G ! 

5 if Lt 

covetousness ; - '• such 

things' as ye h .. 

forsake thee. 

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18 Of his own will begat he us with the 
word of truth, that we should be a kind of 
fi rst fruits of his creatures. 

19 5 Wiiej-efore, my beloved brethren, 
let every mar. be. swift to bear, slow to 
lepeak, slow to wrath: 
v 20 For the wrath of rnan wcrketh not 

iteousness pi 

21 Wl : - all fi^hinese, 
and superfluity of .najaghtiness, asod tfeceh e 
with meekness die eagijafted wo/d which 
is able to save your sou is. 

22 But: be ye doers of the word, and not 
hearer < only, vlcceivingyour own selves. 

)r if any be a hearer of the word, 
*p$ >v ■: ■-:. doer;, he is tike unto a man be- 
Soldi p a glass : 

24 Fcv . Lndgoeth 
his way, and straightway forgetteth what 
manner of man he war,, 

25 jRut whoso looketh into the perfect 

ing not o. jprgeUul bearer, but ;< d 
-'•r:smTin shall bebless 

26 f If any 

i..;t 
deceiveth his own heart, v . 
eooh rsvain. 

27 Pure lheforc 
God air: is this, To. visit the fa- 
therless and widows in their affliction, and 
to keep himself unspotted from the world. 

CHAP. II. 

1 We must rot despise the poor. 14 Faith 

with :iu works, 17 is dead. 

MY brethren, have not the faith of our 
Lore! Jesus Christ, the Lord of glo- 
ry, with respect of persons. 

2 For if there come unto your assem- 
bly a man with a gold i ing, in goodly ap- 
parel, and there come in also a poor 'man 
in vile raiment : 
5 And ye ha ve respect to him that wear- 
ay doth ing, and say unto him. Sit 
thou Utve iii a good place ;" and say to the 
poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under 

4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, 
raid are become judges of evil thoughts ? 

5 Hearken., my beloved brethren, Hath 
pot G'-q chosen thepoorbf thiswcrkl,rich 
in taith, .c kingdom which he 
hath promised to them that, love him ? 

6 But ye have despised the poor. Do 
not rich men oppress you, and draw you 
before thre judgment seat? i 

7 Do they not blaspheme that worthy 

by the which ye ore called I 

v, according to 
Hhy neigh - 
weli ; 

tspect to persons, ye 
; o-c convinced ot the law 



JAMES. Of faith and works. 

10 For whosoever shall keep the whole 
law, and yet offend in one point, he is 
guilty ot all. 

11 For he that said, Do not commit a- 
duiterv, said also, Do not kill. Mow if thou 
commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou 
art become a transgressor of the law. 

12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that 
shall be judged by the law of liberty." 

.13 For he .shall have without 

mercy, that hath shewed no mere}- ; and 

ist judgment.' 

■ v'hat dolh it profit, my brethren, 

though a man say he bath faith, and have 

not works? Can fakhsave him \ 

15 If a brother or sistei be naked, and 
destitute of daily food, 

16 And one ci you say unto them, De- 
part in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; 
notwithstanding ye ?;ive them not these 
things, which; are needful to the body; 
What dolh h profit. 

17 1i Even so faith, if 'fohaftisot works. 



18 Y i may say, Thou hast 
faith, and I have works: shew me thy 
faith without thy works, and I will shew 
thee my faith by my works* 

19 ThqubeHevest that there is one God : 

est well: the devils also believe 
and tremble. 

20 Bm wilt thou know, O vain man,that 
taith without works is • 

21 Was not Abraham our father j: 
•fied by works, when lie had offered Isaac 
his son upon the alt 

22 Sseiit thou how faith wrought wiih 
his works, and by works was faith made 
perfect ? 

23 And the scripture was fulfilled which 
saith, Abraham believed God, and it was 
imputed unto hkn for righteousness : and. 
he was called the Friend of God. 

24 Ye see then how that b*» works a 
man is justified, and not by rar-h' only. 

25 Likewise also, was not Rahab the 
harlot justified by works, when she bad re- 
ceived the messengers, ana bad senitfAewi 
out another way i 

26 For as the body without the spirit is 
dead, so faith without works is dead also. 

CHAP. HI. 
1 Tic are not rasJily nor arrogantly to re- 
prove others, 5 but rather to briUe the\ 
tongue. 13 The truly wise ere mdd and 
peaceable, Without emrying and strife. 

MY brethren, any masters, 

knowing Inat we shall receive the 
greater condemnati' <n . 

2 For in h v/e offend all. If 
any man offend not in word, the same is a 
perfect man, and able also to bridle the 
whole both*. 

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mercy. 

22 " 6 I But above al] things, my brethren, 
swear not, neither by heaven, neither by 
the earth, nei her by any other oath: hut 
fct your yea, be yea ; and 7/swr nay, nay ; 
let ye fail into condemnatioH. 



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C H A P. I. , 

I He blessf.ih God for his manifold spirit- 
ual graces ; 10 sheweth thai the salve- ! 
tion in Christ is no ncwsj/ia a thing 
fircfihe&ied of old; 13 and tx 
•hen} to a godly ctmver&Qtion* 

PETER, au apostfe oi Jesus Christ, to 
the strangers scattered throughout 
Galatia, Cappadocja, Asia, and 
nia, 

2 Ecct according to the foreknowledge 

her, through sanctification 
ftf the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling 
of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto 
j-ou, and peace, be multiplied. 

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his 

_ • ey hath begot; en us again 
lively hope by the resurrection of 
Jc-us Christ from the dead, 

4 1*o an inheritance iriK 

nnuefi'ed, and that fadeth not away, re- 
served : rycu, 

5 Who are kept'©}' the, power of God 

ion, ready to be 
: edin the.lak.time : 

ye greatly rejoice, 
.son, if need be, j i 
ugh manifold temptations j 



7 That the 
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8 Whom • ye love; in 
whom, t : . | vet be- 

- unspeakable 
and Full of glory : 

9 Receiving the end of your faith, even 

10 % Of which salvation the pr( 
have inquired and searched diligently, who 
prophesied of the grace that should conn 
unto yon : 

11 S. a or what manner of 
time the Spirit of Christ which was in 
them ah; 

Christ, andth 

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down ir ■ 

ge;s r - into. 

your mind, be sober, and hope to '. 



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for the grace that is to l>e brought unto you 
at t'ne re 

• obedient chi 

15 Bat ai he 1 you is 

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1-: Br-eau.ehis vr 
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23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled 
nor igajn ; when.he sujfjfeyesd, he threaten- 
enednot'; but committed Himself to him 
tfeat judge n righteously: 

24 Who his own self bare our sins in his 
own body on the tree, that we, being dead 
to sins, shoiiidUve unto righteousness : by 



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as . beep going astray; 

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1118 The duty of dvives and husbands. I. PETER. Exhortation to suffer persecution 

ness' sake, happy are ye : and be not a- 
fraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your 
hearts : and be ready always to give an 
answer to every man that asketh you a 
reason of the nope that is in you with 
meekness and fear ; 

16 Having a good conscience ; that, 
wkereas they speak; evil of you, as of evil 
doers, they may be ashamed that 
accuse your goc c mersation i.i Christ. 

17 For , ii the will of God he 
so, that ye sailer for well doing, -than for 
evil doing. 

18 For Christ also hath once suffered 
for sins, the just 

bring us tc G ... in the 

flesh, bii iuickem 

lSf'By ad preach- 
ed unto tl 

20 Whi 

when once-.h - - vl God waited 

in the da) s oi 11 . the; ark was a 

preparing . .. ^s, eight scufc, 



but are now r 

ana bishop of your souls. 

CHAP. III. 

1 Tie teacheth the duty of wives and hus- 
bands ; 8 ex- . ■.,;-£ to unity and 
, love-, \4t-am secution, l9The 
benefi s of Christ toward the <M world'. 

LlKEVv>$E, ;, e wives, be in subjection 
to your own husbands ; that, ii any 
• ord, they also may without 
{he [1 be . on bv the conversation of the 



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4 But let ii be the hidden man of .he 
hear';, in that which is not corruptible, 
ervtn the ornament of a meek and quiet 
spirit, which is in the sight of Gcd el great 
price. 

5 For after tins manner in the old time 
the holy women also, who trusted in God, 
adorned themselves, being in subjection 
unto their own husbands : ^ 

6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, call- 
ing him Lord : whose daughters ye are, 
as long as ye do well, and ai e not aft aid 
with any amazement 

7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with 
than according to knowledge, giving hon- 
our unto the jwife s as unto the weak; r ves- 
sel, and as bpin ogether '■ 

eflife ; tha \ snot hindered. 

■ . . 8 If Finally, be ye all of one mind, hav- 
ing compassion one of another; love as 
brethren, be pitiful, be courteous : 

9 Not rendering evil for e 
for railing: but cgntrari 

Snowing chat ye r re thereunto ealledj that 
ye should inhei i 

10 For he' 

flays, let him refrain K5st< • 
and his lips that the 

11 Lot him e: do good ^ 
let him seek ■; 

12 For the e; Lord are over 
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their prayers : but the face of the Lord .c 
• evi!, 

ie that will harm y< n, 
if ye be follow e 
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the right I udc 

itie?s and powers being made sul 

him. 

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1 Peter exhorti .' 
by the example of C/nii . 
sideration of the general end that m.w 

YP^'- •-■->' "■-''--'■'''■ ■ - " " C ' ' bathsuf- 
JL feredfoi h, arm your- 

selves lil e the same mind : for he 

that hath sufier.edin the flesh hath ceased 

2 That he no longer should live the rest 
of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, 
but io the will of God. 

3 For the time past of our life may suf- 
fice us to have wrought the will of the 
Gentiles, when we walked in lascivious- 
ness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, ban- 

n s, and abominable idolatries : 
erein they think it stfcange that ye 
run not with them to the same excess of* 

to shall giv.e account to him that . 
and the dead. 

6 Toy, for this cause was the gospel 

to them that are dead, that 
they mii according to men in 

.'. but live according to God in the 
spirit. 

7 But the end of all things is at hand :• be 
ye therefore sober, and watch unto Drayeff 



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False teachers described. 



4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding 
great and precious promises ; thcttby these 
ye mi^ht be partakers of the divine n >.- 
ture. having escaped the corruption that 
is in the world through lust. 

■5 \ And beside this, giving all diligence, 
add to your faidi, virtue ; and to virtue, 
knowledge ; 

6 And to knowledge, temperance ; and 
to temperance patience, and to patience 
godliness; 

7 And to godliness, brotherly kindness ; 
and to brotherly kindness, charity. 

8 For if these things be in you, and a- 
bound, they make you that ye &hallne\iher 
be barren nor unfruitful in "me knowledge 
of cur Lord Jesus Cnrist. 

9 But he that jaefceth these things is 
blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath tor- 
gotten that he Was purged from his eld sips. 

m 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give 
diligence to make your calling and election 
sure; for if ye do these thugs, ye shall 
never fall ; 

11 For so an entrance shall be m Mister- 
ed unto you abundantly into the everlasting 
kingdom, of our Lord and Savieur Jesus 
Ciri t. 

12 % Wherefore I will not be negligent 
to put y< u always in remembrance ct there 
thing 4 -, though ;, e know them, and be es- 
tablished in the present truth. 

13 Yea, 1 think it meet, as long as I am 
in this tabernacle, to stir you up by puling 
you in remembrance ; 

14 Knowing that shortly J must put off 
ihismy tabernacle even as our Lord Jesus 
Christ hath shewed me. 

15 ivloreover, I will endavor that ye 
may be able after my decease to have these 
things a'ways in remembrance. 

16 % For we have not followed cun- 
ningly devised tables, when we made known 
unto you t'e power and coming or our Lord 
Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his 
majesty, 

17 For he received from God the Fa- 
ther honour and glory, when ti.ere came 
such a voice to him from the excellent glo- 
IY, This is my beioved Son, in whom 1 am 
well pleased. 

18 And this voice which came from 
heaven we heard, when we were with him 
in the holy mount. 

19 V. e have also a more sure word ct 
prophesv : whereuato ye do weil that ye 
take heed, as unto a light that sbineth in a 
dark p'ace, until the day dawn, and the 
day star arise in your hearts : 

Z"j Ilo r.vung this first, that no prophecy 
ofthe sc; iptre is of any private interpreta- 
tion. 

21 For the prophesy came not in old 
time by the will ot roan ; but holy men of 



God spake as they were moved by the 

Holv Ghost. 

CHAP. II. 

1 Peter fretelleih ofjalse teachers, their 
imfiifty and punishment ; .7 from ivhicfi 
the godly shad be delivered, as Lot out 
of Sodom: 10 awl more fuly desert- 
b' j1 h the marmtr-s of thuse profane and 
Uasfihemow seducers. 

BUT there were false prophets also a- 
mong the people, even as there shall 
betake ttochers amors; you, who privily 
shall bring in damnable heresies, even He- 
rn ing the Lord that bought them, and bring 
upon themselves swift destruction. 
_ 2 And many shall follow their pernio 
clous ways ; by reason of whom the way 
of truth shall be evil spoken of. 

3 And through covetousness shall they 
with feigned words make merchandise of 
you : wnose judgment now of a long time 
iingereth not, and their damnation slum* 
bere-h not. 

4 For if God spared not the angels that 
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and de- 
livered them into chains of darkness, to be 
reserved unto judgment ; 

5 And spared not the old wo-'d, but 
saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher 
ot righteousness, bringing in the flood upon 
the world of the ungodly ; 

6 And turning the cities ot Sodom and 
Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them 
with i.n overthrow, making them an en- 
s ample unto those that alter should live 
ungodly ; 

7 % And delivered just Lot, vexed with 
the filthy conversation of the wicked : 

8 (For that righteous man dwelling a- 
mong them, in seeing and hearing, vexed 
his righteous soul from day to day with 
their unlawtul deeds) : 

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the 
ungodly out of temptations, and to reserve 
the unjust unto the day cf judgment to be 
punished : 

10 «," But chiefly them that walk after 
the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and 
de-pise government. Presumptuous are 
,7:L\ they are not afraid to 
speak evil of dignities : 

11 Whereas angels, which are greater 
in power and might, bring not railing ac? 
cusation against them before the Lord. 

12 But these, as natural brute beasts, 
made to be taken ?nd desti oyed, speak evil 
of the things that they understand not ; and 
shall utterly perish i Vtheir t wo corruption : 

13 And shall receive the reward of un- 
righteousness, a they that count it plea- 
sure to riot in the day time. Spots they 
are and blemishes, sporting themselves 
with their own cleceivings while they feast 
with vou : 



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The First Epistle General of John. 



CHAP. I. 
1 John desenbeth the person of Christ 
in whom "we heme eternal life by a com- 
munion with God: 5 to which itfe^nuu 

Hpj '' il which was from theWmriinp. 
v Jl which we haye&eard which 

lied, of the 

2 (i'nr the life was manifested, and we 
have ; ir witness,, and shew 

1 •■ -. i s with 
th: Father, , ndwi m i ■' unto us;) 

3 That which we hi nd heard 
declare we un o you .o^o may 
have i( lie • uly our 
fellowship z'swith the Father, and w$thfris 
Son Jesus Christ. 

4 And these things write we unto ycu, 
that yov.v i r -v inc-y be full. 

5 ir This then i:: the message whichwe 
have heard of him, and declare untpyou, 
! hat God is light, and in hlrii is no i 

at all 

oii' we say that we have fellowship with 
liim, and w ilk hi Carkness, we lie, and do 
truth j 

'/" But if we wall? ia the light, a-; he isip 
the light, we have feUoaahip <; : c v\ \: l \ an- 
ot j . • . ti d the blood ol Jesus Christ his Son 
c|ea seth us from all sin. 

8 II we say that we have no i in, we de- 
ceive ourselves-, and the truth is not in us. 



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himself also so to walk, even as he walked* 

7 Brethren, 1 write no ne # w command- 
ment unto you, but an old commandment 
which ye had from the beginning. The 
old commandment is the word which ye 
have heard from the beginning. / 

8 Again, anew commandment 1 write 
unto you, which thing is true in him and 
in you : because the darkness is past, and 
the true light now shinetH. 

9 He that saitii he is in the light, and 
hateth his brother, is in darkness even un- 
til now. 

19 He that loveth his brother abidefhJri 
the light, and there is none occasion of 
stumbiing in him. 

11 But he that hateth his brother is in 
darkness, and walketh in darkness, and 
knoweth not whither he goeth, because 
that darkness hath Winded his eyes. 

12 I write unto you, little children, be- 
cause your sins are forgiveri you for Iris 
name's sake, 

13 I write unto you, lathers, because ye 
haye: known him thai is from the begin- 
ning. 1 write unto you ,young men,because 
ye have the kicked one. I 
write unfc ren, because ye 

14 1 have written unto you, fathers, be- 
cause ye have known him that is from the 
begging. Ihave writtetfUntoyot^ young 
men, becau e ye - - str< nj , and die word 
of God abit'.eth" in you, and ye have over- 

15 Love not the world, neither the things 
that are in the world. If any man love the 
world , the love of the Father is not in him. 

If) For all that is in the world, the lust 
of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and 
the pride of life, is not of the Father, but 
is of the world. 

17 And the - 1 p way, and 

doeth the will 

is the lasttinie : 
ana as ye have heard that antichrist, shall 
i tichrists; 
st time. 

19 They went eat from us, but they 

: of us : for if they h id been of us, 
l ,- v i u'dwo doubt have continued with 
us : but they wait out, that they might be 
that they were 

20 % But ye have an unction Irom the 

ie« and ye know all thin ;s. 
tave not written unto ou because 
h not the trtfth, but because yeknp^ 
that no lie is of the troth. 
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that 
Jesus is the Christ : He is antichrist, that 
denieth the Father and the Son, 



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of God : and this is that spirit of antichrist, 
"whereot 3 e have heard that it should come ; 
and even now already is it in the world. 

4 Ye are of God, Utile children, and have 
overcome them: becaue greater is he 
that is in you. than he that is in the world. 

5 They are of the world : therefore 
speak they of the world, and the world 
fceareth them. 

6 We are of God : he that knowedi 
God heareth us ; he that is not of God 
beareth not us. Hereby kno w we the spl- 
int 0$ truth and the spirit of error, 

7 % Beloved, let 'us love one another : 
for love is of God; and every one that 
loveth is born oi God, and knoweth God. 

8 He that loveth not knoweth not Gud ; 
for God is love. 

9 In this was manifested the love of God 
to\vard us, becau-e that God sent his only 
begotten Son into the worid,that we might 
live through him. 

10 Herein is love, net that w&loved God, 
but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be 
the propitiation for our sins. 

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought 
also to love one another* 

12 No man hath seen God at any time* 
If we love one another., Goddwelleth inns, 
and his leve is perfected in us. 

13 Hereby know we that we dwell in 
him, and he in us, because he hath given us 
of his Spirit. 

14 And we have seen and do testify 
that the- Father sent the Son to be the Sa"* 

world', 
lo Whosoever shall confess that Jesus 
jo of God, God dwelleth in him, 
and he in God. 

16 And we have known and believed the 
love that God hath to us. God is love; 
and he that dweiieth in love dwelleth in 
God, and God in him. 

1 7 Herein is our love made perfect, that 
nvemay have boldness in the day of judg- 
ment ;" because as he is, so are we in this 
worid. 

18 There is no fear in love ; but perfect 
love casteth out fear : because fear hath 
torment. He that feareth is not made per- 
fect in love. 

19 We love h1m,because he first loved us. 

20 If any man say, I love God, and ha* 
tetn his brother, he is a liar ; for he that 
loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, 
How can he love God, whom he hath not 
seen ( 

21 And this commandment have we 
from him, that he who loveth God lovehis 
brother also. 

CHAP. V. 
1 He that loveth God, loveth his children 
and keepeth his commandments ; Stvhich 
(0 the faithful are light, and not gritv- I 



In what the love of &od U. 

ous* 9 Jesus is the Son of God, able to 
save us, 14 and to hear our prayers, 
which <we make for" oitraelves, and for 

WBDSOE^ER believeth that Jesus 19 
the Christ, is born of God J and ev- 
ery one that loveth him that begat, loveth 
him also that is begotten of him. 

2 By this we know that we love the chil- 
dren of God, when we love God, and keep 
his optrim and ments. 

3 *{ For this h the love of God that we 
keep his commandments : smd >his com- 
mandments are hot grievous. 

4 For whatsoever is born of God over- 
cometh the world : and this is the victory 
that overcometh the world, even our faith. 

5 Who is he that overcometh the world, 
but he'that believeth that Jesus is the Son 
01 God i 

This is he that came by water and 
en Jesu Christ ; not by Crater on- 
ly, bat by water and blood. And it is the 
Spirit that beareth witness, because the 
Spirit is truth. 

7 For there are three that bear record 
in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the 
Holy Ghost : and these three are one. 

8 And there ai : three 'hat bear witness 
in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the 
blood : and these three agree in one. 

9 % If we receive, the witness of men, 
the witness of God is greater : for this is 
the witness of Gcd which he hath testified 
ol his Son. 

10 He that believeth on the Son of God, 
hath the witness in himself: he that be- 
lieveth not God, hath made him a liar ; be- 
cause he believeth not the record that God 
gave of his Son. 

11 And this is the record, that God hath 
given to us eternal life, and this life is in 
his Son. 

12 He that hath the Bon hath life ; andlie 
that hath not the Son of God hath not life* 

13 These things have I written unto 
you that believe on the name cf the Son of 
God ; that ye may know that ye have eter- 
nal life, and that ye may believe on the 
name of the Son of God. 

14 Jfl And this is the confidence that we 
have in him, that, if we ask any thing ac- 
cording to his will, he heafeth us : 

15 And if we know that he hear us, 
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have 

:-dof him. 

16 If any man see his brother sin a sin 
ivhich is not unto death, be shall ask, and 
he shall give him life for them that sin not 
unto dea h. There J:-, a sin unto death : 
1 d^> riot say that he shall pray for iti 

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that the Lord having saved 

of the land ot Egypt, afterward d a 
them that believed not. 

6 And the as kept noVthei 
first estate, but left their owl 

hath reserved in everlasting chains under 
darkne s unto the judgment of the great 



the citi- - - nner, giv- 

ing themselves over to .,..:: Ig o- 

irg after strsnge fieshj are set forth for an 
example, suffering the vengeance of eter- 

8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers 
deii'e the flesh, despise dominion, and 

speak evil of dignities." 

9 Yet Michael the archangel, 1 ,-,' con- 
tending with-, the 

the body oi Mose i, durst not brinj 
'him a i said, The 

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holy faith, praying in 

21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, 
looking for the mercy of cur Lord Jesus 
Christ lii rnal lite. 

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them cut of' he fire; hating even the gar- 
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the blasphemy of them which say , and hearts : and 1 will give unto "every 
fchev are Jews, and are not, but a e'1 one of VburaccOrdingtoyburV^rks. 

synagogue of Satan. 24 fiut unto •■• li ! .y, and unto the rest 

10 Fcarnoneof ~ Thyatira, as is have not this doc? 

shall suffer: behold, the rine/and which have not known the 

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had been slain, having seven horns and 
seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of 

And be canoe and took the book out 
cf the right hand of him that sat upon the 
throne, 

8 And when he had taken the book, 
the four beasts and our and twenl 
fell down bteforefthe Larab> having every 
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6 And 1 heard a voice in the midst of 
the four beasts say, A measure of wheat 
for a penny, and throe measures of barley 
i" r a penny ; and see thou hurt not the oil 
and the wine. 

7 And when he had opened the fourth 
seal, 1 heard the vice of the fourth beast 

?d, ond, behold, a pale 

horse: and his name that sat en him was 

wed with him. And 

power was given unto them over the fourth 

with hunger, and with death, :./. toithth* 

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and his face was as it were the sun, and 
his feet as pillars of fire : 

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ope;< : and he set his right loot ujj 
sa, 3 his left fool on the earth, 
pried with a loud \ 
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4 And they worshipped the dragen 



8 And prevailed not ; neither was their 
place found any more in heaven. 

9 And the great dragon was cast out, 
that old serpent, called the Devil, and Sa- 
tan, which deceiveth the whole world.' 
he was cast out into the earth, arid his an- 
gels were cast out with him. 

10 And 1 heard a icud voice saying in 
heaven, Now is come salvation* and 
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and 
the power of his Christ : for the accuser of 
our brethren is cast dewn, which accused 
them before our God day and ntght. 

-- 11 And they overcame him by the ':'. : ■:, 
of the Lamb, and by the word of their tes- 
timony ;■ and they loved not their lives unto 
the death. 

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and 
ve that dwell in them. Wee to the inhab- 
iters of the earth and of the sea ! for the 
devil is come down unto you, having great 
wrath, because he knoweth that he hath 
but a short time. 

13 And when the dragon saw that he 
was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the 
■woman which brought forth the man child. 

14 And to the woman were given two 
■wings of a great eagle, that she" might fly 
into the wi'dernes^, into her place, where 
she is nourished ior a time, and times, and 
half a time, irom the face of the serpent. 

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth 
water as a flood after the woman, that he 
might cause her to be carried away of the 
flood. 

16 And the earth helped the woman, 
and the earth opened her mouth, and swal- 
lowed up the flood which the dragon cast 
out of his mouth. 

17 And the dragon was wroth with the 
■woman, and went to make war with the 
remnant of her seed, which keep the com- 
mandments ot God, andhave the testimo- 
ny of Jesus Christ. 

C H A P. XIII. 
1 A leant riscth out of the sea with seven 
heads and ten horns, to wh lfn the d\ agon 
giveth his power, li Another beast coni- 
■ eth up out of the earth, 14 causeth an im- 
age to be made of the former beast, ciV. 
AND I stood upon the sand of the sea, 
and saw a beast rise up cat of the 
sea, havinfg seven heads and ten horns, and 
upon his horns ten crowns, and u^;on his 
heads the name of blasphemy. 

2 Andthebeast which I saw was like 
unto a leeward, and his feet were as ths 
feet ol a bear, and his .mouth as the month 

. lion: and the dragon gave him his 
■bower, and his seat, and great autl* 

3 And I saw one ofhistoeads as i: were 
wounded to -death ; and his deadly • 

was healed : and ill ths world wsn&re i 
lifter the beast. 



which gave power unto the beast : and 
they worshipped the beast, saying, Who 
is like unto the beasc ? Who is able to make 
war with him i 

5 And there was given unto him a mouth 
speaking great things and blasphemies ; 
and power was given unto him to continue 
forty and two months. 

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphe- 
my against God, to blaspheme his name, 
and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in 
heaven. 

7 And it was given unto him to make 
war with the saints, and to overcome 
them : and power was given him over all 
kindreds and tongues and nations. 

8 And ail that dwell upon the earth 
shall worship him, whose names are not 
written in the book of life of the Lamb slain 
from the foundation of the world. 

9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 
lu He "that leadeth into captivity shall 

go into captivity ; he that kifleth with the 
sword must be killed with the sword. Here 
is the patience and the faith of the saints. 

11 * Audi beheld another beast coming 
up out of the earth ; and he had two herns 
like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 

12 And he exercisetb all the power of 
the first beast before him, and causeth the 
earth, and them which dwell therein to 
worship the first beastjWhbse deadly Wound 
was healed. 

13 And he doeth great wonders, so that 
he maketh fire come clown from heaven 
on the earth in the sight of men. 

14 % And deeeiveth them that dwell on 
the earth, by the means of those miracles 
which he had power to do in the sight of 
the beast; saying to ihera that dwell on 
the earth, that they should make an image 
to the beast, which had th© wound by a 
sword, and did live, 

15 And he had power to give life unto 
the image of the beast, that the image of 
the beast should both speak, and cau.-e that 
as many as would not worship the image of 
the beast should be killed. 

15 And he caused all, both small and 
gl eat ; rich and poor, free and bond, to re- 
ark in their right hand, or in 
their foreheads : 

17 And that no man might buy or sell 

that had the mark, or the name of 
the beast, or the number of his name. 

18 Here is wisdom, Let him that hath 
understanding count the number ot the 
beast : for it is the number of a man ; and 
his number is Six hundred three score and 
six. 

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1 The Lamb siandeth on mount Sion with 
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8 And the temple was filled with smoke 
from the glory of God, and from his pow- 
er ; and no man was able to enter into the 
temple, till the seven plagues of the seven 
angels were fulfilled. 

CHAP. XVI. 
I The angels fiour out their vials full of 

ivraih. 6 The plagues that foilatv 

thereupon, 

AND I heard a great voice out of the 
temple, saying-to the seven angel?, 
Go your ways, and pour out the vials of 
the wrath of God upon the earth. 

2 And the first went, and poured out 
his vial upon the earth ; and there fell a 
noisome and grievous sore upon the men 
which had the mark of the beast, and upon 
them which worshipped his image. 

3 And the second angel poured out his 
vial upon the sea; and it became as the 
blood 'of a dead man; and every living 
Soul died in the sea. 

4 And the third angel poured out his vi- 
al upon the rivers and fountains of waters ; 
and they became blood. 

£ An J I heard the angel of the waters 
say, Tiv >u art righteous, O Lord, nvhich 
art, an at, and shalt be, because thou 
hast judged thus ? 

6 f For they have shed the blood of 
saints and prophets, and thou hast given 
them blood to drink ; for they are worthy. 

7 And I heard another out of th? altar 
say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true 
and righteous are thy judgments. 

8 And the fourth angel poured out his 
vial upon the sun ; and power was given 
unto him to scorch men with fire. 

- 9 And men were scorched with great 
beat and blasphemed the name of God, 
which hath power over these plagues : and 
they repented not to give hipq glory, 

10 And the fifth angel poured out his 
\ iai upon the seat of the beast ; and his 
kingdom was full of darkness ; and they 
gnawed their tongues for pain, 

11 And blasphemed the God of heaven 
[because ot their pains and their sores, and 
repented no*: of their deeds. 

12 And the sixth angel poured out his 
vial upon the great river Euphrates ; and 
the water thereof was dried up, that the ( 
way of the kings of the east might be pre- 
pared. 

13 Aiid I saw three undean spirits like; 
froe;-.' come out ot tfee month of the dragon, 
and out of the month o' 'the beast, and oulj 
of the mouth of the false prophet. 

14 Toe they are the spirits of devilsj 
>srorking miracles, wMBn go forth unco the 
kings of the earth, a»d at too whole world, 
£6 gather rhem to the be tile c: that great 
day of God Almighty. 

i£ E'jho;d 5 1 come as a thief* Blessed is 



Vision of the great -whore* 
he that watcheth.and keepeth his garments, 
lest he walk naked, and they see his shame*. 

16 And he gathered them together into : 
a place called in the Hebrew tongue Arma- 
geddon, • 

17 And the seventh angel poured out 
his vial into the air ; and there came a 
great voice out of the temple of heaven, 
from the throne, saying, It is done. 

18 And there were voices, and thun-c 
ders, and lightnings ; and there was a great 
earthquake, such as was not since men 
were upon the earth, so eaighty an earths- 
quake, and so great, 

19 And the great city was divided into 
three parts, and the cities of the nations 
fell : and great Babylon came in remem* 
brance before God, to give unto her the cup 
of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath . 

20 And every island tied away, and the 
mountains were not found. 

21 And there fell upon men a great hail 
out of heaven, every stone about the weight 
of a talent : and men blasphemed God be* 
cause of the plague of the hail ; for the 
plague thereof was exceeding great. 

CHAP. XVII. 
3, &A wo?nan arrayed in purple. and scar- 
let, dtteth upon the beast, 5 which is great 
Babylon. 14 The victory of the Lamb. 

AND there came one of the seven an* 
ge^s which had the seven viais, and 
talked with me, saying unto me, Ccme 
hhher; I will shew unto theethe judgment 
of the great whore that sitteth upon many 
waters ; 

2 With whom the kings of .the e^.rth 
have committed fornication, and the in* 
habitants of the earth have -been made 
drunk with the wine of her fornication. 

3 ^F So he carried me away in the spirit 
into the wilderness ; and I saw a woman 
sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of 
names of blasphemy, having seven headp 
and ten horns. 

4 If And the woman was an ayed in pur- 
ple and scarlet colour, and decked with, 
gold and precious stones, and pearls, hav- 
ing a golden cup in her hand full of abom- 
inations and fiithiness of her fornication. 

5 -*[ And upon her forehead was a name 
written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE 
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HAR- 
LOTS AND ABOMINATION. J OF 
THE EARTH. 

6 And 1 saw the woman drunken with 
the blood of the saints, and with the blood 
of the martyrs ot Jesus: and when 1 saw 
her, I wondered with great srlmiration. «J 

iSd unto me: Where-? 
it Siou m.-.rvel i I will tell thee the 
mystery of the woman, and of tfa 
that carrieth her, which halh tfcs swfcj 
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9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed 
are they which are called unto the mar- 
riage siipper of the Lamb. * And he saith 



and cried, ■weeping and wailing, saying, 
Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were 
made rich all that had ships in the sea by 
reason of her costliness I for in one hour is 
she made desolate. 

20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and 
3f£ holy apostles and prophets ; for God 
Lath avenged you on her. 
• ,21 AncU. mighty angei took up a stone 
like a great millstone, and cast it into the 
s$fg, saying, Thus wish, violence shall that 
great city Babylon he thrown down, and 
shall be found no more at all. 

~2 And the voice of harpers, and mu- 
sicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters shall 
be beard no more at all m thee ; and no 
craftsman, of whatsoever caft he be, shall 
be found no more in thee ; and the sound 
of a millstone shall be heard no more at all 
in thee ; 

23 And the light of a cnndle shall shine 
no more at all in ihee ; and the voice of the 
bridegroom and of the bride shall he heard 
zio more at all in thee : for thy merchants 
were the great men of the earth ; for by 
thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 
. 24 And iu her was found the blood of 
prophets, and of saints, and of all that were 
slain upon the earth. 

CHAP. XIX. . f 

1 God is praised in heaven for judging 

Babylon and avenging the blood of the 

soffits, 7 The marriage of the Lamb, 17 

The fowls called io the great slaughter* 

AND attar these things I heard a great 
voice of much people in heaver, say- 
ing, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and 
honour, and power,unto the Lord our God ; 
.2 For true and righteous are his judg- 
ments : for lie hath judged the great whore, 
■which did corrupt theearth with her for- 
mication, and hath averted the blood ci 
Iris servants at her hand. 

3 And again they said, AMeluia. And 
■her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 

4 And the four and twenty elders and 
the four beasts fell down and worshipped 
■God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; 
Aleluia. 

' 5 And a voice came out of the throne, 
•saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, 
and ye that tear him, both small and great. 

6 And I heard as it were the voice of a 
great multitude, and as the voice of many 
waters, and as the voice of mighty thuiv 
derjngs, saying, Alleluia: fur the Lord 
God omnipotent reignetfr. 

7 *ft Let us be glad and rejoice, and give 
honour to him: tor the marram 

is come, and las wile hi 
herself ready. 

fd to her was granted that she should 

E* r , ; er] ip fine Hum, clean and vhiie ; 

; ae_ii is the righteousness :of 



unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 

10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. 
and he said unto me, See thou do it not : 
I am thy fellow servant, and of thy breth- 
ren that have the testimony of Jesus : wor- 
ship God : for the testimony of Jesus is the 
spirit of prophesy. 

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold 
a white horse ; and he that sat upon him 
was called Faithful and True, and in right- 
eousness he doth judge and make war. 

12 His eyes were as a Same of fire, and 
on his head were many crowns ; and he 
had a name written that no man knew, but 
hehimself. 

13 And he was clothed with a vesture 
dipped in blood : and his name is called 
the Word of God. 

14 And the armies which were in heav- 
en followed biro upon white horses, clothed 
in fine linen, white and clean. 

15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp 
sword, that with it he shoulcTsmite the na- 
tions : and he shall rule them with a rod 
of iron : and he treadeth the wine press of 
the fiercenessand wrath of Almighty God. 

16 And he hath on his vesture and on 
his thigh a name written, KING OF 
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 

17 a ,i And I saw an angel standing in the 
sun ; and he cried With a loud voice, say- 
ing to all the fowls that fjy'm the midst of 
heaven, Come and gather yourselves to- 
gether unto the supper of the great God ; 

IS That ye may eat the fleshppf kings, 
and the flesh of captains, and the flesh, of 
mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and 
of them that sit nrs them, and the flesh of 
all men,, both free and bond! both small and 
great. 

19 And I saw the beast, and, the kings 
of the earth, and their armies gathered to- 
gether to make war against him that sat 
on the horse, and against his army. 

SO And the beast was taken-, and with 
him the false prophet that wrought mira- 
cles before him, with which he deceived 
them that had received the mark of the 
beast,and them that worshipped his image. 
These both were cast alive into a lake of 
fire burning with brimstone. 

21 And the remnant were slain with the 
sword of him that sat upon the horse, which 
sword proceeded out of his month : and 
all the fowls were filled with their flesh. 

CHAP. XX. 
2 Sat an' bound for a thousand years. 5 
y/:e fir at resurrection. 7 Satan let 
tcosetigairi. 8 Gog' and Magog. tO 
7 he devil cast into the lake of jive. 12 
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15 And he that talked with me had 
golden reed to measure the city, and the 
gales thereof, and the wall thereof. 

16 And the city lieth four square, and 
the length is as large as the breadth: and 
be measured the city with the reed, twelve 
thousand furlongs. The length and the 
breadth and the height of it are equal „ 

IT And he measured the wait thereof, 
an hundred and forty and four cubits, ac- 
cording to the measure of a man, that is, 
of the angel. 

18 And the building oi the wall of it was 
tf jasper : and the city was pure gold, like 
lartootear glass. 

19 And the foundations of the wall of 
the city were garnished with all maimer of 
precious stones. The first foundation was 
jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, 
a chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald; 

20 The fifth, sardonyx ; the sixth, sar- 
dius; the seventh, chrysolite ; the eighth, 
beryl ; the ninth, a -topaz ; the tenth, a 
chr} sophrasus ; the eleventh, a jacinth; 

elfth, an amethyst. 

21 And the twelve gates were twelve 
.pearls; every several gate was of one 

pearl : and the street of the city was pure 
gold, as it were transparent glass. 

22 And I saw no temple therein: for 
the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are 
the temple of it. 

23 % And the city had no need of the 
sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : 
icr the glory of God did lighten it, and the 
lamb is the light thereof. 

24 And the nations of them which are 
saved shall walk in the fight of it : and the 
kings of the earth do bring their glory and 
honour- into it. 

25 And the gates of it shall not be shut 
at all by day for there shall be no night 
there. 

26 And they shall bring the glory and 
honour of the nations into it. 

27 And there sludl in no wise enter into 
It any thing that defileth, neither whatso- 
ever worketh abomination, or maketh a 
lie: but they which are written in the 
Lamb's bcok of life. 

CHAP. XXII. 

1 The liver of the water of life. 2 The 

tree qfltfe* $ The light of the city of God 

isktpiself, 12 Nothing may be added to 

t/ isprofihecy ~icr diwiiti&hed therefrom, 

AND be shewed me a pure river of wa- 
ter cf life, clear as crystal, proceeding 
out oi the throne of God and of the Lamb. 
2 fl in the tnidst of the street of it, and 
. of the river, was th. re tke 
tree of life, which bare twelve maimer of 
%-pji yielded her fruit every month : 
. lea vies of metre? were tor the 
fcesding Qfthenauon. 



ATION. the light of God's city is himself 

3 And there shall be no more curse : but 
rie of God and of the Lamb shall 
bz in it ; and his servants shall serl 

they .-diall sec his face; and his 

■': be in their foreheads. 

i nd there shall be no night there : 

and they need no candle, neither light of 

for the Lord God giveth-them 

I kail reign for ever and ever. 

id unto me, Tr/ese sayings 

\ ■ and true: and the Lord 'God 

prophets sent his angel to shew 

servants the tilings which must 

ne; 

7 Behold, I come quickly : blessed is he 
that keepeth die sayings 'of the prophecy 
of this . 

8 And 1 John saw these OnngSj and 
heard them. And when i'had heard and 
seen, I fell down to worship before the feet 
of the angel which shewed me these things- 

9 Then said he unto rne, See thou do it 
not: foi lamthy fellow servant, and of thy 
brethren the prophets, and of them which 
keep the sayings of this book: worship 

God. 

10 .* nd he saith unto me, Seal not the 
say ; - ,s oi the prophecy of this book : for 
the time is at hand. 

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust 
still : and he which is filthy, let him be fil- 
thy still ; and he that is righteous, let him 
be righteous still : and he that is holy, let 
him be holy still. 

12 And, behold, I come quickly ; and 
my reward ft with me, to give every man . 
according as his work shall be. 

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the begin- 
ning and the end, the first and the last. 

14 Blessed are they that do his com- 
mandments, that they may have right to 
the tree of lite, and may enter in through 
the gates into the city. 

1J For without are dogs, and sorcer- 
ers, and whoremongers, and murderers, 
and idolaters, and whosoever ioveth and 
maketh a lie. 

16 i Jesus have sent mine angel to testi- 
fy unto you these things in the churches, 
I am the' root and the offspring of David, 
and the bright morning star. 

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, 
Came. And let him that heareth say, 
Come. And let him that is athirst come. 
And whosoever will, let him take the 
water of life freely. 

18 *[[ Fpr I testify unto every man that 
heareth the words oi the p: ophesy 
book, If any man shall add unto these thing 4 5 
God shall' add unto him the plagues that 
are written in this book : 

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_Geribc:i ; ;t-. KohathJtes, Marai 

g ? j\ • \< r servants to thePriests 

is- ^d I t oi their tribe) to draw 

water A "ood. fcfc. 

anciently culled Seers, who 
J f veto 1 j ui.ure events, and denouncedGod's 
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1 Lh'tdren of the TV phctc, their disci- 
ple? or sch >lars. 

If W j^cn, called so in imitation of the 
eastern Magi, or Gentile Philosophers. 

Scribt s. Writers and expounders of the 
tow. 

Disfwters, That raised and determined 
out stionsout erf the law. 

Rabbles or Doctors, Teachers oi Israel, 
Libertine*, Freed men of Rome^ who, 
being Jews or Proselytes, had a synagogue 
or oratory for their, elves. 

Gaulcmtes, or Gali!cans,Who pretend- 
ed it unlawlul to obey* an heathen ma&isr 
irate. 

Herodicns, Whg shaped their religicn 
to the tin.es, and particularly fla'tererirrfcv 
* roe/. 

Efiicurians, Who placed all happiness 
in pleasure. 

, Who denied the liberty of 'he 



Will, and pretended all events vert Ct- 
terminedb;, fatal nece-itv. 

Simon Magus, author of the hfcresvof 
the Gnosticks^ v, ho taught that men 
ever \jcicus their practice was, should Le 
saved by their knowledge. . 

MkoUdtanes, the disciples ol Nicolas cne 
of the first seven Deacons, who taught the 
con lucnity of wives. 

AhzarHes. Who, under avow, abstain- 
ed from wine, ijfe. 
Nazarenes, Jews professing Christian 
Zealots Sicarii, or Murderers, who, » i- 
der pretence of the law ,thought them 
auth< r zed to commit any outrage- 
tees, Separatists, who, ur 
opinion .{ their own g( i ed all 

others. 

rt«s.\^'no denied the~c urrecucn 
of the dead, wgels, ai 

Samaritois, Mongrel profess'" rs, partly 
Heathen •• J partly Jews, the ofikpi ing of 
the . ' aria. 

a ies. or persons sent : 
sent by 09* Baviour, trotn 
theiriuimb* • re called, 71 t J - 

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